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WHEN A school hasa five-star, five-player recruiting class, thoughts inevitably turn to thestoried quintet led by Chris Webber and Jalen Rose. "The Fab Five really isthe perfect nickname," says UCLA freshman Jrue Holiday. "But it'salready been taken—by Michigan, right?"
Forgive Holiday,who was born in 1990 and was not even two years old when the Wolverines made itto the national championship game in the Fab Five's debut season. Holiday nowheadlines another vaunted first-year fivesome, which includes guards MalcolmLee and Jerime Anderson, as well as frontliners Drew Gordon and J'Mison (Bobo)Morgan.
UCLA needed thistalent infusion after losing three underclassmen to the NBA draft—center KevinLove, guard Russell Westbrook and forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. The Bruinsdon't have a ready replacement at center for Love, but Holiday should do justfine filling in at shooting guard for Westbrook. Holiday, the 2008 GatoradePlayer of the Year (the same honor bestowed upon Love in 2007), may not be asexplosive as Westbrook, but he is a better shooter and ball handler. "Hedoes a little bit of everything well," says UCLA coach Ben Howland. And hecan do it with either hand: The ambidextrous Holiday shoots with his right butfeels more comfortable dribbling and dunking with his left. "It makes himvery tough to defend," Lee says. "You can't force him any oneway."
Lee has beentrying to guard Holiday since the fifth grade, when Lee was playing AAUbasketball for the Riverside Tar Heels and Holiday was with the RanchoCucamonga Bulls. Holiday's point guard at the time was Anderson, who will backup Darren Collison this season while Lee backs up Josh Shipp. With Anderson'scourt vision and Lee's three-point-shooting prowess, the Bruins are as loadedon the perimeter as any team in the country.
The UCLArecruiting class was already ranked No. 1 when Morgan committed on May 23, thesame day that Love announced he was hiring an agent for his move to the NBA.The 6'10" Morgan, who originally signed with LSU and was released from hisscholarship after coach John Brady was fired in February, picked the Bruins inpart because he saw that they needed him. "They were missing anenforcer," he says.
Morgan's mother,Bianca, called him Bozo when he was a baby, thinking the shock of hair atop hishead made him look like a clown. His older brother, who could not pronounceBozo, went with Bobo instead. For one member of this freshman class, at least,a nickname is firmly in place.
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Can the callow Bruins contain Notre Dame's 6'8", 255-pound strongman LukeHarangody on the inside or shut down sharpshooter Kyle McAlarney on theoutside? The first meeting since 2005 in this rivalry will be a test of UCLA'stoughness.
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Seth Davis checks in from UCLA, where a hot freshman and some surprisereturnees could bring the Bruins to a fourth straight Final Four.
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AUSTRALIAN dance music duo Cut Snake will bring the party to Magnums Hotel today, as part of their International tour that started in Surfers Paradise a week ago.
With an attitude of "It's about enjoying the moment and having a great time," the Gold Coast duo Paul Fisher (Fish) and Leigh Sedley (Sedz) are set to shake up the Airlie party scene this.
Professional surfers turned music icons, Cut Snake were childhood mates not short of banter, have an incredible dynamic and crazy chemistry on stage.
Fish is recognised as "one of the biggest personalities in the surfing industry," thanks to his wild personality and contagious laugh.
The dudes discovered their passion for underground dance music whilst touring the world as professional surfers.
Honing their music and production skills from beachfront bungalows, providing a fresh vibe to their shows unmatched by any other.
Sedz earned the nickname "mad scientist" as he is said to channel his huge passion for surfing into music production.
There style of music is described as "atmospheric and deep-leaning, suited to no one particular environment," but having grown up on the coast the pair are set to be right at home in the beach-side town of Airlie.
Cut Snake's antics caught on camera have amassed them a cult following in Australia and have given the duo an edge on US turf.
Now Australian expats living in America the duo have signed deals with Three Six Zero/ Warner Bros, so be sure to catch them while they're still on home soil.
The lads' edge, of course, is in teaching their audience how to take a break and have a drink or several.
Tickets available through OZTIX, don't kick yourself later for letting this event pass you by.
