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From Openmoko
|In progress: This article or section documents one or more features whose implementation are in progress.
Until OpenMoko releases an official GUI-Tool to change settings, SettingsGUI allows you to set various settings of the gta01.
This program is written in Python using pygtk. It can be used only if those are present in your environment (see SettingsGUI#Environment).
Current Features
- Screen (Backlight enable/disable, Backlight brightness, Screen Orientation)
- Audio (profile selection, volume, mute, save to profile)
- GSM (restart gsmd, signal strength, provider, status)
- GPRS (load and save settings from and to /etc/ppp/peers/, connect, set APN, User, Password, Number)
Planned Features
- GSM (Provider selection)
- Bluetooth (device scanning, connection, signal strength)
- GPRS (display transfer rate, activate GPRS router)
- Battery (show capacity, voltage, charger-status)
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- As there are no gsmd python bindings available at the time, SettingGUI uses python-subprocess and threads to communicate to the commandline of libgsmd-tool for the time being.
- To prevent interference with the GSM modem you have to expicitly power-up and register the modem by toggeling the "GSM State" checkboxes.
- If you manually register to the gsm network (by toggeling the "Register" checkbox) SettingsGUI will sometimes not notice when the connection is established. Just toggle the init checkbox after about 3 seconds. (this seems to be due to a bug in gsmd...)
|NOTE: From Version 0.7 the atcmd mode of libgsmd-tool is used. To use it revision 2957 (2007-09-12) or later of gsmd is needed. If you have an older version of gsmd - or an older OpenMoko image - use the upgrade function of ipkg, install a newer jffs2 image or use version 0.6 of SettingsGUI.
- When the GPRS connection is still active (pppd running on the system) you should close the connection as gsmd can't start up while pppd is using the modem connection - chose "Yes" in the dialog:
Comment on GPRS Support
If you have problems connecting check:
- If the modem is initialized and registered to a network (Start gsmd and register)
- If your login data (mostly APN and User are okay)
- When the gsmd still running you should close the connection as gsmd will interfere with pppd - chose "Yes" in the dialog:
The connection will be terminated when you quit the application. However saved peer configurations can be called independently using:
pppd debug call gprs # where gprs is the peer
Default configuration files are defined in GlobalConfiguration.py. The peer configuration, a connect- and disconnect chat script are written to /etc/ppp/peers/ on first startup if you don't already have a peer in /etc/ppp/peers/. When the connect button is pressed SettingsGUI will create latest_* files in /etc/ppp/peers/ and start the pppd with this latest_* peer.
SettingsGUI also brings a default Nameserver in case you don't have a valid /etc/resolve.conf. The IP is from the OpenDNS Project and will only work if your GPRS provider allows DNS access to this server.
If you have to change anything else than APN, user, password or dial in number for your provider please leave a note at the Discussion Page.
For details and background information on GPRS see Manually using GPRS.
|Release Focus
|0.7b (current)
|bugfix on GSM page, bug prevented detection of gsmd connection (emerged with libgsmd-tool update)
|cleanups, using AT mode, distutils, ATDT -> ATD
|audio settings (mute, save), gprs settings (all new)
|Directory listing
Thanks to Alessandro there also is an .ipk and a .bb file. Have a look at his user site.
- For more, see Python.
The following archives will have to be installed (source packages: python python-pygtk python-pycairo python-pygobject):
- python-core
- python-misc
- python-lang
- python-pygtk
- python-subprocess
- python-threading (should be a dependency of python-subprocess - todo: fix)
- python-pygobject (should be a dependency of python-pygtk - todo: fix)
If you want to test this and do not have a build environment, you can 'ipkg install' the python components from the ScaredyCat repositories.
|NOTE: These packages take up a considerable amout of space (about 10 MByte), make sure that you have enough free space or install the packages to the media card as explained in package management.
Installation / Execution
from package
- add Alessandros repository as a ipkg source
vi /etc/ipkg/alessandro.conf
- insert
src/gz aiurlano-armv4t http://aiurlano.netsons.org/OpenMoko/ipk/armv4t src/gz aiurlano-all http://aiurlano.netsons.org/OpenMoko/ipk/all
- update your db
ipkg update
- install latest settingsgui
ipkg install settingsgui
from source
- download file to Neo (e.g. using wget)
- Uncompress tar.bz2 file (e.g. e.g. tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2)
- install:
cd settingsgui-x.x mv settingsgui settingsgui.py mkdir settingsgui mv * settingsgui mv settingsgui/settingsgui.py ./
- run:
export DISPLAY=:0.0 python settingsgui.py &
Comment on Installation
From Version 0.7 Python distutils is used. So you could also use the setup.py script to install the package:
python settingsgui-x.x/setup.py install
But to do this you'll also have to install the packages:
python-compile python-devel python-stringold python-distutils

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The Padres announced earlier today they had re-assigned 4 players to minor league camp and one to AA San Antonio. RHP Miles Mikolas and Matt Painter, INF Jedd Gyorko and OF Jaff Decker were sent to ML camp. INF Jeudy Valdez went to AA San Antonio.
The Padres team press announcement noted this leaves 41 players in camp, of which 10 are non-roster invitees, one of whom is Jeff Suppan. I may be the only Padre blogger hoping Suppan makes this team.
Of course, those roster moves are dwarfed by the intrigue surrounding club ownership. In the latest development of what has rapidly turned into a soap opera, Padres CEO and apparent heir to ownership Jeff Moorad stepped down as CEO. It was initially reported Moorad had accepted a VP position with the club and that VP Tom Garfinkel had been elevated to CEO. Later reporting indicated Moorad had cleaned out his office entirely and was gone.
That's not the end of the intrigue. John Moores, who was compelled to sell the team as a result of his divorce proceedings, has been reported to having renewed interest in steering the club. If that happens does he undo all that Moorad's team did, especially in the front office? Moorad cleaned house, bringing in a new GM, revamping and expanding the scouting department, expanding the sales force. His changes have paid off in that the Padres now boast a top 5 farm system (#1 according to ESPN's Keith Law). One would hope Moores is a savvy enough businessman to see these changes have largely been for the better of the Padres franchise.
What does Moorad's step-down mean for his ownership group? One would think that whatever objections exist to Moorad's ownership, they would not be removed simply because Moorad's no longer the front man. My guess is the objections are serious enough they want him to have no part of the team which finally buys the club from Moores. It stinks from Jeff's perspective, in that he and his ownership group have sunk roughly $200M into the franchise trying to buy it and that dream won't be realized.
