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Friday, May 7, 2010
Momma II
I struggled my first year at The Wine Country. Tried to balance working the backroom doing shipping, (a duty that was added to my mailing list job) with the front of the store, filling in as needed stocking and working the registers. Mom was backroom only, she was doing the bookkeeping and as you can imagine juggling the books for a newly opened wine store was a full time gig. She would sit back there alone for most of the day except when I would be back there packing up cases and affixing UPS labels. Lonely to be back there listening to all the life and energy going on outside your little work station, the music, the voices, the laughter, the popping of corks for perspective buyers…I think in a way she saw my shift to the front, the adding of my voice to that cacophony of sounds that made her feel segregated, as a betrayal or abandonment. That first year had me as torn as I had ever been with regards to my already somewhat unusual relationship with Mom.
"Why are you crying?" my voice cracking, my heart racing while watching my mother break into to tears behind the wheel of the Volvo on our way to Costco. She sat silently at first, just kept driving with a face full of pain and wet with tears. I asked again terrified, (a feeling she had taught me, a feeling that was triggered by mom crying for no reason and not talking) but it would be ten minutes before she would open her mouth, what finally came out of that mouth would have me slapping on yet another piece of armor….an icy front to protect myself and her in a way. "I was watching the man in the car next to us, he couldn't take his eyes off of you" I sat there my eyes no doubt displaying my confusion, (I had not seen the man she was talking about…almost never did) still at a loss as to why she was hurting so. "That used to be me. Men used to look at me like that" she choked through even more tears. It was me, I was making her cry, hurting her and there was nothing I could do to make it stop. I sank back in my seat, felt myself trying to shrink below the window and said all I could think of, "Mom I think you're beautiful"
My siblings had a much different relationship with our mother, probably a slightly healthier one but one where they would rage at her, curse at her and while they undoubtedly loved her just as much as I did they were less affected by her sadness. Where they would roll their eyes and point out that it was her fault that she got a ticket for not paying her car registration, I would feel her sadness and defend her for something that was in fact her fault. Like I said, unhealthy. My reward for being her defender and protector, her feeling safe enough with me to be rather cruel at times.
"How do I look?" I asked right before heading out to my first wine dinner for The Wine Country. "If I were a man I wouldn't touch you with someone else's body" (cleaned up version) she snarled at me. I had been invited to the dinner, she hadn't and she was once again angry at me. "I'd like to introduce Samantha Dugan and Eric Mohseni, two of the finest and most exciting young palates I have seen in years" Randy shouted to the full crowd at the wine dinner. He made us stand up, my face beet red and burning but Eric and I waved and nodded our heads before sitting back down. I was so grateful, not for being singled out and praised for my palate but because mom wasn't there to hear it.
I found myself pulling away from her for the first time at the end of that first year at The Wine Country. Finding comfort tucked beneath the wings of the people there that would want to teach me, would talk wine with me for hours and took pleasure in helping me hone my palate and find my passion. I spent more and more time at the store, going in on my days off just to be near them, near the bottles that inspired me…tasting everything I could, sitting in on buyer meetings, my ears open, my nose open, scribbling volumes of tasting notes. Finding something beautiful in the purity and honesty of wine, closing my eyes with my nose buried in a glass of Riesling, letting it just be beautiful, letting it share itself with me through its explosive aromatics….losing myself and forgetting, if only for a glass long about the ever growing ugliness of the thousand square feet.
Dear Momma,
I wish I could share a glass of Roland Schmitt Riesling with you. Watch the corners of your mouth turn up as you feel the vibrant, peach heavy fruit dance across your palate. Feel your eyes on me as I explain that as concentrated as this wine is, as explosive and palate coating, that the little tingle you are feeling on the sides of your tongue is the acidity and that the tangy, almost lemon like snap that has your mouth watering...wanting another sip, well that is the mark of a beautifully balanced wine. I want to pour us another glass, toast it and us for what we are.....not what we aren't. Celebrate the beauty in this one bottle and not spend one second wondering if there is one better...in that moment, you and I and that Riesling would be perfect. Yeah, I'd like that...
To be continued......
13 comments:
- Ron Washam said...
My Gorgeous Samantha,
When you post haunting pieces like this, when you get so naked (in your own vernacular), it is hard to know what to say. I simply don't want to stop reading, stop listening to your story.
It's hard to say if I admire you or your talent more. I want both of them.
I love you!
Your HoseMaster
- May 7, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Ron My Love,
Oh man, thank you so much for saying something. There is not much to say in response to this but I was beginning to worry that I looked evil recounting these events right before Mother's Day....
You gave me back my breath Love. Exhaling and sending you giant hugs.
- May 7, 2010 at 11:33 AM
- Annie Browne said...
Beautiful. Isn't it weird how Moms are so vital to us yet can be so difficult to love and understand at times? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we are an extension of them, and when that umbilical cord gets cut it hurts...a necessary pain, but still a pain that seems to stay with us both. Hmmph. Loved it. You rock.
- May 7, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Thanks for commenting sweetheart. Like I said to Ron, I didn't leave much room or reason for folks to comment but it is nice to know it is reaching people. Being a mother is such a tremendous sacrifice, some people are better at handling or coping with it than others. Through it all though....we love them still.
- May 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- webb said...
The relationship between women and their mothers is a many splendored path filled with so many twists, turns and obstacles. You have captured some of them beautifully. Hope you do get to have that glass with her.
- May 7, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
It can be an amazingly complex relationship full of tremendous love and extraordinary pain but none of us would be who we are without all of it. Thank you for your sweet comment and your continued reading!
- May 7, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
What Ron said.
This is brilliant stuff, Sam.
- May 7, 2010 at 10:07 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Awe Sir Charles,
Nothing brilliant here love...just sharing the story of she and I and how wine changed my life. How without her knowing it that call to work a mailing list would bring me here. Flattered that you guys are still tuning in....
- May 7, 2010 at 11:44 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
BTW, Sam, where did you get that picture of my office that you published at the head of the article? You been up my way sniffing around at my CA wine collection?
- May 8, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Here I thought you were like a neat and tidy guy, shows what I know. After watching your Celtics last night I guess it makes sense...messy.
- May 8, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Sara Louise said...
Insults just cut more when they come out of your Mother's mouth, don't they.
I'm enjoying this story of how you got your wings. Looking forward to more Lady
- May 8, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
They can for sure. I think for me the saving grace was that my mother and I were so very close. Once I was old enough to see and really feel her pain I began to realize that she was "cutting" more to alleviate her pain than to cause me any. I was lucky that being bound to her so tightly made me a bit more compassionate and in many ways....made me a better mother. Thank you as always for reading Lady, means so very much.
- May 9, 2010 at 3:43 AM
- Nancy Deprez said...
WOW. Deep. Continuing to read. Sara said it well. Insults from mom are tough to take as a young daughter who only wants a happy mom. In retrospect now, easy to see, but difficult at the time. Nice that you are writing a letter to her. Lovely.
- May 12, 2010 at 4:40 PM


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Obama fights back and body language tells us who the winner was… Issue terrain matters… Libya rattles Romney… They really, really don't like each other… The crucial question: Were the past two weeks about Romney getting a second look, or were they about voters being disappointed in Obama?... On to the final debate in Boca… Obama stumps in Iowa and Ohio, while Romney hits Virginia.
Barack Obama looked energized at the second presidential debate, but GOP candidate Mitt Romney mostly stayed with him as the two confronted one another over issues involving immigration, foreign policy, the economy and more. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
HEMPSTEAD, NY -- If former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney controlled the terms of the debate two weeks ago in Denver, the opposite was true here last night. It was President Obama on offense for much of the night, and it was Romney playing defense. The overall outcome at Hofstra University wasn't as one-sided or decisive as it was two weeks ago. Indeed, the GOP presidential nominee was strong on the economy and litigating Obama's four years in office, and he brought plenty of energy. But just like we saw in Denver, the body language told the real story: You had Republicans, not Democrats, complaining about the moderator; there was the Romney campaign saying afterward, "What we really meant to say was XYZ"; and you saw Obama lingering with the crowd after the debate (when it was Romney who did that two weeks ago). Also, unlike Obama's performance in Denver, there were some uncomfortable moments for Romney (the exchange on Libya, "binders full of women," Obama's my-pension-isn't-as-big-as-
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama talk over each other as they answer questions during a town hall style debate at Hofstra University October 16, 2012 in Hempstead, New York.
