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I made a comment in my last posting regarding this, and one of the primary figures I wrote about was Margaret Sanger. H.G. Wells, a Fabian Socialist(who appears in the fabian window) wrote the introduction to her book Pivot of Civilization. In addition to that, Sanger references Fabian writings twice in the book. It's fairly well known that Sanger had an affair with Wells, but putting 2 + 2 together beyond this never seems to happen: (the following from the above link)
To avoid prosecution, Margaret fled the country to England under the assumed name, Bertha Watson. Once the ship entered international waters, Margaret ordered 100,000 copies of Family Limitation to be distributed. In that 16-page pamphlet, Sanger wrote about sex education, abortion and birth control, which included different types of contraceptive methods and instructions for their use.While in England, Sanger met several British radicals and feminists who helped her to justify the use of birth control. It was then that she met Havelock Ellis, a psychologist whose theories of female sexuality helped Sanger expand her arguments for birth control; arguing, for example, that a woman should be able to enjoy sexual relations without the worry of becoming pregnant.The way this is written(and any other time I've ever seen this written) it comes off as just a coincidence. She just so happened to end up meeting all these un named radicals, by an off chance! By unnamed, I mean that very rarely is it ever mentioned that they're of the Fabian Society. It seems to make sense that Wells might have suggested she leave for England, and even more likely that he would've told her were to find them knowing the kind of things they could teach her.
Havelock Ellis(one of the Fabian Society's founders) would go on to be a regular contributor to Sanger's "Birth Control Review".
You don't have to look too far to find Fabian influence in/around the Whitehouse. In my last writing I cited Stuart Chase as an example of this, but there's so much more. Stuart Chase is who came up with the phrase "New Deal", and was a member of FDR's brains trust. Walter Lippmann, the father of modern journalism, was a member of the Fabian Society through the ISS/LID. Lippmann also had access to the White House, like Chase, having helped draft one of Wilson's most well known speeches:
At my request Cobb and Lippmann have compiled the following respecting your fourteen points.John Dewey, the father of modern education was a fabian. From the NY Times:
He was active in organizations such as the New York Teachers Guild, the League for Industrial Democracy, the ...The League for Industrial Democracy(LID) was the forerunner to SDS. "Industrial Democracy" is the title of one of the books written by one of the most well known Fabians, Sidney Webb. So perhaps you could say that LID is the League for Sydney Webb's ideals and/or writings. The LID was described this way in the Harvard Crimsonby a member of LID:
He likened the relationship between the LID and the Fabian Society to that between the ADA and the Harvard Liberal Union.For someone like myself who is infinitely curious, I looked up this relationship. He's basically(slyly) admitting it. The ADA and the HLU (at least back then) were very friendly organizations who often times did things in conjunction. Not long after this, the two groups joined. But surrogate groups don't have to be so explicit to be active surrogates.
The forerunner to LID is the Intercollegiate Socialist Society(ISS) which was co-founded by Harry W Laidler, a fabian. Note that Laidler was the LID's executive director. Lippmann and Chase mentioned above, were both involved with the ISS/LID. According to a study of the LID in 1980:
The League for Industrial Democracy is the closest equivalent to the British Fabian Society in the history of American socialism.Now, this guy tries to claim that the LID were dismal failures, which is easily disprovable, considering just three names: John Dewey, Walter Lippmann, and Stuart Chase. So members of the LID(forerunner ISS) would go on to completely remake American education, American journalism, and influence two presidencies by coming up with(the phrase) and facilitating the implementation of the New Deal.(as well as what was done in Woodrow Wilson's day) Not bad for a failed group. Yes, I look at the LID and ISS as the same group. So they changed their name. So what.
The ISS(and later LID) was founded by fabians, for fabians. In that article from 1980, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William English Walling, Upton Sinclair, and Jack London are all listed as founding members.(Don't forget about Laidler)
Gilman and Walling were both members of the "American Fabian League"(see Fabian Freeway page 178).
Gilman was a contributing editor to the publication of "American Fabian", under her married name, Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
Another interesting name on the list of editors to the "American Fabian" is Edward Bellamy, who long before the founding of the Fabian Society of America, enthralled Americans with his concept of "Nationalism". When Bellamy passed away, this is how he was eulogized:
In Bellamy, social science and imagination were combined at their best. He has given us a substantial revelation whose scientific deductions from economic phenomena are unassailable. In the work of speeding the light he has made the valued distinction between Nationalism and Socialism. Nations advance toward their destiny upon lines marked out by the temper of their peoples, the character of their institutions, the conditions of soil, climate, and surroundings. Consequently the forward movement must be by national rather than international pathways. Bellamy saw this clearly, and formulating his Socialism to a purely American applicability, named it Nationalism. What has been the result? We hear no more the philistine cry that Socialism is an alien product. The far-reaching influence of "Looking Backward" has given us a native development of this definite form of Socialism, and has made possible the realization of his dreams in the near future.Sounds just like what Norman Thomas is rumored to have said. Thomas, who ran for president 6 times was a fabian socialist. He was co-director(1922) for the League for Industrial Democracy, and a frequent writer for them.
Another notable name would be one Felix Frankfurter, nominated to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt.
While we're at it, regarding members of the Supreme Court, Justice Hugo Black is well known to have been influenced by Paul Blanshard. Blanshard was yet another luminary of the LID.
Beyond specific names of higher-profile individuals(And I'm sure there's some I missed, others I just haven't come across yet), there's the influence of Fabian ideology upon various people. Friedrich Engels noted the effect that Fabian ideology had upon liberal minded people(this would apply to Sanger, at the beginning), as well as whole groups of young individuals exposed to it at the Rand School of Social Science, The Rand School was an attempt by the Fabians here in America to duplicate what they did with the London School of Economics in England.(Fabian Freeway, Bottom of page 196 to 198)
The Fabians even set up a whole colonies here in the US. This to me is one of the most fascinating aspects of all of this. Fabians have two icons, or logos if you will. The wolf in sheeps clothing(as seen on the fabian window) and the turtle. The turtle is often associated with them with the phrase "festina lente", which means "make haste, slowly"(this gets at the fabian ideology of the inevitability of gradualism), but the turtle slogan is "when I strike, I strike hard". Now, all leftists love their iconicism. You can see this with the Occupiers, and the abundance of communist imagery within their movement.
Fabians are identical in this respect, they love the turtle. So in New York(Manhattan), they chose Turtle Bay as the location for their little community. Wikipedia's page is of course sanitized, stating:
the neighborhood went into decay with crumbling tenement buildings. Much of it was restored in the 1920s, and a large communal garden was established.Restored? That sounds interesting. They gloss over this as if it's nothing, a mere footnote. Hardly, there's a whole backstory to this "restoration" and the people who did it. The book Fabian Freeway opens itself up with chapter 1, exploring all that is Turtle Bay. I need not account more of Turtle Bay, as the book lays it all out just fine. But I do want to make a few notes about it's refounders.