Personally I don't care if the owner is Moores, Moorad, or some as-yet unknown Selig-favored son. I don't have the animosity towards John Moores that some Padres fans do. However it is not good for business, nor for building a fan base, to have this kind of uncertainty surrounding the team. The Padres and MLB in San Diego would be better off if either John Moores came forward, reasserted control of the team and pulled it off the market, or the team is sold, so everyone can move on and return to what is important:
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other international leaders urged countries and private businesses to fight increasing efforts to restrict access to the Internet by repressive governments and even some democratic ones. Opening a two-day conference on digital freedom here sponsored by Google and the Dutch government, Mrs. Clinton warned that restrictions on the Internet threatened not only basic freedoms and human rights, but also international commerce and the free flow of information that increasingly makes it possible.
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SOCHI, Russia | An unidentified German athlete has failed a drug test in the first announced doping case of the Sochi Olympics.
The German Olympic Committee said Friday it had been notified by the IOC late Thursday that one of its athletes had tested positive on an "A'' sample. The backup "B'' sample will be analyzed Friday, the German committee said.
The Germans did not name the athlete, the sport or the substance involved.
SEE ALSO: Team USA medal winners
Olympic athletes face formal doping charges if both samples are positive. It's rare for a "B'' sample to contradict the original "A'' finding.
The International Olympic Committee would not confirm or deny the positive test, staying in line with its procedures on any doping investigations.
"I won't comment on whether a process is even underway," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told The Associated Press.
Any athlete found guilty of a doping violation faces disqualification and removal of results and medals.
Germany has 16 medals so far in Sochi, including eight golds.
Stefan Schwarzbach, the German team spokesman for cross-country and biathlon, said he wasn't allowed to comment on whether the test involved those events or another sport.
"All I can say is, we have a positive 'A' sample (somewhere on the German Olympic team)," he said. "But as long as we don't have a positive 'B' sample, we are not allowed to talk about that."
The IOC is conducting 2,453 drug tests in Sochi, a record for the Winter Games. The majority of tests are in strength and endurance sports, notably cross-country skiing and biathlon, events where the use of EPO and other blood-boosting drugs can aid stamina.
The IOC also stores Olympic doping samples to allow for retesting when new methods become available. The storage period has been extended from eight to 10 years under the next World Anti-Doping Code.
Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the IOC medical commission, said last weekend that he was not surprised there had been no doping cases until then.
"It's expected that people don't cheat and those who do are not here," Ljungqvist said, noting that only one positive case was recorded at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
A Russian biathlete, Irina Starykh, withdrew from the Sochi Olympics because she failed a doping test before the games.
AP Sports Writer Mattias Karen in Krasnaya Polyana contributed to this report.


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Mark Garcia January 10, 2014
The Pool Shock Handbook
Continuing a short series on 'Shocking Pool Topics', today we look at when to shock, and how much shock to use.
These best methods of pool shocking are applicable to any pool, whether you are shocking a small pool, or a 400,000 gallon Olympic sized pool.
In this article, we'll approach shocking from the standpoint of why you are shocking the pool. There are 3 main reasons for shocking a pool, covered below.
But first, let's briefly discuss the various types of swimming pool oxidizers, or disinfectants - or as I prefer to call them - pool shocks.
Types of Pool Shock
Granulated chlorine powder is made by introducing enough chlorine gas to a solution of hydroxides to reach a certain concentration. The salts are dried and crystallized into a form of bleaching powder - invented in 1799!
Chlorine pool shocks include Calcium Hypochlorite, Lithium Hypochlorite, Dichlor and Sodium Hypochlorite, also known as liquid chlorine. They are sold in several different strengths, and will list strength as the percentage of available chlorine. Cal Hypo has the most bang for the buck, along with liquid chlorine, or bleach. Dichlor is a stabilized form of pool shock, containing cyanuric acid, or conditioner. Lithium burns very clean, without adding calcium salts to the water.
Non-chlorine pool shock, also known as Potassium Monopersulfate, is a strong oxidant made with active oxygen and several salts, dried to a fine powder. It's useful in a chlorine-free pool, or for shocking without adding calcium or stabilizer to the water. Chlorine-free shock is great at removing impurities, contaminants and chloramines, but not so good at killing bacteria or removing algae.
3 Reasons to Shock a Pool
1. Shocking for Chloramine Removal
Chloramines, also known as Combined Chlorine, occur when a chlorine molecule combines with ammonia or nitrogen in the pool water. The attachment makes the molecule sluggish, and it becomes ineffective as a sanitizer. Furthermore, it becomes irritating to skin and eyes, and makes the water smell.
Raise the chlorine level in your pool high enough, and you will break apart these chloramine bonds, removing chloramines from the water. To effectively remove chloramines, many sources say that you need 10x the amount of combined chlorine, but for complete removal I may double that amount, to compensate for stabilizer (cyanuric acid) levels, or after active pool use, or when treating algae.
To determine the presence of chloramines, a DPD test kit is used, along with a little formula. First one measures for Free Chlorine (FC), and then adds another reagent to test for Total Chlorine (TC). If the sample gets darker in the test vial, this shows a difference between Total and Free chlorine. Subtracting Free from Total yields Combined Chlorine (CC).
For example; If we test Free Chlorine at 1.0ppm, and find our Total Chlorine is 1.4ppm, the difference is 0.4ppm - of combined chlorine. FC - TC = CC. Now, how much chlorine is needed to shock the pool for chloramine removal? Some would say that the calculation is just 10x the amount of chlorine. But this is primarily based on monochloramine removal, and does not account for pH level, and the level of stabilizer, or cyanuric acid in the water.
Here's a real world chart to shock the pool for chloramine removal. Use it to figure out how much pool shock to use, based on your level of combined chlorine in the water. Remember this chart assumes a good pH, and a relatively low CYA level. More shock will be needed for higher levels of stabilizer in the pool, and for pH levels above 7.5.
You'll also need to know your pool size in gallons, and do some math to multiply these amounts (based on 10000 gallons), for the size of your pool. Oh, and in case you have forgotten, there are 16oz to a 1lb bag of shock, and 128oz in a gallon of bleach.
2. Shocking for Bacteria Removal
Bacteria, fungus, protozoa and viruses and even parasites can enter the pool water from swimmer waste or from organic contaminants. Chlorine pool shocks in the correct amount kill these organisms by attacking the cell wall, which exposes vital cell constituents and terminates cell function.
