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Herman Miller Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair, Fabric
Tilt Swivel, 4-Cushion Backrest
by Charles and Ray Eames
Luxury, comfort and style. Three components that this Soft Pad Lounge Chair has an abundance of. This 4-cushion version of the Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair provides extra head, neck and shoulder support for increased comfort. Like other pieces from the Eames Soft Pad collection, this Lounge Chair features 2"-thick pads and a lightweight aluminum frame. The cushion of this soft pad lounge chair feature fabric upholstery, a more affordable, yet equally stylish, alternative to the more traditional leather upholstery.
Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair can also be purchased with the Eames Soft Pad Ottoman.
See the entire Eames Soft Pad Chair collection.
This final chair was made just for the home. While it has uses in the office environment, Charles and Ray wanted to get away from the strictly corporate tone of the executive and management chairs and get into something more homey, more relaxing, and more comfortable. The lounge chair is just that. Using the same materials as the other chairs in the series, the rich leather and the polished aluminum elegantly padded with thick, upholstered cushioning, the lounge chair goes to a different place. Rather than convey seriousness, business, and management, this chair conveys relaxation, rest, and fellowship.
It's reclined, unlike the other chairs in the series (which can recline, but aren't permanently set in that position). It's also got a much longer back, more cushions, and a generally more stretched out, cat-like feel. It also has an ottoman, to allow the chair to serve close to the same way a traditional recliner would. This is a chair you can kick back in, eat in while you watch the game, sleep in when you need a quick nap, read in, watch movies and TV in, etc. Anything you'd want to do in your living room or family space, this very beautiful and even more comfortable chair can do with you. The ottoman that comes with the chair is given the same treatment as the rest of the chairs in the series. It's beautifully upholstered in rich leather and structured with polished, shiny aluminum. The effect is stunning, as it always is, and inviting, as it always is. This is an elegant lounge chair that you can be in-elegant in; a lounge chair with all the history of tradition of Charles and Ray Eames and Herman Miller that can also serve as a place to nap in your pajamas. Get comfortable; you're in an Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair.
In the home, the best place to deploy this chair is the living room, sitting room, den or family room. Whatever you call it, that's the perfect place for this particular piece of furniture. It's going to keep you comfortable and keep in style as well, and that's the perfect description for the perfect lounge chair. It also meshes well with most design schemes; the colors are muted and the materials are not too specific to sit well in nearly any environment. But this chair could also work in your bedroom, or in your kids' room or guest room; anywhere where someone might want to take a break from their day and simply relax, read, or think. Always comfortable and always beautiful, it's a chair anyone can enjoy. You could even position it under windows or in well-covered outdoor spaces, and lay back as you watch nature unfold. No matter what room your want your Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair to go in, it won't disappoint you in either form or function.
In the office, this chair would really only be of use in particularly luxurious, or particularly large, offices. The kind of office where you could nap without being disturbed, for instance. Depending on your business, it could be an interesting addition to the lobby area, where customers or clients might enjoy it. But in general, this is a design for the home, not the corporate office.
The Herman Miller Eames Soft Pad Group Lounge Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: EA433, EA438.
About the Designer
Design Story
This is a chair meant clearly for the home. It's the biggest in the collection, with the most padding and the longest back. It's also set in a permanent recline, making it great for leisure activities like reading, watching TV or movies, or just taking a quick nap. This isn't a chair that really has much of a home in the office, and it's clearly meant for the living room. The ottoman that comes with it is handsome and comfy as well, and it's as close to a recliner as you can get while still remaining fine furniture.
Read the entire design story behind the Eames Soft Pad Group.
The Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair is the only piece of furniture in the series that was clearly meant for home use. It's a lounge chair, and so of course it's not quite right for the office (or at least most types of offices). It comes with an ottoman, which isn't something you'll see very much of in an office environment. It also comes already tilted back and ready for relaxation, with a super-long back chock full of comfy, attractively upholstered padding, and with a lovely little ottoman where the user can put their feet up and do pretty much whatever they want at the moment. This is a chair meant for watching the game and eating some food, for reading and relaxing, for having quiet moments both at the beginning and at the end of the day. It's a chair for quick little naps and long naps, for any and all leisure activities, a chair to watch movies and TV in. It's a lounge chair, one of the latest in a long line of amazing lounge furniture created by Charles and Ray Eames and sold by Herman Miller and Smart Furniture. The lounge chair is a one of a kind piece of furniture. It's slim but it's very solid and cushy. It's long but it isn't a recliner really. It comes with an ottoman, but it's comfortable enough and simple enough that it almost seems like an affectation (we said almost). This is a chair that will last for a very long time in your home, because it's so comfortable, it's so attractive, it's so durable, and because it's a product from the Office Charles and Ray Eames, and that makes it of real historical significance. This is a great lounge chair that fits into nearly any environment; why shouldn't that environment be your own home, your own living room or den?
In the home, this is a chair that clearly belongs in the rooms where leisure happens. That means the family room, the living room or den. Whatever name the room goes by, the Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair and Ottoman belongs there. It facilitates relaxation and comfort, makes a real but subtle statement within a room, and makes itself readily available for all types of leisure activity. It's museum quality, but it's not a museum piece; lounge chairs aren't really meant for gentle use, and this one is no exception. Of course, you can always get creative and find new places to put this chair. It's good for certain types of bedrooms, and of course it's great for well covered outdoor areas, like screened in porches. You can lie back and just watch the unfolding of nature before you.
This isn't a chair meant for the office, and there aren't really any great places for it to go in that arena. Perhaps in certain types of waiting rooms and large offices it could work, but in general, its place is in the home.
Read more about the Soft Pad Group's design.
About the Manufacturer
Herman Miller is an industry leader in the integration of cutting edge technology to furniture and other household items to make everyday life more comfortable, convenient, and stylish. Herman Miller stands out at the forefront of such fields as ergonomic technologies, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and customizable furniture items.
In addition to producing some of the most outstanding office furniture in the world, Herman Miller has also taken on the responsibility of manufacturing some of the most celebrated furniture designs by some of the world's most famous designs. These "modern classics" include works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi. Herman Miller celebrates these famous mid-century designers' works through its extraordinarily precise manufacturing techniques and industry-leading green production processes.
Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Herman Miller is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, while manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Materials & Measurements
Lightweight aluminum frame and 2"-thick upholstered foam cushions.
Upholstery Materials:
Gem: 100 antimony-free polyester
Slideshow: 56 recycled polyester, 44 polyester
Moire: 100 recycled polyester
Railroad: 100 recycled polyester
Cygnus: 69 elastomeric, 31 polyester
Overall: 38.5" h x 26" w x 31" d
Seat height: 16.25"
Distinctive Aesthetic
Unmistakable look. Soft Pad cushions add a plush, luxurious touch.
Classic and contemporary. The chairs' clean, trim lines make them appropriate for all kinds of places, from contemporary homes to elegant offices to hip startups.
Inventive Comfort
Sitting comfort. Soft Pad seating add 2-inch-thick foam cushions for comfort and a different look.
Strong aluminum: With one-piece, curved aluminum side ribs and an aluminum base, the chair is strong, yet lightweight and easy to move.
Design Story
The Aluminum Group initially was designed for Irwin Miller, founder of Cummins Engines, in Columbus, Indiana. Eero Saarinen and Alexander Girard designed the Miller home and challenged Charles and Ray Eames to develop a high-quality seating product for outdoor use.
Known for their honest use of materials, the Eameses constructed the chairs with cast aluminum and first conceived of a seat frame to support stretched fabric--a synthetic mesh (woven saran). Although the mesh was discontinued shortly after its introduction, Herman Miller reintroduced a new mesh material for the Aluminum Group in 2001. Called Cygnus, it is similar to the Aeron chair's Pellicle fabric in its aeration and translucent qualities.
The seat-back suspension was a major technical achievement and represented a departure from the concept of the chair as a solid shell.
Wonderfully comfortable, the chairs became the basis for several other Eames designs, including the Soft Pad chair group.
Environmental Information
Herman Miller is and has always been one of the most impressive companies in America when it comes to conservation, environmental initiative, and clean, responsible production. With every product they make, new and old, they continue to push toward a greater goal of total energy independence, the elimination of all waste, especially hazardous waste, and the dramatic reduction of their environmental "footprint." Whether they're re-tooling the Eames Soft Pad Chairs to make them easier to recycle or retro-fitting their building with energy efficient light bulbs and machinery, they're always doing their best to keep the environment safe.
At Smart Furniture, we really respect that, and we also feel a kindred spirit. One of the many reasons why choose to partner with Herman Miller and sell their products online is because we see eye to eye on the importance of being an environmentally safe and responsible company. Herman Miller feels the same way about us; they make it a policy never to work with vendors who don't share their commitment, or who don't take every opportunity they have to be safer, cleaner, and less wasteful. Every step of the way, from production of the Eames Soft Pad Chair in Herman Miller factories, to the shipping of the same chair from our warehouse in Chattanooga, TN, our two companies take every step to lessen the environmental impact of designing, building, selling, and shipping a product.
Herman Miller has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to environmental issues. One of the main reasons that remains true today is that they set ambitious goals for themselves, and then commit to actually achieving them. It takes hard work, forward thinking and an almost artistic creativity to make an older product like the Eames Soft Pad Chair as safe as it can be, but all of those are qualities that have never been lacking at Herman Miller.
The most recent, and the most wide-ranging, of their environmental initiatives is called Design for the Environment. Referred to within the company (both in the offices and in the official documents available online) as DfE, the policies laid out within have guided the company inexorably toward a fully functional and totally green operation by the year 2020. The lastest policy, called "Perfect Vision," has laid out some of the most ambitious goals yet. Again, they are all meant to be met by the year 2020. Remember that these goals apply even to classical furniture like the Eames Soft Pad Chairs:
- Zero landfill
- Zero hazardous waste generation
- Zero air emissions (VOC)
- Zero process water use
- 100 percent green electrical energy use
- Company buildings constructed to a minimum LEED Silver certification
- 100 percent of sales from DfE-approved products
The first goal, zero landfill, is going to be one of the hardest to achieve. Landfills are real burdens on the environment because they are often filled with plastics and other non-biodegradable materials. Not to mention that they are, of course, immense amounts of garbage trapped under land. The odor, the damage, and the difficulty of breaking down waste all make landfills a headache. But Herman Miller is making progress. Over the last few decades, the amount of landfill generated by Herman Miller has been cut drastically. Every year it shrinks at an exponential rate, and ten years from now, it will be totally gone. That's something to celebrate.
The Eames Soft Pad Chair has been made easy to recycle and therefore not likely to end up in landfill. Most of the chair is recyclable, and needs only to be sifted into component parts when the user has decided it's time to part ways for good (though the chairs are very durable and this day should be well ahead in the future). Even though the chair was debuted four decades ago, the designers and builders are Herman Miller were able to update it without changing the look or anything material to it's classic standing.
As consumers, it's important to make responsible choices when you buy products like office chairs. In the marketplace, dollars are the voters, and every dollar that goes toward a green enterprise is a dollar other manufacturers will try and follow, and earn for themselves. When a company is responsible, it's not just good for the environment; it's good for them, and it's good for the business world as a whole.
The Eames Soft Pad Chair is just one of the many comfortable, stylish, beautiful, and creative products that Herman Miller has to offer. But they all have something in common; you can feel good when you buy them, because they came from one of the more responsible green companies in the business. Smart Furniture and Herman Miller are very proud to bring you the best in green furniture, green shipping, and green business. Buy your chairs today.
Shipping & Delivery
White Glove Delivery: Free
If you want your furniture delivered and ready to go, this is the option for you. The shipper will schedule a delivery window with you at least 24 hours in advance. They'll bring the furniture into your home, place it in your room of choice, and assemble any pieces that need to be put together. It's the true white glove treatment!
- Typical transit time is 4-7 business days. Some larger and specialty items may take a bit longer.
- Shipper will arrange a four hour window for delivery at least 24 hours in advance.
- Your driver or delivery team will bring the furniture inside your home and into your room of choice (up to two flights of stairs).
- Delivery folks will unpack your furniture, assemble any pieces needing to be put together, and they'll discard all of the boxes and packaging materials.
- We'll be sure to assist with any damage that may occur. Please call Smart Furniture right away if any issues arise.
- If you're ordering multiple items from the same manufacturer, we might be able to bundle your shipping upgrade costs! Give us a call and we'll make sure you're getting the best shipping price possible!
- Any questions? Chat or call! We're happy to help!
For more information and shipping comparisons, click here.
Questions & Answers
Product Q&A
Q: Where can I find the matching ottoman?
A: Eames Soft Pad Ottoman.
The Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair comes with a 12-year manufacturer's warranty.
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webzen (2009) - Carlos Katastrofsky
A Koan: "All things can be traced back to the One, to what, however, can the One be traced back?" - "Untitled Document" is written on top of the browser window. No name, no content, no design: a webpage as simple as it can be. Still the work webzen (2009) demands outmost concentration. Clicking from one page to the next, the neverending quest for links is leading further, the skimming through pieces of information and the scanning of texts and pictures is interrupted - which is irritating. webzen is an attempt to abandon representational thinking, to understand life as utterly art of absent-mindedness and to experience the reality beyond duality and logic and beyond space and time. webzen has only one assignment: the single-serving site wants to overcome itself by means of meditating on the basic formulas of sourcecode: ‹html›, ‹head›, ‹title›, ‹body›, system, spirit, concept, body. But overcoming would only have been possible if the site would have never existed. - another Koan: "All things can be traced back to the code, to what, however, can the code be traced back?"
~ 1n-0ut [meditation] ~ (2003) - jimpunk
Note: Firefox users, remember to enable pop-ups in order to view ~ 1n-0ut [meditation] ~ properly.
Opening The Chakras (2009) - Eilis McDonald
7 quicktime players playing 1 windows startup sound & 1 found image indicating 7 areas of the body affected by excessive mouse usage
The Pause Button
For those of us who suffer from Continual Partial Awareness, a new game has arrived that might just succeed in capturing your attention for more than 2 seconds. Created by video game scholar and critic Ian Bogost, Guru Meditation forces the player to remain still and focus. That's it. Move or otherwise signal distraction, however, and the player must begin again. "Guru Meditation" originated as an in house meditation game developed for the Amiga Joyboard by the company's programmers in order to ease their frustration with the temperamental system, and is better known as the mysterious expression appearing in the Amiga's fatal error message. Bogost revived this tidbit of Amiga history by producing a contemporary version for the Atari VCS and the iPhone. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Beyond geekdom, Bogost claims that the project stems from his fascination with the historical intersection between Silicon Valley and hippie counter-culture, which lead him to the game, along with others like it. To get into the guru-oove, click here.
Thanks Are In Order!
To everyone who contributed to the Rhizome 50,000 Dollar Webpage and/or came to our Benefit last week: Thank you so much! Your support will help keep Rhizome's programs strong and active during a hard year. We couldn't do it without you.
P.S. Full report on the Rhizome 50,000 Dollar Webpage out soon, once we tally all the pixels.
Featured Online Artwork of Internet Week NY
John Whitney's Catalog as Played Through Yooouuutuuube.
We are very pleased to announce the winner of the 2009 Featured Online Artwork of Internet Week NY, YooouuuuTuuube by David Kraftsow. YooouuuTuuube is a tool that takes video that has been uploaded to the popular video sharing website YouTube and unravels the video into frame-by-frame visualizations that recall Muybridge's famous 19th century photographic motion studies. YooouuuTuuube can be used as a trick to generate intoxicating moving imagery or as a precise tool that can quickly reveal the overall structure of a clip's lighting, editing rhythm, or content.
We would like to thank everyone for their wonderful submissions! If you happen to be in New York City during the next week do yourself a favor and check out the many events happening across the city in conjunction with Internet Week.
Interview with Samara Golden
Samara Golden's colorful, multifaceted video and sculptural installations have been popping up quite a bit in New York City recently. Earlier this year, the artist's "Yes no party" was set up within an alcove in the basement of the Sculpture Center in Queens as part of the group exhibition "In Practice Winter '09." Golden then presented her sculpture "There's more but it's invisible" at Columbia University's 2009 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, and this piece is now on view at the Project Room at Marvelli Gallery in Chelsea until June 27. I spoke with the artist at the Sculpture Center and then at her studio, where we discussed her interest in combining video and sculpture, her incorporation of images culled from image searches on the web into her installations, and more. - Chloe Gray
You surf the web for images to incorporate into your installations. Can you talk about your surfing methodology?
Sometimes I start by typing in a broad term like "messy room," and when I find a good picture I take elements out and print them, such as a lamp or a vase that I like. In other cases I use the "messy room" picture to help me figure out what I'm looking for; I like the mirror in the picture, so I search for "unique wall mirror" and see what I can find. It's very fun, like making an immediate wish list for a 2D thrift store.
On another level, I'm interested in what photographers call "gaining access": the ability to have access to other peoples lives. Using the internet allows me access without interfering. Photographers often have to consider these issues because there is an implied ...

