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"When we say 'turtle,' you say 'power,'" Jamie Trost called out to a group of eighth-graders.
And when the students from St. Jane Frances School in Pasadena hollered "power," they pulled hard on the ropes, hoisting the sails of the Pride of Baltimore II.
It was the first part of a lesson, teaching the teens you can't give strong, coordinated tugs without a good grunt, and also how privateers during the War of 1812 got their sleek ships moving on the Chesapeake Bay.
Watching the huge sails unfurl high overhead left the students nearly speechless.
Thus began the Pride II's maiden voyage as a floating classroom. The 21/2 -hour trip from Annapolis on Wednesday marked the first time the 25-year-old schooner has conducted a curriculum-based, school-day program while underway.
At least 1,200 Maryland middle-schoolers are expected to sail out of Annapolis on the Pride II this year for a program that dips into the world of privateers and how their ships played a role in the war, navigation on the bay and the diverse opinions Americans had about going to war — again — with the British.
The program grew out of the Pride's recent change of ownership from the state to the nonprofit Pride of Baltimore Inc. As state funds shriveled, the nonprofit has begun using the 157-foot adapted replica of a Baltimore schooner to generate funds while teaching Marylanders about the war perhaps best known for generating Francis Scott Key's poem that became "The Star Spangled Banner."
"The Pride is a unique educational platform," said Rick Scott, executive director of Pride of Baltimore Inc.
Last year the group obtained a $45,000 grant from Star Spangled 200 Inc., a nonprofit supporting the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission. The grant funded almost half the cost of developing and operating the onboard curriculum. Only a few slots for the spring are unfilled, though more are open for the fall.
Scott said his organization is working on a strategy for the long-term future of the Pride II, and is looking at this among other possible programs. The nonprofit runs on an annual budget of just under $1 million, he said.
The Pride II has performed educational roles before, but those were generally dockside. On Wednesday, the St. Jane Frances students got to see and feel the experience.
"This boat, it was the F-22 of its day," Pride II engineer Seth Page told the students. He said the Baltimore-made schooners were sleek and light, giving them an edge over the better-armed but clunkier British warships. That made it easier for a privateer to defeat and capture British ships in the Bay, he said.
To see how, students "sailed" model ships in sand, observing how much sand the Baltimore and British ships displaced.
"A sleeker boat is faster. Why?" crew member Chad Lossing asked.
"It cuts through," observed eighth-grader Mac Colomb, noting the bigger boat displaced far more sand.
Rounding out the day was a visit to the Naval Academy, where students toured an exhibit of War of 1812 artifacts, art and ship models. Tour fees were covered by the National Sailing Hall of Fame, located near the Pride II's home dock and just around the corner from the academy.
Lee Tawney, executive director of the Sailing Hall of Fame, wants his organization to be a spring and fall base for the Pride's school tours. He also wants a partnership with the Pride II. Last year the Hall of Fame held summer lectures aboard the ship, and he knows East Coast yacht clubs are interested in hosting the ship for summer visits.
"Long-term, we want to provide a place in Annapolis to do joint programming," he said.
Jim Kane, a social studies teacher at St. Jane Frances, a Catholic school, spoke of the Pride's allure, and said his school jumped at the chance to give its three dozen eighth-graders a sailing experience.
He watched students talk with a Pride crew member about why Native Americans sided with the British and why tobacco farmers in the South didn't want to go to war. He laughed as students described privateers as "pirates with a license," and as a few boys — but none of the girls — said they would happily be privateers, sharing the schooner with about 65 people.
"This all hits home for them," he said.
"It's a lot more hands-on, but you still get to learn stuff," said student Beth Walker, speculating that 1812-era deckhands probably were more muscular than she and her classmates.
Students in a GPS world even got a chance to test-drive the Pride, navigating only by compass and horizon.
"Look at the compass. What's it at?" Capt. Jan C. Miles asked Jacob Ambrozewicz, one of two students with a hand on the wheel.
"Hmm, 322," Jacob replied.
"And you want to be at…?" Miles asked, coaxing the answer: 320 degrees. "Go a little to the left," Miles said.
Jacob turned the wheel, watching the compass' heading move.
"I really like this," Jacob said as he piloted the Pride. "For once, I'm actually the boss."


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A Polish woman who was denied an abortion, even though her health was jeopardized by the pregnancy, won her case before the European Court of Human Rights. The Court ordered that Poland must pay Alicia Tysiac $52,000 in damages. funny picture quotes
Tysiac, who is a single mother of three, suffers from a severe eye disease and was told by multiple eye specialists that having a third pregnancy would worsen her condition and possibly cause her to go blind. Despite the diagnoses, Tysiac was unable to obtain a doctor's written notice authorizing an abortion procedure -- a requirement necessary to obtain an abortion in Poland, where strict abortion laws only allow abortion in cases of a threat to a woman's life or health, severe and permanent handicaps of the fetus, and rape or incest. funny pictures
After giving birth, Tysiac's eyesight considerably worsened, and she has been declared disabled. The Court ruled that Poland had no effective legal framework to determine whether a woman should be granted an abortion due to medical reasons, reports the New York Times. The court ruling will have no effect on Poland�s strict abortion laws, but does bring into the forefront some of the harsh restrictions on Polish women�s reproductive rights.
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Trademark filings and domain registries often leak the existence of unannounced games. One such filing and registry combo recently happened, as reported by Siliconera.
The trademark and domain in question appears to out a sequel to the 2009 action game Mini Ninjas, which saw release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS and Windows. We liked the original a lot -- we gave it an 8.0 -- but a sequel was still unexpected.
Yet, Siliconera dug up a European trademark filing for Mini Ninjas: Hiro's Adventure, and better yet, they also uncovered a domain registry for the game associated with Square Enix.
Eidos published Mini Ninjas shortly after it was purchased by Square Enix, but it appears that Square Enix itself will take up publishing the game in lieu of its subsidiary, as has been traditional since the buyout.
It's also worth noting that the developer of the game is unknown. IO Interactive developed the original, though they are known to be hard at work on Hitman: Absolution following the 2010 release of Kane & Lynch: Dog Days.
We've reached out to Square Enix for official comment, and will update the story when we hear back.


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Bank On It: 20 Piggy Banks for Kids
This little piggy went to market and this little piggy went to the Coinstar machine. When our family emptied our piggy bank at a local Coinstar machine not long ago, my son delighted in pouring in the coins and watching it add up ($224!). He has his own piggy bank and this definitely reinvigorated his interest in saving. And what better time than January for kids to resolve to start saving their pennies and dimes? Here, twenty banks, piggy and otherwise, to get them started.
Row 1:
1. Junior Sailor Mermaid bank ($78, Jonathan Adler)
2. Tortoise & Hare banks ($22-24, Uncommon Goods)
3. Mushroom bank by Egmont Toys ($28, Sunday in Color)
4. Cilio Doggy bank ($15.99, Casa)
5. Pear Money Box ($25)
Row 2:
6. Lion Bank by Kooroo ($50, Fawn & Forest)
7. The 50/50 bank by Big Mouth Toys ($10.86, YoYo)
8. Rabbit bank by Egmont Toys ($28, Sunday in Color)
9. Oink Ceramic Piggy Bank by APR Design Studio ($74, gSelect)
10. Human money banks ($19 each, Wrapables)
Row 3:
11. Bebe Birdie bank ($24.95, Pearhead)
12. Owl bank by Kikkerland ($15, AllModern)
13. Grass Flocked Piggy bank ($18, Walker Art Center)
14. Lucky Forest Bunny Money bank by Streamline ($19, Diggs)
15. Pig money bank ($33.99, Kangarooboo)
Row 4:
16. Chalkboard bank ($18.99, ModCloth)
17. T-Rex bank ($14.99, Pottery Barn Kids)
18. FanFan the Elephant Money Box by Vilac ($36.79, Moolka)
19. Ceramic Robot bank by Present Time ($34.99, Digs)
20. Ceramic Egg Bank ($29, Pottery Barn Kids)


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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, Aschaffenburg 1880 - 1938 Davos)
Standing Female Nude, 1919
Softwood (probably Swiss stone pine), oiled and painted
38 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (96.5 x 15.9 x 11.5 cm);
Base: 1 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 6 5/16 in. (3.3 x 19.1 x 16.1 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1955
The smooth, svelte forms and finely detailed features of Kirchner's Standing Female Nude of 1919 depart from the raw, angular Cubist style of the artist's earlier work. The psychological and aesthetic impact of this figure is fueled by Kirchner's recent assimilation of African and Indian sources and his ambition to forge an expressive formal language.
