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This view from the navigation camera near the top of the mast on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the tracks left by the rover as it drove southward and backward, dragging its inoperable right-front wheel, to the location where the rover broke through a crust in April 2009 and became embedded in soft sand.
The rover team's chosen strategy for beginning the attempt to extricate Spirit from the sand trap is to follow these tracks out, heading north. Spirit took this image during the 2,092nd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Nov. 21, 2009). Spirit performed the third planned drive of the extrication attempt on that sol.
For scale, the distance between the right and left wheel tracks is about 1 meter (3 feet).
The rover team began commanding extrication drives in November after months of Earthbound testing and analysis to develop a strategy for attempting to drive Spirit out of this soft-soil site, called "Troy." The extrication drives are expected to make slow, if any, progress in coming weeks, and the probability of success in escaping from Troy is uncertain.
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A while back, we did a group read of Moby-Dick, and artist Matt Kish was kind enough not only to endure an interview about his project to illustrate each page of the book but also to contribute several posts about his process. His project went on to be turned into a gorgeous book, and now he's moving on to other projects. As part of that move, he's looking to get shed of the remaining unsold pieces of Moby-Dick artwork. If you're into Moby-Dick or are familiar with Matt's work and think you might like to own a piece of it (I've bought several, and they're among my most prized possessions), now's a good time to buy. If you haven't run across the work before, you at least owe it to yourself to see it online.
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In 2017, the Chisholm Trail turns 150 years old. Millions of cattle traveled it when driven north by cowboys. The trail was used from 1867 through 1884 and ran through Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. During this workshop, the museum's Archivist and Reference Services Manager Jon Frembling will bring this important part of American history to life using the artist archives of and photographs by Erwin E. Smith (1886–1947). In addition, local historian and Chisholm Trail expert Dr. Douglas Harman will talk about western artworks connected to the life of the open-range cowboy.
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Have you seen "The Makers Project"? It's a beautifully curated set of photographs and interviews with makers, movers and shakers in Brooklyn NY. The photography, done by Jennifer Causey, is awe inspiring, and gives me a twinge of longing to be back in Brooklyn for a while.
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Experience newly open Burma before the crush
Burma Idyllic nation ready for exploration as leaders loosen grip
There's an old joke I heard a few times during my recent travels around Burma. Each retelling differed slightly, but it basically went something like this: It was around 2004, and George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein and former Burmese head of state Than Shwe were residing in hell together. The devil granted each leader one call.
Afterward, the devil told Bush and Hussein their calls would cost $100 each. Than Shwe's call, though, cost just $2. When the former U.S. and Iraqi leaders objected, the devil said that theirs were long-distance.
Than Shwe's call, he said, was local.
Welcome to the most bizarre country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar, or as it's still officially called by the U.S. Department of State, Burma, might not appear like hell today - though if you'd lived through the lockdown since a military junta began running the place in 1962, you would find a lot truth in the above joke. The country has been one of the most repressive in the world. And, save for North Korea and Iran, one of the most closed off.
But hell, it turns out, is on the verge of freezing over, in large part because of reforms by general-turned-civilian Thein Sein. So, as someone who has long wanted to visit Burma, I booked a flight from New York to Rangoon ready to see a country on the thaw.
I wanted to see it before the crush of tourism changes the face of the country. After all, a million tourists are expected to visit in 2012 - up 300 percent from last year.
Instead of acclimating in Rangoon, the erstwhile capital also known as Yangon, I took a plane to Mandalay, a city of a million people about 450 miles north of Rangoon whose streets buzz with scooters and where roadsides are filled with Buddhist monks.
Shift from tyranny
On my first night, I stumbled upon a street fair. The most popular booth was one for the National League for Democracy, or NLD, the opposition party. The booth was dominated by images of Aung San Suu Kyi: on posters, notebooks, key chains, T-shirts and postcards. My favorite, a Suu Kyi and Hillary Rodham Clinton 2012 calendar (commemorating the U.S. secretary of state's visit to Burma in December 2011), had just sold out.
A year ago, this sight would have been unimaginable. In 2011, President Thein Sein (he was appointed by Than Shwe) began chipping away at some of the totalitarian infrastructure, releasing political prisoners, loosening up censorship laws and agreeing to cease-fires with rebel groups. One of the biggest stories took place in November 2010 when beloved pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in Rangoon. In April 2012, she was elected to a seat in parliament.
All this news has left much of Burma and many Burma watchers hoping that the country's shift from totalitarianism is permanent. More than a decade ago, Suu Kyi called for a boycott of tourism, fearing visitors' dollars would go right into the hands of the junta. She has recently reversed that position, encouraging people to come.
Wary of secret police
Everywhere I went in Burma, I saw images of Suu Kyi as well as her father, Aung San, who fought for independence from the British before being assassinated in 1947. More evidence of the government loosening up was the fact that I had access to websites such as Facebook and Twitter and various U.S. newspaper sites in Internet cafes - without using a proxy server like the old days.