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The Expanding Arm Ecosystem Moving from its mobile roots, the Arm CortexA series architecture is entering new market segments at a rapid clip. The potential of Armbased servers has substantial technical media attention, but it is not only servers – networking equipment, STB and Digital TV, Automotive and Embedded products are all seeing increasing usage of Arm architecture SoCs.
At first sight the Arm architecture is advancing rapidly because of the low power capability in Arm's heritage. Developed for the battery driven mobile phone world, Arm cores are designed with low power and high performance/watt as key product objectives. In the server market alone, given that recent estimates show that data center power requirements are already over 2% of the US total energy usage, reducing power consumption is a key objective for both cost and environmental reasons.
The strength of the Arm community is not, however, just around low power; it is also around the Arm business model, which leads to rapid innovation and differentiation. I would argue strongly that the diversity of the Arm SoC vendor community, from strong, established companies to exciting new startups, is what makes the Arm architecture stand out today as the leader in SoC innovation.
Returning to market segments for a moment, it appears that we are in a period of extraordinary disruption in many markets – the rapid move to connected devices and cloud services is driving an explosion in data. The term "big data" is something of an understatement when you consider that 2.5 exabytes (that's a 1 with 18 trailing zeroes) of data are being created every day. And the rate of increase in that number continues itself to increase.
No single vendor, however large, can innovate fast enough and address the different requirements and needs of these rapidly expanding market segments. I would argue that there are two key enablers that are critical to supporting the rate of innovation in the marketplace – one is the expanding role of the SoC itself, and the other is Open Source Software.
Designer SoCs The Arm business model lends itself uniquely to product innovation. Through the Arm partnership, multiple vendors can deploy their unique value add and proprietary or custom IP around the Arm Cortex core technology. In most cases this value add comes in the form of adding additional processing elements into the SoC itself – for example advanced I/O or graphics processors, or specialized communications devices. The vibrant community of Arm SoC vendors specializing in single or multiple market segments is creating more choice and innovation in Arm SoCs than for any other microprocessor architecture.
Open Source Software As this diversification leads to differentiated hardware products tailored for specific market segments, the challenges of delivering high quality software to drive these SoCs becomes more complex. One OS or distribution does not fit all requirements. Extensive changes to the OS kernel may be required to support the hardware innovation or differentiation. Traditional OS development cannot easily address this level of change given the increasing complexity of the underlying hardware. Instead, Open Source operating systems based on Linux have become the software of choice for many markets. Android, Fedora/Red Hat, Montavista, SUSE, Ubuntu and others have become the standard core software for everything from embedded devices to highend data center servers.
Linaro Linaro has established itself as the place for the Arm partnership and ecosystem to work together on core open source software. Linaro delivers a very high ROI to participating members by working on the delivery of core software needed by all members – Linaro now has over 150 open source engineers delivering substantial output, for which each member only pays a fraction of the total cost.
Much of this work is carried out by Linaro engineers working with Core and Club member assignees in the Linaro Working Groups. Key areas of current activity include continuing Armv7 and Armv8 toolchain work, big.LITTLE IKS and Arm's MP support, Armv8 validation and work across Linaro, and improved virtualization support for Armv7 and Armv8. Linaro's Club and Core members define and prioritize the engineering effort, and participate in the development, testing and validation of the software on their SoCs.
Over the past 6 months Linaro has established two segmentfocused Groups to deliver further value to existing and new members. The key concept behind Groups is to leverage Linaro's shared open source software engineering model into segment focused areas, enabling engineering participation from distributions, OEMs and end users.
The Linaro Enterprise Group (LEG) was formed in November 2012. The Group is now fully up and running with 27 engineers focusing on accelerating the software ecosystem for the Arm server market. In addition we have recently announced the formation of the Linaro Networking Group (LNG), which is focused on the networking equipment market. Early work plans include support for Real Time extensions in the Linux kernel for the Arm architecture, work on virtualization for network applications, agreement and development on frameworks for data plane interfaces and support for legacy bigendian software.
Linaro's membership has now grown to 25 members, each contributing engineering resources and fees to support our expanding engineering effort. The end result is an increasingly powerful software development team, completely focused on delivering the core open source engineering needed by the Arm community. By working on the development of common core open source software and preventing fragmentation, Linaro enables each member to focus more key resources on the development and delivery of their own valueadded technology.


