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Eudora had a great time playing with her big brother's bulldozer at Grandma and Grumpy's!
Wordless Wednesday – Construction Girl
Happy First Birthday, Eudora!
One year ago today, I started the morning out just sure that it was the day. I spent some time in bed timing my contractions. They stayed pretty consistent. The husband called our doula. I ate strawberries for breakfast and then threw them back up. In the end, I spent a lot of time barfing, but I got a beautiful little baby out of the deal. Today is my beautiful baby girl's first birthday!
To think, she started out looking like this:
She weighed eight and a half pounds at birth, so she wasn't tiny. However, she's awfully tiny for her age, now.
At around eighteen pounds, she's my perfect little shopping buddy. She's light enough to carry, interactive enough to be fun, and is absolutely fascinated with the world around her. Plus, she really loves exploring cloth diapers, so that makes her a better shopping buddy than her dad!
Happy first birthday, my beautiful baby girl.
Baby Giggles and Rubber Ducks
I firmly believe that baby giggles are the most wonderful sound in the world. And Eudora's baby giggles are the most intoxicating sound ever made. Yes, I'm biased. I'm her mother. I should be.
Eudora adores rubber duckies. Norton was also quite fond of them at her age, so I realize that it's not an unusual phenomenon. But what's interesting is that Eudora doesn't play with rubber duckies just in the bath tub. She likes to play with her rubber duckies whenever she can. (This is part of the reason that we don't use the rubber duckies with the holes in the bottom. We use the ones that we call "hot duck" to avoid sprays and the mold growth that happened with our cheap stash of duckies that Norton played with.)
Last night during a diaper change, she kept yelling "Duh!" at him. Finally, he said "Duck?"
Her little face lit up and she just burst into precious little baby giggles.
He brought her out to the living room for her final feed of the night. She was clutching the rubber duckie and errupting into peels of baby giggles every time her daddy said "Duck!"
It continued as she climbed around the loveseat with me. She was far too busy playing with her duck to want to feed. She did, however, kindly attempt to share her rubber duckie by attempting to shove it in my mouth. There were also sound checks: she'd bash her rubber duckie on my laptop table, on the wall, on any other available surface. She thought it was the happiest, most brilliant thing in the world. When she's having that much fun, she really has no interest in food.
It took a few times of her announcing, "Duh!" for me to realize that she was actually attempting to say "duck." Finally, we had Eudora's first word. (Well, other than Mama and Dada.)
What kind of words made your baby giggle?
Hiring a Doula – A Smart Move
There were a lot of things about my pregnancy with Eudora that didn't go as planned. Not much went according to my birth plan, either. Oh, and our coming home from the hospital was a disaster. Out of all of those fiascos, though, there's one thing that was a good move – hiring a doula. You'd think that since I had a repeat c-section, I would have considered hiring a doula to be a waste. You'd think wrong. You see, from the beginning, hiring a doula was more about my husband than me.
In the beginning, I was down with having a repeat c-section. My first childbirth, which was vaginal, was just horrible. I had back labor, and it was severe enough that I nearly lost consciousness. I was on the verge of blacking out when I got my epidural. However, my husband really did want the experience of seeing his child born, so I got on board with a VBAC and started using Hypnobabies to prepare.
I ended up with a c-section because Eudora wouldn't descend and she was tachycardic.
With all of that in mind, how was hiring a doula helpful? Well, while I was still attempting to labor, she was great about helping me focus. She was company. She helped with keeping the monitors on since Eudora was flailing around in there so that they would lose her on the monitors. She was focused on keeping me comfortable. But the most helpful part of hiring a doula came along after the doctors decided that it would be a good idea for us to do a repeat cesarean.
I was okay with having a c-section. For me, it was fine because I knew that there would be a definite end to the cramping. It was relaxing to know that there was an end in sight. My husband started to fall apart. The last time, I'd had a c-section because I just plain wouldn't go into labor. It was scheduled after two failed inductions. This time, though, it was a c-section because one of us was in trouble. He was on the verge of a panic attack. The idea of losing one or both of us was something that he couldn't shake.
At that point, hiring a doula was about him. She took him out of the room for a walk and a coffee. She stayed with him while I was being prepped. She stayed with him and our daughter while I was in recovery (and puking my brains out). She then stayed with us for a bit while I tried to breastfeed (and puked more).
Even though our birth plan was a complete bomb, hiring a doula helped both my husband and me. I'd totally recommend hiring a doula to anyone who is on the fence.
Did you hire a doula? How did it work for you?
Wordless Wednesday – Christmas Cuties
Pumpkin Fun – Wordless Wednesday
We had a great time making Rice Krispy pumpkins together. Here's more pics from that wonderful event!
Wordless Wednesday – Sitting Pretty
Being a Dad = Superhero
Sometimes I'm pretty sure that being a dad means being a superhero. At least, it's what being a dad means for my husband. Sure, he's demonstrated his skill in a father's role through bathing our kids, making baby food, soothing a savage toddler, and just generally being an awesome dad who defies the stupid stereotypes… But this time, he's found a new level of awesome.
For almost a year, Norton has been carrying around his Pillow. Pillow goes nearly everywhere. It's gone with us to the park. It's been on numerous shopping trips. It's been the source of sadness when I had to give it a bath. Pillow had been stitched back up on multiple occasions when a seam started to come apart. This time, Pillow needed surgery that went beyond a simple stitch job on the seam.
Wordless Wednesday – Northern Lights
On Thanksgiving (Columbus Day if you live in the States), my husband and I were driving home from my in-laws' house after dinner. We turned to go home and saw some green in the sky. I was amazed and asked my husband, "Is that Northern Lights?" He said that it was, so instead of continuing to our house (and towards the city), we turned the opposite direction. We parked outside of a gravel quarry and turned off the van. These pictures are ones that my husband took outside of our van.
Funny Toddler Faces
It seems that all children go through that phase where they realize that they should smile for the camera, and it becomes awkward and forced. Norton is there. Here's some funny faces!


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The Land Trust offers more than 70 miles of free public trails for you to relax, get some exercise, and connect with nature.
- Seven Public Preserves in Madison County open dawn to dusk daily for hiking, biking, and outdoor recreation. Select a nature preserve from the map below. Download trail maps and find additional information. Refer to our trail rules for permitted activities at each property.
- Trail Rules & Tips: Take a look at our trail rules and hiking tips to stay safe and provide a positive outdoor experience for everyone.
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- Guided Hikes & Adventures: Want to explore nature with us? Check out our schedule of upcoming Hikes & Adventures – these free public education programs are available for adults and children.
- Matthews Nature Preserve in Limestone County is a conservation property and not currently open to the public. However, boy scouts and civic organizations may reserve this beautiful spot for overnight primitive camping. Call 256-534-5263 for details.
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~ with partners Alberto Benenati and Meaghan Dorman
Dear Irving is a whimsical cocktail parlor located at 55 Irving Place. With inspiration taken from Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris,"
interior designer Delphine Mauroit incorporated elements of time travel that can be found throughout the four rooms that make up Dear Irving. Cocktails created by Meaghan Dorman are meant to be enjoyed in each time period.
55 Irving Place
Between 17th & 18th St.
New York, NY 10003
~ with partners Alberto Benenati and Meaghan Dorman
Dear Irving on Hudson is the second NYC location of our time traveling cocktail parlor. This location is devoted to James Bond and Art Deco time traveling themes and is located on the 40th and 41st floor of the Aliz Hotel in Midtown Manhattan offering spectacular views of New York City.
310 West 40th Street
Inside the Aliz Hotel
Between 8th & 9th Ave.
New York, NY 10018
~ with partner Alberto Benenati
Our speakeasy in the heart of Chelsea is named after an 1896 law meant to curb New Yorkers' liquor consumption. Ring the door buzzer and our host welcomes you into our twenties inspired lounge with a cocktail list courtesy of Meaghan Dorman.
48 W 17th Street
Between 5th and 6th Ave.
New York, NY 10011
~ with partners Alberto Benenati and Meaghan Dorman
Set inside Midtown's William Hotel, our guests are invited to sip one of Meaghan Dorman's sophisticated creations in our twenties inspired cocktail parlor.
24 E 39th Street
Between Madison & Park Ave.
New York, NY 10016
FARMTOBURGER brings a burger-forward menu to the heart of Manhattan and aims to deliver a wholesome product to our guest: the meat is sourced from smaller, grass-fed producers and paired with organic vegetables and local bread.
Times Square
310 West 40th Street (between 8th and 9th Ave)
inside the Aliz Hotel
~ with partner Jason Hicks
Rooted in the proud tradition of the United Kingdom's public houses as genial gathering place for convivial eating and drinking, Jones Wood Foundry is a food driven pub. The menu, created by Chef/Partner Jason Hicks, represents the best of time-honored British culinary traditions that have been reinvigorated for 21st century palates.
401 E 76th Street
Between 1st Street and York
New York, NY 10021
~ with partner Jason Hicks
The Shakespeare offers a sophisticated form of 'Pub Grub' in a casual no-frills environment reminiscent of a 14th century English tavern. It's the perfect place to have a 'pint' and grab a bite to eat.
24 E 39th Street
Between Madison and Park Ave.
New York, NY 10016
~ with partner Alberto Benenati
Conceptualized by Yves Jadot, La Maison Du Croque Monsieur is the world's first eatery dedicated solely to the culinary classic, Croque Monsieur.
17 E. 13th Street
Between 5th Ave. and University Place
New York, NY 10003
The first plant-based concept for YJRG, the Mediterranean inspired eatery in Chelsea focusses on shared plates and a comprehensive vegan cocktail menu.
44 W 17th Street
Between 5th and 6th Ave.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 727-2979
With 2 locations, Petite Abeille was an established Belgian food destination in NYC since 1995. Petite Abeille served home-style dishes and a broad selection of Belgian beers.
401 E 20st Street
Corner of 1st Ave. & 20th Street
New York, NY 10010
44 W 17th Street
Between 5th & 6th Ave.
New York, NY 10010
~ with partners Alberto Benenati and Meaghan Dorman
The Bennett opened its doors in November 2015 conceptualized as an elegant cocktail bar in New York's bustling TriBeCa neighborhood.
134 W. Broadway
Between Duane & Thomas St.
ew York, NY 10013
During our 90 min class, we'll teach you how to replicate some of Raines Law Room and Dear Irving's favorite classic & house recipes.
You can purchase classes here
For availability, menus or a proposal, please reach out to each establishment separately for more information