Turtle Bay was re-founded by Prestonia Mann Martin and her husband. Her name seemed familiar to me, and unsurprisingly she's a descendent of Horace Mann, the earlier reformer of education who looked at children as "hostages to our cause".(Her obituary, below, points this family lineage out) That the Mann family went on to find itself among the ranks of Fabians here in the states is not surprising to me.
Prestonia Mann was editor of The American Fabian. In this April 6th, 1945 obit in the Winter Park Topics, the following is pointed out:
Under the name of Prestonia Mann Martin she gained international fame from her sociologal thesis, "Prohibiting Poverty," which proposed a remedy for periodical depressions by a division of labor and a distribution of the necessities of life under government regulation. Her proposal brought comment and a large measure of approval from leaders of thought all over the world. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt gave the book favorable comment in her public statements.There's yet more of that Fabian influence. Right there into the Whitehouse. At some point the Martins' went to upstate New York to a small town called Keene, and founded a utopian experiment in communal living similar to Emerson's Brook Farm, also mentioned in the obit:
She attended the Concord School of Philosophy at Concord, Mass., and remembered well Ralph Waldo Emerson, imbibing much of the philosophy which went into the Brooke Farm experiment and later putting it into use at Summerbrook, Keene, N.Y., where she met and married John Martin in 1900.The website for Adirondack Realty(who better to ask about local history, than the locals?) has a section labeled "History of the Town of Keene, New York", which opens this way:
Prestonia and John Martin had been drawn to Keene by Glenmore and their "Summerbrook" was adjacent to it. Her most famous guest was the Russian author Maxim Gorky, who, while staying at another Martin cottage, "Arisponet," nearby during the summer of 1906, wrote his novel "Mother." Gorky had arrived persona non grata in New York City and Prestonia, an intellectual extrovert, rescued his party with an invitation to her Adirondack home. Gorky's adopted son, Zeno Pechkoff, returned to this country and Glenmore on two occasions. "Summerbrook" is somewhat of a shrine to modern Russians and the subject of a major article in Soviet Life Magazine, April 1979. 1 (1.. Visiting The Gorky sites in USA, Gennadi Gerasinmov, Soviet Commentator)And how did Mrs. Martin herself describe what they do at Summerbrook? She published a 10 page pamphlet for the place in 1896, stipulating various things:
The rules of Summer Brook are three: 1. Each person shall give two hours' daily manual labor to the service of the community (to be received in payment for room). 2. Each must be prepared to share with the community whatever intellectual wealth he may possess, to the extent of teaching one hour per day if desired. . 3 The living expenses are to be shared equally by all the members of the community.Tha'ts on page 8. And here's their list of reading material: (page 9)
There will be a few moments' reading before each meal. "Plato's Republic," "The Fabian Essays," Ruskin's "Unto This Last," and Howell's "A Traveller From Altruria" are the books chosen for this year.Now isn't that neat?
High and low, they needed ways to spread their ideological leanings, and they certainly appear to have been successful at getting the job done.
But before I finalize this I do need to point out that this is a two way street. I wrote thislast year, noting how Henry George was important in the makings of the Fabian Society. Henry George was an American. So as Georgist ideals spread throughout America and helped to bring American "reformers"(the forerunner to progressivism) closer to becoming the progressives they became at the end of the 19th/beginning of 20th century, it makes sense that American reformers/progressives would be open to the ideas of Fabians given their common lineage.
There's so much information here, it was at times hard to always keep the same pieces of information together and thus easier to deal with, but I wanted to make a strong case for the claim I'm making here. And also, it should be noted that I didn't directly call Sanger a Fabian. I point this out because at most other times I do directly apply the label. Some of these people may not have in the end been "card carrying Fabians" in the strictest sense, but if you are founding groups like the LID or very high within that group's ranks, if you're an editor for the "American Fabian", or some other such clearly distinguished role then what we're dealing with is a distinction without a difference. A communist is a communist for the things they believe and the actions that they take first and foremost, secondary in who they associate with. After that, that they never officially "held the card" becomes a forgettable side note. The same applies for a Fabian.


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For the political junkie in your family: 270 to Win, featuring electoral maps for every presidential election going back to the first one. (Spoiler alert: Washington won.)
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1860 was an interesting election year.ReplyDelete
Even if the Democrats did not have a split ticket, they received only 84 electoral votes to Lincoln's 180, while winning 2,230,666 popular votes to Lincoln's 1,866,452.
Of course, they would have won more states, thus more electoral votes, but it is interesting to see how the numbers actually worked out.