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If the drumbeat of criticism from iPhone users who are irked over mercurial pricing and nerds annoyed by bricking hacked units was not loud enough, Steve Jobs' best buds at Greenpeace are bringing the noise now too.
"Steve Jobs has missed the call on making the iPhone his first step towards greening Apple's products," said Zeina Alhajj, Greenpeace International toxics campaigner.
The details can be found in Missed call: the iPhone's hazardous chemicals (PDF), a report based upon the disassembly and testing of a single iPhone. The good news is that the iPhone "would appear to be compliant with the requirements of the EU's Directive on use of certain hazardous substances in electronics and electrical goods." The report also finds:
- no cadmium
- no mercury
- lead and chromium were detected in a small proportion of samples and at relatively low concentrations
This would be in keeping with the promise of a "greener Apple" by Steve Jobs, but it's not good enough for Greenpeace. Apparently, Apple "is not making early progress towards its 2008 commitment to phase-out all uses of these materials." Greenpeace also found the "glued and soldered" battery makes "replacement and makes separation for recycling, or appropriate disposal, more difficult, and therefore adds to the burden of electronic waste." Not to mention an increased risk of questionable lawsuits.
Honestly, is anyone surprised by this latest criticism of Apple by Greenpeace? According to Greenpeace, Apple's current ranking for environmental policies is (still) among the worst of tech companies. It's not surprising that even though the iPhone complies with both US and EU standards, it's still not good enough for Greenpeace. Of course, what is good for Greenpeace is the publicity associated with targeting one of the most popular brands on the planet, even though that company sells far fewer products with hazardous chemicals than competitors with far larger shares of the market. One could argue that the intensity of the effort directed against Apple might have have a greater effect in the real world if focused on HP, as an example, but what's good for Greenpeace is ultimately good for the planet, right?


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One of his painted works is a recently built object that looks a bit more like a mosquito than like the table it purportedly may be. Its body began as a found object of burl. The wings, which aren't quite flat enough to safely support a martini glass, have an iridescent glow. And there's something startling about the eyes.
"Sometimes I just make something," Cullen says of the piece, adding, "It's furniture to scare the hell out of you." It sold immediately—thanks to Cullen's Facebook page, which has some 500 friends. "I always think furniture should be humorous," he says.
A Cullen piece can be quite traditional, in the tradition of the studio furniture artists who rediscovered the joy—and techniques—of hand-building furniture out of wood in the 1950s and 1960s.
Back then, studio furniture makers gloried in the natural feel, aroma, and touch of the wood, and many of Cullen's pieces do the same. His Massachusetts teacher was the legendary English craftsman David Powell, so he's got the techniques down.
But Cullen's use of color is far from traditional. "I love wood, but I also like the idea of color and pattern," he says.
Painting wood doesn't please some purists. When woodworkers such as Gary Knox Bennett, spurred on, perhaps by the Italian designers of the Memphis School, began painting their pieces in the post-modern 1980s, it caused a stir.
"Suddenly to be painting this wood that people had been lavishing attention on, with beautiful dovetail joints—suddenly to paint it, that was sacrilege!" Binzen says.
Today, says Ned Cooke, Jr., professor of American decorative arts at Yale University, studio furniture making, while emphasizing technical virtuosity, is more open to color and mixing materials.
Some work that used color and mixed media in the 1980s "pushed too hard. Now [furniture makers] are pulling back from that."
"That's where Michael's work is," says Cooke, who curated an exhibition that included two of Cullen's pieces. "I feel Michael's work is relatively quiet and thoughtful. There's a serenity to it, where the form and textures all work together."
Johnson, too, feels the work's serenity. "There's a friendliness and scale to his work that I like a lot," she says. "It's work one can easily incorporate into one's life and live with quite contentedly."
Cullen's 2,400-square-foot Blue Horse Studio, named for the handmade rocking horse out front, is well equipped, mostly with "old American stuff"—band saws, a joiner, an Oliver Machinery table saw dating to the 1940s—and, he says, getting better every year.
"I've always been into industrial design. The equipment is so beautiful," he says.
Still, about half of his work is by hand. "I'm not one of those who thinks handwork is better than machines," he says. "They both have their place."


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Nobody who's ever been to Mardi Gras forgets seeing the Zulu parade on Mardi Gras morning. Elaborate floats carry men dressed in tribal attire, like grass skirts, and wearing colorful warrior makeup, who throw prized gilded coconuts and other trinkets to the crowds. It's a wild sight on a wild day. Like all of Mardi Gras traditions, it has deep social and historical underpinnings that go back a ways. As they say, it's complicated.
The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club became an incorporated group on September 20, 1916, but the group began even earlier, as a Benevolent Aid Society that collected small dues from members and helped them out when they became sick, or buried them when they died. It was an insurance system for African-Americans that has given rise to numerous marching groups and second-line parades to this day, originating from each "ward" or neighborhood in the city.
According to Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club's website, www.kreweofzulu.com/, "The Tramps," a troop of laborers, most of whom were members of the Benevolent Aid Society, attended the Pythian Theater to see a performance by the group Smart Set in early 1909. Included in the comedy was a skit titled, "There Never was and Never Will Be a King Like Me," about the Zulu tribe in Africa. After the play, The Tramps went to their meeting place in the back of a bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street (now near City Hall and the Civil District Courthouse), and came out-Zulus! Since they couldn't be members of the all-white, and rather stuffy, Rex, black Zulu members started their own club.
Although The Tramps may have marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, they first appeared as Zulu in 1909, with William Story as the First King. He wore a crown made of a lard can, had a scepter made of banana stalk , and was surrounded by his court of raggedy-clad fellows and jubilee singers, also in attendance, Mr. Big Stuff with the Witch Doctor wearing grass-skirts and painted in black face. The earliest reference to the beloved coconuts is in 1910, when apparently the fruit was thrown in its natural state. It's also known as the "Golden Nugget," possibly a reference to golden walnuts that were also used as throws. (Coconuts and walnuts were considerably cheaper than the Bohemian glass beads used by the other Mardi Gras organizations).
In 1915, the group added floats for even more delight. The floats were built on a spring wagon, made of dry goods boxes, and were adorned with palmetto leaves and moss. Today, Zulu floats rival those of its counterpart organization, Rex, and the King and Queen of Zulu are elegantly dressed, no longer parodying Rex but its equal.
In 1949, during the height of segregation, Louis Armstrong reigned as King of Zulu and was photographed for Time Magazine. Later, during the rise of black pride in the '70s, it was considered demeaning to be in Zulu, and the membership dwindled to 16 men. Slowly it recovered its popularity, and today the organization includes laborers, mayors, councilmen, and state legislators, as well as United States congressmen. Anyone can join. Zulu even survived a series of devastating personal injury lawsuits filed by individuals who were hit by thrown coconuts, and in 1988 the state legislature enacted a provision exempting Zulu from liability.
The organization is proud of its standing in the local community, as well as its international reputation, and continues to donate funds and time to other community organizations. Today, no longer exclusively African-American, the organization reflects the tolerance and joie de vivre that is New Orleans.