How much chlorine is needed to kill bacteria in swimming pools? It depends on the type of bacteria, and the extent of the contamination. Most types of bacteria found in pools, such as E-coli or Pseudomonas are fairly easy to kill with just 2-3 ppm of chlorine. However, the CDC recommends that for pool fecal incidents involving diarrhea, a level of 20 ppm be maintained for 13 hours, to eliminate protozoans, such as Crypto.
Like our charts mention, 20ppm requires a good pH level, a relatively low level of cyanuric acid. A tepid temperature, of 70-80 degrees, is also assumed. High pH, High Stabilizer or High temperatures will require a higher concentration of chlorine, and/or a longer reaction time - to effectively remove bacteria in swimming pools.
3. Shocking for Algae Removal
Algae can require large amounts of chlorine for a complete removal. It depends on the severity of the algae bloom, and other factors, such as high pH and Stabilizer levels, or a very warm water temperature, the amount of organic debris in the pool, and the effectiveness of the pool filtration and circulation.
After considering the variables described above, refer to the chart above for treating algae blooms in pools. Light colored or isolated algae may only require 10 ppm to eradicate, medium blooms should double the dose, and for dark green or yellow algae blooms, adding enough pool shock to reach 30 ppm may be necessary.
A less calculated approach is to balance the chemistry, clean the pool and shock until the water turns a blue-grey color. When shocking the pool to remove algae, it's best to not hold back, but rather 'hit it hard'. Using mechanical methods is usually necessary - brushing the walls and floor, vacuuming and backwashing, to remove algae cells from the pool, and flush them out of the system.
Thanks for Reading!
Mark Garcia


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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is seeking the public's help in solving a homicide dating from the '70s.
The agency posted on its Facebook page a request for information concerning a young California man James Norris, a.k.a. Richard Gunning, who came to Florida in October 1974 to buy a quantity of marijuana His remains were found a year and a half later in the woods near Perry, but not identified until 2011.
FDLE investigators believe that there are still people in the area between Citrus County and Taylor County who may be able to shed light on this case and bring closure to the young man's family.
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There's two cool things to look for in the skies this month.
The first, a lunar eclipse, will occur early on the morning of April 15th. The second, a nearby Mars, will be visible for most of the month. Let's start with the eclipse, which should be pretty cool if we can get some clear skies.
You're either going to have to stay up late, or get up early.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon moves into the Earth's shadow, and it's going to do that at 2:06 a.m. CT in Houston on Tuesday, April 15.
The eclipse will last for nearly one and a half hours.
According to Carolyn Sumners, the Houston Museum of Natural Science's curator of astronomy, the Moon's brightness during a total eclipse depends on the amount of dust particles in the atmosphere. With little dust in our atmosphere, the Moon glows reddish-orange during totality. This is because only the Sun's red light comes through the Earth's atmosphere and falls on the Moon even while it is in the Earth's shadow.
It's too early to say whether Houston will have clear or mostly clear skies for a week from now to view the eclipse.
This month Earth will move to within its closest approach to Mars in about 6.5 years. This is how our solar system looks right now.
To find Mars look to the southeast after dark where at a magnitude of -1.5 it will easily be the brightest object in that area of sky. If you look closely you'll see Mars as an orangeish-yellowish planet.
The red planet will be about 34 million miles away. It can get as far away as 250 million miles.
Be sure and wave to Opportunity and Curiosity, our two active rovers on the surface of Mars.


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CHAMBERSBURG — The final score pretty much summed it up.
Friday night's varsity football season opener between Chambersburg and Greencastle-Antrim featured one team capable of just about everything while the other appeared overwhelmed by the moment in front of a capacity crowd at Trojan Stadium.
In the end, Chambersburg rolled to a 56-10 victory over its nearby rival, establishing a 49-point lead by halftime before putting it on cruise control over the final 24 minutes.
Plain and simple — it was a dominant performance in all phases.
"We looked like we weren't ready to play, and that's what bothers me the most," G-A head coach Chuck Tinninis said. "When you're going against a team of that caliber, you have to be ready to go, and we weren't tonight. I'm very disappointed in that."
Utilizing its wealth of speed and athleticism, Chambersburg needed just 13 plays to score 35 points in the first quarter, all while holding G-A to only 12 yards of offense through the opening frame.
A 55-yard swing pass from quarterback Ryan Martin to Jordan Brown accounted for the game's first touchdown on the second play from scrimmage, with a 23-yard pitch to stud running back Jamal Pickett granting the Trojans a 14-0 advantage less than three minutes later.
Following G-A's second three-and-out, Martin connected with J.T. Hopple for a 44-yard scoring strike before a Blue Devil fumble returned the ball to Chambersburg at G-A's 10.
Martin and the Trojan offense needed only two plays to cash in, as the senior signal caller lofted a pass in the direction of Brown, allowing the receiver to make a leaping grab over the defender for a 28-point cushion.
G-A's third three-and-out of the quarter ensued, with Brown reversing field en route to a 33-yard touchdown run and a 35-0 lead with 32 seconds remaining in the first.
The rout carried into the second, as Hopple intercepted a pass and returned it 34 yards to paydirt before the Blue Devils' first drive to enter Trojan territory came to an end following Hopple's second interception in a four-minute span.
Starting at its own 32, Pickett accounted for every yard on Chambersburg's next drive, highlighted by a 39-yard catch-and-run after making a one-handed reception prior to scampering around the edge from 21 yards out, extending the margin to 49-0 before the half.
After forcing G-A to punt from its own end zone to begin the third, Pickett chewed up the necessary 19 yards on two carries, crossing the goal line for the third time while giving Chambersburg an eight-touchdown advantage.
With the game out of reach, the Blue Devils did have a few bright spots in the closing stages, headlined by solid showings from James Hines, Spencer Meyers, Andrew Votral and Justin Hovey.
G-A's final two drives of the night produced points, with Hines accounting for healthy chunks of yardage on the ground to set up a 32-yard field goal by Hovey, who displayed plenty of leg to put the Blue Devils on the board with 1.7 seconds remaining in the third.
A Chambersburg three-and-out returned the ball to G-A near midfield to start the fourth, with Meyers hitting Votral for a 17-yard gain to advance the ball inside the Trojans' 30. After a trio of positive runs were offset by consecutive losses, Meyers again found Votral on a screen play across the middle, allowing the sophomore to slice through Chambersburg's defense en route to a 28-yard touchdown with five minutes left to play.
"I saw some of our younger guys out there playing with some fire and taking advantage of the opportunity," Tinninis said. "That's what we're looking for across the board and as coaches, that's what we're going to work on. We need more emotion and we need more leaders to get people fired up. There's a lot we need to fix before next Friday night."
