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Gender and History
Norman B. Ferris, January 1998
To the Editor:
Upon scanning the program for the 112th annual meeting of the AHA I could not help observing that the word "gender" appears in the titles of at least fifteen sessions and the word "women" is to be found in the titles of thirteen more. There are besides a considerable number of allusions to race and sex. All of this, I believe, tends to create an impression that the members of the Association most active in scholarship are interested primarily in feminist issues.
When, however, one turns to the publishers' advertisements offering their most important historical works for sale, one finds only a handful of gender-oriented books listed there. The discrepancy speaks for itself. Too many historians are trying to build resumes largely based upon short convention papers, regarding which the opportunity to deliver is obtained more by networking than by having something significant to say, while the relentless exhausting pursuit of numerous archival and manuscript sources to sustain momentous new knowledge or theories about history appears less frequently in AHA programs than in former times. I realize that there is much pressure on junior members of the profession to demonstrate competence off campus. But is the thinking and research of so many of them really so narrowly focused? If so, I feel sympathy for their students.
—Norman B. Ferris
Professor Emeritus, Middle Tennessee State University
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Serves 8
for the apples
- 1/4 pound butter
- 8 large firm apples (granny smith, cortland etc)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon groudn cardamom
- 1 tablespoon cinammon
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
for the cake
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup hafl/half
- 2 beaten eggs
- peel & core apple -'slice into 12 slices
- toss into bowl with lemon juice, spices,sugar - let sit for 5 - 10 minutes
- ,heat butter in heavy,large over proof skillet until melted and add in apples Saute, turning slices over as they brown, add in maple syrup and then warmed rum ( you may flambe at this point if you wish) Set aside and make the cake
- Mix dry ingredients in cuisinart - pulse to mix
- Add in butter and pulse until mixture resembles cornmeal Add in eggs and half/half, pulse until just mixed - Pour on top of cooled apples
- Bake in preheated 350 oven for 30 minutes or until juice is bubbling up the sides of the skillet and the cake is slightly browned
- Cool about 5 - 10 minutes - Place a serving platter on top of the cake and invert - Serve with whipped cream if you like
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It's bad enough that Va'Resh Candori is stuck working for the League of Sentient Beings. It's even worse when she is partnered with Logan McNair. Insubordinate and often defiant, he's exactly what she wants, but can't have according to Correllian law. Until her mating cycle takes control of her discipline and he throws a curve ball at her.
Logan McNair was born half Earthling and half Correllian. He's seen the worst of his mother's home planet and experienced firsthand what Correllia has been doing to the few men born of their species. He's got to get over his justifiable rage to fulfill a destiny no longer believed to be true on Correllia. He has to take his life mate to bed during her mating cycle and mark her as his own. With the help of two friends, he'll rock her world and hopefully forge a new future for them and their species.
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School Trip
Speaking of reunions, I got to attend the fourth grade trip to St. Mary's as a chaperone. Someone once told me that the trip is a requirement of every fourth grader in Maryland, though I've never found documentation for that. Regardless, I wanted to go on it because I went to St. Mary's City when I was in 4th grade.
I have three memories of my St. Mary's City trip:
(1) Visiting a one-room school-house. The school-house had a few metal lunch pails, and some of the kids got to put their lunches in these pails. I was not one of the kids chosen. It is something that has sat in my heart for the last 32 years.
(2) A play where my classmates dressed up like colonial people and read their lines off slips of paper. I was not given a part and did not get to wear the cool period clothing.
(3) Going to the Renaissance Fair campus afterward even though the fair itself wasn't running.
So we arrived at St. Mary's City and started to go around the site. None of it felt familiar. I know that I've been there because it's a line in my diary, but I didn't recognize any of the structures or activities. I finally took aside the docent and asked about the one-room school-house, but she told me that the children of St. Mary's were educated at home. There was no school-house.
I've had such strong memories for so many years about a trip that apparently wasn't this trip. I mean, I've been looking forward to this field trip since the kids were in Kindergarten. But apparently, that's not where those memories were from at all.
When I got home, I did some Googling, and I think the one room school-house was actually the Anne Arundel Free School (damn you, AAFS, and your dearth of metal lunch pails!), which makes sense since the fairgrounds for the Renaissance Fair are in the vicinity. There is also a photo on the site that shows a brick wall similar to the brick wall in my photo. The twins and I will go investigate and return with an answer soon.
But it made me call into question all of my other elementary school memories.
Luckily, I have photographic proof of one of my favourite memories. My Kindergarten teacher had a fabric clown, and on your birthday, you could stick your hand in the clown's ass and pull out a treat. This is me giving the clown a rectal exam and pulling out a much cherished Crayola bathtub crayon.
