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KISS has its army, Yarn has its Yarmy.
The Brooklyn-born sextet of Blake Christiana (vocals, guitar), Trevor MacArthur (vocals, guitar), Andrew Hendryx (mandolin, harmonica), Rod Hohl (electric guitar), Rick Bugel (bass) and Robert Bonhomme (drums) is touring hot on the heels of their latest release, "Almost Home," an album which would not have been possible without the band's enormously devoted fan base and donations to online funding platform, Kickstarter.
Christiana took the time to answer some questions in advance of the band's April 20 appearance at The Purple Fiddle.
Graffiti: It seems that Yarn has this guerilla approach to marketing in that the fans are almost like another band member. So tell me about this massive fundraising effort for the new album? Fans raised something like $5,000? That's pretty cool.
Christiana: Our fans actually raised over $20,000 to help us finish our new record. It was amazing to see that kind of support. I love our fans. We offered different rewards for different levels of contribution. A $10 contribution would get them a download of the album, a $2,000 contribution would get you a house concert, and so on.
Graffiti: Yarn made its first appearance at SXSW this year? What was that experience like?
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Christiana: Austin is an amazing town and SXSW is crazy. We had a blast. Caught up with some old friends, hung out with our buds at Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, and closed the town down both nights we were there. Our shows went great as well. On Friday night we played a showcase hosted by our booking agency, New Frontier, and it was pretty much sold out. On Saturday, we did a show and interview at Opa with our DJ buddy, Big Kev. It was all great.
Graffiti: It's kind of cliche that bands get tired of being on the road - and you guys seem to be constantly touring ... Is the band feeling burnt-out at all? How do you unwind? What makes you want to keep getting out there?
Christiana: It's hard to get burned out when you get to do what you love to do night after night. I just got home from being on the road for the entire month, I have a few much needed days off, but I'll be ready to hit it again [soon]. I can't sit still for too long. I will do a whole lot of sleeping over the next few days, gotta recharge the battery.
Graffiti: You guys hail from Brooklyn but Yarn plays music that seems like it's straight outta the hills of West Virginia ... where does that country/Americana musical influence come from?
Christiana: Americana music is just that, American, it has no borders, not anymore anyway. I grew up listening to old country and old rock-and-roll. If you listen to what is playing on rock radio these days, it ain't rock-and-roll, I can tell you that. We're just trying to play good music for people who like good music.
Graffiti: When you step on The Purple Fiddle stage at the end of April, what can the audience expect?
Christiana: Love The Fiddle, we are going to have a party, it's just going to be good old fun, something we all can't get enough of, I hope anyway.


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I didn't realise how much I try to negotiate my way through life until I had a baby. Babies do not negotiate. You feed them, or they cry. You walk them, or they cry. You keep them warm, or they cry.
My garden is like that too. If I don't water it, the plants die.
It's true for the whole biosphere. We live by nature's rules, she doesn't live by ours. The notion of 'conquering nature' is as ridiculous as an earth-centred solar system.
We have learnt to give up the idea that the sun goes around the earth, but we haven't given up the notion that our relationship with the earth is negotiable. We imagine we can 'conquer' nature with impunity. We act as though the earth's resources are endless.
Our economies are based on the false notion that we will never come to the end of the earth's resources. Our economies depend on growth. When they stagnate or shink a bit, people get unhappy and governments fall.
Right now, we're at a critical point in history where we are hitting some limits. One is the limit of oil production. World oil production plateaued around 2005 but demand keeps growing and this is sending prices up. By 2014, production is expected to fall short of demand. (Note: see update at end of this piece.)
The other is the limit on the amount of greenhouse gases we can pump into the atmosphere. Scientists say that 450ppm of CO2-e gases in the atmosphere will give us a 50% chance of keeping average global temperature increase down to 2C. Others argue that 450ppm is dangerously high.
Right now, we're at 396 ppm and increasing by almost 2 ppm each year. That gives us about 25 years to shrink our emissions to zero.
Paul Gilding describes our situation as one of unavoidable crisis where a long series of major economic shocks will gradually bring our consumption of resources into balance with the limited supply.
Just as a baby will cry when it is hungry, so these economic shocks signal that something is wrong. Each time we address one of the shocks, we get a clearer picture of another way we are out of step with nature.
For Gilding, the global financial crisis of 2008, the Arab Spring of 2011, and now the Greek debt crisis are evidence that we are in the midst of a system that is breaking down. He warns that we need to give up the idea that these are glitches that can be overcome. We need to start the transition to a different system.
We need to recognise that we can't negotiate with nature.
Unlike human law, the laws of nature can be read, but not redrafted.
There's no borrowing from Nature without repayment. Greece has been negotiating with its banks and they have written off billions of dollars of debt, and still people are rioting in the streets because they don't want to pay.
Nature doesn't care if we riot. Riots are pointless tantrums. We will have to repay our debts to Nature in full. We will have to live with the full extent of the damage our actions have caused.
Paul Gilding describes these as apocalyptic times. He questions our childish wish to negotiate with Nature and asks:
What do we want to be when we grow up – when humans grow past adolescence? We'll be growing up in war. It's a war for civilisation itself.
Here is his inspiring 10-minute TED talk.
Check out his book, The Great Disruption.
UPDATE: 30 July 2012. A report by by Harvard University's Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs concludes that oil supply capacity is growing worldwide and might outpace consumption, potentially leading to a glut of overproduction and a dip in oil prices. The report also notes that at prices of $US70/barrel major new oil reserves (like shale oil) have become economic and this is what has added to capacity. In effect, this puts a floor under the price of oil. If oversupply causes prices to drop below $70 a barrel, the more expensive wells will be mothballed till prices rise again.
As many have noted, 'peak oil' is best understood as a pointer to the limits on cheap oil. Oil supply won't suddenly fall of a cliff, instead it will be squeezed by ever-increasing prices as the easy to reach reserves are exhausted and only the more expensive supplies are left.
Those advocating for urgent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions hoped that high oil prices would drive the uptake of renewables. Many will be disappointed to read this report and its suggestion that instead of rapid price increases, the price of oil is likely to move around the $70-90 mark for the next decade. Source: ClimateSpectator.

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The Paper App for iPad has been gaining some serious momentum over the last week or two, putting on almost a million views of the app trailer alone. If you haven't seen it yet, Paper (created by the guys at FiftyThree) makes drawing and sketching seem almost easy via a sleek interface and simple, cheap, in-app purchases of beautiful drawing tools like watercolours.
Perhaps better than the drawing tool itself, is the notebook concept, which allow you to showcase and socialise your creative output in a very cool flip-book kind of way. Throw in a few intuitive additions like Rewind that acts like an eraser in perfect chronological order… Very cool.


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Apps and smart technology are not just for smart people, says California dairyman Dino Giacomazzi. "They help people like me be and work smarter," says Giacomazzi, who writes a Tech Talk blog. He depends on this technology to run his farm from the office, barn, home and anywhere he can get Internet. There are a dizzying array of programs and apps available. Giacomazzi and Jeff VanderWerff, a fourth-generation fruit and grain farmer in Sparta, Mich., help sort through the clutter.