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Finding Aid for the Gordon J. Stanley Papers 1942-1994
- Series 1. Correspondence
- Series 2. Research and technical files
- Series 3. Writings and Publications
- Series 4. Biographical and Personal Material
Container List
Series 1. Correspondence
Anderson, Carl D. 1962-1970
Associates for Radio Astronomy (ARA) See: Series 2, Sub.3, OVRO Research work and proposals
Australian Journal of Physics 1993-1994
Babcock, Horace W. 1961, 1966-1967
Bacher, Robert F. ( See also: Bolton, John G.) 1955-1956, 1960-1963, 1965-1967, 1969-1970
Bell Telephone Laboratories See: Series 2, Sub.3, OVRO Technical research data
Bertram, Sidney 1974
Bolton, John G. ( See also: Australian Journal of Physics) 1955-1960, 1969
Booker, Henry G. 1966-1967
Boyce, Peter See: Series 2, Sub.3, OVRO Advisory Committee
Christiansen, W.N. 1957, 1971
Cohen, Marshall M. 1965, 1970, 1974-1975, 1993-1994
Cook, William (Bill) 1969
Denisse, J.F. 1964
Deutsch, Armin J. 1955
DuBridge, L. A. ( See also: Series 4, Biographical and personal material) 1966
Erickson, W.C. 1960-1961
Fleischer, Robert 1968, 1970, 1973
Gayer, George (Geo) F. 1972
General Radio Experimenter 1950
Goldberg, Leo 1957, 1968
Greenstein, Jesse L. 1962, 1965-1966, 1968, 1970, 1972
Haddock, Fred T. 1956-1957, 1964-1966
Hayens, Raymond See: Australian Journal of Physics
Heeschen, David S. 1961, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1975
Higgs, Arthur 1962
Hofman Laboratories, Inc. See: Series 2, Sub.3, OVRO Technical research data
Hurlburt, Everett H. ( See also: Series 2, sub. Series 3, OVRO Research work and proposals) 1961, 1964-1970
Institute of Radio Engineers, Inc. 1955
International Astronomical Union 1958, 1961, 1970, 1973
Irvine, William M. 1966
Keller, Geoffrey 1962
Kellermann, K.I. 1962, 1964-1965, 1974
Leighton, Robert B. 1962, 1970-1973
Maltby, Per 1961-1962, 1964
Mathewson, Don 1962
Mayer, Cornell H. 1962-1963, 1972
Moffet, Alan T. 1961-1964, 1966-1967, 1981
Morris, David 1967, 1973-1974
Mulders, Gerard F.W. 1967
National Academy of Sciences See: Series 4, Biographical and personal material
National Radio Astronomy Observatory See: Series 2, sub. Series 3, OVRO research work and proposals
Oort, Jan H. 1965-1966, 1968
Orchiston, Wayne 1991, 1994
Palmer, H.P. 1961
Pawsey, Joe L. 1956-1958, 1961-1962
Price, Robert 1955-1958, 1974, 1976
Radhakrishnan, ("Rad") V. ( See also: Series 2, sub. Series 3, OVRO Technical research data) 1959, 1961-1964
Reber, Grote 1950, 1967
Roberts, Jim A. 1960
Robertson, Peter See: Australian Journal of Physics
Ross, Hugh 1969-1970
Rule, Bruce H. 1961-1962, 1964, 1977
Ryle, M. 1962
Sammet, L. L. 1972
Sandage, Allan 1965
Seielstad, George A. 1964, 1966-1970, 1997, 1983, 1997
Shakesshaft, John R. 1962
Shostak, Arnold 1961, 1972-1973
Sullivan, Woodruff T. See: Series 4, Biographical and personal material
Thomas, Bruce MacAulay 1973
Thompson, A.R. 1955-1956, 1958
Warwick, James W. 1965
Weaver, Harold F. 1965-1966
Westerhout, Gart See: Series 2, sub. Series 3, OVRO research work and proposals
Whipple, Fred L. 1968-1969
Whiteoak, John 1960-1961, 1966, 1973
Wright, James P. 1971-1973
Wyndham, John D. 1965-1966, 1968
A-L miscellaneous 1956-1974
M-Z miscellaneous 1956-1984
Series 2. Research and technical files
Subseries 1. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Radiophysics Laboratory, Australia
CSIRO radiophysycs abstracts and radio astronomy bibliography booklet 1952-1954
Hydrogen Line Planning Committee report 1953 November
Robert Price log book: "Deuterium Line Project" 1953 December 17 - 1954 April 21
Noise calculation graphs 1954
CSIRO Log book undated
Subseries 2. Caltech, 1955-1961
Contract for laboratory building for Caltech at the Owens valley Observatory 1956
Equipment test notes 1955
Aluminum and steel flagpoles catalogues 1961
Subseries 3. Owens Valley Radio Observatory, (OVRO)
130 Foot Radio Telescope
Report: Preliminary specifications design and proposal for a 130 foot diameter radio telescope." 1962 December 6
Converse Foundation Engineers' report: "Foundation investigation proposed extensions, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Inyo County, California." 1964 April 13
Philco Corporation proposal: "C.I.T. 130-foot diameter radio telescope," 1964 October 5
Allison Steel Manufacturing Company proposal: "C.I.T. 130-foot diameter radio telescope," 1964 October 6
American Bridge Company proposal: " 130-foot diameter mobile type ? radio telescope for C.I.T. Owens Valley Observatory," 1964 October 6
Keystone Engineering Company [proposal for 130 foot radio telescope mechanical calculations] 1964 October 6
Rohr Corporation [proposal for 130 foot mobile type ? radio telescope for C.I.T. Owens valley Observatory] 1964 December 8
Westinghouse Electric Corporation [proposal supplement]: C.I.T. 130 foot radio telescope 1964 December 9
Bjerke-Nicholson Construction Company [proposal]: "Foundations, rails and central pad for the 130-foot diameter mobile type ? radio telescope for the C.I.T. Owens Valley Radio Observatory" 1965 March 5
William J. Moran Company [proposal]: "Site work, concrete, and steel work for 130-foot antenna foundations, rail tracks, and assembly pad for C.I.T. Owens valley observatory" 1965 March 5
"Report on focus deflection on 130 foot radio telescope," by H. R. Hoggan 1965 March
Timetable: "Foundation rails and central pad for the 130- foot diameter radio telescope" 1965
Schedule and cost estimate of completion of fabrication and field erection liaison for the 130 foot radio telescope 1967 February-May
Westinghouse Electric Corporation: 130 foot radio telescope wiring 1967 April-May
Dedication of the 130 foot telescope 1968
Office of naval research (ONR) proposal 1968-1970
Memorandum: "Proposal to NSF for the 130-foot radio telescope," by Lee A. DuBridge 1968
National Science Foundation grant: "Operating expenses for the 130-foot telescope at the Owens valley radio observatory" 1969
Report: "High reflecting surface accuracy panels ? for OVO 130 foot diameter radio telescope." 1969 April 1
Report: "The Owens valley Observatory 130-Ft radio telescope" 1970
Two 130 foot telescope OVI proposal 1971
OVRO technical research data
Pulse width modulator tests undated
Magnets assemblies and superconducting 1961-1964
Dewar flasks testing (Hofman laboratories, Inc.) 1961-1964
Liquid nitrogen Dewar proposal (Linde Company) 1962-1963
Operation of single-dish double-maser receiver 1962
Foundation tie-down station for 90 foot telescope 1964
Scalar feed for microwave antennas 1964
9600Mc waveguide transformer drawings 1965
Calibrations and source observations: 21 cm aperture synthesis north/south 1966
Source reduction programs: small diameter east/west calibrations 1966
Alti-Azimuth conversion for the 90' radio telescope 1971
OVRO research work and proposals
Proposal: "Proposed 1420 program for 1961" 1960
