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Challenging preconceived ideas about China
13 December, 2012
Consumers and Individuals in China: Standing Out, Fitting In
now available
— Consumers and Individuals in China: Standing Out, Fitting In by Michael B. Griffiths, Director of Ethnography, Ogilvy & Mather Greater China, was published today (December 13, 2012) by Routledge Press.
This book invites its readers to reflect on Chinese reality in new ways and challenges many a preconceived idea about China.
Consumers and Individuals in China: Standing out, Fitting in
confronts the still widespread notion that Chinese people are not 'real' individuals by showing how Chinese people go about their daily lives, how they interact socially, make moral judgments, aspire to status and recognition, and consume.
"Dr. Griffiths has given us a rare insight into the daily lives of hundreds of millions of people who live in rapidly developing, but by Chinese standards, still small cities. The skylines of Beijing and Shanghai are now familiar to Western eyes, but it is in hundreds of cities far from our gaze that the China of the 21st century is really being made," said Toby Lincoln, Lecturer in Modern Chinese Urban History, University of Leicester, UK. "The decisions that these people make about the lives they want to live will ultimately affect us all."
Based on data gathered over a period of six years from a lower-tier city, Anshan, in China's northeast the book aims to show how Chinese people give shape to contemporary Chinese society.
To this end, Griffiths demonstrates how Chinese individuals take up cultural norms pertaining to authenticity, knowledge, civility, sociability, morality and self-cultivation, and make these norms their own. At the same time, Griffiths also demonstrates how the ways Chinese individuals do this are themselves shaped by society.
Informants for the book's analysis included consumerist youths, enterprising farmers, retired Party cadres, and dissident intellectuals, the rural migrant staff of an inner-city restaurant, the urban families dependent on a machine-repair workshop, and a range of white-collar professionals from both the public and private sectors.
Consumers and Individuals in China: Standing out, Fitting in
, will appeal to sociologists, anthropologists, and cultural studies scholars, China Studies generalists, and professionals working at the intersection of culture and business in China. Marketers and communications professionals looking to harness Chinese peoples' motivations will appreciate the way the book draws out how these are differentiated. The vivid descriptions of living and doing field research in China also mean that people travelling there will find the book stimulating and useful.
Consumers and Individuals in China: Standing out, Fitting in
is available at bookstores worldwide as well as online book sellers.
About the book
Consumers and Individuals in China: Standing out, Fitting in
Published by Routledge Press
Publication date: Dec 12th, 2012
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Bergdahl: A criminal or victim of vengeance and politics?
A US sergeant known for being critical of the US army is facing fresh charges. Bowe Bergdahl is now being charged with the rare count of "misbehavior before the enemy" something which carries a life sentence. He spent five years in Taliban captivity after deserting his post. He was eventually exchanged for several Guantanamo detainees.
READ MORE: Former POW Bergdahl faces rare 'misbehavior before the enemy' charge
Walter B. Huffman, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, suggests that the case of Bowe Bergdahl deals with two charges – desertion and misbehavior before the enemy – and they have totally different concepts.
RT: Why is Bergdahl being hit with the archaic "misbehaving before the enemy" charge? What's the legal basis being cited?
Walter B. Huffman: This is a charge that has been used many times in the past. It is Article 99 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and deals with various instances of misbehavior before the enemy, which is the allegation that the army is making against Bowe Bergdahl. Actually there are two allegations, one of them is desertion from the military and the other is this misbehavior before the enemy charge which is significantly different than desertion, because desertion only deals with that one individual's actions, whereas this misbehavior before the enemy charge - the specifics of the charge are that he left his unit thereby exposing his unit to danger because they had one less soldier, and by leaving his unit and causing a search for him he put members of his unit in danger. So this charge really reflects more what his actions did to put other people and other units, his unit, in harm's way, as opposed to the simple charge of desertion which deals only with his own action.
RT: Bergdahl's lawyer argues his client is being charged twice for the same action. Do you agree with that?
WH: No, he is wrong on that and the reason that he is wrong is because this deals with two charges – desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The two charges deal with totally different concepts. Again, desertion is an individual action, individual responsibility. That person left his unit without authority – that's all that's required. Secondly, in a misbehavior charge the allegation is that by leaving his unit he endangered his unit, other members of the unit, not just himself, by leaving them shorthanded without one soldier they were supposed to have, and further by causing them to search for him in hostile territory thereby subjecting members of his unit to potential harm. So the second charge deals with what happens to other people, why your actions impacted negatively other people. The first charge – desertion – deals only with what you did to yourself.
Richard Becker from ANSWER coalition says that those who should be facing charges are the people who have created wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, but instead they wreak vengeance on the lower ranking people in order to set a lesson for other soldiers.
RT: Why do you think misbehavior before the enemy is being used as the charge in this case, even though it's rarely been used since WWII?
Richard Becker: I think that the military brass - and these are decisions that are not made at local levels, they are made very high up in the Pentagon - they are trying to take vengeance against Bergdahl. Apparently, he became disenchanted with the war, turned against the war after being there for a period of time, felt friendly feelings toward the Afghan people. He went through a very difficult period, no matter how it was that he left the base and ended up in the custody of the Taliban, those who are resisting the occupation. But the people who really should be facing charges and the people who have created these wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, the higher ups, but instead they wreak vengeance on the lower ranking people in order to set a lesson for other soldiers.
Human rights activist Ajamu Baraka suggests that the case of Bergdahl is politically motivated meant to convey a message and to satisfy some of the political hawks in Congress and in the Pentagon.
RT: How will the wider attention Bergdahl's case is getting affect the trial? Is Bergdahl really a threat to anybody or anything?
Ajamu Baraka: The threat that some believe he poses is not of course a physical threat, but it is the threat of his example. They want to make sure that any soldiers in the future who find themselves in a similar situation and decide to leave their post that they remember the maximum penalty that it could result in. So it is a penalty and a charge meant to convey a message.
RT: How politicized is this case, to your mind? Will his harsh comments about the military during his time in Taliban captivity play a role?
AB: It's being used again as an example to be imposed on this young man. It is a message to soldiers in the future that if they allow themselves to be in a position very similar to Bergdahl's, they will be subjected to the maximum pressure, the maximum penalty of the law. So that is a political charge meant to convey a message and meant to satisfy some of the political hawks in the Congress and in the Pentagon who are quite upset that the US authorities were required to swap five individuals, five Taliban members in order to secure the release of Sergeant Bergdahl. So it is primarily politically motivated with a message contained in this behavior for soldiers in the future in the US.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.

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SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (WTNH)–Below the bridge, crews hammered away at the concrete, but on Interstate 84, tempers flared as the sun set and traffic backed up. One of the state's biggest highways had been shut down in both directions at Exit 30.
"It's going to be a pain because I don't know how to get back into Hartford tonight, I don't know what the deal is what they are doing or how long it's going to take," said Hartford resident Bob Hovey.
It's one of the busiest stretches of I -84. The Department of Transportation estimates that 85,000 cars travel by Exit 30 every day. The bridges are being replaced because of wear and tear.
At 2 million pounds per piece, it won't be easy, with a crew of about 500 workers on the clock until Monday morning. It will create a mess for those trying to get back to New York.
The DOT said that they are closing the highway because of the massive scale of the project. Normally, it might close off one highway lane while the other one goes through. However, that would take several months, and officials felt that shutting the highway down completely and getting it done in just two days was the better way to go.
"We will be removing the two old bridges and we will be lifting and sliding these two new structures into place literally having the road open for Monday morning by 5 a.m.," a DOT spokesman said.
As far as alternate routes, I-691 will take drivers around the detour to 91, or you can use Rt 9 to get to 91 and 691. Either of those will get you back up to interstate 84 in Hartford. Either way, you need to bring lots of patience and a good attitude like Cloi.
"It will be alright, it's one exit. You have to have the right attitude. People will get off and then get back on," said Coli Weeks of West Hartford.


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In 1984 Alliance Shippers designed and built the Keasby Facility, and by 1985 it was fully functional. A warehouse and cross doc with 182 doors, 300,000+ square feet on 27 acres, this full-service facility with it's experienced staff attracted business from within the fashion sector to high-end home appliances. Known for excellent service and inventory visibility, the operation grew—taking on an additional 100,000+ square feet of space down the road, while at the same time adding a bonded section to the warehouse.
Not stopping there, and due to high customer demand, Alliance branched out and now has a network of 18 dry warehouses, along with 12 refrigerated warehouses. Warehousing and cross docking is a fast-pace, high visibility sector of transportation, and Alliance is up to the task. The diversity in customers, commodities and services brings an expertise in everything we do, with a great sense of urgency. We invite potential customers to tour the facility and explore where we can either find solutions or improve processes within their operations.