Martin finished 4-of-4 for 148 yards and three touchdowns in the victory while Pickett rushed for 103 yards on 13 carries.
Hines' 11 carries for 34 yards led a G-A rushing attack that combined for just 90 yards on 47 attempts.
The Blue Devils (0-1) will look to put last night's struggles behind them when they host Boiling Springs for their home opener next Friday.
Chambersburg (1-0) makes the short trip to Waynesboro for a non-league game in Week 2.


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Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston: Contact information
Western Massachusetts Jewish Genealogy Society: Contact information
Berkshire Jewish Archives Council
75 Mountain Drive
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore
Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts
(413) 665-0066
The JCAM office answers telephone and mail (preferred) inquiries and responds to visits. Its database can produce lists of affiliated cemeteries and names of interred individuals, often with burial dates. Maps of cemetery sites and burial plot arrangements exist for many cemeteries. Their archive has become a valuable resource for people searching for relatives' graves. JCAM's computer database from the records of individual cemeteries eventually will provide a practical and historical record of all Jewish burials in the greater Boston area. The JCAM database currently contains over 40,000 individual entries from 43 cemeteries, split up into five separate databases: West Roxbury, Woburn, North Shore, Everett and Framingham/Natick. The database contains records for each cemetery JCAM manages. (see exceptions below). The database includes nothing for privately managed cemeteries. [Exceptions: Records of the Plymouth Rock Cemetery in Brockton and Temple Ohabei Shalom in East Boston are at the JCAM office, but not in the database. There is no written record for Sons of Benjamin (Grove Street), Chevra Thillim and Shary Cedeck (Centre Street). Records for Beth Abraham (Grove Street) are incomplete. For each individual, the database contains the surname and given name, date of death (usually), and grave location (cemetery, section and lot number). For burials since 1984, the database also contains the name and address of next of kin. Some information on plot ownership is also available. The types and quality of the data vary, since the information for each cemetery comes from diverse original sources. There is no public access to the database; all inquiries must be made through the JCAM office.
About 34,000 names have been supplied by JCAM to IAJGS. The associations or cemeteries for which names have been supplied are indicated with a number within {} next to the association name.
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1987-88 Guide to Jewish Cemeteries. published: Newton Centre, Mass.: Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts


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SAN LEANDRO — Two people are behind bars after they led police on a car chase then hid from officers to avoid arrest.
Around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, two San Leandro officers saw a car commit a traffic infraction on Durant Avenue, near East 14th Street.
When officers attempted to pull over the car to enforce the violation, the driver failed to stop. The driver then led police on a short pursuit before he hit a curb.
The driver and a passenger — Oakland residents John Allen Jr., 26, and 25-year-old Ezekiel Taylor — ran from the vehicle and the officers pursued them.
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Allen and Taylor both had no-bail arrest warrants and were booked for resisting arrest.
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Queen's benefactors, Alfred and Isabel Bader, have supported the establishment of research chairs in Southern and Northern Baroque Art.
Gauvin Bailey, Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art
Gauvin Bailey, a professor of Art History and the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art, explores how European Baroque and Rococo art influenced artistic expression in other parts of the world, particularly Latin America. He's interested in learning how non-Europeans adapted elements of those styles to evolve their native religious art into something new and unique.
In his current project, Bailey is challenging the widely-held view among art historians that Rococo, a style of decorative art born in Paris in the early 18th century, contained little intellectual or religious substance compared to the art of the Baroque period that preceded it. Through years of archival and field research, from France and Germany to Paraguay and Brazil, Bailey has crafted an alternative interpretation of Rococo built on evidence that suggests it had more depth than its detractors claim.
In libraries and church archives across Europe and Latin America, Bailey has unearthed more than 50 religious treatises, and even more sermons, written during the heyday of the French salons – a period when intellectuals and genteel society people gathered in intimate groups to discuss politics, philosophy, literature and other high-minded topics – and relating these works to the development of Rococo beyond France. He finds it noteworthy that the supposedly lightweight style was used not only in decorative objects such as porcelain figurines and chairs for wealthy homes, but also, in Germany and elsewhere, to adorn churches.
"It can be hard to get to these places," says Bailey. "But boy, it is worth it."
"Why was Rococo chosen for churches if it was frivolous?" says Bailey, who has taught Renaissance, Baroque, and Latin American art at Clark University, Boston College, and the University of Aberdeen, and curated significant exhibitions at museums including the Smithsonian Institution and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
For his most recent book, Bailey is documenting how and why Rococo spread beyond France to other parts of Europe, and then, via missionaries, to religious institutions in South America. One potential explanation is that Rococo's emphasis on nature, and on what Bailey calls the "theology of happiness," helped Christian missionaries – particularly Jesuits – to forge closer connections with New World peoples whose traditional religions and imagery were inextricably linked to the natural world. While it's difficult to prove this was the case, Bailey has nevertheless found compelling examples of Rococo-derived decor in some remote locales, including derelict Colonial churches in Patagonia and in the Cotahuasi Canyon of Peru, the largest canyon in the world and also one of the most inaccessible. Getting to these places is sometimes risky: over the years Bailey has had some hairy bus rides in the mountains and been mugged three times.
"It can be hard to get to these places," says Bailey. "But boy, it is worth it."
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Stephanie Dickey, Bader Chair in Northern Baroque Art
The work of Bailey's counterpart at Queen's, Stephanie Dickey, who holds the Bader Chair in Northern Baroque Art, has quite a different focus. She is an expert in Dutch Baroque, particularly the art of Rembrandt and contemporaries such as Jan Lievens and the Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Much of what she does is based on trying to understand the social significance of these artists' works in their times – how their paintings, drawings and prints were perceived by others and what it meant to them.
One way Dickey explores this theme is by studying the history of portraits, as they often depict not only the physical appearance and social status of the sitter, but also, in the hands of masters like Rembrandt, a sense of inner life. Through overt or subtle symbolism, they may also reflect the social concerns of the day.
Printed portraits, a key component of Dickey's research, offer special insights into the subject. Unlike paintings, prints often combined visual images with inscriptions that suggest how qualities of moral character and achievement were valued – and how artists were challenged to make these qualities visible. Although Rembrandt seldom allowed inscriptions added directly to his work, independent poems and other texts reveal that contemporaries admired his ability to infuse portraits with emotion and liveliness. Together, the visual and literary record provides a window into the mentality of 17th-century Holland, and, by extension, the perennial fascination with human identity.