text: December 7th 2013 marked the 6th annual DrupalCamp Chicago. Organized by the Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group, PhamilyDev provided fiscal and gold sponsorship to the event. Not only did a few of the local Chicago Phamily members help orchestrate the event, they provided presentations and an awesome after party at a client's office: JBTV (JBTVonline.com). Over 150 Drupal nerds attended the event and almost half made it over to JBTV studios for an after party fueled with conversations about music. Working with Jerry directly it is easy to forget that he is a Chicago legend and this was verified when many camp attendees jumped at the opportunity to meet him in person. Chicago music scene for the win :)


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Established in 2000
The Glacier Symphony started the Raffle Fundraiser in the year 2000 and it has grown to be a major fundraiser that helps to support the "Youth Music Experience" youth education program including free tickets for students to Masterworks Concerts as well as other family concerts and programming that is family friendly.
The raffle begins in late June of each year and the drawing is held in December. The prize is generally a trip valued at $8,000. If you don't like the destination the GS will award you a $5,000 cash alternative and you can treat yourself to a vacation or some other treat you have been waiting for to make life more fun or easier (or fund that college education!).
Raffle Tickets are available from GS Board members and by calling the GS office. Please be advised that state law in Montana requires that raffle tickets be sold to persons in Montana at the time of the purchase.
The GS Raffle originally began as a car raffle and has evolved into a raffle with more prizes and more chances to win. If you would like to see a history of who has won prizes in the past years, click here.


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Sun bear
This is the female Malaysian Sun Bear at the zoo. And this is breaking news. You heard it here first. She is preggers! Don't tell though, she hasn't told the father yet.
And I do have pictures of her front, but they seemed less relevant in this situation.
AND - this is embarassing. Since I had my babies every time someone tells me they're pregnant I get little tears in the back of my eyeballs. They don't spill over, and to I try to be cool about it. I was most shocked today when I got these prickly tears in my eyes when the zookeeper told me the bear is up the duff. Which is why I'm writing this now. Otherwise I wouldn't care about a bear. I wouldn't care if they were here or there. I would not talk about its smell. I wouldn't say it lived too well.
Enough of the bad Dr Seuss.


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Sheridan's first volume of poetry, The Hide, was published by Inleaf Press in December of 2007. The book is beautifully illustrated with color plates of textiles created by the artist Susan Hull Walker.
Her poetry has also appeared in many literary magazines. In 1983 she won a poetry scholarship from the National Society of Arts and Letters.
Sheridan has the great good fortune to be mentored and befriended by a number of wonderful poets, including Libby Bernardin, Barbara G.S. Hagerty, Mary Hutchins Harris, Kit Loney, Susan Laughter Meyers, Debbie Scott, Susan Finch Stevens, and Marjory Wentworth, the Poet Laureate of South Carolina. If you drop in at the East Bay Meeting House for the Monday Night Blues jam session you might be lucky enough to hear from one of these poets.
Here is one of Sheridan's poems:
At the Office
How does work get done in the mottled medium of public space?
The deeply planted feet of objects are a miracle, and I despair
of completing a thought. Sometimes I imagine the undone
things are fingers, tapping or smoothing some agitated surface:
ghostly limbs made by wishing up a pristine time
where the desk is clear and I am complete behind it.
Things' reach into the future comforts:
tentacles taking me to redoubtable blessings, to calendar's
completed room of well-upholstered, certain furniture.
You may order your own copy by email or phone from Blue Bicycle Books.
Interview in the Charleston City Paper
Interview in the Charleston Scene


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The star of the haute new opening last night wasn't just Salvatore Ferragamo. All eyes were on the back of the boutique shop at Copley Place where New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski greeted fans and showed off his stylish duds.
Photo Credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images for Salvatore Ferragamo/Vanity Fair
Gronk was all smiles as he donned a custom-made gray Ferragamo suit designed just for his 6'6 frame. Attendees sipped on champagne and Old Fashioned cocktails snacking on bites of caviar while checking out the latest styles at the season's most fashionable opening. The luxury brand's new 4,657 square foot space showcases the latest haute couture for men and women along with a collection of high end footwear, handbags, silk and leather accessories, timepieces, fragrances and ready-to-wear lines.
Photo Credit: Salvatore Ferragamo
Also spotted at the stylish soiree were Gronk's brother Gordie, style and beauty expert Emily Loftiss, Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask and five-time Olympic medalist Nastia Liukin. Ten percent of the exclusive cocktail party's proceeds benefited The Gronk Nation Youth Foundation.
Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images for Salvatore Ferragamo/Vanity Fair
Salvatore Ferragamo represents heritage, innovation, style and creativity, all core values of the brand. Great attention has been paid to the materials and style by combining the highly innovative with the quality of traditional craftsmanship. Gold leaf and 3D pattern ivory wallpaper, classic travertine, mustard, pink and peacock velvets, satin brass metal, glossy walnut and limestone complete the feeling of warmth and luxury.
Salvatore Ferragamo is located at 100 Huntington Avenue in Boston.


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I've made some significant progress on the construction of my compact mirror-like project... While it's been nice to flex my metalsmithing muscle - my actual muscles are definitely feeling it after two days of going hard at the bench. So, I took the day off of metalsmithing today to finish a few other things and hang out with my dad since he was in town. Here are some pictures from the last couple days...
|Safety is not taking a selfie.
|Yes, I realize I should have done this first - but why not really test that smith-muscle and make it ten times harder and do it second ;).
I've got to make the second one of these rims for the inset acrylic and then add a bottom flange-like thing so I can micro bold down the acrylic.
I've also been working on a practice hinge - it's crooked, but its proving worth it (had to melt something today).


