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Performance artist and curator Coco Dolle is ready to take over the Big Apple. Debuting her new curatorial show, Milk and Night, for the Spring/Break Art Show at the Condé Nast Building in New York's Times Square, Dolle isn't afraid to demonstrate her thoughts on being a female in unconventional ways. Like Daenerys and her dragons, Dolle brings in a pack of 13 artists to conquer the art world.
We chat about how writer/professor Helene Cixous inspired the show, feminism and what it means to be an artist in Donald Trump's America.
How did you create of idea of Milk and Night for the Spring/Break Art Show?
I designed this exhibition around the subject of the Black Mirror, the main theme of the Spring/Break Art Show this year. I wanted to explore an aesthetic of darkness and play with elements of humour, derision, restraints, outrage, shock and beauty.
You mentioned that Helene Cixous inspired your show's title. Why do you relate to her and what aspects of the show align to her work?
Milk and Night is both the name of my current show and the title of my on-going curatorial. In context, I started curating under this entity since early 2014, producing multiple group shows and performance events alongside other feminist peers such as Bianca Casady and Kembra Pfahler.
At the time, a new force in the feminist spirit was emerging in NYC, collectives were shaping up, some focused more on activism, others more towards spiritual conversations. I was looking for a title that would inspire all with an artful and poetical meaning. When Helene Cixous' writings came to mind, it made so much sense: "My voice is written in black and white, in milk and night." Her words relate to the kind of feminism I wanted to project both absorbing and reflecting on a culture, compassionate, inclusionary, visionary and bold. Further, coming from a French cultural background myself, my curatorial identity completely immersed with her revolutionary post-structuralist philosophy.
Milk and Night consists of 12 female artists and 1 male artist. What was the idea of presenting 13 artists? Where did you discover them?
I have chosen the number of 13 artists as an element of discomfort, the ill-fated number evoking ideas of sin, curse, rebellion and lawlessness. It is a symbolic number rooted in our patriarchal unconscious since I believe, the biblical times in The Last Supper. In my re-configuration, the balance of power has changed as 12 female artists share my exhibition room with one male artist. I also wanted to focus on concepts of inclusion and breakdown common ideas we have of a feminist exhibition being exclusively female.
In my mind, the male artist, our 'gentle-tokenman', whose work employs the feminine rhetoric of objectification and commodity, is then cast as our thirteen's sinner, he is the one who is now polarizing the duality of redemption and sin. This image of The Last Supper also evokes a more contemporary one - that of the American President signing anti-abortion executive order surrounded only by his 'male disciples'. These imbalances of power and uneven geometry, I believe need to be addressed in creative forms.
All the artists I have presented at Spring/Break have had an ongoing conversation with myself as an artist or as a curator. They come from different pockets of my community of artists, some knew each other's some didn't. I like to navigate between intellectual and pop cultural conversations, between alternative and academic communities, between conceptual and figurative works. I wanted to bring a mosaic of artists who address the construction of their identity whether it is by exploring through digital and social media, by means of traditional photography, experimentation with ink and ceramics, performance, or installation works.
So many of the themes touched on the female identity, sexuality and the body. As a curator, how do you see yourself within the artists and why have you chosen to prioritize the subject for the show?
Since my work as a curator explores conversations in the female voice, I believe most of my artists are body-centered or focused on sexuality, continuously trying to re-define their relationship to the self while breaking boundaries to societal norms. Though not all of the artists I have curated for this show do, a few take on a more conceptual approach to marking the surface and reclaiming their territory of approach.
From a historical viewpoint, feminist art grew out in the early '50s through performance art, engaging the body because it was the only way to address issues around female identity, and so I believe it keeps going. There is still much work to accomplish. As a performance and visual artist myself, I personally relate to this mission and to all the artists I work with.
The show's agenda is to engage and revisit the way we see our own psyche. What anxieties trigger you and why do you choose to address it through art?
The social and political agenda that we live in today is certainly one of the most anxious. Like many of us upon coming back from the Women's March in DC, I wanted to address these tensions through the alchemy of art. With this presidency, the role of the artists is especially pivotal in the breakdown of mainstream media, our dark mirror, which daily confronts us and moves us to self-introspection. Every day we are forced to re-evaluate and re-negotiate our terms of human decency and morality, presenting ourselves to daily critical thinking. Art is the only healthy way out and one of the most progressive tools for changing structural paradigms.
So many artists dream to be exhibited and curators achieve for recognition in the art world by showcasing what is current in art. Since you're both an artist and curator, what struggles have you overcame to break into the art world?
In both my curatorial and performance practices, Milk and Night / Legacy Fatale, I bridge concepts of inclusion and empowerment, which are values I struggled to find in the art world. I believe consistency and perseverance is a must.
What's the next step after you wrap up Milk and Night?
Milk and Night's next curatorial edition is on its way. I'll give you two hints: it's performance-based and transgressive.
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text: A complete description of nucleon structure in terms of its fundamental partonic degrees of freedom has long been a driving quest of hadronic physics. Due to QCD's nonperturbative nature, however, first principles calculations present various difficulties and are computationally expensive; as an alternative, relativistic models formulated in terms of constituent quarks have been proposed. In this talk, I will highlight a typical application of this latter framework on Dirac's light-front to describe nucleon strangeness in the proton's elastic form factors and its potential role in mechanisms driving core-collapse supernovae. Meanwhile, unlike light-front models, more ab initio methods, e.g., Dyson-Schwinger Equations and lattice QCD, are generally developed in Euclidean space. In an effort to help bridge this formal difference, I present recent constituent quark model calculations for the nucleon's charge and axial structure in Euclidean space. I will conclude by arguing that such calculations provide a template for unifying complementary approaches founded on quark models and ab initio approaches.


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Microsoft's investment in Corel could be one of the software giant's craftiest coups in years.
Spending $135 million for a non-controlling interest in office suite software maker Corel CORL gives Bill Gates and Co. a way to profit from Linux -- the popular operating system that some say is threatening to eat Microsoft's MSFT, -1.63% lunch.
But since the deal makes it look as if Microsoft is extending a lifeline to a long-struggling foe, the investment isn't likely to draw the Justice Department's ire. This is of particular importance ahead of the company's upcoming appeals trial.