Kirchner's sculptural oeuvre of over one hundred pieces was developed in tandem with his painted work.1 In 1925, writing under the pseudonym Louis de Marsalle, Kirchner explained that his painting and carving addressed similar problems: "In his [Kirchner's] paintings of still-lifes and interiors there often can be seen figures which had been carved by him previously. Thus, he poured the form from one technique into the other, until he found the most expressive solution."2
Kirchner's encounter with Palau and Cameroon sculpture at the Dresden Ethnographic Museum in 1910 had a decided impact on his work in both two and three dimensions. He also copied figures from photographs of the figural frescoes of Ajanta, in India, in 1910/11. Although Kirchner was fascinated by the angularity and compact forms of African sculpture, "his art attained liberation and independence by adopting the swelling physicality and mature plasticity" of the Indian carvings.3
Having spent the aftermath of his traumatizing war years in various sanatoriums, the recovering Kirchner settled with Erna Schilling in his new house "in den Lärchen" near Frauenkirch in Davos in September 1918, and began furnishing it with pieces carved in "Arvenholtz," or Swiss stone pine.4 As he had done previously in Berlin and Dresden, Kirchner sought to create a unified environment in which his paintings and sculptures harmonized with textiles, ornaments, and furniture also of his design. Besides crafting such things as chairs and a bed for Erna, he carved doors for his studio with the relief Dance between Women, an allegory of the hectic, erotically charged life in Berlin that he had left behind, on one side, and March to the Meadows, expressing the peace and order of the Alps, on the other.5
The subject of Adam and Eve is a recurring motif in Kirchner's carvings of 1919. In the context of his depictions of rural life, the artist's preoccupation with this subject expresses his desire to return to nature, to man's biblical origins, and to renewed health and creativity. Eve, as the archetypal woman, may have symbolized for Kirchner the end of his "dance between women."6 The Oberlin work, one of a few independent sculptures from this period, was given the title Eve in 1952,7 but there is no evidence that Kirchner specifically had Eve in mind in creating this work.8
The Oberlin nude can be compared to a standing femal nude in Frankfurt, which has similar smooth, softly rounded, and slender forms.9 Both nudes almost certainly represent Erna Schilling, whom Kirchner increasinglyused as a model after his move to Davos.
The dating of the Oberlin and Frankfurt sculptures has been controversial.10 Noting their resemblance to a woodcut of 1911-12, and to a painting of a nude done in 1910,11 and also depending partly on Kirchner's notoriously unreliable dating, some critics have assigned the Frankfurt figure to 1912 and the Oberlin figure to 1914.12 Yet sculpture that can be securely dated to 1912-14 reveals a much stronger influence from African sculpture than is evident in the Oberlin work.13 While a strong affinity to the woodcut of 1911-12 cannot be denied,14 Kirchner's Boy with a Hatchet (Davos, In den Lärchen), for which a date of 1919-20 is certain, functions as a more secure point of reference for dating the Oberlin and Frankfurt nudes.15 Almost identical in size--63 cm for the female nudes and 62 cm for the boy--the freestanding sculptures of 1919-20 are connected also by the fine modeling of their faces, their closed forms with softly undulating lines, and their smoothly polished surfaces.
Like the Davos Boy with a Hatchet, the Oberlin Nude stands on straight legs, which form an almost columnar support for the torso. The axis is twisted and shifted by the sharply raised proper right shoulder of the nude. In contrast to the Frankfurt nude, which is evenly coated with paint, very little paint was applied to either the Davos Boy or the Oberlin nude, leaving the oiled wood grain exposed.
D. Hamburger
Work (C) Ingeborg and Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a draftsman,16 a printmaker,17 a painter,18 sculptor, and photographer;19 he also designed textiles and rugs, wrote diaries20 and theoretical essays on his art under the pseudonym Louis de Marsalle, and engaged in a voluminous correspondence.21 He was a dominant figure in the German Expressionist movement.
Kirchner was born on 6 May 1880 in Aschaffenburg to an upper-middle-class family. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Saxony in Dresden, following his father's wishes, and then enrolled at the Technische Hochschule (Technical School) in the Lehr- und Versuchatelier für Angewandte und Freie Kunst (Teaching and Experimental Studio for Applied and Fine Art) in Munich. There he was exposed to a variety of influences: the exoticism and primitivism of Art Nouveau, the art of Vasilij Kandinsky and his Phalanx group, Post-Impressionism, drawings by Rembrandt, and prints by Dürer. In 1904 Kirchner returned to Dresden to continue his study of architecture and began to paint with Erich Keckel. Within two years the two artists, along with Fritz Bleyl, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Emil Nolde had formed Die Bücke, an association that lasted until 1913.
From 1913 until 1915 Kirchner painted large street scenes of Berlin showing elegant and colorful young women caught up in the nervous, hectic activities of city life. In these Expressionist images, Kirchner abandoned his earlier fluid Art Nouveau style for the quick, broken crosshatchings and angular brushstrokes of his mature work.
The war years changed his artistic production and changed his life. Partially cured, he settled on the Lärchen years later on the Wildboden at the entrance of the Sertig-valley near Frauenkirch. His companion and executrix, Erna Schilling, took care of his Berlin studio.
Kirchner went on to have major exhibitions in Berlin (1921), Basel (1923), Berne (1933), and Detroit (1937). But from 1926 he suffered from depression, which worsened in 1937 when 639 of his works were confiscated from public collections; thirty-two were included in Hitler's "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art) exhibition held in Munich. In despair about the political situation in Germany, his physical health, and overwhelming loneliness, Kirchner committed suicide on 15 June 1938.
For a detailed biography, see Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880-1938(exh. cat., Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1980), pp. 46-74.
Estate of the artist
With Curt Valentin Galleries, New York (October 1950), from whom purchased in 1955
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, 1952. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 16 April - 10 May. Cat. no. 36 (as "Eva").
Cincinnati Art Museum, 1953. In the Flat and the Round. 29 February - 25 March. Unnumbered catalogue.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1966. Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum. 21 July - 11 September. No cat.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983-84. German Expressionist Sculpture. 30 October - 2 January (exhibition traveled to Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; and Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle; Oberlin piece shown at Los Angeles only). Cat. no. 69.
de Marsalle, Louis (pseud.). "Über Kirchners Graphik." Genius, Bilder und Aufsätze zu alter und neuer Kunst. Vol. 2. Munich, 1921, pp. 250-63 (as "Stehendes Mädchen").
de Marsalle, Louis (pseud). "Über die plastischen Arbeiten E. L. Kirchners." Der Cicerone 17, no. 14 (1925), pp. 695-701 (as "Traurige Frau").
Hamilton, Chloe. "Modern Sculpture: New Additions to the Art Museum." Oberlin Alumni Magazine 52, no. 6 (May 1956), pp. 12-13.
Hamilton, Chloe. "Catalogue of R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund Acquisitions." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 16, no. 2 (Winter 1959), cat. no. 193 (as Eve, and with incorrect accession number); no. 3 (Spring 1959), ill. p. 276.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1967, pp. 199-200, fig. 271.
Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 22, no. 2 (Winter 1970), p. 57 (correction to Stechow catalogue).
Watson, Katharine J. "Sculpture: Hellenistic to the Twentieth Century." Apollo 103, no. 168 (February 1976), pp. 103-04, fig. 10.
Barron, Stephanie, ed. German Expressionist Sculpture. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984, cat. no. 69, pp. 115, 119, color ill. p. 123; in German edition, Skulptur des Expressionismus, cat. no. 69, pp. 110, 120, color ill. p. 70.
Technical Data
The figure is carved of a single piece of softwood, probably "Arvenholtz" or Swiss stone pine Pinus Cembra, leaving the heartwood intact, and is stained light brown.22 The figure's hair, eyes, eyebrows, and pubic area are painted black. The sculpture is doweled to a square, black-painted base.
Numerous checks and cracks run vertically throughout the piece. There are two significant cracks running through the head, with a long iron nail spanning the longer of these. An additional significant crack extends between her breasts and another shorter crack runs between her buttocks. There appears to be a small check opening up on her proper right hand; checking is also visible on the inside surfaces of both legs.