WHO: Cut Snake, supported by resident DJs
WHEN: Friday December 15, doors open at 9pm
WHERE: Magnums Hotel
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This International Women's Day, women the world over are being asked to #BeBoldForChange for a more gender inclusive world. I'm going to go one bold step further, advocating for a gender and dementia inclusive world.
8 March 2017
Kate Swaffer, guest blog
You might not link the words dementia and gender. You wouldn't be alone; of the 29 countries in the world with a national plan to tackle dementia, only 12 acknowledge what it really means for women. This is despite dementia being in the world's top ten causes of death for women according to the World Health Organisation, and the biggest cause of death for women in the UK.
As a woman living with dementia and a past care partner and nurse of people with dementia, I write and read back these words with unease. The point of revealing the impact of dementia on women worldwide and the failure of governments to adequately respond is not to fear monger – it's to provoke change. We desperately need a greater global understanding of what it means to be a woman affected by dementia.
I can talk about my perspective as a woman with young onset dementia, and I am lucky to have this platform, but each person's experience of dementia is different. We are regularly defined by the symptoms of our disease—forgetful, confused, aggressive, odd behaviour, absconders, mute or refusing to communicate—rather than the people we still are—mothers, lovers, daughters, wives, employees or employers, grandmothers, aunties, friends.
For me personally, living with dementia some days is terrifying – it's difficult and it is sad.
Conversely, there are days where I see living with dementia as one of my greatest gifts in life. Being told I have a terminal condition, and could potentially lose my cognitive capacity and most of the memories that define me has actually given me a clarity in life that I didn't have before. But it hasn't been easy for me, nor is it for the millions of other women that live with dementia, are carers for someone living with a dementia or that make up most of the undervalued and underpaid care workforce (where it exists) worldwide.
Within six months of diagnosis it was recommended to me that I start going to aged day care once a month to get used to it. The advice was well-meaning, but it was based on a lack of understanding and preconceived expectations and myths about how people can or can't live with dementia. It was also based on late stage dementia, not early stage dementia. If I'd had a brain injury through a stroke or a road traffic accident would I have been told to go home and give up? No, I would have been offered rehabilitation and support to fight for my life. I term it 'Prescribed Disengagement®' – it takes away any power or control of the person diagnosed, giving it to or forcing it on family care partners and then health and care services; it promotes dependence, rather than independence. It is unhealthy and wrong. Prescribed Disengagement lowers a person's own expectations about how they can live, and it lowers others' expectations about how we can function and live, including employers, health care professionals and service providers. There remains a gross and systemic underestimation of the capacity of people with dementia.
I was studying as a mature age student at the time of my diagnosis and thankfully, at university I was, and am, still viewed as a whole person, in the same way as any other person living with disabilities. I continued to study, completing two degrees; I went on to complete a Master of Science in Dementia Care in 2014. Continuing to study post-diagnosis helped take away the focus from dementia and dying to living and meaningful achievement.
Having to give up my paid employment, because of the symptoms of dementia, was very difficult. No-one ever asked me how it felt or if I had lost the sense of who I was, no-one ever asked me about the human cost of this or any of the other losses. Some even said I was lucky to be retiring early! For many our work defines us, just as many years ago women who stayed at home and worked full-time as mothers and house keepers, felt empty when their children all left home, as if they had lost the sense of who they were. Globally, around two out of three primary dementia carers are women, and women are more likely than men to reduce their hours to part-time, or stop work completely to support someone with dementia. Wherever you go, if you meet new people, they almost always ask 'What do you do?' If you only do dementia, then what do you tell them, and what value is your life perceived to have? This is probably why I blog, write, speak out and advocate, not just to create my memory bank, but to make sense of dementia, and to make sure my life feels valued, so that I am doing something that is still meaningful and worthwhile to me.
To mark International Women's Day I recently joined a panel of leading women working to tackle the global challenge of dementia, speaking at a London event organised by the Global Alzheimer's & Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA). GADAA is a network of international civil society organisations coordinated by Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer's Disease International, Age International and Dementia Alliance International. GADAA is launching a report that frames dementia as a global women's health, social care and rights issue that can no longer be ignored. The GADAA report is revealing not just in its findings of discrimination faced by women affected by dementia worldwide, but in the lack of research and policies to address the issue.