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- 1 Jendeis { 06.09.15 at 7:11 am }
Can't confirm whether it's a requirement, but everyone I know who grew up here (including western MD) went to St. Mary's in 4th grade.
- 2 Charlotte { 06.09.15 at 7:35 am }
We are in private school, and our 4th and 5th grade field trips are a walking trip trip to Annapolis, and a trip to Ft. McHenry. They alternate years, so that the 4th and 5th grade can share a bus due to small class sizes.
- 3 Middle Girl { 06.09.15 at 7:47 am }
This is me giving the clown a rectal exam and pulling out a much cherished Crayola bathtub crayon. classic. Trumps the fake memory by a landslide.
- 4 Jenn { 06.09.15 at 7:53 am }
Gah! You are hilarious! That clown is creepy. Here in Michigan we have Henry Ford museum and Greenfield village that most kids within two hours go to for a school trip. I remember mine a little because it was an overnight but I know I also went with family and maybe girl scouts. I never got picked for anything like that in school and never one anything until I was pregnant. Now I win a ton of stuff!
- 5 andy { 06.09.15 at 9:24 am }
You have me rolling on the floor with the clown story!! memories are funny things….I have some very distinct memories from my childhood that none of the adults from my life can remember, nor do they believe to be true. But dammit, they are my memories!
- 6 Sharon { 06.09.15 at 12:36 pm }
The clown line cracked me up, too!
OK, I have my own childhood false memory story. When I was 5, we moved from Long Island to New Mexico. After my father, grandmother, sister and I had relocated to our new home in NM, my mother returned to LI to finalize the sale of our house there. While she was there, a major hurricane hit, causing power outages and downing trees. (This fact is documented: Hurricane Belle made landfall on LI in August 1976.)
For years I swore that I was with my mom during the hurricane, despite everyone else in my family telling me I wasn't. I *still* remember it that way, truth be told. . . I can picture myself taking a bath by candlelight and a big tree that had fallen across our street.
Memory is a funny thing.
- 7 torthuil { 06.09.15 at 4:59 pm }
Memories are weird. We can be so sure of them and then we get proof that our brain made most of it up! crazy.
That clown is hilarious. I'm sure when you were a kid you didn't think it was at all weird to pull a treat out of its butt, but looking back it's bizarre and funny.
- 8 Kim { 06.09.15 at 5:29 pm }
Oh the troubling memories of our youth. I have carried more pain over not getting to wear a pilgrim hat in my first grade program than over my first divorce by about 100:1. I will carry it to my grave.
- 9 May ProblemUterus { 06.09.15 at 7:00 pm }
Fourth grade here in SoCal is The Mission Year. Build a mission, visit a mission, MISSION MISSION MISSION. Junipero Serra has a lot to answer for, in my opinion.
- 10 Lori Lavender Luz { 06.09.15 at 7:17 pm }
Can't stop laughing at this: " This is me giving the clown a rectal exam…"
Love seeing Little Mel, even if she's elbow-deep in clown colon.
- 11 Justine { 06.09.15 at 9:53 pm }
I think we went on a fourth grade trip, but I don't remember where … Museum Village, maybe? My memories of elementary school involved 6th grade camp for a week (was THAT ever a disaster) and 8th grade trip to Washington DC. I also have memories of reading books in a whale's mouth in second grade. But there's a lot that's fuzzy.
I think I would have repressed the rectal exam memory … 😉
- 12 Cristy { 06.10.15 at 4:49 pm }
With Lori and Jenn. That photo is priceless.
- 13 Anat { 06.11.15 at 12:09 am }
I read my boyfriend your last paragraph, and he replied deadpan, "Ok, that's not strange."


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Wet. As in, it was. Really wet. From start to finish. Sideline to sideline. End zone to end zone.
The players practiced for 90 rain-soaked minutes in conditions that would have sent a duck looking for cover. Not surprisingly, things got off to a soggy start. Even less surprising, coach Mike Holmgren used the waterlogged practice as a teaching tool.
After gathering the players around him in the early stages of practice, Holmgren offered, "Yes, it's cold and wet. But it doesn't matter. Get over it."
How cold was it? A one point, steam was streaming from the shaved heads of offensive linemen Mike Wahle and Mansfield Wrotto as they stood and watched the No. 2 line go through its paces.
Justin Forsett. The seventh-round draft choice is, in a word, short. The versatile running back from Cal is listed at 5 foot 8, but looks even shorter when standing in a huddle surrounded by players who are 4 to 10 inches taller.
But Forsett can play the game. He has been flaunting his burst and quickness all week, and Thursday was no different. On a sweep to the right side, it appeared the defense had walled off the play. But, thanks to fullback Dan Curran's block on outside linebacker Leroy Hill, Forsett was suddenly darting up the sideline.
