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Set of Six Dining Chairs by Paul Evans for Directional, Mid-Century Modern
- CreatorPaul Evans (Designer),Directional (Manufacturer)
- Of the Period
- Place of Origin
- Date of Manufacture1970-1979
- Period
- Materials and Techniques
- ConditionGood
- Condition DetailsFoam and fabric are new, the stainless steel bases have normal wear.
- WearWear consistent with age and use.
- DimensionsH 34.50 in. x W 19 in. x D 23 in.H 87.63 cm x W 48.26 cm x D 58.42 cm
- Seat Height19 in. (48.26 cm)
- Seller LocationOpa Locka, FL
- Sold AsSet of 6
- Reference NumberLU1888310261003
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About Paul Evans (Designer)
A designer and sculptor, Paul Evans was a wild card of late 20th century modernism. A leading light of the American Studio Furniture movement, Evans's work manifests a singular aesthetic sense, as well as a seemingly contradictory appreciation for both "folk art" forms and for new materials and technologies.
Evans's primary material was metal, not wood, which was favored by his fellow studio designers, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, neighbors George Nakashima and Philip Lloyd Powell. He trained in metallurgy and studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, the famed crucible of modern design and art in suburban Detroit. For a time early in his career, Evans also worked at Sturbridge Village, a historical "living museum" in Massachusetts, where he gave demonstrations as a costumed silversmith.
Evans's earliest work unites these influences. The pieces that made his reputation are known as "sculpted-front" cabinets: wood cases faced with box-like high-relief patinated steel mounts laid out in a grid pattern. Each mount contains a metal emblem, or glyph, and the effect is that of a brawny quilt.
Evans's later work falls into three distinct style groups. His "sculpted-bronze" pieces, begun in the mid-1960s, show Evans at his most expressive. He employed a technique in which resin is hand-shaped, and later sprayed with a metal coating, allowing for artistic nuance in the making of chairs, tables and cabinets. Later in the decade and into the 1970s, Evans produced his "Argente" series: consoles and other furniture forms that feature aluminum and pigment-infused metal surfaces welded into abstract organic forms and patterns.
Last, Evans's "Cityscape" design series meshed perfectly with the sleek, "high tech" sensibility of the later '70s. Evans constructed boxy forms and faced them with irregular mosaic patterns that mixed rectangular plaques of chromed steel, bronze, or burlwood veneer. These, like all of Paul Evans's designs, are both useful and eye-catching. But their appeal has another, more visceral quality: these pieces have clearly been touched by an artist's hand.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell in October for the first time in three months as superstorm Sandy slammed the brakes on automobile purchases, suggesting a loss of momentum in spending early in the fourth quarter.
Other data on Wednesday showed little inflation, with wholesale prices falling in October for the first time since May, giving the Federal Reserve latitude to maintain its ultra easy monetary policy stance to nurse the economy back to health.
Retail sales dipped 0.3 percent last month after a 1.3 percent increase in September, the Commerce Department said. Economists had expected sales to fall 0.2 percent.
The retail sales report offered an early read on the storm's impact on the economy. Its full impact will likely be felt in the November data.
Analysts estimate that the storm, which lashed the densely populated East Coast and caused up to $50 billion in damage, could shave as much as half a percentage point from fourth-quarter GDP. They expect the economy to make up for any lost activity early next year.
"That will come back in the first quarter. Spending on rebuilding will filter into growth numbers gradually over a number of quarters," said Julia Coronado, chief North America economist at BNP Paribas in New York.
But much will depend on whether automatic tax hikes and government spending cuts that will suck about $600 billion out of the economy next year if Congress fails to act can be avoided. The so-called "fiscal cliff" has eroded business confidence.
The Commerce Department said it had received indications from companies that the storm had both positive and negative effects on October's sales data.
U.S. financial markets were little moved by the data. Stocks on Wall Street rose at the open as strong earnings from technology bellwether Cisco boosted sentiment.
U.S. Treasury debt prices dipped, while the dollar hit a session high against the yen.
Motor vehicle sales declined 1.5 percent, the largest fall since August last year, after increasing 1.7 percent in September. Auto manufacturers have blamed the storm for the drop in sales and expect a rebound in November.
Excluding autos, retail sales were unchanged last month after advancing 1.2 percent in September.
The storm also likely dented sales at clothing stores, which dipped 0.1 percent after rising 0.4 percent the prior month.
Building material sales surprisingly fell 1.9 percent, defying expectations of a boost from pre-storm purchases. Building materials and garden equipment sales has increased 2.1 percent in September.
Receipts at gasoline stations surprisingly rose 1.4 percent last month. Gasoline sales had been expected to show some weakness because of a decline in gasoline prices during the month. Excluding gasoline, sales recorded their largest drop since May 2010.
Separately, the Labor Department said its seasonally adjusted producer price index slipped 0.2 percent last month, the first decline since May, after increasing 1.1 percent in September.
Economists had expected prices at farms, factories and refineries to increase 0.2 percent last month.
Wholesale prices excluding volatile food and energy costs also fell 0.2 percent, the largest fall since October 2010, after being flat in September. Economists had expected core PPI to rise 0.1 percent.
The benign tone of the producer price inflation report should give the Fed room to keep its low interest rate environment. Consumer inflation is currently hovering around the Fed's 2 percent target.
The U.S. central bank in September launched a third round of asset purchases, committing to buy $40 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities every month until there is a sustained improvement in the labor market.
It hopes the purchases will drive down borrowing costs.
Aside from superstorm Sandy, the retail sales report highlighted the sluggishness of domestic demand.