I didn't stick around the NLD merchandise booth too long, fearing, as I'd been told, that the secret police may be lurking and even following some tourists. I was here to witness the historic changes taking place but, I reminded myself, there was part of me that wanted to escape it altogether.
Earlier that day, I visited the 200-year-old U Bein's Bridge, the longest teak span in the world, at 1,300 yards, just outside of town. I bought some betel nut, a legal intoxicant wrapped up in betel leaf (along with mint paste) that is a mild stimulant and teeth destroyer if chewed obsessively. I walked along the 20-foot-high railingless bridge as the sun set over Taungthaman Lake, its beams twinkling off golden Buddhist temples in the distance.
Young maroon-clad Buddhist monks made the journey beside me, over to Taungthaman village to give alms. Refreshingly, for being one of the country's main tourist attractions - it graces the cover of the current edition of Lonely Planet's Burma guide - there was no one selling trinkets or souvenirs; not one person trying to convince me I really needed my name written on a piece of rice.
The reason? There were few tourists to sell such things to.
Tours selling briskly
All that's going to change in the next few years, as the country continues to open up. During my travels in the country, I met a Briton named Matt. A Burma travel veteran and tour guide for Intrepid Travel, he was there to scout out new itineraries for the tour operator. Intrepid, hopeful about the changes, had just reinstituted its Burma tours after a decadelong absence because of Suu Kyi's call for a boycott on tourism in Burma.
Now, he told me, many of Intrepid's organized tours in Burma for 2012 were already sold out or selling at a brisk pace. "If you'd been here a year ago, as I was, and come back now," Matt said, "you'd be amazed at the changes that have taken place. It's going to change even more in the next year." Matt went on to say that anyone who wants to see the pre-tourist-explosion Burma should go by 2013 at the latest.
There are little or no signs of globalization in today's Burma, not even in the country's biggest cities, Rangoon and Mandalay - though word on the street when I was there is that the Golden Arches might be looking to get in on the action soon.
While some aspects of life for residents and visitors have improved over the past year, tourists might find Burma frustrating at times. For reasons that I could never get adequately explained, only paper-cut crisp, blemish-free euros or U.S. dollar bills are accepted, in both government-run and black-market exchange offices; the slightest crease or ink mark is cause for rejection, and no ATMs are to be found in the entire country.
Cell phones or SIM cards not purchased in Burma don't get a signal. The Internet is painfully slow and often just inexplicably stops working altogether. Internet cafe owners in Mandalay just shrugged one day when I turned up to find nothing functioning.
"Maybe tomorrow," they said.
Hiking in mountains
Instead I went deeper into the country. I was in Kalaw, a peaceful town in the Shan Hills that was once a popular retreat for British colonial officers. Today most tourists turn up to take advantage of the excellent day hikes in the hills around town. I was no different.
As Kalaw's central golden temple disappeared, my hiking group and I strolled into the mountains rich with green tea fields. I felt years away from the changes going on in Rangoon and Mandalay and the country's strange new capital, Naypyitaw.
I had booked the all-day hiking excursion through the Rural Development Society, a nongovernmental organization that helps build water wells, libraries and schools in rural villages. In addition to planning day hikes, the organization also has a shop in Kalaw selling crafts made by local villagers.
Trekking through a remote village, we were invited into a private home for a cup of tea. I sat on the floor of the modest wood-stilted house with our guide and four other hikers from England and Australia.
A 75-year-old ethnic Shan woman crouched in the corner next to her 10-year-old grandson. The woman's daughter poured us tea and I peppered the old woman about the changes she'd seen in her life. She said she has rarely left the village her entire life. She remembered the British. She also remembered the Burmese coming up to this ethnic enclave and robbing the villagers.
"It's much more peaceful now," she said.
I felt like I'd walked into an isolated part of the country, one in which news of the outside world, even news from other parts of the country, don't always make the journey. Which was probably what inspired the Australian in our group to ask what the 75-year-old woman thought of Suu Kyi.
I stiffened up, nervous about his bold question.
"Who?" she asked. The question was repeated for her. Our hiking guide translated for us.
"You know, " said her daughter, "the woman who was under house arrest for so long."
The old woman shrugged again. Finally her daughter said: "She's the daughter of Aung San."
"Ah," the old woman said. "I think I know who she is. I like her."
She smiled, revealing a few missing teeth, and everyone in the group laughed with her. The old woman patted her grandson on the head. By the time the grandson is half her age, Burma will probably be a completely different place. We finished our tea and thanked our hosts and continued our hike.
Villages amid lake
A few days later I found myself at Inle Lake. This large, cigar-shaped body of water is no ordinary lake. Most visitors, myself included, stay in affordable guesthouses in Nyaung Shwe on the north end of the lake and hire long boats and a driver (I paid about $15 for the day) to head out to the tribal villages and floating pagodas in the center of the lake. Like some kind of decrepit, teak-laden Southeast Asian version of - dare I say it? - Venice (minus the tourists), the town is made up of marshy waterways flanked by rickety wooden houses on stilts.