*** Issue terrain matters: If we learned anything last night, as well as in Denver, it's that the issue terrain matters. While the first two questions last night -- on a young college student's job prospects and on gas prices -- were right up Romney's alley, many more of the following questions were tailor-made for Obama. Pay equality for women. Immigration. George W. Bush. And Obama used those questions, which didn't surface two weeks ago, to draw his sharpest contrasts with Romney. In fact, a good chunk of the debate was an exercise in micro-targeting, particularly for the president. You saw both Obama and Romney making their pitches to female voters and Latinos, who happen to be two of the most important demographic groups in this election. Yesterday, we wrote that the town-hall debate was an opportunity for Romney to make more inroads with female voters, especially those in the suburbs. Our question: Did a debate that shined a spotlight on the Lilly Ledbetter Act, abortion, and contraception end up helping Romney with women?
*** Libya rattles Romney: Perhaps the sharpest exchange of the night was over Libya, a topic that has dogged the Obama administration over the past few weeks. Obama said, "The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror." Romney later interjected, "I want to make sure we get that for the record, because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror." Obama fired back, "Get the transcript." Well, here is the transcript -- and here's what Obama said in that Rose Garden speech: "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for." Now Romney would have been on safer ground if he charged that Obama didn't call it a coordinated terrorist attack by al Qaeda-affiliated elements, and the Romney spinners after the debate made that point. But Romney used a different term -- "act of terror" -- and Obama DID SAY that. And afterward, Romney appeared rattled after he allowed himself to get caught up on the losing end of a semantic argument. Romney was not the same candidate after that moment.
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In the final push in the 2012 presidential election, candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama make their last appeals to voters.
*** They really, really don't like each other: In fact, almost all of the exchanges drove this point home: These candidates really don't like each other. The two men constantly interrupted each other; they circled each other like prizefighters in the boxing ring; and they also even got into each other's faces. Overall, last night showed that both Obama and Romney are fighters, but they also demonstrated the worst stereotype of why so many people hate politics. It is also worth asking if a debate that featured two VERY alpha-male performances end up turning off swing voting women who would prefer a tad more comity in their politics and less cable-TV/talk radio style bravado. And where was the empathy? From the get-go, it was clear neither candidate knew how to connect with the questioners very well. Take the young man in college who asked the first question. Do you realize neither candidate asked him what he WANTED as a career in after college? WWBCD -- What Would Bill Clinton Do?
*** The crucial question: So will last night's debate change the contours of the presidential race and slow Romney's momentum? The answer comes down to this: Have the past two weeks been about Romney getting a second look from voters and seeing a different Romney than has been portrayed over the past year? Or have the past two weeks been about Democrats and swing voters being disappointed in Obama's first debate performance? If it's the former, you could argue that the debate didn't change too much in the race. If it's the latter, you could argue that it did. Once again, we'll be paying attention to the polls that come out next week. If the race is a grind-it-out affair, here's where David Plouffe said things stand, per NBC's Jamie Novogrod: "We believe that we remain in very strong position in Ohio, in Iowa, in Nevada, in New Hampshire." The Romney folks aren't giving up Ohio, but also have Plan Bs on winning Wisconsin and Iowa. The fact is Wisconsin/Iowa combined with Ohio puts Obama over the top. For Romney, he needs three of these four if he doesn't win Ohio: Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada.
*** On to the final debate: And also next week, on Monday, we'll have the final presidential debate -- from Boca Raton, FL. And this is a potential problem for Romney. Why? Because it won't be a conversation about jobs and the economy (where even one instapoll showed Romney winning, even if he lost the entire debate). Instead, it's a showdown on foreign policy. As conservative pundit Laura Ingraham tweeted last night, "TERRIBLE miscalculation for GOP to agree that final debate wd be on foreign policy. Whose bright idea was THIS when jobs/economy #1 issue?" As we saw last night in the Libya exchange, it is very difficult for a challenger to best an incumbent president on foreign policy. The good news for Romney is that expectations will be low. The bad news is that -- if issue terrain matters -- it's a foreign-policy debate.
*** On the trail: Obama stumps in Mount Vernon, IA at 12:45 pm ET and in Athens, OH at 6:00 pm ET… Romney hits Chesapeake, VA at 1:15 pm ET and Leesburg, VA at 7:05 pm ET… Biden campaigns in Greeley, CO at 1:00 pm ET and Reno, NV at 7:45 pm ET… And Ryan visits Berea, OH at 11:30 am ET.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - [img]Meep, Leeek and Harr Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "[img]Meep, Leeek and Harr" anticzmemberMember #Joined: 08 May 2000Posts: 285Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 3:45 pm Forgot I threw this up on my server last week before I left for COLO. This is Meep. No eyes or nose but he can hear very well. Not done with this one yet. Still have some detail to add in the model and I haven't built a shader for him yet. Here's his big brother Leeek. and their cousin Harr Comments, crits and ideas are very welcome! ------------------ ======================= Mike B. - Supervising Janitor anticz.com ======================= Back to top RagnarokmemberMember #Joined: 12 Nov 2000Posts: 1085Location: Navarra, Spain Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 3:48 pm I need to see them in action! C'mon, I've seen your animations, you can make something great from those guys Back to top shahar2kmemberMember #Joined: 01 Jun 2000Posts: 867Location: Oak Park CA USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 7:06 pm anticz, what are you using to render these? Back to top ReSistanZmemberMember #Joined: 18 Dec 2000Posts: 207Location: Hoorn NH, The Netherlands Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 7:25 pm Yeah, and in which application do you model these? 3DSMAX or Maya? Back to top arniemgmemberMember #Joined: 25 Dec 2000Posts: 107Location: Pensacola, FL, USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 8:22 pm or LW? great stuff man. Back to top mjmcchesneymemberMember #Joined: 26 Nov 2000Posts: 218Location: CT, USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 8:29 pm *cough* Sorry for answering for you anticz, but I just felt obligated Anticz uses 3ds max for the modeling of the above characters (and for usual projects, I'd assume). He built a low-poly mesh and used the mesh-smooth feature of 3ds max to smooth out the geometry. He'll then build custom shaders for each to give them distinct characteristics....not sure what he uses for render, but it looks like either the default 3ds renderer or mental ray. *whew.....time to run away from the rabid anticz* Back to top anticzmemberMember #Joined: 08 May 2000Posts: 285Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 9:14 pm Ragnarok, Yes, I'm looking forward to animating these guys, just don't have enough time right now. Probably won't happen for a few more weeks. shahar2k, Just the max default renderer. ReSistanZ Everything in Max. Each one took 1 to 2 hours to create. Tring to keep these guys simple. arniemg Thanks, I don't use LW but It's a nice app. mjmcchesney, Thanks, don't have to type so much now . Thanks to every one who replied so far. Hope you ejoy these guys! ------------------ ======================= Mike B. - Supervising Janitor anticz.com ======================= Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Finding aid for the Harold L. Doolittle collection of art prints 0032
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Doolittle Etchings