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1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Manual 85,649 miles
I have a 1990 eclipse with a swapped 1.8 liter cyclone engine in it with 85,649 miles on it (the valve cover says cyclone on it). I bought it with the swap already done. The problem is that when I start it, the idle is all over the place, going from 1100 rpm down to 500 and almost stalls out - when it warms up it stays around 1100 but fluctuates constantly. When I'm driving, if I give it about 1/4 throttle it runs ok but if I let off to idle/coast, its like the engine boggs down and jumps forward. Decelerating is fine, its just the little bit of gas that it boggs down. Also, my oil pressure is always really low when I'm idling. When I gas it, it comes up to just under the lower mark on the gauge. I've replaced the spark plugs, wires, distributor cap, and patched up all the exhaust incase it was a backpressure issue. The plugs seemed to be coated with carbon on them. Also, if it has been sitting over night, it will start right up and idle fine, but if I shut it off and restart it, the idle is all over the place again. I can't put a finger on what could be wrong. Any insight is greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Allan
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Happiness is the last day of school.
The boys were so excited.
Gabriel wore his class shirt that his class tie-dyed together.
Ethan wore his Sharpie shirt that I made for him.
They looked adorable!
There was sadness, yes. But, there was so much more joy.
Ethan's teacher is such a part of the family now that we know we will see her over the summer break. Watching what all she has done for my boys just fills my heart with complete joy. She is truly amazing. She was meant to be a teacher, and it has been a huge blessing having her in our lives.
Gabriel's teacher has a heart of gold. I just cannot put into words how much she has helped develop our oldest boy into a confident, strong little man. And, as an added bonus, she is moving to 4th grade next year, so, whether we are lucky enough to get her again or not, we will still be blessed with knowing that she can keep a watchful eye on Gabriel each day. I honestly cannot describe just how peaceful that makes me feel, as my oldest is making the giant leap up the big stairs next year.
Ethan's special education teacher is a neighbor and a friend. Her house is literally within walking distance, so we know that we will see her this summer, too.
All of this to say, it was not a day full of good-byes. It was a day filled with thank-yous, instead. Thank you for teaching my boys. Thank you for loving my boys. Thank you for being you.
As we were making one last celebratory trip down the long hall, the day ended perfectly when we ran into one of my favorite people, Gabriel's 2nd grade teacher. We needed just one last picture of a special teacher with a former student….and hopefully a future one, too.
We ended the day with a little Welcome to Summer party. As a last minute treat, one of Gabriel's friends came home with us to celebrate.
I had them run through the sign to welcome them into our summer journey.
We had a little picnic, complete with sweet Jenny at Picky Palate's Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. If you have not tried them, you should. I packaged them up for the teachers, and they loved them. The boys loved them, too – a perfect treat for a perfect day.
I am not kidding when I say that these cookies result in complete happiness. For the recipe, click here.
It was a great way to begin our next 12 weeks of fun. What an amazing adventure I hope it will be!


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Let's all just be happy you people are you people. Even if 5-star defensive ends can be convinced of things like Alabama has a civil engineering program, you stay true to blue, except when you're distraught with crushing ennui, which we understand.
Anyway this week, when you had every reason to shut off, you instead came on here and argued about technical details of offensive playcalling in a civil and detailed manner. When Michigan lost out on what seemed to be a lock on the nation's top-rated prospect, you mostly wished him luck and refrained from making asses of yourselves. When you make This Week in Schadenfreude, it's for magnificent charts, as opposed to the typical mix of hate and stupid.
This, as much as the content, is why MGoBlog is the Saban of the sports blogging world: with this fanbase we are smack dab in the middle of the richest goldmine of intelligent sports fans in the country, and it shows.
Hail to you!


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The aviation world is abuzz this month, as the long-awaited Boeing 787 finally commences service. The new aircraft made its inaugural flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong on October 26th, amid plenty of hype and media attention.
Dubbed the "Dreamliner", Boeing's 787 has garnered plenty of publicity as the most advanced commercial airliner to date. Since the release of the groundbreaking Airbus A380 in 2007, Boeing has no doubt been eager to reclaim the spotlight from its rival, and has been hard at work building anticipation for the release of the 787.
Development of the 787 has been watched closely by aviation enthusiasts, many of whom believe this plane represents a shift in commercial air travel. While there are no huge technological advances to speak of, the dreamliner introduces a wide range of smaller, creature comfort innovations that promise to make flying a more comfortable and enjoyable experience.
Some of the noteworthy features on the new 787 include:
Humidity control. The cabin air is humidified to 16%, which is around double the air moisture of a standard plane cabin. This is intended to reduce the sore throats and stuffed noses that afflict many air travelers.
Mood lighting. The 787 cabin is fitted with a multi-colored LED lighting system, which can slowly change color during the flight and create a range of ambient "moods" for the passengers.
Bigger windows. Passengers will enjoy roughly 30% more window space on the 787, affording better views of the outside world and a less-claustrophobic flying experience. Boeing has done away with window shutters on the 787 – with the push of a button, passengers can darken or lighten the electronic tint of their window.
Higher ceiling. Tall passengers won't have to stoop down as much on the 787, with a raised ceiling that in intended to make the cabin feel more open and accessible.
Improved storage. The overhead luggage bins on the 787 are more significantly larger and more spacious than usual, promising to reduce the difficulties passengers experience trying to load and unload their carry-on luggage.
Reduced noise. The jet engines on the 787 have been fitted with noise-deadening material, which Boeing claims will make the flight quieter both for passengers in the cabin and people on the ground.
Less shake, rattle and roll. The lightweight yet extremely strong carbon fiber frame of the 787 has been designed to reduce vibration and minimize the effects of turbulence.
These are very early days for the 787 yet. More detailed analysis of the plane will emerge as it begins making its way into commercial fleets over the coming months and years. A total of 800 planes have already been purchased by airlines around the world, so it won't be too long before the "Dreamliner" becomes a regular fixture in the skies. We're looking forward to it.


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Guns and gun shows seem to be a hot topic now-a-days and it has been for quite some time now. I remember when Bill Clinton was my best gun salesman but now Barry Obama seems to have taken the lead for new gun sales in America. Let us not forget our own Governor, Andrew Cuomo, though; he not only is a strong runner-up for best gun salesman he may actually overtake the rest. Especially when Andy uses words like "confiscation," that is a real winner in spurring gun sales.
Good day to you all, out there in the world of cyber space, my name is David Petronis and I like guns. Not only do I like guns, I sell guns and promote gun shows; just like the one I am running this weekend in Saratoga Springs, NY at the City Center. With my wife, Cathy, we have been in this gun selling business for nearly forty years and promoting gun shows as NEACA, Inc. for over thirty-two.
I've seen a lot going on in this business and I mentioned the good gun sellers because when they speak of trying to take away any of our dearly beloved Second Amendment rights with calls of "banning" and "confiscation" the true believers take notice and take action; they buy more guns! Thank you Bill, Barry and Andy, because of you guys, and a lot of other liberal gun-grabbing believers, the gun business is alive and well.
I hope to be talking to the Times Union readers about this gun issue and I will attempt to bring a gun seller's perspective to this discussion; I hope you allow my opinion to digest in some of your liberal gray matter and perhaps I can explain why with more guns there is less crime. Why women want guns for protection. Why owning a firearm also has a responsibility attached to it. And a host of other topics we can cover and discuss. You can also find me at www.NEACA.com, check out "Dave's World."
I look forward to it and of telling you all a little more about myself and what I believe in and how I intend to convince you liberals out there to come down to my shop and buy a gun … and have fun shooting, it is a sport! But, I have a Gun Show to run this weekend in Saratoga where I know we already have several anti-gun groups signed up to protest my show. For some dumb reason they think I don't have a right to earn a living and sell legal goods, come on up and see what you all have been missing … but even liberals and progressives have to pay the admission to gain a learning experience .. It's only eight bucks and you can get an education of why guns are in our lives and will always be in America.


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New Digs: Look At Me Now Beauty Salon
April 26, 2014 at midnight
Updated April 25, 2014 at 11:26 p.m.
Look At Me Now Beauty Salon opened for business March 13 at 1819 N. Navarro St. The new salon specializes in lash extensions, fusion hair extensions, color highlights, perms and haircuts for men, women and children.
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. For more information, call owner Jessica Cisneros at 361-579-7959.


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Researchers from the Athens Medical School in Greece and published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention conducted a study which found drinking green tea may help prevent heart disease and stroke.