Sales of electronics and appliances fell 1.0 percent, unwinding some of the prior month's boost from purchases of Apple's iPhone 5. Furniture sales fell 0.6 percent after dropping 0.2 percent in September.
So-called core retail sales, which exclude autos, gasoline and building materials, fell 0.1 percent after increasing 0.9 percent in September. Core sales correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of the government's gross domestic product report.
Last month's fall suggested consumer spending slowed early this quarter after ending the July-September period on a solid footing.
"The picture of the US consumer appears to be one of continued stable and moderate spending," said Coronado.
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The Ferrari LaFerrari, what do we know of this, Ferrari's flagship hypercar – successor to the 2005 Enzo and before that the legendary F50 and F40? Well for starters, we can tell you that it's absolutely huge. It might be low, but while McLaren's rival the P1 looks positively petite, the Ferrari shocks with its whacking great, long, pointing nose, significant girth, long, long tail and vast out-on-stalks wing mirrors.
It's a complete technical tour de force too, featuring (cliché alert) Formula 1 technology for the road. That means its V12 engine is coupled to a so-called Hy-Kers system (effectively making it a hybrid, complete with chunk-sized battery pack) driven through a seven-speed automatic gearbox.
That combined little lot means it produces in excess of 900 horsepower and – important when you're a supercar maker that's into willy-waving – it'll reach 186 mph in 2 seconds faster than its British rival from Woking. Which we imagine will matter to its owners.
If we can bring ourselves to stop being all cynical for a moment, we'll admit there are a lot more interesting bits of F1 inspired stuff here – like a significant raft of aerodynamic measures. These appear to have dictated the styling somewhat, which is full of slashes, cuts, and peeling-away surfaces. The most interesting of these is a surfboard-like rear spoiler which deploys from a (for Ferrari) discreet line between the rear lamps. When it's tucked away, it forms an aesthetic triangle with the brake-lamp and exhaust section below it to make LaFerrari look like it's wearing a bikini G-string from behind.
While our battle to get on the stand (and a press scrum around it which ranked second only to British tabloid reporters around the Duchess of Cambridge) meant we struggled to truly stand back and drink in the car, we grew to like its looks. It might be extreme but it didn't feely stupidly gratuitous in the way the nearby Lamborghini Veneno did.
You get a pair of dramatic, wing/scissor doors, which when open give the Ferrari an almost exo-sceletal quality and reminded us a little of certain Pagani Hyura design cues. Inside, it's positively restrained – spare even – as Ferrari's sought to get the weight down as low as possible. So you sit in a carbon tub, with Carbon finish everywhere, a small digital gauge cluster and those air-vent nozzles out of the F12 which remind us of a bit of Dyson Vacuum cleaner.
Should you have a spare Million-odd euros sloshing around to buy one, you'd better hope you're on first-name terms already with some important people in Maranello (it might help if your second name is Clapton or Mason). Because only a couple of hundred will be made and you need to be "selected" in order to get one – just like you did with the Enzo that this car "replaces".
It's perhaps this exclusivity and total diva attitude towards the outside world in general that makes Ferrari such an enigmatic brand – one people love and hate in equal measure. And the once-a-decade occurrence of a new flagship model accounts for the reason this car was surrounded by such a media scrum for its two days on stand.
We suspect that, for most Ferrari fans, it's this sense of true stardom that the brand's really all about. Which if you're into it, means that all there's left to get your heard around, is a truly spectacularly silly name.


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Lending A Helping Hand
Sunday will mark two years since I entered the blogosphere with this site. I entered into this venture very reluctantly – kicking and screaming would be a more accurate description. Several people suggested that I start this – the two most vocal were my oldest brother and one of my best friends, Bruce Yarbro. It was Bruce that set up this site. Much to the dismay of Pressdog, it was Bruce who set up the white writing on a black background. He did everything on the front-end. All I had to do was type and load it up there.
Bruce is still listed as a blogger on the "Meet The Bloggers" page of the site, although he has posted only one post in the past two years – and he's never been to a race. That is finally going to change next month. He has scored some prime seats in the Paddock Stand for the One Hundredth Anniversary Indianapolis 500. He is taking his fourteen year-old son with him. Maybe we'll get two more converts to start following the IZOD IndyCar Series on a regular basis.
Speaking of Pressdog…I've said many times that there are three IndyCar bloggers I'll always be grateful to for helping me in the early days of this site: Bill Zahren (Pressdog), Jeff Iannucci (formerly My Name Is IRL & now One Lap Down) and Roy Hobbson (formerly The Silent Pagoda & now Flipside). The three of them went out of their way to publicize my site on theirs. It was my first exposure to the IndyCar blogging "community". I had incorrectly assumed that bloggers considered other bloggers as competitors. How wrong I was. Once the three of them gave me some shout-outs (all unsolicited, I might add), things really took off.
It made such an impression on me, that I took a vow to myself to try and help new bloggers whenever I could – just as those three had done for me. I've given shouts out for a few sites over the past two years. Some have become mainstays in the blogging world, while others flamed out.
Still, when I come across a new IndyCar blog that gets my attention – I try and spread the word. There is another IndyCar blog out there, strangely enough called Another IndyCar Blog or anotherindycarblog. It is written by Eric Hall, who I've heard e-mailing Curt Cavin & Kevin Lee on Trackside.
Eric certainly has the right pedigree. He is an Indianapolis native and he was born on May 30, what I still consider to be the traditional race day – at least until 1971. Still, I can remember going to races at the Speedway on a Wednesday, as odd as that sounds now.
Anyway, Eric has grown up a fan his entire life. His life isn't quite as long as mine, but whose is? He will turn twenty-eight the day after this year's race. That gives him enough time to gain a pretty good perspective on open-wheel racing.