"That's the thing about my size, you can't really see me behind the line of scrimmage until it's too late," Forsett said. "So it's good."
There's something to that assessment. The Seahawks defenders said the same thing about Frank Gore in 2006 after the 49ers back had gouged them for 212 rushing yards during a game in San Francisco.
Backup QB Seneca Wallace lofted a pass just over cornerback Kelly Jennings for a long completion to wide receiver Nate Burleson. The coverage was good. The route was crisp. But both took a backseat to the touch Wallace displayed on the pass.
Secondary. This entire group – and especially the first and second units – qualified for collective player of the day honors.
In a two-minute drill that ended practice, blanket coverage forced Matt Hasselbeck to throw the ball away twice – and he had a third pass tipped by defensive tackle Craig Terrill. When Wallace took over, backup middle linebacker D.D. Lewis poked one pass incomplete, rookie D-tackle Red Bryant tipped another and the drill – as well as practice – ended as cornerback Kevin Hobbs intercepted a pass that caromed off tight end Joe Newton.
The first unit remains the same, with Marcus Trufant and Jennings at the corners and Deon Grant and Brian Russell at the safeties. The second unit has Josh Wilson and Hobbs at the corners, while the safeties are veteran Jordan Babineaux and rookie Kelin Johnson – who's subbing for C.J. Wallace because he remains in California after having an appendectomy last week.
The third group includes former Washington Husky Omare Lowe and rookie Donovan Alexander at the corners and rookies Eric Wicks and Jamar Adams at the safeties. Adams (6-2, 212) and Wicks (6-foot, 217) have good size, but it's going to be difficult to crack the 53-man roster – especially when veteran safety Mike Green returns to the mix from his rehab after having foot surgery.
The weather didn't bother veteran kicker Olindo Mare or rookie Brandon Coutu. Each was successful on 12 field goal attempts – three each during the special teams segment of practice and nine more when they were kicking on the side field.
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Managing exhibitions, exhibitors and sponsors
Any event planner will tell you exhibitions are without doubt the trickiest type of event to manage.
There are so many elements to juggle and more than one 'client' to keep happy.
A typical exhibition will involve the organiser, multiple exhibitors, sponsors and delegates. That's a lot of different agendas, requirements, needs and expectations that all need to be met. And they all have a valid right to be heard and for their requests to be adhered to; they are all paying for the event after all!
The client
Of course your number one priority is your client, the exhibition organiser. It is their event, being held for their benefit and with their instruction and budget. They are in control and any decision you make must always involve them, have their approval and meet their objective.
It may seem like we're stating the obvious, but it's easy to lose sight of who's in control when you have so many other voices shouting to be heard. It's important to have regular meetings with the client throughout the exhibition planning process to keep them up to date with progress, put exhibitor or sponsor requests to them and keep tweaking the event program in accordance. Regular communication and contact is imperative, as is using a professional project management methodology to keep all aspects of your event in order.
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In the run-up to and during the exhibition maintain regular communication and make sure your exhibitors are up to speed with any last minute adjustments. Ensure they know what is expected of them and that they have all the information they might need ahead of time; details of car parking, permits, passes, access to plug sockets, cables and other audio visual equipment, catering facilities, toilets, fire escapes and meeting points, etc. Ensure the exhibitors have everything they need and a phone number on the day of someone in charge should they need any help. Have all bases covered, be organised; it will make you, the client and the exhibitors feel relaxed and confident come event day. After the exhibition, make sure you follow up and thank them for their contribution and ask for their feedback. Make them feel valued and they will likely return to your next event.
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BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) Republican state Rep. Dan Winslow will run in the special election.
Winslow announced on Tuesday that was 99-percent sure he would run in the race.
On Thursday, he sent out an e-mail to supporters saying he would run.
"As a native of Western Massachusetts from a hardworking middle class family, and as an experienced problem solver, I believe that the next two years will be our last, best opportunity to avoid the tipping point of a runaway deficit and crushing federal debt," says Winslow via e-mail.
Winslow also joined the FOX 25 News on Tuesday to explain why he is interested in the Senate seat.
"This is a great opportunity to make a difference in Washington to break the grid lock and fix America," Winslow said during an interview with FOX 25's Maria Stephanos.
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Each tub included a note suggesting budget recommendations to cut excess "fluff" from state spending. He compares this fluff to many of the debt and financial concerns America faces now.
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Posted: May 21, 2002 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
The George Mason baseball team won two of four games last week to conclude its regular season. The Patriots ended their home schedule with a victory over Virginia Military Institute (VMI) at Raymond H. "Hap" Spuhler Field on Wednesday, then dropped two of three games in their final Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) series at William and Mary.
