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Item: A signed copy of the anthology Brothers and Sisters by Charlotte Wood
Details: Critics and readers alike have long commented on Charlotte Wood's acute ability to dissect sibling relationships in her novels. Lifelong resentments, tensions, alliances and affections between brothers and sisters play out in her books to brilliant effect. Here, Charlotte brings her skills to an anthology of newly-commissioned stories by well-known and new writers – Nam Le, Christos Tsiolkas, Tony Birch, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Robert Drewe, Ashley Hay, Cate Kennedy, Roger McDonald, Paddy O'Reilly, Virginia Peters, Michael Sala, Charlotte Wood – who have written about the sister/brother relationships, both in fictional and non-fictional forms.
Your brother or sister, it might be said, is your other self – your grander, sadder, braver, shrewder, uglier, slenderer self … Your sibling is your most severe judge and your fiercest defender. You must always rescue them. They always abandon you … You recognise one another, this is your relief and your ruin. They are your duty. They stun you with the sudden presence and force of their goodness. They give you Christmas presents that show you are strangers. You are strangers. You love them; it cannot be explained why or how.
– From the Introduction to Brothers & Sisters;
A girl sneaks into her brothers' rooms to rummage through their pockets while they're out. A man boards a plane to go to his brother's funeral. Another man's brother comes home from jail. A young woman watches her sister embrace life and London while she is left behind. Two girls compete for the colour pink and their father's love.
Trespass and abandonment, old secrets and new truths, rivalry and protection, love and fear: twelve of Australia's best writers tell surprising stories of the abiding bonds—bad, beautiful or broken— between brothers and sisters.
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CV: Charlotte Wood is an Australian fiction writer.
She is the editor of Brothers & Sisters, a collection of short stories and non-fiction about siblings by 12 of Australia's finest writers.
Her most recent novel, The Children, was described byAustralian Book Review as "a graceful and empathetic portrayal of one family seeking to understand itself," and The Australiandescribed Charlotte as "a captivating, questing writer whose work is well worth watching".
The Children was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Association's literary fiction book of the year. Charlotte's previous novel, The Submerged Cathedral, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in its region 2005. Her first book, Pieces of a Girl, was also shortlisted for several prizes.
She writes a blog about cooking at www.howtoshuckanoyster.com. She lives in Sydney with her husband Sean and is working on her fourth novel.
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The planned "Sex and the City" prequel series "The Carrie Diaries" has found its brand new Carrie Bradshaw.
Actress AnnaSophia Robb, who starred as Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as well as "Soul Sufer" and "Bridge to Terabithia," will be taking the Carrie mantle from Sarah Jessica Parker in the new series set during the neurotic New Yorker's high school years.
No word yet on who will be playing Carrie's three best friends Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda (played by Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in the original HBO series), but 14-year-old former "Running Wilde" star Stefania Owen has been cast as Carrie's younger sister, named Dorrit.
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The Kim's Toyota new and used car lot offers sales and promotions you can take advantage of on a new or used Toyota RAV4. You can drive off in a great new or used car of your choice in no time. We have some of the best deals near the Laurel area. If you are searching for a new car or a used car, the sales team at Kim's Toyota near Laurel 39440 is committed to finding the best fit possible.
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Whatever Christians would not wish others to do to them, they do not to others. And they comfort their oppressors and make them their friends; they do good to their enemies…. Through love towards their oppressors, they persuade them to become Christians.
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penny lane wrote:As far as I know the penguin players bleed red and are human. They have great hockey skills, but humans, none the less. Why people insist on calling this one or that one a head case is ridiculous and demeaning.
They need to score goals and keep their emotions in check... smile and skate away from Boston.
Speed kills; need the 1st goal and skate them around the rink.
They do bleed red and they are human. That is exactly the point. By your own omission saying they are human you are implying that as with all humans mistakes happen and emotions and reactions all can be different.
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Part of Speech: n
Definition: a mentally unstable person who acts irrationally or foolishly; an eccentric person
Usage: informal
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Cardinals unveil field named for La Russa
CHICAGO -- Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. announced on Saturday that the team will name its next Cardinals Care Redbird Rookies field for former manager Tony La Russa.
The professionally designed Tony La Russa Field will be Cardinal Care's 22nd youth field, and designated for children in the Clinton-Peabody Public Housing Complex, a mile southwest of Busch Stadium.
The six-figure project will include an irrigated playing field, two covered dugouts, bleachers and a solar-powered scoreboard.
The announcement was in conjunction with La Russa's induction to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, becoming the eighth Cardinals manager enshrined.
"We can think of no more fitting tribute to honor [La Russa] than dedicating this field serving kids in need," De Witt said at the event. "Generations of St. Louis boys and girls who otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to play the game of baseball will have the chance to play, learn and have fun on Tony La Russa Field."
Cardinals Care was established in 1997 as a means for fans and players to join efforts in guiding children in the community. The foundation has distributed close to $20 million to various non-profit youth organizations and initiatives, such as the field honoring La Russa.
The Redbird Rookies, an 11-year-old initiative through Cardinals Care, is a free league designed for underprivileged children, for whom La Russa's field will serve.


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Google Settles Copyright Case With Publishers
The Association of American Publishers has settled a long-running copyright infringement case with Google Inc., though the issue of whether Google had the right to digitally reproduce books in copyright is still being hashed out in court.
The settlement disclosed Thursday allows U.S. publishers to remove digitized titles from the Google Library Project if they want. The settlement also "acknowledges the rights and interests of copyright-holders." Court approval isn't necessary.
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Designed especially for nano-reef aquariums, the MP10 from EcoTech Marine is a small yet powerful pump. The MP10 is ideal for tanks from 2.5 to 50 gallons tanks. Creates gentle flows of 500 to 1,575 gallons per hour, helping the tanks feel more like the ocean. The MP10 shares the same award-winning technology as the MP40w and lets you take full control of the flow. With all the electrical components outside the aquarium and a variety of easy-to-program modes, the VorTech is the safest, most versatile pump on the market.
ELOS Coral Integrators Pack
With the ever improving use of powerful filtration (protein skimmers), high intensity lighting systems (HID, T5, LED) and powerful water movement the modern reef aquarium can now handle a more diverse range of animal life and this range of animals needs the proper nourishment in order to thrive. The Elos line of Coral Integrators consist of three products; Pro Skimmer Coral Nourishment SPS Food (EO2181), Omega Amino Acid Coral Food (EO2191), and SvC Zooplankton Coral Food for Filter Feeders (EO2171).