Yet there is hope. In May, the World Health Assembly will decide on the adoption of a ground breaking Global Action Plan on Dementia. The plan makes recommendations, which for the first time include rehabilitation and a gender sensitive approach to support people with dementia. We must urge governments the world over to back this plan, for the sake of everyone affected by dementia.
It is only by talking about dementia and facing the global challenge head on, that we will address the many misperceptions and myths about the disease, or else the stigma, discrimination and isolation women affected by dementia face will almost certainly continue.
Kate Swaffer is an advocate, author and speaker, on dementia. Chair, CEO and Co-founder of Dementia Alliance International and a Steering Committee member of the Global Alzheimer's & Dementia Action Alliance, Kate is also 2017 SA Australian of the Year. Kate was diagnosed with younger onset dementia in 2008, at the age of 49.
Read the GADAA report, Women & Dementia: A Global Challenge


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My daughter Emily took a trip with her husband, children, and parents-in-law to India, where her husband has many relatives. During the three-week trip, I was very happy to be able to follow her travels through photos and writing she shared on Facebook. Her Facebook posts took a form that made me think of William … Continue reading
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One way to help oneself heal from grief is to offer others honest lessons from experience. In this essay, included in the anthology On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties, Nina Abnee has done so with generosity. "What I Learned When My Husband Died" is about Nina's life and marriage, the end of her husband's life and how during those … Continue reading
Thelma Zirkelbach describes her memoir as "a story of love and loss and unexpected courage." In the following excerpt from Chapter 11 of Stumbling Through the Dark, Mazo Publishers, 2013 (posted here with permission of the author), Thelma's husband Ralph is undergoing a red cell transplant. How does one commemorate what is supposed to be … Continue reading
Along with editors Barbara B. Rollins, Becky Haigler, and Robyn Conley, Thelma Zirkelbach edited the anthology On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties. We posted an interview with Thelma last week about the process of finding contributors and publishing the anthology. This week, we are pleased to post an essay by Thelma from the 2012 book. … Continue reading
Former romance writer Thelma Zirkelback has two books out now (and a blog) on the subject of widowhood, one an anthology she co-edited of writings by women who have coped with their new life situation (On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties) and the other a memoir about her interfaith marriage and and the loss of … Continue reading


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A guide to the basics of RDM (Remote Device Management) DMX. How it works and what it does.
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Articles, guides and tutorials on Remote Device management, RDM DMX and related stage lighting control. RDM is an addition to the DMX512 protocol which enables two-way communication over a DMX control system, allowing devices such as lighting fixtures and other equipment to 'talk back' to the controller. This can be used to remotely setup and adjust the devices from an RDM enabled controller.
DMX Book Updated + other DMX512 Books
The comprehensive DMX book "Recommended Practice for DMX 512: A guide for users and installers" (phew) by Adam Bennette has been updated. On Stage Lighting looks at the new edition [ … ]
DMX Fault – Finding and Fixing DMX Problems
DMX512 is the most common stage lighting control system that can control both intelligent lighting and DMX dimmer systems. A DMX control system is pretty simple and robust and DMX [ … ]
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If you have any experience of stage lighting you have probably used the DMX512 protocol to control your lighting rig. Apart from being able to control your dimmers, DMX lighting [ … ]


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Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory is seeking members of the Clackamas County Arts community who would like to serve as guest bloggers for our site at MtHoodTerritory.com/blog. Posts will help spread the word of the thriving arts in Mt. Hood Territory and showcase what we have to offer arts-enthusiast visitors.
For articles to be featured, they must showcase the arts in the our county in a way that would interest and entice a potential visitor. To submit articles, please send the story to [email protected]. Accompanying images and photography would be helpful. Please include to whom images should be credited. If the image is not taken by the writer, then a copy of an email from the rights holder giving permission to use the image is also necessary. Also please attach a photo and two or three sentence bio of the author that will follow the blog post.
Mt. Hood Territory reserves the right to edit submissions for length, content and voice to match the look and feel of other content on the blog.