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Dangerous Liaisons:
Is All Fair in Love and Journalism?
On Sunday, May 6, the French electorate will crowd polling stations across the country, deciding whether the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy or his socialist rival François Hollande will be the next president of France. As we well know, behind every strong man there is a stronger woman, and the female political journalists who covered this year's presidential campaign—including the potential next first lady, Hollande's partner Valérie Trierweiler—are further proof of this. The fact that many of these reporters continue to fall for the politicians they cover is just one complication, begging the question, is all fair in love and journalism?
On the morning of January 23 at Le Monde headquarters in Paris, Anne Sinclair—celebrated journalist, art heiress, and wife of the most debated man of 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn—was all business. She and Arianna Huffington, seated side-by-side in matching corporate-looking black leather armchairs, were hosting a press conference to discuss Sinclair's recent appointment as editor of Le Huffington Post, the French offshoot of Huffington's namesake Web site.
All smiles and easy elegance in a white T-shirt and a black blazer, Sinclair answered questions about her new post from more than 250 journalists in the crowded room. Asked whether her husband's political and legal difficulties would cause a conflict of interest, Sinclair answered smoothly, "Important news will be treated normally, as it would be treated elsewhere. Anything that should be on the front page will be on the front page." She pressed the French-manicured tips of her fingers together; she wore a cognac Hermès watch on her left wrist, but no wedding ring. "I don't think my husband will make up most of the news for 2012, but if that were the case, we would cover it."
Less than a month later, Strauss-Kahn was questioned regarding his alleged role in a local prostitution ring—and spent a night in a Lille jail. True to her word, Sinclair ensured that Le Huffington Post, like every other French news outlet, ran a front-page story.
Of course, Sinclair is not the only journalist who has had to navigate the murky waters of covering a politician spouse. She is one of a handful of prominent French female journalists who share their life with a public official, forcing viewers, editors, and network chiefs to reevaluate the definition of unbiased reporting. With the two rounds of the French presidential election concluding on May 6, Sinclair's Huffington Post appointment only adds fuel to an already blazing media firestorm, which in the past eighteen months has come to be embodied by two faces: Valérie Trierweiler, a longtime journalist for Paris Match and the partner of François Hollande, the Socialist Party candidate for president; and Audrey Pulvar, a news celebrity whose partner, the politically radical, telegenic Arnaud Montebourg, surprised the nation with his strong showing at the Socialist primaries last fall.
When Pulvar accompanied Montebourg onstage following that primary result, she incited a nationwide debate that, combined with Trierweiler's saucy Twitter quips and campaign-trail interview show, have proven too much for a public accustomed to women in their position either stepping down or discreetly separating their public and private profiles. Of course, American women do find themselves in such situations, but none of them have graced the cover of a national newsmagazine like Le Monde, as Pulvar has, or run the risk of becoming the country's First Lady. So why does this happen so regularly in France, and at such a high-profile level? How does one explain the amazing incidence of French politicians' falling for the journalists who interview them?
When Strauss-Kahn assumed the post of finance minister in 1997, Sinclair, with much fanfare, canceled her popular television program 7/7 to avoid any conflict of interest. She wouldn't be the last; less than a decade later Béatrice Schönberg and Marie Drucker, also media heavyweights with politician partners, were pressured to recuse themselves from their broadcasting jobs. The one woman who successfully resisted calls to relinquish her media role has been Christine Ockrent, perhaps France's best-known female television-news presenter. The longtime partner of Bernard Kouchner, former minister of foreign affairs and cofounder of Doctors Without Borders, Ockrent explains unapologetically, "When I met Bernard he was not in politics, he was a humanitarian. I was already anchoring the evening news. My career has had nothing to do with the course of his—why should I have been the one to step down?"
Both Pulvar and Trierweiler have attempted a similar approach, but their fights have ended, in both cases, in their forcible removal from their posts—the result of a shifting cultural climate where the delineation between la vie privée and la vie publique, a boundary long respected in France, is being challenged in an age of social media and the Americanization of Gallic mores. "We're not a tabloid culture—or, at least, we didn't used to be," explains Ockrent one afternoon in Paris. "But because of the DSK scandal the press has become more intrusive. It has become more acceptable to blur the line between public and private life."
A mid-March Paris Match featuring a photo of Trierweiler and Hollande is a case in point. The cover line, "Valérie, François Hollande's Lucky Charm. The Story of How Their Love was Born," surprised and incensed Trierweiler, who remains on the weekly's masthead. She promptly issued an icy tweet: "What a shock to find yourself on the front page of your own paper. I'm angry to discover the use of photos with neither my consent nor my knowledge."
With her patrician cheekbones and the coiffure and sly charm of Lauren Bacall, it's no surprise that Trierweiler inspired Hollande to exclaim in the glossy pages of Gala (France's equivalent to Us Weekly), "Valérie is the love of my life." But it wasn't always so: Before falling in love with Trierweiler in 2005, Hollande shared 25 years and four children with Ségolène Royal. In 2007, as Royal was campaigning with Hollande for president, her Socialist Party minders tried to keep Hollande's affair with Trierweiler out of the public eye. Tricky, tricky. Trickier still was the fact that Trierweiler was married to a Paris Match colleague, editor Denis Trierweiler, who informed then editor in chief Alain Genestar of his wife's affair with Hollande. "I had Valérie come into my office and we had a very personal discussion," says Genestar, "because I needed to find out if this was going to be a brief thing or something long-term." When she confirmed the latter, he told her she could no longer cover the Socialist Party. Later, when Hollande announced his presidential candidacy, Trierweiler was moved off politics altogether and given the role of literary critic—a consolation prize.
The magazine also worried that Trierweiler's presence at weekly editorial meetings could result in leaks to the Socialist Party, and so banned her from attending. "I felt punished, forced to stay home," she later told Le Monde. However, stories from other editors suggest there may have been reason to question her loyalties. Apparently, Trierweiler had raised eyebrows by angrily contacting journalist friends to contest negative press published about Hollande. Once, she e-mailed the editor in chief of a radio show that ran a story about the candidate dyeing his hair. She wanted a correction. "François does not dye his hair," she is said to have written.
In April 2011, Trierweiler defied expectations and began a political talk show called 2012 Campaign Portraits. The network's only restriction was that she could not interview Hollande. Of course, the show could last only so long—how many campaign portraits can you do before the absence of the main contender becomes the elephant in the room?
One morning in October, Trierweiler tweeted: "Little morning clarification: I am not a political wife. I am a journalist. But I am stopping 2012 Campaign Portraits on Direct 8." She explained that she couldn't be involved in Hollande's campaign in an official way while also doing political interviews. She has since been given an office at party headquarters—though that transition has not been easy. As she told French Elle, "For over 20 years I was an observer, and now I find myself in the position of being observed. We don't change our way of life, or our personality, overnight."
Catherine Nay gave some thought to the prevalence of politico-journalistic trysts from the back banquette of a café next door to the offices of Europe 1, the radio station where she hosts a political talk show. At 68, Nay is the epitome of elusive French elegance: A combination of Romy Schneider and Catherine Deneuve, she wears a charcoal tweed skirt suit, and her russet-colored hair is pinned back with symmetrically placed tortoiseshell combs. As she talks about her early years covering politics, it becomes clear that without her 1960s foray into political journalism, it is quite possible that many of the liaisons in question would not exist.
In 1968, wearing a miniskirt and white leather thigh-high boots, a then 24-year-old Nay entered the Assemblée Nationale. "Put a coat on," the bailiffs hissed with titillated indignation, though the politicians made no such demand. "Now I look back and think, How could I?" Nay says, laughing as she sips her noisette. Françoise Giroud, the cofounder and editor of the weekly newsmagazine L'Express, inspired a revolution that reshaped the way politics were covered in France by sending attractive young women into the Elysée rather than middle-aged men, Nay explains. By pure logic, the convergence of alluring reporters and the politicians they were sent to write about resulted in several unions, as Nay is the first to point out. "We didn't become journalists to sleep with politicians, but the fact is, you end up going to bed with the people you spend the most time with. That's why all the models date photographers. It's just how it is."
Across town in the Place de Clichy is the soundstage where they film On N'est Pas Couché, the weekly entertainment talk show in which Audrey Pulvar plays the combative leftist to the right-wing pundit Natacha Polony. Pulvar joined the show in September after her political talk show had been taken away from her. Since it is billed as an entertainment program, the show does not pose any ethical problems for Pulvar—on paper. However, in addition to various pop-culture figures, each week welcomes a different political guest, which many viewers have been quick to note raises important questions of bias as far as Pulvar is concerned.
A taxi driver near the studio offers his opinion of Pulvar. "Hmmph. She's a Socialist and she's with Montebourg. Bad and worse." Asked if he thinks it's a problem that she is still reporting on politics while dating a politician, the driver's answer is matter-of-fact. "She shouldn't have gone onstage with him," he grumbles. "That was not good." Clearly the spectacle at the Socialist primary—so zealously covered in newspaper editorials—had also reverberated with the average Parisian.
The dressing rooms line a narrow hallway parallel to the soundstage, and at 7:30, with only 30 minutes before taping begins, the area is a symphony of doors opening and closing with young production aides scurrying by, carrying photocopies and Coca-Cola Light. Inside her room, Pulvar studies a mess of papers on the dressing table–cum–desk in front of her. Her hair is freshly blown out, and a makeup artist touches up the raspberry tint on her lips. Despite her signature oversize glasses, Pulvar looks glamorous in a black-and-cobalt color-blocked sheath dress and black platform stilettos with little leather bows at the toe.
Following nearly a decade of working as a broadcaster and reporter in her native Martinique, Pulvar came to Paris in 2002 and swiftly climbed the ranks at France 3, becoming the first woman of color to anchor the evening news. After five years as the country's Katie Couric, she started hosting a nightly political talk show, until her relationship with Montebourg (which began after she interviewed him) forced the network to cancel it. She is left doing a 6:00 a.m. radio broadcast—too early for serious political coverage—and her weekly appearance on On N'est Pas Couché.
Earlier that day—at 5:59 a.m. to be exact—Pulvar had slipped on a large pair of headphones as she took her seat in front of the microphone in Studio 72 of the Radio France building. In a voice that had transitioned seamlessly from easy conversation in the hallway to that of a smooth announcer, Pulvar talked about eggs. The average French person consumes 231 eggs per year, she said, and as of the end of March, French eggs will be labeled with a tricolor stamp announcing, Eggs Laid in France. Such is the content of Pulvar's 6:00 a.m. newscast—a discussion of egg labeling; last night's soccer scores; and, later, the candidacy of Rahul Gandhi, Nehru's great-grandson, in India. The journalist who once hosted the prime-time news and left Sarkozy speechless after asking a particularly cutting question about immigration has accepted that the landscape of her job has changed—though she is not giving up without a fight. "I'm an independent person," Pulvar says. "I don't necessarily think the same things as my companion. I have a professional rigor, and I don't see why I shouldn't be able to continue doing my job."
American women in the media partnered with politicians tend to see the issue in starker terms. As Connie Schultz, columnist for The Plain Dealer and wife of Ohio senator Sherrod Brown, puts it, "You can't cover races that involve your spouse or your significant other. If you meet them on the beat, you've got to get off that beat. If you fall in love with the county commissioner, you're done covering the county commissioner." The Pulitzer Prize winner adds, "That would be like me covering the Senate race right now in Ohio." Brown is running for a second term as Democratic senator from Ohio, and as she did in 2006, Schultz will take a leave of absence from her political column for the duration of the campaign.
Two other American women journalists—Claire Shipman, correspondent for ABC News and wife of Jay Carney, President Obama's current White House press secretary; and Michele Norris, former cohost of NPR's All Things Considered, whose husband, Broderick Johnson, recently joined Obama's reelection campaign as senior adviser—have stepped down from their political-reporting duties as well. Norris, who took a sabbatical from the program last fall, says the decision was clear. "I miss the show every day," she says. "But how can I consider all things when there were a host of things I couldn't consider because of my husband?"
Which isn't to say it was an easy choice to make. Balancing public and private lives can be agonizing in this country, too. Schultz, who penned the campaign-trail memoir . . . And His Lovely Wife after Brown's 2006 senate run, admits that her decision to leave The Plain Dealer wasn't without moments of doubt. "I'm embarrassed to say this, but back then I wrote in my journal, 'What is to become of me?' I really wasn't sure where I was going to end up."
She continues with a sigh, "The only precedent was one I didn't want to follow." Schultz means Maria Shriver, who left NBC News after Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of California. "She called me," Schultz says. "I didn't know her, but she called me the day I returned to The Plain Dealer in 2007 and said, 'Please don't leave your career.' I thought it spoke volumes to how she was feeling about having left hers. And I really appreciated that phone call that day."