H.L. Doolittle, "Alpine Firs--Rainer" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Among the Redwoods" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Arroyo Seco-Pasadena" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "California Hills" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Canyon Crests" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Carmel Coast" 1928
H.L. Doolittle, "Carmel Vista" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Cypress--Monterey" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Daybreak--Yosemite" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Desert Clouds" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Desert Rocks" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Desert Skies" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Desert Sunlight" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "El Capitan" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "From the Canyon Rim" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "From the High Sierras" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Gathering Mists" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "In Death Valley" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Islands of the Desert" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Lengthening Shadows" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Monterey Veterans" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Morning in Yosemite" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Mountain Mists" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Mountain Serenity" 1944
H.L. Doolittle, [unidentified] 1919
H.L. Doolittle, "Sierra Snows" 1927
H.L. Doolittle, "Silhouettes--Palm Canyon" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Sunburst" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "The Choir Stairs San Gabriel Mission" 1919
H.L. Doolittle, "The Ruined Altar, San Juan Capistrano Mission" 1918
H.L. Doolittle, "The Three Brothers--Yosemite" 1923
H.L. Doolittle, "Twilight" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Ventura Mission--evening" undated
H.L. Doolittle, "Yosemite" 1924
Printmakers Society of California
John Taylor Arms, " Anglia Antiqua" 1937
Richard E. Bishop, "Fall Ducks" 1938
Cornelis Botke, "Beside a Valley Road" 1942
Mildred Bryant Brooks, "Memories" 1935
Benjamin C. Brown, "Curb Market, Arles, France" 1940
Malcolm Cameron, "The Black Sheep" 1946
Charles M. Capps, "Village in the Sun" 1951
F. Tolles Chamberlin, "Near Pasadena" 1947
Alison Clark, "There She Blows" 1936
E. Stetson Crawford, "Navicello, Harbor of Menton" 1959
Eugene M. Frandzen, "New England Snow" 1948
Gordon Grant, "Men of Gloucester" 1941
Trude Hanscom, "The Tempest" 1952
Polly Knipp Hill, "Suwannee River" 1962
Peter Thorvald Jensen, "Un Pueblo Viejo" 1964
Hans Kleiber, "Flight of Ducks, Lake Solitude" 1933
Gene Kloss, "Moonlight Circle Dance" 1956
Malcolm Osborne, "L'Oiseau De Bourges" 1932
Orville H. Peets, "Dome and Spire" 1954
Carl M. Schultheiss, "Pastoral III" 1957
James Swann, "Half Moon Bay" 1943
Walter Title, "Blossom Time" 1934
Reynold H. Weidenaar, "Cathedral Repairs, Mexico City" 1949
Stow Wengenroth, "Woodland Ledge" 1960
R.W. Woiceske, "Winter Chores" 1939
Chicago Society of Etchers
John Taylor Arms, "Saint Germain, L'Auxerrois, Paris" 1928
Dirk Baksteen, "Les Trois Moulins" 1921
Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge, "Pagan Princess-Nigeria" 1938
Mildred Bryant Brooks, "Companions" 1937
Gustaf O. Dalstrom, "An Abandoned Farm" 1934
Sears Gallagher, "Heavy Surf at Monhegan" 1925
Gerald Geerlings, "Electrical Building at Night" 1933
Arthur W. Hall, "Bird Creek in Thaw" 1944
Martin Hardie, [unidentified] undated
Arthur W. Heintzelman, "A Donkey Cart in Montmarte" 1923
Lester G. Hornby, "Palais du Justice in the Rain" 1920
Troy Kinney, "Terpsichore" undated
Martin Lewis, "Night in New York" 1932
R.H. Palenske, "Over The Pass" undated
Louis C. Rosenberg, "Rue de Chartres, St. Malo" 1926
Ernest D. Roth, "Our Neighbors Yard" 1916
Chauncey F. Ryder, "Road to Bristol" 1943
Carl M. Schultheiss, "Pastoral II" 1947
Ralph Fletcher Seymour, "A Paris Wine Shop" 1935
Lee Sturges, "Rocky Mountain Lake" 1951
John Winkler, "Kong Tong & Co." 1919
R.W. Woiceske, "Winter Interlude" 1948
Society of American Etchers
Peggy Bacon, "Varied Wares" 1952
George Elbert Burr, "Evening, Arizona" 1930
John E. Costigan, "Cutting Fodder" 1940
Stephen Csoka, "Brooklyn Landscape" 1945
Ralph Fabri, "Americana" 1948
Douglas Warner Gorsline, "Express Stop" 1948
Armin Landeck, "Manhattan Nocturne" 1938
Martin Lewis, "Chance Meeting" 1941
Luigi Lucioni, "Stony Pasture" 1943
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, "Pastoral" 1932
Thomas W. Nason, "Approach of Spring" 1937
Charles H. Woodbury, "Sea Pasture" 1936
Miscellaneous Etchings
Lionel Barrymore, "Point Magu" 1935
Alfred Bentley, "A Summer Day in France" undated
William Blake, "Act Directs" 1825
Jessie Arms Botke, "Farmyard Geese" undated
Mildred Bryant Brooks, "Among Branches" 1941
Mildred Bryant Brooks, "Aspen Meadow" 1941
Benjamin C. Brown Etchings
"Market Day #1" undated
"Oaks at San Ysidro" 1932
"The Outside Stair, Venice"
Three unlabeled prints by Brown
Howell C. Brown, [unidentified] 1917
Howell C. Brown, "Old Willows" 1915
Félix Buhot, "Louise Abbéma" 1874
Charles W. Cain, "The Hunter" 1928
Samuel Chamberlain, "The Waterfront-Villefranche" undated
Leslie Cope, "The Junk Collectors" 1948
Crawford, "Porta Rocca Orvieto" 1953
H. Daumier, "Le Czar a Sebastopol" undated
Eugene M. Frandzen, "Old Curiosity Shops, New York" 1947
Francisco Goya, "Ya es Hora" 1799
David Green, "Weed Forms" 1956
Francis Seymour Haden, "A Brig at Anchor" 1870
Arthur W. Hall, "Pecos" 1930
Arthur W. Hall, "Stone Bridge in Winter" 1932
Trude Hanscom, "Early Spring" 1940
Alfred Hartley, "In the Isle of Purbeck" 1921
A.W. Heintzelman, [unidentified] 1921
Victoria Hutson Huntley, "Nocturne" 1951
Alfred Hutty, "Pines" 1924
Margaret Kidder, "Mother and Child" 1955
Margaret Kidder, "Voila L'eglise" undated
Hildegard Koegler, "O. Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" undated
Maxime Lalanne, "Richmond" 1871
Stella Langdale, "The Hostus of the Sidhe" undated
Alphonse Legros, "Portrait of EJ Poynter" 1877
Elizabeth Lewis, "World Forgetting" undated
William Libby, "Indian Summer" undated
Westley Manning, "The Avenue-Normandy" 1922
Paul Matthes, "Drawbridge" undated
R. Partridge, "The House of Alvarado" undated
R. Partridge, "Willows" 1925
Ralph M. Pearson, "San Felipe" 1922
Joseph Pennell, "Hell Gate Bridge"
Leon Pescheret, "Chicago Museum of Science and Industry" 1931
C.A. Platt, "Willows of Cape Ann" 1888
Chang Reynolds, [unidentified]
C.E. Riley, [unidentified] undated
Edouard Rosotte, "Fac Simile D'un Dessin Du Parmesan" undated
Ernest D. Roth, "Florentine Shops" 1915
Ernest D. Roth, "Tomb of Mary, Mother of Washington and Meditation Rock" 1928
Birger Sandzen, "A Kansas Creek" undated
Otto J. Schneider, "Statue of Abraham Lincoln" 1926
Carl M. Schultheiss, "Friends" undated
C.A. Seward, "Adobe Village-New Mexico" 1936
Eileen A. Soper, "Snooks" 1930
W.M. Strang, "The Christ Upon the Hill" undated
D.C. Sturges, "The Print Lover" 1931
David Swanson, "Desert Crags" undated
David Swanson, "Forest Pool" undated
W. Unger, "Druck der Gesellschaft f. vervielf Kunst in Wien" undated
Reynold Weidenaar, "Demolition in the Plaza del Toro" 1950
Levon West, "The Prairie Rider" 1933
J.W. Winkler, "Le Tryer, Normandie" 1924
Unidentified Etchings


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Mother Will Help You Suppress Your Shock
In the imperial palace of Da Shun, the Emperor did not enjoy the new year celebration. Aside from attending court, he shut himself in Zhao He Hall and refused to see anyone.
The palace maids in Zhao He Hall all had headaches and did not know what sort of tea the Emperor liked to drink. Ever since new year's eve, they had brought out a total of 18 types, and the Emperor never took a single sip of any.
Zhang Yuan trotted in from the outside, a cold aura coming from his body. He tried to say to the Emperor: "Her Highness the Empress has brought all of the concubines here to see you. They said that they wish to invite your Majesty to Zi Lin Pavilion to see a play."
The Emperor frowned: "See a play? We do not desire to see a play. It's too cold."
Zhang Yuan kept a good attitude and discussed with him: "The stage is inside the hall. It's not cold."
The Emperor glared at him and shouted: "Is that a matter of inside or outside?" While saying this, he slapped his own chest, "It's cold in here. Do you understand or not?" As he spoke, a look of sorrow appeared on his face. He then awkwardly said: "We have been in this large imperial palace from childhood, but why is it that I feel my heart getting colder and colder? What's the point of having so many wives. In the end, I couldn't even get the one that I wanted."