Dropbox is a free service up to 2 GB that lets you bring your photos, documents and videos anywhere and share them. Giacomazzi keeps his business files in Dropbox and can access his documents from numerous devices. This program also allows him to share folders/files with other individuals, including his farm managers, veterinarian and nutritionist. "This is the best way I've found to store, share and access information," Giacomazzi says, noting that he pays for the upgraded version.
Evernote helps users remember and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all computers, phones and tablets. Giacomazzi uses this to track equipment maintenance on all of his tractors. He has downloaded all of the Kubota manuals so if he needs a part, he can access the size, type and anything else he must know to order it. "This app helps me remember everything," Giacomazzi says. "I can store pictures, e-mails, leave a voice note and talk and have it dictated to text."
Mix Tank allows farmers to enter most common ingredients, and it spits out a complete mixing order to follow. VanderWerff says this app is a must-have for custom applicators. Ever turned a thousand gallons of water and herbicide into a giant vat of cottage cheese because you added crop oil at the wrong time, he asks. "With Roundup showing its age, and the mixes becoming more complicated, this is one tool you can't be without," he says.
PDF-notes manages all pdf files on the iPad. Known for its fast display and page-turning, and for e-mailing files, Giacomazzi says it's most useful for its finger-writing component. "I have received time-sensitive documents that needed to be signed and returned when I was states away on vacation," he explains. "I used this tool to sign the document and send it right back; otherwise, I would have had to locate a business services store and work from there."
Remember the Milk (RTM) is a free task management software. It allows users to manage tasks from anywhere; get e-mails, SMS or IM reminders; share your tasks; access tasks from your phone; manage tasks offline; use with Google Calendar and add tasks from iGoogle. "RTM is a simple app with powerful features," Giacomazzi says. "It only does one thing; manage tasks. A task can have several different properties and that is what makes this program so useful."
YieldCheck helps the mathematically-challenged, VanderWerff says. "If your dad is like mine, he can walk into a field, count the rows on a few ears, and make a dead-on yield calculation in his head in under 30 seconds," he says. "If you're like me, this app is a lifesaver; just input your spacing, number of ears and the rows and rounds for instant yield estimates."
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Jennifer Tyrrell, who was ousted as a den mother for her son's Cub Scout troop because of her sexual orientation, is fighting back. Tyrrell talks to msnbc's Thomas Roberts about her petition to change the Boy Scouts of America's long-standing policy on banning open or avowed homosexuals.
Jennifer Tyrrell and her 7-year-old son have had many rewarding experiences with the Boy Scouts of America, but their participation in the national organization came to an end because she is gay, and the group does not allow open or avowed homosexuals in their membership.
Tyrrell learned the news on April 10. The loss has been devastating.
"We were like a family, so in essence … we lost our scouting family, but they also lost two members of their scouting family," the former Tiger Cubs den leader from Bridgeport, Ohio, told msnbc.com, at points breaking down into tears.
"The best time in our lives we've had in the last year, it's gone … because we can't be scouts any more. I can't stop crying," she later added.
Tyrrell, a 32-year-old stay at home mother of four, said she agreed to become the den master on the day she signed up her son, Cruz Burns, for the local troop, last year. She had concerns about the Boy Scouts' policy against homosexuals, but a Cubmaster said that – locally -- they wouldn't have problem.
"He said they would stand, you know, hand in hand with us and stand behind us all the way. Well, actually, that's been true," she said. "I've never had a problem."
Boy Scouts spokesman Deron Smith said Tyrrell was removed from the program for being in violation of the national policy regarding homosexuals.
"This policy was understood by her and her fellow volunteers, but not followed, upon her registering in the program," he wrote in an email to msnbc.com.
Tyrrell said she would still be at home, crying on the couch, if her friends hadn't encouraged her to hold a protest in town against her dismissal and start a campaign online to seek changes to the Boy Scouts policy.
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Jennifer Tyrrell and her son Cruz Burns.
That petition has garnered more than 170,000 signatures
The Boy Scouts' policy became a focus of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000, when the justices sided with the organization in a lawsuit involving a former Assistant Scoutmaster who was gay, citing the protections of the First Amendment.
"Scouting, and the majority of parents it serves, does not believe it is the right forum for children to become aware of the issue of sexual orientation, or engage in discussions about being gay. Rather, such complex matters should be discussed with parents, caregivers, or spiritual advisers, at the appropriate time and in the right setting," Smith said. "We fully understand and appreciate that not everyone will agree with any one position or policy."
But Tyrrell said sexual orientation wasn't a topic until her dismissal. The children just knew that Cruz had two moms, but there was no further discussion about sexuality.
She also questioned the timing of the revoking of her membership, claiming that as the recently-appointed treasurer, she was trying to iron out some financial discrepancies – and was going to formally make her queries at a meeting the day she was removed.
"She did raise question about the local unit's finances, however her removal from the program was solely for being in violation of national policy," Smith wrote.
Tyrrell said she will continue to push for changes at the Boy Scouts and called on them to take "the high road" and change their policy to include "all Americans."
"… because we're just people," she said. "We're just gay people who love their kids."


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Ancient Egyptian art is the painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts produced by the civilization of Ancient Egypt in the lower Nile Valley from about 3000 BC to 100 AD. Ancient Egyptian art reached a high level in painting and sculpture, and was both highly stylized and symbolic. Much of the surviving art comes from tombs and monuments and thus there is an emphasis on life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past.
Ancient Egyptian art was created using media ranging from drawings on papyrus through wood, stone, and paintings. Ancient Egyptian art displays an extraordinarily vivid representation of the Ancient Egyptian's socioeconomic status and belief systems. Egyptian styles changed remarkably little over more than three thousand years.
Symbolism also played an important role in establishing a sense of order. Symbolism, ranging from the pharaoh's regalia (symbolizing his power to maintain order) to the individual symbols of Egyptian gods and goddesses, is omnipresent in Egyptian art. Animals were usually also highly symbolic figures in Egyptian art. Colours were more expressive rather than natural: red skin implied hard working tanned youth, whereas yellow skin was used for women or middle-aged men who worked indoors; blue or gold indicated divinity because of its unnatural appearance and association with precious materials; the use of black for royal figures expressed the fertility of the Nile from which Egypt was born. Stereotypes were employed to indicate the geographical origins of foreigners[1]
Egyptian art uses hierarchical proportion, where the size of figures indicates their relative importance. The gods or the divine pharaoh are usually larger than other figures and the figures of high officials or the tomb owner are usually smaller, and at the smallest scale any servants and entertainers, animals, trees, and architectural details.[2]
Not all Egyptian reliefs were painted, and less prestigious works in tombs, temples and palaces were just painted on a flat surface. Stone surfaces were prepared by whitewash, or if rough, a layer of coarse mud plaster, with a smoother gesso layer above; some finer limestones could take paint directly. Pigments were mostly mineral, chosen to withstand strong sunlight without fading. The binding medium used in painting remains unclear: egg tempera and various gums and resins have been suggested. It is clear that true fresco, painted into a thin layer of wet plaster, was not used. Instead the paint was applied to dried plaster, in what is called "fresco a secco" in Italian. After painting, a varnish or resin was usually applied as a protective coating, and many paintings with some exposure to the elements have survived remarkably well, although those on fully exposed walls rarely have.[3] Small objects including wooden statuettes were often painted using similar techniques.