Report: "Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories and Astronomy, Radio Astronomy at California Institute of Technology." 1962 March
Proposal: "Digital control system for use with the radio interferometer at the C.I.T. Owens Valley Radio observatory" 1965 May
Reduction of amplitude data, planetary nebula OBS of August 1965 1965 November
"Proposal to construct a 100-meter radio telescope at the Owens Valley Observatory" 1966-1967
Rohr Corporation proposal: "Unsolicited proposal for 300-foot diameter radio telescope" 1966
National Science Board (NSB) memorandum: "Summary of proposals for large radio astronomy facilities" 1967
Proposal for possible collaboration between Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) 1968
Notes on Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Haystack Observatory 1969
Notes on Owens Valley array 1970
Thin film cascadable amplifiers 1974
OVRO development projects 1974
OVRO administrative matters
OVRO staff members schedule 1960
OVRO architectural plan: living room decorating 1972
CIT radio astronomy staff meetings minutes 1970-1975
OVRO Advisory committee 1974
Articles about OVRO in "On Campus" newsletter 1985
Negatives 1956-1965
Photos 1957-1965
Series 3. Writings and Publications
Subseries 1. Reprints by Gordon J. Stanley
"Observations on the variable source of cosmic radio frequency radiations in the constellation of Cygnus" 1948
"Positions of three discrete sources of galactic radio-frequency radiation" 1949
"The position and probable identification of the source of galactic radio-frequency radiation Taurus-A" 1949
"Measurements of the flux densities, positions and angular width of planetary nebulae at 10- and 21-cm wavelengths" 1967
"Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Big Pine, California" 1973
Subseries 2. Reprints and preprints by others
Reprints and preprints 1949-1959
"Practical design calculations with the impedance circle chart," by J.I. Marcum and E.U. Condon 1942 December 4
"Solar radiation at radio frequencies and its relation to sunspots," by J.L. Pawsey, R. Payne Scott and L.L. McCready 1946 June 16
"Eclipse observations of solar radiation at a wavelength of 50 cm," by W.N. Christiansen 1949
"Transient response of cathode followers in video circuits," by B.Y. Mills 1949
"Equivalent path and absorption for electromagnetic radiation in the solar corona" by J.C. Jaeger and K.C. westfold 1950
"Solar radiation at a wavelength of 3-18 centimeters," by H.C. Minnett and N.R. Labrum 1950
"Solar radio-frequency radiation" by J.L. Pawsey 1950
"The D-Layer of the ionosphere," by A.P. Mitra 1951
"Moon echoes and transmission through the Ionosphere" by F.J. Kerr and C.A. Shain 1951
"Solar tides in the ionosphere over Calcutta," by A.P. Mitra 1951
"The Beginning of radio astronomy in Australia," by J.P. Wild 1952
"The Position and movement on the solar disk of sources of radiation at a frequency of 97 Mc/s.," by R. Paine-Scott and A.G. Little 1952
"On the possibility of obtaining radar echoes from the sun and planets," by F.J. Kerr 1952
"Study of the ionosphere by extra-terrestrial radio waves" by A.P. Mitra 1952
"A High-resolution aerial for radio astronomy," by W.N. Christiansen 1953
"Eruptive prominence of February 26, 1953 and associated radio noise-burst," by A.K. Das and K. Sethumadhavan 1953
"An Analysis of bursts of solar radio emission and their association with solar and terrestrial phenomena," by R.D. Davies 1954
"Effects of solar flares on the absorption of 18-3 Mc/s. cosmic noise" by C.A. Shain and A.P. Mitra 1954
"Radio astronomy conference," by John P. Hagen 1954
"Radio emission from the Orion Nebula and other sources" by F.T. Haddock, C.H. Mayer and R.M Sloanaker 1954
Washington Conference on Radio Astronomy 1954
"Occultation of a radio source by the solar corona," by O.B. Slee 1956
"The Distribution of atomic hydrogen in the inner parts of the galaxy," by M. Schmidt 1957
"The Design of logical computer," by R. Wielebinski 1959
Reprints and preprints 1960-1969
"Digital radiometer," by Sander Weinrab 1960
"Solar radio emission on centimeter waves and ionization of the E layer of the ionosphere," by M.R. Kundu 1960
"Interferometry and the spectral sensitivity island diagram," by R.N. Bracewll 1961
"Phase adjustment of large antennas," by G. Swarup and K.S. Yang 1961
"The Role of spectroscopy in astrophysics," by J.L. Greenstein 1961
"Tolerance theory of large antennas," by R.N. Bracewell 1961
"High stability receiver for radio astronomical use," by A. Braccesi and G. Sinigaglia 1962
"The Askania control system for the Australian 210-feet radio telescope," by C. kalweit 1962
"Radio astronomy," by J.L. Pawsey (editor) 1963
"The Design of large steerable antennas," by Sebastian von Hoerner 1965
"A Review of microwave problems in the design of large steerable aerials," by G. L. Hutchinson 1966
"performance of the Parkes 210-foot paraboloid of the wavelength from 6 to 75 cm," by H.C. Minnett and D.E. Yabsley 1966
"The Training of an astronomer," by J.B. Irwin 1966
"Radio emission from planetary nebula," by Yervant Terzian 1966
"With wind tunnels, design is a breeze," by S. H. Brisker 1967
"Radio sources and elliptical galaxies," by D.H. Rogstad and R.D. Ekers 1968
"Royal radar establishment," by J.S. hey 1968
"Myopia of national policy in science and technology," by B. Lax 1968
Reprints and preprints 1970-1982
"A Neutral-Hydrogen study of the compact galaxy II Zw 40," by S.T. Gottesman and L. Weliachew 1972
"Propagation and radiation bahaviour of corrugated feeds," by H.C. Minnett and B. Thomas 1972
"Quantization noise of correlation spectrometers," by F.K. Bowers and R.J. Klingler 1972
"Unified non-field theory," M.G. Barnard 1975
"The Effect of monomolecular surface films on the microwave brightness temperature of the sea surface," by W. Alpers, H-J. C. Blum, W.D. Garrett and H. Hunerfuss 1982
Series 4. Biographical and Personal Material
Hand drawn hiking maps, New South Wales, Australia undated
Autograph page: G.J.Stanley's colleagues at C.S.I.R.O. Radiophysics Laboratory, Australia 1955
Appointment letters, Caltech 1955-1974
Appointment letters, National Academy of Sciences 1959, 1966
G.J. Stanley's testimony before the Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) 1956
J.G. Stanley's Immigrating questionnaire 1958
J.G.Stanley's recollections on his early years at Dover Heights 1986, 1993
Talks and Conferences
"Flux measurements in radio astronomy," Astrophysics Research Conference, Caltech 1957 February 13
Symposium on very long baseline Interferometry, Charlottesville, Virginia 1970 April 13-15
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Connerly Stirs Discussion on Affirmative Actionby Patrick McAlister '10 • November 16, 2007 Share:
As a liberal arts institution, the discussion of race is a preeminent topic in many of the different areas of study. From religion to literature, constitutional law to theatre, race seems to be an important theme that is historically rooted in the American story.