One thing that catches my eye is that Eric seems to have an appreciation for the history of the sport in general, and the Indianapolis 500 in particular. Everyone seems to be caught up in the nostalgic fever that surrounds this year's race, but will this newfound appreciation for the historic cars and drivers wane after this year? People expect a dinosaur like me to get into the historical aspect of the race. I'm somewhat of a relic myself. But what about the generations behind the Donald Davidson's of the world? Will they keep these memories alive for future generations? It's up to those in their twenties to start digging in now. You don't absorb this stuff overnight.
Like me, life got in the way and Eric went through a few years where he didn't follow the 500 as closely as he once had. Fortunately for him, the bug bit him again while he was still in his twenties. Even though I never missed the 500 on radio or television, I lost track of USAC/CART in my college days and in my wild post-college life. I got married at twenty-eight, was a father of two by thirty-one and got bitten by the Speedway bug again at thirty-two. So Eric is already four years ahead of me.
For those of you concerned that I've written three "puff" pieces in a row, you'll be glad to know that I'm getting back to hard-core racing topics this Wednesday. Sometimes you have to throw in some off-topic posts over a holiday off-weekend. Occasionally, I do a few more lighthearted things to prevent burnout. Believe me, it can happen. As we head into May, that's the last thing I want to do.
Like most other bloggers, I do actually have a life that doesn't completely revolve around racing. That's why I post only on Monday-Wednesday-Friday, in order to pace myself. Otherwise, I would have flamed out long ago like some of the others. I'll put Eric on the spot and challenge him to not allow let himself to flame out. I hope he doesn't.
So, let's welcome Eric to the blogosphere. Compared to other types of blogs, there's plenty of room for another IndyCar blogger – especially one who brings a unique perspective. His site has been up for one week now, but he already has several excellent posts up there. Go check out his site here.
George Phillips
8 Responses to "Lending A Helping Hand"
Pressdog is a retarded sex offender.
I am happy for the luxery to CHOOSE who I read regardless of the number of writers. George, you keep writing and I'll keep reading. You do a great and enjoyable job.
the nice thing about the m-w-f schedule is its predictability. some
blogs go for a long time between posts.
Eric Hall recently enthusiastically recommended that IndyCar add eight races to their schedule, all at sites outside the United States. One of those eight is an oval.
He is entitled to his opinion, of course, but after reading that I choose to look elsewhere for IndyCar news and opinions.
Perhaps I had one too many bowls of grumpy flakes this morning, but sheesh…………..seven more twistys??!! Outside the USA?
Two years, my how time flies when we're having fun. I've been reading you ever since Pressdog gave a shout out. In fact, George, you've changed my internet usage patterns. I spend more time checking my favorites on Mon-Wed-Fri than the other days. If I want hard news I'll go to TF, but I have to admit that you, Pressdog and Defender ( er, Disciple ) are my absolute reads if I want to know what the FANS are thinking. And, yes the more the merrier.
52 persons have voted "other," but only seven persons have commented…
Thanks for writing, George.
I read TSO, Pressdog, and Oilpressure, as the Silent Pagoda is silent, and The Darkened Tower is dormant.


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Want to send secret messages over a distance but are wary of your communiqué being intercepted? After all, transmissions can be listened to with the right equipment, and you don't want to run entire spools of wire to say "Hello world." I know, how about a Simple Laser Communicator! This Weekend Project is quite simple, and relies on two parts: an audio transformer and laser for sending, and a photoresistor and crystal earpiece for receiving. Most of you probably already have a laser (or lasers) in your possession, so how you wire up that component (see diagram below) will vary, but the premise is the same: the laser will interpret the output from the audio transformer as pulses of light. Those laser pulses hit a photoresistor or solar cell, which in turn causes the diaphragm inside the piezoelectric earphone to vibrate, making light audible! This does of course require very precise line of sight, and communication is only one-way, but is a great combination of two generations of technology into a contemporary Weekend Project.
The transmitter consists of a microphone, mini-amp, audio transformer and laser.
The receiver consists of a photoresistor and crystal earpiece.
While Simple Laser Communicator is our final Weekend Project of 2011, we're by no means done. Please continue to send us your stories, photos of your builds, and your questions.
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In recent years economics has become increasingly dependent on mathematical methods, and the mathematical tools it employs have become more sophisticated. Mathematically competent economists, with bachelor's degrees and with advanced degrees, are needed in industry and government. Graduate programs in economics and finance programs in graduate schools of management require strong undergraduate preparation in mathematics for admission.
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Your overly broad, sweeping statements are greatly amusing.
No one here is saying that record labels will go away altogether. What this blog and most of it's commenters are talking about is the reduced importance of record labels as methods of recording, promotion and distribution become cheaper and easier for the artists themselves to do. Thereby directing money (profits) into the newer methods and greatly reducing the profits and profit-making ability of the record labels as they are no longer the only game in town, or even the most important game in town.
Just like some people still drive buggies and therefore need to procure a buggy whip http://www.bigdweb.com/prodinfo.asp?number=65-5219&CAWELAID=568705956, some artists will not want to do the recording, promoting and distribution on their own, and so will procure the services of a record label.
The problem is that record labels are still structuring their companies and their services as if they're the only game in town. And even worse, they're pouring massive amounts of money into Washington politics to put laws on the books to keep themselves the biggest game in town with overly broad, sweeping laws that restrict free speech and the ability of our culture to do what it does best - which is build and elaborate upon what came before. THAT is what I, and many others, have a problem with.