Elos System Water Level Osmocontroller 2
Using a sophisticated micro processed controlled system, the Elos Osmocontroller will ensure that no water will spill during the refill process, damaging the floor, cabinets or house furniture. Ready for mounting, the Osmocontroller is supplied with: a sensor, glass housing, control unit, enclosed power supply and a low voltage pump. The Osmocontroller will compensate the smallest amount of evaporated water and will automatically start the pump when the float switch is opened for at least 5 seconds, preventing undesired false starts.
Prodibio Reef Booster Nano – 12 Vials
Reef Booster Nano is a mix of nutritive supplements, finely micronized and enriched with essential fatty acids (Omega-3). It was specifically developed to grow invertebrates that feed mostly, or partially, on micro-plankton, including the corals with symbiotic algae (Zooxanthellae), which require a micro-plankton supplement. Reef Booster Nano is a supplement that fully nourishes the Corals and Live Rock within your Nano-Reef biotope. Usage: 1 Vail for 40 Liters (10 gals) once a week.
Prodibio AlkaReef+ – 10 vials
pH is an essential parameter to monitor because important variations of its level are harmful to reef aquarium inhabitants. In this environment, carbonate and hydrogen carbonate ions are responsible for the biggest part of the global alkalinity. Their buffer capacity also contributes to reduce the unwanted pH variations. But carbonate and hydrogen carbonate are also used by calcifying organisms such as corals and coralline algae, in order to build their rigid structures. Consequently, it is crucial to regularly add these ions in a reef aquarium. AlkaReef+ contains carbonate ions in order to maintain your tank`s alkalinity to its optimum. It works best with CalciReef+, a calcium hydro-gel that slowly liberates hydrogen carbonate ions in the water. AlkaReef+ is gluconate free.
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Marine organisms like corals and calcifying algae use calcium and carbonates to synthesize their rigid structures. These algae also have important requirements in magnesium, an element inhibiting the precipitation of calcium in the form of insoluble calcium carbonate, thus allowing higher calcium concentrations in the water. The carbonate and hydrogen carbonate ions are responsible for the major part of global alkalinity, and their buffer capacity reduces pH variations, harmful for aquariums. As a result, it is important to compensate for the consumption of these elements by regular additions. This is why CalciReef+ provides calcium and magnesium. It also progressively liberates, under the action of BioDigest`s bacteria, hydrogen carbonate ions from the acetate in the calcium hydro-gel. This gradually regenerates part of the lost alkalinity of your aquarium.
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4 Port Portable SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Hub with Built-in Cable
Add four USB 3.0 ports to your laptop or Ultrabook using this slim, portable hub with an extended-length cable
Product ID: ST4300PBU3
- Four SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports, with data transfer rates up to 5Gbps
- Travel friendly, with a portable, lightweight design and a built-in cable that offers flexible desk placement options
- Perfect for your laptop, MacBook, Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 3 and Surface Book
- Backward compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.0/1.1 specifications and devices
- Plug-and-Play and hot-swap compatible
This 4-Port Portable USB 3.0 Hub with Built-in Cable turns a single USB 3.0 port into four, letting you connect more of your devices to your computer.
The hub features a built-in, 25 cm (10 in) cable that is longer than what most traditional hubs offer. The extended-length cable gives you the flexibility to place the hub and your devices exactly where you want them, and it ensures the hub can connect to your laptop or tablet regardless of where the laptop's USB 3.0 port is located.
Expand the connectivity of your laptop when you travel
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This USB hub offers a block-style design with ports placed across the top surface of the hub. With upright port access your connected devices (for example, flash drives and mouse and keyboard wireless receivers) take up less desk space.
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With its compact design, you can easily position the USB 3.0 (also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1) hub on your desk or workspace to make your USB devices more accessible. There's also ample space between the USB 3.0 ports, so it's easy to plug and unplug the devices you use the most.
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The ST4300PBU3 is backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support.
- Flexible hub placement options with an extended-length cable, so you can connect a wide variety of peripherals at home or in the office
- Ideal for Laptop and Ultrabook™ users with limited USB 3.0 ports
- Make hard to access USB ports more accessible, by positioning the hub anywhere the cable will reach
- Separate tightly packed USB ports, to better accommodate larger USB plugs or prevent overcrowding
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- Connect up to four USB 3.0/2.0/1.x devices simultaneously at their maximum speeds
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|4 - USB Type-A (9 pin) USB 3.0 (5 Gbps) Female
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It is possible to use some USB hubs without a power supply, however, doing so may prevent the USB hub or certain high-power USB peripherals from operating. It is always recommended to use an included power supply with a USB hub when possible.
When a power adapter is not used on a hub that comes with a power adapter, power is drawn from the USB port on the computer and then divided between the ports on the hub. This reduces the power delivery to individual ports and high-powered USB peripherals, such as external hard drives, may not start.
On USB hubs that can use a power adapter, more power can be supplied to USB ports than what is possible with a single USB port.
If your USB peripherals require power adapters, they probably do not require power from the USB port and can be used on a USB hub without a power adapter. With USB peripherals that use power adapters, the USB ports on the hub are only used for data transfer and do not draw power from the hub.
USB peripherals that require low power (for example, keyboards and mice) can be used on hubs without a power adapter, in conjunction with other low-power USB peripherals. In this case, power is drawn from the computer's USB port, as described above.
When you troubleshoot issues with a USB hub, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
USB A-to-B cable
Computer USB port
USB peripheral(s)
To test your setup components, try the following:
Use the USB cable and USB peripheral(s) in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
Use a different USB cable, USB port, and USB peripheral in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test your cables, it is recommended that you do the following:
Test each cable individually.
Use short cables when you are testing.
When you test the hub, make sure that you do the following:
If a power adapter is included, provide power to the USB hub.
Attach a USB peripheral. The USB hub will not appear in any hardware listings on your system, but USB devices do appear when they are connected.
Install the drivers for the USB peripheral.
Install the latest drivers for the USB controller and motherboard chipset.
Note: No drivers or software are required for the USB hub to work with your operating system. The USB hub works independently of software and works with any operating system.