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This release revises the way the User Permissions file is held to make it just "default" and a list of exceptions.
This has been asked for in particular in contexts where externally-submitted jobs by a user not in the password file are to be processed and having to rebuild the user file is a problem.
Note that the manuals tell a few lies in this regard. I'll fix these for version 1.9.
This tidies some parts of the source code and adds Debian material for building a Debian package set.
A Debian installation directory is provided.
Some improvements have been made to printer installation and an optional PyQt interface has been provided to make this easier where available.
A CUPS emulation package is now included for the benefit of software which assumes it's present. This provides for virtual CUPS printers which have the effect of queuing GNUspool jobs with various options.
A GUI front-end is provided for configuring the CUPS package.
The libtools package is now used for administering the shared libraries.
This clarifies some aspects of the install.
Grammar and lex files are included.
Also included is the newly-written Python-based CUPS emulation for the benefit of software which insists on talking to CUPS.
This release fixes a few build problems on some systems and points out that failure to build GTK programs isn't critical.
This release just updates some of the manual pages and removes some unneeded binary files.
The UKUUG (the UK's Unix & Open Systems User Group) is holding its Large Installation Systems Administration (LISA) User Group from 24-26 March 2009 in London, England.
One speaker will be John Collins, author of GNUspool and GNUbatch, probably on 25th March who will be presenting GNUspool.
Not too late to book - and book for the conference dinner on 25th March.
For details and booking instructions see http://www.ukuug.org
This release is mostly corrections in the documents of user program names - which were changed from the original names to names beginning with "gspl-". In a few cases the changes were too aggressive changing the middle of words and have been changed back.
One minor bug (deletion of job and printer macros in the GTK interface) has been corrected.
One minor "extra" (double-click of macro lists in the GTK interface to edit macros) has been added.
The layout of some of the dialog boxes has been tidied a little.


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Horses treated with the race-day antibleeding medication furosemide bled at a greater rate than horses that did not receive the drug, a study released by the Breeders' Cup on Monday found.
The study was conducted among 2-year-old horses running in early November on the card at the Breeders' Cup in Southern California. A team of veterinarians led by Dr. Nathan Slovis of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., performed an endoscopic exam, which inserts a camera down a horse's windpipe, to see if, and at what level, the horse showed signs of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage after a race.
They were granted permission by the owners of 55 horses, and the proportion of horses that bled significantly was greater among furosemide-treated horses (71 percent, or 10 out of 14) than among untreated horses (37 percent, or 15 out of 41), according to the study. In addition, five of the 14 horses (36 percent) treated with furosemide were scored as having bled in the higher ranges of the scale, compared with three of the 41 untreated horses, or 7 percent.
"This is not what I was expecting to find," Slovis said. "I was expecting animals that were not given furosemide would have an increased score" on bleeding. "That's what I expected to find. We did not find that in this small group."
About 95 percent of American thoroughbreds race on furosemide, a drug first approved for race-day use in the mid-1970s and sold under the brand name Lasix. It helps to prevent exercise-induced pulmonary bleeding, which can occur in horses and impair their breathing and performance. Most regulators say furosemide enhances performance by flushing 20 to 30 pounds of water out of a horse.
It is prohibited in Europe and the rest of the world's major racing circuits.
Banning the drug is a central part of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which is in committee in Congress and would give the antidoping agency Usada the authority to develop rules for permitted and prohibited substances. It would also create testing and stiffer penalty programs for horse racing nationally, replacing the patchwork state-by-state system now in place.
"I can't stress this enough: It was not: 'Is Lasix good? Is Lasix bad?' " Slovis said. "The question was: 'Are we doing any harm racing without Lasix?' "
The Breeders' Cup funded the study after tussling with trainers and some owners over banning Lasix in all Cup races. Horses in its 2-year-old races have competed in the last two Breeders' Cups' without Lasix. This year, there were two non-Breeders' Cup races, for California-bred juveniles, in which the drug was allowed.
The plan was for every horse in all 13 races to run without the drug by 2014.
But the Breeders' Cup board reversed that policy after prominent trainers like Bob Baffert threatened to boycott the event, and one of his owners, Gary West, said he would sue the organization. As it stands now, all horses — even 2-year-olds — will be allowed to run on Lasix in the Cup next November at Santa Anita Park.
"The results of this study are certainly interesting but, as the scientists indicated, speak for themselves and don't lend to any conclusions, just the need for further research," said Alan Foreman, chairman of the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. "I agree that further research is indicated to better understand the information reported from the Breeders' Cup horses and its significance."