"If Microsoft would have bought Corel outright, that would have put them under tighter scrutiny with Justice," said Tim Bajarin, founder of technology consulting firm Creative Strategies.
Dodging a suit
Perhaps more importantly, it helps Microsoft avoid another lawsuit. Microsoft realized that it would be sued for antitrust, should Corel go out of business. Sources close to Microsoft say that Corel was mulling such a suit.
Smart Microsoft. Giving Corel cash to revive its Word Perfect suite, which competes with Microsoft Office, gets the software titan off of one more hook.
"Any competitor of Microsoft's that's in trouble now has the ability to go back and claim anticompetitive behavior," said Rob Enderle, analyst with Giga Information Group.
Déjà vu
Something really similar to this Corel deal has happened before. Remember when Microsoft made its investment in Apple Computer AAPL, +0.48% in 1997? Microsoft got credit for a goodwill act for infusing the Mac-maker with cash. Meanwhile, Microsoft got to peddle some of its browser technologies and other software with Apple's hardware.
The Apple investment was really Microsoft's only option at the time. Microsoft had to take some action. It needed Apple to live so it could stem monopoly claims. But a direct Apple investment would have put Microsoft under the microscope.
Similarly, buying Corel, or even making a large investment in the office suite software company, would have caused a government backlash.
This, too has precedent. Microsoft tried to buy financial software maker Intuit in the mid-1990s. Regulators who saw a potential monopoly nixed that deal, even though Microsoft at the time held only a sliver of the financial software market.
To be sure, Microsoft shouldn't face any DOJ issues with Corel, said Chris Le Tocq, analyst with San Jose, Calif.-based Dataquest. On the contrary, it could make Microsoft appear the savior to regulators.
"Microsoft intends to be a key provider of services on the Web," Le Tocq said. "If that is perceived as Microsoft looking like a monopoly again since Microsoft Office is the only thing they offer, they can say, well, here's Word Perfect, as well."
The bennies
Aside from making it look good in front of the DOJ, there's a packing list of potential strategic benefits that Microsoft gets for its Corel investment.
Microsoft's found a crafty way to make money from Linux. Should Corel succeed in turning around its business with help from the software giant's ".Net strategy" for service-based computing, Microsoft profits.
It's worth noting that Corel makes more than just its Linux applications. The company also offers software for developers - an area of increasing Microsoft interest. Should Microsoft start selling Corel's Linux development software, it gives the software giant a way to cash in on Linux's popularity, without having to directly sell consumer software that could cannibalize Microsoft Windows sales.
And there's more
There are still other benefits that make the deal sweet for Microsoft investors. Corel gives Microsoft an easy way to target Corel's Word Perfect customers -- one of the biggest groups that don't use the dominant Microsoft Office software.
It's also a defensive move. It keeps a slew of smaller Microsoft foes from striking a deal with Corel to use Word Perfect. Corel's flagship software could be used as a springboard for building a Web-based software suite that competes with Microsoft's plans to offer Office as a pay-as-you-go Internet-based service.
Microsoft scores on the deal -- all the way through. The company's improved its appearance while enhancing its competitive position.
"They kill two birds with one stone with this investment," Creative Strategies' Bajarin said. "And it was pocket change for them."


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If you lead worship, are part of your worship, production or creative team, or simply have a heart for musical worship, this day is for you! We'll be gathering to worship together and to pray for one another as well as looking at what the Bible has to say about worship, and tackling some practicalities of leading worship.
Hosted by Mike Pilavachi, Tom Smith and Beth Croft, we're delighted song-writer Nick Herbert will also be joining us. There will be two main sessions and then seminars you can choose from aimed at equipping you practically and spiritually. We'll post more details nearer the time but for now you can check out some of the teaching from previous events below.
The day starts at 10am and there's an optional Saturday Celebration in the evening which will begin at 6.30pm.
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Only delicious. Always nourishing. Ever plant-positive. It all started Autumn 2015 and we haven't looked back
Hi, we're allplants. A team of chefs, world changers and health-savvy foodies, making it incredibly easy for you to switch up your own diet sustainably, with minimum effort and zero compromise. We'd love to give you a taste.
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--- Here's a little more from JP + Alex, our co-Founders:
Late 2015, my brother and I switched to a totally plant-powered diet. It seemed like a no-brainer: for our health and the health of our planet. Quickly, we started to experience the power of eating all plants. It filled us with energy and we soon learnt just how delicious, nutritious and colourful a plant-based diet can be.
It changed us. Physically we toned up. Mentally we became so much more self-aware. Emotionally we felt an ever-increasing connection with our planet and a fixed sense of purpose to build a healthier, more compassionate, thriving world.
On the left: JP + Alex, brothers and founders of allplants. On the right: Lasagne Al Noci - this meaty-looking, indulgent treat is 100% plant-powered using a delicious blend of crushed walnuts, seared courgette + carrot chunks, alongside a sweet passata, all the herbs you'd expect, and one secret ingredient.
It didn't take long for us to commit to one simple goal: inspire the next billion plant-powered people. With the food we make and brand we build, we want to influence the way our world eats. Food is the key to unlocking impactful change to your health, happiness and relationship with the natural world.
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After a series of supper clubs, we threw ourselves full-tilt at developing a way for people across the UK to try imaginative and exciting, unbelievably convenient, plant-based foods. Prepared by chefs in our London-based kitchen, every meal is frozen once plated, ready for you to heat up and enjoy at home or work. Check our menu out here.
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What role for trade and investment in Agenda2030? photo:McKay Savage via flickr.com, creative commons licence
· UNDP: 2015 Human Development Report: Work for Human Development. This year's HDR is available as an interactive web version. The PDF report can be downloaded here. The report explores how work can enhance human development, taking a broad view to include voluntary and creative work, going beyond jobs. It notes that forced labor and other forms of work can damage human development, and that without proper policies in place, work's unequal opportunities and rewards can be divisive. A press release from the launch ceremony in Addis Ababa is available here.