But the literary accounts aren't the only way to figure out how the works of the great artists were interpreted and valued. Dickey has also been tracking the history of print collecting, again with a focus on Rembrandt. Uniquely expressive, diverse, and always highly collectible, Rembrandt's etchings prompted the first-ever effort to catalogue a printmaker's complete work (1751), and over 30 cataloguers since have attempted to compile accurate lists separating his prints from those of his many copyists and imitators. By comparing factors such as descriptive language and even price fluctuations for specific prints, Dickey can gauge shifting patterns in collecting and connoisseurship from Rembrandt's own time until today.
"For a person who does the sort of research that I do, this is one of the best places you could be in terms of the resources that are available."
"The rise and fall of appreciation for Rembrandt becomes a kind of mirror of the history of taste," says Dickey. Fortunately, by being at Queen's, Dickey has close access to one of the world's finest university collections of Dutch Baroque art. That collection, housed in the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, is the on-going gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, whose largesse has also enabled Dickey to convene two important conferences (in 2009 and 2011, at Queen's Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in England) that have brought together the world's leading scholars of Rembrandt and artists in his circle to share their findings and open up new lines of research.
"For a person who does the sort of research that I do, this is one of the best places you could be in terms of the resources that are available," says Dickey. "I'm trying to take advantage of that in every possible way."
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Printmaker Peter Miller the other day posted a photo of the stone basin at Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, which carries an inscription: 'Even if I have nothing, it is enough.'
What if this message translates to say that we should gratefully accept all that comes our way this Christmas? Acceptance is the Zen of things: acceptance of the universe and acceptance of THAT which makes it tick.
Peter said he had long cherished this notion of sufficiency and gratitude, adding he purchased at the temple, for 800 yen, a medallion to remind himself of the practical message contained in the kanji. "Then I lost it," he said. "Really. I packed the medallion in my suitcase carefully, but on my return it wasn't there. Thereby illustrating in an unintended way the wisdom of the inscription."
You cannot walk the path until you first become the path.
Let's consider also this bit of seasonal Western wisdom: "He sees you when you're sleeping."
Can we say, now that we are big children, that this Xmas jingle about Santa coming to town confers a slightly discomforting thought? Who wants to be seen while sleeping? And let's admit, while full of good cheer, as piles of bygone Christmases stack up, that we find the holiday season to be no longer the same bumper-car jumbalorum of joy that it once was.
Do we outgrow the wonder? Can we find it again? Show us a kid on Christmas Eve who doesn't channel all their love, hope and joy in the direction of the all-knowing, roly-poly, Saint Nick. Who, as a child, isn't lost in the Lapland of their Christmas dreams or, alternatively, can't be coerced by the threat that you'd better not cry, you'd better not pout ... but be good, for goodness sake?
Goodwill to All
Today, we find our fondest memories of Christmas past are slippery and elusive, untrustworthy even - just like the memory of a carefully packed Ryoanji medallion.
To be honest the manger nativity birth-of-little-Jesus version of Christmas never really resonated with us. The images of cattle lowing, shepherds or even wise men did not enthrall. Personally, the Saint Nick version of Christmas always carried more magical weight than the nativity. Santa bestowed a spirit of generosity, of giving, and good will toward all. I still like to place Santa at the centre of my nativity scene (Jesus is there too) and surround him with plastic dinosaurs, knights and Corgi cars.
When I was last in Bethlehem you could not buy a wooden Santa, sleighs or reindeer - only angels and mangers, and chubby little Jesus's carved from branches of olive trees from near Gethsemane.
Which is a shame. Because at Christmas who cannot imagine iconic Rudolph, lightbulb nose in the air, his icy reindeer breath billowing atop the snowy shingles? We listened under the warm blankets, so still, for the stealth sound of Santa negotiating our chimney, magically sliding past the crematorium of the gas furnace, to leave large boxes under the glittering tree. Oh yes, we were far too wired for sleep. It was Christmas Eve and our hearts were luminous.
But consider this warning: "He knows if you've been bad or good. He knows when you're awake."
Let's not belabour bad or good. You have a conscience of your own. But being awake is a prerequisite for no-mind satori. And I imagine that state to be a place where tigers worship flying lords a-leaping, where no smoky breath can disturb the deepest dust that lies buried therein. I imagine it is where all the peace, calm and serenity in every person of every nook of Earth is mustered and illumined, trumpeted and glorified; where we can bathe in clean rainforests festooned by snow pillars, where we are serenaded by ice wolves who howl across crackling firelight blizzards. And I imagine this is a place where we may raise a glass to toast the thunderclaps, and fill our cup to the brim with love; where we find flashes of fat-bellied mirth as our cockles warm under the ridge of the pipe and the blankets of the sleigh, bells jingling as we are drawn forward, accepting, hopeful, surrounded by gay lumberjacks named Spruce.
Perhaps, though, you are the sort of Christmas celebrant for whom neither satori nor Zen nor even Santa will keep your toddy hot. Let's say you are moved by the traditional birth-story, the shepherds and manger.
If so, then let us offer the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. It is a fine little midwinter yarn that was consigned to the Apocrypha, discarded long ago by church leaders because it was insufficiently contemporaneous and too finely graphic and literary to be Biblical.
What happened is Joseph ended up with Mary after taking a pass on five other virgins: Rebecca, Sephora, Susanna, Abigea, and Cael. The Pseudo-Matthew version of the birth narrative reports: "they cast lots among themselves what each virgin should do, and the purple for the veil of the temple of the Lord fell to the lot of Mary." One thing begat another, as they say, and later (omitting some details in the interest of brevity) en route to Bethlehem to answer the census, an angel appeared and the expectant Mary was guided to refuge in a dark cave. The birth was entirely impressive: "The light from God so shone in the cave, that neither by day nor night was light wanting as long as the blessed Mary was there. And there she brought forth a son, and the angels surrounded Him when He was being born. And as soon as He was born, He stood upon His feet, and the angels adored Him, saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good pleasure."
Joseph wasn't present for the actual birth though. According to this version of things, he took off to find a couple of midwives. But shepherds saw angels and there was a Big Star – bigger than any seen before.
Gold, frankincense, myrrh
The manger thing happened on Day 3: "And on the third day after the birth ... the most blessed Mary went forth out of the cave, and entering a stable, placed the child in the stall, and the ox and the ass adored Him. Then was fulfilled that which was said by Isaiah the prophet, saying: The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib. The very animals, therefore, the ox and the ass, having Him in their midst, incessantly adored Him."