The crack in the figure's chest has been repaired with a wooden fill. There appear to be several breaks, repaired with adhesive, in her proper right foot; and another, fixed with an iron brad, is visible in the toe. There may also be a repair on the inside of her proper left foot.
A note in the curatorial file indicates that the repairs were certainly completed prior to 1961 and may have been performed by the artist himself.
1. From 1909, Kirchner's paintings often quote his sculptures, as do his photographs from after 1910.
2. Louis de Marsalle (pseud.), "Über die plastischen Arbeiten von E. L. Kirchner," Der Cicerone 18, no. 2 (1925), pp. 692-701.
3. Wolfgang Henze, "Kirchner," in German Expressionist Sculpture, ed. Stephanie Barron (exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983-84), p. 114.
4. On the house, see Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Gut in den Lärchen: E. L. Kirchner Haus 1918-1923 (Bern, 1996).
5. See Karlheinz Gabler, "E. L. Kirchner's Doppelrelief: Tanz zwischen den Frauen - Alpaufzug: Bemerkungen zu einem Hauptwerk expressionistischer Plastik," Brücke-Archiv, vol. 11 (Berlin, 1979-80), pp. 3-12.
6. Kirchner's relationship with Erna, whom he named executrix in 1917, was not without problems, which were alleviated by her frequent trips to Berlin, leaving Kirchner in the solitude of his Alpine home. He also developed strong friendships with the dancer Nina Hagen, whom he used as a model in 1921, and Nele van de Velde, who visited in 1920 and exchanged letters with him.
7. In Ernst Ludwig Kirchner(exh. cat., New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, 1952), cat. no. 30.
8. Kirchner published the Oberlin work in 1921 under the name "Stehendes Mädchen"; see Louis de Marsalle (pseud.), "Über Kirchners Graphik," Genius, Bilder und Aufsätze zu alter und neuer Kunst, vol. 2 (Munich, 1921), pp. 252. In Kirchner's inventory for his exhibition in Basel in 1923 he listed a sculpture, Traurige Frau(Melancholy Woman), that may also have been identical with the Oberlin nude.
9. Painted wood, signed in pencil on the sole of the left foot, 63 cm high, Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelsches Kunstinstitut, inv. SGPL 206. Reproduced in German Expressionist Sculpture, ed. Stephanie Barron (exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983-84), cat. no. 64. This undated work has been consistently referred to as Nacktes Mädchen(Nude Girl).
10. For a detailed discussion of the dating problems, see Martin Schwander, "Der Tanz zwischen den Frauen: Zu Ernst Ludwig Kirchners Skulptur der frühen Schweizer Jahre," Bruckmanns Pantheon 44 (1986), pp. 102-11.
11. Nude with Black Hat, 1911-12, woodcut; Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner: Das Graphische Werk (Munich, 1967; 3rd ed., 1991), no. 207. See also Wolfgang Henze, "Kirchner," in German Expressionist Sculpture, ed. Stephanie Barron (exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983-84), cat. no. 63. The painting is Stehender Akt mit Hut, 1910, oil on canvas, 205 x 65 cm, Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelsches Kunstinstitut.
12. These are the dates given by Wolfgang Henze, "Kirchner," in German Expressionist Sculpture, ed. Stephanie Barron (exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983-84), pp. 113-23.
13. The Dancing Woman (1911, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum) and Female Dancer with Extended Leg (1913, private collection) both display a rough-hewn surface with visible chisel marks, and twisted, angular poses. See Wolfgang Henze, "Kirchner," in German Expressionist Sculpture, ed. Stephanie Barron (exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983-84), cat. nos. 61 and 66, respectively.
14. As suggested by Martin Schwander ("Der Tanz zwischen den Frauen," Bruckmanns Pantheon 44 [1986], p. 106), Kirchner consciously evokes his earlier happier and more productive phase in the two nudes through the similarity of the physical type to Dodo, his Berlin muse until 1911, when he met Erna Schilling. Kirchner's Davos diary indicates that ongoing difficulties with Erna moved him to conjure up this period of inspired productivity. Kirchner's personal troubles might explain the changed mood of the nudes, which appear sad and reflective, in marked contrast to the expansive sensuality radiated by the woodcut of Dodo in her black hat.
15. Boy with a Hatchet(Junger Staäer mit Beil) is now back in Kirchner's house "In den Lärchen " in Davos and is illustrated in Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Gut in den Lärchen: E. L. Kirchner Haus 1918-1923(Bern, 1996). p. 85. See also Martin Schwander, "Der Tanz zwischen den Frauen," Bruckmanns Pantheon 44 [1986], p. 105, fig. 4. The style of Boy with a Hatchet is in contrast to Kirchner's carved furnishings and studio doors, which are closer to African models in the more angular carving and visible chisel marks.
16. Will Grohmann, Zeichnungen von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner(Dresden, 1925); and Roman N. Ketterer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Zeichnungen und Pastelle(Stuttgart, 1979).
17. Magdalena Möller, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Meisterwerke der Druckgraphik(exh. cat., Brücke-Museum, Berlin, 1990); and Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 1 (Berlin, 1926), until 1916; vol. 2 (Berlin, 1931), 1916-27; and Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner: Das Graphische Werk, 2 vols. (Munich, 1967; 3rd ed. 1991).
18. Donald E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Mit einem kritischen Katalog der Gemälde(Munich, 1968).
19. Karlheinz Gabler, E. L. Kirchner. Vol. 25, Dokumente, Fotos - Schriften - Briefe (exh. cat., Museum der Stadt Aschaffenburg, 1980/81).
20. Lothar Grisebach, E. L. Kirchners Davoser Tagebuch(Cologne, 1968).
21. Nele van de Velde, E. L. Kirchner, Briefe an Nele und Henry van de Velde(Munich, 1961); Wolfgang Henze, ed., Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Gustav Schiefler, Briefwechsel 1910-1935/38(Stuttgart, 1990); Annemarie Dube-Heynig, in Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Postkarten und Briefe an Erich Heckel im Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, ed. Roman N. Ketterer (Cologne, 1984).
22. On 22 November 1918 Kirchner wrote "Ich habe jetzt ein wunderbares Holz für Holzschnitzerei, das 'Arvenholz'. Das schneidet sich so leicht, wie ich noch keines gehabt habe. Die Arven wachsen ganz an der Schneegrenze. Das Holz is sehr widerstandsfähig trotz seiner Weichheit." (I have now a wonderful wood for carving, the "Arvenholz." The wood is easier to carve than any I have ever tried. The Arven grows right on the snowline [actually the tree line]. The wood is very solid despite its softness.) Quoted in Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Gut in den Lärchen: E. L. Kirchner Haus 1918-1923 (Bern, 1996), pp. 70, translated here by Stephan Jost. In Kornfeld, p. 85, both the Boy with the Axe in Davos and the female nude in Frankfurt are described as "Arvenholz." If the Oberlin sculpture is also "Arvenholz," it must have been carved after November 1918.


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Yes, it IS better together!
As much as I enjoy the freedom, flexibility and independence of being a solo-preneur, I definitely miss connecting with other creatives and business-savvy people on a regular basis. One thing engage!09 really inspired me to do is not wait for someone else to create what I'm looking for, but to just go out and make it happen! I decided to organize a get-together of a few "small shop" wedding pros I knew in the Orlando area and last Friday was our first "official" meet up. The lovely and super talented Anna Bond of Rifle Design kindly offered her brand new studio space to host our first get together.
Some of Anna's gorgeous work:
Here's who came: Anna of Rifle Design | Sarah and Lisa of Orange Blossom Ink | Fiona of Anavi Ink | Grace of Grace Edmands Calligraphy | Becka of Studio 222 Photography | Ashley of Ashley Brooke Designs | Monica of BoomBox Bindery
Nick of Mama's Sauce Print Shop, right next door, treated us with coffee and delicious baked goods from Davis Bakery. If you've been on the hunt for a local letterpress resources, definitely contact Nick. They have a full screenprinting set up as well.
He also gave us tour of the shop which included running one of their letterpresses and giving us a fresh off the press souvenir designed by Anna (yes, that is some s-weet hand drawn type by Anna).
Hopefully this is just the start of many inspiring meet-ups to come!