Zhang Yuan heard this and thought, dang! The Emperor was about to become despondent once more. It seemed that the Empress' feelings would be wasted once more. Thus he quickly told a eunuch to the side to report to the Empress. He then took a couple steps forward and desperately tried to console him: "Your Majesty, don't be like this. This servant knows what you are thinking about. Although Imperial concubine Yun could not be at your side, isn't she playing the lute in the Winter Palace. On the night of new year's eve, half of the palace heard it. That can also be considered as accompanying your Majesty for the new year."
"Played the lute? Hmph!" The Emperor snorted then self-mockingly said: "That's also fine. In any case, the sound of a lute could be heard this year, unlike in previous years when there wasn't a single sound that came. Hah, Xiao Yuan, my beloved is clearly in the palace, but why is it that I feel she isn't in the palace at all?"
Zhang Yuan's heart quivered, but his mouth was resolute, immediately refuting it: "If she isn't in the palace, where could she go? Do you think that this is a commoner's backyard that can be left so easily?"
The Emperor thought about it and also felt the same, thus he waved his hand and sighed, glossing over the matter.
Zhang Yuan let out a sigh of relief but quietly hoped in his heart, imperial concubine Yun, quickly come back. If this matter is exposed, the Emperor burning down the entire inner palace would be considered insignificant. If he also sneaks out like you did, things would truly get out of hand! I just hope that the East is not suitable for people to live in. Imperial concubine Yun, if you're unhappy with the situation there, just come back after a few days there!
Unfortunately, things would never go as people desired. Da Shun's eastern border was not that cold, and only the night of new year's eve saw any snowflakes. After that, no snow fell at all. Imperial concubine Yun was very satisfied with her living conditions. She was extremely satisfied. She had tried all of the delicious foods in the city, everything from the restaurants to the street stalls, she had even snuck into a brothel. once for the sake of trying the fantastic fruit wines. As a result, she was fine at the time but ended up getting drunk for two days. This angered Xuan Tian Hua so much that he ignored her for two days.
Imperial concubine Yun acted freely and without restraint, but Xuan Tian Hua's days were not that joyous. Not only was every general present a former subordinate of Bu Cong, but the same could also be said of the army. Bu Cong's troops were extremely loyal to him. Although they did not run away with him, they expressed their disapproval of a new general by refusing to cooperate and remaining silent. Even if the person was Xuan Tian Hua, there was not much of an effect when it came to appeasing these soldiers.
But Xuan Tian Hua was not feeling rushed. He just went to the military camp every day and called for everyone to gather around. After gathering around, he would hold a meeting. Either way, the eastern border was not in disarray, and there were not too many soldiers. Each meeting would last for the entire day from morning until night, and there was not a single day that was an exception.
As the meetings continued, some of the officers began to find them annoying. They began to show up later or even refused to show up; however, who knew that Xuan Tian Hua was waiting for them to make a mistake!
Deputy general of the East, Long Nuo, was the first to defy the rules. After Xuan Tian Hua waited for him for a full six hours and still did not see him show up, the first thing that he said was: "Bu Cong's crime is one of treason. Everyone within nine generations of relation to him will be held accountable. Do you guys also wish to rebel?"
The second thing was: "This prince does not like getting angry, but this does not mean that I do not know how to. This prince does not want to kill people; however, that does not mean that I do not know how to."
The third thing was: "Although you were formerly Bu Cong's subordinates, you are still my Da Shun's soldiers. This prince did not come to capture you. Instead, I came here to take over Bu Cong's role as general. Long Nuo's disobedience of this prince is the same crime as rebelling. Guards, capture Long Nuo and have him executed along with his extended family!"
By the end, these words pinned Long Nuo with a crime punishable with the death of his extended family. Only then did the soldiers of the army realize their position. Only then did they realize that Xuan Tian Hua was representing the court of Da Shun. If they were to oppose him now, that would be opposing the court of Da Shun. Bu Cong was already a wanted criminal. If they continued to protect him, what was the difference between what they did and his treason?
The handling of Long Nuo caused them to no longer dare to belittle Xuan Tian Hua. They also no longer dared to spread rumors of the seventh prince being kind, soft and refined while concealing their kindness to bully him. They finally understood that no matter how kind, he was still a prince. No matter how refined, his surname was still Xuan.
Xuan Tian Hua's thunderous might caused imperial concubine Yun to applaud. If it was not for the guards that were familiar with her stopping her, she would have rushed to the center of the crowd to applaud. Even like this, she still craned her neck and shouted: "Good killing! Serves him right! You all bully him because he's easy to get along with, but you are all cowards!"
That night, imperial concubine Yun ordered the chefs of the general's office prepare some good food for the sake of helping Xuan Tian Hua suppress his shock. A good jar of wine was also prepared. When Xuan Tian Hua finished up his meeting and returned to the manor, she dragged him directly to the dining hall and personally helped clean his hands and seated him at the table.
Xuan Tian Hua sat on the chair and looked at the food on the table. His heart filled with bitterness! It was all meat, and not a single shred of green could be seen. How could this be eaten?
He discussed with her, "Mother, how about son has the chefs prepare some vegetables? Eating greasy foods every day is no good."
Imperial concubine Yun glared: "What do you mean every day? Today is no ordinary day. Didn't you execute that Long what was his name again? Oh right, Long Nuo, you had him executed. You also had his extended family punished. How could I not help suppress your shock after such an important thing happened?"
Xuan Tian Hua facepalmed, "I'm not afraid. Where did suppressing my shock even come from?" He picked up his chopsticks and placed some fish in imperial concubine Yun's bowl then patiently removed a thin fishbone, "Go ahead and eat, mother. If you want to eat delicious foods, just tell the chef. There's truly no need to make up this sort of excuse. The East is not like the North, where there is an active battle. It's also not as barren as the North. The climate here is very mild, and all kinds of things can be grown here. The citizens have fulfilling lives, and providing mother with some delicious food shouldn't be a problem."
Imperial concubine Yun began to earnestly devour the fish. Xuan Tian Hua saw that she liked eating it, thus he picked up another piece of fish and placed it in another bowl, slowly removing the fishbones. He then heard imperial concubine Yun say: "Last time, that princess of Zong Sui wanted to harm A-Heng. Wasn't quite a large amount of gold demanded from them? I figure that the gold should be arriving in the capital very soon."
Xuan Tian Hua nodded, "It should have arrived before the end of the year." Speaking of Zong Sui caused him to unconsciously furrow his brow, as he said to himself: "At a time like this, what is most worrying would be if Zong Sui and Qian Zhou began working together. That's why son had to personally come to the East to defend it. This will also prevent Ming'er and them from worrying about a disturbance coming from their rear."
Imperial concubine Yun ate with gusto and said with satisfaction: "Right, brothers must help each other. You should help your ninth brother. Otherwise, I would have wasted my time raising you over the years."
Xuan Tian Hua was speechless, "Mother, can you speak a little more properly? It sounds as if you only raised me for the sake of finding someone to help ninth brother."
Imperial concubine Yun waved her head, "Hah, that's not what I mean. On the other hand, if something happens to you and that brat doesn't come to help, I'll break his legs."
Xuan Tian Hua smiled bitterly. Based on imperial concubine Yun's temper, there was nothing that he could do. But it was exactly as she had said. No matter what happened to either of them, the other would risk his life to do everything possible to save it. If one did not put forth all of his effort, imperial concubine Yun really would break his legs. No matter if it was her own son or an adopted son, there was no difference in the treatment.
Of course, this was also the reason Xuan Tian Hua treated imperial concubine Yun like his own birth mother over the years. It really was hard to find a mother like this.
"Don't worry!" Imperial concubine Yun patted Xuan Tian Hua's shoulder with her oily hands, "With your protecting the eastern border, the old man couldn't possibly be any more at ease. Even if Zong Sui has some wicked tricks, they had best not hope of taking a single step through the eastern border."
Xuan Tian Hua smiled and said: "That's right. If they want to go around Da Shun and enter Qian Zhou directly, their army will need to march for nearly a full year. By the time that they get there, A-Heng would already be seated on Qian Zhou's throne, right?"