Occasionally my driver would pull up, dock the boat and point to a house. I'd venture up the stairs, and inside would be a small workshop of some kind, women making jewelry or clothes by hand.
One time, about a dozen women were rolling herbal cigarettes with a local dried betel leaf. Two young men planted on the porch waved me over. They offered free food and betel nut to shoppers. I took a small bowl of citrusy, peanut-topped tea leaf salad, followed by a strong dose of betel nut that had been marinated in alcohol.
I don't smoke, but I bought a packet of 50 cigarettes and got back on the boat and headed back to the mainland. A little bit high from the betel nut, I sat back and let the weak early-evening sun splash me in the face.
If Inle Lake were in Thailand, Burma's southern neighbor, I thought, it would be part of the canon of Southeast Asian must-sees. Instead, it's a little-known wonder that few people outside the country know exists. And for a while, I had the place nearly all to myself. For that matter, I felt like I had the whole country to myself.
At least for now.
If you go
Getting there
Getting a visa in advance is required (the cost is $20). Singapore Airlines has flights for $1,410 with connections through Frankfurt and Singapore. Flying between Rangoon and Mandalay is the most efficient way to get around (your hotel should be able to book your flight). Intrepid Travel ( www.intrepidtravel.com) does two-week tours through Burma for $2,310.
Where to sleep
Asia Plaza Hotel: 277 Bogyoke Aung San Road, Rangoon, 95-1-391071, www.asiaplazahotel.com. Centrally located, non-government-run hotel with clean, comfortable rooms and free Wi-Fi (which, like almost everywhere in Burma, works sporadically) for $55 per night.
Governor's Residence Hotel: 23 Taw Win Road, Rangoon, 95-1-229-860, www.governorsresidence.com. This 1920s teak Colonial-era hotel is one of the poshest places to lay your head in Rangoon. Doubles from $175.
Silver Star Hotel: 195 27th St., Mandalay, 95-2-333-94, www.silverstarhotelmandalay.com. Smack in the center of bustling Mandalay, this cozy hotel offers a substantial breakfast and Internet access in the lobby. Doubles from $25.
Golden Lily Guest House: 5/88 Natsin Road, Kalaw, 95-81-501-08. This centrally located hotel, owned and run by a Singh family, has clean, wood-paneled rooms and private bathrooms. Doubles from $10.
Four Sisters Inn: 105 Nan Pan Quarter, Nyaung Shwe (Inle Lake), 95-81-209-190. No-frills, comfortable inn run by (you guessed it) four friendly sisters. Doubles from $15.
What to do
Rural Development Society: On the western side of the central market. A shop in the center of town selling crafts and goods made by villagers around Kalaw, also offers day hikes for about $10 (minimum four in a group).
The Mustache Brothers: 39th Street between 80th and 81st streets, Mandalay. Three brothers and famed political dissidents who put on a politically tinged show for foreigners nightly. $10 entrance; show starts at 8 p.m.
More Information
Myanmar Tourism: www.myanmar-tourism.com.
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"I still struggle with stuff," I said to the young married girl standing in my living room the other day.
"You mean like having, buying, getting stuff? Even after Africa, after all you've seen? This makes me feel better," she confessed.
Why are we afraid to admit we struggle? While my struggle has changed in the last two and a half years, it's still there, resurfacing nearly every time I see a throw pillow that would look amazing on my bed.
Last week, I bought a new one. I hope you're not disappointed in me.
Here's the honest deal: When I returned from my first trip to Kenya, I was wrecked. My husband and kids had little wrapped gifts for me. I refused to open them and asked that they be returned. For months, I cleared and cleaned out, I struggled, I labored with responding to what I'd experienced. We sponsored six more Compassion kids, I didn't go to my favorite store once in all those months. I decided we would only wear second-hand clothes, I only bought fair-trade gifts, I set up this prison of self-sacrifice that made my entire family miserable.
And then finally, I discovered all the pain was leading to an unplanned and unexpected birth, it was hard labor and it produced Mercy House.
One day a wise friend said to me (after hearing of my ridiculous search for second hand black pants my daughter needed for a concert), "what is your one thing?"
"What do you mean?" I asked cautiously.
"What is your passion? If you could pick one thing God has called you to. What would it be? One."
I answered, "Encouraging mothers. Here and around the world."
Then the words that brought freedom, "Kristen, you're wasting a lot of time and energy trying to do it all. Your giving a lot, sacrificing with your time for Mercy House. Don't let guilt rule you. Buy what you need and occasionally something you want. You're all tangled up in sacrifice turned to good works."
Maybe your one thing is fair trade clothes or healthy living and organic food, maybe it's the local homeless shelter, orphan care or adoption. I'm not saying we shouldn't be aware and generous in other areas. This is a given. I just think we shouldn't try to do it all because we are motivated by guilt.
Take adoption for example. We are not all called to bring orphans in our home, but caring for the orphan (and the windows) is a Biblical mandate for believers. It's not optional. Your one thing might not be adoption, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give to the couple in your church raising money to bring a baby home, host a fundraiser, become certified to offer respite care for foster families.