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Pornography is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purpose of sexual arousal. Pornography may be presented in a variety of media, including books, magazines, postcards, photographs, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video, and video games.
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- I once stole a pornographic book that was printed in Braille. I used to rub the dirty parts.
- Woody Allen in Bananas (1971)
- In this connection we may refer to fornicatory acts effected with artificial imitations of the human body, or of individual parts of that body. There exist true Vaucansons in this province of pornographic technology, clever mechanics who, from rubber and other plastic materials, prepare entire male or female bodies, which, as hommes or dames de voyage, subserve fornicatory purposes. More especially are the genital organs represented in a manner true to nature. Even the secretion of Bartholin's glans is imitated, by means of a "pneumatic tube" filled with oil. Similarly, by means of fluid and suitable apparatus, the ejaculation of the semen is imitated. Such artificial human beings are actually offered for sale in the catalogue of certain manufacturers of "Parisian rubber articles."
- Iwan, Bloch (2015) [1910]. The Sexual Life of Our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization. p. 660
- Pornography has been so thickly glossed over with the patina of chic these days in the name of verbal freedom and sophisication… Part of the problem is that those who traditionally have been the most vigorous opponents of porn are often those same people who shudder at the explicit mention of any sexual subject… There can be no equality in porn, no female equivalent, no turning of the tables in the name of bawdy fun. Pornography, like rape, is a male invention, desgined to dehumanize women… Pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propoganda.
- Susan Brownmiller, Against Our Will (1975), p. 392
- Listen, I'm no social scientist and haven't done a survey. I don't pretend to know what John Q citizen thinks about this. But I've lived in prison for a long time now and I've met a lot of men who were motived to commit violence just like me. And without expectation, every one of them was deeply involved in pornography. Without question, without expectation. Deeply influenced and consumed by an addiction to pornography.
- Ted Bundy during an interview with James Dobson (1989) hours before his execution.
- Those of us who are, who have been so much influenced by violence in the media, in particular pornographic violence, are not some kinds of inherent monsters. We are your sons and we are your husbands. And we grew up in regular families. And pornography can reach out and snatch a kid out of any house today. It snatched me out of my home twenty, thirty years ago.
- Ted Bundy during an interview with James Dobson (1989) hours before his execution.
- ...well meaning decent people will condemn [the] behavior of a Ted Bundy while they're walking past a magazine rack full of the very kinds of things that send young kids down the road to be Ted Bundys.
- Ted Bundy during an interview with James Dobson (1989) hours before his execution.
- Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.
- Catechism of the Catholic Church 2354 by Pope John Paul II (1992)
- Horror and pornography are the only two genres specifically devoted to the arousal of bodily sensation. They exist solely to horrify and stimulate, not always respectively, and their ability to do so is the sole measure of their success: they 'prove themselves upon our pulses"
- Carol J. Clover (Fall 1987). "Her Body, Himself; Gender in the Slasher Film". University of California Press. Representations 20 (Misogyny, Misandry, and Misanthropy): 187–228. doi:10.2307/2928507
- [I]n the male sexual lexicon, which is the vocabulary of power, erotica is simply high-class pornography: better produced, better conceived, better executed, better packaged, designed for a better class of consumer. As with the call girl and the streetwalker, one is turned out better but both are produced by the same system of sexual values and both perform the same sexual service.
- Andrea Dworkin, Pornography, Men Possessing Women (1981), p 10
- Pornography is used in rape - to plan it, to execute it, to choreograph it, to engender the excitement to commit the act.
- Andrea Dworkin, testimony before the New York Attorney General's Commission on Pornography in 1986
- The pornographers actually use our bodies as their language. We are their speech. . . . Protecting what they 'say' means protecting what they do to us, how they do it. It means protecting their sadism on our bodies, because that is how they write: not like a writer at all; like a torturer.
- Andrea Dworkin, Women Transforming Communications
- Men characterize pornography as something mental because their minds, their thoughts, their dreams, their fantasies, are more real to them than women's bodies or lives; in fact, men have used their social power to characterize a $10-billion-a-year trade in women as fantasy.
- Andrea Dworkin, Pornography, Men Possessing Women (1981)
- Pornography is the essential sexuality of male power: of hate, of ownership, of hierarchy; of sadism, of dominance."
- Andrea Dworkin, Pornography, Men Possessing Women (1981)
- Pornography incarnates male supremacy. It is the DNA of male dominance. Every rule of sexual abuse, every nuance of sexual sadism, every highway and byway of sexual exploitation, is encoded in it.
- Andrea Dworkin, Pornography, Men Possessing Women (1981)
- Everyone knows that child pornography is bad because it's been demonstrated over and over that people who look at that stuff end up acting it out—and really destroy people's lives. That's beyond the unconscionably cruel exploitation of the children involved.
Other forms of pornography are harmful for a similarly oft-repeated reason: Pornography makes women into objects of desire rather than real people. We want to have relationships between person and person, not person-to-object.
- Tzvi Freeman, "What's Wrong with Pornography?", Chabad.org.
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- Peter Griffin: What's the difference between art and pornography... a government grant!
- Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan, Family Guy, "Mind Over Murder", (April 25, 1999)
- The oppressive measures on pornography by the Korean government are totally insane... It is actually seen that it oppresses masculinity and that it distorts the essentials. It is all done by the Ministry of Gender Equality and women's organizations led by Korean feminists.
- Sung Jae-gi Quoted in: "(Voice) Should pornography be censored?" The Korea Herald, 2012.12.17
- Though watching porn may seem degrading to some women, the fact is that it's one of the few jobs for women where you can get to a certain level, look around, and feel so powerful, not just in the work environment but as a sexual being. So, fuck Gloria Steinem.
- Jenna Jameson, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
- To this day, I can't watch my own sex scenes.
- Jenna Jameson, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
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- Men may buy pornography but women pay for it – in terms of exploitation, rape, violence, and a society that sees them as disposable sexual objects.
- Rosalie Maggio The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage (1991)
- Pornography? I've been looking at it all my life and it hasn't affected me anything.
- I saw no reason why you couldn't create a work of pornography that adhered to all the same standards as the best art or literature. The big difference between art and pornography is that art, at its best, makes you feel less alone. You see a painting or read a piece of writing that expresses a thought that you had but didn't express, and you suddenly feel less alone. Pornography, on the other hand, tends to engender feelings of self-disgust, isolation and wretchedness. I wanted to change that.
- Alan Moore "Alan Moore: The reluctant hero", Independent, Monday 15 March 2004.
- Pornography is such a degraded genre with absolutely no standards. It doesn't serve any function other than to make people feel wretched, ashamed and alone. It reinforces our loneliness and our wretched human misery. And it shouldn't.
- Alan Moore "7 MORE ALAN MOORE COMICS THAT COULD GET LIBRARIANS FIRED" Scott Thill, Wired, 11/13/09.
- Pornography is the theory, and rape is the practice.
- Robin Morgan "Theory and Practice: Pornography and Rape", 1974 in Going Too Far: The Personal Chronicle of a Feminist (1977)
- John Oliver: You mentioned in an interview that the NSA is passing around naked photos of people.
- Edward Snowden: Yeah this something where it's not actually seen as a big deal in the culture of NSA, because you see naked pictures all of the time.
- John Oliver: That terrifies people.
- John Oliver (comedian) interviewing Edward Snowden Last Week Tonight: Government Surveillance (April 5th 2015)
- Pornography. That which excites, whether from approval or disapproval.
- Leonard Rossiter, English comic actor. '...To Rossiter', The Devil's Bedside Book, Hamlyn paperbacks (1980) p. 46
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- Pornography is about dominance and often pain. Erotica is about mutuality and always pleasure.
- Gloria Steinem "Erotica vs Pornography", in Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983)
- I can't tell you how surrealistic it is to find myself and others called "puritanical", "the new Victorians", or "anti-sex" for the same views that got us condemned as "sexual libertarians" and "immoral women" until a few years ago. Women and men who oppose pornography for its normalization of violence will have to fight hard if we're going to avoid the suffragists' fate of being recorded in history as boring, asexual bluestockings... Depictions of mutual pleasure and the sexualization of equality are so rare that pornographers seem to have the franchise on sex. They can get away with claiming that to oppose pornography is to oppose sex… The answer to pornography lies not only in exposing it as an institution, but making sure that individuals who are drawn to it, but who are not hurting others, don't feel condemned. It's partly the feeling of being personally accused that has caused some women, including some feminists, to defend pornography.