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This spring, as a break from the madness of NaNoWriMo, I decided that I was going to write a spy novel. Fresh from reading Olen Steinhauer's Milo Weaver trilogy (The Tourist, The Nearest Exit, and An American Spy), all of which I loved, my head was full of ideas for how I would approach the genre. I dove head first into plotting and writing. I didn't finish. In fact, I didn't really get much further than a completed outline and some character profiles.
Some day I may actually finish my novel about a newly hired spatial analyst working for the diplomatic service in Minsk, Belarus who is plunged into the world of covert intelligence operations when his Ukrainian girlfriend, who turns out to be a foreign agent, tries to murder him. Until then, I have a number of resources I found in the process of putting together my ideas. Maybe they will be useful for you. I know there are books and classes and other things out there that probably put all of this into a formula or framework or something that makes sense as a whole system and that you don't have to put together yourself, but these are free resources. Beggars and all that.
How to Write a Fight Scene
I know from writing The Paper Sword that writing a good fight scene is really hard. Actually, writing a bad fight scene is hard too. Throwing all of your characters into a heap and making sure the right ones walk away with the right amount of damage, and making it even semi-believable is an incredible challenge. Add on to that the fact that real fights are horrible, messy, violent, awkward things, and do not make for good prose, and my level of admiration for writers of great fight scenes just soars. In putting together the outline for my spy novel, I found several resources that would probably be helpful regardless of what genre you are writing (I know that I wish I had seen these when I was writing The Paper Sword).
Does Your Fight Scene Pack a Punch?
Main Point: Instead of scripting out the fight scene like you are writing directions for the stage or for film, concentrate on the emotional impact to the viewpoint character.
How to Write Fight Scenes
Main Points: Make opponents give the hero a challenge; make the fight real; consider your words carefully; develop a style that works for you; and make sure to show the effects of the fight afterwards.
How to Fight Write
Main Points: This one was a really helpful resource – an entire site with hints, tips, and resources for writing fight scenes. Useful information includes things to avoid/deadly sins, five simple ways to write convincing fight scenes (this is one of my favorites out of all of the fight scene resources), various types of attack (open hand, kicks, fists, elbows and knees, etc.), blocks, and much more. If you had to go to only one place, this should be it.
How to Write a Kick-Ass Fight Scene
Main Points: Describes three types of fight scene writers. Didn't find this one as useful, but maybe you will.
Ten Tips for Writing Great Fight Scenes
Main Points: Although fairly short, this is another of the gems. Touches many of the points the others make, like concentrating on the consequences of violence, but also adds some novel points (e.g. Realism is cool, but not all important, and equal opponents should be saved for special occasions).
R.A. Salvatore on How to Write a Damn Good Fight Scene
Main Points: This one is out of the genre (R.A. Salvatore is a fantasy writer), but it is an interview with a master of writing fight scenes. And in the end, it's all words anyway.
Pow! Boom! Ka-Pow! 5 Tips to Write Fight Scenes
Main Points: Bonus points to this one for placing "Read" as number one on the list. Extra bonus points for directing readers to Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy.
How to Write a Fight Scene
Main Points: This one is a list and summary of a bunch of different resources, including a few of the ones I have listed here. Goes beyond action/thriller/espionage genres.
Here's How to Write a Damn Good Fight Scene
Main Points: The best tip here is to use verbs instead of adverbs (e.g. pounded instead of hit very hard).
How to Write a Spy Novel
Writing Spy Fiction with an Unputdownable Plot
Summary: Principles for plot development for spy fiction.
The Art of Espionage Fiction with Former Spy Gene Coyle
Summary: Preparing the plot outline for my novel, I started to get discouraged, realizing that many of the current best selling espionage writers worked in the intelligence machine or were somehow involved. Did that mean I couldn't write a good spy novel because I work for a non-profit and run a Web site in my spare time? Shoot, I'm not even really an author except during November each year. This audio interview and transcript with Gene Coyle helped me with that. One of the things he said really stuck with me.
"You gotta tell a good yarn. And you have to make the characters interesting, so that the reader feels like they know them. What makes for a good spy novel—or any fictional novel—is if the characters in the story, by the end of the book you feel, "I've actually known this fellow." And you actually care what's going to happen to him or her."
Spy novel or not, a story is a story. This one just happens to have particular conventions. If the readers believe it, does it matter if it's real?
Spy Novelist David Ignatius Describes His Four Favorite Spy Cities
A good resource – got me thinking a lot about setting as a character, especially in this genre.
The Spy Novel as Genre
My piano teacher always told me you have to know the rules and know how to operate creatively within the rules before you are qualified to artistically break the rules. Break the rules without knowing the rules isn't creativity – it's called fumbling around with hardly a clue hoping something works out. It's amateurism.
This is a Tour: Resources for Writing Espionage
A good collection of resources, some of which are listed here already.
Character/Name/Whatever Generators for the Real World
I have an entire collection of generators that I like and use frequently when writing in my Tciona world, but I had to actively search for resources that provided realistic real-world names and details. Maybe this is an instance of the uncanny valley, but most of the real-world generators that I found produced names and characters that were way too artificial. Parents agonize (at least most parents I have ever known) over the names of their children, trying to match their hopes for the new child with family beliefs and traditions and popular trends. A child's name is a stamp of history, hope, and intent, and is very much a non-random thing. Random generators produce results that are probably not truly random in the mathematical sense, but certainly don't have the same depth of meaning that real names do. There are a lot of generators out there, and I spent hours trying them out. Most of them were crap. At least for what I was looking for. Here are the ones I hated the least.
Corporation Generator
Some of the names are really stupid, but there are some great gems.
Location and Setting Generators
Quick Character Generator
I remixed results from this generator with ages and jobs I already had in mind to create several of my characters.
Murder Mystery Victim Generator
Character Motivation Generator
Basic Character Appearance Generator
Character Flaws and Weaknesses Generator
Writing Non-Stupid, Non-Boring Sex Scenes
I really think that this is the kind of thing that is very largely about personal taste (or complete lack of it). I think of Katsuki, one of the main characters from the manga Katsu!, who when asked what kind of pornography he prefers answered that he liked pictures where you could kindof see, but kindof not see. For me, the most effective and sex in fiction lets you know what happened and how it affected who, and the emotions and results involved, without actually telling you what happened. L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Is a good example of this. Greg Mathews (e.g. Little Red Rooster) is probably an example of the opposite but the same, where you get every detail and then how it affects each character and the story emotionally. So take these resources (presented really without comment because of the somewhat subjective nature and my own preferences on the subject) as you will. UPDATE: The Bond novels also do a pretty good job of being sexy and sexual without the actual sex.
How to Write About Sex Without Being Boring
Twenty Steps to Writing Great Love Scenes
How to Write Sex Scenes When You're a Prude with Misha Crews
Warning: I know I said I wouldn't comment, but just a warning that this is a romance-novel-centric source. You have been warned.
So You Want To: Write A Sex Scene
How to Write Sex Scenes: The 12-Step Program
Other Stuff
Espionage Tropes
A really great list of all the things that make espionage fiction what it is. Use this list to make sure you aren't just like everything else out there. Or maybe use this list to make sure you fight perfectly into the genre. Or use the list to wrap fish in. It's all up to you.
11 Character Flaws to Use in Your Script Right Now
The character profile template I use has an entire section to develop character flaws. This was one of the resources I used to create a pick-list to fill that section out.
Archetypes that Make Your Story Resonate
Spy fiction makes strong use of several archetypes.
Outline Your Novel in 30 Minutes
Outlining/plot development is actually one of my strong areas. The biggest problem is that I tend to get very detailed before I've written anything. Because this was supposed to be a relaxing side project, I wanted to get my outline down quickly and get to writing. This page helped.
So You Want to Have an Attractive Character
I have read characters that I absolutely fell in love with. There is at least one that I read as a young teenager that I probably still have a crush on. And yet it is interesting how sometimes the harder you try to write a character that is irresistible, the more flat that character seems. This page gives some tips. Not silver bullets, but helpful all the same.
Mindsets and Rationales that Lend Well to Villainy
Because the biggest thing I always thought watching Bond movies growing up was "What in the world would cause someone to self-identify as a villain?" I mean, really, are there just some people who aspire to being really bad? Are there people who think villain means hero and they just haven't gotten the Webster memo yet? This page describes some of the mindsets that villains might have.
Generate Your Own Spy Novel Title
Because they're all named the same anyway.
Mad Lib Thriller Title Generator
Same reason.
Who are the Master Spy Novelists?
See the tip above that the first step is writing better is to read.
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Carolina Herrera, New York Fashion Week Spring 2009
September 7, 2008 in Bryant Park, Carolina Herrera, Fashion Week, gorgeous, Jaiku, Mobile social networking, New York, New York Fashion Week, NYC Fashion Week, NYC Fashion Week Spring 2009, Spring 2009, The Tent at Bryant Park, Twitter, Web 2.0
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ERIN FETHERSTON : DESIGNER DIARIES From FALL 2008
September 7, 2008 in Erin Fetherston, Fashion Week, Mobile social networking, New York, New York Fashion Week, NYC Fashion Week, NYC Fashion Week Spring 2009, Spring 2009, Twitter, video, Web 2.0, YouTube
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I'm just discovering Erin Fetherston. What a treat! This video is from a season ago and gives a great intro to this amazing designer. I can't wait to blog her current Spring 2009 collection!
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September 6, 2008 in Fashion Week, live blogging, Mobile social networking, New York, New York Fashion Week, NYC Fashion Week, NYC Fashion Week Spring 2009, Spring 2009, Twitter, video, Web 2.0
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The joy of tweeting is in full swing this season in Bryant Park and throughout all of Twitterville. Throngs of fashionistas are delivering instantaneous, online, up-to-the minute information on what's going on in the Bing Tent and at other Fashion venues in New York. And nothing, nothing escapes the attention of the beady-eyed twitterers . From long lines to get into certain shows to which model just tripped on the runway, from the fabulous gifts in goodie bags to who got standing room only in the tents, from being drenched by tropical storm Hanna to peeves and praise, information is coming in fast and furious! And exactly who is tweeting merrily away? We have stylists, editors, bloggers, and it girls. Here's a list of twitterers I've found :
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Nside L. A bills itself as L.A.'s Lifestream, but note that their news comes from NY Mag's own fashion pages The Cut.
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A top celebrity makeup artist in LA & NY, her work has been seen on runways, celebrieis, top magazines and advertising campaigns. Elke is also works on clients on both coasts as a top Eyebrow Speciallist.
Yuli Ziv is the co-founder of http://MyItThings.com, blogger, fashion addict and entrepreneur.
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The EU had to apologise last night after a British official at the Bangkok climate negotiations single-handedly rewrote its position to effectively sanction the felling of the world's rainforests in order to grow plantations of palm oil.
Wording that would have protected natural forests was in the draft UN text at the start of the week's negotiations, but had mysteriously disappeared by Wednesday – to the delight of loggers and some African countries.
On Friday, more than 20 countries led by Brazil, Mexico, India and Norway protested vigorously and pleaded for the safeguard to be put back in. But the EU, supported by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and other countries not known for their forestry protection policies, declined to reinstate it.
This prompted environmentalists and others to accuse the EU of being in the pocket of the global logging industry – some of whose members were at the negotiations lobbying delegates in the Bangkok conference halls.
But at a press conference this afternoon, the EU gave way. A clearly embarrassed Swedish spokesman was forced to say the negotiator had blundered. "It was an unfortunate mishap," he said. "Sometimes negotiators think of tactical moves. In this case, he wanted to wait until the Barcelona talks next month (to reinstate it). The EU has not changed its position. It is unfortunate. The poor negotiator has been slapped in his face."