"A couple of cups a day would probably be a good dose for people," researcher Charalambos Vlachopoulos said. "This is the first study to show these effects for green tea."
Prior research has indicated that black tea can improve cardiovascular health, leading researchers suspect that green tea might even more effective. Many of the beneficial health effects of tea are attributed to its high content of antioxidant polyphenols, especially flavonoids. Most of these polyphenols are destroyed, however, by the fermentation process that makes tea black. This is why green tea has a water-extractable polyphenol content of between 30 and 40 percent, while the content in black tea is only 3 to 10 percent.
In the current study, researchers had 14 volunteers drink three different beverages, on three separate occasions: 6 grams of green tea, 125 milligrams of caffeine (the amount found in 6 grams of green tea) and a cup of hot water. They measured the flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the participants' blood vessels at 30, 90 and 120 minutes after consumption.
FMD is a widely used measure of blood vessel health.
The participants' FMD improved by an average of 3.9 percent within 30 minutes of drinking green tea. It did not change at all in those who drank either the caffeine or hot water.
"Green tea is consumed less in the Western world than black tea, but it could be more beneficial because of the way it seems to improve [circulatory] function," Vlachopoulos said.
He also noted that a number of studies have linked green tea to various cancer-fighting effects.
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The first official Bowl Championship Series standings of the season won't be released until Sunday, but a few well-respected BCS gurus already have their projections out. ESPN's Brad Edwards and the guys at BCSGuru.com have their early lists out, and while it doesn't look great for Texas at first glance, everything should be OK for the Longhorns soon.
Both Edwards and the BCS Guru currently have UT fourth overall, trailing Florida, Alabama and Virginia Tech. But the Longhorns narrowly trail Virginia Tech due to a huge computer gap, which should close significantly as UT gets into Big 12 play. So an undefeated Longhorns team not only should leapfrog the Hokies, it would also pass the loser of a Florida-Alabama SEC title game.
As Edwards wrote, "if the Longhorns take care of business the next three weeks — versus Oklahoma, at Missouri and at Oklahoma State — they will put themselves in position to play for the BCS title. Virginia Tech is just hoping it can hold off USC as the pack leader of the one-loss teams."
A loss, of course, would be extremely difficult for UT to overcome considering the weakness of its nonconference schedule. But as we've pointed out here for weeks, the Longhorns are all but guaranteed a trip to Pasadena, Calif., if they win out.


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Firefox is the second most popular web browser after Microsoft's IE. Undoubtedly, firefox is the best. The browser includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system. You can use third party tools by adding them as a firefox extension. But adding so many add-ons can make your web browser run slow. Sometimes the browser utilizes high CPU which forces you to restart the firefox. There may be many other reasons for your firefox browser to run slow. The article talks about various troubleshooting tips and firefox extensions that can turn your browser blazingly fast like never before.
Speed Test for Firefox Browser.
Follow the steps below to test how much time your firefox browser takes before and after installing addons, extensions or tweaking the code or following the troubleshooting tips listed below in the next section of this article.
1) Clear the cache of Firefox Browser. To do so navigate to Tools->Clear Private Data… and select 'Cache' from the 'Clear Private Data' dialog window. Press the button 'Clear Private Data Now'
2) Before you optimize Firefox, navigate to numion stopwatch and do a speed test on any URL like http://www.aboutonlinetips.com. The time needed to load the site completely will be displayed to you in the browser window. Note down the time.
3) Clear the cache of Firefox from the Firefox settings dialog again – this is very important! Now, close Firefox, and optimize your browser with any of the addon or troubleshooting tips listed below.
4) Start Firefox again, and repeat the speed test on http://www.aboutonlinetips.com. Note down the time again. Compare the displayed result with the result from the test before the optimization.
Preliminary Checks before installing addons or tweaking firefox settings.
Check Point-1 Check if profile folder has a series of sequentially numbered files.
Mozilla application writes certain files in the profile folder. When these files are read-only or locked, you may experience performance issues or other symptoms as multiple numbered copies of those files may be created. Check your profile folder to see if it has a series of sequentially numbered files.
Windows Vista Users
- Click the Windows Start button, and type %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ in the Start Search box near the bottom of the Start menu, without pressing Enter. A list of profiles will appear in the top left of the Start menu.
- Click on any of the profiles (e.g. xxxxxxxx.default) to open it with Windows Explorer.
Windows 2000 and XP Users
- Navigate to Windows Start button, and select Run
- Type in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ then click OK
- Double-click the profile folder to open (e.g. the xxxxxxxx.default folder).
The profile folder contains files like bookmarks.html, cookies.txt, prefs.js, mimeTypes.rdf, sessionstore.js (Firefox only), and other files and folders. You should not see multiple numbered copies of these files ("bookmarks-<n>.html", "cookies-<n>.txt" "prefs-<n>.js", "sessionstore-<n>.js", "mimeTypes-<n>.rdf", etc., where <n> is a number). Make sure you do not see any "<filename>.moztmp" files ("bookmarks.html.moztmp", "cookies.txt.moztmp" ,"prefs.js.moztmp", etc.) since these temporary files are normally cleared after file changes to the profile have been completed.
Multiple numbered copies and "<filename>.moztmp" files can be caused if files in the profile are read-only or locked. For example, if "cookies.txt" is read-only or locked, then the "cookies.txt.moztmp" temporary file will also be read-only or locked and a cookies-1.txt file will be created. Additional write attempts will result in cookies-2.txt and so on. If you find these types of files in your profile folder, remove the "read-only" attributes, if found, and delete any multiple numbered copies.
If you are using Panda or Norton Antivirus or Google desktop them make sure you remove the profile folder from their index. Read more about it here.
Check Point-2 Create a new Firefox Profile.
If you think the above check as a rocket science then you can create a new profile in firefox browser. The user data gets stored in a profile and with new profile you may experience faster browsing as compared to older profile.
If the new profile troubleshoots your problem then you can then transfer bookmarks, passwords, cookies etc to the new profile. It is important to note that you do not copy the extensions. It is advisable to re-install them.
1) Close firefox browser completely by selecting File -> Exit from menu.
2) Navigate to the Windows Start Menu (bottom left button) and then select 'Run'. On Windows Vista, press "windows key+R" if you haven't enabled the "Run command" option for the Start menu.
3) Enter "firefox -P" (without quotation marks) then click OK.
4) Click the 'Create Profile…' button on the 'Firefox – Choose User Profile' window that comes up
5) Click 'Next' in the 'Create Profile Wizard' window that comes up.
6) Type in a new name in the 'Enter new profile name' box (about 10 letters long) and click 'Finish'.
7) Make sure that the 'Don't ask at startup' box is unchecked (you can change this later) and click the 'Start Firefox' box. Firefox will start with the new profile.
If the new profile solves your problem you can then transfer some data such as bookmarks, passwords, cookies etc to the new profile. It is important to note that you do not copy the extensions. It is advisable to re-install them. See recovering important data from an old profile
Check Point-3 Run Firefox in Safe Mode.
Some add-ons can also slow down Firefox browser. To make sure try running Firefox in safe mode. Safe Mode is a special Firefox execution mode that can be used to troubleshoot issues in Firefox. In Safe Mode, you can reset some settings or disable extensions and themes that might be the source of the issue. Issue can be diagnose easily by comparing Firefox behavior in normal mode to its behavior in Safe Mode.
How to start Firefox in Safe Mode?
1) Close down Firefox completely: At the top of the Firefox window, click the File menu, and select the Exit menu item.
2) In Windows, click Start, open the All Programs list, and navigate to the Mozilla Firefox folder. In the Mozilla Firefox folder, select Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode).
3) Firefox should start up with a Firefox Safe Mode dialog.
Note: You can also start Firefox in Safe Mode by clicking , selecting Run (or use the Start Search box in Windows Vista) and then entering the following in the text field:
firefox -safe-mode
Clicking the Continue In Safe Mode starts Firefox in its Safe Mode. For details about various options visit here.
Check Point-4 Troubleshoot Firefox add-ons and themes.
If your firefox browser is running fast in safe mode then firefox addons, extensions or themes are consuming memory and time. Visit Mozilla support to see how to troubleshooting extensions and themes. The article basically speaks about dropping the faulty extensions and updating the addons.
Check Point-5 Identifying other areas of high CPU Consumption.
Sometimes Firefox consume high CPU in order to download, process, and display web content. If high CPU usage occurs only while visiting specific websites, then following areas should be reviewed to identify the problem.
Flash – Websites like YouTube, Google Video and other online video websites require a plugin called 'Flash' to display the web content. This plugin is used to display animated or video content inside the web browser window. Flash plugin is updated regularly, and some websites require the latest version of the plugin to be used.