Many ancient Egyptian paintings have survived due to Egypt's extremely dry climate. The paintings were often made with the intent of making a pleasant afterlife for the deceased. The themes included journey through the afterworld or protective deities introducing the deceased to the gods of the underworld (such as Osiris). Some tomb paintings show activities that the deceased were involved in when they were alive and wished to carry on doing for eternity.
In the New Kingdom and later, the Book of the Dead was buried with the entombed person. It was considered important for an introduction to the afterlife.
Egyptian paintings are painted in such a way to show a profile view and a side view of the animal or person at the same time. For example, the painting to the right shows the head from a profile view and the body from a frontal view. Their main colors were red, blue, green, gold, black and yellow.
The monumental sculpture of Ancient Egypt is world-famous, but refined and delicate small works exist in much greater numbers. The Egyptians used the distinctive technique of sunk relief, which is well suited to very bright sunlight. The main figures in reliefs adhere to the same figure convention as in painting, with parted legs (where not seated) and head shown from the side, but the torso from the front, and a standard set of proportions making up the figure, using 18 "fists" to go from the ground to the hair-line on the forehead.[4] This appears as early as the Narmer Palette from Dynasty I, but there as elsewhere the convention is not used for minor figures shown engaged in some activity, such as the captives and corpses.[5] Other conventions make statues of males darker than females ones. Very conventionalized portrait statues appear from as early as Dynasty II, before 2,780 BC,[6] and with the exception of the art of the Amarna period of Ahkenaten,[7] and some other periods such as Dynasty XII, the idealized features of rulers, like other Egyptian artistic conventions, changed little until after the Greek conquest.[8]
Egyptian pharaohs were always regarded as gods, but other deities are much less common in large statues, except when they represent the pharaoh as another deity; however the other deities are frequently shown in paintings and reliefs. The famous row of four colossal statues outside the main temple at Abu Simbel each show Rameses II, a typical scheme, though here exceptionally large.[9] Most larger sculpture survives from Egyptian temples or tombs; massive statues were built to represent gods and pharaohs and their queens, usually for open areas in or outside temples. The very early colossal Great Sphinx of Giza was never repeated, but avenues lined with very large statues including sphinxes and other animals formed part of many temple complexes. The most sacred cult image of a god in a temple, usually held in the naos, was in the form of a relatively small boat or barque holding an image of the god, and apparently usually in precious metal – none have survived.
By Dynasty IV (2680–2565 BC) at the latest the idea of the Ka statue was firmly established. These were put in tombs as a resting place for the ka portion of the soul, and so we have a good number of less conventionalized statues of well-off administrators and their wives, many in wood as Egypt is one of the few places in the world where the climate allows wood to survive over millennia, and many block statues. The so-called reserve heads, plain hairless heads, are especially naturalistic, though the extent to which there was real portraiture in Ancient Egypt is still debated.
Early tombs also contained small models of the slaves, animals, buildings and objects such as boats necessary for the deceased to continue his lifestyle in the afterworld, and later Ushabti figures.[10] However the great majority of wooden sculpture has been lost to decay, or probably used as fuel. Small figures of deities, or their animal personifications, are very common, and found in popular materials such as pottery. There were also large numbers of small carved objects, from figures of the gods to toys and carved utensils. Alabaster was often used for expensive versions of these; painted wood was the most common material, and normal for the small models of animals, slaves and possessions placed in tombs to provide for the afterlife.
Very strict conventions were followed while crafting statues and specific rules governed appearance of every Egyptian god. For example, the sky god (Horus) was essentially to be represented with a falcon's head, the god of funeral rites (Anubis) was to be always shown with a jackal's head. Artistic works were ranked according to their compliance with these conventions, and the conventions were followed so strictly that, over three thousand years, the appearance of statues changed very little. These conventions were intended to convey the timeless and non-aging quality of the figure's ka.[11]
Facsimile of the Narmer Palette, c. 3100 BC, which already shows the canonical Egyptian profile view and proportions of the figure.
Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, 2490 – 2472 BC. The formality of the pose is reduced by the queen's arm round her husband.
Wooden tomb models, Dynastry XI; a high administrator counts his cattle.
The Golden Death Mask of Tutankhamun, c. late Eighteenth dynasty, Egyptian Museum
The Younger Memnon c. 1250 BC, British Museum
Osiris on a lapis lazuli pillar in the middle, flanked by Horus on the left, and Isis on the right, 22nd dynasty, Louvre
The ka statue provided a physical place for the ka to manifest. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Block statue of Pa-Ankh-Ra, ship master, bearing a statue of Ptah. Late Period, ca. 650–633 BC, Cabinet des Médailles.
Egyptian faience, made from sand and chemicals, produced relatively cheap and very attractive small objects in a variety of colours, and was used for a variety of types of objects including jewellery. Ancient Egyptian glass goes back to very early Egyptian history, but was at first very much a luxury material. In later periods it became common, and highly decorated small jars for perfume and other liquids are often found as grave goods.
Ancient Egyptians used steatite (some varieties were called soapstone) and carved small pieces of vases, amulets, images of deities, of animals and several other objects. Ancient Egyptian artists also discovered the art of covering pottery with enamel. Covering by enamel was also applied to some stone works. The colour blue, first used in the very expensive imported stone lapis lazuli, was highly regarded by Ancient Egypt, and the pigment Egyptian blue was widely used to colour a variety of materials.
Different types of pottery items were deposited in tombs of the dead. Some such pottery items represented interior parts of the body, like the lungs, the liver and smaller intestines, which were removed before embalming. A large number of smaller objects in enamel pottery were also deposited with the dead. It was customary to craft on the walls of the tombs cones of pottery, about six to ten inches tall, on which were engraved or impressed legends relating to the dead occupants of the tombs. These cones usually contained the names of the deceased, their titles, offices which they held, and some expressions appropriate to sex purposes.
Papyrus was used by ancient Egyptians (and exported to much of the ancient Mediterranean world) for writing and painting. Papyrus is relatively fragile, lasting at most a century or two in a library, and though used all over the classical world has only survived when buried in the very dry conditions of Egypt, and even then is often in poor condition. Papyrus texts illustrate all dimensions of ancient Egyptian life and include literary, religious, historical and administrative documents.