Finding and pursuing your one passion, changes your life and ignites a Godly desire to support others in their divine pursuits.
My dear friend Suzanne (who is my right hand volunteer for Mercy House) recently brought Reese home from China. This beautiful abandoned child with a cleft palate was just two years old when she came home, she couldn't walk, talk or eat normally.
In just six months, she's walking, talking, potty-trained, enjoys food, is in love with her three big brothers, bonded to her mommy and daddy and recovered from two surgeries.
When this baby girl walked thru my door the other day and hugged my leg, I thought my heart would explode.
You know what's amazing about being a part of someone's struggle?
You get to be a part of their victory too.
Because when you pursue your one passion, it's so beautiful, others will want to be a part of it. So, I'm going to keep on struggling.
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass
This weekend, I'm at Together for Adoption in Atlanta, Georgia, representing my one, Mercy House, but I'm also hoping to engage and encourage in someone else's struggle and eventual victory.
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You know the pool scenes in The Sandlot? The ones with the oh-so-hot Wendy Peffercorn teasingly applying suntan lotion to her sun-kissed skin from her perch above the 1960s community pool that the baseball-obsessed neighborhood kids go to only when it's too hot outside to play a game? Well, the pool at Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge No. 3108, not too far from the Dallas Arboretum and White Rock Lake, is pretty much exactly like that—only, there's no Wendy Peffercorn (or any lifeguards, for that matter), and instead of dozens of kids, it's mostly attractive twenty- and thirty-somethings showing off their bathing suit bodies and freshly applied skin ink. Also: There are two bars (one inside and one outside), and, after paying a $7 cover charge to enter the place (assuming you're not a member), the beers won't even cost you four bucks. Plus, the whole place feels like it's ripped out of the '60s, which, OK, it probably was. FOE's pool is a slice of the past, updated to placate the contemporary.
Conventional wisdom holds that rich guys don't like to air their dirty laundry in public, which is likely why the descendants of H.L. Hunt settled their family feud on the courthouse steps in May. It's also why we relished the opportunity to view the dirty laundry filed by billionaire Ross Perot Jr. against billionaire Mark Cuban in the form of a civil case that alleged Cuban had racked up so much debt during the nine years he has been running the Dallas Mavericks ($270 million) that he had basically run the team into the ground. Perot claimed that Cuban's bad management had jeopardized the 5 percent minority interest Perot, through his Hillwood Properties, still retains in the Mavs. Claiming that the Mavs were nearly bankrupted by Mark Cuban seemed about as likely as saying that the Rangers weren't nearly bankrupted by Tom Hicks. Although Perot did his talking through lawyers, Cuban took his case to the Internet and e-mailed various press outlets, telling them that the lawsuit was an act of desperation on the part of Perot, who had lost big on his Victory Park development. No matter the right and wrong of it, the public was given a glimpse of rich guys getting all shitty with each other. And the prospect of watching how the rich play hardball remains as the lawsuit takes on age and animosity.
Sure, a classy dinner, a bottle of wine and a movie says "romance," but it's not exactly the stuff of sweeping love songs. No heartbroken musician out there pens tunes about the time they had the fish at Central 214 and rented The Proposal. A song-worthy kiss comes with hints of danger, apprehension and excitement. Your heart will go pitter-patter with both love and adrenaline when you make a late-night run at climbing the fence of AT&T's telephone pole-climbing training ground at the corner of Bryan and Fitzhugh in East Dallas with the object of your affection. The barbed-wire is easily conquered with a thick flannel blanket, and there are plenty of footholds at the northwest corner of the compound. We're not saying it's like taking candy from a baby, but we are saying that maybe we know a girl who did this in a mini-skirt, unscathed. And once you've shown your prowess at trespassing vertically, getting horizontal is the easy part.
The Texas Pinball Festival will celebrate its 18th annual event this March, proving that even in the age of Wii and PlayStation, people still appreciate the craftsmanship and tactile experience of their favorite arcade games. A flat fee gets you in the door for unlimited play on a plethora of machines—for a much heftier fee, you can even take some of them home. You'll see machines you thought you'd never see again, from cool, vintage '70s Playboy and Capt. Fantastic games to those based on best-forgotten '90s films like Demolition Man ("Featuring Academy Awards Winning Actress Sandra Bullock!"). And if the pinball isn't enough, the people watching is amazing—whether it's the hardcore competition players or the blinking light salesmen or the drunk middle-aged couples down from Oklahoma, hoping to rekindle a little of that teenage feeling with a sweet multiball or two.