- Download and install the latest version of the Flash plugin.
- A Firefox add-on, called Flashblock, allows you to selectively enable and disable animated content on websites. If you do not want the animated content to be displayed then you must use this plugin to improve your browsing experience.
Adobe Reader – The Adobe Reader plugin enables the display of PDF documents inside the Firefox browser. If high CPU consumption occurs when you access PDF documents then-
- Update Adobe Reader. For more information, visit Adobe Reader.
- Configure Firefox to open PDF documents outside of Firefox. For details, see open PDF documents outside of Firefox.
Adblock Plus – Flashing image banners and Flash ads consumes significant CPU and take additional time to load. It is advisable to block them, if you do not want them to be displayed. Well, the website may not look pretty as before. For details, visit Adblock Plus.
Check Point-6 Identify Windows Compatibility mode
Windows Compatibility mode enables the execution of Windows program in an environment that mirrors earlier versions of the operating system. For example, you can execute Firefox in a Windows XP environment that is running the program as if the operating system was Windows 95. Running Firefox on Windows in Compatibility mode has been known to cause high CPU usage. To stop Windows from running Firefox in Compatibility mode:
1. Find the firefox.exe file. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
2. Right-click the Firefox icon and select Properties to open the Mozilla Firefox Properties window.
3. Select the Compatibility tab, and make sure Run this program in compatibility mode for: is deselected.
Check Point-7 Delete Firefox 'Prefetch' Files.
In Windows XP and Vista, the operating system load many files during the boot-up process. When you reboot your PC again then rebooting uses prefetched files instead of loading individual pieces across multiple reads of the hard disk. This prefetch mechanism accelerates the overall performance of the computer.
The method may not be efficient for Firefox and can require significant CPU resources. You may experience faster performance by removing prefetch files on Windows XP or Windows Vista systems. The prefetch files are stored in C:\Windows\Prefetch\
Delete any filename beginning with: FIREFOX (For example, FIREFOX.EXE-00507E76.pf)
If any of the above method does not work for you or being non-techie you find them difficult then you may try the following addons or extensions to make your firefox run faster. Following is a list of important addons available for free to optimize your firefox settings to make your browsing experience a better one.
1) FireTune description
Usually you will find many tips on web that suggest you to tweak the firefox settings manually, which is a time consuming activity and difficult for the novice user. With FireTune, you need to make the selection as it includes all the performance optimizations options. FireTune will ultimately boost the performance of Firefox browser.
Download FireTune.
2) FasterFox
FasterFox works on 'Prefetch' mechanism. 'Prefetching' is the silent loading of links in the background before you click them. This speeds up browsing because by the time you click a link it is already cached on your computer and there is zero load time required. FasterFox allows you to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
Download FasterFox Firefox addon or Fasterfox Lite. Visit mozdev for details about FasterFox
3) Firefox Ultimate Optimizer 1.1
Firefox Ultimate Optimizer and reduces the memory and CPU usage by firefox browser. It works with Windows OS only. Make sure you have admin rights on your system along with .NET Framework 2. Installed.
Download Firefox Ultimate Optimizer
4) Firefox Preloader 1.0.366
If your Firefox takes ages to load, try speeding it up with Firefox Preloader. The tool preloads certain elements of Firefox, so that the browser takes an amazingly shorter time to open when you launch it. You can also tweak the browser's Internet options and other basic settings. Works with Windows OS only.
Download Firefox Preloader
5) Tweak Network 1.3
Tweak Network is a small utility that loads web pages much faster and allows you to increase the maximum number of simultaneous downloads from a site. With this tool, you can tweak the network settings to speed up the loading of web pages and increase the maximum number of simultaneous downloads from a site (the default is only four).
Download Tweak Network
6) Mozilla Optimizer 1.6.3
Mozilla Optimizer is a tool which optimizes Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox and Netscape settings in order to considerably boost page loading. Mozilla Optimizer enables HTTP Pipeling and Keep Alive to keep the TCP overhead low while retrieving the website content.
Download Mozilla Optimizer
8) ImgLikeOpera
The above tips have turned my firefox browser blazingly fast. What about you? Let me know if the tips listed above helped you in making browsing experience with firefox, a better one.


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Sharing a table in a modern "canteen style" restaurant, I found myself clashing elbows with a pair of young men.
Man 1 "I got it off me Dad, of course. Someone said 'bent' and he immediately goes, 'Oh, ask Martin, he'd know about that!"
Man 2 "They don't talk about it then?"
Man 1 "Well, no one ever says anything, but you know, they know. Anyway I feel terrible. God I was pissed last night. Jack Daniels and Stella."
Man 2 (With revulsion) "Stella?"
Man 1 (Ashamed) "Stella. But that was nothing. Stevo had a McDonalds! He was all over the place later going, 'Oh, I can feel the E numbers coming through my pores!'"
Man 2 (Staring into the distance) "Oh, he's such a heartbreaker."
Man 1 "Isn't he just? We were out on the pull and I ended up talking to some bloke who lobbies for landmines."
Man 2 "What do you mean?"
Man 1 "You know, he works for the arms industry."
Man 2 (Disgusted, again) "Oh, he deserves to be strangled!"
Man 1 "He did PR for them as well"
Man 2 (Looking forlorn) "How dreadful."
Man 1 "Anyway, it turns out they're not called landmines any more - they're called close proximity weapons, or something."
Man 2 "As if that makes a difference? What a job."
Man 1 "I said to him, 'Just don't do it, you know, just stop'".
Man 2 "What did he do?"
Man 1 "He just laughed and bought more drinks."
And with that he ordered another bottle of wine, seemingly resigned to the fact that the alcohol and arms industries appeared to be working in tandem against his better nature.


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Have a radically different Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving. It's about being grateful, right? About recognizing all the external stuff in our lives that we should be feeling gratitude for. That's all fine and good, but this year I want to challenge you to step up your game. I want you to channel that gratitude in a completely new and different direction.
Because here's the problem: Quite often, there's a subconscious program running when it comes to the concept of gratitude. We're told again and again that we should be grateful for the good things in our lives, but what if – gasp – you know on some level that "grateful" doesn't quite accurately describe what you're truly feeling? Then you're forced to pretend to be thankful, so that no one will discover your secretly dark, ungrateful heart. Now you've given yourself one more thing to be inauthentic about, one more thing to judge yourself for, one more opportunity to energetically beat yourself up.
Let's face it — being authentically grateful is not as easy as it sounds! And there's a reason for that. We've been programmed to look outside of ourselves when making those lists of things to be grateful for. Our homes, the food on our tables, our luxuries. Even if we nobly look past the more materialistic aspects of our lives and focus on being grateful for our relationships with loved ones (which is a step in the right direction), we're still looking outside of ourselves.
And guess what. Deep, real, delicious joy doesn't ever happen from the outside in. Can you feel the truth in that? We keep thinking: "As soon as I can get xyz in my life, I'll have this joy thing in the bag. Then I'll be truly grateful." But what happens when xyz shows up? That's when we decide it's really abc that we wanted after all, and we start chasing abc instead.
But xyz, or abc, or whatever pdq-circumstances you manage to manifest will never bring you true happiness, no matter what they are . . . until you learn the most basic, most misunderstood, most significant skill you'll ever master: the art of deeply loving and accepting YOU. That is the only path to daily, sustainable, joy, and the only position from which it's possible to feel the deep bliss of authentic gratitude.
So here's my Thanksgiving Challenge for you: Before the family arrives, before the turkey goes into the oven, before the bags are packed for the airport . . . carve out a bit of time for YOU. Sit in silence with the intention of deeply, sweetly, loving YOU and feeling gratitude for who you most truthfully are. If that brings up some discomfort, allow yourself to feel grateful for the realization! Make a commitment to finding things to love about yourself and new ways to accept and honor YOU. Do a NakedWriting with the prompt, "If I wholeheartedly adored and accepted myself, it would be for these reasons: . . . " Then treat that list like the pure gold that it is! Read it several times a day! Commit to believing it!
Celebrate even the smallest shifts you're able to make in your ability to genuinely love yourself. That IS something to be truly grateful for! You'll start to notice how releasing your long-held self-judgments just naturally makes you less judgmental of others. You'll start to notice how being at peace with yourself causes all of your surroundings and life-situations to magically become more peaceful as well. You'll discover that the more authentic your love for YOU gets, the more fun it is to freely pour love into everyone around you.
I promise you that if you make self-love your top priority, soon genuine THANKFULNESS will become your truest, most natural state of being.