The Amarna period and the years before the pharaoh Akhenaten moved the capital there in the late Eighteenth Dynasty form the most drastic interruption to the continuity of style in the Old and New Kingdoms. Amarna art is characterized by a sense of movement and activity in images, with figures having raised heads, many figures overlapping and many scenes full and crowded. As the new religion was a monotheistic worship of the sun, sacrifices and worship were apparently conducted in open courtyards, and sunk relief decoration was widely used in these. The human body is portrayed differently in the Amarna style than Egyptian art on the whole. For instance, many depictions of Akhenaten's body give him distinctly feminine qualities, such as large hips, prominent breasts, and a larger stomach and thighs. This is a divergence from the earlier Egyptian art which shows men with perfectly chiseled bodies. Faces are still shown exclusively in profile.
Not many buildings from this period have survived the ravages of later kings, partially as they were constructed out of standard size blocks, known as Talatat, which were very easy to remove and reuse. Temples in Amarna, following the trend, did not follow traditional Egyptian customs and were open, without ceilings, and had no closing doors. In the generation after Akhenaten's death, artists reverted to their old styles. There were still traces of this period's style in later art.
Ancient Egyptian architects used sun-dried and kiln-baked bricks, fine sandstone, limestone and granite. Architects carefully planned all their work. The stones had to fit precisely together, since there was no mud or mortar. When creating the pyramids, ramps were used to allow workmen to move up as the height of the construction grew. When the top of the structure was completed, the artists decorated from the top down, removing ramp sand as they went down. Exterior walls of structures like the pyramids contained only a few small openings. Hieroglyphic and pictorial carvings in brilliant colors were abundantly used to decorate Egyptian structures, including many motifs, like the scarab, sacred beetle, the solar disk, and the vulture. They described the changes the Pharaoh would go through to become a god.[12]
Hieroglyphs are the ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures and symbols stand for sounds and words. Jean-Francois Champollion first decoded hieroglyphs from the Rosetta Stone, which was found in 1799. Hieroglyphs have more than 700 symbols.
Hill, Marsha (2007). Gifts for the gods: images from Egyptian temples. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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- Sophia Lillis
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- Alice Krige
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- Fiona O'Shaughnessy
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- Jonathan Gunning
- Charles Babalola
- Giulia Doherty
- Jonathan Delaney Tynan
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- It was announced in October 2018 that Sophia Lillis would star in "Gretel and Hansel" with Oz Perkins directing the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rob Hayes. In November 2018, Charles Babalola was cast as The Hunter. In April 2019, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw and Sam Leakey joined the cast, with Leakey making his acting debut. On November 9, 2018, filming started in Dublin, Ireland.
- The younger witch is shown with various tattoos of magical symbols on her body, particularly stars and the pentagram. However, she also strangely has what looks like a Star of David on her arm, which symbolizes the Jewish faith and is not connected to sorcery.
- Hansel: Tell me the fairy tale again.
- Gretel: It's too scary, you'll start seeing things that aren't there.
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The film thrives within a dream-logic vibe, especially in Olivares' cinematography, with its heavy emphasis on symmetrical framing, stark contast and lush use of yellows and blues, evoking subliminal terror.
Oz Perkins's mystical, occult-heavy take on the classic folktale from the Brothers Grimm has so much style, and so many bold ideas, that it seems destined to become a cult classic someday – the type of film people find years from now and ask, "Why the hell haven't I heard of this before?"
Gretel Hansel may alienate some horror movie fans with its extremely leisurely pacing and emphasis on atmosphere and mood rather than visceral shocks. But while the film certainly demands patience, it provides ample rewards with its lush stylization.


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Richard Augustus Peeples
Richard Augustus Peeples was the seventh son of Henry Peeples. He was born in Hall county, Georgia, September 24th, 1829
His father "Henry Peeples (1786-1854), a descendant of pure Scotch stock, was a native of South Carolina. Henry Peeples, born in Camden District, South Carolina, January 14, 1786, was possessed of a princely fortune which, by an unfortunate fire and by an equally unfortunate speculation in cotton, he lost soon after the war of 1812. Gathering up the wreck of his large estate, Henry Peoples moved to Hall county, Georgia, about the year 1821 or 1822, and settled where Gillsville, on the Northeastern railroad, now stands. Henry Peeples' household and and one slave were enumerated in Hall County, GA in the 1830 census. There he engaged in merchandising and a farming, but failed again.
By 1840, Henry Peeples moved his residence some 20 or 30 miles to the south. With his own wagons and teams he then brought his family and household goods… to Jackson county, Georgia [where he was enumerated in the 1840 census].
Richard Augustus Peeples had seven siblings, six brothers and one sister. His oldest brother was W. Jasper Peeples, for years a prominent lawyer in the Western Circuit of Georgia, and Solicitor-General for four years. Cincinnatus Peeples, a lawyer of prominence, at one time Clerk of the House of Representatives and afterwards State Senator from Clark county and Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit, was his second oldest brother. Henry Thompson Peeples, the third brother, married Melissa Camp on January 14, 1843 in Jackson County; he later became a lawyer, relocated to Berrien county, became a planter, served as Judge of the Inferior Court of Berrien County, and for several times a member of the Legislature. Two brothers became substantial farmers in Florida. One died young. His sister Josephine Peeples Carroll died July 9, 1854 at Alapaha, GA.
…Owing to the financial embarrassments of his father, Richard A. Peeples obtained but a limited country school education. He made the best of his school opportunities and eventually became a well educated man and one of the prominent men of south Georgia. In 1842, when quite a boy, he joined the Methodists, but the following year united with the Baptist church at Cabin Creek.
Before the decade was out, Henry Peeples moved his family yet again to the south, apparently leaving behind some debts. He acquired all 490 acres of Lot #8 in the 10th land district of Lowndes County, but an 1847 legal announcement shows that this land and a slave, "one negro man by the name of Denis, about 45 years of age," were sold at auction on the steps of the Troupville courthouse to satisfy debts owed to Fennel Hendrix, E.D. Cook and Nelson Carter of Jackson County, GA. But in early 1848, he managed to force collect on a debt owed to him by Dennis Duncan, said Duncan forfeiting all 490 acres of Lot #34, 16th District of Lowndes County, to be sold at auction in Troupville to satisfy the debt.
In 1848 he [Henry Peeples] came to Lowndes county, settling on Flat creek about two and a half miles from where Allapaha now stands, and there established a store, the locality hence taking the name of "Peeple's Store." He continued in active business until his death at the age of sixty years. – A History of Savannah and South Georgia
Richard A. Peeples at age 20, came with his father to Alapaha, then in Lowndes County but which in 1856 would be cut into Berrien county. In addition to Peeples' Store, his father acquired some 1530 acres of land and was enumerated as the owner of three slaves in the Census of 1850.
During his youth Richard began helping his father in the store and continued until, up on the latter's death October 30, 1854, Richard assumed management of the mercantile affairs. His brothers, W. Jasper Peeples and Cincinnatus Peeples, were by this time practicing law together in Athens, GA. His brother and sister-in-law, Henry Thompson Peeples and Melissa Camp Peeples, had by this time relocated to Atlanta where they also operated a mercantile store.