The Wabash Conservative Union hosted Ward Connerly, founder and chairman of the American Civil Liberties Institute and a leading advocate for elimination of race-based affirmative action. A packed Baxter 101 listened Thursday night to Connerly's argument and engaged him afterwards with lively questions.
"Every one of us is different," Connerly said. "We might be different in the sense of height, weight – some have more hair, some might have less. Skin color, eye color – we're all different. Why then do we take that one characteristic – the amount of melanin in your skin - and say if you cross that line, if you have more of this and less of that you are 'black'?
Connerly argued that in any publicly funded institution, race should not be a mitigating factor in deciding anything from public school admission to contract decisions.
"I don't have any choice about whether I belong to the government," Connerly said, "that's not an option. Every April 15th you are required to repay your dues. If you don't, the government comes looking for you. You are required to be a member of that entity and required to pay taxes. I would argue that the government should not make distinctions between us when it obligates us to join."
That argument was central to his most famous political win, the passage of Proposition 209 in California in 1996. Proposition 209 was an amendment to the California state constitution which made illegal any discrimination based on "…sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public education, public employment or public contracting."
Similar laws have been passed in Washington state and Michigan. Connerly's organization is promoting ballot initiatives in 5 other states that will make such discrimination illegal.
"I think it [Proposition 209] is consistent with the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," Connerly said, "it's consistent with the 1964 Civil Rights Act which was passed following a very tumultuous period in our history in which we fought hard for the principle of equal rights, equal treatment before the law."
"The initiatives I have promoted," he added, "have all been designed to move the ball up the field toward that beloved community that Dr. King talked about in which all of us would be treated equally without regard to the color of our skin, but based on our individual character as people and as members of God's extended family."
Connerly noted there is some nuance to the term 'affirmative action' and that he did in fact agree with certain definitions of affirmative action. He noted there was a difference between 'race preferences' and 'affirmative action' in the sense that one takes measures to prevent discrimination.
"There are some entities that practice affirmative action in a very good way," Connerly said, "in a very benign way. They are making sure they are not discriminating against anyone. They are looking at their job descriptions to ensure that there is no hidden bias in their job descriptions – that's good affirmative action."
Connerly believes that those with lower socioeconomic statuses necessitate some preferential treatment in government because of their status.
There are still lots of low income people in our society," he said. "Some happen to be white, some Asian. Nobody has a monopoly on that and I think as a fair minded people we ought to be trying to help those who have not. "
"Affirmative Action in this instance makes sense," he said. "It is my hope that we will evolve from a race-based Affirmative Action to one that is more based on socioeconomic conditions because we cannot afford to have hordes of people standing on the sidelines feeling they are left out of this American system."
"I am hoping and pushing hard to try to get our society to move beyond race," he added, "but don't forget those who need our assistance."
Reactions to Connerly's talk were mixed.
"His ultimate goal of a fair and colorblind society was certainly appealing," said Kyle Cassidy '08, "but he didn't have much more than anecdotal evidence to suggest that what he proposed doing was a positive step in that direction."
Dr. John Aden '92, who asked a question during the question and answer portion of the talk, was frustrated by Connerly's lack of historical grounding in his argument, but nonetheless welcomed the discussion.
"I think panoply of voices is important so that students can begin to formulate their opinions but I think what goes with that is scholarly engagement," Aden said, "you need to read very deeply to become a more informed contestant in these debates and to position yourself. I think that's critical."
Wabash Conservative Union President Brandon Stewart '08 was satisfied with not only the talk but the lively question and answer period that immediately followed.
"I was really happy with the event, Stewart said. "I thought he was a strong defender on the position that he took in race preferences. I think it was a good opportunity to have an open discussion on that when it's such a charged issue in our society."
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Audio Streaming: Probably Not What Your Mobile Carrier Had In Mind
from the so-much-for-that-unlimited-plan dept
Regardless of what you think of his ideas about net neutrality, Tim Wu is unequivocally right about one thing: Ziphone is downright magical. Thanks to it I've been in possession of an unlocked iPhone for the past few weeks, and I've been quite pleased with it. The variety of things this little gadget can do is truly amazing.
But for the mobile carriers the sensation it prompts is probably closer to worry. These newfound apps are bandwidth-hungry, and not only for WiFi packets. iPhone Bittorrent is a rather extreme example; EDGE-capable podcatchers are a more plausible threat. But perhaps most striking -- and therefore menacing -- is iRadio, a native application that brings Shoutcast-based streaming audio to the platform. It's easy to imagine a lot of users wanting this functionality and using it heavily, particularly given how often I forget that I've left it playing.
Of course, the percentage of jailbroken handsets isn't likely to ever get particularly high. But that won't be enough to stop these applications. For one thing, most observers think that the SDK -- which is expected to be announced today -- will allow developers access to both the phone's EDGE and WiFi capabilities. For another, streaming audio has already come to the platform without the need for any new code at all. FlyTunes offers a number of radio channels through an iPhone web interface; it works great. Similarly, WFMU offers a specialized domain for listening to the station on your mobile. More of these apps are almost certainly on the way.
It's true that this is just one device, but it's already setting a standard for what consumers expect from a smartphone -- and proving that users and savvy developers will use every bit of bandwidth they can get to. This demand will only grow as Android arrives and the carriers' grip on the mobile platform inevitably loosens. I'm hardly longing for the days of per-kilobyte data charges, but it seems likely that many carriers will soon be faced with choosing between a return to metering or a flood of customers upset by unexpected transfer caps on their allegedly-unlimited data plans.
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LAS VEGAS -- The pressure of defending his heavyweight title at UFC 100 might be getting to Brock Lesnar.
In the lead up to Saturday's showdown with interim heavyweight champion Frank Mir, Lesnar broke a door after viewing a taped version of their first encounter, which ended when Mir submitted him with a kneebar.
Lesnar has also attempted to dodge the media at every turn. He tried to leave the pre-fight press conference early but UFC president Dana White whispered in his ear, essentially telling him to stick around.
Lesnar has made it clear he doesn't enjoy having the media spotlight focused solely on him. However, he said none of that will matter when he steps into the cage.
"I'm going to leave a lot of emotions out of the octagon that night," Lesnar said. "I'm just going to go in there and stay calm, do what I've been trained to do."
When pressed about the door incident, Lesnar said UFC camera crews merely caught him at a bad time.
"You know, I had just finished working out and I didn't want to be there," he said. "I had to go home and eat, you know. I'm a sore loser and to relive that loss all over again, it was frustrating. The door was just in the way and I was going through it."
Though Lesnar was quick to brush the whole thing off, Mir loved every second of it.