I can see a major downside in this in that health insurance companies could use that data to raise deductibles on certain procedures/medicines in an area or to claim pre-existing conditions on a subset of the population and refuse to pay for treatment altogether.
I'm curious as to what sort of data is being collected, and if the collection of this data could in any way be a violation of HIPAA.
So BREIN's website states that, "The BREIN foundation is the joint anti-piracy program of authors, artists and producers of music, film and interactive software..."
To me, that sounds as if BREIN is a non-governmental organization a la the MPAA, RIAA, etc. If so, wouldn't grabbing these 29 domains amount to out and out stealing?
Except that it's not in the company's best financial interest to keep people healthy, only to keep them alive and paying through the nose for treatments.
I would try imdb. A quick search generated a list pretty easily.
There's a video clip in the linked article of Janet Napolitano talking about the pat-downs. She says, "Most Americans are not used to a real law enforcement pat-down like that." Could that be because most Americans are not used to being treated like a criminal for wanting to board an airplane?
I actually find this hilariously bad enough that, to me, it's in keeping with the spirit of the soap opera and its history. Granted, I haven't watched Days regularly since college, but it is greatly amusing.
I'm always amazed when people put all the blame on teachers for the failure of our educational system.
Yes, there are some bad teachers out there. However, it is the school and state administrations that perpetuate their presence.
I currently live in Arizona, home to the worst educational system in the nation. I moved out here to teach. Due to various reasons, I ended up subbing around the Valley rather than being in one classroom my first year. And that was enough for me. They may put on a brave face in front of their students, but the teachers are bitter and cynical. Why? Because the school and state administrations have failed them, not just the students with their ridiculous pressure to teach to standardized tests that there's hardly time left to teach actual subject matter. The schools run roughshod over teachers, giving them enormous class sizes but witholding the disciplinary authority to be able to manage them. If we're going to fix schools, the changes need to start at the top.
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En español l If you don't think you should be "doing it" as much as you get older, it's time to rethink that proposition. The fact is, you can have more sex, you should have more sex, and to prove it we'll give you seven healthful reasons to get back in bed immediately.1 of 10
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Sex is connected with more and better-quality sleep, a bonus when so many of us are fighting insomnia and night wakings. Arousal and orgasm release the hormone oxytocin ("the cuddle hormone") and decrease cortisol ("the stress hormone"), shutting down areas of the brain linked to stress,
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Men ages 46 to 81 who ejaculated frequently (21 times a month compared to seven or fewer) developed much less prostate cancer, a study of 29,000 men found. Scientists theorize it's because infrequent ejaculation allows carcinogenic secretions to remain in the prostate. In other words, "cleaning the pipes" helps.6 of 10
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With another tax season behind us, it's a good time to consider something that can offer a long-term tax benefit to you and your family: life insurance.
If you are fortunate enough to receive some money from a refund this year, rather than buying that big flat screen TV, consider a purchase that can make a real difference over the long-term.
Most people think about life insurance as a way to supplement income or pay for final expenses. However, in addition to death benefit protection, a life insurance policy can offer several tax advantages:
* In most cases, the policy's beneficiaries do not have to pay federal or state income tax on the death benefit. In addition, there are ways to structure ownership of the policy so the death benefit is not subject to estate taxes.
* Loans taken out against an insurance policy's cash value are typically not taxable, as long as the policy doesn't lapse or is surrendered before the death of the insured.
* The policy owner can exchange one life insurance policy for another without incurring any current tax liability. Later, if the owner no longer needs life insurance coverage, he or she can exchange it for an annuity or long-term-care contract and still defer tax on any gain. Remember, unpaid loans and withdrawals cause a reduction in cash values and death benefits, may reduce the duration of the guarantee against lapse, and may have tax consequences.
* Policy values grow tax deferred as long as funds remain in the policy. For policies that permit withdrawals, the withdrawals are generally available – first as non-tax return of investments, then as taxable gain.
* Many life insurance policies provide for an "accelerated death benefit," where payments are made to the owner because the insured is terminally or chronically ill. Such benefits are generally set up so that they are income tax-free.
"While the death benefit protection and tax-planning benefits of a life insurance policy may not have saved you money on your taxes this year, a life insurance policy can offer the potential for significant income and estate tax savings in the future," says Gail VanDalen, chief marketing officer, Prudential Individual Life Insurance.
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I recently read an article that made the following assertion (paraphrased in my words): Every part of an organization's security technology arsenal is, in fact, data loss prevention (DLP). At the very heart of every organization's information security strategy is the blessed data, the object of the safeguarding effort. Any and every security tool or technology that serves to protect that data, therefore, can be deemed DLP.
One example in the article suggests that disk encryption could very well be DLP to an organization with a mobile workforce because both technologies share the objective of data protection. If that logic holds true, then we might as well drop in uninterruptible power supplies and data recovery services to the growing list of DLP products because each one helps protect data. Why not add laptop privacy screen filters and portable hard drives, while we're at it? In fact, let's drop in all 3,009 products once listed on the website of an office supply giant in its innovative "DLP" category.
Of course, I'm being facetious to emphasize my point. The unfortunate reality is the marketplace is flooded with "data loss prevention" tools that wouldn't know sensitive data if it bit them in the power cord. Where should we draw the line?
While all security technologies may share the same objective of protecting an organization's critical data, different tools arrive at that objective from different angles, often using completely different technologies. Those different technologies require unique labels in order to distinguish one technology from another. (Imagine a world where all security technologies were referred to as "data loss prevention.")
Those who share the "all-security-is-DLP" mindset seem to disregard this point, claiming that any security tool can be DLP to one organization, while a different security tool can be data loss prevention to another organization. I agree that DLP often has different meanings to different people.