In 1850, Richard A. Peeples made a trip back to north Georgia, but not to visit his brothers in Athens or Atlanta. Instead, he went back to Jackson County, GA to take a wife. She was Sarah J. K. Camp ,born July 30, 1830, the younger sister of his brother's wife. They were married November 7, 1850 in Jackson County in a ceremony performed by John Pendergrass, Justice of the Peace. The bride's father, Berryman Camp, was born in Jackson county in 1800, followed farming there many years, and later settled near Cedartown in Polk county, where he died. Her mother was Elizabeth Lyle Camp.
After marriage Richard A. and Sarah Jane Peeples located at Milltown where he was engaged in saw-milling for a time.
In the summer of 1853, discussion arose among the people of northern Lowndes County and southern Irwin county who were remote from their respective sites of county government. There was a general feeling of need for a more convenient and satisfactory location for the people to conduct their business and governmental affairs.
A meeting on this subject was convened June 18, 1853 at the Flat Creek Post Office, Richard A. Peeples served as secretary:
The Albany Patriot
July 1, 1853
Flat Creek, June 18, 1853
Agreeable to previous notice, a portion of the citizens of Lowndes and Irwin Counties, met this day at Flat Creek P. O., for the purpose of taking preliminary measures in regard to the formation of a new county out of a portion of the above counties.
On motion of Jordan Tucker, Esq., Mr. Jas. Griffin, Sen., was called to the Chair and R. A. Peeples, requested to act as secretary. The object of the meeting being explained, the Chairman appointed a committee of twelve to report through their Chairman, Wm. D. Griffin, which was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, a portion of the citizens of the counties of Lowndes and Irwin labor under manifest inconvenience on account of the distance of their respective county sites:
Resolved, therefore, That we, a portion of citizens of the 5th and 6th districts of Irwin, and the 9th and 10th districts of Lowndes counties, will use all the means in our power to secure the formation of a new county out of a part of said districts.
Resolved, further, That we earnestly solicit the aid of our fellow citizens of the two counties, to assist us in choosing Representatives to the next Legislature, who will use their influence to have an act passed organizing and laying out said county.
Resolved, further, That the citizens of Irwin and Lowndes be notified of these proceedings by publication of the same in the Albany Patriot and Georgia Watchman.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
JAS GRIFFIN, Sr., Pres't
R. A. Peeples, Sec'y.
Upon the organization of Berrien county in 1856 Richard A. Peeples was elected to serve as the first Clerk of the Inferior and Superior courts of Berrien county. He promptly moved his residence to Nashville, the county-site of Berrien county which was then but a mere hamlet far from railroads. According to William Green Avera, "the first session of the Superior Court held in Berrien County, was held November, 1856, at the residence of Mrs. Amy Kirby, on the Coffee Road, one mile northeast of the present site of Nashville. Judge P. E. Love was the judge and R. A. Peeples was the clerk."
Peeples then served on the county committee to draw plans and specifications for the construction of the first Courthouse in Berrien County.
Richard A. Peeples was a Mason and had served as Entered Apprentice at St. John the Baptist Lodge No. 184, constituted at Troupville on November 2, 1854. According to the History of Lowndes County, GA, the lodge met on the first and third Tuesday nights upstairs in Swains Hotel, situated on the banks of Little River and owned by Morgan G. Swain. Among other members of this lodge were Reverend John Slade, Norman Campbell, William C. Newbern, William T. Roberts, James H. Carroll, Andrew J. Liles, and J. J. Goldwire. Later, the St. John the Baptist Lodge No. 184 was moved from Troupville to Valdosta, GA.
Another of Peeples' fellow lodge members was William J. Mabry, who in 1856 moved to Nashville, GA, to build the first Berrien court house in 1857.
The academy in Nashville was built through the personal efforts of Richard A. Peeples in 1857, a large part of the funds coming from his own purse. William G. Avera described the academy, the first school house in Nashville, GA, built with the cooperative effort of local citizens and the Masons, Richard A. Peeples being a Master Mason in the fraternal order. "They constructed an up-to-date two-story edifice, the upper chamber of which, they named the Duncan Masonic Lodge in honor of the venerable Duncan O'Quin…The lower chamber was named the McPherson Academy in honor of John McPherson Berrien for whom Berrien County was named. The street running north and south in front of the building was named McPherson Street. William J. Mabry became the first Worshipful Master of Duncan Lodge No. 3.
Two years later, Richard A. Peeples furnished half the money for the construction of a Baptist church in Nashville. This church was across the street from McPherson Academy.
While serving as Clerk of the Berrien courts, R. A. Peeples undertook the study of law. In 1860, he moved to the new town of Valdosta.
Continued….Judge Richard Augustus Peeples
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- Washington can also mean Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America. Both the city and the state are named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. See Washington (disambiguation) for other uses.
|State of Washington
|Nickname(s): The Evergreen State
|Motto(s): Alki (Chinook Wawa: "Eventually")
|Official language
|Largest city
|Ranked 18
|- Total
71,342 sq mi
(184,824 km2)
|- Width
|240 miles (385 km)
|- Length
|360 miles (580 km)
|- % water
|- Latitude
|45°32' N to 49°00' N
|- Longitude
|116°57' W to 124°48' W
|Number of people
|Ranked 13th
|- Total
|- Density
101.2/sq mi (36.40/km2)
Ranked 27th
|- Average income
|$48,688 (14th)
|Height above sea level
|- Highest point
Mount Rainier[2]
14,410 ft (4,395 m)
|- Average
|1,700 ft (520 m)
|- Lowest point
Pacific Ocean[2]
sea level
|Became part of the U.S.
|November 11, 1889 (42nd)
|Christine Gregoire (D)
|U.S. Senators
Patty Murray (D)
Maria Cantwell (D)
|Time zone
|Pacific: UTC-8/-7
Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is north of Oregon, west of Idaho, east of the Pacific Ocean, and south of British Columbia. (British Columbia is part of Canada.) There are more than 6,000,000 people in Washington. Most live in the western part of Washington, which gets more rain. About a quarter of the people live in the east part, where it gets less rain, and some parts have a desert climate. The largest city on the east part is Spokane, and it is also the second biggest city in the state. The Cascade Mountains go down the middle of the state and break it into two sides. The state's nickname is the "Evergreen State" because it has a lot of pine trees. Washington was the 42nd state to join the United States, on November 11, 1889. It is often called "Washington State" so that it doesn't get confused with the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.
The capital of Washington is Olympia. Olympia is a small city on the west side of Washington, at the south end of Puget Sound. Washington's biggest city is Seattle, Seattle is also on Puget Sound.
Washington has many beautiful forests, rivers, gorges (gorges are small canyons), and mountains. Because it's next to the ocean, it has a long beach. However, because Washington is north of Oregon and California (the other two states on the West Coast of the United States), the ocean is cold, and usually not good to swim in.
The biggest universities in Washington are the University of Washington and Washington State University. The University of Washington is in Seattle.[3] Washington State University is in a small town called Pullman. Pullman is on the east side of the state.