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If you didn't catch Steve Jobs presenting Apple's plans for a new corporate campus to Cupertino (CA) City Council, then you really should check it out. A humble Mr. Jobs revealed an ultra-sexy Norman Foster designed new beehive for his company. As we all know, Steve Jobs has accomplished so much in his life, and this new campus comes across as a triumph for him. The design is very compelling, but it could be better in one major way: it could be less car-centric.
But the design should be viewed with a wider view and X-ray goggles. Here we can see what may become California's largest underground depository of parked automobiles. (In fact, there is not enough room underground for all the cars and Apple will also build a large 4-story above ground parking structure as well.) Just peripheral of the campus are the traffic-clogged 280, 85, and 101 freeways. While Jobs mentioned a growing number of Apple employees commuting by bike and bus, it sounds like the site will offer a parking space to well over 90% of the total number of employees and visitors. While Apple's new campus looks really modern, this is very much a last century "car-land" design.
FearLess readers know this is no time for business as usual. Humanity has a massive challenge to respond to climate change. We need to adopt low carbon transportation ASAP. By building a car-centric company center in a fairly suburban setting, Apple misses an opportunity to respond to this urgent need.
One way to reduce transportation impacts is to eliminate the need to drive in the first place. It is ironic to me to see an elite ICT company wanting so many of their employees work physically in the same place. IBM has a very large amount of their employees working from home offices. While Apple makes the tools for millions of us to tele-access our world, they don't seem to believe in it for themselves--when it comes to their own company.
So Apple wants their employees to work together, press the flesh, and be in the same place. OK, I can understand that. So why not push this Foster design a little further. Instead of this 4-story ring design, add another ring or two and allow the site to house, let's say, one third of the company's employees and their families if they wanted to live there. Yes, I'm talking about making this an Apple company town or village.
There could be micro-dwellings incorporated into this site and still keep much of the same feeling. Ultra sleek micro-condos could be perfect for employees and families that wanted to live close to work and not need to own a car.
Even smaller dwellings could be designed into the plan for employees that worked fewer (but longer) days and needed a very simple and efficient personal place to sleep. A 3-day work week (12 hour days), would allow employees to only drive to work once a week and stay 2 nights in a place just a bit larger than the Japanese capsule hotels, but spend most nights a week at their home.
It would be challenging to re-vision this new Apple campus to incorporate dwellings, but if anyone could do it, it would be Norman Foster. It's not Apple's responsibility to make a model new corporate campus, and they have already gone past so many others. But the companies leaving suburbia for dense downtown office centers are likely doing more to address the need to redefine our world to be low carbon than Apple.
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Once again, there is much to be learned about the musical year that was 2008 through the insights of the artists who were playing, singing and writing those songs — many within earshot of Showcase magazine readers.
Here is just some of what they had to say:
— ALLMAN BROTHERS' DEREK TRUCKS: "Young children are discovering the Allmans' music every day and we meet children every night at the show that are just now getting turned on to this music. They see this is the real deal. A lot of children are looking backward and realizing the music that represents their generation maybe is not quite as valid and they feel ripped off and look back for the real thing."
— CHRIS BOTTI: "Any artist that sells one record or a million records should feel very fortunate to be able to have an audience. I, as a jazz musician, being able to be on stage every night all over the world keeps me going and I feel incredibly fortunate and lucky.
"�Ultimately I make records that have to please me. I think about the kind of record I would want to hear in a personal space at home or in a car, and hopefully people want to hear it too. You have to bring an audience on a journey with you with what you are passionate about."
— CAKE'S VINCE DIFIORE: "A band is either getting so good that what they do is repeat themselves too much, or they are trying to sound a little too different and coming off sounding indulgent and not think of the audience enough. We always go back to the classics and standards and think about what is it about those songs that never go away, what makes them listenable year after year. That's our criteria: 'What makes a song last?"
— CARBON LEAF'S BARRY PRIVETT, singer-songwriter: "If our music offers a place in a person's busy life to breathe, smile, cry, laugh, rock out, fall asleep or reflect enough to check out the next CD we make, or come out to the next show we play, or tell a friend about then I'm satisfied."
= BRUCE COCKBURN: "I've been singing about these times and my relationship to them all these decades. People like the sense they are being communicated with. They can, if not feel their own truth, though sometimes they do, recognize they are hearing my truth and that's meaningful to people."
— ANI DIFRANCO: "I always remind myself when I am feeling tired or uninspired that somebody out there drove a long way to get here tonight! You better make it worth their while! Without that fundamental appreciation of, and respect for, the audience you could allow yourself to feel a sense of entitlement and slack off or be self indulgent: show up drunk, bitch about the sound and storm off, you name your rock star clich�. I have flirted with all of these feelings, if not behaviors, in the past. But now I am resolved to be accountable to every moment I spend with my audience and appreciative of the adventure that is my life."
— ANTI-FLAG'S JUSTIN SANE: "America and the best American values were based in human rights, justice, freedom, equality and liberty. So when we see people high-jacking our country and/or our government for purposes counter to those ideals, we feel inclined to speak out. In my mind, that is true patriotism: the ability to praise that about one's country which is good, but also to address that which is bad and must be changed."
— BLESSTHEFALL'S MATT TRAYNOR: "Just come with open ears. Don't listen too much to what other people tell you, whether it's good or bad, listen for yourself and hopefully you'll enjoy it."
— FLOGGING MOLLY'S DENNIS CASEY (On what continues to motivate him artistically): "It's knowing how much our music can mean to a person, knowing we somehow helped someone through a really hard time, getting on stage and having the opportunity to play my heart out, making new music with all the limitations and limitless ideas. As a band I think it's all the things we've created that have made this bigger than all of us. It sort of sucks you in and you can't help but want to be a part of it."
— JOHN EDDIE: "I think we are a pretty consistent live act, so the nights that raise the bar I credit the crowd pushing us to a higher level. And it doesn't have to be a big crowd. We played to one guy in Salt Lake City, one guy and the bartender. It was one of the best crowds we ever played to. He rocked."
— BUDDY GUY (on the future of the blues): "I may be able to cook pretty good, but if they ain't tasted it I'm afraid it will be an endangered species � I want to wake up some people who are not aware of what the blues is. Long before rock'n'roll there were all these different things — blues and jazz and spiritual music."
— RICHIE HAVENS: "I call myself a 'song singer.' The song changed my life, what I started out with and heard in Greenwich Village from people who wrote things that mattered. These people created me. I call rock'n'roll the first generational primal scream. It was a screaming to be heard as a generation and to be respected as individuals. We had to do something to get that respect, and we did as far as I'm concerned."
— HOTHOUSE FLOWERS' FIACHNA O'BRAONAIN: "Hothouse Flowers has evolved over the years from a traditional rock band with street music chops, into a pop sensation, into a recluse and has recently re-emerged as some kind of jazz band, always searching through new music, and always digging through the old."
— ERIC HUTCHINSON: "I'm interested in the gray area of life. I think a lot of movies and music are very black and white about love and life. I try to explore the fact that things are often not so cut and dry."
— JOE JACKSON: "I've tried to avoid clich�s and to be fearless about trying new things, but whether that makes me a pioneer I don't know."
— G. LOVE: "Playing live is the gift that keeps giving. Playing live is what it's all about. This is part of human culture and it's been going on for thousands of years. If the mood, the vibe, the sound, the lights, the band, the buzz and the songs are right, a night can get extremely euphoric. Making music is like making love.
"�My music has taken me all around the world nonstop for 15 years. I'm happy to think we have inspired people to make music�. Music is a never-ending challenge. You can keep getting better and different your whole life. What a journey it's been so far. Songs are the same way. I write because I'm alive."
— IDIOT PILOT'S MICHAEL HARRIS: "What insanity it is to think of a world without music, where people do not congregate at churches, or drinking establishments, protests, political rallies or even sporting events and bond over the unifying message of music. To me it is the closest form of truth I have ever been presented with, and I am continually inspired and humbled by its impact on the world."
— JIMMY EAT WORLD'S RICK BURCH: "We are all about rock music from an honest place. We never tried to create any sub genres or to be the founders of anything. We just try to make music with substance and honesty."
"We try to convey a feeling of love of people. We try to convey a message of peace. Music cannot be stopped by borders and boundaries. Music is about people coming together and having an experience that will, hopefully, better their lives."
— LINKIN PARK FRONTMAN MIKE SHINODA: "I think we're in a very interesting and really special time in the music business right now. I think people really are used to just focusing on the kind of negative aspects of what's going on and not really looking at how amazing the potential is for the future of the business.
"I think that there are a lot of positive things that labels provide artists. I do think though that it's very important for the old model of the record industry to (change). It's that the business model is dying. I don't think that the label side of things is dying. I just think it's just going to be rejuvenated with a new plan of action."
— JOHN MEDESKI OF MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD: "Music is a healing force, a means of creating love, not in a shallow sense, but in a deep way. Historically, music has been used to get us through anything and everything human. It is an essential part of humanity. It's like eating, or trying to find love, or work. Music is one of the basic human needs, the first language. We used intoned sound as a way to communicate."
— MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE'Mindless Self Indulgence's Little Jimmy Urine: "We don't mind people hating us. But we do mind when people who don't get it write it off as a joke band just because we don't take ourselves so seriously. When did it become that being serious equals genuine and truthful?"
— MINUS THE BEAR'S CORY MURCHY: "We make classic rock for the future. That allows us to approach from many angles, seldom with caution � There's a lot going on these days. I hope our music can offer comfort in whatever that broad term implies."
"We especially love to play live, and to entertain humans. That's the best part of our touring day and we don't take it lightly. We're up there to have fun, but we're serious about having fun. It's always nice to see the venues full of fun loving rock'n'roll people, that's for sure.
�"If you wanna have a great time and rock out without worrying about whether people are cool/hip or the flavor of the month, then get on board the PUSA bus!"
— SPYRO GYRA CO-FOUNDER JAY BECKENSTEIN: "Spyro Gyra almost hearkens back to another time when the coolest thing was to see a group of people interacting as a team musically. When people come to see a show, I think they really get that from us. This is a true band incredibly in-tune with each other and really supporting each other, and they take a lot of joy playing with each other. I love when audiences get that. We hear that after shows a lot: 'Boy, you guys sure are having fun. We watch you having fun, doing something you love and we share in it.' "
— TODD RUNDGREN: "I have this antediluvian attitude about music that comes from growing up in the '60s; that under ideal circumstances a single song can be an instrument for change and maybe simultaneously be a pleasant diversion. It seems like the Beatles were able to combine those two things.
"They could take even a controversial social subject and turn it into a pop song. The idea that a song or a series of recordings can have that kind of power still fascinates me, and still makes me want to kind of combine my own way of seeing things and represent it in a way that is musically satisfying to listen to."
— BOZ SCAGGS: "Music is an enormous mystery. It's been a companion in all sorts of ways. It's accompanied me in my highest and lowest moments. At times music is so close and the experiences so poignant that they become painful in their beauty. Music has been a constant and a really important force. I relate just about everything I experience in my life to music in one way or another.
"�I've never experienced anything like seeing Ray Charles live when I was 25 years old. That galvanized, rewired me. Something touched me deeply. If I ever struck a note that touched anybody as deeply as I have been affected by him that would be my crowning achievement. That means everything. I'm serving music, this thing that I love. I want to give the joy and pleasure that has been given to me to someone else."
— RICHARD THOMPSON: "When you tell the truth about yourself then you are telling the truth about everybody. And that's where people can relate to your music.
"It's hard to be that honest, though, and I don't always succeed in finding that place. When you do, and people respond, that's the best feeling."
"�I have children coming up in music right now, and it's tough, but it was never easy. When I started it was not a 'real' job, and no one expected it to last more than a year or so. Now there are expectations of earning a living, and they may be misplaced. The business is changing so much that it is unclear how the pieces will fall."
— YES' STEVE HOWE: "I work with a lot of singers who sang Yes songs. I can see how a worthy song can be sung by different people. Music transports nicely through different people who believe in the songs � We've (Yes) got every opportunity to press on and get things exciting again."
They said it in 2008: The year from a musicians perspective
Once again, there is much to be learned about the musical year that was 2008 through the insights of the artists who were playing, singing and writing those songs — many within earshot of Showcase magazine readers.