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text: EMS Recruitment Page Content Thank you for your interest in Lee County EMS!We appreciate your interest in joining our team in Southwest Florida. For more than 45 years, Lee County EMS has provided Emergency Medical Services to the citizens and visitors of Lee County. Starting with just a handful of employees in the 1970s when the county assumed the responsibility of EMS delivery, we now have more than 300 employees operating more than 40 stations across the county.Lee County EMS will be conducting testing for EMTs and Paramedics in Fort Myers, as well as regional Paramedic testing opportunities in select markets across the country. To get the latest information on employment and testing opportunities, please fill out a Job Interest Card. System informationCommunity DemographicsLee County is home to more than 700,000 permanent residents and welcomes more than 4 million visitors to our community each year.System volumesCY2017 incidents: 86,578CY2017 responses: 89,012CY2017 transports: 58,883System DesignWe operate 30 24-hour ALS ambulances, 2 12-hour BLS ambulances, 8 ALS Peak Load ambulances, and three ALS non-transport locations. Ambulances are based from fixed stations and move to cover adjacent communities when those service areas need help.ShiftsMost of our providers work 24/48 schedules. We do have a variety of 12-hour assignments for peak load and air medical assignments.VehiclesOur fleet of 54 ambulances consists of Sprinter Type III, Ford Type II, and Freightliner Type III vehicles. Through an aggressive fleet replacement program, more than half of the fleet will be in vehicles four-years-old or newer this fiscal year.Cardiac monitorsWe have Zoll X-Series monitors with Wifi transmission to hospitals and cloud-to-PCR integration.Patient Care ReportingWe use ImageTrend Elite for patient care reporting. Each employee on the ambulance has an iPad Pro for use for the shift for reporting, completing checklists, and training activities.DispatchThe county's Emergency Communication Center, known as Lee Control, processes fire and EMS calls for nearly all of the county's providers. TechnologyEach vehicle is a rolling hotspot using Motorola VML and Sierra Wireless technology, with Motorola Computer Aided Dispatch (shift to Hexagon CAD in Fall 2019), Automated Vehicle Locators, and wireless patient care reporting.TrainingAll training needed for state recertification, including AHA certification classes, is provided by the county and employees are paid to attend.Job Interest CardsIf you are interested in the latest information related to testing opportunities with Lee County EMS, please complete a Job Interest Card. This information is used to contact candidates when application and testing opportunities arise.Training & Staff Development The training and development of our Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff is critical to ensuring our employees provide the highest level of pre-hospital emergency medical care and top-notch customer service. EMS Training develops and conducts programs that continuously educate and develop these attributes in our employees. EMS Training is led by the Deputy Chief of Training, who oversees the staff and the division's short- and long-term training goals. The Training Captain works with the Deputy Chief to develop the educational programs necessary for continued state licensure and the evidence-based medicine delivered by the emergency medical system. Three Lieutenants are also detailed to EMS Training, and are responsible for oversight of the Field Training Officer Program, continuing education training, and recertification courses. For more information about our training programs and what you can expect as a new member of our team, click on EMS Training Programs.Florida Certification for Out-of-State ApplicantsThe Florida Department of Health certifies EMTs and Paramedics to practice in the State of Florida. This certification can be achieved in a number of ways. Florida Department of Health RequirementsLee County EMS requirements at time of applicationEmergency Medical TechnicianTake the NREMT EMT exam to qualify for a Florida certification or use an NREMT EMT certification for reciprocityBe certified in Florida as an EMT by the FDOHParamedicTake the NREMT EMT exam to qualify for a Florida certification or use an NREMT NRP certification for reciprocityBe certified in Florida as a Paramedic by the FDOH or hold an NREMT NRP certification and be eligible for reciprocityMore information about reciprocity through FDOH can be found on their website:FDOH EMS Certification InformationForms and Instructions for Online ApplicationFlorida Retirement SystemEMS employees are eligible for special risk classification in the Florida Retirement System. FRS is one of the best-funded retirement plans in the nation. Employees may select a traditional pension plan or an investment option. Employees contribute 3 percent of their salary, while the employer covers 23.27 percent of the employee's salary. Vesting in the FRS pension plan generally occurs at eight years of service with an FRS employer.For more information on FRS, visit: https://www.myfrs.com/Employee BenefitsThe county offers employee benefits that are difficult to find in the public and private sector. This includes a generous medical and dental plan from Aetna, with employee-only coverage premiums of just $15 per month and family coverage for just $160 per month. The county also offers short-term disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, and additional life insurance products. For more information, visit:http://www.leegov.com/hr/employees/benefitplans Housing and communitiesLee County offers a diverse array of communities, from waterside residences to rural retreats. 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Sam Dolnick is an assistant managing editor who oversees The Times's audio report, its work in film and television and other digital projects. He helped launch "The Daily," one of the top podcasts in the country, as well as "The Weekly," where he's an executive producer. He also helped launch The Times's early experiments in virtual reality and other mobile journalism initiatives. He joined The Times in 2009 as a Metro reporter covering the Bronx and immigrant communities and won the George Polk Award for justice reporting in 2013 for his yearlong investigation into dysfunction inside New Jersey's privately run halfway houses.