Lists of Federal land and reservations
National parks and monuments
There are three National Parks and two National Monuments in Washington:
- Mount Rainier National Park
- North Cascades National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
- Hanford Reach National Monument
National forests
Nine national forests are located (at least partly) in Washington:
- Colville National Forest
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest
- Idaho Panhandle National Forest
- Kaniksu National Forest
- Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
- Okanogan National Forest
- Olympic National Forest
- Umatilla National Forest
- Wenatchee National Forest
Federally protected wildernesses
31 wildernesses are located (at least partly) in Washington, like:
- Alpine Lakes Wilderness
- Glacier Peak Wilderness
- Goat Rocks Wilderness
- Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
- Juniper Dunes Wilderness
- Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness
- Mount Baker Wilderness
- Norse Peak Wilderness
- Olympic Wilderness
- Pasayten Wilderness
- Wild Sky Wilderness
National wildlife refuges
23 National Wildlife Refuges are located (at least partly) in Washington like:
- Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
- Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
- Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
- Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
- San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
- Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
- Willapa National Wildlife Refuge
Other federally protected lands
Other protected lands of note like:
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
- Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
- Ross Lake National Recreation Area
- San Juan Island National Historical Park
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site
- 17 National Natural Landmarks
Military and related reservations
There are many large military-related reservations, like:
- Fort Lewis
- McChord Air Force Base
- Fairchild Air Force Base
- Naval Base Kitsap
- Hanford Site
- Yakima Training Center
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (Bremerton)
- Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
- Naval Station Everett
Related pages
- ↑ "Resident Population Data - 2010 Census". 2010.census.gov. 2011 [last update]. http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-dens-text.php. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". U.S Geological Survey. 29 April 2005. http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html#Highest. Retrieved 2006-11-9.
- ↑ "About the University". University of Washington. 2008. http://www.washington.edu/discovery/about.html. Retrieved 2009-9-28.


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Some professionals may think irrigation installation and maintenance are easy, but there is always something that can and will go wrong. Irrigating slopes are growing environments that present a challenge nearly everywhere you go, on pre-existing slopes or man-made berms. Some professionals worry about maintaining the integrity of the slope on the West coast, while others are trying to keep soil well watered in sandy areas and prevent runoff in clay or loamy soils. There are many techniques to try out, but each will need careful consideration of your particular problem area. The following list is not all-inclusive, nor should each item be implemented in your situation. Consider them collectively, and then apply them wisely.
Convert the slope to a series of small terraces that can catch and slow the flow of water down the slope. The terraces would need to be designed with maintenance in mind. If the area is planted in turf, consideration must be given to accessibility and proper maneuverability for mowing equipment. For landscaped areas, the addition of edging may also help hold the water.
If terraces are a possibility, you could also convert a turf area into ground covers. You would have to factor in establishment time to full coverage and the availability of weed control during establishment. Do you have the staff to pull weeds? Are there labor-saving herbicides available? If the answer to these questions is yes, check with local experts for a list of species suited to your area. Convert areas to perennials or ground covers that tolerate exposure and thrive on little water. If turf is the necessary cover, select species that have a higher drought tolerance rating.
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Match the application rate of the sprinkler system to the infiltration rate of the most restrictive soil in the field. Studies show quite a different infiltration rate between soil textures. Some sands may allow an inch of water to infiltrate per hour, whereas many fine-textured, clay soils may only allow 1/10- to 1/3-inch of water per hour. Programming a system to deliver an inch or more per hour is wasteful in such situations. If you are working with clay soils, the system may need to be cycled on and off several times in a 24-hour period to allow a small amount of water to infiltrate at a time, until the appropriate amount can be delivered.
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Tuesday grains looked like they were going to have a strong day but quickly came off their highs to close lower. March corn finished 6 ¼ lower, March Wheat 8 ¼ lower, and January Soybeans 3 lower.
Most of the bearishness was linked to the US dollar rally mid-morning and the break in other commodities like Gold and Crude Oil after making fresh highs. Originally these markets were called higher this morning after the market was bullishly surprised that President Obama would support the Bush tax cuts. Towards mid-session it became clear this alone wasn't enough to keep outside markets supported and most still want to know if the rest of the democrats will go along.
Corn is also on its heels since there is still no definitive answer on renewing the ethanol subsidies. Open interest has been declining for 10 straight trading sessions which means the liquidation phase may not yet be over. Our thoughts are we could see liquidation extend towards the middle of December as traders close out positions for year end.
Wheat has been the upside leader but managed to break the hardest today. This is likely due to profit taking and position squaring. I hate to sound like a broken record but the quality issue remains at the front of the minds' of the trading community and may continue to provide strength for the wheat market.
Going forward we could see more volatility in December as we come to the end of the year. In January we will find out how many wheat acres were planted, and that will help us figure out how many acres corn and soybeans will have to "buy". We like to have our sales in the cash market with basis locked in and have spring call spreads for upside potential (see hedge recommendations.) If you are looking to add additional protection, please don't hesitate to give your broker a call.
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Toyota Tacoma Fuel Injector Cleaning at Coos Bay Toyota near Coos Bay 97459
There are all kinds of contaminants that can get in your engine and affect your car's performance. Fuel deposits build up over time in the fuel injector, so bring your vehicle to the Service Department at Coos Bay Toyota near Coos Bay 97459 for a proper fuel injector cleaning.
Your fuel injector is basically a nozzle with a mechanical pump and a spring-loaded valve. That little nozzle can actually get clogged pretty easily and can build up on the pump and spring. If that nozzle is clogged even a little bit, it can misdirect the flow of fuel causing your engine to sputter, your gas mileage to go down, and it can even lead to failed emissions tests. Regular checks by the service team at Coos Bay Toyota near Coos Bay 97459 can prevent your performance from suffering and your gas mileage from going down as well as prevent you from a possible emissions fine.
The Coos Bay Toyota service team only uses quality products on your Toyota Tacoma. The fuel injector is one of the more sensitive parts of your engine and we only use quality cleaners that are sure to make everything look like new. You'll be amazed what a freshly cleaned and calibrated fuel injector can do for your Toyota Tacoma's engine performance.
There are lots of products out there that tell you what they can do for your fuel injector. At Coos Bay Toyota near Coos Bay 97459, you'll get one of the most informed service teams near the Coos Bay area to make sure you get the best product for your engine. The only surefire way to keep your fuel injector clean is to bring your car by Coos Bay Toyota near Coos Bay 97459 for regular fuel injector cleaning.
Every fuel injector is geared toward specific engines and is calibrated precisely to its needs. The Coos Bay Toyota service team knows exactly how your Toyota Tacoma fuel injector should look and we make sure it is cleaned and calibrated for optimal efficiency.
Getting a fuel injector cleaning is not only good for your engine performance, but it can save you a costly repair. If your fuel injection system is clogged due to an overwhelming degree, then you might have no choice but to replace it. The Coos Bay Toyota service team can replace or clean your fuel injector. Schedule a Service Appointment with us today to receive quality service at a reasonable price at Coos Bay Toyota near Coos Bay 97459.