(I'm super thankful this week to be featured in Breaking Limitations alongside many of my most beloved teachers — Eldon Taylor, Robert Holden, Gregg Braden, Bruce Lipton, Joan Borysenko, Gary Renard, Sandra Anne Taylor, Denise Linn, Michael Neill, Deborah King, Marci Shimoff, and more. I'm tomorrow's speaker! It's a fantastic event, and you can still get in on it here.)
I don't like "thankfulness."
Crazy, right? Everyone says gratitude's the shZizzle! But in working with my Joy-Training clients, I've found that very often there's a smidge of a belief — way underneath there — that if we're really grateful, it means we don't deserve the thing we're grateful for. Like: "Oh, thank you; I'm so grateful to you; I don't deserve this . . ." In a super-subtle way, it puts you in a slightly lower position to the thing you're grateful for. And if you don't fully believe – on every level – that you deserve a thing, you are most definitely subconsciously blocking yourself from receiving it.
Know what word I like better? "Appreciation." You can appreciate a gorgeous work of art, for example, without any of that subtext. When you're appreciating something, you're merging with the wonderfulness of it. It's like you share its energy; you're feeling joy from this thing, period. You're not feeling indebted to it, the way "gratitude" almost, sort-of implies.
The most insidious side-effect of all this focus on the importance of gratitude is this: It causes a lot of people to look at their lives and say, "Wow, I should be thankful for this." But what if that feeling isn't authentic for you? Then you add the "should be thankful" judgement to that laundry-list of judgements you carry around about yourself. And compounding that list does nothing for your self-love. So if you're feeling like your life sucks right now, I want you stop trying to be grateful for it. It's too hard. I'm going to show you how to "appreciate" it instead.
Let's say, for instance, you feel a financial lack right now. You'd like to have more money.
Well, you have some money, right? If I said to you now, "I want you to be grateful for your money," you could probably stretch and do it, but you'd most likely feel a little resistance when I suggest that. Like: "Ha! Money is the source of all my stress. How can I feel grateful? Sure I have some money, but it's hard to feel grateful when it's not nearly as much as I need/want, blah, blah, blah . . ."
But what if I said, "Can you appreciate the money you have?" It's easier, right? You do have some money, and you did have breakfast, and I presume no one reading this is sleeping under a bridge tonight. So . . . that's something to appreciate, right?
Maybe it's not money for you. Maybe there's something else in your life you feel you're lacking. What one thing, if it were to materialize tomorrow, would make you feel complete, joyful, like you'd arrived at peace? See if you can identify it as a concept word like money, fitness, success, love . . . .
Now whatever it is, I want you to acknowledge that there is some of this thing in your life. If you want to be thinner, or more fit, or more healthy, you can probably acknowledge that you possess some degree of health in this moment, right? There are people who have less health than you have. If love is what you're lacking, I want to congratulate you for loving yourself enough to read this post. You do have some love in your life.
Point is: I guarantee you that there are multiple people in this universe walking around right now with half of whatever you have in this area of lack that you identified. Half your money, half your health, half your love.
So you can see that there's something you can appreciate about this specific area of your life. Not necessarily be thankful about it – not if it hurts – but you can appreciate it, right?
Well, guess what. Appreciation has a causative effect on growth. What you appreciate grows. Even in the financial world, this is the word they use! In the bank, if your money is "appreciating," what is it doing? It's growing. You're getting more of it.
It's okay to want more of this thing. But only, only, only from the space of appreciation. If you didn't appreciate it, you wouldn't want it to begin with! Why do you even want more money? Because you have some money, and you appreciate what you're able to do with it! If you lived on Krypton and you'd never heard of money, you wouldn't want it. I want you to internalize this right now. This is an opportunity to make an energetic shift that can have freakin' miraculous repercussions for you!
If you want from a space of lack, you'll never manifest jack. Wanting needs to be exciting! Fun! That's where the creative energy is. In Juicy Joy Training, we wiggle our hips when we say the word "want." We have a gleam in our eyes.
Wanting a thing = loving it. You can't know you love it unless you have — or have had — some degree of it. Ergo: Wanting = Having and Loving! Wanting = Having and Loving!
When you get really immersed in the appreciation of having the thing you want, you'll be dialed into the right frequency to allow more of that thing to flow toward you. That's the zone of effortless creativity. Appreciation is a form of love, so whatever it is you want more of, the secret to getting it is to deliberately focus your attention on your genuine love for this thing!
There's a Kafka quote I adore: "By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired." So desires are good! Necessary! They just have to come from love, not lack.
I wish you happy fulfillment of all of your desires. I'm appreciating you this holiday season.continue reading
What will you do in 2012 to show more outrageous love to YOU?
I'm liking 2012. I'm the new featured article today on Hay House's awesome website, HealYourLife.com. I rang in the New Year with lots of laughter, love and cherished family. From right here, right now, 2012 looms like a shiny, radiant bucket of promise and wonder and juicy, juicy possibilities. I'm wishing you every good thing this year. You have all you need to create whatever your heart is most longing for. You are meant to love your life and your self, and you are powerful beyond your imagining. Make 2012 the year that you claim your freedom, your passion, your YOU. I'd love to be part of your journey.
Read my New Year's Day article at the link above!
Join us on Hay House Radio for Some Juicy-Joyful Authenticity Banter
I'm off to Tampa for another spectacular Hay House conference. How cool is my life? (Universe, have I told you lately that I love you?) Tune into Hay House Radio this Wednesday at noon EST to hear me and my juicy soul-sister Karen McCrocklin dish about authenticity and the best ways we've found to deal, feel, and be real. (Click here on Wednesday to listen and call in.) We're all born gloriously authentic but our socialization ensures our authenticity is beaten out of us. Here's what I had to say about that in the Juicy Joy book:
Over and over throughout our lives we've absorbed the message, implicitly and explicitly, that "image is everything," and "you don't get a second chance to make a first impression." My friend who works in sales for a large publishing company likes to quip, "Anybody who says you can't judge a book by its cover never tried to sell one." The cover is all we judge by! And all of us want us our covers to be the shiniest, most impressive covers we can manage to project. But where does that really leave us in terms of self-love and genuine connection with our fellow humans?
At the root of all people-pleasing tendencies, and most inauthentic tendencies in general, is a fear of being judged. Many of us grew up with some degree of a fear of abandonment from being found unlovable if we were judged and came up short. And we all judge ourselves to varying extents. If you think you don't judge yourself, it probably just means you have a judgment about judging yourself.
If you're sensitive to the criticism of others, consider this: The extent to which you feel hurt by anyone's judgment of you is directly proportional to the degree to which you judge that trait in yourself, either consciously or subconsciously. If I called you a jerk you might feel insulted, because most of us have a fear, deep down, that we have the capacity to be jerks. But if I called you a rhinoceros you'd probably just think I was nuts and shrug it off. You know you're not a rhinoceros, so there's no way I can insult you with that—unless you have a big nose or a big butt that you're sensitive about, in which case your own self-judgment would cause you to feel insulted.
Juicy Joy training transmutes your self-judgments into self-love, but that doesn't mean you won't have incentive to make further changes in yourself toward ever-greater degrees of Juicy Joy. Of course you will continue to grow and evolve, but you will do it much more speedily and effectively. Genuine change can only happen when you are first accepting and loving every part of you.
If you try to change anything from a position of "I hate this aspect of me," you'll gain nothing from the change. If you hate your nose, and get a nose-job so you have a perfect nose, it will only be a matter of time before you hate something else about yourself. Your nose wasn't the problem; hating yourself was. Conversely, when you accept and love all of who you are, making changes is juicy fun! You can be as creative and daring as you please. You know that you are fantastic now and you will continue to be fantastic, and that makes it exciting to change and grow. from Juicy Joy – 7 Simple Steps to Your Glorious, Gutsy Selfcontinue reading
Which Juicy Joy techniques would make the most dramatic shifts in YOUR life?
Find out, for free, by playing with me in my new blogging sandbox! Yesterday I posted this invitation on Facebook: "Juicy Joy is the art of feeling blissfully comfortable in your own skin; being so crazy-in-love with your own delicious self that the ups and downs of real life can't shake your baseline joy. So send me your thoughts/questions, or whatever you feel is keeping you from your own Juicy Joy, and I will respond through the filter of Juicy Joy wisdom." Buckets of thanks to those who responded, both privately and publicly!
I'm going to kick things off today with Mike – the first, brave, public responder. Here's his challenge, in his words: "Letting go of the fear that was instilled in me as a child through physical abuse as I was told that I would never amount to anything . . . I have found moderate to great success in my life but have always felt limited by the belief that I didn't deserve it, that I somehow 'lucked into it,' and I move on to something else instead of fully exploring and enjoying success. To date, I have been a plumber, teacher (K-12 and college), sous chef, CIO, and run several small companies. I keep reinventing myself because I never feel successful enough in my own right. Next up, writer and artist."