Dallas used to be dotted with little bait and tackle stores where you could acquire a little bit of equipment and a whole bunch of information just by stopping in. Now, of course, the huge category-killers like Bass Pro Shops and Academy have driven most of the mom-and-pops out of business. One of the interesting exceptions to that rule is Barlow's, just south of Arapaho Road on the southbound service drive of Central Expressway in Richardson. Barlow's maintains a serious Web presence, selling specialized bait and equipment to guides and dedicated fishermen. Maybe that's what allows them to keep the retail store open. However they do it, their store is a great place to pick up inside scoop on area lakes from Texoma to Fork. The people behind the counter know what's biting, where and on what. Sometimes you don't even have to ask. Just slouch around and keep your ears open, because somebody else is always up there trying to pick up some secrets.
No small matter, balancing the public's right to a free and open judiciary against the privacy rights of the litigants who play within its courtrooms. But Dallas County District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons has spent much of his public career trying to strike that balance. On July 26, he made court records available over the Internet, initially releasing more than 13 million images to the public. Currently the dockets of 10 criminal courts, eight civil courts and all seven family courts can be viewed online. Documents for the remaining courts will be available by year's end. This may be a boon to the media but not so much to those litigants who object to public disclosure of private matters. To assist in these privacy concerns, individuals can request that their Social Security numbers be redacted from documents and certain records—those not required by law to remain public—may be restricted. Lawyers and the media will have access to all documents save those sealed or made confidential by law. Tricky business, maintaining some semblance of privacy in an electronic world. But Fitzsimmons seems bent on trying to get it right.
Driving through Highland Park can be a blissful experience. Something about passing by the well-manicured lawns, unbelievable houses, and beautiful women jogging behind blonde Gerber babies in strollers always takes our mind off of our car's busted air conditioner—for a moment. Tucked away in the middle of it all sits one of the area's most beautiful gardens: Lakeside Park. A wide canal meanders through perfectly landscaped grounds until it reaches a peaceful waterfall underneath a wooden bridge. Droves of lily pads cover the water's surface, and long leafy branches provide shade for several park benches. Kids love the park's giant teddy-bear statues, and for adults, it's the perfect location for a romantic picnic or just a leisurely evening stroll.
We tried to kindle up some way of choosing between Dallas' two national chain giants, but truth be told, deciding between them is like trying to pick your favorite leaf in the Amazonian forest. Similar discounts, similar in-store readings, similar selection of new titles. You got your coffee, your fairly limited selection of books on CDs. Oh, if only there were a way to reach up into the air and effortlessly retrieve a decision between the two, or some magical, electronic piece of wizardry that we could use to calculate which is better. But we're lightweights when it comes to making those sorts of decisions. We're all thumbs. And we're seriously hoping that someone gets our point in time for our next birthday. This too is a hint.
It would be wrong to pigeonhole Bows and Arrows as just a craft haven. It's so much more than that. The multi-use space—owned and operated by visual artists, entrepreneurs and general Renaissance couple Adam and Alicia Rico—is at once full-service floral shop, art gallery, depot for handmade specialty gifts, and yes, a center for classes that range in topic from floral arranging (basic, wedding and more) to fiber arts (felting, batik) to paper works (screen printing, chandeliers, monoprinting and more). All classes are taught by artists (such as Lizzy Wetzel and paper nerds) who may be experts in their own field but don't scoff at even the most inexperienced new student. Plus, classes are so inspiring you'll want to assign your own homework. When was the last time that happened?
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Orientation within Olin
The original Olin Library -- enhanced through refurbishing of monumental areas, refinishing of furniture, and sensitive use of its expansive square footage -- combines with the lofty spaces of the new addition to provide a gracious ambience for research, study, and learning.
Orientation within the Olin Library building is aided by keeping in mind its 1928 T-shape and the U-shaped wraparound addition of the mid 1980's, represented by the shading on the mainfloor plan. On all floors, east and west corridors follow the periphery of the former exterior wall enclosing the original stack area.
Access to other floors is by the main staircase, two stairways within the stacks, the two elevators in the stack core, or fire stairs on either side (at the notches separating the old and new structures).
Ceiling heights are in multiples of the functional 7.5 foot height of each level of the original Snead steel bracket book stacks. Thus, ceilings are 15 feet high in most corridors and rooms, 30 feet in the lobby and the main reading room, and 45 feet in the new reference area.
Outstanding views of the building's interior may be had from the second floor mezzanine, from the reference center along the north face, from the north reading areas on the second and third floors, and from the third floor bridge connecting these reading areas. All levels of the addition offer exterior views of the University's most evocative open spaces, Andrus Field and Foss Hill and their surrounding buildings.
Memorial Lobby
The main architectural feature of Olin's original interior is the palatial 60-foot wide Memorial Hall, constructed in the Renaissance style. Funding for its restoration came from Harvey B. Gram, Jr., class of 1927, and his wife, Mary Worthington Dunbar Gram.
Among the lobby's notable features are the high windowed arch over the bronze and glass vestibule, the vaulted ceiling of ornamental plaster, the pilasters and columns of green Italian marble with bronze capitals and bases, the walls of paneled Italian walnut, the marble mosaic floor, and the chandelier and four lighting standards.
On the side walls, set against marble panels with bronze inscriptions, marble pedestals support bronze busts of the two Olins fro whom the building is named. The busts were sculpted by Henry Hering, pupil of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and friend of architect Henry Bacon.