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Ted began his career in the automotive industry Jan. 2001 in Gresham. He was employed at a dealership there for over ten years, learning many aspects of the trade. From sales to finance manager, Ted becomes proficient in anything he applies himself to. He moved to the Coos Bay area the beginning of 2012 and shortly thereafter joined our sales team in March. Almost 3 years later, January of 2015, Ted was asked to take charge and manage our Parts & Service departments. He has excelled in the position and was promoted to Parts & Service Director. He takes every opportunity to further hone his masterful customer service skills.
We are happy to have Ted on our team and he looks forward to many years of continued service to our community. You may run into him in his free time playing drums with a local band.
Lori is a dedicated and passionate professional. In June of 2018 she was promoted to Service Manager.
We initially met Lori when she interned here in the summer of 2014 & 2015 while attending school to become a automotive technician through Toyota's T-TEN program. Lori began employment with us in January of 2016, she quickly became masterful in her job as a Service Adviser and provided training to her fellow Advisers.
In 2017 she was one of the top performing Service Advisers in the country for Toyota. We recognized her valued contribution to our Service dept. by awarding her Service Employee of 2017.
Lori is an ASE Certified Service Consulatant and is on the verge of attaining her ASE in Auto Electrical & A/C.
In 2006, Darren began his internship here at Coos Bay Toyota, and he completed his T-TEN training with us in 2007. He worked as Team Leader at the Wilsonville Toyota Scion dealership for over six years.
Darren is a Toyota Certified Master Diagnostic Technician, he holds nine ASE certifications, and has completed over 120 Toyota courses.
He is also a Navy veteran who served in the Iraq war. He, his wife, and children moved back to Coos Bay in May of 2017 to be closer to family. Promptly rejoining us as our second Master Technician, Darren has been a terrific addition to our team.


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In two "old school" Italian restaurants in New York, USA, I've ordered penne with sausage and broccoli rabe. Both times the pasta was served with a good 1/4 to 1/2 cup of liquid in the bottom of the dish.
I'm trying to figure out whether this liquid is chicken stock (it kind of tastes like it), and as such is part of the recipe, or whether it is leftover water from the cooking process (the broccoli rabe and penne were both overcooked).
A quick search of recipes for penne with broccoli rabe and sausage do not include stock as an ingredient.
Yet, the broth was quite flavorful, so I'd be surprised if it was only water.
Maybe "old school" Italian restaurants in NY use chicken stock in these dishes? Any insight?


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So today, I took an even bigger style leap! I saw a picture that I just liked the silhouette of and took my style inspiration from that instead of copying it directly. Baby steps, people. Baby steps.
Here was the pin:
And then I laughed out loud hysterically at the irony of the source being a site called Petite Little Girl — 3 things I am most definitely NOT. But I liked the leopard, I liked the belt, and I am in LOVE with a high waisted pencil skirt (one of which I happen to have – IN DENIM!)
And here's what I came up with:
Similar, but different. Pulled together but still casual.
Sweater: Merona for Target
Tank: Old Navy
Skirt: Gap Outlet
Wedges: Merona for Target
Belt: Target
I actually felt super comfy all day (Gap skirts rule!) and was glad to do something a little out of my comfort zone. Maybe tomorrow I will venture out of the "Target" section of my closet. Maybe not, you never know.
What did you wear today? Join the group and play a little show and tell.


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The festival runs Feb. 11-15, and Baldwin is scheduled to receive the festival's 2010 Award for Excellence in Acting on Feb. 14.
The star of "30 Rock" is co-hosting the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 7 with actor Steve Martin.
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12 Reasons Why Game of Thrones Was Butchered !
SPOILER ALERT Game of Thrones has consistently delivered an outstanding show with great drama, compelling characters and amazing special effects. Until now. It's been going downhill in Season 8, and is officially in the toilet. The last two episodes, 5 and the Finale were the worst. GoT became plot driven instead of character driven. This… Read More ›


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The Times and New Media Outlets Win Pulitzers
Source: NYT, 4-16-12
2012 Journalism Pulitzer Winners (April 17, 2012)
2012 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music (April 17, 2012)
The prizes, celebrating achievement in newspaper and online journalism, literature, nonfiction and musical composition, were announced at Columbia University in New York. Given annually since 1917, they are awarded in 21 categories. Here are this year's winners.
PUBLIC SERVICE: The Philadelphia Inquirer
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING: The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News Staff
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of The Associated Press and Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times
EXPLANATORY REPORTING: David Kocieniewski of The New York Times
LOCAL REPORTING: Sara Ganim and members of The Patriot-News Staff, Harrisburg, Pa.
NATIONAL REPORTING: David Wood of The Huffington Post
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING: Jeffrey Gettleman of The New York Times
FEATURE WRITING: Eli Sanders of The Stranger, a Seattle weekly
COMMENTARY: Mary Schmich of The Chicago Tribune
CRITICISM: Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe
EDITORIAL WRITING: No award
EDITORIAL CARTOONING: Matt Wuerker of Politico
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY: Massoud Hossaini of Agence France-Presse
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post
FICTION: No award
DRAMA: "Water by the Spoonful" by Quiara Alegría Hudes
HISTORY: "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Manning Marable, awarded posthumously (Viking)
BIOGRAPHY: "George F. Kennan: An American Life" by John Lewis Gaddis (The Penguin Press)
POETRY: "Life on Mars" by Tracy K. Smith (Graywolf Press)
GENERAL NONFICTION: "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern" by Stephen Greenblatt (W. W. Norton and Company)
MUSIC: "Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts" by Kevin Puts, commissioned and premiered by the Minnesota Opera in Minneapolis on Nov. 12, 2011.
Pulitzer Prize for history, but not for fiction
The late Manning Marable won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for history, honored for a Malcolm X book. But no Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction.
Source: CS Monitor, 4-16-12
The late Manning Marable won the Pulitzer Prize for history Monday, honored for a Malcolm X book he worked on for decades, but did not live to see published. For the first time in 35 years, no fiction prize was given.
Marable, a longtime professor at Columbia University, died last year just as "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" was being released. Years in the making, the book was widely praised, although some of Malcolm X's children objected to the troubled portrait Marable offered of the activist's marriage to Betty Shabazz.
Another long-term project, John Lewis Gaddis' "George F. Kennan: An American Life," won the Pulitzer for biography. Gaddis is a Yale University professor and leading Cold War scholar who began work on the Kennan book in the early 1980s. The project was delayed by Kennan's longevity. Kennan, a founding Cold War strategist and a Pulitzer winner, was in his 70s at the time he authorized the book. He asked only that Gaddis wait until after his death.
Kennan lived to 101.
"He was a prize-winning author himself, so he would have been pleased," said Gaddis, whose biography also won the National Book Critics Circle award….READ MORE
Gaddis wins Pulitzer for Kennan biography
Source: Yale Daily News, 4-16-12
History Prof. John Lewis Gaddis received the National Humanities Medal in 2005. Photo by Wikimedia Commons.