The problem I have with this approach is: I do not agree this should be the case.
While most of us can agree that data protection is the overarching goal of information security, the reality is very few information security defenses work at the data level. DLP technologies deliver something that other data protection tools do not -- and simply cannot: They monitor the actual data, detecting and preventing the leakage of that sensitive data. What's more, true DLP technologies accomplish this colossal task comprehensively, through deep packet inspection, using a high level of content-awareness across all major leakage vectors: data in motion at the network gateway, data in use at the endpoint and data at rest in storage.
For years, many argued the phrase "data loss prevention" was too broad and did not accurately describe the true benefit of these technologies. I would argue an even more significant problem is the generally accepted notion that data loss prevention is a product, rather than the complete process of safeguarding data. Regardless of how I feel about these arguments, both are now rendered moot. It's too late to turn back the clock. The marketplace has spoken definitively: DLP is the descriptive term for that category of solutions that prevent the leakage of sensitive data.
By accepting and promoting this reality, the marketplace -- and specifically those organizations with data protection needs -- will better understand how to meet requirements with the right tools for the greatest data protection benefit.
Jared Thorkelson is founder and president of DLP Experts, a vendor-agnostic VAR and consulting practice focused exclusively on data protection. He can be reached at [email protected] Jared is president of DLP Experts, a value-added reseller dedicated exclusively to data loss prevention (DLP) and other data protection technologies and services. For over twenty years Jared has held executive level positions with technology firms, with the last six years ... View Full Bio
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In Nelson's Navy: Seaman Hodge
Searching for letters and manuscripts (I need to tap into the network of people who buy/sell letters – I want MORE scans of MORE letters!), I came across old information – but it's too good to miss passing along to readers of Two Teens in the Time of Austen — for what did Jane Austen follow with great intensity, but the exploits of the Royal Navy. Specifically, of course, the movements of her Sailor Brothers.
It seems we are still – 2/3 years later – in the dark about the purchaser of this little gem: See this wonderful post by Joan Druett.
Joan also fills in the background of the Diary of Seaman George Hodge. In 2009 – and you can find many press stories about this – the diary was put up for auction through a firm in Portsmouth, New Hampshire [so close to my home in Vermont!].
- The Guardian's article on the Hodge Diary
- The Telegraph's feature on some diary entries
- Antiques Trade Gazette's article on the sale
As you can guess from the above illustration, Seaman Hodge was an able artist as well. So I join the cry, if a bit late then at least with some earnest shouts: Please Publish the Diary of George Hodge!


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As the hardreading staff noted Friday, it was the Boston Globe that whacked Elizabeth Warren (D-It's All Good) for her Marcel Marceau press conference on Thursday, while the Boston Herald gave her rare hall pass.
The feisty local tabloid made up for it, however, in this Saturday editorial . . .
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Two Tanzania Breweries (TBL) brands have scooped top international awards for best beer, with Safari Lager continuing its winning streak, first registered five years ago.
Kilimanjaro and Safari lagers won gold medals at the 'Monde Selection 2009,' an annual event in Brussels, Belgium for tasting alcohol, food, tobacco, perfumes and cosmetics. The Monde Selection is held annually since 1961.
"These Tanzanian products, which have become part of the rich national fabric emerged triumphant by winning the gold medals in the prestigious international Monde Selection awards" according to the TDL marketing director. Safari Lager won gold medals in 2004, 2005, and 2007.
The Belgian owners of Onsea House in Arusha, Tanzania, have a wide range of Tanzanian beers and some imported beers from Belgium and the USA on their drinks list.
Onsea House has also an extensive Wine List with a large choice from top wineries in South Africa to rare bottles from the old wine world, probably the best selection in Tanzania.


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Adults love them too, but air shows are really special for the kids -- the chance to dream of soaring through the air faster than the speed of sound or performing aerobatics. For two southwest Missouri kids who grew up as self-proclaimed air show fans and "airplane geeks," that dream has come true.
Adults love them too, but air shows are really special for the kids -- the chance to dream of soaring through the air faster than the speed of sound or performing aerobatics.
For two southwest Missouri kids who grew up as self-proclaimed air show fans and "airplane geeks," that dream has come true.
Lt. Robert Heater, 31, Joplin, call sign Flamer, now flies with the U.S. Navy's West Coast Demonstration Team, flying the F/A-18E or F Super Hornet fighter-bomber at air shows across the country.
Capt. Sam Joplin, 31, West Plains, call-sign Nuke, does the same thing with the U.S. Tactical Fighter Demonstration Team, flying the F-15C Eagle air superiority fighter.
Both are graduates of the University of Missouri and both graduated from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Mizzou; Heater in the Navy and Joplin in the Air Force.
The two first met each other in May at the air show in Fort Smith, Ark. This past Saturday and Sunday, the two pilots teamed up with civilian aerobatic flyers and the Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team to thrill crowds of more than 100,000 at Kansas City's Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport at the Kansas City Aviation Expo.
Heater, a 1993 Joplin High School grad and former student at Missouri Southern State University, grew up a fan of air shows. He even attended Joplin Airfest 2002 at the Joplin Regional Airport a show that featured an F/A-18E from VFA-122, based out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., on static display on the ground at the airport.
Now Heater is flying for that same squadron and flying the same kind of airplane across the country showing kids and adults alike what that airplane will do.
"The Navy has demonstration teams pretty much for the public, to show the taxpayers what they're paying for," Heater said. "It helps the recruiting angle out as well. Plus it's just kind of cool to watch this kind of thing. You don't get to see it every day."