When he mentioned this, he revealed a look of yearning. Imperial concubine Yun raised her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "Hey, wake up." She then smiled slyly and said: "Say, after A-Heng becomes the ruler of Qian Zhou, will we be able to go to Qian Zhou as freely as our own kitchen?"
Xuan Tian Hua laughed while looking at her, speaking a truth that caused imperial concubine Yun a great deal of heartache: "You can't even leave your own palace as freely as your own kitchen."
Imperial concubine Yun laughed bitterly, muttering: "I really did waste my time raising you two. One doesn't speak up for me, running out all the time and leaving me alone to feel bored in the palace. He finally found a wife that is to my taste, yet she's even busier than the two of you. My life really is bitter!"
The mother and son chatted inside the room. At this time, someone knocked on the closed door to the dining hall, as a retainer raised his voice and said: "Your Highness." After pausing a bit, he added: "Brother Tian." He then continued: "Just now, there were two children sneaking around the entrance of the manor. This subordinate saw them while patrolling and was about to chase them away, but one of the children said that they came looking for your Highness the seventh prince."


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DUNEDIN, Fla. - With a goal of making it to the big leagues this season, 2012 first-round draft pick Marcus Stroman knows he has a lot of work to do in Blue Jays minor-league camp this spring.
For starters, the hard-throwing pitching prospect might want to introduce himself to new Jays manager John Gibbons.
Asked what he knew about Stroman, the 22nd overall pick out of Duke following an illustrious career at Patchogue-Medford, Gibbons drew a blank.
"I've heard the name, but I couldn't tell you anything about him," Gibbons said. "He's the outfielder, right? I'm sure if he's real good, he's going to get his opportunity."
To be fair, Gibbons is far more focused on learning about the 67 players he has in big-league camp. And Stroman, 21, laughed off the slight.
"He's new, so it's not necessarily a bad thing," said Stroman, who reported to minor-league camp for his physical on Tuesday. "I'm hoping after spring training that he'll know my name by the time he leaves here."
Stroman's name already has been in the news, but for the wrong reasons. He was suspended by Major League Baseball for 50 games last Aug. 28 after testing positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine. Stroman said he "unknowingly ingested" it in an over-the-counter medication.
The righthander, who had compiled a combined 3-0 record with 23 strikeouts in 191/3 innings at Class A Vancouver and Double-A New Hampshire, said he was first contacted about the suspension by Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos.
"They were mad, initially, as anyone would be," said Stroman, who is eligible to return in mid May. "It was a scary conversation at first, but [Anthopoulos] let me know he was in my corner. The Blue Jays have been very supportive. Soon after, they kind of huddled around me and [assured me] it would be all right."
The Blue Jays expect Stroman to move past the incident.
"He acknowledged that he made a mistake, took responsibility and owned up to it," Blue Jays assistant GM Tony LaCava said. "He's paying the price. I'm sure he's learned a hard lesson, but we expect him to pick up where he left off in college."
Stroman said he has no fear of being labeled as a "user."
"I'm a very confident guy and have a close group of people behind me in my corner -- close friends and family," he said "That's all I need . . . I always have a smile on my face. It's just something you have to deal with and move forward. I'm very dedicated. I know how to keep my focus and let the talk be behind me while I'm doing my work."
He said he's done that work this offseason like never before.
"I was in the gym every day and working with my personal trainer [Russ Taveras] three to four times a week at Infiniti Sports in Bellport," he said. "I was also throwing with [former big leaguer] Neal Heaton, who's been my pitching coach since I was 8. I feel like I really put myself in a good position to be ready coming into the season."
Stroman was being groomed as a late-inning reliever last year, but LaCava confirmed that the Jays will use him as a starter.
"Once my suspension is up I'll be ready to rock, ready to go . . . I have a four-pitch mix [fastball, slider, cutter, changeup] and feel I can throw any pitch in any count. I feel like I've really developed those last two pitches this offseason, so it's not a problem being a starter."
Despite standing less than 5-9, Stroman reaches 97-98 mph. He struck out 290 in 220 innings at Duke.Stroman already is making the most of his stature in concert with his Duke marketing education. His slogan, "Height Doesn't Measure Heart," not only appears atop his Twitter page but is tattooed upon his chest. He has trademarked it and is using it to launch a line of apparel.
"My height has also been a discussion my entire life," he said. "It's something that fuels me. I was 'too short' to have an impact in the sports world. But when I put it out there on Twitter, I got huge positive feedback -- people saying they would love to buy shirts with the slogan . . . I have two of my best friends running it along with my mom to run [the business] back home."


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a) Tarzan calls on the radio b) Going to Luna Park, from the series Visions of childhood
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In the 1980s Peter Charuk took photographs with a cheap Diana camera, creating deliberately blurred images. The colour bleeds and simple subject matter reflected the artist's desire to remember and capture fleeting images of childhood.
This series, 'Visions of childhood' – a hand-bound album of 12 paired black-and-white photo-etchings and the same images shown as diptychs on the wall – is representative of the period when Charuk was exploring photographic processes. As part of this experimentation he used a toy camera as a way to best encapsulate the events and images of childhood – merging form and content in an appropriate way, so that the photographs appear to have been taken from the viewpoint of a child. Like 'first efforts' – my first camera, my first photograph, the sort of memorabilia that ends up in scrapbooks and albums recording the past – the series has none of the sharp, adult 'matter-of-fact' fullness one expects of documentary photography. Charuk used phrases to title each image, in this case 'Tarzan calls on the radio' and 'Going to Luna park', however these lead to further imaginative extrapolations rather than providing any narrative explanation.
Peter Charuk was born in Sydney and studied photography and printmaking at Sydney College of the Arts. He has lectured extensively since the 1980s and currently works with digital and interactive media. 'Visions of childhood' was included in 'Reconstructed vision: contemporary work with photography' at the AGNSW in 1981.
© Art Gallery of New South Wales Photography Collection Handbook, 2007
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2 photo-etchings
a - Tarzan calls on the radio, 9.1 x 9.4 cm, image
b - Going to Luna Park, 9.1 x 9.4 cm, image
Sheet, 25 x 34.5 cm, sheet (irreg.)
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Signed and dated l.r. sheet, pencil "...P. Charuk '80".
Gift of the artist 1981
Not on display
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© Peter Charuk
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Ten years on, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Jan 1986–Jan 1986
Magical realism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Feb 2006–02 Apr 2006
Referenced in 1 publication
George Alexander, Photography: Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection, 'Tableaux - memento mori - screen culture', pg.313-335, Sydney, 2007, 317, 320 (illus.).


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Ben and I have talked about what our plans will be for Zak next year since Ryder will be going to the special education pre-school starting in August. There were a few options that people suggested to me which I looked into. I have been trying to get in touch with somebody at the office for the Harford County Head Start program for a few weeks and today I finally talked to someone!
She explained the program to me since I don't know much about it. They are a federally funded pre-school program for low income families. They have a few locations throughout the county and each one has different requirements, hours, and so on since each federal fund is different. There is one program that is only about 4 minutes away from our house so that is the one I am interested in. It is actually held in a building that is directly behind the school Ryder will be attending next year. I was not prepared for what the person told me about that particular program though. The one that is right around the corner from our house runs Monday-Friday 8:30am-2:30pm all year long. It is a full-time accredited pre-school program for 3 & 4 year olds. The location which is about 20 minutes away runs Monday-Thursday for 2.5 hours from September until May. The logistics of getting Zak there and home while having to be home to put Ryder on the school bus and get him off the bus just won't work out. I am really not sure that a 3 year old is ready for a full-time pre-school, but I do know that Zak would love to be around other kids and learning.
I have an appointment at the office for the Head Start program on Thursday morning to fill out the application and find out if Zak qualifies for the program. I also know that Zak will have to be potty trained to attend this program. My goal is to have him potty trained over the summer so hopefully that won't be a problem. I was also told that there is a waiting list for these programs a lot of the time. So I will find out more information on Thursday and update as I find anything out.
The boys are growing up way too fast! In August both of my babies could be going to pre-school!


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Sky Sports News and the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday morning that Beckham will re-sign with the Galaxy. Later Thursday, the team announced that the midfielder re-signed
[UPDATE, Thursday 6:19 a.m.] A news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday. Beckham will be joined by Galaxy General Manager and head coach Bruce Arena, and AEG President & CEO Tim Leiweke.