A few more things happened on the third fourth fifth and sixth days after the birth and then something a bit nasty happened to Jesus on the eighth day. And then, jumping to the second year: "Magi came from the east to Jerusalem, bringing great gifts … one gave gold, another frankincense, and the third myrrh."
Merry Christmas
Later, as Mary, Joseph and young Jesus fled to Egypt to avoid the wrath of Herod and the slaughter of the innocents, they stopped by a cave to rest: "And, lo, suddenly there came forth from the cave many dragons; and when the children saw them, they cried out in great terror. Then Jesus went down from the bosom of His mother, and stood on His feet before the dragons; and they adored Jesus, and thereafter retired."
Pseudo-Matthew goes on, with much emphasis on adoration and the earthly beastiary: "Lions and panthers adored Him likewise, and accompanied them in the desert. Wherever Joseph and the blessed Mary went, they went before them showing them the way, and bowing their heads; and showing their submission by wagging their tails, they adored Him with great reverence. And Wolves shall feed with lambs; the lion and the ox shall eat straw together."
With this in mind let's eat turkey together with stuffing, and plum pudding together with gratitude, and lace it all with acceptance as we muddle through another holiday while tinkling the keys to the tune of the Zen Christmas Blues, which this year ends with the traditional appeal to each of you Dear Friends ... "Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night."
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Pressers are invariably boring; unless Allen Iverson is involved. We got a doozy today, as AI broke down announcing his return to the 76ers.
I know, it can be emotional going from riding the bench for a 7-12 team to riding the bench for a 5-14 team. At least that's what I think Iverson was choking out between sobs.
Let's watch.
But, Philly fans, don't get so attached to the notion that playing for the Sixers is so powerful as to move an ordinarily stoic man. Here's Iverson breaking down while giving a motivational speech to students in his scholarship program:
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"I keep six honest serving men - They taught me all I know, Their names are what and why and when -- And how and where and who."
Six Honest Serving Men, Rudyard Kipling, 1903
As you and I know the secret to successful selling is to ask the right questions.
If we do this skilfully, we become seen as a problem solver and the dynamic or 'power base' shifts from a seller/buyer relationship into that of two equal partners. You are then not selling…you are simply helping the customer to buy.
In order to sell effectively we need to know what will make the customer buy from us. In order to do this we need to ask them….and listen wholly and exclusively to what they say!
A highly effective type of question is known as an 'open question'. These are often prefaced by either 'who?', 'what?', 'when?', 'why?' 'where?' or 'how?'.
These are all questions that will encourage the customer to talk about their current situation and needs. If we are listening attentively (and many sales people I work with do not!) then we are able to gather the right level of information and are able to tailor our ultimate presentation to show how we can meet their specific and stated requirements.
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'Who' questions • Who will be using the product? • Who will need to be trained to use the product? • Who will sign off the order?
'What' questions • What problem are you looking to solve? • What impact does this problem currently have? • What do you look for when you are buying new widgets? • What else?
'When' questions • When are you looking to introduce the new widget? • When would you need delivery? • When would you want the training programme to start?
'Why' questions • Why do you say that? • Why is that an issue for you? • Why do you need to change the process now? • Why do you think that?
'Where' questions • Where will the widgets make the biggest impact? • Where will you need the delivery to go to? • Where do you get your widgets from currently?
'How' questions • How can I help you solve that problem? • How quickly will you need the widgets? • How would that work in practice? • How will this change the way you currently work?
A word of caution here…in order to maintain rapport it is important to use open questions naturally and conversationally otherwise it could feel to the customer that they are being bombarded.
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Two articles published today wholly captured the zeitgeist of our times: one detailing the dramatic increase in wind power under President Obama's first term and another bemoaning stalled natural gas mining regulations. This week also saw announcements of new renewable energy infrastructure projects.
TIME's Michael Grunwald shot down Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's suggestion that solar and wind power are "imaginary sources of energy. Romney has expressed opposition to tax credits that benefit renewable energy producers on the basis that the "free market" should determine the winners while continuing to support subsidies for fossil fuels. Grunwald wrote:
"Before President Obama took office, the U.S. had 25 gigawatts of wind power, and the government's "base case" energy forecast expected 40 GW by 2030. Well, it's not quite 2030 yet, but we've already got 50 GW of wind. We've also got about 5 GW of solar, which isn't much but is over six times as much as we had before Obama. Mitt Romney has suggested that wind and solar are "imaginary" sources of energy, but they can now power 15 million homes, and their industries employ more than 300,000 Americans. That's real."
The President has been on tour of swing states this week touting wind energy. Both Iowa and Colorado have seen job growth in the sector under his administration. This week the President announced seven new renewable energy infrastructure projects that would power an estimated 1.5 million homes.
Contrast that with President Obama's presumed lack of progress on drafting new regulations for natural gas companies. A controversial mining technique called hydrofracturing, or "fracking," has proven potential to contaminate groundwater or even cause earthquakes . Natural gas is also an abundant domestic energy source, and President Obama promised to that his administration "will take every possible action to safely develop energy," during his last State of the Union speech .
Forbes contributor Brigham A. McCown (that's definitely a power name) wrote a nice assessment on the state of new regulations that would govern fracking. He began by noting how the regulations were intended to improve the disclosure of chemicals uses during the process, well integrity, and the aforementioned ecological problems.
McCown noted slow goings, and concluded:
"What President Obama and the EPA are missing are the new, more effective drilling techniques that have led to the more cost-efficient drilling and safer production procedures. Despite the added grace period, White House officials say the rule will be finalized by year's end. Should the vote pass, states will be relieved of their responsibilities regulating the wells, and oil and gas companies will be left with even higher taxes and ironclad regulations that will ultimately do more harm than good."
Natural gas is a cheap fuel source now because there's been an appreciable surge in shale gas production. There's also been a multi billion dollar boom in chemical industry investment attributed to its low price. There is now greater annual growth in production under President Obama than most of the past decade - even greater than a period of regulator neglect during the Bush years. It increased 48 percent over the 2006-2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
2011 was a record breaking year. On Tuesday, the EIA revised its 2012 outlook, but still expect a natural gas production growth rate of 3.8 percent over 2011 levels. By that measure, what's the harm of taking the time to get regulation right? The public is concerned about what happens when things go wrong.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Related on SmartPlanet:
- Flushing toilets could heat future buildings
- Algae technology cleans up fracking water
- State of the Union highlights energy as top priority
- Farmers hope to cash in on fracking phenomenon
- EPA: hydrofracking may have tainted Wyoming groundwater
- Ohio: frackers caused earthquakes
- Fracking triggered British earthquakes
- Toxic fracking fluids revealed in Congressional report
- There's no fracking way polluters won't be bad actors
- Hydro-frackers to EPA: We used diesel - tough
- Controversial mining practice may return to the Empire state
- Scientist: gas industry is withholding hydro-fracking contamination data
- Marcellus shale fail - estimates of natural gas reserves were overstated
- Hydro-frackers to EPA - 'tough, we used diesel'
- Everything you know about shale gas is wrong
- The questionable economics of shale gas
- study: hydrofracking sickening animals, people
- Marcellus shale fail: estimates of natural gas were inflated
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Another year of modest growth, the peril of the "fiscal cliff" and a resurgence of debt problems in Europe may not sound like a recipe for a good stock market, but one Wall Street firm thinks a record-breaker is on the way.