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UWEC installs new sculpture!
It's entitled: "The Study of Structure, Blood Cells and Magnetism," and according to UWEC's press release, it was "designed by artist Susan Walsh to represent the values and activities within the science facilities at Phillips Hall." I get the magnet and the comparatively huge strand of (grey) blood cells, but what's with the tomato cage?
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- Terrence McCarthy said...
Delighted to see you're posting more regularly. I'm checking in every day to see what's new on The Coffin Diaries. I'll add TCD to my blogroll. I have an eclectic following on my blog, an interesting bunch. Includes a Mensa member from Tampa; a Jeopardy champion from Jacksonville; a communications prof from Stamford; a writer editor from Brewster, Cape Cod; an anchor man who works for NBC30 in Hartford; an NPR station manager; a law student, a Berkelely student who I predict will be Secretary of Energy ( OK, he's my nephew, but he is way cool, smart, a terrific athlete and he goes to Berkelely ) Those are just a few of my motley crew. Maybe they''' start reading your stuff ( Including, of course, your great .... Season books )
We all have a blast together on The Web Town Observer. More saloon than salon. Lots of laughs and much food for thought. Would love to have you join the conversation every now and then.
- July 15, 2010 at 3:11 PM


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Washington Welcomes Delegates to the 2012 NEA Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly
Delegates have started arriving in our nation's capital for the National Education Association's 150th Annual Meeting and 91st Representative Assembly (RA), held from June 27–July 5.
The theme of this year's RA is "NEA: We Educate America," and nearly 9,000 public school teachers and education support professionals are expected to gather here in Washington, D.C. to set NEA policy for the upcoming year.
The meeting kicks off June 27 with "Outreach to Teach," the annual event started by NEA's Student Program as a way to give back to the city hosting the NEA Annual Meeting. More than 300 students and retired NEA members will spend the day sprucing up Thomas Johnson Middle School in Lanham, Maryland, a nearby D.C. suburb.
Highlights of this year's RA include the presentation of America's Greatest Education Governor award winner to Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, and addresses by the 2012 Education Support Professional of the Year, Judy Near, a health technician and attendance clerk at Skyline Elementary School in Canon City, Colorado, and the National Teacher of the Year, Rebecca Mieliwocki, an English teacher at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank, California.
Delegates will also take up issues to support NEA's new action agenda, announced last December by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. The Three-Part Action Agenda to Strengthen Teaching Profession will help transform the field of education and improve student learning.
Check back for updates on this important initiative and all of the events at this year's RA.


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Q: There are some reports thatthe DPRK is taking advantage of loopholes in the UN sanctions to increase the export of iron ore to China. How do you comment on that?
A: As neighbors, China and the DPRK maintain normal economic and trade exchanges. Resolution 2321 stipulates that sanctions shall not affect transactions in iron and iron ore that are determined to be exclusively for livelihood purposes and unrelated to generating revenue for the DPRK's nuclear or ballistic missile programs. China's stance of staying committed to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is firm and clear, and it will continue to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions in a comprehensive, accurate, faithful and strict manner.
Q: Yesterday, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the first anniversary of the South China Sea arbitration. There are comments that the relevant content of this statement has signaled goodwill to the Chinese side and is conducive to further development of China-Philippine relations and regional peace and stability. What's your comment on that?
A: I have stated China's principled position yesterday.
Today, I should emphasize again that, we agree with the Philippines' statement which stressed territorial dispute should be resolved in the spirit of good neighborliness. At the same time, we also applaud and support the Philippines in upholding an independent diplomatic policy.
For over one year, the China-Philippines relations have taken an upturn. The two sides have come back to the right track of settlement through dialogue, consultation and negotiation, established the China-Philippines bilateral consultation mechanism on the South China Sea issue, and successfully held the first meeting of such mechanism in May. With the concerted efforts of China, the Philippines and other ASEAN countries, the situation in the South China Sea has stabilized and taken on a good trend, and the framework of the COC is also concluded. These positive developments conform to the common interests of the two countries and peoples as well as the shared aspiration of regional countries, which marks an irresistible trend.
While firmly upholding its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea, China has also been committed to peacefully resolving the relevant disputes through negotiation and consultation with countries directly concerned, the Philippines included, and working with the ASEAN countries to jointly uphold peace and stability in the South China Sea. China stands ready to continuously work with the Philippines to properly solve the South China Sea-related issues through dialogue and negotiation, and further create sound atmosphere for the development of China-Philippines relations and relevant cooperation.
Q: We have noted that China's trade with the DPRK has increased by around 10.5% in the first half of this year. Is China fully enforcing the UN sanctions against the DPRK? And does this figure show that it should be doing more?
A: This morning, the Information Office of the State Council held a news briefing, during which the Spokesperson of General Administration of Customs gave a briefing on the trade between China and the DPRK and detailed relevant specific figures.
I would like to reiterate that China has been implementing the Security Council's resolutions in a comprehensive, accurate, faithful and strict manner. But make no mistake, the Security Council's sanctions on the DPRK cannot be equated with all-encompassing economic sanctions. The maintenance of normal economic and trade exchanges between China and the DPRK does not violate Security Council's resolutions.
Q: I have an historical question relating to the Cairo Declaration jointly issued by China, the US and the UK in 1943. This Declaration is not going to be included in the curriculum guidelines for social studies of senior high schools in Taiwan in the future. There is a view that this is an attempt by the Taiwanese side to advance the so-called "uncertain status of Taiwan" theory. Does the mainland think the Cairo Declaration is legally binding under the international law? Is this historical document still relevant? I know that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council had responded to this yesterday, but I wonder whether the Foreign Ministry has anything more to say?
A: It is true that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has made remarks on this. But since you have asked about the legal status of the Cairo Declaration, I will reply to your question.
Taiwan is an indispensable part of China's territory, and China's sovereignty and territorial integrity brook no division. The Cairo Declaration has set crucial international legal basis for China to regain Taiwan and its affiliated islands seized and stolen by the Japanese militarism after World War II. It is an important document universally recognized as part of international law and a major outcome of the world anti-fascist war, which laid down the key foundation of after-war international order for the international community and is of far-reaching historical significance and highly relevant.
Q: You mentioned the historical and practical significance of the Cairo Declaration, but another spokesperson of the foreign ministry once said that the Sino-British Joint Declaration is a historical document, but has no practical significance. What are the differences between these two documents? Why do you come up with different interpretations?
A: My colleague has stated our stance on the Sino-British Joint Declaration, so I am not going to repeat that. I shall stress that the Sino-British Joint Declaration signed by China and the UK in 1984 has resolved the Hong Kong issue left over by history. Since the return of Hong Kong two decades ago, the Chinese government has administered and governed Hong Kong in accordance with the constitution and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The guidelines of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and a high degree of autonomy have been implemented faithfully. Hong Kong has maintained stability and prosperity, and its economy developed steadily, democratic political system made steady progress and various programs scaled new heights. All these achievements have been recognized by the whole world. From the date of July 1, 1997, Hong Kong's affairs have become China's internal affairs, and foreign countries have no rights to interfere. The so-called "responsibility" by the UK over Hong Kong does not exist.
As for your question about the differences between the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Cairo Declaration, I believe these two documents are totally different in nature.


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Get all the major supplies needed to make this project with the Art Journal Bundle or you can order them separately.
Art Journal By LeNae Gerig
Designer Tip: To get this pastel modeled look, spray one color at a time to different areas of the paper so that they overlap just slightly. Spray lightly. Too much mist will begin to puddle. Letting areas of the original paper color show through also allows the misted look to really shine through.