History professor John Lewis Gaddis can add yet another accolade to his biography of American diplomat George Kennan: the Pulitzer Prize, America's most prestigious award for letters.
Gaddis won the 2012 biography Pulitzer for "George F. Kennan: An American Life," which was published in November after nearly two decades of research. In naming Gaddis the winner, the Pulitzer jurors called his work "an engaging portrait of a globetrotting diplomat whose complicated life was interwoven with the Cold War and America's emergence as the world's dominant power."
Mary Gabriel's "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution" and Manning Marble's "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" were named as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
In March, Gaddis' biography took home the American History Book Prize, earning him $50,000 and the title of American Historian Laureate. The Kennan biography also won the National Book Critics Circle Award….READ MORE


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musing on guilds and classes
Urtica is now level 69. And – really annoying – still hasn't run an instance with a group. This despite several long sessions with a constant "LFG" running.
I've come to realize there's a vicious circle going. So many huntards nobody wants to take the risk, which means the people who could and would learn from it and quit being huntards don't learn, and so we continue to have WAAAAY too many huntards.
Now, I've got a fix for Urtica. Most folk who know Zingiber don't know Urtica is one of my alts. It's allowed me to do evals of some folk in the past – the "kiss up kick down" test for one. Now Zingiber is POPULAR – despite being disc heavy now, she's still got open invites from several guilds to join — invites refreshed recently. And I'm planning to join one of them. hmmm, a digression.
I'm odd. "What LOOT can I get?" is not on my list. Quite frankly, every guild in which I've been has seen to it I get good loot without me having to make any push — good play, and good heals, are all rewarded in their time. Now my biggest decision for joining a guild is the people with whom I'll be playing. I don't do well with hard-chargers — been there, done that, know it's a fast route to burnout for me. Not to mention that if you're not keeping up in their opinion, many of the HCs are a bit… rude. No, thank you. I'm playing for fun, not for epeen. In a mix of both sorrow and glee, that cut still leaves me with a LOT of guilds. My next criteria tends to be the better one, and that's the 'where are they' measure. The guilds that are farming TK or further are, well, they still insist they can get me 'properly geared' pretty quickly – and they could. But my timing, and my ability to play on a regular basis, are not what they deserve or need. (retalenting is a nothing for me – though I'd have to do so to do them right). By the same token, the two guilds that are just now opening Kara are… maybe. There's a habit of people who've had something like that on farm to get stupid and bored when running with those new to the instance. I don't think I'd be that way, but I'm human. And I'm not sure that it'd be fun, not only for me, but for my guild. More importantly (and long term), I'd develop a false impression of my skills relative to the group. Let's shift it as levels. If I'm 68 and they're all 60, and they work hard to progress while I sit on my laurels, then I'll get a lot of "ooh, he's good". But eventually they'll be 70 while I'm still 68, and there'll always be the chance they'd not recognize it – or maybe just admit it – for a long time. I don't like that. I intend to continue to grow. But… I'm human. And there is a GREAT egobuff to being told how great a healer you are.
STill leaves me with a short handful from which I'll choose. Soon. Anyway…
What I'll probably wind up doing is requesting they – whoever they are – take both my characters (well, these two – I've a few more alts lurking about). And that my hunter, pretty please, get some instance runs to develop necessary basic skills. Not loot. Seriously, there is a SHOCKING amount of good loot that can be found without entering instances. Borderline ready-for-kara, assuming you've a decently SKILLED group and you're playing well. Toss in decent gems and enchants and it's "simple". Odds are it'll happen. And Urtica will get some experience in that way.
On the other hand, I may just keep him 'wild'. My daughter's expressed an interest in arena with her rogue. And a rogue/hunter combination offers interesting possibilities…


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Sadly, we have come to expect that politicians don't always tell the truth based on our understanding of the word.
We expect them to equivocate, to misdirect, to evade awkward questions or take things their opponents say out of context. But it's still rare for them to out-and-out lie. It's even rarer to for them to aggressively repeat a lie once it has been exposed as such.
But lie and lie again is exactly what the Conservatives in Ottawa are doing in the radio attack ads now running across the country denouncing NDP leader Thomas Mulcair's "carbon tax" plan.
According to the ads, Mulcair wants to bring in a carbon tax that will take $20 billion out of the pockets of Canadians, add 10 cents to the cost of a litre of gas and "make everything you need cost more."
"We can't afford Mulcair's NDP, we just can't," the ads conclude.
If the ad sounds familiar, it's because it's similar to the assault that was launched on then Liberal leader Stephane Dion for what the Conservatives called his "tax on everything."
While both campaigns are aimed at defining a political opponent in negative terms, the difference is that Dion had proposed a carbon tax, while Mulcair has not.
When the Conservatives unveiled this line of attack in September, journalists quickly picked it apart, pointing out that it was both false and hypocritical.
Aaron Wherry, who covers Ottawa for Maclean's, put together a comprehensive guide on his blog to "the Conservatives' carbon tax farce."
In it, he linked to some of the many public sources that undermined the Conservatives' claims.
For the record, Mulcair has never called for a carbon tax. He has advocated a cap-and-trade plan to put a price on carbon as a way of addressing climate change.
The Conservatives now argue that a cap-and-trade plan is the same as a carbon tax because it will put a price on carbon and provide revenue for the government.
That claim is both nonsensical and destructive. It dumbs down a crucial environmental and economic debate that to be worthwhile requires a high level of understanding of complex issues.
And it rakes Mulcair over the coals for a position that the Conservatives, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, until recently supported as part of the party platform.
Naturally, a party can change its position on an issue. But any suggestion when the Conservatives supported cap and trade that it was the equivalent of a carbon tax would have been met with the derision it deserves.
Earlier this month, there was a suggestion that the possibility of a carbon tax may be working its way back onto the agenda in the U.S.
The idea that the destruction wreaked by superstorm Sandy may be a portent of things to come has given the issue of climate change new life, as has the re-election of President Barack Obama.
But it's also being seen as a potential revenue measure that could break the deadlock over taxation that is leading the U.S. to what's being called the fiscal cliff.
Obama's press secretary said recently the administration would not propose such a tax, but didn't rule out the possibility that it could support one if it came in as part of a way out of the financial crisis the country is now facing if no agreement on balancing the budget is reached by January.
Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent said that even if the U.S. adopts a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system, Canada won't follow suit. The government has now decided that its support of cap-and-trade was a mistake and it is going to achieve its climate change obligations through regulations.
When we will see those regulations is an open question, especially given the rate at which the Conservatives are jettisoning their previous positions on climate change.
It's also an open question over whether a cap-and-trade system would be either effective or efficient in our economy.
What I'm fairly certain we can't afford, however, is to treat the truth as an expendable commodity. Politicians who believe otherwise, who deliberately choose deceit as a campaign tool, who support obfuscation over understanding, lead us down a dangerous path.


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