When testing your USB peripherals, make sure that you do the following:
If required, attach external power.
Confirm that the peripheral works on a standard USB port.
If the USB peripheral(s) can be detected on a standard USB port and not on the hub, do the following:
Use a new USB A-to-B cable.
Test your setup using basic USB peripherals, such as a keyboard or mouse.
Test using another USB port.
If the USB device does not work after your computer has been in extended hibernation, it is likely that Windows has automatically turned off the USB Root hub to save power.
The steps below outline how to configure the USB root hub to stay on during hibernation, to prevent this from happening.
Windows 10 / 8
- On your keyboard, press the Windows key + X and select Control Panel.
- Click Hardware and Sound, then click Power Options.
- Click Change plan settings for the plan you want to change.
- Click Change advanced power settings.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to "USB settings" and "USB selective suspend setting" to expand the options and change the setting to Disabled.
- Click OK to apply the setting.
Note: You may need to disconnect and re-connect your USB device after applying these settings to re-establish the connection.
Windows 7 / Vista
- Click the Start button and select Control Panel.
- Click Hardware and Sound, then click Power Options.
- Click Change plan settings for the plan you want to change.
- Click Change advanced power settings.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to "USB settings" and "USB selective suspend setting" to expand the options and change the setting to Disabled.
- Click OK to apply the setting.
Note: You may need to disconnect and re-connect your USB device after applying these settings to re-establish the connection.
Windows XP
- On your desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties.
- Click the Device Manager tab.
- Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers by clicking the arrow to the left of it.
- Right-click the first USB Root Hub device and select Properties.
- Click the Power Management tab.
- Clear the box next to Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.
- Click OK to apply the setting.
- Repeat steps 4-7 for any remaining devices in the Universal Serial Bus Controllers section with "Root Hub" in the name.
Note: You may need to disconnect and re-connect your USB device after applying these settings to re-establish the connection.
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- If product has an exposed circuit board, do not touch the product under power.
- If Class 1 Laser Product. Laser radiation is present when the system is open.
- Wiring terminations should not be made with the product and/or electric lines under power.
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Rouhani says trip a first step to improving US, Iran relations
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the United States a "great" nation Friday in a sharp reversal from his predecessors and expressed hope that at the very least the two governments can stop the escalation of tensions.
Wrapping up his first trip to the United States as Iran's new leader, Rouhani said President Barack Obama struck a new tone in his U.N. speech this week, which he welcomed.
He said he believes the first step to a meeting between the two leaders was taken Thursday at a meeting on Iran's nuclear program, where the foreign ministers of both nations talked for the first time in six years. The White House announced Friday afternoon that Rouhani and Obama spoke on the phone.
"I want it to be the case that this trip will be a first step, and a beginning for better and constructive relations with countries of the world as well as a first step for a better relationship between the two great nations of Iran and the United States of America," Rouhani told a press conference at a hotel near U.N. headquarters.
Iran and the United States have traded harsh rhetoric for years.
During the 1979 Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile, seized power and declared the U.S., which was a strong supporter of the ousted Shah of Iran, the "Great Satan." He set the tone for Iranian officials who came after him. The U.S. was equally critical, with then-President George W. Bush, in his 2002 State of the Union address, declaring Iran part of his "axis of evil" along with North Korea and Iraq.
Rouhani, looking to the future of U.S.-Iranian relations, expressed hope that "the views of our people, the understanding of each other, will grow, and at the level of the two governments that at the very least we can, as a first step, stop further escalation of tensions and then reduce tension as a next step and then pave the way for achieving of mutual interests."
The Iranian president was upbeat about his four-day visit to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly's ministerial session, reeling off a long list of leaders he met and saying "I believe that our success was greater than our expectation, especially with the European countries ... and I think that the path really has been paved to expand relations in various centers, key world economies."
Iran's economy has been hit hard by four rounds of U.N. sanctions for its failure to suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to make fuel for both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. The U.S. and its allies have taken even more devastating measures targeting Iran's ability to conduct international bank transfers and to export oil.
Rouhani has come across as a more moderate face of the hard-line clerical regime in Tehran. He said he has a mandate from the Iranian people, who opposed "extremism" and voted for "moderation." He said this has created a "new environment" that could pave the way for better relations with the West.
He said Iran would put forth a proposal at talks in Geneva on Oct. 15-16 aimed at resolving the standoff over his country's nuclear program and easing international sanctions.
"We hope that an even more effective step will be taken in Geneva in order to settle the nuclear issue," Rouhani said, without elaborating.
He expressed hope that with "sufficient will on both sides -- and I assure you that on the Iranian side this will is there fully, 100 percent -- that within a very short time there will be a settlement on the nuclear file and ... I believe that in the not too distant future, we'll be able to resolve and settle the nuclear issue."
Resolving the nuclear issue will "pave the way for Iran's better relations with the West," including the expansion of economic and cultural ties, he said.
Rouhani said he was encouraged by what he has heard recently from Western officials.
"In speaking with senior European officials and also hearing Mr. Obama ... it seemed that they sounded different compared to the past, and I view that as a positive step to the resettlement of the differences between the Islamic Republic between the Republic of Iran and the West," he said.
He said he did not meet with Obama on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly this week because "both sides were convinced that the timetable was too short to plan a meeting of two presidents" and "ensure that its conclusion would be solid."
"What matters to us is the result of such a meeting," Rouhani said.
Iran watchers say Rouhani may have limited time -- possibly a year or less -- to reach a settlement on the nuclear issue before Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decides negotiations are fruitless.
In an apparent reference to resistance among hard-liners back home, Rouhani noted that "after 35 years of great tensions between Iran and the United States and a very number of issues that persist ... a meeting of the presidents for the first time will naturally come with complications of its own."
He said the first step was the ministerial meeting Thursday, and the next steps have to be taken in stages in "a well-thought-out manner."
The upbeat, if guarded, tone by both sides after Thursday's meeting of Iran, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany was seen as a significant step forward after months of stalled talks. It was capped by an unexpected one-on-one meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who shook hands and at one point sat side-by-side in the group talks.
On other issues, Rouhani condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria, welcomed President Bashar Assad's decision to join the Chemical Weapons Convention, and said Iran will actively participate in a new Syrian peace conference if invited.
He said the international community must show "deep sensitivity" to the presence of al-Qaida and other terrorists in Syria, saying "terrorists are like bacteria that travel constantly from one setting to another."