An interior arch opens onto a corridor which originally housed the built-in card catalog and the circulation/reference desk. On either side of the central stack entrance hang oil portraits of both the Olins and their wives: Stephen Henry and his wife Emeline Harriman on the left, and, on the right, Stephen and his wife Julia Lynch. On the opposite walls are portraits of Wesleyan's first president, Willbur Fisk, and of founding trustee Laban Clark. On the mezzanine above, behind the ornamental bronze railing, hang oil portraits of a succession of Wesleyan's 19th-century presidents.
Smith Reading Room
A substantial bequest in 1922 from Harriet Walker Smith -- a well-to-do Methodist widow from Springfield, Massachusetts -- became the nucleus of the library building fund. In gratitude, the trustees perpetuated her name in the main reading room, the first space on the Wesleyan campus to be named for a woman.
The renovation restored this room, like the lobby, to its original beauty and serenity -- its tables refinished and their brass lamps polished. The high-ceilinged 60-foot-long room -- constituting the west wing of the original main floor -- formerly housed the reference collection, which by the 1970's had overflowed into the lobby and adjoining offices. Today its built-in oak bookshelves hold the Develin browsing collection, the Beales collection, and the Leonard W. Halpert collection on freedom of expression.
Special Collections
Special Collections & Archives occupies the east wing of the main floor. Wesleyan's class of 1928 funded the ingenious remodeling of what had been the main library office into Special Collections work and reader spaces. Of architectural note is the kiosk housing the rare book reference collection; the reading table within it once belonged to Henry Bacon.
The adjoining Davison Rare Book Room has been refurbished. The walnut-paneled room and most of the collection it houses were among many gifts to the University from George W. Davison, class of 1892 and former president of the Board of Trustees. Since its formal opening in December 1952, the Davison Room has offered a warm and elegant setting for interested undergraduates to encounter the best of Wesleyan's rare books.
Along the east corridor next to Special Collections is the exhibition area, with bronze cases presented in 1958 by the class of 1928. On the walls above the cases are two art works from the library's Henry Bacon collection: a Henry Hering portrait bronze of the architect whose ideas shaped the building, and a 1912 rendering by Jules Guerin of Bacon's proposed Lincoln Memorial.
Campbell Reference Center
The main architectural feature of the building's 1986 addition is the reference center extending across the north end of the main floor. In September 1989 it was deicated in honor of Wesleyan's president from 1970 to 1988, Colin Goetze Campbell, and his wife, Nancy Nash Campbell -- whose efforts did much to promote an improved library for Wesleyan.
The information center of the library, this area houses the reference desk, online public access catalog terminals and printers, the card catalog listing older materials, index tables, and CD-ROM stations, and, in adjoining stacks, the reference collection. Comfortable wing chairs offer a view of Andrus Field.
By retaining the brick and marble exterior north wall of 1938 as the interior south wall of the reference center, the architects created an atrium effect. New openings were cut in the former exterior wall for access to the book stacks. Facing the old facade's fenestration and aligned with it are arched outer windows, soaring towards the 45-foot ceiling. Three skylights crown this dramatic space.
Upper Floors
On the second floor landing, opposite the marble staircase, is a portrait of Victor Lloyd Butterfield, Wesleyan's president from 1943 to 1967. The east wing of the second floor includes the library director's office in the beautifully proportioned original Treasure Room -- furnished by John Gribbel, book collector and trustee from 1905 to 1936, with specially designed glass fronted bookcases trimmed in bronze. To the left of the administrative offices is the Develin Room, originally set up as a browsing room in memory of James A. Develin, class of 1883 and trustee from 1913 to 1923, and now refurbished for meetings and group instruction.
The Stone and Heidel reading spaces, which seem to hang suspended above either end of the Campbell Reference Center, are outstanding features of the second floor addition. Named respectively for William Arthur Heidel, professor of Greek from 1905 to 1928, and for Charles Bragdon Stone, class of 1923 and trustee from 1951 to 1971, their elevated position offers excellent interior views of Olin old and new, as well as exterior views of the campus beyond.
The third floor addition offers similar reading spaces on each side of the building. On this level the reading spaces are connected by an enclosed bridge. The bridge's numerous square windows frame attractive views: on the south, of architectural details of the former exterior wall's marble entablature and pediment, and, on the north, of Andrus Field.
At the west end of the third floor is the entrance to the Scores & Recordings collection, housing materials formerly overseen by the Music Department. This area offers individual and group listening facilities as well as a seminar room for classes.
At the head of the marble staircase on the third floor hangs an oil portrait of John Wesley, copied from one in London's National Portrait Gallery. The copy was painted for Wesleyan in 1961 at the expense of James M. Osborn, class of 1928. On a nearby wall is a portrait bronze, done in 1936 by sculptor R. Tait McKenzie, of longtime associate librarian Eugenia Henry, who retired in 1948. In the east wing of this floor are the headquarters of the CTW library consortium and a staff lounge.