"I really hope it wasn't staged," Mir said. "If it wasn't, I'm really happy about it. If it was, then I'm really disappointed because I hope that stuff stays out of our sport. If he did really break that door, then that's his real personality."
Mir has actively trash-talked Lesnar in the weeks leading up to the fight, the co-main event for the biggest production the UFC has ever staged. The 11-fight spectacle at the Mandalay Bay includes Canadian Georges St-Pierre, the reigning UFC welterwight champ, taking on Thiago Alves and Nova Scotian T.J. Grant facing Dong Hyun Kim in another welterweight bout.
For Mir, a 30-year-old Las Vegas native, getting inside his opponent's head is all part of the strategy.
"Any gorilla can pound somebody's face in, it doesn't take any skill," Mir said. "So physical violence, if that's what you resort to, it's not that impressive. But tactics and mind games, screwing with people, I love that.
"How do you screw with your opponent's head? How do you say certain things? Maybe your opponent has a weak mind and his coaches are keeping him away from you. Now you screw with his coaches. You say bad things about them, like how they don't know how to teach martial arts. I'm saying it right now (about Lesnar's coaches). I have the utmost respect for his coaches. But you have to throw out those little jibs and jabs. Mohammad Ali was a huge advocate of that."
Lesnar, a 31-year-old from South Dakota, laughed off the notion that Mir is inside his head, even complimenting him on some of his insults.
"He's got a pretty sharp tongue on him," Lesnar said. "He had some good stuff, but mine were better."
Lesnar stressed that his loss to Mir in their first fight -- he has complained that a decision by referee Steve Mazzagatti to separate the two grounded fighters and have them resume fighting standing up was a "gift" for Mir and wound up leading to the first-round submission -- doesn't add any additional pressure for the rematch.
"I've been beat before," Lesnar said. "I haven't been beat a lot. I've taken my losses and issued them back to the people that beat me. I've been in this spot before. It's a familiar feeling."
Despite his previous win over Lesnar and his domination of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92, Mir is considered the underdog going into UFC 100. It's surprising given Mir's edge in experience and 12-3 MMA record.
"I guess I'm going to shave my head and get a lot more tattoos," Mir said. "I actually thought that after the Nogueira fight I wouldn't be the underdog. My friends and I were speaking afterwards about sporting odds. When the odds came out afterwards I was like, 'S***! Go ahead and bet, guys, because it's good money.
"In terms of why (I'm the underdog), I think people still judge a lot based on potential and humans are visual creatures. If the two of us were standing in a bar, I'd probably pick on me before I pick on him."
One strength Mir feels he possesses over Lesnar is humility.
When his career was sidelined by a horrific motorcycle accident, he had a few lacklustre performances when he returned to the octagon. After some soul searching, he rediscovered his love of martial arts.
Along the way, he even learned to laugh at his poor outings.
"I think when a lot of fighters reach the top of the mountain, the reason they can't hold on to their belts is because they don't have enough humility about themselves," Mir said. "I wish I could have said I got that on my own, but I had to be very humble following the car wreck. My performances kind of sucked.
"The worst thing I can do is have lunch with Joe (Silva, UFC matchmaker) and my wife at the same time. It's one of the most humiliating experiences in the world. You have to have a pretty thick hide at the end of the day and I try not to cry too much."
Comeback or not, Lesnar said he has nothing but disdain for Mir.
"No, I don't have any respect for my opponents," Lesnar said. "As soon as you respect somebody, in my book you're that much closer to getting beat. That's just my philosophy that I've trained by for many years.
"Mr. Mir, I will be seeing you in the octagon Saturday night and I can't wait. I hope you are prepared -- and I know you are."
EDITOR'S NOTE: SLAM! Wrestling's Matt Bishop will have a report on how the former WWE champ Brock Lesnar did at UFC 100 after Saturday night's fight.


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Watch: Gus Kenworthy and Other Olympians Strip to Make the Winter Games Hotter
One thing the Summer Olympics has over the Winter Olympics is skin: Several sports during the Summer Games, including diving, allow athletes to show off their bod. But that's all changing thanks to some members of Team U.S.A. and Cosmopolitan.
The publication enlisted 10 athletes, including openly gay free skier Gus Kenworthy, to get half-naked for a new Youtube video.
"I wanted the gold medal in Sochi," Kenworthy says in the clip. "But I settled for silver because I want to make sure you come first."
After unzipping his jacket, the athlete bursts into laughter.
"I cant!" he says.
Later in the clip, Kenworthy is coy about removing his clothing - odd considering his Instagram account is full of lots of skin and he appeared in his birthday suit for ESPN's Body Issue.
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Improved design simplifies navigation for users as peak of filing season approaches
The website that's visited daily by tens of thousands of tax professionals, taxpayers and local officials statewide -www.tax.ny.gov - is now streamlined for easier navigation, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance announced Thursday.
The Tax Department's Web revamp comes before taxpayers enter the peak of the income tax filing season. The clear design and simple navigation makes it easier to file returns, check refund status, and complete other tax-filing tasks.
"Since our website is often the first point of contact for taxpayers and their representatives, we constantly strive to improve its ease-of-use," said Commissioner Thomas H. Mattox. "This redesign aligns with Gov. Cuomo's efforts to make state government more accessible to all New Yorkers."
The department's website, which offers key guidance in multiple languages, was viewed nearly 100 million times in 2012, with more than 22 million views already this year.
The new design also makes it easier to locate and launch 60 online services that simplify tax administration for businesses, individuals, tax professionals and local officials. More than 700,000 businesses have already used the department's online services to file returns, pay taxes and complete other tax tasks.
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Russian National Ballet is Coming to Lufkin
I had the opportunity this past weekend to see a spectacular and sold out glow in the dark dinosaur adventure presented by the Angelina Arts Alliance at the Temple Theater, and the Alliance continues to bring in world renowned shows.
This Wednesday night (1/26), The Russian National Ballet is coming to the Temple Theater for ONE performance of "Giselle". Get ticket details and more information by going to the Angelina Arts website.
Would you like to win a pair of tickets? Go to our KICKS 105 Facebook page and click that "like" the posting about your chance to win tickets to see the ballet. Good luck!


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We kick off our first episode with "Genesis – Part One" in which Dr. Sam Beckett leaps into a test pilot and possible stroke victim. How it wasn't just called "pilot" is a mystery for the ages. We live up to our name by mainly discussing the fashions in this groundbreaking television debut, but have […]


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - After finishing second in the Big West Conference standings, the UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team had three players selected to all-conference teams, the league office announced today. Jessica Wilson also earned the final Big West Player of the Week award for her performance last week against Pacific and Cal State Northridge.