He also said that there's no room in the world today for the extreme practices of the Taliban, who curtailed human rights and barred girls from going to school when they were in power.
"Women are like men and equal with me and must be fully active in the social sphere," Rouhani said.
He expressed hope that the Taliban would re-emerge with new thinking and beliefs to participate in a future framework for peace for Afghanistan.
In Vienna, meanwhile, Iranian and U.N. officials held a "constructive" meeting on resuming a probe of allegations that Tehran has worked on atomic arms, officials said Friday, in talks seen as a test of pledges by Rouhani to reduce nuclear tensions.
The upbeat assessment and an agreement to meet again Oct. 28 was a departure from the deadlock left by previous meetings over nearly two years.
At issue are suspicions outlined in reports from the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran worked secretly on trying to develop nuclear weapons -- something Tehran denies.
Rouhani has steadfastly maintained that any nuclear agreement must recognize Iran's right under international treaties to continue enriching uranium.
AP writers Lara Jakes and Matthew Lee at the United Nations and George Jahn in Vienna contributed to this report. Follow Lara Jakes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/larajakesAP


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Simple grilled shrimp combined with papaya mustard becomes wondrous. The fabulous dipping sauce, which combines mustard powder for heat and Dijon-style mustard for complexity, is also wonderful over tuna, crab, or scallops. I like it on hot dogs too.
- Yield
- 4 servings
- 2 tablespoons mustard powder, preferably Coleman's
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar or plum wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup honey, plus more as needed
- 1 1/2 pounds papaya, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch chunks
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice, or to taste
- 24 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more as needed
- Cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- Lime wedges for serving
- 1. Start a charcoal or gas grill or broiler; make sure the fire is very hot, and adjust the rack so that it is as close to the heat source as possible.
- 2. Meanwhile, make the papaya mustard. Whisk together the mustards and vinegar in a small bowl until the mustard powder is dissolved; let sit while you proceed.
- Put the honey in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, until the honey bubbles, thickens, and darkens slightly, about 7 minutes.
- 3. Turn the heat to medium and add the papaya. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the papaya water evaporates and the mixture becomes mushy, about 15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and immediately stir in the mustard mixture. Season to taste with salt and lime juice and set aside.
- 4. Brush the shrimp with the oil, then sprinkle with salt and cayenne. Grill for 2 or 3 minutes per side, turning once. Serve the shrimp, garnished with the cilantro,with the papaya mustard and lime wedges on the side.
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From Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges by Jean-Georges Vongerichten Copyright (c) 2007 by Jean-Georges Vongerichten Published by Broadway Books.
JEAN-GEORGES VONGERICHTEN became a culinary star when he first began cooking at Lafayette in New York City. He went on to establish the charming bistro JoJo in New York; introduced "fusion" cooking at Vong (three stars from the New York Times), which now has an outpost in Chicago; created the four-star Jean-Georges and hugely successful Spice Market and 66 in New York; opened Rama (Spice Market meets Vong) in London; and opened several acclaimed restaurants in cities from Shanghai to Las Vegas. He lives in New York City, when he is not traveling to oversee his existing restaurants or open a new one.


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Entomologists in additional states in the Midwest and Northeast suspect resistance is present in farmers' fields and are conducting laboratory analysis to make a final determination.
University Extension entomologists report that field-based western corn rootworm (CRW) resistance to the Bt toxin Cry3Bb1 is now found in four states, with confirmation announced recently in Nebraska. Resistance has been confirmed by researchers previously in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.
"It's now a regional problem," notes Lance Meinke, an entomologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Meinke says the determination in Nebraska was made during the 2012-13 seasons.
Scientists in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New York, South Dakota and Wisconsin also are reporting significant damage in fields planted to corn hybrids containing the single Bt toxin. However, researchers in those states have not made a final determination.
Eileen Cullen, University of Wisconsin Extension entomologist, says she has seen levels of "unexpected damage" in the southwestern part of the state during the past several years. She says "progeny from suspect fields are in on-plant corn assays" that the USDA-ARS has underway.
"Results are still a few months away," she adds.
Entomologists define resistance as a "heritable trait passed on to offspring." Determining that requires laboratory analysis of eggs collected from adults in the field. The process is costly and time intensive, often a 12- to 18-month endeavor, and has slowed researchers' efforts to confirm CRW resistance in their respective states.
While the CRW resistance problem in the Midwest has garnered the most attention, it is not isolated to that region. Entomologists in Pennsylvania and New York are seeing an uptick in problem fields as well. Elson Shields, Extension entomologist at Cornell University reported a suspect field in Cayuga County, N.Y., last September. Shields notes that the "hybrid in question had extensive goose necking, lodging and severely pruned roots characteristic of corn rootworm injury."
Furthermore, while Cry3Bb1 has been suspect in most of the CRW resistance cases, the practice of continuous corn and the repeated use of a single toxin are putting increased stress on all of the Bt toxins currently available.
Aaron Gassmann, Iowa State University researcher, confirmed that he had found CRW resistance to the mCry3A toxin in Iowa last year. He had suspected resistance was occurring. "Bioassay data from 2011 showed that whether the rootworm was from a field with Cry3Bb1 or mCry3A, they were able to survive exposure to either of the two toxins," he says.
Ken Ostlie, University of Minnesota Extension entomologist, is finding similar problems in that state as well. Ostlie notes: "We continue to receive reports of Cry3Bb1 performance problem fields, although with VT Triple and VT Triple Pro being phased out, the issue will be masked by Cry34/35Ab1 in SmartStax. We've also verified cross resistance with mCry3A at several locations. We also have had some troubling reports the last two years of performance problems with SmartStax and even Herculex Xtra, but don't have confirmed resistance to Cry34/35Ab1 yet."
How extensive the CRW problem will be in 2014 is anyone's guess for now. Most scientists are concerned the resistance issue will continue to worsen if farmers don't adopt a more comprehensive integrated pest management (IPM) program for their operations. Entomologists offer these recommendations to reduce the CRW resistance risk:
1. Rotate your crops. If you plant continuous corn, make it a point to rotate fields on a schedule every three to four years. Rotation not only eliminates that rootworm population the following season, but it has many agronomic benefits.