Strategists and economists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch laid out their vision of 2013 on Tuesday, and it includes much to tantalize investors.
Among the predictions: The Standard & Poor's 500 is on its way to 1,600, gold could hit $2,000 or even $2,400 an ounce, and the nascent housing recovery is about to gain speed. (Read More: Housing Affordability Begins to Slide)
Outside the U.S., China is expected to lead global growth and multinational companies will find favor after a year where American-focused companies were the best bet.
"We are pretty unapologetically bullish for 2013," Savita Subramanian, equity and quant strategist at BofA, told a crowded media gathering. "We think that a new high here for the market is not a very outlandish expectation."
The firm's predictions carry weight because it has been among the most accurate prognosticators on the Street, with a 1,450 S&P 500 target for 2012 well within reach in the market's final trading days of the year.
That prediction came even amid a corresponding expectation of weak growth—just 2.1 percent for the full year—that also turned out to be pretty accurate.
For 2013, BofA's pros said to expect more of the same.


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ALBANY -— Fourteen district attorneys whose counties are within the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese have called on Bishop Howard J. Hubbard to reshape the diocese's handling of sexual abuse complaints against clergy and other employees.
Citing "concerns about how these cases are being handled," the district attorneys all signed a proposed memorandum of understanding that was presented to Hubbard early last month. Hubbard, who has been bishop since 1977, signed the document Friday, a day after the Times Union asked the diocese questions about it. He declined a request for an interview.
The district attorneys signed the memorandum in alphabetical order of their counties, which include the greater Capital Region and an area covering dozens of churches and Catholic schools from Delaware to Washington counties.
The memorandum was shown to the Times Union by two people not authorized to comment publicly. It marks the second time since 2002 that the district attorneys have banded together and privately raised questions about the diocese's handling of sexual abuse cases, including whether church leaders had once systematically shielded accused priests from law enforcement scrutiny.
In the letter to Hubbard, the district attorneys said the diocese's current practice is problematic because church officials screen people who come forward with allegations of sexual abuse before law enforcement officials are notified. The victims are also required to fill out detailed forms about the abuse and the effect it has had on them, and to sign waivers giving the church access to their medical records.
"This stated policy of the Albany diocese does not require the diocese to notify law enforcement of any allegation that the diocese does not find credible or believes is beyond the statute of limitations," the district attorneys' letter says. The diocese's system "has resulted in a screening process of cases by which the Albany diocese makes a determination on credibility, requires any person making an allegation to fill out a questionnaire, provide a deposition, names of witnesses and sign HIPPA (health information privacy) releases."
Once an abuse allegation has been processed by the diocese, Michael L. Costello, an Albany attorney whose firm has represented the diocese for decades, sends a letter to the district attorney whose county is where any alleged abuse took place.
Costello's letters do not give many details or identify the victim. Last November, Costello withheld the name of an accused clergy member in a letter to the Warren County district attorney relaying a new abuse allegation. His letter to District Attorney Kathleen B. Hogan said the priest's name was "available upon request." He identified the victim as born in 1965 and a resident of Texas.
The concerns raised by the region's top law enforcement officials come 10 years after their agencies issued a similar letter to the diocese to "express the grave concerns of our constituencies about the manner in which such cases have been handled in the past," said the letter, dated April 11, 2002.
In a statement issued late Friday, the diocese cast the recent demands from 14 district attorneys as a collective effort with the church.
Kenneth Goldfarb, a diocese spokesman, said: "The diocese is working with the district attorneys to develop a new agreement that updates the initial 2002 protocol that established a standardized practice for reporting allegations of abuse to law enforcement agencies."
The diocese's handling of sexual abuse allegations came under extreme scrutiny in 2008 when Gary Mercure, a former longtime priest in the Albany and Glens Falls areas, was accused of raping young boys in the 1980s and 1990s. In the mid-1990s, the diocese sent Mercure to a church-run hospital near Philadelphia, St. John Vianney, for undisclosed counseling and what church officials described as a "nervous breakdown."
Mercure was later returned to the ministry. Then, around 2000, a mother of two former altar boys in Glens Falls contacted church officials and reported that her son had told her Mercure had once tried to kiss him on the family's front porch.
The woman, who now lives in another state and spoke to the Times Union on the condition she not be identified, said she was put in touch with Father Louis Deimeke, a diocese official who later retired.
"He wanted to know 'what do you want from us,'" she said. "I said we don't want any money ... I'm calling to protect other children."
She said Deimeke acknowledged they'd "had problems" with Mercure.
Church officials would later say Mercure denied the allegations and resumed his ministry duties in Troy.
The woman said about a year later she learned Deimeke would be at St. Mary's Church in Glens Falls. She waited and followed him into the sacistry, where she introduced herself.
"He did not acknowledge me in any way shape or form," the woman said. "He continued to put his coat on and walked out the sacistry door and out of the church. I stood there dumbfounded."
In 2008, after one of her sons learned Mercure was still a priest at an area church affiliated with a school, the alleged victim contacted the Warren County district attorney and recounted years of alleged abuse at Mercure's hands. On paper, it looked as though the New York statute of limitations barred any prosecution. Hogan investigated and learned Mercure had raped some of his victims in Massachussetts, where his crimes were not time-barred from prosecution.
Last year Mercure was sentenced in Berkshire County to more than 20 years in prison after being convicted of three counts of forcible rape.
The former Glens Falls-area woman, whose son testified at Mercure's trial, said no one from the diocese contacted law enforcement. "They never reported it," she said. In 2000, her sons were adults but reluctant to tell the chuch what had happened. But they may have told police, she added.
The 2002 letter from 14 district attorneys to the diocese also outlined concerns about the diocese's reporting practices and noted that other public and private organizations "nearly universally" would contact law enforcement.