William and Mary's series victory allowed the Tribe to claim the Colonial Division championship and the No. 2 seed in this week's CAA Tournament in Manteo, N.C., which is held today through Saturday. The Patriots finished second in the division with a 7-4 record and will be the No. 5 seed for the tournament, squaring off against No. 4 Delaware in the first round today at 10:30 a.m. The winner advances to meet top-seeded James Madison tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. as the double-elimination tournament continues, while the loser meets the loser of the other first-round matchup between No. 3 University of North Carolina at Wilmington and No. 6 Virginia Commonwealth tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.
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Since the software giant announced its next windows OS version, Windows 8, can run on both X86 architecture (similar to your legacy PC) and ARM-based devices (similar to your tablet, smartphone,..).
Microsoft has raised much confusion on its legacy apps shown on ARM-based powered tablets with touch interface.
Familiar apps such Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, etc.. were demonstrated. Ones would think, there will be an emulation built-in to allow legacy apps to run on more power efficient and touch-enabled devices. In reality, based on an article posted by Steven Sinofsky on the MSDN Building Windows 8 clearly states Windows on ARM (WOA) will not support current or legacy Windows applications. "WOA will not support any type of virtualization or emulation approach, and will not enable existing x86/64 applications to be ported or run," Sinofsky said. "If you need to run existing x86/64 software, then you will be best served with Windows 8 on x86/64."
In plain English, when you buy WOA devices, the OS will be built-in by the hardware manufacturers similar to Apple iPad, Android Tablet, etc.. The devices will come bundled with a number of apps carrying familiar names and looks, however these will be version rewritten specifically for ARM devices, there will be no emulator to run your existing PC version on apps. Luckily, Microsoft will maintain compatibility across platform, meaning a PowerPoint presentation created on your PC will work on WOA or vice versa. Third party apps will be available on Windows App store.
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Impressions and thoughts on bands signed to 'Domestic Genocide Records'
Okay due to a recommendation from http://darknessofmystery.tumblr.com/ who is associated with the independent record label Domestic Genocide Records I have checked out two bands signed to this extreme metal label.
Band number one is Abidetherein, a black metal band hailing from Syria. Claiming to mix traditional black metal with 'oriental influences' from their home country Abidetherein offer something new to the formula that has made black metal such an intriguing sub-genre of heavy metal. I listened to two tracks from their debut album, Paralysis Engulfed the Myth, released at the start of 2012. 'Lachrymation Murder' showcases excellent musicianship with down tuned black metal riffs with a nice combination of solemn piano work. Vocals are harsh and scream influence from the 'second wave of black metal' from such bands as Burzum and Darkthrone. 'Ninety Nine Names' starts with a bang as vocals begin screeching almost immediately with incredible blast-beat drumming throughout. What adds to their 'oriental influence' is the addition of traditional Syrian music half way through the track which effectively adds a dimension which hooks the listener such as myself.
To conclude with Abidetherein, the black metal formula has been perfected since conception and this band just show how the genre is popular within the metal world Impressions: 9/10
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Band number two is Septory, a death metal band hailing from Russia. The two tracks I listened to source from the 2008 album, World War Chaos. The album title alone already screams the main lyrical themes behind Septory, think war, genocide, death etc. The first track, 'Swamp' opens with a mind blowing riff that encourages headbanging from the listener. Musically this track ticks all the boxes for death metal; guttural vocals, incredible drumming and riffs so heavy it encourages whiplash. The addition to solos throughout this track is a nice break from the constant riffs, encouraging the listener to marvel in the brutality behind Septory's music. Track two, 'Gods of Duality' opens slowly with a nice steady build up which is then quenched with guttural screams which one can only marvel at. Similar to 'Swamp' this track has consistent riffs, trademark to the death metal style. Drumming is consistent and unlike 'Swamp' there is more technicality behind the guitar work which hints more to the technical death metal side of the spectrum.
To conclude with Septory, they are ticking all the right boxes of the death metal standard. Not that this is a bad thing as their music will leave a lasting impression due to the brutality behind the vocals and the musicianship that will leave you suffering from whiplash in the days to come. Impressions: 9/10
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Sophie's top ten tips for aspiring writers
1. Read a lot Read whatever you enjoy – if you really liked it, read it again and see if you can work out why. Was it because you cared about the main characters? Or because the story was so exciting that you couldn't wait to find out what happened next? Or were the descriptions so beautiful they took your breath away? Maybe all three.
2. Daydream a lot Let yourself dream your way into your stories. Gazing out of the window is a great way to come up with ideas! Don't forget to keep a notebook to write it all down in, though. I always think I'll remember, but I know I'd forget most of my ideas if I didn't make a note of them!