2. If you must grow continuous corn, rotate modes of action, just as you would with herbicides. Avoid using the same Bt year after year by planting a hybrid with a different Bt trait or multiple Bt traits for rootworm. Alternatively, plant a conventional hybrid with a soil insecticide. The use of a soil insecticide on top of a Bt hybrid is not recommended by corn entomologists. Research trials show little or no yield benefit from applying soil insecticides to Bt corn. Insecticides may also mask a problem with the Bt hybrid.
The use of insecticides over traits can be a relatively complex issue, Meinke says. "We have shown in our field trials that insecticide on top of a single trait only improves relative root protection if the single trait is starting to fail in the field (i.e. due to resistance evolution)," he explains. "In this case, root protection improves but selection for resistance to the trait continues, so this is not a good long-term solution to the problem."
Meinke adds: "Root protection from single traits that work well does not increase when insecticide is added on top of the trait. Also, we have not seen an increase in root protection when an insecticide is added on top of a pyramid containing Cry34/35Ab1. So in most cases, we do not recommend using a soil insecticide on top of a pyramid that contains Cry34/35Ab1."
3. Last but not least--detect problems early. Scout continuous cornfields for beetles and damage this summer and report problems immediately to your university Extension entomologist.


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McDonald's sales drop again
Although the figures showed that the US comparable sales increased by 0.9%, the decrease in Europe and especially Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) of 2.1% and a staggering 9.5% respectively, made for an overall drop.
McDonald's President and CEO Don Thompson stated: "While January's results reflect today's challenging environment and difficult prior year comparisons, I am confident that our unwavering commitment to delivering an exceptional restaurant experience will enhance our brand's relevance and drive long-term results."
According to McDonald's, the ongoing weakness in Japan and the timing of Chinese New Year led to the huge drop in APMEA. Additionally, the recent supply chain issue with the chicken industry contributed to the poor performance in Australia.
The Eurozone crisis contributed to the decrease in Europe, particularly in France and Germany.
The US increase was said to be driven by the offering of premium, core and value options, in addition to expanding the Dollar Menu with the Grilled Onion Cheddar burger.
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It could just be a rumor to help an overinflated building sell in a tough market, but then again, it could be true.
A $5.3 million 10-unit building for sale in San Francisco's exclusive Nob Hill district is being reported as the one-time home of singer Tony Bennett. And more famously, the place is being passed off as where he wrote his iconic anthem to San Francisco.
"[I]t wasn't necessarily the building that caught my attention, as was the fact that the top unit (the owners unit penthouse) was where Tony Bennett wrote 'I left my heart in San Francisco' and lived for a while," a reader told real estate blog Socketsite.
The problem is Bennett didn't actually write the song. The musical melody was written by George C. Cory, Jr. and Douglass Cross in 1954. Bennett didn't even perform the hit for the first time until a 1962 performance at the Fairmount Hotel.
The listing realtor, to her credit, simply says "legend has it that 'I Left My Heart In San Francisco' was written and composed" in the penthouse.
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The ZIL-131 is a general purpose 3.5 tons 6x6 army truck designed in the Soviet Union, the basic model being a general cargo truck. Variants include a tractor-trailer truck, a dump truck, a fuel truck, and a 6x6 for towing a 4-wheeled powered trailer. The ZIL-131 also serves as a platform for the BM-51 "Prima" rocket launcher, a 50-tube variant of the BM-21 "Grad". The ZIL-131 is part of a family of two trucks sharing identical components by ZIL, which also included the ZIL-130. Both trucks were introduced in 1967. The ZIL-131 6x6 has the same equipment as the GAZ-66 and Ural-375D. Unlike the ZIL-131, the ZIL-130 is intended for civilian use. The ZIL-130/131 is still in production at the "AMUR" truck plant (as the AMUR 531340), with both gasoline and diesel engines.
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Research Group Says That Listening to One Direction Can Help You in Old Age
"Take One Direction twice a day and call me in the morning."
Okay, that's not exactly a doctor's orders, but according to Irish Independent, a new list compiled by several high-profile U.K. charities and research groups claims that listening to 1D can actually help people age 50 and older live a happier life.
Among other happiness essentials like getting into shape, talking about aging and cutting down on cigarettes and alcohol, putting 'What Makes You Beautiful' on a loop is pretty much key.
"Make sure you aren't missing out and take every opportunity to talk to younger people. Try to get yourself online," the list says (quote via the Irish Indepdendent). "Listen to One Direction (at least once)."
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The Long Island Power Authority is giving contractor National Grid control over managing its response to the coming winter storm, the utility said Thursday.
It's the first time since its 1998 creation that the embattled LIPA will cede control of operations and its public face during a potential emergency. National Grid and its predecessor, KeySpan, have always operated the electric grid for LIPA, with LIPA in control.
"As LIPA's service provider and to ensure consistency in messaging, National Grid is commanding this incident and is best suited to communicate storm preparation and storm response to the public," said LIPA spokesman Mark Gross.
As the storm nears, the Cuomo administration will deal directly with National Grid, as it did primarily during Sandy, to make sure appropriate responses are being carried out during and after the storm, including communicating with customers.
The decision is based on findings from the Moreland Commission, the group empaneled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to look into state utilities' response to superstorm Sandy that found LIPA's response was slow and poorly communicated.
"The governor's office has been communicating to National Grid that they need to be ready with advance preparations and response plans," a spokesman for Cuomo said.
In a statement, National Grid said the storm could cause more than 100,000 outages on Long Island, and said it was securing "hundreds" of extra workers to support the 500 linemen, 150 tree trimmers and others already on hand to respond to the storm.
It is also preparing restoration equipment and stocking materials such as transformers and wire around the Island.
It advised customers to take precautions in case of an outage, including having batteries for radios and flashlights, filling water containers and obtaining first-aid kits. The company said it expects that most outages will be restored within 24 hours, but "some could extend beyond that time."
Customers who experience an outage should call 800-490-0075 or 631-755-6900.
In its report last month, the Moreland Commission found that allowing LIPA to control the response and the public outreach "is simply unworkable in the context of a storm event."
For one, LIPA and National Grid "maintain separate emergency response plans," with LIPA's at 50 pages and National Grid's at hundreds of pages, according to the report.
"The existence of two interrelated but functionally distinct emergency plans creates confusion and inefficiencies that hamper expedient response during an actual emergency," the commission found. It "creates a lack of clarity about which entity is ultimately responsible for the effectiveness of the plans."