Lower Level
On the ground floor directly below the Campbell Reference Center and also overlooking Andrus Field is the Jakobson Periodical Reading Room, donated by the three children of Lucille and Louis Jakobson. Current periodicals and newspapers may be read in comfort at its refinished oak tables and upholstered wing chairs. A section of marble balustrade removed from the former north facade serves as a base for the periodicals service desk window. Beyond this desk are technical services work spaces -- where library materials are ordered, checked in, and processed for use.
The lower corridor's east end leads to the Preservation Room, renovated with funds from the Hartford Courant Foundation, and to the building's handicapped entrance. The wide cross corridor of the lower level was narrowed by lining it with individual carrels for honors students -- a device also used on the third floor. (Additional carrels are in the converted attic, formerly devoted to storage.)


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Give Scott Walker credit. He made his campaign slogan "Wisconsin is Open for Business" a reality. In an administration rife with incompetence, corruption, and political patronage, he got this right. According to data compiled by The New York Times from state and federal agencies, Wisconsin is now one of the top corporate welfare states in the nation, second in the Upper Midwest only to automobile bailout-heavy Michigan.
In spite of all these "job creating" incentives and programs, Forbes Magazine recently dropped Wisconsin from 40th to 42nd in the nation in their annual business rankings, making Wisconsin one of the worst states for business in the nation. Just what is going on? By the numbers, Wisconsin should be swimming in jobs. Based on the conservative theory that tax breaks for the job creators will…well…create jobs…
Let's let the numbers tell the full story.
In total corporate incentives, Wisconsin ranks 14th overall in the nation. At least $1.53 billion went to corporate subsidies in the past year (the state cut $1 billion in public education funding in the 2011 – 2013 budget). These subsidies cost the average taxpayer $268 per year. Remember that number the next time you complain about a $30 per year property tax hike to fund public education. A full 10% of the state budget went to pay these corporate subsidies.
Of the 903 reported corporate grants listed in the Times report, 300 (nearly one-third) have come in 2011-2012 alone, during the Walker administration, primarily through the WEDC "Enterprise Zone Jobs Tax Credit." In fact, seven of the top ten grant awards totaling over $270 million are 2011 or 2012 grants:
Where has the $1.53 billion in "job creating" investment gone? Could this be the end of the myth surrounding corporate subsidies and incentives spurring job growth? Wisconsin under Scott Walker could be an example of an epic failure of this economic policy theory. Over the past two years, Wisconsin has been far behind the nation in employment recovery, and early 2013 is not looking any better.
Wisconsin employers will slow the pace of hiring in the first three months of 2013 even as the nationwide outlook for job creation is at the most promising levels since the recovery began nearly three years ago, a new survey says.
In Wisconsin, "employers are slightly less optimistic about their staffing plans," said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Ann Lasky. Nationally, however, "optimism among U.S. hiring decision makers continues to improve," according to the Milwaukee-based global staffing services company. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 12/10/12)
The December 1, 2012 unemployment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed Wisconsin with the most first time unemployment claims in the nation for the week ending December 1.
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 24 were in Wisconsin (+5,876), Oregon (+2,328), Ohio (+2,252), Washington (+2,107), and Iowa (+1,262), while the largest decreases were in New Jersey (-23,966), California (-7,053), New York (-6,682), Texas (-6,425) and North Carolina (-2,609).
On December 12, 2012 Scott Walker appeared at a Waukesha County Business Alliance lunch and claimed to be "just under 100,000" jobs created since he took office. It did not take long for Politifact to rate Walker's claim "Pants on Fire."
However, several within his own administration, including his primary spokesman, have said that is the wrong way to measure jobs — you can't combine partial and full year data sets. As one aide said: It would be "misrepresenting the truth."
By his administration's own yardstick, his statement is false. We think it's ridiculous to — after private admonitions — publicly present it this way. Pants on Fire.
Walker's continued denial of his policy failure is becoming sociopathic. In spite of his administration awarding literally billions of dollars to corporate subsidies, Wisconsin continues to lag behind in the recovery. The jobs crisis in Wisconsin is very real – and will not be cured with $10-$15/hour jobs, right-to-work legislation, or ideological social engineering.
Just how bad is it? Recent BLS data from measures the Walker Administration accepts (LAUS, QCEW) show that the money being given to corporations and "small business" to create jobs is not. The question remains…where is the money going?
First, the Quarterly Census (QCEW), Scott Walker's favorite.
Since 2010, there is a very moderate upward trend. The actual data show a non-existent job recovery in Wisconsin.
According to the latest verified QCEW data, Wisconsin has gained about 40,000 jobs January 2011-March 2012. The yellow highlights indicate the peak pre-recession employment in 2008 – 2,840,648. It is imperative to understand that Wisconsin still has a 200,000 job deficit just to get back to pre-recession employment levels, without accounting for population growth.