- Gloria Steinem, "Preface", Outrageous Acts and Everday Rebellions (2nd ed) (1995)
- [I can't define what is pornography.] "But I know it when I see it."
- Potter Stewart, opinion in Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964)
- I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of [hard-core pornography] material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.
- Justice Potter Stewart, in Hahn Guide To Unix & Linux, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, p. 14.
- Erotica: The depiction of naked men. Depictions of naked women are far less innocent and are known as "pornography".
- Richard Summerbell, Abnormally Happy: A Gay Dictionary, 1985
- What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told.
- Kurt Vonnegut, Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut (1988), Pg. 133
- Not unlike urban gangs, police, carnival workers and certain other culturally marginalized guilds, the US porn industry is occluded and insular in a way that makes it seem like high school.
- David Foster Wallace, "Big Red Son" (1998), (From Consider the Lobster (2007))
- I would never want to film hard-core pornography, because it always looks like open-heart surgery to me.
- John Waters, Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste, (1981)
- In practice, attempts to sort out good erotica from bad porn inevitably comes down to 'What turns me on is erotic; what turns you on is pornographic.'
- Ellen Willis, "Feminism, Moralism, and Pornography" (1979), in Beginning To See the Light: Pieces of a Decade (1981)
- Pornography is not a monolith, either of apolitical pleasure or of unpleasurable power.
- Linda Williams, Hard core: power, pleasure, and the "frenzy of the visible" (1989), p 170.
- Watching pornography [..] is like going to a Wikipedia page. You search for a specific thing, a specific feeling, a specific result, and that's exactly what you find.
- Meg Wolitzer, "The Sex Drive, Idling in Neutral", New York Times, April 15, 2011.


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"Aromas of cassis and boysenberry are accented by soft black tea and anise notes, while the palate is defined by caramel, vanilla, Baker's chocolate and intriguing layers of toasted bread and pie spices."
That's an actual tasting note on a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
If such descriptions make your eyes roll, you're not alone. Tasting notes can be quite bewildering - and the vocabulary of formal wine analysis can make the process intimidating.
After all, what the heck is a boysenberry?
Fortunately, the science behind such narratives is easy to understand. And by identifying the aromas in your glass - and then describing them - you'll increase your appreciation of wine.
Smelling begins when chemical compounds are released by whatever it is we're smelling, stimulating nerve cells in the nose, mouth and throat. Those cells send messages to the brain, where specific smells are recognized.
Grapes, like all fruits, produce aromatic compounds. The process of fermentation causes all sorts of chemical reactions, and those create even more aromas. Very often, that fermented grape juice will interact with grape stems, dead yeast and oak during the winemaking process, resulting in an even more complex bouquet. As wine ages, aromatic changes continue to take place.
It's no wonder why some tasting notes read like grocery lists.
Detecting a wine's many aromas is just part of formal tasting; the next step is describing it. Here, things get tricky - because all of us have our own olfactory memories. And we develop most of those memories as children.
What smells like blueberry pie to one taster could easily smell like ripe blackberries to another. And neither person is wrong. We all have our own, unique stock of aromas in our memories.
Making matters even more confusing, people have varying sensitivities to different aromas. A taster that's very sensitive to mercaptans - a wine flaw that manifests itself with aromas of onions and cabbage - may find some wines undrinkable that others find delicious.
Evaluating wines seriously - complete with your nose in the glass and thoughtful tasting - opens up the entire world of wine appreciation. And it's not that difficult.
Next time you enjoy wine at home, pay attention to what you're smelling.
Wines from the New World - countries like the United States, Australia and Argentina - tend to offer riper fruit aromas thanks to warmer growing conditions. Old World wines, on the other hand, are generally more restrained.
California Chardonnays, for example, are typically marked by notes of pineapple and melon. Chardonnays from France - especially the region of Chablis - present aromas of green apples, lemon and lime.
Syrah offers a similar contrast. In Australia, the grape is normally used to produce deliciously hedonistic fruit bombs - emitting gobs of ripe blackberries and licorice. French Syrah is typically marked by blueberries, meat and black pepper.
Winemaking decisions also influence how a wine smells.
While fruit notes come from the grapes, a winemaker can impart "secondary" aromas like vanilla, chocolate and coffee by using oak. That butter smell one so often encounters in California Chardonnay is the result of "malolactic fermentation," a process that's used to make wine softer and more accessible. This process is standard for most red wines.
Finally, a wine can offer "tertiary" aromas after bottle aging. These notes are often savory - think mushrooms and hazelnuts.
Understanding all the nuances of wine may seem daunting, but all one needs is a sense of smell and taste, along with a strong streak of curiosity. Otherwise, wine appreciation just takes practice. So, start drinking.
David White, a wine writer, is the founder and editor of Terroirist.com. His columns are housed at Wines.com, the fastest growing wine portal on the Internet.


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Dear Reader,
It's actually Monday night when I am writing this, but I have told myself I cannot go to bed until I submit some poems, so I am procrastinating my blogging. Ah, the life of a writer.
To the confessional--
I confess I know that submitting is part of the job of a writer, but I've been terrible (read: TERRIBLE!) at it this year.
It's very sad to see how many poems I've written and haven't sent anywhere.
Maybe sad isn't the right word. Maybe it's disappointing. Or boring. Or I-can't-get-any-good-news-if-I-don't-submit-my-work.
When I realize this I wonder what it would be like to be a regular human being who doesn't get acceptances. What do they look forward to? Babies? Marriages? Vacations? Paychecks? Commissions?
I know I love to receive the validation of an acceptance letter. Of course, I must not love it that much as it has been 84 days since I last submitted.
Next subject...
I confess I joined Twitter a couple years ago not really knowing what I was doing (Thank you Martha Silano for creating my account as we sat in a Starbucks.)
The other night I was watching the Olympics Opening Ceremonies and following the West Coast funny comments on Twitter. It was really the first time I had spent such an amount of time on it.
While I was there one of my favorite actors whom I follow who never tweets came on and said, "I'm thinking about following some random people..."
I am a scaredy cat when it comes to such interactions.
If I adore someone, I cannot speak to them. I become neanderthal girl and say things like "Me Kelli." Well, this was/is an actor I adore. (There are really only 2 celebrities I adore, this guy and Conan O'Brien. Though I often act like an idiot around favorite poets too, sometimes I just hide near the appetizers exploring the cheese while others have memorable and life changing encounters.)
Normally, I'd just ignore such a tweet, I mean, why put myself out there for rejection?
But here's the thing-- hitting age 40 a few years ago and having that weird eye disease (optic neuritis) and losing my vision (then getting it back) at 37 has kind of given me this "F-it" attitude. The life-is-too-short, and if I am rejected, embarrassed, humiliated, so be it.
So I sent Favorite Actor a tweet saying something like "I think you should follow a poet/editor...just sayin'." And here's the thing-- he did. 95,000 and some people follow him and he follows me, plus 107 other people. That's it. Much of this is good timing. But for me, there was a bit of risk. No one wants to be rejected or ignored. No one wants to be embarrassed.
But I guess I'm just at a point in my life where it's easier not to care if I look ridiculous, because honestly, life is too short. In this world, we act as if life is this long event where we have time not to take take risks or do the things we want to do. We save that stuff until we are braver, or stronger, or smarter. But here's the thing-- who knows what the future holds. Carpe diem. Seize the Carp, I mean, day.
What --really?-- do we have to lose?
So I'm now am followed by an actor I admire. 1 degree of separation. And if you're wondering who it is, you can check out the image below because I took a photo of it with my iPhone because that is the kind of dork I am, a smart one who knows how to use her iPhone to take a screen shot.
I confess if Conan O'Brien followed me, I'd truly believe life is a magical place.
I confess these are two of my favorite celebrity people. There aren't many others I like because I'm picky like that. And not very knowledgable in celebrity.
I confess I wanted to talk to Robert Pinsky at the Seattle Arts and Lecture event last fall and was invited to the reception before his reading to meet him. And do you want to know what I said to Mr. Pinsky? Nothing. Because I was hiding by the appetizers.
I confess my goal this year is not to hide. Wish me luck. (And no matter what happens, at least I'll be eating less cheese.)