"There is the legitimate view held by many of our constituents that the policy and practice of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese has been to shield individual offenders from the criminal justice system," the district attorneys wrote. "There exists a truly grave concern that the policy and practices of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese places individual offenders into a position where such individuals could victimize young people."
Before 2002, it's unclear the diocese had ever proactively reported allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement.
In December, in response to questions from the Times Union about its past reporting practices, the diocese said that prior to 2002 it would "defer to the wishes of the complainant/victim."
"When an allegation of clergy sexual misconduct was received by the diocese between 1977 and 2002, the diocese's approach was to investigate the allegation, offer counseling and other appropriate assistance requested by the victim, and take appropriate action against the accused priest," Goldfarb said in a Dec. 22 statement. "To the best of our recollection, no complainant/victim or their attorneys ever asked that the diocese contact a law enforcement agency. The accused priest was placed on administrative leave from ministry until an independent psychologist certified that he was not at risk to re-offend."
After 2002, and under pressure to change its handling of abuse complaints, the diocese adopted a policy to notify district attorneys when an alleged victim came forward. Goldfarb said the changes were made by a task force and that the diocese adopted recommendations from the district attorneys.
Now, the district attorneys have asked the diocese not to ask the alleged victim or person reporting the allegation to "make or sign any statements." They also are directing the diocese to comply with any subpoenas for documents or witnesses.
In addition, the district attorneys have asked the diocese to promptly report allegations of sexual or physical abuse without conducting any screening or "diocesan investigation." Their reports to law enforcment should include the name, address and telephone number of the accused and the victim and any contact information for the person reporting the abuse. They also asked that the diocese refrain from requesting additional information from the person reporting the abuse.
The counties represented by the district attorneys who signed the memorandum are: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington.
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Long before Peter Wolf embarked on a solo career, singing with his current band the Midnight Travelers; well before he gyrated and growled and spouted out epic blasts of seemingly off-the-cuff rhymes – while showing off his prowess for rock and blues – as the front man for the J. Geils Band; before he was singing soul numbers with Boston Tea Party regulars the Hallucinations, Wolf was a painter.
Oh, there was music in his life from a very young age. His dad was a vaudeville musician. His older sister was a dancer on Alan Freed's TV show "The Big Beat." And before he ever thought of singing, there were trials and tribulations on all sorts of instruments.
"They gave me piano lessons," said the Bronx-born, Boston-based Wolf, who performs with the Midnight Travelers at the Somerville Theatre on Oct. 19. "But after the second lesson, the piano teacher said to my mother, 'Don't do it, it's gonna be too cruel, let him be.' From there I tried violin, but then they put me on the snare drum in the school orchestra. Then they put me on cymbals. I ended up on the triangle. At that point, even though I didn't quite know what it was, I had serious dyslexia, so learning music was difficult for me. The actual aspect of playing music seemed very difficult to me as a child, and I thought it would be a lot easier to understand painting. I think that's what drew me to painting."
Painting became Wolf's passion, and the route that led to his career in music was circuitous.
"I dropped out of the High School of Music and Art in New York," he said. "But as my friends went on to college, I was a very committed painter. So I followed them to different schools, pretending I was a student in the art department. I went from the University of Wisconsin to the University of Chicago, and down toward Pennsylvania. I was even at Brandeis. But one time, Leon Botstein, who was a friend at University of Chicago and is now president of Bard College, and I were driving to Boston to visit some friends, and he mentioned the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. I dropped off some paintings there, they accepted me, I ended up getting a scholarship, I moved to Boston, and I've been here ever since. It ended my nomad gypsy existence and my trying to impersonate myself as an art student from the higher places of learning throughout the country."
The story of how Wolf first got up to sing in front of people has had many versions over the years. Here's his.
"I was living in Mission Hill in a cold-water flat. I went to a loft party and there was a bunch of musicians who were going to art school there. They were playing a song, G.L. Crockett's 'There's a Man Down There,' and they didn't know the words. But it was a record I had just bought, so I did know the words. I had a little bit of Cucamonga Wine in me, so I got up and started singing, and it was kind of an epiphany moment. It just stayed with me, and the next day I remember calling up the guys and saying, 'Are you rehearsing again? Can I come by?' It took me a while to finally get into the band, but they later became the Hallucinations."
The Hallucinations morphed into the Geils Band, and when that band dissolved, Wolf went solo, putting out a series of albums, starting with "Lights Out" in 1984. His most recent, featuring the Midnight Travelers – Duke Levine and Kevin Barry on guitars, Tom Arey on drums, Tom West on keyboards, and Marty Ballou on bass – was last year's "A Cure for Loneliness."
Though Wolf had been pretty laid back while relating these stories, his excitement level increased noticeably when he was asked about the Somerville Theatre show.
"Being in this town so long, and playing everything from different clubs to the Combat Zone to the original Boston Tea Party and the second Tea Party, the old Boston Garden and the new Boston Garden, and now we're coming back to Somerville, I know this area is such a great spot for music," he said. "It's hometown, and we haven't done a hometown solo show in quite a while. The Somerville Theatre is a great room and it's acoustically good. What we'll do is explore all the different solo works, and add some of my favorite Geils songs, and some other songs. We've got a pretty interesting collection of material."
But is he still finding time to paint?
"Yes, I paint quite a lot," he said. "And I search for out of print art books. That's what keeps me going in the wee hours."
Peter Wolf and the Midnight Travelers play the Somerville Theatre on Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and info: 1-800-745-3000.
Upcoming Concerts and Club Dates:
Oct. 14:
Bim Skala Bim brings the infectious sounds of Ska to Thunder Road in Somerville. (9 p.m.)
Oct. 15:
Peter Case – former member of the Nerves and the Plimsouls – continues the singer-songwriter phase of his career at Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge. (4 p.m.)
Longtime local favorite folksinger Vance Gilbert is back at Club Passim in Cambridge. (8 p.m.)
Oct. 16:
Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg brings his interactive "Jukebox" show (audience members pick the songs) to City Winery in Boston. (8 p.m.)
Oct. 18:
Harmonica man Magic Dick and guitarist Shun Ng deliver a storm of dueting at Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham. (8 p.m.)
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Jazz pianist Laszlo Gardony celebrates his new solo album "Serious Play" with a solo show at the Regattabar in Cambridge. (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 20:
Legendary topical folksinger Tom Paxton returns to Club Passim in Cambridge. The DonJuans open. (7 p.m.)
Folk-pop trio Uncle Bonsai plays at Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham. (8 p.m.)
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