3. Write a lot Practice makes perfect, as they say. There's only one way to get good at anything and that's to keep working at it! Try your hand at writing whatever takes your fancy – poems, short stories, made-up letters to imaginary pen-friends…
4. Whose story is it? Make sure you know whose story you're telling – who is your main character (or characters)? What do they want or need? How are they going to try and get it? Will they achieve their goal in the end, or not?
5. Plenty of obstacles Once you know what your main character wants or needs, you can come up with lots of great ways to stop him/her on the way! Plenty of conflict makes stories more interesting and dramatic.
6. Show don't tell It's usually much more effective to show us someone experiencing a mood or a feeling than simply to tell us how they feel. Look at this, for example:
Jack walked in and I felt so angry I wanted to hit him… compared with: Jack sauntered into the room. I clenched my fists. It was all I could do not to punch him in his silly, smirking face…
Okay, so the first example tells us what's going on, but the second helps us get inside the character's head more strongly.
7. Be specific It's always the details that make what you're writing about feel real – whether you're trying to describe a person, a place or a feeling, it's the detail that counts.
8. Don't just SEE things Lots of writers are good at describing visual stuff. But don't forget the other senses – write about how things feel and smell and sound and taste, too.
9. Don't give up Persistence is vital! Try and write regularly if you can, so that it becomes a habit. If you do stop, don't feel bad about it. You can always start again.
10. Have fun! The most important tip of all! Writing isn't always easy, but it can be very rewarding! And don't be put off by the fact that so many other people want to write – YOU CAN DO IT TOO!


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One day last week I became one of those very satisfied drivers whose auto loan has been paid off. In my 5-year-old chariot — my car! — I rolled out of the driveway, feeling like I was gliding on a slide.
Then it occurred to me: I wasn't imagining things; the road was, in fact, smoother. A town highway crew had just laid down a thick coat of blacktop in my neighborhood. The potholes had gone the way of my monthly car payments. Life was good, indeed, in my bought-and-paid-for car on my smooth suburban side street.
But humans tend to be happy only briefly. Even well-adjusted individuals on a spiritual trajectory toward bliss find something to worry about. So I quickly began to fret about whether my kid's generation will be able to expect their government to repave roads, or whether America will be so chronically short of resources in decades to come that we will all be forced to follow the example of those communities in North Dakota that are cutting highway costs by turning paved roads back to gravel.
This is more than the idle angst of middle age speaking. Studies suggest this country needs $2.2 trillion in infrastructure investment — in roads, bridges, dams, water treatment facilities and the like — and the bill is growing as cash-strapped governments put off maintenance and new projects. In New York, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, 42 percent of our bridges are obsolete or structurally deficient and almost half of our major roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
Lay those figures alongside the current reality that New York, like every other state, is struggling to avoid devastating cuts in even basic services we have come to expect of government. Never mind all those unmet construction and maintenance costs; there's a question of whether we can meet payrolls for our schools and hospitals, honor pension commitments to public employees and avert a meltdown of the social services that help prevent homelessness and crime in our streets.
As it is, governments are meeting their spending commitments only by borrowing. The federal fiscal year that begins next month will be the third straight in which the government's deficit will top $1 trillion. Yet you don't see many folks lining up to volunteer to pay more in taxes to close the gap.
A lot of Americans — a majority now, polling suggests — think government needs to be curtailed. Two years ago, when Barack Obama was campaigning for the presidency, people were more inclined to believe that government could help solve the nation's problems. Now, with the economy still in shambles from the 2008 collapse and the campaign season unleashing a new wave of partisan rancor, there's a diminished appetite for public sector solutions. Plenty of Americans are angry.
Newspaper editors and others in the media often draw the blame for citizens' sour moods. We reveal public corruption and cover the battles in Congress and the Legislature that expose petty politicking. We look at the underside of society in a way that makes those of us who are more fortunate feel uncomfortable. We dredge up information that is unpleasant to consider, like the fact that we're spending money we don't have to pay for services we don't want to give up.
We do not intend to make you glum. In fact, Americans are optimistic, on the whole, as we should be. We live in a largely safe society that protects individual rights to an extent previously unknown in history. We enjoy comforts unimagined by previous generations.
So if we usher bad news into the corners of your minds, it is because journalists have an obligation, as Walter Lippmann wrote decades ago, "to bring to light the hidden facts, to set them in relation with each other, and make a picture of reality on which men can act."
This is a particularly difficult charge to meet in an election year. Our editorial board has recently been meeting with candidates to evaluate them for endorsement, and we have found once again that it is easier for a politician to attack the status quo than to clearly articulate its alternative. Cheap generalities that may draw a crowd's cheers often crumble in the face of specific questions.