Mike, first of all, you rock. Your situation and background are egregiously common, but you are a huge step ahead of the pack with that impressive degree of self-awareness. Cheers, my friend! You are closer to your Juicy Joy than you know! Gaining clear awareness of what's running you (usually obtained through detailed Juicy Joy processes) is the first critical step in any Juicy Joy journey. Each of us has many, many factors contributing to our own unique perspective on the world and our place in it, as well as many reasons for our subconscious tendencies to limit our own enjoyment of our successes and blessings. But it's safe to assume that the one you've identified (childhood abuse) is a major culprit in your undeserving feelings.
I'm sensing what you need first is a touch of inner-child/re-parenting work to re-wire that early programming. Much more could be accomplished in Juicy Joy training, of course, but for now, try going on this little imaginative trip with me: Let your mind wander to a time in your childhood when you felt judged by a parent. What is the first word or phrase that comes to mind to represent their judgment of you? Maybe it's "stupid," or "incompetent," or "unlovable," or maybe it's the whole idea that you'd, "never amount to anything." Take a few moments to figure out what one word or phrase might sum up your unworthiness best. It sounds like for you it most likely came from your parents, but for some it might have come from a sibling, teacher, or friend. You know you've found it when it triggers an inward cringe – an instinct to push it away. Call it forth instead.
How does this word feel to you right now? Chances are you've spent much of your life trying to prove yourself to be the opposite of this word. But there's also a good chance that you secretly, or perhaps subconsciously, fear that you do possess this trait. Look to see if that might be true for you, even if your first instinct is to deny it. If you feel any energy around this word – if it triggers discomfort – it's active for you.
As vividly as you can, imagine the whole scene from your childhood, as it played out in one particular instance. Who leveled this insult? How old were you? If you don't remember a specific incident, make one up. Whatever you imagine right now will be fine for purposes of this exercise. When you have the scene pretty vivid in your imagination, pretend it's a scene in a movie and you're sitting in the audience, watching. How do you feel as you imagine watching this scene unfold? Does the audience buy into the insult at all, or is the audience feeling love and compassion for the child in this situation? Isn't it clear to the audience that this accusation says much more about the accuser than it does about the child? There's no truth to the accusation, is there?
Now imagine a new character strides into the scene. It's Present-Day You, dressed exactly as you are dressed right now. Present-Day You is the child's ally. Yay! The audience is relieved! Present-Day You tells the insulter to never call Child You that again, and the insulter stomps off screen in a huff. Then Present-Day You gets down to eye-level with Child You and the camera zooms in for a big, warm hug. In your own words, let Present-Day You comfort Child You and assure Child You that the insult has no bearing in reality. Sing Child You's praises, and promise that you'll be there from now on to protect Child You and make sure Child You knows how intrinsically wonderful and special he is. Soak up all that loving energy oozing around the movie theater now.
Do you feel any loosening of the resistance around your trigger word from doing just that one super-simple process? You may need to repeat it several times to get to the deep feeling place where this wound can be unwound.
If you still believe that the trigger word accurately applies to you in any way, it probably means that you've created some evidence in your life to support it. If that's the case, I want you to consider this crazyass truth: the belief you had about yourself – whether conscious or unconscious – is what led you to create the evidence. The evidence is only there because of the belief. Allowing the belief to remain will only cause you to create more similar evidence. Working now to unwind the belief will lead you to create the opposite kind of evidence from this point forward.
I hope this tiny smidgen of Juicy Joy helps you, Mike. I'd love to get my hands on you in the upcoming online course! Message me privately if you'd like a discount coupon for it.
Ahhh, it feels so good to be blogging again! I'm enjoying this new format, so keep the questions coming, my juicy ones. Message me through Facebook or email@example.com so we can get juicy together!continue reading


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Dear Abby: To ``Forgotten Parents,`` who loaned their son $10,000 10 years ago that never has been (and likely never will be) repaid, and to all those who wrote in to say, ``The same thing happened to us,`` you gave sound advice: ``Never lend money without a promissory note acknowledging the loan and stating the terms of repayment. Relatives are no exception.``
Having made my first million by the time I was 30 and multiplying it several times since then, and coming from a large working-class family, I am often confronted with the problem of a relative in ``desperate`` need of a loan. Here is an even better way to handle it:


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Lucy MacGillis Astoncolle II 50 x60 inches Oil on canvas 2010
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Lucy MacGillis is a painter who has been living in Italy since her graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. Her paintings are represented in private and corporate collections internationally. She shows her work at a variety of venues in Europe and the United States including the Galleria Ca'd'Oro in Rome and the Hoadley Gallery in Lenox, MA She now lives and paints on a hilltop near Montecastello di Vibio in Umbria, Italy.
Lucy grew up in the Berkshires in Massachusetts and studied painting at the University of Pennsylvania with John Moore and with Nicolas Carone at the former International School of Art in Italy. Here she also studied with Ruggero Savinio, Jake Berthot, John Lees, Ying Li and Dan Gustin. She received a post-graduate grant to paint in Italy in 2000 and decided to stay. I would like to thank Lucy MacGillis for taking the time to write such thoughtful words to my email questions to her. I am impressed not only by the success of so many brillant paintings but also that despite our down economy she has made a successful career and life for herself doing what she loves, being a painter. Grier Horne's blog article about Lucy MacGillis quoted her; "I saw a lot of my colleagues going into frustrating teaching jobs and the like, in order to pay the bills and they suffer as artists. You need time to think things through and a lot of time to produce a body of work. I live really simply and try to keep it that way."
Larry Groff: Can you tell us a little about your background? What made you decide to be a painter?
Lucy MacGillis I've been living in Italy for 13 years now. I grew up in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts and studied painting at the University of Pennsylvania and here in Italy at the International School of Art.
I remember going on an elementary school field trip to the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown… there happens to be a Piero della Francesca, Madonna col Bambino e Quattro Angeli there. The museum provided us with robes made exactly like the ones that the Madonna and angels are wearing in the painting, I got to be the white one on the left. This experience enchanted me at the time, and to this day Piero della Francesca is important to me as a painter. I live about an hour from Arezzo where his incredible cycle of frescoes representing the Legend of the Cross is, and I go there frequently. I fell in love with painting while studying at Nick Carone's International School of Art in Italy and struggling to paint the vast panorama of the Tiber Valley. Even then I loved everything about painting, how difficult is, the smell of it, the names of the colors…rosso pozzuoli! Brilliant Yellow Extra Pale! Davy's Grey…I was covered in paint.
Being a painter has allowed me to follow the light, the weather, my moods, being inside with a still life when it is windy, outside drawing in a piazza when it is sunny but cold, preparing the surfaces on the darkest days. During the golden hours of the summer, I need to be painting in that light, I don't want to be doing anything else.
Muri 3 52×52″ oil on canvas 2010
Astoncolle, Mezzogiorno 30″ x 30″ oil on linen 2012
Il Pollaio 16.5″ x 23.5″ oil on muslin panel 2011
San Romualdo, sole 8.5″ x 13″ oil on primed handmade paper on wood 2012
LG: I've read that William Bailey has a studio near where you live in Italy and has played a role in your painting life. You have also studied with the late Nicolas Carone who founded the International School of Art in Italy and is also located in Montecastello. Can you tell us something about how your involvement with them was influential?
LM: At the art school in Montecastello there was an open studio night and Nick Carone came into my little studio followed by an entourage of
teachers. I had painted a small 10×8″ landscape and he went nuts over it "thats it!". Moments like that pushed me and I painted more and more. Nick's presence gave an amazing energy to the school. We would sit in the piazza until late at night listening to his stories, stories about painting, his colleagues, life, women…it was important for us to sit and listen, to be humbled by such a great artist.
When I moved to Italy definitively in 2000, I had a '69 Vespa that I would drive up to his studio on.. he would talk about metaphysics, we would look at the shapes in the clouds and on the stones. I would ride back to town with this rush of adrenaline to work. Looking back now I realize how generous he was, spending so many hours with young artists.
Bill Bailey is a kindred spirit. In a critique in 2000, he looked at a still life of a white enamel pitcher I had painted. I thought it was complete…he said, I know that pitcher, and you need to go back and look at it again, keep looking. He was right. In my work today I still look, I'm still learning to see more.
Both Bill and Nick created these wonderful studios in Umbria, hidden in the hills. Visiting these places I learned a great deal about creating a studio…a sacred place where you can concentrate, walk away from your painting into a field, not be disturbed, where you can become completely absorbed by your work.