The deal is likely to include allowances for Beckham to play for England during the Summer Olympics, which overlap with the Galaxy's season.
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Back to work… Questions for the Obama White House and congressional Republicans in the upcoming "fiscal cliff" negotiations… Soul-searching time for the GOP… Lessons learned from the '12 election: Florida's I-4 Corridor isn't really a swing area anymore… Can't buy me love: GOP Super PACs didn't deliver… And a final note: First Thoughts will return on Monday.
A slew of deadlines are coming up at the end of the year, the biggest is the unfinished business on taxes and it means president and Congress must compromise. The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports.
*** Back to work: Today is President Obama's first full day back at the White House since his re-election. And with the so-called "fiscal cliff" approaching -- the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, as well as the looming defense and other spending cuts -- the Obama White House faces this question: Do they go for a big deal now? Some are skeptical, even inside the White House; after all, they've been burned before (see: debt-ceiling fight). On the other hand, this might be their best (and perhaps only) opportunity to go big on tax reform and deficit reduction -- and get it done on their terms. And congressional Republicans face their own question: How much fight do they have in them? Yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner gave this statement: "In order to garner Republican support for new revenues, the president must be willing to reduce spending and shore up entitlement programs that are the primary drivers of our debt." For what it's worth, many Democratic officials were impressed with how serious Boehner sounded about striking a different tone. It's why there wasn't much of an immediate response negative or positive. Wait 'til next week for a more official posture.
NBC's Chuck Todd weighs in on the slew of year-end deadlines facing President Obama and Congress, including the fiscal cliff.
*** Soul-searching time for the GOP: So what went wrong for the GOP in the presidential contest? Was it the candidate? (Was Romney simply ill-suited to win Midwest states like Iowa, Ohio? Remember, his primary/caucus performance in those states wasn't all that stellar, especially give the competition.) Was it his campaign? (You could argue that the Ford Field and Clint Eastwood missteps weren't things a winning campaign would do.) Or was it simply the party? (Akin/Mourdock certainly didn't help with women; the GOP has had a problem with Latinos since Bush's immigration reform went down to defeat; and the party's fav/unfav score in our NBC/WSJ poll reflects a major brand problem.) The simplest answer is that it's probably all three -- the candidate, the campaign, and the party and we'd argue party image/brand probably had the most to do with it. Sure, a better candidate and campaign might have been able to overcome some of the structural issues. But the fact is, the party's brand/image is a structural problem. Also, one more point about Tuesday: The defeat had NOTHING to do with Hurricane Sandy. On "TODAY," former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said, "Hurricane Sandy saved Barack Obama's presidency." But if that's so, how do you explain all the early-voting numbers before Sandy hit? And more importantly, Sandy doesn't explain the GOP's decisive demographic defeat. Folks that point the finger at Sandy are simply rationalizing and avoiding the real problem.
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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the White House briefing room.
*** Lessons learned from the election: Florida's I-4 Corridor isn't as swing an area as it used to be: Between now and the end of the year, we'll be digging deep into the returns, exit polls and other aspects of the campaign to provide you with a full autopsy of what happened here in First Thoughts and on lessons we learned from the election. Today's entry: The much-talked-about I-4 Corridor area in Florida isn't a swing area anymore. We took a look six key I-4 counties around Tampa and Orlando (Hillsborough, Polk, Osceola, Orange, Seminole, and Volusia), and found that top Republican candidates – from 1992 to 2006 – netted more votes out of those counties. But that trend is going away. In 2008, Obama netted 109,000 votes from those counties. Even in 2010, failed gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink netted 15,000 (a losing candidate, still winning I-4). And in this year's election, Obama netted 110,000 votes. One of the big reasons for this change: The huge growth in Latino (non-Cuban) voters in this area.
*** Can't buy me love: Remember all that GOP-leaning Super PAC money? According to the Sunlight Foundation, the Karl Rove-backed American Crossroads and the affiliated Crossroads GPS spent nearly $200 million, and lost in most races where they spent money. (Sunlight calculates that just 1.29% of what American Crossroads spent and 14.4% of what Crossroads GPS spent resulted in the desired outcome.) In addition, the New York Times reports that all eight of the candidates that mega-donor Sheldon Adelson supported ended up losing. Before the election, we posed this question: Would all the GOP Super PAC money move the needle or would it just make local TV stations richer? It looks like it was the latter. As we discovered in 2010, Super PAC ads that weren't responded to can play a BIG role. But when there's a response -- whether it was the Obama campaign or the Democratic-leaning Super PACs -- you end up with something that looks like a World War I battle over the airwaves.
*** A final note: And with the election now over, we won't be publishing First Thoughts tomorrow. See you Monday.
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I thought the video was really well done but did more than just pump up students. It did a really nice job of getting a group of salespeople (new students and parents) excited about the institution. What is the top question parents of new students are going to answer in their communities, at dinners, and other events back at home in September.
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Just a wee update on the results of the JLeRN Experiment Paradata Challenge at Dev8D 2012. The whole team put a lot of effort into the challenge, especially Bharti Gupta, who set up the pre-conference surgery, ran an introductory session at Dev8D, and really got involved in discussing the Learning Registry with developers and following up after the conference finished. A big thanks also to Steven Cook from Jorum who accompanied Bharti to Dev8D, and helped a lot with supporting the challenge.
So: after a lot of interest we had two entries, both in the form of use case ideas around using paradata about books. We (the JLeRN team and the judging panel) decided not to award any prizes as the ideas just weren't quite developed enough in relation to the Learning Registry, but we did feel these were use cases worth keeping an eye on.
We really want to emphasise that the lack of prizes is not a reflection on the work we know the two entrants put in, in terms of getting their heads around the Learning Registry. It still takes a fairly big push of effort and thought to dig into this stuff, and we were asking developers to do this a bit too quickly, and in their own time. And, it has to be said, without the incentive of a big cash prize at the end! Thank you very much for participating Vani and Neeta!
Ultimately, we came up with the challenge idea as a way of publicising the JLeRN Experiment and more broadly the Learning Registry. We're not too disappointed at not being able to award any prizes, because the whole experience sparked a fair amount of interest in what we're doing, and discussion on Twitter and elsewhere. It also highlighted some of the requirements developers identified around supporting their engagement in the Learning Registry. It was genuinely a valuable exercise for the project.
We'd like to thank the Dev8D team, especially Mahendra Mahey, for their help in thinking through and setting up the challenge. I'd emphasise however, that any decisions we made (such as the nature of the prizes on offer) that may have contributed to people not entering, were entirely our own decision!
We've had an interesting discussion within the judging panel for the challenge (including folk involved in organising hackdays and other developer events) about where the community is currently at with developer challenges, so hopefully we've contributed to that as well. We're grateful to them for their support throughout.
We'll be releasing an interim report and a plan for the next 5 months of JLeRN work very soon. Lessons learned from running the challenge, as well as from the hackday, the CETIS Conference, and our other activities, will feed into these, so watch the blog for a post!
And there will be some other very good news coming soon too about some funded projects who will be working with JLeRN over the next 7-8 months, and some small bits of cash we may be offering for mini-tasks. Watch this space …


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As Director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center and Associate Clinical Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai University, Dr. Waldorf, Dr. Waldorf is an internationally respected expert in the field of skin rejuvenation including the use of soft tissue augmentation, botulinum toxins, topical cosmeceuticals, lasers and other devices. She trains residents, cosmetic fellows, practicing dermatologists and cosmetic surgeons around the world in advanced non-invasive techniques for aesthetic restoration of the face and body.
After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard University, Dr. Waldorf received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After completing her internship training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and residency in the Department of Dermatology at Harvard University School of Medicine, Dr. Waldorf completed a fellowship program in Mohs Micrographic Surgery, Laser Surgery and Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery.
Among other distinctions, Dr. Waldorf's notable career includes serving as an investigator, speaker, consultant, advisory board member and trainer for major industry producers of medical devices and products, allowing her to participate in the development of treatment protocols and to offer her patients the latest treatments. These companiesinclude Allergan, the makers of Botox, Latisse, Juvederm and Voluma; Merz Aesthetics, the makers of Xeomin, Radiesse, Belotero and Asclera; Solta, the makers of Fraxel, Thermage and Liposonix; Valeant/Medicis, the distributors of Dysport, Sculptra, Restylane and Perlane; as well as numerous cosmeceutical companies.