A source familiar with the situation said giving National Grid control of the operations requires a waiver of the current contract. A similar waiver was granted on a more limited basis -- for communications and government outreach -- during Sandy, the source said.
Now, Cuomo's administration is giving more complete authority to National Grid, in part because of concerns about storms.
According to the Moreland Commission report, there is a "need to ensure that preparations are in place for any future storm that could occur over the presumed transition period. Consideration should be given to enlisting the existing contractor, National Grid, in the effort to make sure that service quality is maintained, even in the event of another major storm."
Cuomo's office may continue to use other state agencies, including the New York Power Authority and the Public Service Commission, to assist in the oversight of LIPA as it considers a future structure for the embattled Long Island authority.
"The commission also recommends that the state's other energy-related agencies, including the [Department of Public Service] . . . and NYPA, oversee the transition, particularly from the standpoint of storm preparation and response planning," the Moreland Commission said.
One LIPA trustee, told of the front-and-center role for National Grid, was surprised.
"As a new board member, I've been less than impressed with National Grid to date," trustee Jeffrey Greenfield said. "I'm waiting to be impressed."


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Amazon Web Services has introduced Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), a web service intended to make it easy to set up, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud. According to AWS, Amazon RDS provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming database administration tasks, freeing users to focus on their application and their business. There are no up-front investments required, and you pay only for the resources you use.
"For almost two years, many AWS customers have taken advantage of the simplicity, reliability, and seamless scalability that Amazon SimpleDB provides; however, many customers have told us that their applications require a relational database. That's why we built Amazon RDS, which combines a familiar relational database with automated management and the instant scalability of the AWS cloud," said Adam Selipsky, Vice President, Amazon Web Services.
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Posts Tagged Jock Sturges
Young Bodies – part 2
Posted by Daniel Lewis in Uncategorized on January 4, 2011
We have already established the differences between nakedness and nudity but now we must ask ourselves what it means to depict these in art. Our photographers all attempt to comment on the growth and development of children but to what end? This can only be answered if one establishes how the child's body is displayed to us. Are they only expressing themselves through their nakedness or are they offered as a nude where their body becomes an object of nakedness for our pleasure and satisfaction? It is the photographer that has the responsibility to distinguish between the two for either he photographs with an intention to provoke sexual desire or he does not.
The social habit of humans is to establish how well one relates to another. This may be on a purely mutual basis although when confronted with the naked body of another the tendency is to ignore that persons characteristics and focus on what the eye can see. The sexual function of nakedness is such that it has a positive visual value in its own right; we want to see the other naked. Therefore it becomes very difficult to photograph nakedness. In the few cases where the artist achieves this it is because there is no room in the picture for the spectator. As an onlooker he is able to recognize beauty but cannot help but feel isolated from it, as if it were in a world far removed from his own. What a picture of this nature requires is the introduction of banality. Elements of familiarity and predictability are given to outweigh those of the forbidden and mysterious.
If we accept this as truth then Sturges' pictures cannot be seen as being provocative. By photographing naturists the spectator is brought to a realisation that they are naked for themselves and not for his pleasure or as a means of gratifying his curiosity. He beholds the image of a group of girls sprawled across the sand and recognises their beauty but it is not their youth that isolates him from this group. Rather it is their lifestyle which produces banality and establishes a sense of reality.
With this understanding we can now begin to distinguish between the work of Sturges and Hamilton; if Sturges photographs the naked then Hamilton pictures the nude. In his pictures we behold the mysterious and forbidden; young girls beginning to realise the changes in their body and perhaps exploring these changes for the first time. By this the pictures are made to appeal to the sexuality of the spectator and have nothing to do with the sexuality of the model. They are made to arouse and if ever there is any doubt as to whether or not this is true his books provide us with helpfully erotic quotations that accompany each image to reinforce this:
"I undressed to climb a tree; my naked thighs embraced the smooth and humid bark; my sandals climbed upon the branches. High up, but still beneath the leaves and shaded from the heat, I straddled a wide-spread fork and swung my feet into the void. It had rained. Drops of water fell and flowed upon my skin. My hands were soiled with moss and my heels were reddened by the crushed blossoms. I felt the lovely tree living when the wind passed through it; so I locked my legs tighter, and crushed my open lips to the hairy nape of a bough." (Pierre Louys)
The composition of this picture and the nature of the quoted poem that it appears next to lead us to conclude that the image was specifically made to illustrate this text. One does not need to delve too deeply into the picture as Louys (1870-1925) describes it with far more authority than anyone else could. However this photograph, as a visual tribute to the poem fulfils the same function which is to excite. The combination of picture and poem when viewed by the male spectator allow him a window into a fantasy land where he becomes the tree on which the girl pleasures herself. This window which allows the viewer to identify with someone or something within the picture is a common characteristic of any erotic or pornographic image and stands in contrast to the work of Sturges here before discussed.
With this in mind we can ask ourselves is it ethical to portray children in this way. To answer this it is important to understand the reasons as to why art is made. Like anything else it is made to be possessed but its purpose is not practical, rather it is for the gratification of the owner. He looks to the artist to present him with all that he finds beautiful and to place within his easy reach those things to which he is attached. Given the sexual nature of the pictures we can conclude that it is Hamilton's wish to present his collectors with girls who are misrepresented as objects to be possessed, even though they have not yet reached an age of full development. Possible implications of this will be that pictures are being produced to provide pleasure to those who take sexual gratification from children.
Despite the changes in art that have happened over hundreds of years we have seen that there exist some aspects that have remained very much the same as they were when painters of the past first put brush to canvas. This may only be the purpose of art in that it is something to be possessed for the pleasure of the collector but even if art itself refuses to change it cannot be denied that what is considered to be acceptable has moved forward dramatically. It is only by these standards that we can judge what is acceptable and what is not.
The work of Sally Mann offers the spectator an alternative from the smiling faces of the family photo album. In her pictures we see three children living as all children do and despite many of them being carefully thought out fictions they display a sense of reality not found in the work of Sturges or Hamilton. By this the images tell the story of all children as much as they do about Mann's.