Heater has been a navy pilot for eight and a half years. He has more than 300 traps, or landings, aboard Navy aircraft carriers, including several aboard the carrier named for a baby born 25 miles north of Heater's Joplin home in Lamar who grew up to become president, the USS Harry Truman.
Heater said he feels really lucky to be flying at air shows after watching them as a kid.
"It's surreal, it's very surreal," Heater said. "It probably won't hit me until I'm done flying air shows, but it's very surreal and very cool as well."
Joplin also has been flying for eight and a half years. He also graduated from Mizzou and went straight to pilot training.
Both Joplin and Heater will fly for their respective demonstration teams for a year, then rotate back to normal duties.
"We're a public relations tool, we're here to be the visible arm of the Air Force," Joplin said. "I want to show the public here in Kansas City I'm just a 31-year-old Mizzou grad out here doing this. We're your sons and daughters and brothers and sisters. And finally we're here to show off the professionalism of our own people.
"I've got four maintenance professionals with me right now, enlisted maintainers. They were up until 10 o'clock last night working on a broken part of the jet and I'll fly that jet today with no reservations. It's 100 percent mission capable because of the outstanding work those guys do. They are amazing, they are incredibly professional and incredibly skilled, and so the public gets to look at the team we have."
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Plaintiff sued a construction company and certain municipal authorities for negligence and loss of parental consortium after her toddler son was seriously injured in front of a construction site. Defendants sought broad discovery from plaintiff's Facebook account, to which plaintiff objected in part. But the trial court required plaintiff to answer the discovery. So plaintiff sought review with the appellate court. On appeal, the court overturned the trial court.
It held that defendants' discovery requests were overbroad and compelled the production of personal information that was not relevant to plaintiff's claims.
Defendants had sought copies of postings on plaintiff's Facebook account dealing with:
- Any counseling or psychological care obtained by plaintiff before or after the accident
- Relationships with [her injured son] or her other children, both prior to, and following, the accident
- Relationships with all of plaintiff's children, "boyfriends, husbands, and/or significant others," both prior to, and following the accident
- Mental health, stress complaints, alcohol use or other substance use, both prior to and after, the accident
- Any lawsuits filed after the accident by plaintiff
The court observed that one of the defendants' arguments to the trial court essentially conceded it was on a fishing expedition. The attorney stated, "These are all things that we would like to look under the hood, so to speak, and figure out whether that's even a theory worth exploring." And the magistrate judge in the trial court (though ordering the discovery to be had) acknowledged that "95 percent, or 99 percent of this may not be relevant," and expressed some misgivings at the possibility that large amounts of material might have to be reviewed in camera.
Finding that the trial court order departed "from the essential requirements of the law" because it was overbroad and required the production of irrelevant personal information, the court quashed the discovery requests.
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Earlier this summer, Nippon Ichi Software announced a feature film adaptation of horror series Hayarigami.
The news was revealed at Nippon Ichi's 20th anniversary press conference. Casting calls commenced, and there were plans—big plans—to take the movie overseas.
Today, Nippon Ichi Software has some bad news about that project.
Nippon Ichi had been working with Music Cinemas Japan on said project, but that company has since gone bankrupt.
"The status of bringing the game to the big screen became difficult," reads a Nippon Ichi statement on the matter. According to Nippon Ichi, they game company doesn't want this to be the end of the film version, but is momentarily putting the project on hold.
Shame this happened as the Hayarigami games, which debuted back in 2004 on the PS2, seem creepy as all hell. Check out this footage of Hayarigami 3.
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Ramirez, in particular, was noticeably different. Beckham said the svelte shortstop, who hit 18 home runs last season and had a .431 slugging percentage a year ago, added even more muscle.
"He looks to have gained muscle and it's pretty exciting," Beckham said. "I think some guys have hit more than I have (this offseason) but everybody is ready and excited and that's important. When you have guys that are prepared and exited that's a good combination."
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February 28, 2011
I saw an article in Art Daily that caught my attention: "A New iPhone App, Which Recognizes Art, Set to Transform the Art Fair Experience." It was bound to happen and I entirely expected this transformation in the art world.
We already saw the infiltration of technology into experiencing art with the creation of Google's Art Project . Now, iPhone users can experience New York art fairs digitally.
The Collectrium iPhone app.
"The art fair visitor equipped with the Collectrium mobile app will be able to point her iPhone at any registered artwork exhibited at the fair and:
• instantly receive extensive information on the artist and the piece;
• add the artwork to "My Collection" favorites;
• share with friends via Facebook, Twitter and email;
• contact the gallery about the artwork." –Art Daily
The app is essentially a "social art management system" and aims to enhance art visits.
Art going digital isn't a new idea. However, I wonder how far this notion will venture in the art world. I did some research on what's out there now…
Turns out, iPhone and digital apps are quite the trend in the museum industry. For example, the Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia has used QR codes in ads and a Facebook page dedicated to their Picasso exhibit that opened in mid-February.
Because QR codes are "ugly", the agency decided to create a portrait of Picasso using the QR codes. I must say, that is too cool for school.
iPhone apps are also being increasingly created by museums in the U.S. The Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of Natural History, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the American Museum of Natural History, all have iPhone apps (just to name a few).
Some argue that the infiltration of digital touring into museums takes away the art experience: the getting lost, the discovering items, the taking notes and looking up information when you get home aspects of museums. With iPhone apps, you can easily find a map of the museum, where the closest restroom is, and additional information about some exhibits.
But, could this be enhancing a viewer's experience? I guess only time will tell the true impact of these applications on the art experience. But like I said, I definitely expected it.