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Boba Fett makes cover.
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The book is expected in September, as the second part of a nine-book series. The cover is by Jason Felix, based on a publicity photo taken circa 1997 and seen in the Special Edition promo campaign with Pepsi.
"Civil war looms as the fledgling Galactic Alliance confronts a growing number of worlds set on rebellion -- and the approaching war is tearing the Skywalker and Solo families apart. Han's Corellian roots and Luke's dedication to the Jedi order are driving a wedge between the families. Han and Leia's children, Jacen and Jaina, are soldiers in the Galactic Alliance's campaign to crush the insurgents. Luke and Mara are unable to protect their son Ben from war. The quest of an assassin draws out a dreaded name from the past: Boba Fett. And in the new galactic order, friends and enemies are no longer what they seem..."
For the original announcement, see the StarWars.com news report.


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text: On a rampage against anything that remotely smells like regulation, the House of Representatives have voted to block funding for the FCC's Net Neutrality plan, which would ensure that ISPs couldn't restrict certain users from accessing select content. Of course, this would have to pass through senate and survive President Obama's desk, so the chance of this becoming a bill is unlikely. But the anti-tech sentiment coming from one half of our congress makes me all sadface. [Reuters]


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City of GlendoraHome Menu
Water Wise Garden
Glendora Public Library's Water Wise Garden
Saving water while creating a lush landscape suited to our Southern California climate.
This is a snapshot of the garden in July.
Chocolate Flower (Berlandiera lyrata)
The flower of this North American native perennial smells like chocolate!
Bennet's White Rock Rose (Cistus x 'Bennet's White')
Gorgeous white flowers in spring.
Flare Heatwave Sage (Salvia x 'Flare')
The sages attract hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.
Mexican Redbud (Cercis Mexicana)
This deciduous tree blooms in the spring.
Some helpful websites:
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Metropolitan Water District's Bewaterwise.com
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants
California Native Plant Society
Las Pilitas Nursery California Native Plants List
Plants donated by Monrovia Nursery Co. Project sponsored by the Glendora Public Library, The Environmental Services Division, The Water Division, and The Parks Division.


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Put in the install folder and run - no need to delete the old exe:
San11 Editor 1.06 Build1211
Download "San11 Editor 1.06 Build1211.rar" from http://pigspy.ys168.com/
What it does?
San11 Editor is a program that allows you to easily do everything we normally do with an hex editor (and the editing guide) and a bit more. You can edit the contents of Scenario.s11, Scen0XX, Msgs, among other things like simple cheats done by editing RAM while game is running (showing all shrines for example). It's an interesting program, the problem is its language (chinese).
It's worth noting that it supports chinese version of the game fully, japanese version (except by few features I think), but not english version (although it does work in many cases — LCC used it with Scen0XX).