· SDSN: Getting Started with the Sustainable Development Goals: A guide for stakeholders. This preliminary guide aims to help stakeholders understand the SDG agenda, to start an inclusive dialogue on implementation and prepare SDG-based national development strategies. It draws upon lessons from the MDGs and proposes guiding principles, reflecting on the universality of the agenda by recognizing countries' unique starting points and development contexts.
· UNEP: The UNEP Environment and Trade Hub: Using trade and investment as vehicles for achieving the SDGs. This concept note outlines UNEP's new demand-driven mechanism, which offers capacity building and related policy advice on sustainable trade and investment, intended to accelerate SDG delivery. The Hub was formally launched at the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi. A press release on UNEP News Centre is available here.
· Nannette Lindenberg and Caroline Pöll (DIE): Financing global development: Is impact investing an investment model with potential or just blowing smoke? This briefing paper outlines the role of impact investments in financial social and environmental service delivery. It describes innovative instruments such as social impact bonds (SIBs) and development impact bonds (DIBs), but notes that they are still largely unproven and face challenges such as limited transferability and high transaction costs. Supporting their further development would entail data and information sharing, additional research, common definitions and measurement systems among other actions.
· Ingo Bordon and Birgit Schmitz (DIE): Financial stability as a precondition for the financing of sustainable development in emerging and developing countries. This briefing paper discusses the role of financial stability in sustainable development, as the authors note that the Financing for Development outcome was weak in this area. The paper asks whether new sources of finance will alter the financial structure of developing economies, which may impact on these economies' ability to withstand systemic shocks. The authors call for taking risks to financial stability into account when financing investments to achieve the SDGs.
· UNCTAD: Enhancing the Contribution of Export Processing Zones to the Sustainable Development Goals - An analysis of 100 EPZs and a Framework for Sustainable Economic Zones. This exploratory report suggests that changes taking place in the global market mean that Export Processing Zones (EPZs), and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) more generally, can be restructured as centers of excellence for sustainable development. It argues that EPZs face strategic challenges, but that lessons learned from these "Sustainable Economic Zones" could be applied and scaled up by developing country governments at a regional and national level.
· Development Initiatives: The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation's Contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This paper explores the GPEDC's potential role in relation to the 2030 Agenda and offers some preliminary conclusions to stimulate discussion at the 2nd Busan Global Partnership Forum, which was held 23-24 November 2015 in Korea. The paper confirms that the GPEDC's vision is central to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, which could provide a basis for the GPEDC to make a unique contribution to the 2030 Agenda. A write-up of the forum by IISD is available here.
· Development Initiatives: The Role of the Private Sector in Development Effectiveness: Common Components for Success in Future Partnerships. This paper reviews evidence and case studies to provide a synthesis of lessons learned from country-level experiences on practical features of successful public-private partnerships. It argues that successful partnerships for effective development and associated dialogue processes are diverse, organic and often context-specific, reviewing several key action areas: inclusive dialogue; consultation and collective action; sustainability; transparency; and accountability for results.
· International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI): Annual Report 2015. This report provides an update on IATI's progress against its three key objectives: to encourage more organisations to publish to the IATI Standard; to improve the quality of the data published, and to increase the use of IATI data, especially at country level. A write-up by IISD is available here.
· Big Data and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This event organized by UN ESCAP was held 14-15 December 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, developed a shared understanding on the challenges, opportunities and current state-of-play of Big Data for sustainable development policy; determined areas of mutual interest; and identifies creative-solutions and strategic directions for action using Big Data to support implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda.
· World Summit on the Information Society Review (WSIS+10). This meeting held 15-16 December 2015 at UN headquarters in New York conducted a ten-year review of the WSIS. It addressed issues of WSIS implementation, gaps and challenges. The outcome document is available in the above link.
· Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference. The WTO's 10th Ministerial Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15-18 December 2015. Among other initiatives, UNEP's Environment and Trade Hub was launched (see reports section above). IISD highlights are available here.
· IRF2015. "A zero poverty, zero emissions agenda."
· Ina Porras on IIED's blog. "Finding solutions for less poverty and better ecosystems."
· Vikki Spruill on the Council on Foundations' blog. "Addressing inequality amid plenty – the SDGs and the United States."
· Thomas Wheeler on Saferworld's blog. "Emerging themes on the 2030 Agenda in fragile states."
· Alvin Leong (Pace University) in Outreach Magazine. "Connecting the dots between the UNFCCC and the SDGs."
· Simon Maxwell on his blog. "Climate change: time for development (studies) to lead the charge."
· Gabriella Romano with Jeremy Oppenheim on The Climate Group. "Post 2015 is a climate and sustainable development agenda: Jeremy Oppenheim."
· Felix Dodds (UNC / Tellus Institute) on his blog. "Again UNGA 5th committee is defunding Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda."
· Alex Cobham (Tax Justice Network) on post2015.org. "Measuring illicit flows in the SDGs."
· UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF). "Direct access to climate finance accelerates the SDGs, whilst securing the environment for our descendants."
· Cory Searcy, Darren Swanson, Livia Bizikova on IISD. "Why Private Sector Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals is Important."
· Karen Newman and Jeanne Finestone in the Guardian. "New report highlights how business can support sustainable development goals."
· Barbara Grady on GreenBiz. "Novozymes: Integrating the world's climate goals into a business plan."
· Edward Kayiwa on New Vision (Uganda). "EU calls for private sector involvement in achieving SDGs."
· Jem Bendell on the World Economic Forum's blog. "Could enterprise zones help us achieve the Global Goals?"
· Greg Navarro (Navarro Amper & Co / Deloitte) in the Manila Times. "Growth not enough to realize UN global goals."
· Dean Karlan (Innovations for Poverty Action; Yale University) on the Council on Foreign Relations' Development Channel. "Will Setting Goals End Hunger? What's Next for the SDGs…."
· Duncan Green on Oxfam's From Poverty to Power blog. "Will the Sustainable Development Goals make a difference on the ground? Lessons from a 5 country case study on the MDGs."
· David de Ferranti (Results for Development Institute) in the Huffington Post. "In the complex and brave new world of the SDGs, we still have unfinished business on the basics of mother and child health."
· Mayra Buvinic and Megan O'Donnell on CGDev's blog. "Here's How to Really Leave No One Behind: Improve Data Collection on Women and Girls."