But quite aside from the current anti-government mood, and notwithstanding tight public budgets and the bad news we're sometimes compelled to share with you, we're looking for public figures who tell us what they can do — or, rather, what we all can accomplish together. I don't want my daughter to be driving on potholes. Don't we all want something better for ourselves and our posterity? Some of us think that's still possible.


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Brian M. Kehoe offers private magic lessons year-round to adults and children. These can be in person or taught via video conference. More information can be found by following the link below.
Brian M. Kehoe is a professional magician, teacher, consultant, sound designer, and actor. Brian has performed his signature style of magic all over the United States at numerous private, corporate, and public events. He attended Nazareth College majoring in theatre arts and has been working in theater for over 20 years. As a performer working in the mid-atlantic region since 2011, Brian's engagements have been described as having "a furious intensity" and "masterful talent" (DCMetro Theatre Arts), "a standout performance" and "fantastically manic" (Broadway World), and "facial expressions worth a wealth of dialogue" (Pikesville Patch). Brian also finds time to work as an arts administrator for both the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and Baltimore School for the Arts.
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No smoke, no mirrors… just good, clean magic that happens right in your own hands. Brian interacts one-on-one with your group, giving you the kind of magical experience that is always memorable. This "contact magic" is personal, amazing, and unforgettable. Close-up magic can be performed during a cocktail hour, after a dinner service, or as a formal stage show for up to 50 people.
Part close-up magic, part stand-up comedy, this show is the perfect option for any occasion. Brian's laid back style and lighthearted conversational approach make him a great fit for this kind of performance. Brian invites his audience to play integral parts in the magic and comedy. Each show takes on unique characteristics thanks to Brian's off the cuff comedy and improvisation.
Brian's experience in theatre, magic, and illusion design are a great resource you can use to help make your unique vision a reality. He can work with you to create custom tailored illusions to fit your event needs. Brian really brings more to your event than fun and illusion since he can use his magic to deliver or enhance the main message of your meeting or special event.
With 20 years of experience in theatre, Brian has assisted on productions that call for that extra magical boost. From shows that call for the teaching of simple magic tricks to actors to large illusions for GHOST: The Musical, Brian has done it all.
Give the gift of magic to someone you care about. Brian has class packages ranging from a one hour session to a full 8-week class. Classes range from beginner to advanced and cover a wide range of magical effects. Brian has taught both children and adults. MORE INFORMATION
Brian's unique motivational talks convey a message with magic. Choose from one of the many currently developed talks like "bHappy" which talks about the science of happiness and how we all can benefit from consciously choosing to be happy.


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Suzume Opening Tonight in Williamsburg
Michael Briones and Sam Barron are opening a humble restaurant on the corner of Devoe and Lorimer. Suzume, which means sparrow in Japanese, is bringing sushi and ramen to Williamsburg via 30 seats set in a cozy room rife with Eastern influence. Barron is a carpenter with two other Brooklyn projects to his name in Maggie Brown and The Emerson. Briones honed his ramen skills in the kitchen at Momofuku Noodle Bar and learned his way around fish filets during his time at Bond St. In addition to sushi and ramen, Briones' menu at Suzume is one of izakaya-inspired small plates and everything on it shares a focus on sourcing the freshest ingredients possible. The restaurant opens tonight at 6pm.
We were lucky enough to get invited to a soft opening earlier this week. Here's a look at what to expect from Suzume.
California roll with avocado puree and spicy mayo.
Fried potatoes with spicy mayo.
Suzume's wings are a noteworthy addition to those on offer in the city. They're brined and fried to order. Crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside, they're dressed with a chili butter and served with ginger yogurt. Don't eat at Suzume without getting the wings.
Cold ramen with apple, brussel sprouts, pickled carrots, nori, and fried tofu. The sprouts were warm and they offered a playful contrast to the rest of the cold counterparts. Bright, fresh flavors.
Suzume is big on quality and sustainability and it shows in the freshness of the line-caught, Canadian salmon in this spicy miso ramen built on dashi.
This tonkotsu ramen is accompanied by fried tofu, sesame, green onion, and nori. The pork broth is incredibly rich and full of flavor, with a texture not unlike a fine gravy. In each of the ramen at Suzume, the locally sourced noodles are cooked perfectly and, with the exception of the cold noodle dish, served at the perfect temperature that makes for immediately enjoyable and fragrant ramen.
We didn't get a chance to see the menu, but expect competitive prices. A rep for Suzume laid out the restaurant's mission for us, "The mission of the joint is to serve food that is as well made as we can make it; to treat guests as well as we can and never over charge."