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Rob McClure and Jenny Powers to Lead THE ADDAMS FAMILY at The Muny; Principle Casting Announced!
The Muny has announced the principle casting for its fourth show of its 96th season, The Addams Family, directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, choreographed by Vince Pesce, with musical direction by Ben Whiteley. The Addams Family is sponsored by Missouri Lottery.
Rob McClure and Jenny Powers star as Gomez and Morticia Addams. Joining them are John Scherer as Mal Beineke, Hollis Resnik as Alice Beineke, Steve Rosen as Uncle Fester, Jen Cody as Grandma, William Ryall as Lurch, Dan DeLuca as Lucas Beineke, Sara Kapner as Wednesday Addams, and Michael Harp as Pugsley Addams.
"This is a truly delicious, warped and wickedly funny cast," said Muny Executive Producer and Artistic Director Mike Isaacson. "Marcia Milgrom Dodge has done a sensational job of assembling actors who give full flesh, blood and heart to Charles Addams' classic characters. I can't wait to see them rip into this one. "
The Muny production features scenic design by Michael Schweikardt, sound design by Jason Krueger, lighting design by Nathan Scheuer, video design by Seth Jackson, and costume design by Andrea Lauer. The production stage manager is Bonnie Panson.
Based on the beloved cartoon family that has been entertaining the world for decades, The Addams Family musical is making its US regional and Muny premiere. Charles Addams' classical and creepy characters - Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Lurch and even Uncle Fester - take the stage this summer in a riotous Broadway musical. In a wicked twist, Wednesday Addams, the ultimate daughter of darkness, has fallen for a perfectly respectable and sweet young man. The Addams Family features a book by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
ROB McCLURE (Gomez Addams) is thrilled to be back at The Muny after playing both the evil Lord Farquaad in Shrek and Bert in Mary Poppins last summer. He received Tony®, Drama League, Astaire and Outer Critics Circle nominations and won the Theatre World and Clive Barnes awards for his performance as Chaplin in Chaplin: The Musical on Broadway last season. Prior to that, he charmed audiences and critics alike with his performance in the title role in Where's Charley? at Encores! Rob's other Broadway credits include the 2002 revival of I'm Not Rappaport, opposite Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, and the roles of Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q; he later received a Helen Hayes nomination for his performance on the Avenue Q national tour. He recently starred opposite Tony Danza in the Paper Mill Playhouse world-premiere production of Jason Robert Brown's Honeymoon In Vegas, which is scheduled to move to Broadway later this year. He delighted 92nd Street Y audiences in Kathleen Marshall's salute to MGM musicals, Going Hollywood. He also appeared in the world premiere of Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot at the Cleveland Playhouse and Robert and Willie Reale's Johnny Baseball at the American Repertory Theatre. In Philadelphia, he has won two Barrymore Awards for best actor in a musical, and starred as Mozart in Amadeus at the Walnut Street Theatre. For his performance in the short film Recursion, directed by Sam Buntrock, he recently won the Best Actor Award at the Queens World Film Festival. Recursion continues to be screened this year on the festival circuit
JENNY POWERS (Morticia Addams) returns to The Muny after playing the title role in last year's Mary Poppins. She most recently originated the roles of Samira in the world premiere of Secondhand Lions (Seattle Fifth Avenue) and Maggie in the upcoming world premiere of A Little More Alive (Kansas City Rep). Broadway: Rizzo in Grease and Meg in Little Women. Theatre highlights include Lois Lane in It's a Bird..It's a Plane..It's Superman at Encores; Mary Kate Danaher in Donnybrook! at the Irish Rep (Drama Desk nom); Veronica Franco in the world premiere of Dangerous Beauty at Pasadena Playhouse; Gina in Happiness at Lincoln Center; Diana Devereaux in Of Thee I Sing at Encores. TV/Film: Blue Bloods (CBS), Power (Starz), The Good Wife (CBS), Mercy (NBC), Law & Order: CI (USA), Six Degrees (ABC), Nurse Jackie (Showtime), I Think I Love My Wife, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and the upcoming Mysteries of Laura on NBC.
JOHN SCHERER (Mal Beineke) is thrilled to return to The Muny where last season he appeared in Spamalot. St. Louis audiences most recently saw him in Noises Off at the St Louis Rep, where he also played the title role in The Foreigner. He has appeared on Broadway in LoveMusik, By Jeeves, Sunset Boulevard and Funny Girl (Actors Fund benefit). Other New York credits include The Most Happy Fella and Cinderella at the NYC Opera. He has appeared in leading roles across the country in many regional theaters. Film and television credits include Spinning Into Butter, The Shield, Crossing Jordan, Guiding Light, Titus and Law & Order (all three series).
HOLLIS RESNIK (Alice Beineke) Hollis just completed the National tour of Sister Act as Mother Superior and was also seen as Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow at MRT. She was seen in Court Theatre 's production of Angels in America in Chicago, in Follies at Chicago Shakespeare, and Shakespeare Theatre of DC's production of Candide for which she received a Helen Hayes award. Chicago: Goodman Theatre, Ravinia, Lyric Opera, and the CSO. Regionally: Longwharf, Alliance, Milwaukee Rep, and the Cleveland Playhouse. National tours include, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and LES MISERABLES. She is the recipient of 2 Sarah Siddons awards, 11 Jeff awards and is a 2012 recipient of the Lunt Fontanne Fellowship.
STEVE ROSEN (Uncle Fester) is an actor, writer and composer/lyricist based out of New York City. On Broadway, he originated leading roles in Spamalot, The Farnsworth Invention and the 2009 revival of Guys & Dolls. Off-Broadway he co-wrote and starred in both The Other Josh Cohen (with David Rossmer) for which he was nominated for 4 Drama Desk Awards and Don't Quit Your Night Job (with Rossmer, Dan Lipton and Sarah Saltzberg). Concerts: Mikado (Carnegie Hall), Knickerbocker Holiday (Alice Tully), phish (MSG) TV: Masters of Sex, Psych, Person of Interest, Law & Order. Upcoming Films: The Humbling and Beijing/New York.
JEN CODY (Grandma) has performed in 11 Broadway shows including The Pajama Game, Urinetown, Taboo and Shrek. She originated roles off-Broadway in The Wild Party and Charles Bush's Judith of Bethulia. Her voice can be heard on many cartoons including Winx Club and Robot and Monster. She won the Annie Award (voice over Oscar) for voicing Charlotte LaBoueff in Disney's The Princess and the Frog. She was last seen at The Muny in Hello, Dolly! where she won the Kevin Kline Award for Best Featured Actress in a musical.
WILLIAM RYALL (Lurch) appeared most recently on Broadway in Chaplin, the Musical. Other Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Amadeus, How To Succeed, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Seussical the Musical, High Society, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Grand Hotel, Me And My Girl, and Guys and Dolls. At the NYC Opera he appeared as the Postman in The Most Happy Fella. National tours include Phantom of the Opera, On Your Toes, The Best Little Whorehouse, Evita, My One and Only. He received unanimous critical acclaim as Spats in Some Like It Hot starring Tony Curtis. Film - Synechdoche, New York and the upcoming horror film The Factory.
DANIEL DELUCA (Lucas Beineke) is thrilled to be making his Muny debut! Regional: Danny in Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots (Goodspeed Opera House) Gabe in Next to Normal, Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof, and Charlie Brown in YAGMCB (The Weston Playhouse). NY: Cain/Japheth in Children of Eden (CAP21) Other credits include various concerts/new works at 54 Below, Joe's Pub & Radio City Music Hall.
SARA KAPNER (Wednesday Addams) Broadway: Hollywood Arms (dir. Harold Prince). Off-Broadway: Bare, Trouble (NYMF '12), Captain Louie, Children's Letters to God. Regional: The Diary of Anne Frank at the Delaware Theatre Company. Film: The Factory (upcoming), A Little Help. Sara is a graduate of Fordham University.
MICHAEL HARP (Pugsley Addams) recently performed the role of Kurt in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's The Sound of Music. His performances at The Muny include Spamalot, Shrek: the Musical, LES MISERABLES, Mary Poppins and Bye Bye Birdie (Randolph). With Variety Children's Theatre, he played Michael Darling in Peter Pan and has been seen at St. Louis's Center of Contemporary Arts in the US premiere of Swallows & Amazons.
To purchase Season Tickets by phone, call (314) 361-1900, extension 550, or order online at www.muny.org. The Muny Box Office is now open from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
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Give Her Your Shoulder, Not Your Mouth
- 2004 6 Apr
Your goal should be to become a gentle, loving, and tender husband who does not lecture. Lectures during stressful times only create more stress. This was a new concept to me because I wasn't fortunate enough to have a father who knew how to be tender to his wife. I wasn't aware of my wife's needs for tenderness until a few years ago. No one had ever told me that one of a woman's greatest needs is tenderness and a husband who will listen instead of lecture, and even if someone had, I don't think I would have understood. (I should have been able to figure it out, though, because when I am down, I like people to be gentle and comforting to me.)
I'll never forget what one woman told me: "If my husband would only put his arms around me and hold me, without lecturing me, when I am feeling blue!" But lecture #734 would begin as he told her she would feel better if she took an aspirin...if she were more organized...if she wouldn't wear her self down so much...if she would discipline the children better....
"Have you ever told him what you need?" I asked.
"Are you kidding? I'd be embarrassed," she laughed. "Come on, you're kidding."
"No. He probably doesn't know what to do. He doesn't know you need to be held instead of lectured. Why don't you tell him during a calm conversation some day?"
"That does kind of make sense to me. A lot of times when I am down and crying and all upset, he'll ask, 'What do you want me to do?' I just flare up and say, 'If I have to tell you what to do, it would wreck the whole idea.'"
As a husband, I recommend that you ask your wife when and how you need to hold her when she needs to be comforted. Ask her what circumstances prompt her to seek your gentle caring arms and touch. You can't dream them up on your own. We just can't perceive the deep feelings of other people. We've got to draw them out and then practice, practice, practice the skills of meeting our wives' needs.
The first time I ever tried to ski, I rode a rope pulley to the top of a small hill. The hill looked a lot bigger from the top than it did from the bottom.
I thought, no way am I gonna go down this hill. So I sat down on the back of my skis and scooted all the way down.
Even if you have to scoot instead of ski your way through the skills in this chapter at first, remember that you'll eventually be able to get to your feet. This book is certainly not an exhaustive marriage manual, but it is a start. Believe me, if you practice what is written here, you and your wife can have a more loving marriage.
When I was first learning the art of comforting my wife, we had an experience that took every ounce of self-control I could muster. But I came through a stronger man, encouraged by my new-found strength. I want you to imagine yourself in my situation. How would you have reacted?
I had bought a dumpy-looking boat for $400 because we wanted to do more things together as a family. That same night my son and I decided to take it for a quick trip to the lake, only five minutes from our house, just to see how it ran. Because of my inexperience as a boater, the wind blew the boat back to the bank the first time I put it in. I got wet and frustrated trying to push it out again. After an irritating ten minutes trying to start the cantankerous thing, the boat wouldn't go faster than ten miles an hour. Something was obviously wrong. I was quite a way from the shore before I realized I had better get back in case the motor stalled.
Then? "Dad, the boat's sinking!" Greg cried. I looked behind me and saw the foot of water that had gurgled in. The previous owner had taken the plug out the last time it had rained but had forgotten to tell me. With the hull full of water, I couldn't find the hole for the plug. Luckily we didn't sink. I put the boat back on the trailer, determined to take it back first thing in the morning. I was a little embarrassed to have the dumpy-looking thing parked in front of my house anyway.
A boat dealer told me it would take $150 to fix the engine's broken seal, so I returned it to the owner who had promised me I could have my money back if I didn't like it.
When I left home early that morning, I had agreed to be back by eleven o'clock so Norma could go shopping. Retrieving my money took longer than I had planned, and I arrived home an hour-and-a-half late. In the meantime, Norma had decided to take our minimotor home to the grocery store. Trying to turn it around in the driveway, she accidentally drove too close to the house and sheared off a section of the roof. As the roof fell, it put a huge dent in the front of the motor home.
When I pulled into the drive at 12:30, I saw part of the roof lying in the driveway next to the dented motor home. I just laughed out loud, more out of desperation than humor.
I wanted to say to my wife, "Oh, no, $500 at least to fix this. Where did you get your driver's license, at a garage sale?" I wanted to lecture her angrily and then ignore her for a while.
For once, I remembered what I was supposed to do. I told myself, "Keep your mouth shut and put your arms around her. Just hold her. Don't say anything, okay?"
However, my basic human nature told me, "Give her a lecture. Let our anger out. Express it."
My mind finally triumphed over my will. I put my arms around her and said gently, "You must feel terrible, don't you?" Even though war was still raging inside me. We went into the house and sat on the couch. I let her talk her feelings out.
I held her, and after a couple of minutes I felt good because I could feel the tenderness begin to flow from me. Soon I was fine, and she was encouraged. Minutes later, a carpenter friend drove up who had already heard about the accident. We had the roof patched and painted in two hours.
It felt good not to be angry for once. I hadn't offended my wife, shouted at the kids, or diminished any of the beauty of our relationship. I could have reverted to my old excuse, "Well, I just can't keep from blowing up." Instead, I had one of those encouraging victories.
My new-found sensitivity has been tested on several occasions. Once I almost blew it on a fishing trip. I normally become completely oblivious to my family and the world when I'm near a stream, totally "submerging" myself in the exhilarating environment of fishing: the smell of the air, the tension when a fish strikes, the sound of the stream. Oops! Back to the story.
When we pulled up in our minimotor home beside a beautiful steam, my heart was pounding. I could hardly wait to get my reel rigged up. First, I rigged the kids' reels and told them, "Look, if you get tangled up, you're on your own." (I used to get so frustrated when I was trying to fish and they were yelling, "Dad, I can't get this reeled in." I wanted to devote my entire energy to fishing on my own.)
I found the perfect spot: a nice deep hole in a pool in front of a big boulder. I threw in the lure and let it wander naturally to the bottom of the pool. It swirled around and wham! I got my first trout! I had nearly caught the limit when Greg came running up. I was sure he was about to jump into the stream and spook the fish. I was already upset and angry from his interruption when he said, "Dad! Kari broke her leg!"
Kari broke her leg! What a time to break her leg! I couldn't believe she would do this to me. It was hard for me to leave, but I gave the line to Greg and said, "Don't break it. Don't get it tangled up. Just keep it in there." I ran in Kari's direction, avoiding the big pool. After all, I didn't want to scare the fish.
Downstream, Kari was crying. "Daddy, I think I broke my leg."
When I looked at it, I realized it was only bruised.
"Don't touch it," I said. "It's not broken, it's just bruised. Put your leg in this cold water to soak for a few minutes."
I'm really embarrassed to tell the rest of the story, but maybe you can learn from my insensitivity. I ran back to the fishing hole and caught a few more trout before walking back to where Kari was crying. "Dad, this water is cold."
I rather roughly got her up to walk, but she couldn't. When I tried to hoist her up on the bank and couldn't, she started crying again and said, "Dad, you're so rough with me. Can't you be tender?" Something flashed when she said that word. It reminded me of all the times my wife and other women have told me, "What we need is tenderness and gentleness, not harshness. We don't need lectures." And I couldn't even be tender with my eleven-year-old daughter. I had already lectured Kari because I felt she was interrupting my day. "Why didn't you look first?" I had asked her.
Just who was more important anyway? Those trout or my precious daughter? It was hard for me to face, but those trout had been more important to me. I had let fishing and my own desire endanger my only daughter. I was wrong, and I should have known better!
When I came to my senses, I hung my head low and said, "Kari, I've been so wrong to be harsh with you. I really feel bad. Will you forgive me?"
"Yeah, I'll forgive you, Dad."
"Kari, you are more important to me than any fish, and I want you to know that. I was so carried away by this activity today that I really hurt you, didn't I?"
We just held each other for a while, and then she looked up into my eyes and asked gently, "Dad, did you use deodorant today?"
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"Noticias del Universo" travels to Northern Chile
How have human beings been able to interpret information coming from space? That is the question that the itinerant exhibition Noticias del Universo (News from the Universe) answers, showing different tools developed throughout history to learn about the "invisible" world around us.
Beginning from the simple telescope used by Galileo Galilei centuries ago to the powerful Very Large Telescope, the exhibition explains astronomical concepts through interactive activities and clear explanations.
The next destination of News from the Universe is the town of Tocopilla, in Northern Chile. The exhibition will be at the Sagrada Familia School (Serrano 1156), from 22 January to 4 February. It can be visited daily from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 15:00 to 20:00.
This exhibition was developed in 2009 by the Explora-Conicyt Program in Chile, in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other local partners, as part of the celebrations in the country of the International Year of Astronomy.
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Keeping our kids active is so important! And it's important that we can be active together as a family. Here's one thing you may want to try in your town.
Keeping our kids active is so important! And it's important that we can be active together as a family. Here's one thing you may want to try in your town.
This weekend my family did something like we've never done before. For our regular readers, you know that we love to hike the Colorado mountains and explore nature. But on Saturday we set off on a different kind of adventure.
The Kids Obstacle Challenge was near Denver, so we drove up there to enjoy the morning as a family and get some exercise. This challenge is made specifically for children ages 5-16, so most anyone could do it.
My daughters are 10 and 13 years old, and they loved it! They were able to run about 1.5 miles but it was broken up with obstacles, so it made the run more fun. My girls also enjoyed doing it with their dad and other families. (I stayed back with their dry clothes in the shade…)
It was a hot summer morning, but they were able to get wet (and dirty!) on the obstacle course to cool off. There were water stations both for drinking water as well as a pool with balls they could dive into for extra refreshment.
Some kids coming off the adventure were really muddy, but the area in Colorado where the challenge was located is mostly sandy terrain. So most kids just looked wet with a little dirt when they were done. But I bet in other areas the Kids Obstacle Challenge travels where there is red clay or dirt that the kids get really dirty. The obstacles are optional so you can walk around them if you don't want to do them all.
Some things we liked: There were samples of healthy snacks along with games and crafts for children. They also gave out bananas for the runners when they finished the run. Another thing we appreciated was a hose off station so the runners could wash off. The rinse station was really near the splash pad at Philip S. Miller Park, so after the kids rinsed off with hoses, many went down to play in the water fountain. And the bathrooms are right there so they could change into dry clothes when all the fun was done.
My main advice would be to get there early. The line of people stayed long all morning, and cars that arrived later in the morning were having to park really far away on the main road. Also remember to bring a change of clothes and shoes. The runners will get wet and potentially muddy.
Overall my kids loved the morning, and so did my husband and I. We enjoyed spending the time together in a different way, being in nature, and experiencing something fun as a family.
So have a look to see if this Obstacle Challenge will be near you soon or something similar to it. Here's to keeping our kids active while having fun!