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Born November 19, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, Kenny Werner got an early start as a pianist. At the age of 11 he recorded a single with a 15-piece orchestra and appeared on television playing stride piano. He attended the Manhattan School of Music while still in high school, then became a concert piano major upon graduation. He felt the pull of jazz and decided to leave the Manhattan School for the Berklee School of Music in Boston, coming under the influence of two teachers, Madame Chaloff and Juão Assis Brasil, both strong pianists who helped him integrate spiritual aspects with strong performances.
His first jazz recording was in 1977, when he released an LP that featured piano solos of the music of Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, and George Gershwin. Soon after that, Werner got a plum job when he was invited to record with Charles Mingus on Something Like a Bird. In 1981 he released his first album of original work, Beyond the Forest of Mirkwood. 298 Bridge Street, which was inspired by the sounds surrounding his Brooklyn studio, followed a year later. The early '80s brought extensive touring, including a tour with Archie Shepp and the Mel Lewis Orchestra. He also performed in duos with Rufus Reid, Ray Drummond, and Jaki Byard. His accomplishments were honored by the National Endowment for the Arts, which awarded him two grants in the '80s -- in 1985 and 1987 -- allowing him to present his own music in a concert hall setting at Symphony Space in New York. He also played with Ratzo Harris and Tom Rainey throughout the '80s, but the trio wouldn't make its first album until 1988's Introducing the Trio. The band recorded only one more album after that, but stayed together until 1995. Another long-term relationship was established when Werner joined the faculty of the New School in 1987.
Throughout the '80s and '90s Werner played with a variety of famed jazz artists, from John Abercrombie and Joe Henderson to Tom Harrell and Chico Freeman. One of his strongest alliances, however, was with Joe Lovano, with whom he recorded several albums. He also served as pianist, arranger, and musical director for famed Broadway star Betty Buckley. The '90s also brought more recognition from the NEA, which awarded him grants in 1993 and 1995 to produce tribute concerts to Mel Lewis and Duke Ellington.
Werner produced a series of acclaimed records in the '90s, including three albums for the Concord Jazz label: Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Vol. 34, Concord Duo Series, Vol. 10, and Live at Visiones. The albums were all award-winning and helped further Werner's commercial success. Two new albums arrived in 1998: A Delicate Balance, which featured Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette; and Unprotected Music for the Double-Time label, which was played by a trio with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron. Both albums showed Werner's diverse style, as well as his ability to work as part of a musical team with strong players like Baron. In 2000 he released Beauty Secrets for RCA, a gentle yet innovative album that showed the delicacy that Werner was capable of. Werner continued to be active as the new century went on, releasing No Beginning No End, which featured old cohort Joe Lovano as well as Judi Silvano, on Half Note Records in 2010. In 2011 Werner delivered the live album Balloons: Live at the Blue Note, which featured trumpeter Randy Brecker, saxophonist David Sanchez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Antonio Sanchéz. Me, Myself & I, a solo piano album, was recorded live at Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill as part of the Montreal Jazz Festival. It was released in the spring of 2012. ~ Stacia Proefrock
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Visual Art: The Woman With The Feline Ears
Tory Folliard Gallery's show features a menagerie of fanciful figures in clay.
April 4th, 2014 |
By Kat Murrell
Yes, art can be funny.
And that's just a small part of what's on display at the Tory Folliard Gallery, now inhabited by a plethora of small sculptures that are a world unto themselves. Sculptor Chris Berti is featured with a solo exhibition in Concerning Nature, and he also curated the fourteen artists in The Figure in Clay. The exhibitions are richly complementary, flowing easily from one to another. The nuances of each artist's style and the predominately small scale of works draws the viewer in close, often revealing surprises. Tiny as many of these pieces are, don't call them dainty.
Berti's works are largely drawn from nature with a few odd and interesting inanimate objects thrown in. Sculptures of pants, for example. Seven Pair is a line-up of trousers, standing like stiffly pressed terra cotta-colored fabric. Yet Berti accomplishes this using bricks as his main material. These vintage construction materials are carved, smoothed and shaped into fanciful objects as well as a menagerie of animals including birds and bunnies. Other bricks are transformed into things like scrub brushes, hardly a typical choice for an artistic subject. But even a scrub brush has its charms, with the curves of feathery bristles acting in contrary character to the hard nature of stone. What's most striking about Berti is his skill in re-imagining the form of his source material. Old stuff from buildings and streets shed their unglamorous, utilitarian purpose for playful, storybook-like characters.
Using other types of raw material from nature, Berti uses rocks (from a river) to create such things as a pudgy round caterpillar. The ancient traditions of marble carving are also given a nod with his playful series of polar bears, softly benign and sparkling under the gallery lights.
As for the art Berti has included in the exhibition,The Figure in Clay, traditional methods of slip casting and shaping clay are some of the strategies used by the featured artists. The work comprises a range of little sculptural vignettes, providing a study of the human condition through depictions of everyday activities, erotic encounters and the realms of dreams, fantasy, and shamanistic representations.
Heidi Preuss Grew plays dark stoneware off mysterious, ghostly figures in her series of wall plaques. The rather raw surfaces make for a feeling of earthiness and depth, creating plausible space for her creatures to mosey on through, such as the woman with seemingly feline ears in Lost in Thought and Debris. Grew's combination of stoneware with Limoges porcelain and pigment is ethereally luminescent.
In contrast to these dreamy states, Richard Swanson makes slip cast clay figures with a roundly solid identity. Happy Potter Saki Set is charming and funny. In this small group, the figure of an intensely delighted, bulbous artist shapes a vase. Two finished pots in the set become the saki cups, making the jump from decorative works to pleasurably functional art.
The freedom to shape and mold the human form into all kinds of variations is well-represented by a number of artists. Debra Fritts builds a standing woman with rough, linear rivulets of clay at her feet, and the place of her arms is crowded by shallow bowls. The figure's head and face show Fritts' skill for nuanced, melancholy expression, as though the sculpture is a soothsayer about to speak. Lisa Claugue takes a similar approach with sweetly seated figures whose svelte human bodies morph into animal heads, connected to each other by a lustrous gold tongue emerging from the male's sharp-toothed mouth, reaching into the female's seemingly amused lips.
Berti and the other artists in this show offer a whirlwind tour through the range of materials and techniques employed by contemporary ceramic artists and sculptors. With the emphasis on figurative subjects, there are plenty of stories – amusing, provocative or sometimes simply adorable – that come to mind as you view the telling details.
Chris Berti: Concerning Nature and The Figure in Clay continue at Tory Folliard Gallery (233 N. Milwaukee Street) through April 19.