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How often do you catch yourself in a position where you are totally dependent on other people's kindness? Car broke down? Lost in the city without a map? Need someone to lend you a phone for a call? These are only a few examples of situations where you will not be able to get around without somebody helping you. One thing that these type of circumstances teaches you is to always be kind if you spot someone who needs your help because you can never be sure when you'll end up wishing somebody helped you.
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Recently, researchers at Science journal conducted an experiment that cost them around half a million dollars
The idea is quite simple. 11 men and 2 women have traveled to 355 major cities across 40 countries where they "lost" 17,000 wallets. The main goal was to see how differently citizens in each country responded to a lost wallet. Would they return it? Would they keep the money? What was the reasoning behind their actions?
There were two types of wallets used in the experiment, one had a key and no money inside, another one had some money and a key
These wallets contained grocery lists written in the native language, business cards with the owner's name and email written on them, some money, and a key.
The average amount of money in the wallet was $13.45 (USD) in the country's currency, and a few countries (United Kingdom, Poland, and the United States) had a larger sum of $94.15. As mentioned before, there were also wallets that had no money but had a key.
Here's the graph portraying how different countries responded to this experiment
As shown in the graph, the yellow dot symbolizes the percentage of wallets without any in money in them that were returned, and the red dot shows the percentage of returned wallets that contained money inside them. Scandinavian countries aced the experiment by returning the biggest amount of lost wallets. Unfortunately, countries like China, Morocco, Peru, and Kazakhstan had the smallest return-rate.
There were a few factors that affected the way people responded to the lost wallet – researchers found that wallets that had a key were returned way more often than those without the key, which mainly has to do with people thinking the key has a more significant value to the owner.


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Adolph MENZEL (Breslau 1815 - Berlin 1905)
Therese and Grete Herrmann at the Piano Sold
Pencil, with stumping.
Signed, inscribed and dated Adolph Menzel / Hofgastein / 22 Juli / 1872 at the lower right.
244 x 336 mm. (9 5/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Throughout his life, Adolph Menzel displayed a passionate interest in music, as evidenced in many of his letters. As he noted in one such missive, written in 1836 to his close friend Carl Heinrich Arnold, 'I have come to the conclusion that music, if perhaps not the first of all arts, is incontestably the one which affects the heart most directly.' Menzel was particularly fond of the music of Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart and Schubert, and was a frequent visitor to concerts and opera performances in Berlin. He also often attended (and drew) private hausmusikrecitals at the home he shared with his sister Emilie and her husband, the composer and conductor Hermann Krigar. Although highly knowledgeable about music, Menzel does not, however, appear to have played an instrument himself.
In the summers between 1872 and 1874, Menzel, Emilie and Hermann Krigar, and their two children Gretel and Otto were guests of the Berlin banker and art collector Magnus Herrmann (1817-1894) in the spa town of Bad Hofgastein in Austria. Herrmann and Menzel enjoyed a long and close friendship, and Herrmann was among the artist's earliest and most important patrons. He owned several significant works by the artist, notably The Flute Concert of Frederick II at Sansoucci of 1850-1852, which he sold to the Nationalgalerie in Berlin in 1875. At the Herrmann family's summer home, the Villa Carolina in Hofgastein, a studio for Menzel was set up in a gardener's cottage, while he also had use of a studio at Pyrkerstrasse 14 in the town itself. As the collector's daughter Agathe Herrmann later recalled, 'Menzel lived with his family in the so-called Gärtnerhaus, where my father had a large studio built, from whose windows Menzel painted the famous 'View of Hofgastein'. For several summers, Menzel and his family were our dear guests in Gastein.' Menzel made numerous drawings of Hofgastein and the Alpine scenery surrounding the town, many of which were later developed into finished paintings and gouaches, as well as several appealing and informal sketches of scenes of daily life with the Herrmann and Krigar-Menzel families at the Villa Carolina.