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Sometimes known as the chesnut tree mushroom, the shiitake contains essential amino acids and vitamins B1, B2 and D2.
As an edible mushroom, it has been cultivated since ancient times both for culinary and nutritious uses.
In ancient China it was used to treat a wide range of ailments and to increase the qi, or life force.
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It was certainly a long time in coming. It was hyped to no end by Apple, who heralded it as a rethinking of the operating system. It takes the way we think about interacting with our machines and turns it inside out.Many have called it the death of the traditional computer. Most people just call it OS X Lion.
Lion was first announced to the world at WWDC in 2011. With it came the announcement of iCloud, Apple's new cloud storage initiative, and iOS 5. While those two things won't be available to the public until this fall, Lion launched on July 20. I upgraded that very day, and have spent the week exploring the newest version of Mac OS X.
With a piece of software this big, its hard to decide where to start a review. While the major pieces of the OS haven't changed that much, Lion does introduce a number of new features. I am going to try and keep this review to something user friendly, avoiding most of the technical upgrades and changes. I will try to hit all of the features I think are real game changers.
The features I will be covering are:
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Location: Ancona - via Brecce Bianche - ingresso 3
Access: Open access
Order: D.M. 270/04
Type: Master Degree (2 years)
The Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering has been activated in the Academic Year 2015-2016 and is held in English by Italian professors as well as by professors from foreign Institutions highly-active with regard to research and of didactics. In this way, students will learn advanced topics of biomedical engineering in an international atmosphere. The Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering starts from the basic knowledge acquired by students during the 3-year Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and deepens and integrates such knowledge with advanced and specialized knowledge in both traditional and innovative biomedical sectors. The goal is to form a multivariate professional figure able to act properly in companies, in clinical/healthcare facilities and in research contexts. Specifically, the course focuses on the bioengineering of the motor system, of the cardiovascular system, of the nervous system and of the metabolic system, and deals with issues related to biomedical signal and image processing, biomechanics, modeling of biological systems, robotics, bioinformatics, and biomedical measures. Eventually, the student can also choose to study bio-technologies, biomaterials, biofluidodynamics, electrical and electromagnetic safety of biomedical devices, ICT for healthcare, medical statistics, automatic controls applied to bioengineering and biometric data security.
Starting from 2019-2020, the Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering also provides a Double Degree agreement with the Catholic University of America of Washington.
Biomedical Engineer
Function in a context of work:
The master's degree program in Biomedical Engineering starts from the basic knowledge of the sector that the student has acquired during the three-year degree and deepens it.
The goal is to train a multi-purpose professional figure able to correctly operate in companies as well as in clinical/health facilities or research centers.
In particular, within a company, the biomedical master engineer will have to carry out his/her activity to support the design of devices, aimed at monitoring, diagnosis and therapeutic intervention. The main functions to be performed are the definition of specifications, the coordination of project activities with other professional figures (such as electronic and software engineers), validation, testing and certification of the product.
Within the clinical/health facilities, the biomedical engineer will have to integrate with the staff involved in clinical engineering services applying his know-how to advanced methods and technologies for the acquisition and management of advanced health technologies. More precisely, it will have to collaborate with health professionals and management in defining plans for the acquisition of new technology or monitoring of the existing one, collaborating with health professionals and the economist during the acquisition process, supporting health professionals in the correct and safe use of medical devices in order to reduce clinical risk and ensure its effectiveness.
For what concerns research activities, the biomedical master's engineers can find employment in R&D centers in companies or in institutional research centers and must be able to deepen their skills by analyzing the industry literature, apply and/or o develop innovative methodologies and support the clinical validation of the developed products.
After passing the state exam and enrollment in the register of engineers in accordance with current legislation, the master's degree in Biomedical Engineering can devote himself to self-employing (feasibility studies, design, technical arbitration, part expertise or as an expert of the Court, etc.) and access to public competitions (for example at the various ASUR).
Skills associated with function:
In order to achieve the objectives specified above in the Master's Degree Program in Biomedical Engineering, students will acquire a high level of cultural and professional training for the operation of highly qualified activities in the disciplines of biomedical engineering. In particular, graduates will have a high level of cultural and professional preparation in the specific subject areas of the class, complemented by the skills that derive from the fields of Information Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Medicine, Biology, Physiology, as well as Basic sciences (such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics) regarding the most innovative and applicative aspects. The skills acquired will concern the analysis and control of complex biological and physiological systems, the development and integration of biomedical devices for diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation, the processing of data and images, the choice of materials, the use of sensors and advanced measurement techniques, the transmission of data and signals, the understanding of issues related to data security and biomedical equipment, the use of modern computational tools for modeling and simulation and for assisted planning.
Employment Opportunities:
The professional fields of graduates in Biomedical Engineering are extremely varied and rapidly changing. It is foreseeable that they address to interlocutors of various kinds (in health, industry, services, etc.) who will have to analyze, quantify, monitor, optimize the impact of technologies on biological phenomena and on humans. The professional figure that derives from the Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering can find employment opportunities in the following industrial/health sectors:
- in public and private health facilities, in biomedical engineering services (or clinical engineering/biomedical technologies), in the world of motor rehabilitation, sport, physical exercise and entertainment/fitness;
- computer applications relating to the processing of biomedical and bioimaging data, genomics and health telematics applications;
- the production and marketing industries of: special materials, prostheses/orthoses, implantable and portable devices, robotic systems for the biomedical sector, and equipment for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and monitoring;
- the pharmaceutical and food industry regarding the quantification of the interaction between drugs/substances and biological parameters;
- the manufacturing industry in general as regards the ergonomics of products/processes and the impact of technologies on human health.
In all the occupational fields listed above, graduates will be able to deal with problems concerning planning and programming, production development, management of complex systems. In particular, in hospitals, both public and private, they will be able to interact with health professionals, within their respective competences, in diagnostic, therapeutic and research applications.
After passing the state exam, and enrollment in the register of senior engineers in accordance with current legislation, the master's degree in Biomedical Engineering can devote himself to self-employing (feasibility studies, design, technical arbitrations, expert opinions or in quality expert of the Court, etc.) and to access competitions in public bodies (such as the various ASUR).
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Ima Butterfly
Today kicks off March previews over at All That Scraps and we are starting with the newest Swiss Pixies by CC Designs. Considering the time of year, are you surprised that it's all about some springtime fun? ;)
For my card I absolutely couldn't wait to ink up little miss Ima Butterfly. Talk about amazing cuteness! I just love her pose and how it looks like she is trying to take off into the spring sky for a quick zoom around the garden. Rather than going with Easter-like pastels I instead thought that she would look smashing as a bright and happy daffodil... the quintessential spring flower if you ask me. And I even found these old silk daffodils in my stash to pull the look together. Then I finished the card off with one of the great new Spring Logo stamps that are being released this month too.
Ok, there are plenty more new stamps to check out so be sure to flutter on over to the ATS blog and see all of the wonderful preview cards from my ATS teamies! And all of the new stamps will be available for purchase on Friday. :)
Later gators!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Doodlebug and Cosmo Cricket
stamps- CC Designs (Ima Butterfly and Spring Logos)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox creamy brown and Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade distress
Marvy scallop circle punch
Divine Twine
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher
Kaiser Craft pearls and gems
silk flowers from Walmart
Sharpie white marker
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E50, E51, E53
clothes/wings- Y38, YR04, YR18, Y11, Y13, Y17, YG23, YG25, YG67, E55, E57, E59, Y000, Y02
36 comments:
- Hlora said...
it is very spring and beautiful Amy!! )) The papers are so bright and nice!
- March 6, 2012 at 5:15 AM
- Unknown said...
Awww this is adorable Amy, love the bright spring colours, and Ima Butterfly is so cute, no wonder you couldn't wait to ink her us.. :D
- March 6, 2012 at 5:53 AM
- Nancy Thomas said...
A ray of sunshine this morning!! Love the silk daffodils - they are perfect for this sweet image.
- March 6, 2012 at 6:06 AM
- Lau W said...
You enter sunshine in our life !! Your card is amazing !
- March 6, 2012 at 6:12 AM
- Creations by Shirl said...
Pretty spring colours....and those daffodils made that card a little bit more special too...
- March 6, 2012 at 6:19 AM
- Larisa said...
It is so much joyful and nice!!!
- March 6, 2012 at 6:20 AM
- Mette said...
You really are spoiling me atm Amy. I love yellow, orange and green and this is a gorgeous project. Sweet little fairy too :).
Hugs, Mette
- March 6, 2012 at 6:42 AM
- Annette Allen said...
so so adorable...loving all the yellow and orange...
- March 6, 2012 at 6:48 AM
- Kerryn said...
such a cute card and so spring like! So nice to see some yellow again!
- March 6, 2012 at 7:05 AM
- Tracy said...
As soon as I saw this on the ATS blog I let out a big WHOA!!! This is just adorable Amy. Love, love, love these colors.
- March 6, 2012 at 7:34 AM
- jeanne girl said...
Super CUTENESS Amy!! I agree I love her too :) Hugs teamie!
- March 6, 2012 at 7:58 AM
- corryskaart said...
hallo amy
wat een vrolijke frisse voorjaarskaart door deze mooie kaart krijgt men weer zin in de zomer:-))
groetjes van corry
- March 6, 2012 at 8:05 AM
- Rhonda Miller said...
This is adorable. I love the flowers. TFS.
- March 6, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- chrilvian said...
woww, love the flowers
- March 6, 2012 at 8:54 AM
- Marion Kuipers-van Eijsden said...
What a sweetie pie... I love the choice of colors you've made!!! she is so spring like!!! Love Love the daffodills... they're just like the ones in the vase on the table here!!!
Love how you used the logo this way!
Another fabulous card!!! Can't wait to see the rest!
- March 6, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- Heidi Brawley said...
GORGEOUS!!!! so bright and cheery!!
love the release!!
hugs, Heidi
- March 6, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- Jacilynn said...
what a cute new image. Love this!@
- March 6, 2012 at 9:24 AM
- Mimi said...
oh she's such a cutie!! love the spring garden and colors are gorgeous! cant wait to see more! ;D
- March 6, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- Judy McMullen said...
Wow! What a gorgeous card! Love the Ima Butterfly image and how beautifully you've colored her, the pairing of papers and the lovely daffodils!!!
- March 6, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Tonje said...
Oh, what a bright and cheerful card! The image is supercute!
- March 6, 2012 at 11:32 AM
- Mary J said...
ADORABLE! Gorgeous fresh make Amy!!
- March 6, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- Hanneke said...
What a great card! Love the sweet image and your coloring! Great spring colors :). Hugs, Hanneke
- March 6, 2012 at 11:45 AM
- Danni said...
Oh I love her!! So cute and your colors just make me happy and smile!
- March 6, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- biggirlbri said...
Ima is so pretty. Love the bright colors. Daffodils are my favorite so these flowers are just perfect!!! Great card Amy.
- March 6, 2012 at 2:31 PM
- Karla said...
it is very spring and beautiful Amy
- March 6, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- Isa said...
Ohhhh !! Veruy preety Amy , Spring´s colours in your card are so nice .. !!
- March 6, 2012 at 2:43 PM
- Annie Rose said...
She's adorable!
- March 6, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- Leanne said...
I am in love with this little girl. Love the bright colors, it's like Spring on a card personified! Gorgeous card Amy!
- March 6, 2012 at 6:16 PM
- Trina said...
The addition of those flowers was genius! This card is great!
- March 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM
- gobeagirl said...
Hi Amy. She is so cute and I just love that you went with the bright yellows and greens with her. She does remind me of a Spring Daffodil. This is very very sweet indeed. I hope that you are having a great week so far. I wanted to let you know I am all ready for tomorrow at a little after 4am. lol... Thanks again. Hugs, Lisa
- March 6, 2012 at 9:56 PM
- Marzenciuk said...
How you do this. Everything fits perfectly...
- March 6, 2012 at 11:55 PM
- Delphine said...
This is so beautiful, Amy! Gorgeous colours and I love the flowers too! You always create the most clever scenes! Hugs Delphine xx
- March 7, 2012 at 4:40 AM
- Rosa Forino said...
adoro i colori così solari di questa card ciao
- March 7, 2012 at 6:05 AM
- Karla said...
So beautiful sweetie!
- March 7, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Tina said...
- March 8, 2012 at 5:35 AM
- RiNNE said...
Oh, she reminds me of a little toddler learning to walk! She is lovely and I just love your flowers...did you make the stems too? Yes, the daffodils are the perfect Easter flowers!
- March 16, 2012 at 1:47 AM