But this is December. The QCEW data is slow to be verified and released. The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) gives a more current measure based on unemployment data – which the Walker Administration has accepted as an accurate measure. The LAUS paints a similar picture:
Again, the actual LAUS data shows a jobless recovery:
The yellow again highlights peak employment, pre-recession. The green highlights the last QCEW data entry in March 2012. According to the LAUS data, from January 2011 – October 2012, less than 20,000 jobs were created since Walker took office. The same data shows a jobs deficit of only about 100,000 to get to pre-recession levels.
While the baseline for each measure is different, the result is the same. Since taking office, Scott Walker has only created 20% of the jobs needed to just get back to pre-recession levels, not accounting for population growth.
The untold story of Walker's tremendous job failure in relation to corporate welfare is the anemic labor force. Since Scott Walker took office, the total labor force has been virtually stagnant:
Once again, the actual data show an anemic labor force – not what a recovery looks like with over $1 billion a year in corporate subsidies being granted.
Note the high point of the labor force shortly after the recession took hold, in yellow – nearly 3.14 million people. When Scott Walker took office in January 2011, the number had dropped to nearly 3.07 million. As of October 2012, there are only 3.06 million people in the labor force. While the adult population has grown since April 2009, the labor force has dropped by over 70,000.
An 80% deficit in job growth, coupled with a decline of 70,000 people in the labor force. Is this the employment climate over $1.5 billion per year in corporate subsidies gets us?
The people of Wisconsin would be better served investing that $1.5 billion back into public schools. Because the question still remains, what has Wisconsin received for that $1.5 billion "investment?"


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"Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval." – Karl Marx
Last Thursday, women in IT braved the disheartening British weather to come together and celebrate the 50 most influential women in UK IT, hosted by Computer Weekly.
Nine of these influential women, joined by Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones (former UK government cyber security chief), were invited to give a 10 minute speech about whey they thought the number of women in the technology industry is decreasing every year and the opportunities women have to lead their organisations to a successful economy recovery. Here are the main themes from their power speeches:
Technology is not sexy and we know it. We've heard it before – the IT industry is just not "sexy" for many young women. Technology has connotations of geeks, engineers, programing, software versus a career in PR which is connected (wrongly I can say from experience) to lavish parties, wining and dining journalists and a jetsetter lifestyle. But don't we have a huge PR opportunity on our hands to turn this negative image of the technology sector around?
- Figures show that more women use social media and gaming than men. Again, a huge opportunity is awaiting us.
- GCSE IT is boring. Gender imbalance is prevalent across IT related courses as qualifications like GCSE IT is seen as out of date and dull. In many of these courses, student learn about how to create formulas in Excel, how to create a mailing list in Word rather than more modern every day skills such as how to extend one's influence on social media sites.
- Technology is more than just science and engineering. With a background in arts, this is something that is very close to my heart. We hear a lot about the lack of women who enter careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Although this is very important to fuel innovation, what about women who don't have a computer science or engineering degree? Technology is more than just science and engineering – it's a world full of opportunities including management, marketing, communications, legal, human resources, social media.
- Women played a leading role in the Industrial Revolution, it's our time to lead again. The Industrial Revolution in part was fuelled by the economic necessity of many women, single and married, to find waged work outside their home in domestic service, textile factories, piece workshops and in the coal mines. Today, many more women are educated, have longer life expectancies than the Industrial Revolution – think about the extent of women's influence in the Technology Revolution.
All of the speakers agreed that the Technology industry would benefit from a diverse workforce, both men and women, as both have different skills, experiences and styles of working that they can bring into the workplace. Women are the most underused human resource in the technology sector today. Ladies, we can make a difference.
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Laura, this was excellently written & yes this proves Karl Marx's statement "Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval"


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The Dude of Life Shares a New Trey Anastasio Song
Steve "The Dude of Life" Pollak has shared an original song he co-wrote with Trey Anastasio on SoundCloud. Dubbed "Edie's Dream," the song was inspired by one of Andy Warhol's "cinematic superstars" Edie Sedgwick. Both Pollak and fellow Phish scribe Tom Marshall have shared their unreleased recordings on SoundCloud in recent months.
Pollak says the following about the song:
Trey & I wrote "Edie's Dream" as a tribute to the beautiful and charismatic Edie Sedgwick, best known for being one of Andy Warhol's cinematic superstars in the mid-sixties. Back in our high school days, Trey and I were intrigued by the Warhol Factory scene, which included musical artists such as Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground.
In September 2011, Trey and I met up at Rubber Jungle Studios. He and I collaborated on the lyrics and he played acoustic & electric guitars, bass and drums while I played a single note on the triangle.
After a few hours of recording, we sat down for a late lunch and split an olive loaf sandwich and drank some of the finest Kona coffee.
Pollak wrote the lyrics for classic Phish songs like "Suzy Greenberg," "Fluffhead," "Dinner and a Movie" and "Sanity," among others. More recently he worked with Anastasio on "Show of Life," "Architect," "Dr. Gabel" and a few other Phish/Trey Anastasio Band originals.


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