The work of Sally Mann offers the spectator an alternative from the smiling faces of the family photo album. In her pictures we see three children living as all children do and despite many of them being carefully thought out fictions they display a sense of reality not found in the work of Sturges or Hamilton. By this the images tell the story of all children as much as they do about Mann's.
David Hamilton represents the opposite; his pictures apply the same techniques that have been used for hundreds of years to romanticise youth. Within them he presents us with an object rather than a person and so those he professes to represent are ignored for who they are and instead become a possession to provide gratification for the collector.
Today the values that people hold vary so greatly that the arguments herein presented may never be resolved however the debates that surround the work of our selected photographers have gone a long way to affirm art historian Anne Higonnet's conclusion that 'No subject is as publicly dangerous now as the subject of the child's body'.
- BERGER, J. 1972. Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin Books.
- ELLIS, A. 1984. Much Worse To Come Home To. The British Journal of Photography, 131 (34), p. 901.
- MAVOR, C. 1996. Pleasures Taken: Performance of Sexuality and Loss in Victorian Photographs. London: IB Tauris.
- PARKER, R. & POLLOCK, G. 1987. Framing feminism: Art and the Women's Movement 1970 – 1985. London: Pandora Press.
- PARSONS, S. 2008. Public/Private Tensions in the Photography of Sally Mann. History of Photography. 32 (2), pp. 123 – 136.
Young Bodies – part 1
Posted by Daniel Lewis in Uncategorized on January 1, 2011
The notion of photographing children at a time when the idea of 'correctness' has such an emphasis placed upon it presents the photographer with a challenge where every detail of the photographs can be closely scrutinised. Perhaps it could be argued that such legality is an unnecessary nuisance and an unreasonable barrier on the artist. The photographers whose work is to be discussed in this publication have all been the subject of dispute over the rights and wrongs of photographing children. This essay has been written to address this subject; it will do so by examining what art is and why it is made, what it means to be naked and why it is depicted by the artist. Of our three photographers Sally Mann (b.1951) is perhaps the best known and without a doubt her most recognisable collection was Immediate Family published in 1992. Jock Sturges (b.1947) is well known for his pictures of nudists, many of whom are adolescents and David Hamilton (b.1933) is recognised as one of the most commercially successful photographers alive today due to his photographs of young girls. All these photographers have either made or continue to make children and adolescents the central focus of their ongoing work. By examining their work using the criteria here before laid down we can determine whether or not their pictures can be considered acceptable.
Typically Mann's images explore childhood themes such as the games her children play whilst staying at the family's summer cabin on the banks of a river. The setting is idyllic and the word setting must be used rather than location because despite the pictures natural look, which may or may not have been the photographer's intention, there are signs that many of them have been carefully considered and composed. The reason this point is so important is that it raises a valid question; if such time and care went into the making of these pictures how real is their depiction of Mann's children. These pictures can easily be viewed as a photographic essay recording the lives of these three children but Sally Mann regards herself as an artist, so whilst we may wish to consider them natural through the eyes of a mother the question remains; do they have to be naked? One picture in particular found within the pages of Immediate Family raises an important question. The picture is of a young boy, probably no older than ten years. The child is looking directly at the camera, there is no smile on his face and he adopts a stance as though he were an animal about to bolt away from a would be predator; to dive into the dark waters and swim out of sight.
What is interesting about this picture is its title; the last time Emmett modelled nude. From this are we to believe that the boy was asked to undress specifically for this picture? If this is the case then there must have been reasons for doing so and how are the public supposed to read the image? Mann's pictures attracted a great deal of praise from art critics but the images also spawned criticism. Upon its release the book caused a great deal of controversy with some activists calling it child pornography. Kiku Adatto, the director of child studies at Harvard wrote of Immediate Family that Mann photographed 'her own young children nude in erotic poses, or posed as victims of abuse and incest'.
An image that bears striking similarities to the previous can be found within the pages of Sturges' book The Last Day of Summer. This time a young girl is pictured and although we are not told it can be supposed that she is approximately the same age as Emmett. From the way the light has been used it could be said that both pictures are almost identical and perhaps one drew inspiration from the other but the differences are in the stance of the subject. There is no evident pose and no pulled face. There is only a child standing in a river, her arms at her side with her shoulders held ever so slightly back so as if to exaggerate her nakedness.
Whilst both Emmett and this girl show us no smile the expression of character the boy reveals through his lowered eyebrows and pursed lips is lacking in this picture. Indeed the face of this child is altogether expressionless. Here is a picture that is very much about the body of the subject. This makes it one of the finest examples of images that display limitations. The viewer is left with questions rather than answers and their interpretation of the image is far more reaching. It raises questions about morality and nakedness and the conclusions people reach will each be effected by who they are as individuals.
Misunderstandings of what Sturges is trying to represent is as easy as misunderstanding what nakedness means. To be naked is to be oneself; the casting off of coverings that disguises the truth. To be nude is to be seen as naked by others but only as an object of desire. Concerning Sturges' work this presents the viewer with a conundrum. His subjects are naturists and so display their nakedness as being themselves but for the viewer to see the images as an offence they would have to view them as nudes and so would be seeing them as objects rather than people. With this in mind it must be considered; are critics offended by what they see or are they offended by what they perceive the photograph to represent.
Considering this we can perhaps begin to understand the decisions of the individual photographers as to why they have decided on a subject without clothing. All of these pictures challenge the viewer in their own way, whether it be by displaying an alternative image of what childhood is or by offering an unorthodox interpretation of what becoming an adult means.
Mann approaches the subject by offering a realistic and gritty image of children that for many would go against the idealistic view of youth that family photo albums represent and despite their natural appearance many of them are fictions of her creation which may or may not apply to her children.
The pictures document the emergence of adult behaviour as much as they display childhood antics and with the book being made over a number of years we are given the opportunity to watch the children grow and develop in a way that the images of our other featured photographers do not. Candy Cigarette may have been carefully composed but it represents a significant change in a child's life. Here Jessie is pictured holding what may be mistaken for a cigarette if it were not for the title. She holds it as if it were one for in her minds eye it is. Suddenly this sweet treat becomes a tool of rebellion. She is rebelling against the adults she has always been taught to respect.
Her eyes connect with the viewer to make this rebellion as much against them as against her parents and suddenly without knowing it she has commenced her own journey to becoming an adult. Sturges and Hamilton take a different approach and in both artists work the emergence of sexuality can clearly be seen. Sturges does not shy away from addressing this subject in some of his pictures.