Il Vicolo 7.5″ x 10″ oil on paper 2011
La Cinquecento 20″ x 20″ oil on linen 2011
Montecastello 16×16″ oil on linen on wood 2009
LG: You've been living near Montecastello di Vibio in Umbria, Italy since you got out of school in 2000. Since then you've restored an old farmhouse on a hilltop complete with a fabulous studio. What's it like to live in paradise? Was it difficult to move from the US to Italy?
LM: I restored an old farmhouse with a small olive grove here in Umbria where I live with my son Vito who is now 6. I live in a place that continually inspires me. I restored it attempting to respect the Umbrian tradition and its humble character. It is surrounded by an original cobblestone piazzetta. These field stones reflect light up at the house. The floors are made of handmade terracotta tiles from Citta della Pieve. Outside there is a wide stone bench which is ideal for lying on and looking up into the almond tree.
I think painters need to be alone, so much of what happens at the easel is related to what you're dealing with around that. I'm learning to be quite stubborn about my solitude. Even in the moments when I can't be painting, I see compositions everywhere…the golden hour makes even the industrial zone look glorious. Jody Joseph, a great painter and friend who comes often to this area to paint, marvels at how she nearly drives off the road looking at the compositions that she sees in the rear view mirror driving around this part of umbria. That's how it is, everywhere you turn, there is a painting.
I painted the interior walls of my home and studio in the traditional style using lime and earth pigments to make paint. Even in the bathroom I look at dark grey walls and their relationship to a white towel, to the stone. By the time I stand before my easel, having taken Vito to school in my '66 Fiat Cinquecento, gone to the bar for an espresso, bought the newspaper, I'm "carica", charged, so ready to paint.
I came to Italy after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, I had received a University Scholars grant to return to Italy… I had a backpack full of paint and planned to return to the States when I'd run out of money. Meanwhile my paintings began to sell back in the U.S., so I stayed. I learned Italian quickly. Aside from my love for Italy, the art, Fellini and the rest, for a self-employed artist it made sense to be in Italy then, here I was covered by the social health system and didn't need another job to support myself. It wasn't always easy at the beginning, looking at the series of still life I painted in Todi in 2000, I realize how lonely it was then before I found the friends I have today. Sometimes in the winter a thick fog fills the valley and the landscape is swallowed up for weeks at a time and the dark stone streets of the villages are quite gloomy.
photo by Dee Purdy
photo by Dee Purdy
photo by Dee Purdy
see more great photos of Lucy MacGillis' home and studio from the photographer Dee Purdy's blog: she had us at hello
La Primavera 2012 50 x 60″ oil on linen
Febbraio 8×8″ oil on linen 2013
LG: How has living in Italy influenced you as a painter? Has being away from NYC artworld helped or hindered your growth as a painter? I see that you are giving a 2 day workshop in Stockbridge Ma at the IS183 school this summer as well as Vienna and Germany. (for more info see this link)
LM: I'm grateful for the distance I have from the New York art world…I'm generally not comfortable around the business of art…Nick talked about the '50s and '60s in New York.. it sounded
wonderful then, he said it was the artists who made the artist then, not the galleries and critics.. I figure if I'm doing anything worthwhile, New York will find me. Here I can just draw and paint and get lost in my work.
At the same time there is just so much great art to see in central Italy. A few days ago I was looking at the vibrant frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli in Montefalco, the Orvieto duomo, the Lorenzettis in Siena, oh it just goes on and on.
Over the past 13 years here in Italy I've found a wonderful group of artists, I'm not totally isolated, we look at each other's work, see shows in Rome and central Europe, but in my daily routine I have the solitude I thrive on. I do enjoy visiting New York when I return to the States each year. I'm in touch with some great artists from that world, such as John Lees and Jake Berthot…when I'm in the city I visit the Betty Cuningham Gallery to see what they've been up to. The itch to paint doesn't really hit me until I drive out of the airport in Rome and see that light.
My life is holistic here. Vito and I go for walks in the olive groves around the house, we make treasure hunts, collect pine cones. I make my own olive oil, eat good food enjoy local wines.
Now I do teach these brief seminars, I love watching people beginning to paint, watching the struggle, discovering painters. I started teaching when some local women asked to me to hold a class. Despite their living a half an hour from the Giottos in Assisi and Piero in Arezzo, they had no art history, no idea, they were blank slates. However having lived all their lives in these hills they have an innate sense of the color, and from the get-go they see and mix these earth colors so much more accurately than many of the New York painters who come through Umbria. This summer I'll be teaching at the IS183 in Stockbridge, Mass. again, a wonderful old building in a great community of artists. I enjoy returning to the States on brief trips, but I am always longing to return to Italy.
Vito 14″ x 12″ oil on linen 2012
Il Terrazzo 30″ x 30″ oil on canvas 2011
Due Case 8.5″ x 11″ oil on primed paper on wood 2012
LG: I'm curious if you were able to see the Giorgio Morandi's Landscapes exhibition "Morandi, l'essenza del paesaggio" at the Fondazione Ferrero in Alba, Italy in 2011? I'm curious to hear what you might have to say about his painting in relation to your own work.
LM: I first saw Morandi's work on a trip to Bologna in 1999, the museum has this magical quality. It must be one of the quietest public places in Italy. The show in Alba included some landscapes that I hadn't seen before. There was one from 1942 that I just fell in love with. Morandi was quoted saying that he loved painting the landscapes more than the still life, you can see that in these nearly abstract landscapes from around 1941 with these flat skies that look like lakes on a map. So simple, then you stand out there with your easel and try to simplify all that green and you realize how complex his paintings really are. Nick talked about meeting Morandi at the Venice Biennale,and his reaction to Pollock. What I so admire about Morandi is what he didn't paint. He just kept on painting what he saw amidst all that political and artistic turmoil.
Gli Ulivi 8″ x 20″ oil on linen 2012
Via Fornaci 12″ x 20″ oil on linen panel 2012
La Mattina 8″ x 7.5″ oil on muslin panel 2010
LG: How important is observation to your work?
LM: I always paint from life. In the landscape I remove and add where it works best for the painting, but I'm out there. The experience of being physically in the landscape I'm painting is important, the heat, the smells, the sounds of the nearby sheep, the train's distant horn, the light. I'm convinced that it all plays into the feel of the painting and I react to all this. There is so much to see and the longer you look the more you find. I look for shapes, I forget what object I'm painting, just look and mix and put paint down. Both Jake and John Lees have left New York for the country, they observe the
woods and streams near their studios. There is something to be said for becoming so familiar with the rhythm of your surroundings…I look out at the panorama from my studio and am so profoundly in tune to the small seasonal shifts.
Lately I've also been working a good deal from the figure. I love listening to models while I observe them… how the planes of the face shift as a person poses, as they grow more relaxed, as the music changes. I listen to good music while I paint inside, lots of jazz, Nina Simone, Carlos Gardel, Vinicio Caposella, Maria Callas, depends on the day.
Terra Umbra 38×48″ oil on canvas 2009
San Gaspare 52″ x 52″ oil on linen 2012
LG: Can you speak about your painting process. Do you limit your palette? I've read where you have used the Italian Earth colors such as what Williamsburg makes. What makes these types of paint valuable to you? What else might be of interest about your technique or approach to painting?
LM: When I teach I limit the palette to a basic earth palette. I do use some Williamsburg paint but here in Italy I have access to Maimeri's Terre Grezze which have a great Rosso di Ercolano, Rosso di Venezia and Terre Verde Antica di Verona. These paints have a good thick consistency and I love using the palette knife with them. When I'm working in my studio I use a lot of paint I make on my own and I do use some cadmium orange and red. In Florence I find beautiful pigments at Zecchi and grind these with cold pressed linseed oil to make my own thick paint. I also use some marble dust from Carrara. I stretch my own surfaces and prepare the linen with rabbit skin glue. The process is all part of it, touching these materials, using my physical strength to stretch the linen tight, reflecting on what I will paint on this dimension, watching the surface tighten, sanding it down, I become familiar with it, I prepare the composition in my mind.
I draw everyday, on whatever I can find. I'm delighted that my son has the same habit, although he usually draws ships. As I begin to paint I plot out the composition with the brush, play with it, remove it, again and again until it works. Jake Berthot helped me a great deal with this part of the painting, being patient with it, finding rhythm, duality, pushing it as far as I could.