Earning a spot on the six-player All-Big West First Team for the second year in a row was junior center Jenna Green. The San Jose, Calif. native was the only player to start all 29 games for UCSB during the regular season and scored in double figures in all but four contests in 2006-07. Green led the conference shooting 53% from the field, while her average of 16 points per game ranked fourth and paced the Gauchos. She was also second among Big West shot blockers averaging 1.7 per night and seventh in rebounding at 7.2. Green was a member of the Big West All-Freshman Team in 2003-04, and was selected to all-conference second team last season.
After taking home second team honors as a sophomore in 2005-06, Wilson was named Second Team All-Big West again this season after leading the conference in assists at 4.5 per game. The native of Sacramento, Calif., who was second on the team in scoring (13.4) and rebounding (6.7), also averaged 1.96 steals per contest, the fourth highest in the league, and ranked seventh in the Big West shooting 44.7% from the floor. Wilson scored in double-digits 20 times during the regular season, with three performances of 20 or more.
The 5'10" junior earned her second Big West Player of the Week award after leading the Gauchos to a pair of victories on the road last week, including the 90-79 win over Cal State Northridge to clinch the Big West's second seed. Wilson shot extremely well in both contests, posting a .619 clip from the field and .714 mark from three-point range for the week.
With 20 points, 10 rebounds and three steals, Wilson led the Gauchos in the 79-67 victory over Pacific Thursday, collecting her fourth double-double this season. In Saturday's matchup with the Matadors, the guard scored UCSB's first five points to help build an early Gaucho lead that they would never relinquish. She finished with a team-high 17 points to lead six players in double figures for Santa Barbara and recorded seven rebounds and four assists.
Rounding out the all-conference awards was Jordan Franey, who was named the Big West Freshman of the Year after earning a spot on the all-freshman squad. The 6'0" forward shined from behind the three-point arc, ranking seventh in the conference in three-point shooting percentage (.333) and eighth in three-pointers made (1.34). Playing in all 29 of Santa Barbara's contests, the San Diego, native pulled down 115 rebounds, while dishing out 52 assists. Franey is the first UCSB freshman to take home the honor since Kristen Mann in 2002.
The Gauchos (17-12 overall) begin their quest for a 10th Big West Tournament title in the last 11 years this Friday, March 9 in the semifinal round against an opponent yet to be determined. Tip-off is slated for approximately 2:30 p.m. in the Anaheim Convention Center.


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The Divining Wand's Summer TBR List
Dear Authors/Readers/Friends —
The summer solstice occurred in the Northern Hemisphere yesterday evening so welcome to the first full day of summer and the beginning of my vacation!
Last June this literary Fairy Godmother felt The Divining Wand had featured "the very best of the best for everyone's enjoyment," however the books appearing here — during the first six months of 2012 — have been even better! Please look through the archives and choose to read something that's already been published. Honestly you'll enjoy all of them. I did and wish I could go back and read them again for the first time!
Since that's not possible I followed my heart, hunches, and curiosity to put together a personal summer TBR list — rather eclectic and promising:
First To-Be-Read:
~ Haole Wood {Kindle Edition] by Dee DeTarsio
~ Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
~ The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
~ Can I Get an Amen? by Sarah Healy
~ Flat-Out-Love [Kindle Edition] by Jessica Park
~ Mission to Paris by Alan Furst
~ The Innocents by Francesca Segal
~ Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon
Looking Forward To:
~ The Divorce Girl by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (July)
~ The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway I(August)
~ Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck (Advanced Reader Copy)
Curious About:
~ In the Kingdom of Men by Kim Barnes
~ An Uncommon Education by Elizabeth Percer
~ Trapeze by Simon Mawer
~ I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag by Jennifer Gilbert
~ Swimming to Elba by Silvia Avallone
Please stay tuned for updates. If you follow me on Twitter and/or are a friend on Facebook, I'll be sure to comment on these titles.
Wishing you a relaxing, healthy summer complete with the best in reading….enjoy!
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The folks at Cooking Light magazine sure know how to time the publication of a cookbook. Just as we're lovingly tending our seedlings and salivating over the just-months-away prospect of fresh tomatoes and corn, they come out with the "Pick Fresh Cookbook" (Oxmoor House, $21.95, 288 pages). This soft-cover volume grew out of the experiences of Mary Beth Burner Shaddix, who has been planting and tending the Cooking Light garden in Alabama with her husband for the past decade.
"Pick Fresh" offers advice on what to plant, then serves up 150 garden-to-table recipes with photos. They range from kid-friendly offerings like Summer Veggie Pizza and Blueberry Crisp to sophisticated takes on garden favorites — a Spicy Basil-Beef Salad that cries out for a mix of basil varieties (maybe Thai, lemon and Genovese?); Beet-Brown Rice Sliders with Goat Cheese; Bing Cherry Sorbet with Prosecco.
Here's a yummy spring recipe to start you off.
Fresh Pea and Garlic Gazpacho
2-1/2 cups shelled fresh English peas
2-1/4 cups ice water
1-1/2 cups chopped, peeled English cucumber
1 cup cubed French bread
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1-1/2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
2 garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Garnish: pea shoots, mint leaves and olive oil
Cook peas in boiling water for 4 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water until cool. Set aside half a cup of peas. Place remaining peas, all of the ice water, and next five ingredients (through garlic) in a blender; process until smooth. Stir in salt and pepper. Ladle 1 cup soup into each of six bowls. Garnish with reserved peas as well as the fresh pea shoots, mint leaves and olive oil.
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Laettner, Thompson and West Among 2010 Collegiate Basketball Hall ClassPosted by Brian Goodman on November 22nd, 2010
While this week's CBE Classic will showcase some of the best players and top coaches in college basketball right now, the game paid tribute to a group of dignitaries whose contributions to the game over the last 70 years Sunday night.
Christian Laettner, David Thompson and Jerry West were among those inducted to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City. Laettner, who is still asked about his famous jump shot to beat Kentucky in 1992, left his mark as the NCAA Tournament's all-time leading scorer and the only player to start on four Final Four teams. During his induction speech, Laettner recalled his connection to the game and to Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski. "I knew he was passionate about it and I wanted to be a part of it," he said. Another of Laettner's March records is a 21-2 record in the Big Dance, a mark that he says may not fall due to the trend of players leaving early and the overall competition that the NCAA Tournament brings. "There's a good chance that it won't happen because the kids want to get to the big money so fast. You never say never, though. After we repeated (in 1991-1992) everyone said 'no one will ever repeat again,' and Florida did it."


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Want to see something awful? - Essie Navigate Her
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20 comments:
- scReamViolenc3 said...