· Valentina Ieri in IPS News. "UN's Post-2015 Development Agenda Will "Leave No One Behind"."
· International Chamber of Commerce. "WSIS+10: Advance SDGs and secure a vibrant digital economy in Africa."
· IISD News. "IOM Highlights Migrants in Cities, Links to SDG 11."
This digest is compiled by WRI, a member of IRF2015 — a collaboration of 10 international research institutions providing critical thinking, integrated analysis and awareness raising for a post-2015 development agenda.
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If you're a novice hunter and want to taste and learn how to prepare wild game meat, you're invited to attend a "wild game cocktail party" sponsored by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The event is set for 6 p.m., March 3 at the Needle Rock Brewing Company in Delta.
"Wild game meat is excellent and highly nutritious, but it's helpful to get some tips on how to prepare it," said Mark Richman, a district wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Delta.
The event is a recruitment effort aimed at novice hunters to highlight the conservation benefits of hunting and the flavor and nutritional qualities of game meats to a new generation of foodies, Richman said.
Upwards of 15 different wild game dishes will be served, including bear, mountain lion, pheasant, deer heart and many other unusual items. Kenneth Kinser, chef at Needle Rock, will talk about pairing wild game meat with beer and wine. CPW staffer will talk about cooking techniques and the special qualities of wild game meat.
The tasting party is aimed at new and novice hunters. The price is $12 and includes a sampling of beers.
If you'd like to attend, please contact CPW's Montrose wildlife office at 970-252-6000, or stop in the office at 2300 S. Townsend Avenue in Montrose. The deadline to apply to participate in the event is Feb. 19.


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Flying car pioneer Terrafugia shows of their latest design with the Terrafugia TF-X.
The future will be cool. That is when Terrafugia succeed and make the Terrafugia TF-X flying car a common sight.
Terrafugia revealed the Outer Mold Line for the TF-X, the four-seat, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hybrid electric aircraft. The video below shows the TF-X how the engineers at Terrafugia envision it.
Currently Terrafugia has built a one-tenth scale wind tunnel model to test the design. The development of the Terrafugia TF-X is expected to last 8-12 years. Fans of flying cars can already reserve a Terrafugia Transition now and will get first access to the TF-X.
The TF-X has a full auto-pilot for flying capable of automatically avoiding other air traffic, bad weather, and restricted and tower-controlled airspace.
The futuristic flying car will have a backup full-vehicle parachute system which can be activated by the operator in an emergency if the operator believes the TF-X™ to be incapable of auto-landing.
The details on the planned features of the TF-X can be found here.
The Terrafugia Transition is a less cool looking flying car. It looks like a small airplane with folding wings. The Transition is expected to sell for $279,000 and can be reserved for $10,000 down. Terrafugia expects that the Transition is ready in about 2 years.


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Not much to say tonight, apart from the fact that I'm taking tomorrow off to spend the entire day painting and collaging and doing MORE ART! I'm very excited at all of the possibilities. I made the above collage tonight; it features a picture of my grandmother from 1941 and is mounted on top of a museum-wrapped 6 x 6 canvas that I painted several weeks ago. This canvas has sat on my work table for weeks now, untouched. I think it was waiting for just the right moment, don't you?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
New Collage
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
New Camera, New Lenses, New Excitement
Last week I finally broke down and did it: I bought the Nikon D90, along with the kit lens (18-105mm) a beautiful, fast little all-purpose lens, and the coolest of them all: a macro lens so I can get all up in the grill of flowers and bugs and other tiny things that are beautiful and often unnoticed. I'm so excited at the possibilities this camera is going to offer me. Truthfully, I'm hoping to get some amazing nature shots and possibly sell them on Etsy. I'm even squatting on the store name Facing the Lens. Get it? Hahah!
If you'd like to take a gander at some of the pictures I've already taken with this lens, please go to my Flickr page. I will be taking a night class soon for my macro lens and hope to be adding to this page (not to mention my skills) constantly.
Oh, the excitement!
Note: Above image was taken this weekend with my macro lens. It's unbearably beautiful in my eyes.
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Deputy Head of the Department of Health in Vinh Long Nguyen Cong Tuan said that six inhabitants are positive for the flu virus. Of whom, three had been discharged, one was transfered to the General Hospital in Can Tho City and the remaining are recovering.
Before, on June 8, the medical clinic in Binh Minh commune reported six people were suffering high fever and cough while they were being treated high blood pressure, vestibular disorder and muscle pain.
Informed the news, the Department of Health sent inspection team to help preventing the disease and isolating patients.
Health authority in the province said that it requested to enhance prevention of the disease.


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QUESTION FROM: anonymous Just wondering if you would know the answer to this one. A SAG actor is chosen for a (non union) print job and is asked if they can use the stills for a tv broadcast commercial. Would this fall under the SAG jurisdiction? Great question. As always, questions regarding the unions are […]Continue reading
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You've got to remember about your hands! I seem to forget that with commercial auditions your body is quite frequently (and for lack of a better way of saying it) a prop. So much of the time there will be closeups of the product with you holding it, eating it, playing with it, etc. And […]Continue reading
Glossary of Industry Terms
Have you ever been in an audition and had the Casting Director say "..and Slate" and you freeze in terror because you haven't the foggiest idea what the frick she's going on about? Or have you arrived at a call back and had the monitor ask you if you need sides, to which you respond […]Continue reading


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Lady Gaga defends "brave" Cardi B after Grammys win backlash
"Let's celebrate her fight."
Lady Gaga has offered a bold defence of Cardi B, after the rapper faced backlash for triumphing at the Grammys last weekend.
The 'Bodak Yellow' rapper was previously forced to respond to critics on Instagram, after it was claimed that she didn't deserve to win Best Rap Album for her acclaimed debut 'Invasion of Privacy'. This came after Ariana Grande praised Cardi's victory, but said that the late Mac Miller not being honoured with a Grammy was 'literal bullshit'.
While Cardi has since deleted her Instagram in the wake of the backlash, she's now found a staunch defender in Lady Gaga.
Posting on Twitter, the singer shared a photo of the pair together and offered a few words of wisdom.