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Last Ramadan I did a post giving some basic information about Ramadan around the world, and some of the challenges for the mixed couple or family, whether in a Muslim majority country or not: Ramadan and the Mixed Couple/Family. I also did a series of posts related specifically to blogger Coolred's situation then, and the importance of zakat or charity, Ramadan miracles as particular spiritual and humanistic events, and generosity: Ramadan, Zakat, Sadaqa, and Charity: When Mixed Marriages Go Awry, and Mixed Families Suffer; Update; They're Off!; and the related, Eid Al-Fitr and Thanks Giving: "Do you believe in miracles?".
This year I will also do a number of posts on themes related to Ramadan, focusing on special aspects of the month as it progresses. For, in fact, the month of Ramadan is not monolithic, although the whole month is characterized by prayer, fasting, spiritual reflection, and charity towards others.
Sighting ("rukyah")
Ramadan, the 9th month of the lunar Islamic calendar, this year occurred on August 10-12 in the solar Gregorian calendar, depending on location in the world, and national and clerical decisions. Although the general day is known roughly ahead, Ramadan actually begins with the official sighting of the new moon. This is as much an interpretative art as a astronomical science, and is a source of debate among clerics. Countries follow their scientists and religious leaders in determining when to officially start Ramadan, though many choose to follow the sighting in Saudi Arabia as the Site of the Two Holy Mosques.
Aljazeera gives a good summary both of timing and of what Ramadan means for Muslims, Muslims begin Ramadan observance:
More than one billion Muslims across the world have begun observing Ramadan with soaring temperatures in the Middle East and elsewhere set to pose a challenge for many worshippers.
For the next 30 days, believers will observe the holiest month in Islam by abstaining from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk.
Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, declared Wednesday as the first day of Ramadan, after announcing the sighting of the crescent moon the earlier evening.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, home of Islam's holiest shrines, urged Muslims to seek God's "mercy" during the month.
"The holy month inspires Muslims with the noble meanings of compassion, mercy and kindness," he said in a speech, according to the official SPA news agency.
Muslims in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Syria, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Algeria and Tunisia also began to observe the fast on Wednesday.
In Iraq, the Sunni population begans its observances, but the larger Shia community is not expected to start its fast until Thursday, as is the case in Oman and Iran.
'Keeping hearts clean'
Faithful Muslims in Ramadan are supposed to exercise piety and spend evenings conducting prayers, and governments have taken measures to facilitate that.
Muslims are expected to exercise piety during the month of Ramadan [Reuters]
Bars and pubs in Egypt either closed during the month or switched to abstemious menus, with the exception of hotel bars, which serve alcohol only to non-Egyptians.
Dubai, a popular destination for party-goers, also closed its nightclubs or banned dancing in them.
"It is not permitted to hold entertainment activities, celebrations or parties at any time throughout the holy month of Ramadan," Mohammed Khalifa, the director government's inspection and tourism permit section, told the AFP news agency.
Indonesia said it will crack down on internet pornography. Tifatul Sembiring, the communications minister, urged Muslims to "keep hearts clean in the holy month," and said he would target websites and media that carried sexual content.
Many embassies posted messages on their websites reminding expatriates to respect Ramadan rules.
Like the sighting of the new moon which heralds the start of Ramadan, one might say that more than for other months, timing is everything. Timing of the sun's movement marks the precise limits of the fast from sunrise to sunset, as well as special prayer (tarawih) times, and the 5 obligatory prayer times of salat. This year Saudi Arabia is testing its 4 face clock, still under construction in Makkah. It is hoped that this largest clock in the world, and Makkah Time will replace Big Ben, and GMT (UTS) as being more the true centre of the globe than London.
A number of countries alter work hours to facilitate accomplishing the goals of Ramadan: prayer, fasting to enhance spirituality, and charity. Particularly in summer, and in a heat wave, such adaptations are necessary to prevent dehydration. Ramadan is not supposed to make the faithful ill; it is supposed to be a month of exceptional piety, submission, and reflection.
This year, most Sunni Muslims began fasting Wednesday, while Shiite Muslims in Iran, Iraq and Oman are to begin observances Thursday. Lebanon's Shiites were split.
By midday, temperatures reached the high 90s in degrees Fahrenheit (high 30s in degrees Celsius), and even topped 100 Fahrenheit, or 38 Celsius, in many parts of the Middle East.
Some took steps to ease the burden of fasting in the heat.
The governments in Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories reduced the work day of civil servants from eight to six hours. Some construction workers in Lebanon struck deals with their employers to work for a few hours at night, instead of during the day.
In the United Arab Emirates, the top religious authority issued a religious edict, or fatwa, allowing laborers to eat if it is too hot or conditions are too difficult to fast. Religious officials issued the decision in response to a question from an oil rig worker.
"God does not burden any soul beyond what it can bear, and God knows best," the fatwa said.
In Cairo, Sheik Eid Abdel-Hamid, a preacher at the Al-Azhar Mosque, told the daily al-Gomhuria that those engaged in hard physical labor can break their fast and make up for it later.
In Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, the clock was moved back an hour. This does not change the duration of the fast, but eases it by allowing people to break their fast earlier in the evenings.
Soaring heat
By midday on Wednesday, temperatures reached the high 30 degrees Celsius and even topped 38 degrees Celsius, in many parts of the Middle East.
Egypt, whose 80 million people are mostly Muslim, has switched to winter time, moving the clock back by an hour in order to shorten the period of fasting and ease the problems in the soaring heat, a decision emulated in the Palestinian territories.
The Egyptian government newspaper Al-Gomhuriya said this year's Ramadan is "the most difficult in years" due to rising prices, power shortages and temperatures of up to 42 degrees Celsius.
The governments in Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories reduced the work day of civil servants from eight to six hours ,while some construction workers in Lebanon struck deals with their employers to work for a few hours at night, instead of during the day, to escape the heat.
In the United Arab Emirates, the top religious authority issued a religious edict, or fatwa, allowing labourers to eat if it is too hot or conditions are too difficult to fast.
Religious officials issued the decision in response to a question from an oil rig worker. "God does not burden any soul beyond what it can bear, and God knows best," the fatwa said.
Ramadan Apps
Applications to help with Ramadan observances began in 2003-2004, and have multiplied since. Nokia, among others, offers free apps. "This year's Ramadan applications a include the Holy Quran, Prayer Times, Hadith, Boyoot Allah, Arabica, Mozzaker, and Makkah and Madinah. New features include Quran recitation from multiple recitors ( which we demanded last year) from which users can choose to download in MP3 format. Prayer timings and Qibla direction are provided for 1000 cities in 200 countries, along with the ability to add, remove, update and edit any location using the GPS."
Ramadan Applications suggest what might be useful, and what observances and prayers are part of Ramadan: The Holy Quran; Prayer Times; Qibla direction; Hadith by different authors; Boyoot Allah (to locate mosques throughout the world); Arabica (help for non-Arabic speaking Muslims to read and understand Quran, and learn hadith and prayers with information on Makkah and Madinah, Hajj and Umrah); Mozzaker (for daily Azkar/Athkar (supplications) and selected supplications).
Ramadan images 2010:
How did you learn about the start of Ramadan?
Are you observing among family, friends, and community, or more on your own?
Any other comments, thoughts, impressions, experiences?
Related Posts:
Ramadan and the Mixed Couple/Family
Ramadan, Zakat, Sadaqa, and Charity:
When Mixed Marriages Go Awry, and Mixed Families Suffer;
They're Off!;
Eid Al-Fitr and Thanks Giving:
"Do you believe in miracles?"


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It might not have the build up of a major press announcement like the Galaxy S III, but Sony is giving something new a go over on their Facebook page by letting fans "fast forward" to the announcement of the next Xperia smartphone.
This started yesterday morning and the announcement was originally scheduled for June 22nd, but every time a user clicks the big orange button the clock jumps ahead (just one turn per day). They've had a pretty solid response so far as a little over 24,000 people have clicked the button and thus brought the announcement up to the afternoon of June 13th as it stands right now.
Now I'm guessing that Sony isn't probably unveiling anything revolutionary here, but they do still owe us one Xperia Ion for AT&T by the end of June. Despite the fans on their Facebook page doing some minor rioting in favor of an Xperia Play 2 I'm pretty sure they would have brought that out at E3 last week if it were that far along.