Well this isn't a really polish fail but.. Sally hansen nail strips. The design is cute but they're so uneven! I own too much polish to justify buying more of these strips.
- June 28, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- Angie said...
That sucks that this didn't work for you! Its one of my favorites this year.
- June 28, 2012 at 7:48 AM
- Isis04 said...
Coincidentally, it was Essie A Crewed Interest. It looked absolutely awful on me. BTW, this polish doesn't really look bad on you; maybe it's the lighting. Oh, Also, I received in on of my Birchboxes a mini of Zoya Farah. It made me look like I was dead, LOL. The shade was the same as my skin! I can use it as a base for something else. :) ^^
- June 28, 2012 at 8:28 AM
- Eileenie said...
OMG the same thing happened to me! I really wanted to like this collection but it just didn't work out quite well...
- June 28, 2012 at 8:31 AM
- beachgal said...
This is a hard shade to pull off for many...but those who cannot pull off most of the mint greens CAN wear this shade. It has enough yellow in it that it works for those who have wanted a light green but kept trying the mints only to find they don't work - (ditto on light pale blues too for this same group...me). My shade fails revolve around a ton of polishes that looked like they would be blue or purple in the bottle but look black in 99.999% of lighting on me. I am really tired of paying for something that I think is blue or deep purple and getting black. I need a tish more of the color...so I end up either getting rid of most of them or putting a sheer topper on them. That's my biggest color beef and I am sure I will see more of this same come fall and winter again this year.
- June 28, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- Melissa said...
They should have named it "Shrek." Not my cup of tea at all.
- June 28, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- Kristen said...
That exact same thing happened to me with Navigate Her. I was so excited, and the second the brush touched my nail I knew it was going to get ugly. That color made me look ill.
- June 28, 2012 at 1:06 PM
- Unknown said...
It's funny, I'm actually wearing Navigate Her right now! I LOVE it. Sorry it didn't work for you!
- June 28, 2012 at 1:30 PM
- Apple said...
Ugh I feel the same way. When I saw Navigate Her in the bottle I HAD to have it. Put it on and YUCK BARF UGHGHGHG looked SO AWFUL on me, it was disgusting. I swapped that crap!
- June 28, 2012 at 3:37 PM
My last polish fail was Essie Demure Vixen. Very similar situation to yours; I thought it looked awesome in the bottle but on my skintone it just looks gross.
- June 28, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- Christine said...
A pitty it did Not work for you - neither did it for me, looked the same on me - yuk.
- June 28, 2012 at 9:58 PM
- Impoverished by Polish said...
I don't think it looks bad on you at all, but wear what you enjoy, forget us in the peanut gallery. The only color I hate on me is bright canary/schoolbus yellow.
- June 29, 2012 at 1:24 AM
- ragazzaaroma said...
i had a horrible experience with this color too! much too yellow for my cool skin. if you're willing to pony up the dough for a butter london polish, you might try bossy boots, which is the only other polish out that satisfies the craving for a truly pistachio creme.
- June 29, 2012 at 1:25 AM
- Unknown said...
UGHHH! My latest polish fail was Rescue Beauty Lounge, Jack in the Pulpit. And damned expensive, too!! It has a hunter green base (which isn't my favorite color, anyway) but contains a micro shimmer blue/green that I thought would redeem it by standing out. Nope. Just poopy hunter green. Fail. :/
- June 29, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- Unknown said...
@ h20: Same experience with Essie Demure Vixen, too. I wanted so badly to like it, but the micro shimmer never showed. It just left that old lady mauve base. Ick!
- June 29, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- kittytokaren said...
@screamviolence - Do you mean the designs are uneven? I also can't justify them at that price! I buy them with extra bucks or if they're on a good sale...but I still definitely prefer my polish. I probably shouldnt buy any at all!
@Angie - I think objectively it's super pretty and special! That's what I bought it. I'm super bummed it looks so crap on me. :(
@Isis04 - Oh nooo!!! A Crewed Interest is one of my all-time favs! And trust me, this thing is bad on me. This is literally the *best* I could get it to look. :(
@Eileenie - Tragic right!?
@beachgal - I typically can't pull off mint greens either. :( Mint Candy Apple is horrible on me. Softer shades work better. I'm quite yellow in my skin (although it doesn't look like it here) so I really did think this would work. I was wrong. It does look pretty on lots of people though! I totally feel you on the almost-black thing. I do like an almost black sometimes, but I *loathe* when I try to purchase a dark blue or red or purple polish and it just looks black. Ugh. You're right, we'll see it again. (I see some already from OPI Fall...)
@Melissa - LOL! Not mine either...but I did like it in the bottle! On me....oh lord no.
@Kristen - I'm glad I'm not alone!!! You're exactly right...it looks like I'm ill.
@Unknown - Jealous! I really did have high hopes for this special colour!
@Apple - Bahahahaa I love how expressive you are! And you're spot on. (BTW I swapped that crap too. Hopefully someone is loving it.)
@h20 - Awww yeah DV can be hard. I like that one, but I've seen it look mauve-y sickly on others.
@Christine - Yay! Another person with the same issue with this! So many people love it I was feeling a bit out of place...
@Impoverished by Polish - I don't enjoy wearing a polish that looks like caca on my skin, no matter how much I like it in the bottle! Makes me sad.... and yellows are so impossible!
@ragazzaaroma - I actually loooveeeee Essie Da Bush for a pistachio colour! There are tons of greens I love, don't know why this was so awful.
@Unknown - Oooo that one hurts....such an expensive fail. I feel for you, buddy.
- June 29, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Kim said...
Essie Dive Bar. Loved it, lusted after it for ages, finally bought it. Put it on my nails: HATED IT. Thank god for liberal return policies.
- July 1, 2012 at 6:31 AM
- scReamViolenc3 said...
I loved the design (Sweet Tartan) but I didn't think to trim them so I had cuticle coverage for some nails and others not enough nail coverage because it wouldn't stretch! They peeled off in a day! Right now I'm wearing Spa Rituals "Meditate On This". I agree about the price point for the strips, too much for only two manicures!
- July 1, 2012 at 7:53 AM
- kittytokaren said...
@Kim - OOooo that is a shame!! Dive Bar really is gorgeous. Yes, we are lucky for the great return policies in the US!
@screamviolence - Ahhh I see what you mean! I would be mad as anything if they peeled off in a day too...ugh.
- July 1, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- scReamViolenc3 said...
Speaking of Dive Bar, I'm wearing it on my toes. K2k, I borrowed your Cut Above The Rest manicure idea and layered it over Spa Ritual's Sage. Yes, those nail strips were a complete fail.
- July 2, 2012 at 7:15 AM