Suzume | 545 Lorimer Street | 718-486-0200 | www
Tuesday - Sunday, 6pm to Midnight


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Five Tips for the Creative Process
Developing Your New Magic Trick
So you want to create a new magic trick, but you're not sure where or how to start? This past month I've been in what my wife Kathryn calls "The Magic Zone" working and building a few new illusions for an upcoming project, so I made a few notes on some of the methods I find helpful and hopefully you will too.
If you are really new to magic, I would suggest that you don't even worry about creating something new. First off, there is a lot a great material all ready out there and if you are new to magic that is where you should begin. They are called "classics" for a reason—magic tricks that have stood the test of time. Linking Rings, Torn and Restored Newspaper, The Ambitious Card, Card in the Wallet, the Egg Bag, Cut and Restored Rope, the list goes on and on. Now why am I suggesting this route for the new magician? Because to create magic you need a toolbox, a skill set, an understanding of magic principles and techniques, and learning how to perform classics of magic teach you those skills. You will begin to understand why they are "classics" and what make them work, why they are deceptive, funny or amazing. In the process, you are beginning to learn skills that you will eventually use to create your own magic in the future. But for now, my advice to the new magician is to learn as many classic magic tricks as possible and you will begin to have a base and a skill set you can build on as you advance to the next level and begin to create in the future.
For those who have been around magic for a while and are looking to create a new routine or come up with and original trick here are a few tips that might help you on that journey.
1. Find a Motivation to Act.
It might be an upcoming magic contest you want to enter or a show you booked for the summer and you want to do something new. Or perhaps you want to audition for America's Got Talent next year. Anything that will help you set a specific deadline and goal so that you have a set objective that you need to meet. Creating magic is not easy and if you are not motivated it's all too easy to throw in the towel and go back to the same old routines that everyone is doing. Find a goal that will push you to action.
2. Tell Your Story.
If you are creating a new magic illusion, have it reveal something about you to your audience. Share a personal story, a dream, a desire or something funny that happened to you. Don't just do another version of the same old tricks that all magicians are doing… this is your chance to make a trick that is personal and related to you. Audiences are fascinated by magic and are curious about what it is like to be a magician so share your story with them through this new magic illusion and you will have a trick that no one else can copy… it's all yours.
3. Go Where It Leads You.
Even if you have a specific trick or effect in mind that you want to create, be ready to go where your idea or story leads you. You never know where the creative process will lead you. Be ready to follow your idea to a different location or ending than you originally imagined. You might be guided by the story you create, by an interesting prop, or by a novel method but the creative process does not follow one path. And sometimes you will find yourself in an unexplored area that you did not intend to visit… don't be afraid to explore it… you might be surprised at what you find.
4. Solve The Problem One Step At A Time.
Finding a solution or creating a method to accomplish a new trick is overwhelming if you try to solve it all at once. Approach it step by step, analyzing each individual step along the way. What are the material options for making the prop? Could we make it lighter? Stronger? In two parts? Could it be made to secretly conceal another object that we will produce 30 seconds later? What happens if we turn the object inside out? How can I make the base of the prop thinner? Can I use paint to mask the cut line? Each small detail can be solved one step at a time and then when you put all the solutions together you have a final result.
5. Persistence. Keep On Keeping On.
There is a solution to the problem; you just don't see it yet. Many magicians give up way too soon or become satisfied with the very first answer or idea they come upon. There are also multiple methods to most effects, but the truly deceptive ones will take some work to discover. You need to keep at it and don't accept the first answer that pops into your head. The key is to keep on pushing for a second, third and fourth answer to the problem because each new solution will open another idea that just might be a better answer or better yet, it will take you into a totally new direction. When you see a magician perform a truly amazing piece of magic, they have worked on it much longer than you would ever imagine and chances are it changed and evolved over time. Persistence is the key.
10 Responses to Five Tips for the Creative Process
Ed Catmull, head of Pixar Animation, and winner of 5 Academy Awards wrote a book titled "Creativity, Inc." about the topic of creativity. He agrees with you on the topic of going where the story takes you. During the development of the movie Up! (a great flick), he says that the only two items that remained from the original story are the title, and the blue bird.
Naturally, if you're trying to (i.e paid to) deliver a particular message, you have to "keep your eye on the ball", but even then, there is need to let the intuitive, sub-conscience mind flow. I like to think of it as trusting yourself. Another good post Paul.
Thanks Eric. On this recent project I'm working on what appeared to be a roadblock ended up creating a better solution. Hope to be able to announce it soon… magicians will get a kick out of it.
GREAT IDEAS !!! You are always the first with the best ideas.
Thanks Gary. I've always appreciated your ideas and input over the years. I'll be using a few of them soon… you'll see.