Dr. Waldorf has been published extensively in professional journals and books on laser surgery, dermatologic surgery and general dermatology, is Co-Chief Medical Editor of Modern Aesthetics and of Dermatology Focus, and is on the editorial boards of Cutis and Cosmetic Dermatology. She is the author of over twenty peer reviewed articles and seventeen book chapters. Dr. Waldorf is a nationally and internationally recognized researcher and lecturer. She is a highly sought after speaker for major aesthetic meetings in Europe, Asia and the Middle East as well as the United States. Dr. Waldorf has served as Director of various symposiums on aesthetic dermatology and dermatologic surgery including serving as Director of the Advanced Cosmetic Surgery Symposium, the Sclerotherapy Symposium and the Soft Tissue Augmentation Course at the annual American Academy of Dermatology meetings. Her research includes her clinical investigations involving the use of lasers, botulinum toxins, filling agents, lipolytic agents and cosmeceuticals for the treatment of various skin conditions.
In September 2003, Dr. Waldorf was selected by the Rockland Economic Development Corporation and the Rockland Business Associates as one of Rockland County's Best Forty under Forty. Dr. Waldorf is listed in the Castle Connolly Guide to Top Doctors New York Metro Area 2008-2014, Castle Connolly Guide to America's Cosmetic Doctors & Dentists 2004, has been selected as one of The Best Doctors® in America 2003-2014 and as a "Top Doctor" by Westchester Magazine in 2003. Dr. Waldorf was chosen as one of NEW YORK MOVES Magazine's 2006 Power Women. Quoted in magazines such as VOGUE, ALLURE, ELLE, O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE, INSTYLE, PEOPLE STYLEWATCH, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and REAL SIMPLE among others, Dr. Waldorf is also a member of the Health Advisory Panel for BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS. She has also appeared on various morning shows, evening news programs and the Dr Oz Show.
Dr. Waldorf's extensive professional accreditations include Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology, Fellow of the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, Fellow of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Member of the International Society of Dermatologic Surgery, Fellow of the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and an elected Member of the prestigious American Dermatological Association. She is a Board Member of the Women's Dermatologic Society and was a founding Board member of the Dermatologic and Aesthetic InternationalSociety.
In addition to her positions at The Mount Sinai Hospital and The Icahn School of
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I heard a nice idea from my sister: every time something happens that you're really thankful for, you write it on a piece of paper and put it in a jar. Then, at the end of the year, you read the pieces of paper, to remember all the good things.
I think I missed some big ones — I guess I forgot to keep putting stuff in the jar — and some of the things are on a whole nother level than others (like apparently I was really excited about my new car), but here are my 2013 scraps, not in chronological order but just in the order that I happened to take them out of the jar. They are only slightly expurgated.
- I got a Jetta.
It feels a little silly that this is the top of the list, but it is a cool car, and it's bright red besides.
- I told [x] I was attracted to him. He still wanted to be friends.
This was a first for me. As with so, so many other things, it was much less of a big deal in real life than it had been in my mind. Months later, the attraction isn't really an issue, and we're still friends. So.
- [x] visited me, and we talked more deeply than we've ever talked before.
[x] and I have been friends for sixteen years. Somehow we had never rolled up our sleeves and compared scars before.
- I came out publicly, and received a tremendous outpouring of love and support.
Yayuh. I'm not sorry that I waited so long, because my right time was my right time. But it's awfully nice out here in the breeze and sunshine.
- I am attracted to women, and some more than others.
Still true, but nothing to really write home about.
- I started the SEAL workout with Ryan Gooseling.
- I got my green sash.
Our school goes: white, yellow, green, purple, blue, brown, black. I currently stand at purple-with-a-blue-stripe, or "purple-and-a-half", but that's not nearly as close to black as it sounds. Long road ahead of me, and I plan to see it through.
- I entered the Wu Dao tournament — my first. Placed first in forms, second in sparring.
To be fair, there were only two other guys in my sparring division.
- [x] was going to leave but decided to stay.
[x] is a coworker who became an unexpectedly big part of my life. If he had quit, it wouldn't be the end of the world, but still, phew!
- I sat and talked with [x] and [x] about porn and masturbation and homosexuality for hours. Till 2 in the morning. They understood it all.
More scar-sharing, and it's always cool when straight guys have scars in the same spots as me.
- After I had quit smoking for a week, everybody at the kwoon clapped for me.
Now I'm at seven months and counting. Dare I say that the hard part is over?
- I became friends with Ryan Gooseling.
Unexpected blessings are the best kind.
- I went contact-improv dancing with [x].
Okay, okay, it was fun, but it did have more flailing than I am comfortable with, and I still don't like hipsters.
2013 saw, oddly, an apparent ending to the kind of misery that I used to think was a permanent fixture in my life. I'm sure the Black Dog will pay me a visit or two in the future, but depression is no longer a defining characteristic in my life.
Can I just say: holy shit, you guys, for somebody who was depressed pretty much every day for about fifteen years, that's kind of a big deal. Do you even know how good it feels to go whole weeks or even months without wanting to die? Did you even know that could happen? It's neat!
In 2014, I plan to discover what kind of adventures are possible when your primary goal is no longer just to keep the agony down to a dull roar. I'm excited.
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I have recently discovered you on lifeteen and you have filled me with hope. I have been struggling with same sex attraction for a while and no one knows about it and sometimes I. Wish I could just tell people but have been terrified of the thought of anyone knowing.
…Something about bulls and running, maybe?
Nice year you had!
That's good idea! I used to pick up at least 5 things I am grateful for every day for some time this year. But "black dog" came in one period, so I stopped. Maybe I should do it again.
Looks like it was a good year. I wish you another good one. And, I am going to steal your idea. I have just the jar for it. :).
Can't wait to read more from you in the new year
Definitely doing the thank-you jar thing. Also, I'm so happy for you! You have been in my prayers–often daily–since I started reading your blog two years ago, and it's wonderful to see those prayers being answered! I love how prayer allows us to participate in non-creepy and actually helpful ways in the lives of those whom we've never (and may never) meet in person. Happy 2014, Joey!
I got a bright red car, too! Not a Jetta. And I'm not nearly as excited about it as you are about yours, but it didn't enable me check off a lifetime goal: I learned to drive stick on it! 🙂 Congrats on a great year, Joey. Here's to 2014!
It's so good to wake up every morning not thinking morbid thoughts! The first thought I would get waking up in the morning was suicide. My soul was just fogged up. I think it was because I could not live with my impure desires and actions. (It did not matter if my desires were for women or men; thinking of people as objects of my fantasy, and not as God's children, always brought on depression. My actions = porn & masturbation.) I am thankful for the grace of God, and for your courage to be humble. As Fr. Robert Barron stated in his blog on December 30, "victory comes through defeat." It turns out, the only way I can live life to the fullest is to put God first. Simply beautiful. God bless you!
In my jar for the year, if I had one, would be getting to know you. God bless you.
This is such an encouragement. Thanks Joseph!
My parents have found out about my sexuality rather to my surprise last week, so things have been pretty tumultuous in my life. In an attempt to find peace with myself and answers, I cruised the net and by chance I happened upon one of your articles. It feels like such a relief to know that someone has the same problems as I and plans to live faithfully as I intend to. Thank you for writing your experiences, it makes me feel less of an island.
My counselor told me that at the end of the day I should either write down or tell someone three good moments from the day. I've fallen out of the habit. I like the jar idea. It's so hard for me to do anything that involves self-discipline, but I'd like to try. I think routine is going to be instrumental in having a stable and successful semester. Plus, at the end, I'll get to see all the good things I've forgotten. Thanks, Joey.
I normally hate change,…yet I like your new blog design!
Loved this. Particularly about feeling so good this year. I've known that feeling: to casually glance back and realize that I have been breathing easier without formally noting it. So pleased for you.
Hey, Steve/Joey,
I would really like to see you write a post sometime about you and women, what female friendships you may have had, maybe a bit about that occasional attraction, etc.