Several images show glimpses of children expressing curiosity in each others bodies and in an image of two young boys holding hands we see what may be the photographers wish to photograph the emergence of homosexuality. Holding hands is not a classic trait of any boy and given that all the pictures in Sturges' books are posed we have to conclude that this action was at the request of the photographer.
David Hamilton places a much more erotic view on the subject. Naturally his work has been the subject of much debate but despite harsh criticism Hamilton continues to produce books at a rate of almost one per year since his 1971 Dreams of a Young Girl, which featured in an exhibition of the same year at the Photographers Gallery entitled Four Masters of Erotic Photography. His pictures are deeply rooted in early romantic examples of art. Well known paintings such as Sleeping Venus by the Italian Renaissance painter Giorgione (1477-1510) is just one example of work that depicted women in the positions that Hamilton's models assume.
The painting was one of Giorgione's last works and was completed in 1510 shortly after his death. It is now generally accepted that the landscape and sky were painted by the artist Tiziano Vecellio (1488-1576), better known as Titan whose own painting, Venus of Urbino is strikingly similar.
Giorgione seems to have taken great care when painting his Sleeping Venus. The connection between the shape of the woman's body and the landscape speak of their relationship as being natural, organic objects. The principle spectator of such images was always assumed to be the man therefore it would be for this audience that the artist would paint. For men the landscape has always been an object of possession and so the women of these paintings immediately became objects of the same kind.
Due to their similarities this is repeated in Titans painting; Venus loosely clutches a posy of flowers in her right hand. The presence of the flowers is important in a way that may go by unnoticed today. Being red roses they symbolize love and passion but were also considered to be symbolic of the Virgin Mary and so what at first appears to be little more than a handful of plants suddenly becomes a provocation of sexuality; the young woman arrayed in all her natural beauty, her eyes staring directly at the viewer as if unconcerned with her nudity. She is passionate and yet she is also a virgin and as such becomes the object of mans desire, an object that is waiting to be possessed. This is made all the more obvious by the erotic underlying of both paintings; the right arms being held back to expose the breasts and left hand resting provocatively over the vulva which in both cases dominates centre frame.
This romantic way of seeing is recreated in Hamilton's pictures. Classical poses such as these are not an uncommon sight in many photographs of this nature but is it ethical to apply them to children? What one must consider is the changing nature of what is acceptable. The days of Giorgione and Titan have long since passed and with them their opinions on how people should be depicted. Views on women are one example. The accepted idea of the woman as the subservient figure to man no longer prevails just as the strict morel guidelines concerning children that did not exist then exist today. In this sense surely the romanticised image Hamilton produces has a narrower audience?
In this next photograph we behold the very obvious characteristics of the erotic image; raised arms that that fall back behind the flower adorned head to reveal the body which is cast in seductive light and thoughtfully contrasted against the pale background. However there are more subtle details which we will often subconsciously interpret. The flowers have likely been placed upon her head to emphasis the innocence of the girl and to display her connection to childish things.
This helps to reinforce our understanding of her age and with this in mind we make the association to virginity. It is also important to note that none of Hamilton's pictures are captioned with the names of the models. Indeed the models remain nameless throughout. Is this not strikingly similar to the two paintings that we have just studied? European art produced many different examples of these types of paintings and the perhaps the most reproduced figure in the genre was Venus. It became the name for the nameless woman and the label for the object of sexual fantasy. By denying the spectator the name of the model Hamilton is presenting us with Venus; the object of sexual desire.
(To be continued).


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2004 Victory Brewing Women's Cycling Team
America Velo Sports, the founding and management company behind Victory Brewing women's professional cycling team is proud to announce the 2004 line up.
After a successful 2003 campaign, women's team Victory Brewing opted to make very few changes. In it's 3rd year as a professional women's cycling team, Victory Brewing is focusing on growing off of the solid foundation of sponsors, roster and schedule that have been a great combination.
Returning for a 2nd year, Specialized Bicycles will continue to be the bicycle and equipment supplier of the team (complete bicycles, helmets, gloves, computers, bottles and cages). With the growing market of women's specific cycling products, "Designs for women" at Specialized is a perfect fit. The ability to test and help develop women's specific equipment is an exciting venture that the Victory Brewing women's team is proud to be a part of.
For 2004 Victory Brewing is returning 6 of its current riders, and bringing onboard 3 new riders to fill in some gaps, where the team needed some help. "I am excited about the 2004 roster and the new blood we are bringing onboard. Brooke Ourada (USA) and Johanna Buick (NZL) are both very hungry riders that have shown they have the talent to climb with the front group. Their raw talent, coupled with the experience and leadership of Sandy Espeseth and Nicole Demars could prove to be very dangerous. On the other side, Emma Rickards (AUS) comes to us motivated to work for the team. Her assistance as a pace setter and lead-out will be much welcomed by sprinter Gina Grain", states Mike Tamayo (Team Director).
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COC Addresses New Sports Minister Choices
Canadian Olympic Committee Applauds Prime Minister Martin's Appointment of Hélène Scherrer as Minister of Canadian Heritage and Stan Keyes as Minister of State (Sport)
TORONTO, December 12, 2003 ˆChris Rudge, CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), welcomed today's appointment of Hélène Scherrer as Minister of Canadian Heritage.
"This is a great step for sport in Canada," said Rudge. "Mme Scherrer is a strong supporter of amateur sport and she has valuable experience in organizing sporting events in Quebec, the province with a model support structure for amateur athletes. I am encouraged that athletes will have a strong voice at the Cabinet table representing their interests and I congratulate the Prime Minister for taking this important step."
Rudge also welcomed Stan Keyes as Minister of State for Sport. "Mr. Keyes will be a valuable ally of the Canadian sporting community. Together with Mme Scherrer, we look forward to working with this strengthened team."
"Success for Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver requires the government to play a leading role in fostering excellence among Canadian athletes at the development level," said Rudge. "Appointing Mme Scherrer and Mr. Keyes is an important step toward the realization of our vision to make Canada one of the top sporting nations in the world."
The COC advocates increased federal funds for sport in the 2004 Budget and the creation of a new funding approach to ensure long-term sustainability for high-performance sport in Canada. The COC looks forward to working closely with Mme Scherrer and Mr. Keyes to advance these very important issues.
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