"It is so hard to be a woman in this industry. What it takes, how hard we work through the disrespectful challenges, just to make art," wrote Gaga.
"I love you Cardi. You deserve your awards. Let's celebrate her fight. Lift her up & honor her. She is brave."
In her original response to critics, Cardi said she had "worked her ass off" for the award.
"I've been taking a lot of shit today. I'm seeing a lot of bullshit today and I saw a lot of shit last night, and I'm sick of this shit. I work hard for my motherfucking album," she said.
Cardi B's victory also marked the first time a female solo artist won the award for Best Rap Album. She was nominated for another four awards but did not win any of them. Cardi also performed at the ceremony, playing her latest single 'Money'.


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I used my segment on "Getting Down to Business" to further explore the topic of relationship marketing. In this eight-minute segment, I explain how developing relationships with your customers can lead to higher profitability, increased loyalty and more referrals.
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John Florio (1553? - 1625)
Born in England of Italian Waldenses parents John Florio was a Professor of Italian and French in the University of Oxford. Among his works: a translation of Montaigne's essays into English, an Italian-English dictionary, and two conversation manuals "First Fruits" and " Second Fruits". Florio taught Italian to Queen Elizabeth I.
"Second Frutes" (1591)
A faithful interlinear transcription of excerpts from the chapters of the book.
(The original is printed in parallel columns)
English (XVI century spelling)
The first Chapter, or rising in the morning, and of things belonging to the chamber, and to apparrell, betweene Nolano, Torquato and Ruspa their servant


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Although rose breeders are getting closer every year, there is no such thing as a truly blue rose. The next best thing are roses such as Blueberry Hill, Blue Girl, or Blue Nile, in interesting shades of silver, lavender, or deep purple that can sometimes appear almost blue. While the idea of growing a rose of any color may seem challenging, roses are actually sturdy plants that will be hale and hearty with a minimal amount of care.
Dig hole slightly deeper than the height of the rose's container, and about twice as wide. Add a small amount of slow-release fertilizer to the bottom of the hole, according to the manufacturer's instructions. Follow the fertilizer with a shovelful of compost.
Remove the rose carefully from the container, and put the rose in the hole. Look for the soil line on the container, and plant the rose so the top of the soil will be at the same level. Adjust the soil in the bottom of the hole, if necessary.
Fill the hole halfway, alternating layers of soil and compost. Add a small handful of fertilizer, and fill the hole with water. When the water has drained, fill the remainder of the hole with soil, and water again.
Spread 2 to 3 inches of organic mulch around the base of the plant, but leave a few inches around the trunk so the mulch won't pile up against it. Mulch will enrich the soil while it controls weeds and conserves moisture.
Water the rose bush when the top 3 inches of soil are dry, and then water it slowly and deeply. Always water at the base of the plant, and don't splash the leaves.
Deadhead, or clip off blossoms as soon as they fade. This will direct the bush's energy to developing new blossoms.
Feed the rose bush a good quality rose fertilizer monthly between spring and the end of August. Fertilizing in fall and winter will create new growth that put the bush in danger of cold weather damage.
Protect the rose bush for winter. Mound soil up loosely around the base of the plant, and wait for the ground to freeze. When it does, create a mound of mulch around the bottom 6 to 8 inches of the bush. If your climate is extremely cold, or if the rose is exposed to chilly wind, circle the bush with wire fencing, and fill the fencing with mulch such as straw or dry leaves. Remove the mulch in spring.
Prune the rose bush in early spring, before it develops new growth. Remove any dead canes, and any branches that look weak or spindly, as well as any branches that are growing towards the middle of the plant, or that are crossing other branches.
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1. When did Horwitz's grandfather arrive in America according to Chapter 1?
2. Where did Horwtiz's grandfather come from?
3. What did Horwitz paint on his wall?
Murals depicting famous battles.
4. Where was Horwitz's wife from?
5. Where did Horwitz settle in after returning to the U.S.?
6. How was Horwitz awakened one time according to Chapter 1?
By gunfire.
7. What did Horwitz do after talking with the actors?
Found his grandfather's book.
8. What did Hodge tell Horwitz not to bring?
Anything modern.
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Right now, stop.
I want to be clear that if you are reading this, you hold a level of privilege. You may not hold white privilege which is very much up right now, but there are other types of privilege, and you have some if you are reading this on a computer, I pad, phone, etc.
You probably know about the tragic racial inequities, institutionalized racism, rioting and human rights issues currently making headlines. Let's not forget that these systemic racial inequities have always been there. You also likely know on some level how you are responding is to this situation. If not, you should do some research. Please google 'Ferguson, Missouri', 'Michael Brown', 'Black lives matter" or any combo of those and then come back here. It's important and a privilege to understand how current goings on are affecting you.
Now, step away from Facebook, your phone, the media, stop reading all the news out there for a minute, and in doing this stop worrying about what your friends are or are not posting. Note, you can and should go back to the news in order to stay educated, not obsessed...and the judgements about your friends can be healthy if it helps inform you, but not if it stands in your way, shuts you down or moves you to compete. I want to discourage you from getting trapped by too much information or emotional overload. It's a fine line. Stay engaged enough and don't get trapped.
Make space to ask yourself two questions about your relationship to the world. Ideally, bring the questions into your meditation, dance, your yoga practice, surfing, hiking...wherever and whenever you feel most connected to you. Note, this is bypass only when it stops here and is used solely as a mechanism for your own self advancement. There could also be a bypass if you were to answer 'there are no problems'.
This is actually your first step to action.
2 questions to start:
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2. What matters to you and move you, from the belly (mulha, root, pelvis) up...?
**this second question is harder for most, is it what lies beneath the current situation**
Think social and environmental justice and issues here. Think big and think specific.
Pay attention to your feelings, your breath and your imagery...all are powerful informants. Your answers may or may not have to do with institutionalized racism.
Listen closely to the detailed call of your heart.
Heart language is lovely and beautiful and it is fiery, and holds capacity for large scale righteous anger and action. Action for the sake of renewal begs you to be clear, conscious and systematic.
If you cannot connect to anything, it's okay. Make it a practice. Keep going. Stop again tomorrow and the next day and the day after, connect to yourself, and ask yourself...what moves you from the belly up?