Another good avenue to explore is to read lots of books on magic ,study them,absorb the individual elements that make up a move or routine.take notes on the routines ,categorize the effects,and organize them.study old catalog instruction sheets on magic effects,like the Floyd Thayer instruction sheets.the more knowledge you have for a wide variety of tricks,the more tools youl have to create a workable solution to a problem your trying to solve.
Great point Jeffrey. In addition to learning the classics… just learning about them and studying the routines teach a lot even if you never perform them. Illusions ideas can be used in close-up and vice a versa so it pays to study all types of magic.
Thanks so much for the helpful tips. You are an inspiration to us all. Enjoyed your performance on Penn & Teller Fool Us!
Thanks Daryl. Glad you enjoyed Penn & Teller, it was fun to do.
Hi Paul,
You've been a inspiration to me for years. You lectured at our club, (Ring 68) . My favorite is the C&B. Your routine with the steel balls is awesome. I've done a version with glass balls since we are the glass capitol of the world (Toledo) but never in the public eye. Just for personal satisfaction. Nice to hear from you. Will you be t the IBM/SAM convention in Louisville? Hope so!
Best, Steve
Steve, thanks for the nice note. Not going to be at the Louisville convention due to a gig during that time frame… but it should be a good one. I was at the last combined in Louisville and it's a great venue. I'll have some news on the cups and balls soon that you will get a kick out of. Paul


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The International School for Holocaust Studies
The King of Children – A Biography of Janusz Korczak
Featured Book
Reviewed by Kathryn Berman
Betty Jean Lifton
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1988
353 pages
"Children are not future people, because they are people already... Children are people."
–Janusz Korczak
Putting down a lifetime's work with children in a few short lines is not possible. Here is a book which relates the story of a Polish Jewish doctor, writer, and educator who, in the last years of his life cared for two hundred orphans in the crowded orphanage, forced to move twice within the Warsaw Ghetto. Betty Jean Lifton has put together a moving and powerful biography of Janusz Korczak by interviewing surviving orphans and teachers from the orphanage in Warsaw, and by using his diary.
Born Henryk Goldszmit into a middle-class Polish Jewish family, Korczak is described as having a difficult and traumatic childhood. Lifton describes experiences in his life which contributed to the development of his ideas, thus leading him to become a writer, doctor, and eventually, a leading children's educator. She explains:
"There were few who knew that Henryk Goldszmit was leading a double life. The medical student lives dutifully at home with his widowed mother, but his other self, Janusz Korczak, the tortured writer, prowled through the roughest slums of the city alone in the company of Ludwik Licinski, a friend from the Flying University."
In 1911, Korczak traveled to London to visit an orphanage in Forest Hill. It was after this visit that he suddenly perceived his life as "disordered, lonely, and cold." He saw himself as a shabby stranger, alienated, and alone. And it came to him with sudden clarity that the son of a madman, "a slave who is a Polish Jew under Russian occupation," had no right to bring a child into the world.
Korczak met and befriended Stefania (Stefa) Wilczynska, known by all who knew her as Madame Stefa. Once the orphanage was completed in October, 1912, they moved in. Korczak was the director and Stefa his assistant. Was there a romantic involvement between the two? There is no conclusive evidence of this, though they were extremely dependent upon each other.
Korczak was drafted into the Russian army as a doctor during World War I, returned to the orphanage in 1918, and drafted again into the Polish-Soviet War of 1919. He used these events to increase his research into children, even visiting an orphanage in Kiev. He traveled to Palestine in 1934 and again in 1936, even contemplating making aliyah.
On his final return to the orphanage on Krochmalna Street, Korzcak was able to implement his educational ideas, using his methodology to educate the orphans to lead responsible lives and to be responsible for each other. He believed that children should be understood, that one should enter into the spirit of their world and psychology, but that, first and foremost, children must be respected and loved, treated as partners and friends.
The final chapters of Lifton's book describe the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. By the end of November, 1940, the Jews of Warsaw had to move behind the walls of the ghetto and Korczak had to move the orphanage into new premises, at 33 Chlodna Street, also situated in the ghetto. Offers to obtain false identity papers and save himself were refused.
Though Korczak never married and had no children of his own, he was father to 200 orphans when he, Stefa, and his beloved children took their dignified last march to the cattle cars standing at the Umslagplatz in Warsaw which took them to Treblinka, their final destination, where they all perished.
The books he wrote, especially the King Matt series, should be read by young people the world over. Teachers who want to make education useful and enjoyable for children should study his educational books.
Lifton has compiled Janusz Korchzak's uncompleted "Declaration of Children's Rights." Found at the end of the book, this can be used as an interesting lesson plan or discussion with students.
Korczak left us a valuable educational legacy from a bygone era, but as relevant today as it was then. Educators should use his legacy in the classroom.