In turn, Apple is also influencing how art is created. Mashable highlights some awesome iPhone, iPod touch and iPad creations made on apps through these devices…
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This post was originally posted in 2006. I am reposing it again because this true story is about a death, guilt, family, distant cousin connection to me and a stranger writing me for help. The stranger doesn't do genealogy, but she managed to find me.
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What would you do if you received a letter like this, "Barbara. My name is Jo ___. My brother (Bob) served in the service with Gary. They were good friends and he, Bob, wants to connect up with his (Gary) family. Could you contact me. JO"
I wrote back, and the outcome was the most rewarding thing I have ever done. It turns out that Jo wrote me because I had the brothers, Gary and Larry in my genealogy program. The brothers are my 5th cousins. Jo googled their names and came across my information.
From Jo, I learned, "My brother Bob, served in the Vietnam War with Gary. He was there when he died. They were really close friends. I think they trained together and went over together. He talks about Gary after all these years and still grieves over his death. He grieved terribly when Gary died. He has been trying to find his family for years. He asked me to help find them. He knew that Gary was from Detroit, Mich. My brother was from Ohio. My brother has Agent Orange. He got it in Nam. He is under constant medical care from the VA."
There were very few facts, but I was up to the challenge. Once I realized this was a real life situation of a soldier trying to find another soldier's family, this was my priority until all the pieces came together. Was I ever in luck Or I should say, we were all in luck.
I located Larry, via internet, but didn't want to write him, because if this was a true event, I thought an email stating, "I know who the person is who held your dying brother" would be too painful. Fortunately, Larry and Gary's cousin, also found via internet, is a movie director / producer, so I wrotePamela Peak for information and to see if the story was true.
An immediate reply came from her, and yes, the story was true. Being a writer in addition to her director / producer roll, Pamela had a lot to say. "WOW! I was 10 when Gary died and we, as family, always wanted even more clarification about his death. Gary was such a patriotic person and received many more medals than what we could comprehend based on what was told to the family about his death. I attended many of those medal ceremonies." Pamela and I wrote many letters and everything came together.
From Jo (the sister of Bob):
"My brother Bob was only about 17 or 18 when this happened and Gary was only a couple years older. Bob said he cried for his mother when he was dying and that memory was burned in my brothers mind as he was so close to our Mom. What happened in the last minutes of his death was important to him and helped him get closure also."
A week or so later, I received this message from Jo. "My brother and Gary's brother talked a long time on the phone and my brother got some closure on Gary's death. My brother held Gary in his arms when he died. They were best friends in Vietnam. My brother has grieved over his death for years and talking to Gary's family has helped them all. The war was really bad for my brother and when he came home he was a mess. I am glad we finally found someone who knew Gary that he could talk to about him. We wish to thank you for all the help you gave us in finding this family. Barbara, again we thank you so much. You were a life saver for my family."
From Pamela (the cousin):
"Of course you can write about this on your blog. I am a writer and I totally want you to write about it. In fact, I'm due to give a speech at the foot of the Polar Bear Monument on Memorial Day in Troy, Michigan, just a short step away from where Gary is buried. The speech is about my film dedicated to the Polar Bears, and I will now be telling this incredible story about how you contacted me and how we found Bob so he could deliver his communication after all these years. It's quite a story isn't it? (I still have chills and tears in my eyes as I am writing this)."
"Thank you for all the work you do and for being the wonderful person you are to put us all in communication. Please let me know when you write about this on your blog. I would love to see it and I love knowing that others will now share this incredible story and pass it on."
Bob, Larry, Jo, Pamela this is for you, and for Gary who will forever be in our hearts. Pamela, I am sorry I waited so long to write this, it was extremely difficult, but at last, I quote you, "I love knowing that others will now share this incredible story and pass it on."
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Bostwick v. Christian Oth, Inc., 2012 WL 44065 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. January 10, 2012)
Plaintiff bride logged onto her wedding photographer's website and saw photos of herself wearing only underwear. She emailed an employee of the photographer, who promised to take the offending photos down. But they remained on the website even after plaintiff shared the online password with her family and friends.
So she sued the photographer for breach of contract, fraud and concealment, and negligent infliction of emotional distress. The trial court threw the case out on summary judgment. Plaintiff sought review, but the appellate court affirmed.
Breach of contract
The court found that defendant was authorized by agreement to post the photos. Defendant owned the copyright in the photos and otherwise had the right to put the proofs online. Any demand by plaintiff that the photos be taken down did not serve to revoke any of defendant's rights, as plaintiff never had the rights to make such a determination to begin with. Moreover, the court found that because the agreement between the parties had an integration clause which provided that any amendments had to be in writing, the subsequent communications between plaintiff and defendant's employee did not serve to amend the contract. (This decision by the court is puzzling, as the communications about taking the photos down were apparently by email. Other New York courts have held emails sufficient to amend written contracts.)
Fraud and concealment
To have been successful on her fraud and concealment claim, plaintiff was required to show, among other things, that she reasonably relied on defendant's statement that the underwear photos had been taken offline before she gave the password to her friends and family. The court found in favor of defendant on this point because plaintiff could have checked to see whether the photos were actually taken down before she allowed others to access the photos. What's more, the court found that the failure to take the photos down was not "concealment" but merely an oversight.
Negligent infliction of emotional distress
Despite its sympathy with plaintiff, and an acknowledgment that having others see the photos would be embarrassing and upsetting, the court found that plaintiff failed to establish a case of negligent infliction of emotional distress. This part of the case failed because plaintiff did not show that she had been exposed to an unreasonable risk of bodily injury or death. There was nothing in the record to cause plaintiff to fear that she was exposed to physical harm.


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Wisconsin, Maine, and Minnesota are part of a movement following the educator-driven #RedForEd effort that has created a surge in political activism in Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and North Dakota, according to an article on EducationVotes.org.