It is key to remember to be as specific as possible with your answers.
How is this leveraging your privilege? If you can read this, if you have the capacity to think critically and you have the space to consider something other than where and when your next meal is coming from or when and if you are going to receive a bullet to the head, whether or not you will have clean water to drink tomorrow, and if you had a family to spend thanksgiving with, you have privilege. Leverage it. Give thanks for it and do something with it.
Using your privilege to to move one step at a time is intelligent and finding ground, empathy and clarity are all crucial when you are working with a large scale issues. Facebook, the media...they all do a good job of isolating one incident.
So, right now stop.
And start with those 2 questions. Just start here.
There is no quick fix to institutionalized oppression and there is no article that is going to make it stop. The epidemic is deeply rooted and long standing.
You must start from this place. Your own root. Deep within. Listen to what calls you.
AND, if you feel crystal clear about your cause (though I would challenge you that there is always more depth here), can't get specific enough or still enough to receive any answers, and/or this doesn't make sense to you but you are committed, that's perfect. You have landscape to work with and should stay tuned!
One step at a time equals sustainable and thoughtful change.
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In the few days since Sylvester Stallone's son Sage Moonblood tragically died at thirty-six, there have been thousands of articles written speculating about what may have killed him. Initial reports claimed a pill bottle was found near the deceased's body, and that's led many to assume his death was an overdose. The coroner has decided not to issue an official cause of death until the toxicology reports come back; so, for the next six weeks, it's likely the theories and shocking stories about Sage's personal life will continue.
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- Fridge Horror : At the wedding, Harley has begun wearing Blonde streaks in her hair. After the wedding, she is entirely blonde.
- The Joker's rampage through Gotham leading up to Dr. Quinzel's wedding taint everyone involved. Dr. Jeremiah Arkham is forced through a Sadistic Choice to sell the Asylum to save his wife (she dies anyway), Dr. Hugo Strange is inspired to begin his more questionable experiments, and Lyle Bolton is so traumatized that his final interview indicates he is well on his way towards becoming Lock-Up. Nobody escapes unscathed.
- In Episode 7, Dr. Quinzel tells the Joker to get his friend to stop putting the videos up on YouTube. In the next episode, he does.
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- Given previous analysis of 4479's scar stories in TDK (search this page for "Joker's dual backstories") that Gambol got an abusive father story because crime syndicates generally respect family, Rachel got a catastrophic marriage story because she was engaged (not technically, but 4479 reads people. WELL.), and Batman probably would've gotten a sadistic cop/vigilante story, we can infer that Pearl is never sending her children to camp EVER AGAIN
- When 4479 does The Magic Trick, he goes out of his way to claim that what he is doing is completely random, but the fact that he makes a bunch of jokes about 4479, Two-Face, Bob and Joe, and so on Without Looking At The Cards shows that he is just Trolling us, he was in complete control the whole time. Just like every other time he has CLAIMED not to believe in control.
- Thomas Elliot's voicemail to Bruce Wayne has Elliot bitching over Bruce bailing on him when they went to see "Mephistopheles" at the opera. Mephistopheles is the play that freaked out Bruce back in Batman Begins and which lead to his parents being murdered.
- In Series 2 episode 2, Elliot gives Arkham a big speech about how he swore not to harm another human being (having just told Barbara Gordon (Jim Gordon's wife) that he thinks harvesting organs from hospital patients might be a good way to go (they need a heart) Then, Arkham introduces a bound and gagged Selina Kyle, who drugged and kidnapped Elliot in Further Evidence #5, after he told her "I'm gonna cut out your heart."
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The Cursed Land(1995)
(The fifth book in the Magic The Gathering series)
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Set in a magical and compelling world called Dominia, this story is based on the hot trading card game, MAGIC: The Gathering. Fans of the game--which has sold over one billion cards--are turning to this inventive new book series to explore breathtaking new adventures featuring the characters of the game.
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Iranian President Calls Trump's Vow to Rip Up Nuclear Deal 'Empty Talk'
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JNS.org — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that US President-elect Donald Trump's promise to dismantle the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is "only empty talk."
"I don't think he can do much when he goes to the White House," Rouhani said at a news conference on the one-year anniversary of the lifting of international sanctions against Iran, Reuters reported. He noted that Trump cannot unilaterally end the international agreement, signed between the US, the UK, France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran in July 2015.
Trump "doesn't understand" that the pact — or, as the president-elect repeatedly called it on the campaign trail, "the worst deal ever negotiated" — is actually "good for the United States," Rouhani added.
"[I'm] optimistic about the future of the nuclear deal," the Iranian leader said.
During the 2016 presidential race, Trump promised to "rip up" the agreement, but has since backtracked, saying more recently that he would "police that contract so tough that they (the Iranians) don't have a chance." Trump's pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has said he would recommend a "full review" of the nuclear deal, but stopped short of saying he would dismantle it.


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From the Short North Arts District to historic German Village, each Columbus neighborhood has a story of its own. But one thing they all have in common is a small community feel with a big city vibe. A mix of new and institutional locations make up our ever-evolving landscape. We're sure you'll find a spot you love in the "heart of it all."
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A neighborhood tavern offering upscale food in a casual atmosphere. Nestled in the heart of historic German Village, this narrow, brick-walled gastropub features chef-driven bar favorites made with locally sourced and organic ingredients. Coupled with a robust cocktail and craft beer program and excellent wine list, they've got a happy hour that can't be beat. Don't miss the Ahi Tuna Poke or the "poutine-style" Braised Ohio Beef Cheeks!


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"Learn, Think and Enjoy" Design – Bookstore Event
DAIKANYAMA TSUTAYA BOOKS held a store-wide design event called "Daikanyama Design Department 2013 (DDD)" from October 23 to November 4, 2013. The event was timed to coincide with "Tokyo Designers Week," Japan's largest design festival.
The bookstore venue for DDD served as a cultural device to expose books and creators while touting the DDD theme: "learning, understanding, thinking and enjoying." Visitors also had the chance to procure their own works by "choosing and buying" design.