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Ed and I have been through so much yucky stuff this year that we have decided to make every day a celebration of something. We began on Friday by celebrating Friday. We took a ride and tried a new restaurant that I thought was lovely and Ed thought was OK. That means it was, what my friend Jennifer calls, shi-shi-la-la. Ed got a blue cheese hamburger and pomme frittes. He said he likes 5 guys better. That's my man!
Yesterday, Ed woke up and said, "Today, we will celebrate your beauty." I know, awwwww. But did that mean I had to remain beautiful all day??? Only kidding. Several times throughout the day, he celebrated by telling me I was beautiful. And I celebrated by saying, "Thank you." That may sound lame but the point is that we are looking for things in life to celebrate. We can get so wrapped up in seeing the negatives and moaning and complaining sometimes that it takes a little work to spy out the little mundane things to be happy over.
Today, we celebrated FOOD! After church, we came home and I made simple sandwiches on real Jewish rye bread from Fresh Market, some smoked turkey, Alpine Lace Swiss cheese and whole grain Dijon mustard. We followed that with a bowl of ripe watermelon cubes and sweet red grapes. Mmmm, so good. After a short rest the two of us went to see Julie and Julia which was a delightful story. The hair, make up and wardrobe were flawless. The sets of Paris were fun, fun, fun and Meryl Streep was brilliant as Julia Child. We ate popcorn and drank Cokes through the movie. In a little while I am going to cook us some chicken with fennel and garlic and some roasted veggies. God is do good to us. Ed doesn't know it yet, but I am making strawberry shortcake for desert. Food, glorious food!!!


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By Kevin Kelly, CEO, LGS Innovations
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April 25, 2017
One of the main goals for the next generation in wireless mobile communications, or 5G, is to maximize capacity. Not only will we continue to see ongoing improvement in data connection rates, but also new advances in making the most of finite spectrum resources. Given the exponential increases in demand for spectrum, 5G presents more challenges than simply relying on Moore's Law-like growth to magically increase the download speeds of our video-streaming services.
In addition to serving growing numbers of mobile users, 5G must also accommodate a tsunami of connected, low-power, internet of things (IoT) devices, while maintaining network reliability, improving security, and keeping network costs under control. Leveraging 5G benefits will require a series of tradeoff decisions to balance the needs of mission-critical applications such as healthcare, defense, and self-driving cars with these ever-increasing demands for network capacity.
To fully leverage 5G, we'll have to do more with existing spectrum under 6 GHz and attack the technical challenges associated with newly-available high frequency spectrum over 6 GHz, also called millimeter-wave, or mmWave. This spectrum offers tantalizingly large swaths of bandwidth, but taking advantage of it will require new approaches.
Millimeter-wave communications are currently used for the fixed links between cell towers, called backhaul. These systems often have fixed antenna dishes pointing at each other and are highly regulated to avoid interference between links. Dishes don't make sense in a 5G world, where everyone is on the go and antennas need to be tiny so they can be integrated into mobile phones and other gadgets.
Technologies which were recently only relevant to military applications will need to be leveraged to make mmWave useful for everyday mobile users. These new approaches to maximizing available spectrum include digital beamforming to electronically steer communication beams and space-time-adaptive processing (STAP) to overcome challenging RF channel conditions. As existing LTE cellular bands continue to mature, dynamic band balancing and integration with legacy infrastructure will be essential.
While it hasn't yet seen wide commercial adoption, the latest 802.11ad WiGig style of Wi-Fi already operates in the 60 GHz mmWave band. It embodies new advances required by 5G, such as digital beam-steering, and it provides a good technical foundation and starting point for meeting some aspects of the 5G standard.
There is also much more that could be leveraged by creating more intelligent and predictive networking software. Pushing analytics and learning algorithms into the cellular network will help to maximize the benefits and utility of 5G. These kinds of technological advances, built on existing solutions and expertise in RF networking, phased-array antennas, signal processing, and advanced software capabilities, will be necessary to achieve the desired benefits of 5G networks.


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Albert Victor Chamberlin was the founder of the American Trust Company of Coeur d'Alene, of which he has been secretary and treasurer and also manager ever since its organization. To Mr. Chamberlin likewise belongs the distinction of being the first man to come into the town with outside money, for the purpose of reviving and stimulating the commercial and industrial interests of the community.
A native of Ohio, his birth occurred in the city of Cleveland on July 15, 1871, his parents being Anson Bartlett and Martha Melissa (Bishop) Chamberlin. The father was for many years in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, having been ticket agent at Milwaukee for over forty years, but he is now living retired. In the maternal line, Albert V. Chamberlin traces his ancestry back to Oliver Cromwell, his grandfather, one of Ohio's pioneers, being a direct descendant of the founder of the British commonwealth.
In the acquirement of his education Albert Victor Chamberlin attended the common schools, completing his course in the high schools of Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Feeling that he was qualified to commence the heavier responsibilities of life, at the age of seventeen years he laid aside his text-books and began his business career. His first position was in a bank in Minneapolis, where for eighteen months he discharged the duties of a clerk with efficiency and intelligence. He subsequently become bookkeeper and accountant for a railroad company in Milwaukee, withdrawing to take the position of sales manager for a lumber company in northern Michigan. In 1898 he decided to see what the western coast offered to a man of his capabilities and located at Seattle, where he remained for two years. At the expiration of that time he returned to the middle west, remaining there until 1899. In the latter year he came to Coeur d'Alene and organized the Gunderson & Chamberlin Lumber Company, purchasing the McFarland sawmill. A few months later he disposed of the enterprise to the Coeur d'Alene Lumber Company, whose plant is now located on the site of the old McFarland mill. Mr. Chamberlin then turned his attention to the real-estate and insurance business, which proved to be very remunerative, and in 1906 organized the American Trust Company, ever since devoting the greater part of his energies to its development. He still has some valuable property interests in the state and he also owns some timber lands in Oregon. When the Exchange National Bank of this city was organized he was appointed cashier, and for a time he was also one of the directors of this institution. He has always been one of the enterprising and progressive citizens of the town, the population of which numbered only between three and four hundred when he first located here, and has been officially identified with various thriving activities.
Mr. Chamberlin was united in marriage on the 24th of December, 1896, to Miss Daisy H. Moller, a daughter of C. F. J. Moller, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for many years the Danish consul at that point. They have become the parents of four children, as follows: Galord, whose birth occurred in 1898; Frederick Bishop, whose natal day was in 1900; and Will Mathews and Martha Virginia, twins, who were born in 1908. The Chamberlin home, which is one of the social centers of the community, is located at No. 1017 Fourth street, this city.
Fraternally Mr. Chamberlin is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, and for the past nine years has been clerk of the local camp. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason and is affiliated with the Idaho Consistory, No. 8, S. P. R. S. A. A. and El Katif Temple, Spokane. He has but recently been appointed master council of Kodash and is a trustee of the Masonic Temple Association. Political activities have always engaged much of Mr. Chamberlin's attention and during the entire period of his residence here he has been connected with the government of the city. For four terms he represented his ward in the council, and acted for a while as justice of the peace, while he was mayor for three years, assuming the responsibilities of this office in 1901. That he has discharged his duties with efficiency is manifested by the length of his term. His support is always given to the men and measures of the republican party and he has several times been state committeeman. As he has high standards regarding the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, Mr. Chamberlin always finds the time to advance the interests of the community by assisting in promoting any movement that he feels will advance the welfare of the majority of the inhabitants. He is an enthusiastic member of the Commercial Club, and is most zealous in his efforts on its behalf. At the present time he is a member of the board of directors of this organization and he is also treasurer and a director of the Coeur d'Alene Merchants Association, while his connection with organizations of a more purely social nature is confined to his membership in the Inland Club of Spokane. Success has attended the efforts of Mr. Chamberlin since he located in Coeur d'Alene and he is a man who would be an acquisition to any community, not only because of his disinterested public services, but because of the capable and intelligent manner in which he directs any enterprise with which he is connected, the strength and progress of any town depending upon the resourcefulness and sagacity of its business men.
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Chavatel Wins First Annual October Prize for Poetry!
Salisbury University creative writing graduate and all around amazing person, Caroline Chavatel, has won the first annual October Prize for Poetry from the Cossack Review. The winning poem, "The Given, These Bodies," will appear in issue 7. She will be bringing her talents to New Mexico State University's MFA program this fall. I'm sure she will do amazing things there. Grats, Caroline!!!


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The Stadthuys (an old Dutch spelling, literally meaning "town hall"), also known as the Red Square, is a historical structure situated in the heart of Malacca Town, the administrative capital of the state of Malacca, Malaysia. It was built by the Dutch occupants in 1650 as the office of the Dutch Governor and Deputy Governor.
When Malacca was handed over to the British in the 19th century, the Malacca Free School was opened in the vicinity of the Stadthuys in the 7 December, 1826, by missionaries residing in the state, in response to a letter dated 19 April, 1825, signed by a J. Humprey, J. W. Overee and A. W. Baumgarten, which called for an English institutional education to be built in Malacca.
The school which the British provided free education to residents was eventually renamed Malacca High School in 1871 upon a takeover by the British government, and moved out to its present site at Chan Koon Cheng Road in 1931.
Situated at Laksamana Road, beside the Christ Church, the supposed oldest remaining Dutch historical building in the Orient, is now the home of a Museum of History and Ethnography. Among the displays in the museum are traditional costumes and artefacts throughout the history of Malacca, which makes it Malacca's premier museum.