In case I'm right about this being the Ion, I'll give a quick refresher, as I was pretty impressed with it at CES. The highlights were the 4.65-inch 1280×720 Reality Display which was one of the best looking displays I've seen in terms of contrast and color reproduction. The other big feature was the 12 MP Exmor-R camera which was able to fire off a shot from standby in under 2 seconds. On the downside it was slated to launch with Gingerbread, though we're hoping Sony's wised up and puts Android 4 on this bad boy.
Hit the source link below to do your part to speed up the countdown, if you have a Facebook account that is, and there's also at least one contest for a free Xperia phone that you can get in on while you are at it.
The Ion is just my theory, any other Xperia phones that you've been waiting for?
Update: So much for my prognostications. The phone they revealed was the Xperia Miro which is a decidedly low end device with a 3.5-inch screen at 320×480, an 800 MHz processor, 5MP camera, but hey at least it's running Ice Cream Sandwich.
While it wasn't this specific announcement Sony did let slip that a version of the Xperia Ion will be available sans LTE internationally, so maybe that's what had my spider sense tingling.


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Chopped Antipasto Salad
An Italian chopped salad, featuring cubed pepperoni and cheeses, fresh tomatoes, roasted peppers, chickpeas, hot and sweet pepper rings and garlic-oregano vinaigrette. A zesty taste of Italy in every bite.
8 cups chopped romaine lettuce
1 cup diced roasted peppers
1⁄2 cup hot and sweet pepper rings, mixed
1 1⁄2 cups cubed pepperoni
2 cups cubed Provolone, Swiss, and mozzarella, mixed
1 cup marinated mushrooms
1 cup chickpeas
1⁄2 cup sliced black olives
Garlic-oregano vinaigrette or other vinaigrette, for service
Mix all ingredients except vinaigrette together. Divide into eight portions and serve, accompanied by dressing.


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Floral Centerpieces from Used Guitar Strings
If you have ever practiced, played, or plucked at a stringed instrument, then you have likely experienced broken strings. They're a real drag, for everyone except artist Julia Friend. She will happily take your broken strings and turn them into something beautiful, like a bouquet of string flowers. You can buy her lovely creations or make your own using the following DIY tutorial. Check it out!
If you'd like to make some guitar string flowers of your own, Julia has a great DIY tutorial up on Candoodles, and the materials are incredibly simple: wire cutters, 1 thick guitar string, 3 thin guitar strings, and craft/binding wire. That's it!
If you are more interested in purchasing a string flower, Julia's online shop Stringcycle is dedicated to beautiful items made from reused instrument strings, and her repertoire is quite impressive, spanning jewelry to flowers to home decor. She finds her strings via instrument repair shops and musician friends, which got me thinking about all the musician friends I have and all the strings they may be breaking...
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Head on over to Candoodles for the full tutorial.
(Images: Candoodles via Stringcycle).


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There are good things to be said about The Spirit, but not enough of them to outweigh the bad.
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Violent, sexy superhero flick is all style, no substance.
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Parents need to know that this update of a 1940s comic book from one of the creative forces behind 300 is overflowing with hyper-stylized and excessive violence -- and suffused with smirking sexuality. There's only one instance of nudity (female buttocks), but the movie's sexual politics are decidedly retrograde -- all the female characters are either tarted-up villains, "bad" girls with hearts of gold, or long-suffering true loves who stand by their men. Also be prepared for buckets of stylized (but still graphic) bloodshed and lots of gory wounds and deaths. While the violence has the hyperactive, cartoony feel of a comic book, it's also brutal and depicted with extraordinary detail.
Messages: A career criminal chooses to stop a murderer and lunatic; in return, she's allowed to walk away. The lead character is shown to be a confused, emotionally promiscuous person. Extensive discussion of the nature of power. The lead character is a vigilante who has the tacit approval of the city's police force. The uniforms and iconography of the Nazi party are used solely for stylistic purposes.
Violence: Constant, hyper-stylized, bloody action. Characters are knifed, shot, punched (in the head, groin, stomach, and more), run over with cars, struck with arrows, impaled with weapons, exploded into bloody gobbets, encouraged to commit suicide, decapitated, punched, and more. Not surprisingly, there are plenty of dead bodies as a consequence. Characters also break necks with their bare hands. A genetic experiment gone wrong (a foot with a head sticking out of the ankle) is dissolved in acid. Disembodied eyeballs are seen swirling in a drain, and a severed finger is seen moving under its own power. Bloody wounds are seen in hyper-stylized contrast, so the blood seems white. Some of the characters, in comic-book fashion, have abilities that make them impervious or insensible to violence.
Sex: Lots of suggestive talk, clothing, and cleavage; some kissing and unbuttoning; one instance of nude female buttocks. Every female character in the film is presented as a two-dimensional doormat of desire who longs for the hero. Plenty of innuendo and implied sexuality. References to child prostitution.
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A woman in southwest France received a telephone bill for more than 15 quadrillion dollars, but the phone company refused to admit its mistake, offering instead to take the woman's money in installments. Solenne San Jose, from Pessac in Bordeaux, requested her account be closed after losing her job as a teaching assistant last month. Bouygues Telecom sent her a final bill, which—according to the paperwork—totaled 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros. San Jose told reporters she "almost had a heart attack. There were so many zeroes I couldn't even work out how much it was." Despite the fact that the bill amounted to some 6,000 times France's entire annual economic output, Bouygues initially told her there was nothing they could do to fix the computer-generated statement. San Jose said the company rep she talked to threatened to withdraw the money directly from her bank account. Later, after "a series of frantic phone calls," the company offered to set up an installment plan so San Jose could pay off the bill. Eventually, the phone company admitted the customer only owed them 117.21 euros. That amount was waived after some prodding from the local media.
The good news is Edward Archbold easily beat the other contestants in a "Midnight Madness" roach-eating contest at Ben Siegel Reptiles in Deerfield Beach. The bad news is he collapsed and died as soon as the contest was over. Archbold, of West Palm Beach, was one of 30 contestants vying to win the top prize, an $850 ivory ball python. The contest proved so popular that the pet store decided to have a worm-eating preliminary. Over the course of the evening, Archbold gobbled down 60 grams of meal worms, 35 three-inch-long "super worms" and partial bucketful of giant discoid cockroaches. "I guess if you really want a snake you can eat a hell of a lot of bugs," 26-year-old Matthew Karwacki, who won the store's cricket-eating contest earlier in the evening, was quoted as saying in The Miami Herald. After the contest, Archbold started vomiting and collapsed in front of the store. It will be several weeks before an autopsy reveals the exact cause of Archbold's death. Though most health experts agree that eating insects isn't particularly dangerous, it could lead to a severe allergic reaction—
An alleged burglar made it extremely easy for police to catch him. Wilbert Matheney, 48, a registered sex offender, allegedly broke into a home wearing a global tracking device that told police his exact whereabouts. According to police, the 48-year-old convict entered the property in Sylmar, Los Angeles, while a 90-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were at home. The woman told police she saw the suspect and his distinctive salt-and-pepper hair running out of the house with a laptop computer. Officers investigating the crime were told the suspect's description matched a man who routinely walked a small white dog around the neighborhood. A little more digging led them to a group home for sex offenders. Most of the residents are required by law to wear GPS tracking bracelets on their ankles. Police checked the data and, "Lo and behold, the GPS tracker put Matheney in the victim's home on the date and at the time of the burglary," Lt. Paul Vernon told the Contra Costa Times. When detectives went to the group home, Matheney opened the door and a little white dog ran out. "The detectives just looked at each other and smiled," Vernon said. Due to his status as a registered sex offender, Matheney was booked on charges of residential burglary without bail.
Fire officials in Holland Township can't be entirely sure, but they suspect an apartment complex blaze that displaced dozens of people might have been started by someone trying to cook a rodent with a blowtorch. Fire Chief Jim Kohsel told MLive.com that a resident had planned to eat a squirrel, and was burning its fur off on a third-floor deck of the building. Somehow, flames spread to the complex's roof. In all, eight apartments were destroyed. According to Kohsel, a firefighter broke a toe fighting the blaze, but no residents were injured.