Two events stood out during the long series of popular exhibitions and events held at DDD. The first was "blue rooms by nendo," an exhibition of 30 new and unreleased works by "nendo," a luminary in the design industry. Next was "Dento to Watashi (Tradition and Me)," a collection of designs on "Tradition and Present" from hot designers working in cross genres, including MARUWAKAYA, mame, Momoko Ando, and KUTANI CHOEMON (or Kamide Choemon-gama).


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Cabinet refacing involves replacing or veneering the parts of the cabinet that are visible all the time. The cabinet boxes, called the cases, stay in their current layout, but get a new finish with veneer. Other parts, such as drawer fronts and cabinet doors, get completely replaced. The decoration can be finished off with complementary trim and cabinet hardware.
For a small budget and tight schedule, cabinet refacing can bring a whole new look to a kitchen. When a homeowner refaces his cabinets, he keeps the existing structure but spruces up hardware, drawer fronts, cabinet doors, and exterior surfaces. This way, he can rework an already adequate kitchen with a facelift without interrupting his busy life.
Many people turn to refacing when they'd like to update their kitchen but don't have a huge budget and can't manage total demolition. With this technique, it's easy to coordinate a new floor or wall paint and end up with a beautiful new room for much less cost than true remodeling. It is also appealing as a do-it-yourself project within reach of an amateur carpenter.
For example, a person could do a quick cabinet refacing project where he covers his existing cabinets with veneer. If the cabinet doors are smooth, called flat panel, a homeowner can use wood veneer in another color, rather than replacing the doors. Most veneer is peel-and-stick or iron-on. The most important step is cleaning the surface thoroughly so the veneer adheres properly. The cabinet cases can be covered with sheet veneer in the same way.
A more complicated process might involve removing and replacing all doors and drawers. This way, a homeowner can get fancier, brighter, or richer surfaces in his kitchen that result in a more dramatic change. Drawer fronts with integrated handles that look like cubbyholes for the fingers could be added, for example, or a couple of doors on a set of cabinets above a counter could be replaced with windowpanes to show off collectible dessert plates or fluted baking tins. A regal look can be accomplished with small braid trim on the fronts of doors and wide crown molding along the top of cabinetry.
Along with straightforward refacing, a homeowner might use this opportunity to accomplish other improvements that make the kitchen easier to use. For example, it is fairly easy to add a lazy Susan in a corner cabinet and roll-out shelving for heavy pots that allow a person to use existing cabinet space more efficiently. Self-closing hinges are helpful for someone who is constantly opening and closing doors.
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@kylee07drg – Glass cabinet doors would be awesome! I wish I had thought of that before I embarked on the project.
I decided to buy my own cabinet refacing supplies and go the cheapest route. This was a big mistake. I made a mess of things, and I will need to hire a professional to help me clean it up.
I bought some peel and stick veneer that looked like wood. It had a grain pattern, and I figured it would be easy to apply.
Well, I couldn't keep it taut, and it got wrinkles and bubbles in it. I ended up just stopping halfway through and returning the extra rolls of veneer.
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I have an artistic friend who does a lot of work with punched tin, so I decided to hire her to help me reface my cabinet doors. Places that offer custom cabinet refacing didn't have any unique options that interested me, so I thought that hiring an artist would be the best way to go.
She measured my cabinets and cut pieces of tin to fit on top of them. She punched the image of a lighthouse into one of them, and she did several other beach related images on the others.
My house is full of wicker furniture, seashells, and other types of ocean décor, so I wanted my cabinet doors to match the theme. She did a great job with the refacing, and the only material I had to buy was the tin!
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After we moved into our new home, I had trouble remembering what I had stored in each cabinet. The doors were not very attractive anyway, so we figured that refacing the kitchen cabinets would be a good idea.
I wanted to get semi-transparent glass facing. That way, I could see what I had stored in each cabinet without having to open the doors.
I didn't want fully transparent glass, because being able to see all the boxes of food and all the dishes could easily make the kitchen look cluttered. I just wanted to be able to see enough to know what was in there.
The glass that I got is etched with designs, so it is very attractive. I think that it makes my kitchen look much more glamorous!
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I was having problems with accidentally bumping my head on open cabinet doors all the time. So, I decided that refacing the cabinet doors would be a good idea.
I wanted to get hinges that would allow them to shut automatically. This way, if I wasn't actually holding one open, it would close. That's what I really needed, because the hinges that I did have would allow the doors to reopen partially once I shut them, and this was a pain.
I didn't care as much about their appearance as I did their function. I am just glad that I don't have to deal with bumps and bruises from my cabinet doors anymore!
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That holiday crisis is bearing down, again, and the impossible decision looms: What to get the political nerd in your life.
Amazon.com and I are here to help, with a quartet of new books that delve into the arcane field of Georgia politics – the good, bad and downright ugly. And you're welcome:
"The Best President the Nation Never Had: A Memoir of Working with Sam Nunn," by Roland McElroy. (Mercer University Press. $30.)
But here's why "Best President" is worth your time: Unlike many of his contemporaries, Nunn has had no interest in documenting his own place in Georgia political history. We know of at least one other biography in the works, but we're told it focuses on the senator's role in military and foreign policy of the 1980s and 1990s. (Nunn left the Senate in 1997, and remains co-chair and a founder of the D.C.-based Nuclear Threat Initiative.)
McElroy's book documents Nunn's beginnings with details you won't find elsewhere, and is likely to serve as a foundation for more detailed works in the future.
The book includes tidbits like this: Nunn was a staffer on the House Armed Services Committee, chaired by his great-uncle, U.S. Rep. Carl Vinson, D-Ga., when he met the woman who became his wife in Paris in 1965. The woman whose name is now Colleen Ann O'Brien Nunn was a CIA employee at the time.
McElroy was a witness to the origin of Nunn's breach with then-Gov. Jimmy Carter, over his Democratic primary challenge to David Gambrell, whom Carter had appointed to fill the unexpired term of U.S. Sen. Richard B. Russell. The mutual wariness would follow both men as their careers moved to Washington.
The Nunn campaign of 1972 was one of those strange hybrids that could exist only in a South still in the midst of fundamental change. One measure: He was endorsed by both Julian Bond, a Georgian then emerging as an intellectual heavyweight in the civil rights movement, and former Gov. Lester Maddox, a segregationist.