The article quotes WEAC President Ron Martin, who observes that educators are getting out the vote "with an unprecedented level of engagement."
"It's an excitement that is new and different, even surpassing our activism in recent governor and recall elections," Martin says.
By supporting pro-education candidates like Tony Evers for governor and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, WEAC members and volunteers are helping to bring education issues to the forefront.
"The best thing we have going for us is that the public finally understands how their families, schools and communities are impacted by self-serving politicians and policies that hurt public schools and the middle class," says Martin. "With 80 percent of voters saying they want funding restored to their neighborhood public schools, Wisconsinites know they have to go to the polls or risk four more years of bad leadership."
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More than 500 educators are currently on the campaign trail leading up to midterm showdowns from Alaska to Maine that have transfixed the nation. Educator candidacies together with the drama surrounding this year's #RedForEd protests against the neglect in state K-12 education budgets has produced a wave of political activism unlike the nation has seen in modern times.


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(Editor's note: Colin Flaherty has done more reporting than any other journalist on what appears to be a nationwide trend of skyrocketing black-on-white crime, violence and abuse. WND features these reports to counterbalance the virtual blackout by the rest of the media due to their concerns that reporting such incidents would be inflammatory or even racist. WND considers it racist not to report racial abuse solely because of the skin color of the perpetrators or victims.) Videos linked or embedded may contain foul language and violence.
It started out Friday with teasing, then taunting. But when the young Hispanic woman behind the counter told the black man and his friends she did not want to go out with them, it escalated into assault that finished with gunshots hitting five of her family members.
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At the same time as, a few miles away, Al Sharpton and Beyonce were at a rally, railing against racial injustice toward young black men.
We don't know the names of these alleged would-be killers. Not yet. Nor would we have a description of the mob if we had to rely on the New York Post or New York Daily News. The NBC News affiliate told that part of the story: Police are now searching for five black men and one black woman for allegedly shooting the woman's family as they gathered beneath a tree on a hot Brooklyn afternoon.
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When she refused their advances, one of the men threw a milkshake in her face, her family said. "They were making advances and teasing her and harassing her," said family friend Ivette Miranda, 45. "She called her dad, and he went there, to the McDonald's, and called the cops. He filed a police report right there.
"Those guys are bad men," Miranda added. "They wanted to get back at Rolando."
Rolando Pizarro told the man to stay away from his daughter, according to a manager at the restaurant.
He was angry at the thug for harassing his daughter at a McDonald's where she works, his family said.
The thugs did not like that.
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The next day, they hunted Pizarro and his family down at a sidewalk in Brooklyn across the street from a park. Witnesses say this time the black mob was made up of six people, five guys and a woman. And several guns.
"I saw five black males running through the street, shooting," a witness told the NBC affiliate. "It was scary, traumatizing and just unbelievable. I'm disgusted."
Pizarro was targeted for filing a police report Friday against the shooter, witnesses told NBC News.
The father and a relative were shot in the stomach. His wife and son and a bystander were shot in the legs. Everyone was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
Police have not released any information on the case, but several witnesses report one of the shooters was detained by police when he returned to retrieve a gun he had thrown away.
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"I heard the gunshots," said Ivet Hernandez, 46, who looked out the window as the group of young men, who were all wearing white T-shirts, ran away after the 2:20 p.m. shooting. "If the police can't take care of us, we'll have to start taking care of ourselves."
It is not clear whether Sharpton, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Toure or the other news analysts at NBC would approve of that. They did not believe claims of self-defense in the recent case of the Hispanic George Zimmerman, who was found not guilty for shooting Trayvon Martin after court evidence indicated Martin was the aggressor.
The Brooklyn shooting is part of a pattern of black mob violence documented in White Girl Bleed a Lot: The return of racial violence and how the media ignore it. But several commentators at local news sites were upset with any of their fellow readers who noticed it.
"There is always a recurring theme on stories like this," said Ezekiel in the New York Daily News: "That somehow and someway, this incident and the participants therein represent every single Black person in the country."
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That is racist he said, because white people commit similar crimes in equal amounts. Which is not true, but which was also a theme at a protest held 20 miles across the river in Manhattan at about the same time as the shooting.
There, Al Sharpton, Beyonce, Jay Z and others protested Zimmerman's acquittal.
"They be racist, But they just hiding it," proclaimed one sign.
"Today, all over the country, we're standing up," said Sharpton. "But nobody does it like New York."


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For James Franco, there's no place like home. Court, on the other hand, is another story.
The "Oz: The Great and Powerful" star is asking a judge to throw out on technical grounds a defamation lawsuit brought by his former NYU professor, claiming it is without merit.
In court documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court and obtained by the New York Daily News, the 34-year-old Franco says the legal action brought by José Angel Santana should be dismissed because a process server never actually served the suit on him.
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According to the filing, the process server instead served the papers at a California address where the Oscar-nominated actor does not reside.
Santana previously filed a wrongful termination suit against NYU accusing the university of firing him unlawfully from his position at its Tisch graduate film school after he gave the thespian a D in his Directing the Actor II class--this after he reportedly showed up for only two out of the course's 14 sessions.
The prof then sued Franco for defamation after the latter told reporters he thought Santana was a "bad teacher," hence the reason for his absences.
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The power of Toe Reading is SO much more than what people expect! This New Age, transformational modality is used to help people explore and honor their life paths – all the way down to their very souls/soles! Toe Reading is based on the theory that the body holographically records the stories of our lives. Thus, the toes depict what one's journey has been like. Toe Reading is based on the principles that
- Your internal-self is displayed in your left foot
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