La Tempesta 8.5″ x 11″ oil on paper on wood 2011
Arrivederci e Grazie 20″ x 19″ oil on linen 2011
L'Inno Nazionale II 24″ x 20″ oil on canvas 2011
Natura Morta al'Aperto 20″ x 20″ oil on muslin panel 2011
LG: Your broad, expressive paint handling tells us that you're interested more in engaging the paint surface and creating abstract structures than mere description. In particular, your color harmonies very satisfying. Do you arrive at these color decisions quickly? Would you say you're a slow or fast painter?
LM: Well I suppose I ought to be a fast painter, when I'm slow I lose it.
I like to simplify what I see, push it into abstraction. I make marks with the palette knife or a large flat brush. I scrape down a lot, mix strange greys, mixing compliments. I look for the darkest and lightest points in the painting and try to keep the color in key with them. Catherine Kehoe lays down these bold planes, her portraits rock. I'm always trying to paint looser, to let the paint be, to let go sooner. I work on some paintings for months, others just happen in a couple of sittings. I enjoy the faster paintings most..see I'm painting this very sort of picturesque landscape here, I don't want to make pretty paintings, so I'm looking at planes and color and trying not too get too hung up with insignificant details.
Have you looked at Ruggero Savinio's paintings? His figures have this wonderful presence, he observes them but somehow gets at the soul rather than physical likeness. He knows the figures in his paintings, they are his family, you sense that. I learn a lot from looking at his work.
LG: What's the most exciting part of painting for you?
LM: There is the point where I become so immersed in painting, total self-abandonment. Where I'm in this sort of hypnosis of looking, mixing, looking and laying down marks. I was recently working on a portrait and the model asked if he could photograph me because I make such a "strana espressione" strange facial expression while I paint. Of course that killed the moment but I guess I was really in it then.
LG: How do you know when the painting is finished? How important is keeping the painting "fresh"?
LM: There is a point when I physically cannot do anything more to the painting. It is done. At that point its probably overdone, I should walk away from them sooner, at a medium-rare moment, when the marks are sufficient. I'm trying to preserve the transparency, let the ground show, or if I'm painting over old paintings which I absolutely love doing, have parts of the previous one peek through.
Limoni Amalfitani 20×19″ oil on canvas 2010
Il Salaiolo 18″ x 27″ oil on linen 2012
Sandali di Vito 52″ x 52″ oil on linen 2012
Sant'Ubaldo 20″ x 32″ oil on linen
L'estate 20×20″ oil on linen on wood 2012
La Ciotolina 28×24 oil on canvas 2008


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*The Navy is replacing one Mk.38 with a new Mk.96
that combines the same gun with a grenade launcher, all on a stabilized
In 1990, the Navy awarded a contract to Bollinger Machine Shop
and Shipyard of Lockport, LA for construction of eight Patrol Coastal
(PC) ships based on the Vosper Thornycroft Patrol Craft hull design.
A follow-on contract for five additional ships was executed in July
1991. In October 1997, Bollinger was awarded a contract to build
a fourteenth Patrol Coastal ship. Plans called for the keel to be
laid in June 1998 with delivery in April 2000.
Construction of the ships was funded by the United States Special
Operations Command (USSOCOM). The ships are manned by Naval personnel
and are assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Command under the
cognizance of Special Boat Squadron ONE (Coronado, CA) and Special
Boat Squadron TWO (Little Creek, VA).
The mission of the Patrol Coastal ships is to conduct Maritime
Special Operations, to include: maritime interdiction operations,
forward presence, escort operations, noncombatant evacuation, foreign
internal defense, long-range Special Operations Forces (SOF) insertion/extraction,
tactical swimmer operations, reconnaissance, intelligence collection,
operational deception and SOF support as required.
The ship's operational capabilities are designed to meet the unique
requirements of their Special Warfare missions. Operationally, the
PC's are capable of accelerating from stop to 35 knots in under
three minutes, then move from full ahead to 15 knots astern in 60
seconds. In high-speed, hard-over turns, the ship barely heels as
the automatic stabilizers engage.
The PCs are named for global weather phenomena with the first ship
in the class being USS CYCLONE.
The PCs of Special Boat Squadron ONE have been deployed to South
American countries with operations in the South-eastern Pacific,
South Atlantic and the Caribbean. On a deployment to Ecuador in
1996, HURRICANE and MONSOON navigated 42 nautical
miles up-river to Guayaquil, proving the PC ability to operate in
a riverine environment. In 1997, SQUALL and ZEPHYR
completed a six-montb deployment in support of Exercise UNITAS 38-97,
including the circumnavigation of the South American continent and
operations with twelve nations. During this exercise, the ships
covered 22,000 nautical miles and visited over 30 ports while carrying
out operations in support of Maritime Special Operations, Coastal
Patrol and Interdiction and amphibious events. In1998, HURRICANE
and MONSOON conducted the first deployment of PCs to the
Western Pacific (Wes Pac) since World War II. Accompanied by USS
SIdes (FFG 14) the PCs logged over 22,500 nautical miles and visited
Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysa, Singapore,
Thailand and Guam.
Special Boat Squadron TWO PCs have been deployed to Europe and
Africa, participating in Sixth Fleet operations in the Mediterranean
and Persian Gulf and joint operations with allied Navies in the
Mediterranean, South Atlantic, North Atlantic and Baltic Sea. In
1996, TYPHOON and SIROCCO visited eleven European
nations, working with the Navies of Albania, Denmark, Finland, Germany,
Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain
and Sweden. The ships called on 18 foreign ports including the first
ever U. S. Navy ships to visit St. Petersburg, Russia. The PCs of
Boat Squadron TWO have shown the flag from Dakar, Senegal to St.
Petersburg, Russia. On October 1, 2002 the 9 East Coast PCs were
transferred to the Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic Fleet
(SURFLANT) and the 4 PCs on the West Coast transferred to the Naval
Surface, Pacific (SURFPAC). All 13 PCs are currently deployed with
the U.S. Coast Guard in support of Operation Noble Eagle, homeland
security of our coastline, harbors and ports.
Following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Penatgaon on 11 September 2001, the PCs were assigned to operate
with the U.S. Coast Guard on Homeland Defense duties. The ships
are manned and maintained by the Navy but are under Coast Guard
operational control.
In January 2003, USS Chinook (PC 9) and USS Firebolt (PC 10) along
with their Maintenance Support Team, were deployed to the Persian
Gulf and operated in the region during the Iraq war. They were relieved
in mid-2004 by USS Typhoon (PC 5) and Sirocco (PC 6) along with
their respective Maintenance Support Team. The Typhoon and Sirocco
are presently on station in the Persian Gulf with their crews rotated
under the Navy's experimental Sea Swap Program.
The concept of the Sea Swap Program is that it is cost effective
and less time consuming to swap out the entire crew, from Captain
to Seaman, of a forward deployed ship than to bring the ship back
on rotation. The plan calls for the ships to remain on station for
up the 18 months, with the crews rotated on six-month intervals.
On 30 September 2004, five PCs, USS Tempest (PC 2), USS Monsoon,
(PC 4), USS Zephyr, (PC 8), USS Shamal, (PC 13), USS Tornada, (PC
14) were decommissioned and transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard,
on loan for four years. The Navy will retain ownership of the PCs
and be responsible for all life-cycle management maintenance, depot
management and corrective services through fiscal 2008.
The remaining eight Navy PCs, six stationed at NAB Little Creek,
VA and two at NAB Coronado, CA will continue to operate with the
Coast Guard on Homeland Defense duties. NAB Little Creek will provide
the ships for Persian Gulf deployment and crews from both NAB Little
Creek and NAB Coronado will be supporting the Sea Swap Program.
USS MONSOON (PC-4) on deployment to Hawaii
On 1 October 2004, the five Patol Coastals
transferred from the Navy were recommisioned in the Coast Guard and
designated as Coast Guard Cutters. Their names and hull numbers remained
the same with the ships now designated as WPCs.
In August 2008, Patrol Coastals Tempest (PC 2) and Monsoon (PC 4) were transferred
back to the U.S. Navy and are now based at the Patrol Coastal Training
Facility at NAB Little Creek, Virginia
In 2011, CGC Tempest WPC-2, and CGC Monsoon WPC-4 were decommissioned and
returned to the Navy. CGCs Zephyr, Shamal and Tornado remain in active
service by the Coast Guard.
On 13 February 2005, CGC Shamal (WPC 13) returned to Pascagoula
after a five-week patrol in the Caribbean Sea. It was Shamal's first
operational patrol as a Coast Guard cutter since being transferred
from the Navy. While on patrol with the Dominican Republic frigate
Altair, Shamal seized more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine and 2,000
pounds of maijuana from two different drug seizures and arrested
several suspects for drug trafficking.
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