McElroy tells of blind, late-night appointment during the campaign with a "friend of a friend" who led him and Nunn deep into southwest Georgia and across the Florida border, into a pasture lit by a roaring fire that flickered on a dozen white men sipping whiskey and showing off their firearms.
Maybe it was merely a clannish event. Maybe it was a klannish event. McElroy still isn't sure. But you're not going to find that tale anywhere else.
(Small confession: McElroy was one of my first adult bosses, when I was a Nunn intern in '77. In one of life's great ironies, McElroy's far more liberal brother-in-law, George Bennett, was pastor of my parent's church in metro Atlanta and presided over a marriage in which I had a particular stake. Forty years later, my wife and I remain one of Bennett's great success stories.)
"Citizen Newt: The Making of a Reagan Conservative," by Craig Shirley, Harper Collins, $29.99)
Georgia politics produced three world-changing figures in the 1970s. Jimmy Carter was one, Sam Nunn another. The third was a Republican.
Like the Nunn tome, "Citizen Newt" is a biography built with the cooperation of its subject. Shirley cut his teeth on the earliest days of the conservative movement sparked by Ronald Reagan, and has produced four separate books on the life of the former president.
Gingrich's fall from grace five years later, his unsuccessful presidential runs, and his re-emergence as an explainer of Donald Trump will be more complicated tales to tell.
Shirley is a fluid writer – always an advantage when a topic requires nuance. He's a Washington-centric author, at his best when telling tales of the swamp – Gingrich's break with President George H.W. "Read My Lips" Bush over taxes, for instance.
Nor is Shirley shy about pointing to Gingrich's pioneering work in the debasement of national politics: "Gingrich produced the now-famous GOPAC memo for House Republicans on words to use and not to use – at least in a political context….Gingrich had come up with 133 nasty idioms to hurl at the illiterate, vile, and disgusting Democrats."
But the author slips when it comes to the political milieu of Georgia in the 1970s and '80s, and careful readers will have to look past a few obvious inaccuracies. Moreover, this is a biography of Newt Gingrich, not the story of the Republican party in Georgia. Party-builders like Paul Coverdell go unmentioned.
The period under study spans two of Gingrich's three marriages, and Shirley handles them with discretion. Marianne Gingrich, wife No. 2, comes off somewhat badly. She was not interviewed by the author.
"Play It Again, Sam: The Notable Life of Sam Massell, Atlanta's First Minority Mayor," by Charles McNair. (Mercer University Press, $29.)
Now that the recent hostilities that erupted during the recent race for mayor of Atlanta are over, at least mostly, it's worth looking at the man who served as the fulcrum in the city's shift from white to African-American rule.
He was and is Jewish, ran as a liberal Democrat, and from 1970 to 1974 served as the bridge between Ivan Allen, the last white Protestant mayor, and Maynard Jackson, who began the electoral dominance of African-American voters in Atlanta – a trend that was continued earlier this month with the election of Keisha Lance Bottoms as the city's 60th mayor.
While neither an autobiography or an as-told-to, Massell cooperated closely with the author to produce the book. In many instances, this is a handicap – particularly if the subject is still active and has irons in the fire that might be affected by this revelation or that. But one does not get the sense that Massell is holding back.
Early in his administration, Massell hatched the idea of annexing all of unincorporated north Fulton county into the city, while expanding the city limits of College Park to include all of unincorporated south Fulton.
Intensive lobbying won a favorable vote in the state House. But in the Senate, the measure died, on instructions from then Gov. Lester Maddox.
Revenge comes in different forms. Massell's arrived when he was asked to sign a girder during the construction of the Omni. The mayor of Atlanta wrote the name of Lester Maddox, preceded by a four-letter verb of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Unfortunately, the Omni turned out to be one of Atlanta's many disposable sports arenas, and so far as we know, the girder does not survive.
"Ten Dollars to Hate: The Texas Man Who Fought the Klan," by Patricia Bernstein. (Texas A&M University Press, $30.)
On the same day I appeared with Sam Massell at a book festival last month, I ran into Patricia Bernstein, who kindly bent my ear about her work.
"Ten Dollars" is indeed a Texas-oriented history of the revival of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1900s, built around a Texas district attorney who brought the organization to heel in his state.
Bernstein does that.
The second reason to read this book is the role that two characters in Atlanta played in reemergence of the Klan – a focus of the early chapters in "Ten Dollars."
Bernstein tells us of William Joseph Simmons, a failed Methodist preacher and con man who created the rituals of the modern Klan. But the real power behind the re-birth of the racist vigilante society, Bernstein shows us, was his partner Bessie Tyler, the operator of a number of "sporting houses" – i.e., brothels – in Atlanta's red-light district.
She was known as the "Queen of South Pryor Street," and Bernstein credits Tyler with greatly expanding the Klan's (paid membership) reach. "Whereas Simmons' bigotry had been focused almost exclusively on blacks," the author writes, "Tyler…expanded the list of those the Klan opposed to Jews, Catholics, the foreign-born, and violators of a moral code that could be modified to suit the needs of the moment."
In essence, the Atlanta madam created the franchised hate group, which could be adapted to suit regional prejudices from coast to coast.
That tidbit alone makes "Ten Dollars" a necessary read.
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Jason Ruiz is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where is affiliated faculty with the Program in Gender Studies and the Institute for Latino Studies. Ruiz's research focuses on American perceptions of Latin America with emphases on race, cultural and economic imperialism, tourism, gender, and sexuality. His first book, Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of Empire was published by the University of Texas Press in 2014. Ruiz has also published in the Radical History Review, American Studies, Journal of Transnational American Studies, The Oral History Review, Aztlán, and elsewhere. In addition, he is the co-editor of three special issues and two books: Radical History Review #100 (Winter 2007), #123 (Fall 2015), and #129 (forthcoming), Queer Twin Cities (University of Minnesota Press, 2010), and the Routledge History of American Sexualities (forthcoming), and has provided written commentary to the New York Times, Flow TV, The Chronicle of Higher Education and other media outlets. Ruiz is a 2016 recipient of the Edmund P. Joyce Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Notre Dame.