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Prospect of the Week (10.2.11)
(Week ending October 2)
This season Bolt Prospects introduced our Prospect of the Week award. The award is (virtually) given to one Tampa Bay Lightning prospect for their on-ice contributions. There are no trophies or plaques or chocolate coins involved, but we're fairly certain this will carry heavy weight among players in the global hockey community (we were able to find a picture of him with a trophy, however. Pretend it's from us.). Quite simply, we wanted to highlight prospects throughout the year to help fans get better acquainted with the next round of Lightning stars while recognizing the prospect's achievement on the ice.
This week's BP Prospect of the Week award goes to … Brett Connolly, Tampa Bay Lightning.
Connolly wasn't supposed to make the Lightning, but reports state he survived cuts and will start the season with the Bolts. Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman's philosophy, which was echoed to Bolt Prospects by Norfolk Admirals Coach Jon Cooper, is the best level for a player to develop is the level in which he will play the most. Connolly wasn't expected to make this big of a jump this soon because it wasn't thought he could earn enough minutes to develop as a scoring forward. As of now he's earned the right to play in a top six or nine role to start the season. He can play nine games before his entry level contract kicks in, so the Lightning have up to nine games to decide. When Lightning defenseman Mattias Ohlund comes off of injured reserve, which could be within a week, Connolly could still be sent packing.
As of now, he's done the near impossible of making a Steve Yzerman team as a junior-aged player, and not only that, he scored twice last week in a preseason game in Montreal before a continental television audience. Add in the fact his goals were scored 1) the result of extra effort and 2) with a sick toe drag and wrister around a defender, and Connolly earns our Prospect of the Week award.
Honorable mention goes to Tyler Johnson of the Norfolk Admirals, who had at least a point in all three of Norfolk's preseason games, and Brendan O'Donnell, who had two assists in his first collegiate game for the University of North Dakota (exhibition).
Previous winners:
September 25 – Mattias Ritola, Tampa Bay Lightning
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