Also, I've been really enjoying the blog of this guy http://www.joshweed.com/
Hope my sharing it is okay
Joe, so glad you had an amazing year. Some very big milestones you've met. But importantly, it is great not to feel depressed every day, isn't it? Something God did for me last year that I never thought possible.
This year, I came out to my three teenage children and told them their mother and I were divorcing because of my SSA (her and I are better friends now than we ever were, another story in itself). A strange situation to say the least, but my kids have been supportive and treat me exactly the same as they ever have, maybe even better!
God will keep me safe and chaste. The things He can do are just astounding!
1. Thanks for writing "a whole nother" — I say it like that all the time, and then find I have to defend myself to a bunch of, well, idiots, when I try to spell it out.
2. I'm glad you're so happy.
3. Red cars are awesome. I'm still sad when I think about my red-car-that-is-no-more.
So, so happy for you, man! This is a great post!
I'm a gay male Catholic in my early thirties, and I am a teacher as well. I just finished my M.A. in philosophy at a Catholic college, and I just can't emphasize enough how similar your experiences and mine are. Great blog. Keep it up and God bless.


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The Felted Bag From Hell is settled into its new home:
I'm making progress on the Summer of Scraps blanket. I have a feeling the finished blanket will either be gorgeous, or it will look like a gaggle of clowns threw up:
Another blanket has come off the needles:
A Gem of a Blanket
What: A Gem of a Blanket
Yarn: 3.5 skeins of Red Heart Soft in the color Gem
Needles: size 11
Pattern: Diagonal Baby Blanket
Date started: 6/24/07
Date finished: 8/21/07
Size: 33″ x 35″, 48″ diagonal
Lesson Learned: None. A quick, easy, enjoyable knit.
Destination: Warm The World
Samantha's favorite toy is a tennis ball. She was playing with one last night and when I walked down the hall I discovered that she'd stashed it in a safe place:
I don't know why I'm so fascinated by vanity license plates, but here are two more I've seen this week:
Say there's a book written about your life. Who would you want to narrate the audio version?
Katharine Hepburn. Yes, I know she's dead, but having her reading the audio version of a book about me is about as likely a a book being written about me!
Take the letters from your favorite kind of nut and write a sentence. (Example: Perhaps every avenue needs understanding today.)
Stupid question. Next!
If you could go back in time and spend one week in another decade, which decade would you choose?
I'm a bit of a bonnethead, so I'd pick the 1860's.
Main Course
Name a song that brings back memories for you.
The Boys of Summer. I love this song and have from the moment I first heard it: I was riding up a ski lift on a sunny, Saturday morning. I was listening to Casey Kasem's American Top 40 on my Walkman and the second the song started it mesmerized me. It still does
Do you prefer to wash your hands in cold water or warm water?
Warm water.
Finally….Kishka naps:


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According to Curbed, in the late 1800s it was rented to the brother of a Turkish sultan who threw lavish soirees until one day blood was seen trickling down the front steps -- everyone, including the harem and entire crew, had been murdered inside. The sultan was said to have been found buried alive in the bak yard. The culprit of the crime is still unknown.
The property was passed around among plantation owners, the New Orleans Academy of Art, and finally, to investors Frank D'Amico and Anthony Vesich Jr., who set about restoring the house and dividing it into six independent apartments. D'Amico's wife, who lived in the building's penthouse, reported seeing some paranormal activity, and D'Amico reported that a tree in the backyard was growing out horizontally from beneath a later addition, supposedly where the sultan was buried. Spooky!
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The Word of Life*
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we looked upon
and touched with our hands
concerns the Word of life—a
2for the life was made visible;
we have seen it and testify to it
and proclaim to you the eternal life
that was with the Father and was made visible to us—b
3what we have seen and heard
we proclaim now to you,
so that you too may have fellowship with us;
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4We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.d
God is Light. 5Now this is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light,* and in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we say, "We have fellowship with him," while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth.e 7But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin.f 8If we say, "We are without sin," we deceive ourselves,* and the truth is not in us.g 9If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing.h 10If we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.i
* [1:1–4] There is a striking parallel to the prologue of the gospel of John (Jn 1:1–18), but the emphasis here is not on the preexistent Word but rather on the apostles' witness to the incarnation of life by their experience of the historical Jesus. He is the Word of life (1 Jn 1:1; cf. Jn 1:4), the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible (1 Jn 1:2; cf. Jn 1:14), and was heard, seen, looked upon, and touched by the apostles. The purpose of their teaching is to share that life, called fellowship…with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ, with those who receive their witness (1 Jn 1:3; Jn 1:14, 16).
* [1:5–7] Light is to be understood here as truth and goodness; darkness here is error and depravity (cf. Jn 3:19–21; 17:17; Eph 5:8). To walk in light or darkness is to live according to truth or error, not merely intellectual but moral as well. Fellowship with God and with one another consists in a life according to the truth as found in God and in Christ.
* [1:8–10] Denial of the condition of sin is self-deception and even contradictory of divine revelation; there is also the continual possibility of sin's recurrence. Forgiveness and deliverance from sin through Christ are assured through acknowledgment of them and repentance.
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So people sometimes think I'm a geek; I bore them to death with talk about LOS and bike lanes and units per acre, but when so much can be done with just bike parking I can hardly shut up. Marin, despite its cycling culture, has very little bicycle parking in its downtown cores. Replacing one car space every other block with bike parking in downtown San Rafael, for example, would add 50 bicycle parking spaces for only 5 car spaces. As well, putting the bikes where drivers need good sight lines would make the program even better.
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SMART construction has officially begun! For the moment it's just survey teams and a sign, but the $103 million contract has sparked the first construction work of the project. Construction will be from Santa Rosa's Jenning's Road station, added back in during contract negotiations and now relocated to Guerneville Road, to the Civic Center. Meanwhile, RepealSMART is turning to paid signature-gatherers to qualify for what they claim is the qualifying target: 14,902. They've acknowledged they wouldn't be able to meet either of the two higher proposed numbers: 30,000 or 39,000. (Press Democrat, IJ, Business Journal, Watch Sonoma County)
- Tea party protesters interrupted a One Bay Area public planning meeting in Santa Rosa. I hope Marin's meeting will be more civil. (Press Democrat)
- There is a problem with the Wincup development in Corte Madera. Apparently the parking garage is going where a new freeway ramp – part of the Greenbae Interchange Project – is supposed to go, and TAM isn't happy. (Pacific Sun)
- Larkspur has a pedestrian bridge design. (Patch)
- BioMarin is expanding to the San Rafael Corporate Center, lowering the city's office vacancy rate from 40% to 12%. While office employees only support 4 square feet of retail, it is a chance to build more street life in eastern downtown. (Patch)
- The Novato pot club has done what the Fairfax club could not: survive. Although neighbors and city and federal officials want to shut down the club, owners are soldiering on after winning an eviction suit from their landlord, who complained there was marijuana smoking on the premises. (IJ)
- The driver of an Aston Martin caused a four-car crash on Highway 101 after losing control of his vehicle and clipping another driver's car. The highway closed for 30 minutes. (IJ)
- Larkspur Landing could get parking fees on 160 of its "prime" parking spots for only $65 per month. GGT is mulling the move to help close the Bridge District's 5-year, $87 million deficit, although the program would only amount to $625,000 over that time frame. (IJ)
- A cyclist severely injured himself on Alexander Avenue on Wednesday when he lost control of his bike and crashed into a guardrail. Sausalito wants to redesign Alexander Avenue to make it safer for the many cyclists who use it to get to and from the Golden Gate Bridge. (IJ)
- Terrapin Crossroads lives, and it's heading to the Canal to take over the site of Seafood Peddler. The approval process is expected to be handled administratively, as Seafood Peddler already had most of the appropriate permits. (Pacific Sun, IJ)
- Design and zoning issues could become a political issue in San Anselmo now that Councilman Jeff Kroot is involved in a spat with a neighbor over a planned expansion of Kroot's home. (IJ)
- High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes are not financially viable on Highway 101 through Marin, according to a TAM study, without upping the carpool requirement to 3 passengers. It's just as well, as HOT lanes would cripple any casual carpooling initiative in the county. (IJ, The Greater Marin)
- Healdsburg wants to fix an old bridge for $12 million, but don't have the money to do it. Federal officials are skeptical of the plan and appear to prefer replacing the bridge for $25 million. (Press-Democrat)


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