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We are pleased to introduce another piece of literature by one of our members. Rachel Pruitt is a writer, storyteller, and teacher with a lifelong fascination for Celtic mythology and the Arthurian legend. Her Arthurian poetry has been published in Paradox magazine (2008 and 2009) and her article "To Dream a Dragon" appeared in the award-winning 2011 writing anthology, Many Genres, One Craft. She has also published nonfiction articles detailing, "Myths for Our Time"©, a personal mythology process she developed while an Artist in Residence in the Pacific Northwest. The Dragon's Harp is her first novel, and the first in a projected series of five books following the life of Gwenhwyfar, King Arthur's famous Queen.
As she explains, "As many of you already know, I am delighted to announce the publication of my first novel. It is a work of Arthurian historical fantasy, first in a 5 book series: Era of Dragons: The Lost Tales of Gwenhwyfar. This first book, The Dragon's Harp, is set in northern Wales during the 5th century CE and follows the coming of age of the young Gwenhwyfar. Merlin appears in the third chapter and will remain through the series. He is, after all, Gwenhwyfar's Uncle!
The Dragon's Harp is rooted deep into the soil of my research of Welsh mythology and what little is known about Welsh history of the time. Druids, priestesses, dark forces (both human and unseen) abound. There is also a very special dragon, Cymry, whom I suspect many of you will come to love as much as I have. I also assure those of you who care about history that, much as I love mythology and fantasy, the world I have created for Gwen also reflects the historical reality of a very dangerous and bloody time period. My book is written with adult and mature teen readers in mind, it is not a book for children.
Please enjoy exploring my website and share what you think of The Dragon's Harp. I very much look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, readers, wherever you are, may your lives be filled with magic, sweetness, creativity, and grace… .with just a touch of mystery…..whispering of other world realms…"
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Zac was born in 1991, brought home from Santa Monica Hospital to a boat in Marina Del Rey where he grew up on and around the water. He learned how to sail when he was 4 years old - before he learned how to ride a bike.
As Zac grew older his love for sailing and adventure grew. When he was nine his family moved to a local island and the adventures got bigger – sailing, surfing, and rock climbing everyday, all day - the perfect training ground for a young adventurer.
Zac was now homeschooled which made it possible to travel and get his studies done while in isolated places with no schools. He was also able to move ahead at a much faster pace and in less time which resulted in Zac, at 16, was a year ahead. This made it possible to take the time off to plan and execute his round the world trip.
After living on Catalina Island for two years, the adventure bug struck Laurence Sunderland, Zac's father, and they were off to Mexico in their 55' sailboat, Amazing Grace, spending six months hopping from bay to bay. Passing the bar exam was the last thing to think about. Zac lived like Robinson Carusoe building forts on the beach and exploring the crocodile and water snake-ridden mangrove jungles with his new friends.
Over the next years he traveled all over the world sailing in Australia, England and New Zealand before moving back to California to a house in the valley where Zac went to high school, played football and became team captain and defensive MVP.
As a true sailor and adventurer, this was not the life Zac wanted to live so soon after his 16th birthday he started making plans for a solo circumnavigation. Without sponsorship, he bought his boat Intrepid with his life savings of $6500 he had earned from working on boats and buying, repairing and selling his boats. Three long months of work later, he was off on his 28000nm trip.
Over the next 13 months, Zac experienced rough storms, pirates, deserted islands, the loneliness of spending weeks alone at sea the adventure of learning new cultures and languages, making great friends and losing some to the sea.
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AMA Phantom Review
There are a few different ways that heat sink manufacturers try to lure customers to their products. Some produce designs that look unique and interesting, while others strive for the best performance or quality. Others target the low-noise crowd, while the rest try to fit in the haze between these qualities. Occasionally, these qualities merge together to form great heat sinks. AMA is coming out with several new heat sinks to the marketplace. I personally just reviewed the AMA Orc, which operated quietly, looked cool, and performed well. On the agenda today is the AMA Phantom that looks far less menacing than the AMA Orc, while looking like it may possibly provide better cooling in a more compact design. This heat sink falls into the Astral line of AMA heat sinks, whereas the Orc fell into the company's Mythic series.
Closer Look:
Similar to the AMA Orc, the box is black with the AMA logo all around. This time a spaceship looking picture is on the front, with blue in place of red. The box itself has a few minor scuffs and also some weird grease that I tried to wipe away. Both heat sinks shipped together but the Orc's package was cleaner. Similarly, the front opens up to reveal a pouch of information and a perspective view of the heat sink and some smaller photos of some of the features of it. The box also has a window on it showing the decorative top piece.
Each side shows some basic specifications in several languages, this heat sink is compatible with i5 and i7 in future releases. Both sides have a silkscreen image of that spacey looking image. Each side has an AMA sticker on it. The back has another perspective view of the heat sink with blue LEDs on, and details similar to those found on the inside tab.
The top has an AMA sticker that is larger than the others, and another clear one to keep the box shut. Opening the box gives a good sneak peak at the side of the heat sink.
Included accessories are very similar to the AMA Orc, with a manual for the Phantom in place of the Orc's. Mounting brackets for Intel 775/1366 and AMD are included as well as thermal paste and mounting bolts.
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Contemporary graphic icon with text (Unique Genius) and slogan/tagline (stand out in a crowd . . . DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF) that will look fresh five years from now
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OK great ideas so far, tumble down sound like a good idea, don't know why I did not think of that. Indoors, been there done that, that is why I keep getting asked when are we going outside, hope that does not sound negative but we started there, indoors, and when ever I left to go ice climbing, he was asking when do I get to go outside. thanks for the input so far.
hey guys, thanks for the suggestions, made it out yesterday and things went well, already asking to go next weekend so positive experience!
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(20180119) The lake is plowed and the rental is open.
(180116) The ice skate rental is open every day 10 am to 3.30 pm! We hope the cold nights will stay and post here and on facebook when we close again.
(20170630) Try our homemade smoothies and nice cream in our summer café which we now keep open everyday 11-16!
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(20170425) We can offer you a small ray of sunshine in the midst of the april rain and snow - the first weekend of May we will be opening our summer café again!
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(20170408) The easter holidays are upon us and we now open the footballgolf for the season. We are open as regular except for on Good Friday and Easter Monday, see details here
(20170104) Finally the winter and snow is here and on Thursday we can open our skiing rental! Right now the yellow 5 km track is plowed and the kids' track as well. The rental is open until 15 and you can return equipment until 16 latest.
After you're done skiing, you can visit the sauna and try ice cold dips in the lake! We also have various lunches, sweets and warm drinks for you to consume! You can also eat lunch at restaurant Storstugan that is newly opened. Welcome out for a great weekend!
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We hope to have the warm water back in time for the aufguss and evening from 17.00.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
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(20160516) Due to repairs being made on water pipes, from 10 pm tonight the water will be shut off. The sauna and showers will be closed on thursday, how long is still unknown. We will update once we know more!
Our other activities and café is still open as normal.
(20160613) Tonight there will be arom sauna with peeling! Entry fee from 5 pm is 85 kr. Welcome!
(20160613) At the lakeside café you can get homemade soup for lunch! Today it's homemade potato and leek soup. With the menu you also get a sandwich and coffee/tea.
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(20160611) Rent a canoe at Hellasgården and paddle your way forward on the beautiful lake Källtorp.
(20160610) Restaurant Storstugan at Hellasgården is now open every monday during the summer!
(20160610) Next weekend we are opening our raw food café at Hellasgården. We'll sell cold-pressed juice, homemade smoothies and nice cream, among other things. Nice cream is vegan ice cream that you make using frozen bananas and other frozen berries.
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New for 2010: Fender FSR Strats HSS Flake!
Fender have announced two new Fender Stratocaster models, in cool Flake finishes. They are great new additions to the best-selling FSR range. Check them out!
Fender FSR Standard Strat® HSS Flake : One of our best selling Strats in a cool new flake finish!! Available in Sunfire Orange Flake or Root beer Flake. These fantastic new electric guitars are welcome additions to the popular FSR range by Fender.
The Standard Stratocaster HSS offers legendary Fender tone combined with classic styling that includes a one humbucking/two singlecoil pickup configuration, a synchronized tremolo with high-mass bridge block, shielded body cavities, and medium jumbo frets.
New features include a tinted neck and a '70s-style logo. The Standard Strat HSS—plug one in and listen for yourself! Standard gig bag included.
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