The Herrmanns had four daughters; Clara (1851-1888), who was to marry the painter Albert Hertel, Agathe (c.1855-c.1904/09), Therese (b.1863) and Margarethe, known as Grete (b.1864), as well as a son, Paul (1857-1921). In July 1872, when Menzel made this charming drawing of the two youngest Herrmann children at the piano, Therese was nine years old and Grete was seven. Their elder sister Agathe, who came to own the present sheet, later recalled the circumstances which led to this drawing: '[Menzel] would go out in wind and weather but one day when there was a great downpour, he came into the music room where my two little sisters were playing four-handed the 'Serenade' by Haydn together on the piano. "Children, I want to draw the chandelier, play something for me", he said to them, thereby capturing their unselfconscious attitude, and making the characteristic, picturesque portrait drawing of them with which he later delighted my parents.'
The present sheet is undoubtedly among the most delightful of Menzel's drawings of young children. Therese and Grete Herrmann, in their matching dresses, sit on a pair of upholstered chairs in the music room of the Villa Carolina. The artist has affectionately captured the girls' intense, silent concentration as they study the score of Franz Joseph Haydn's Serenade before them, engrossed in playing the enchanting melody which Menzel must have enjoyed as he drew them.
Music was an important part of daily life in the Herrmann household, and since each of the members of the family played musical instruments, impromptu concerts were a regular occurrence at the Villa Carolina. As Agathe Herrmann recalled of one such time, 'A brief intense thunderstorm, which we enjoyed only from the balcony...united us all in the music room. Herr Musikdirektor Krigar played the piano, my brother Paul the cello, my father the violin. We were all in the right mood for Mozart, and so our father's beautiful violin sounded with particular warmth, and Menzel, notwithstanding his full enjoyment of the music, took out his carpenter's pencil and drew the musicians.' In 1874 Menzel produced a drawing of Magnus Herrmann playing the violin, today in a private collection, and another of his eldest child Clara seated at a piano, now in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin. A pencil drawing of an unidentified man playing a cello, inscribed and dated 'Hofgastein [18]74', in the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, may also be added to this group.
In this virtuoso pencil drawing, which the artist presented as a gift to Magnus and Mathilde Herrmann, Menzel observes the girls with a tender and sympathetic eye. As one recent scholar has described the present sheet, 'It is a very beautiful drawing, which once again shows with what attention Menzel confronted the world of childhood and adolescence.' The peaceful and relaxing life Menzel enjoyed as a guest of the Herrmann family at the Villa Carolina in Hofgastein must have provided a welcome respite from his work on the large industrial painting of The Iron Rolling Mill, on which he laboured between 1872 and 1875.
Although this large drawing was included in several significant exhibitions in Berlin between the very end of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, it was last exhibited in 1929.
Magnus Herrmann, Berlin, until 1894
By descent to his wife, Mathilde Herrmann, Berlin, until 1902
Their daughter, Agathe Herrmann, Berlin
Private collection, Berlin
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, 7 June 1996, lot 5765
Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg
Private collection, Germany, since 1997
Private collection, USA
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Villa Grisebach, 30 November 2016, lot 173.
Agathe Herrmann, 'Wie ich Menzel kannte', in Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Vol.XX, Berlin, n.d. (1905), p.100; Kurt Karl Eberlein, 'Hundert Jahre Berliner Kunst', Kunst und Künstler, June 1929, illustrated as frontispiece, facing p.335; Karl Scheffler, Adolph Menzel, Leipzig, 1938, illustrated p.194; Gisold Lammel, ed., Exzellenz lassen bitten: Erinnerungen an Adolph Menzel, Leipzig, 1992, p.251, p.370, illustrated p.249; Gisold Lammel, Adolph Menzel und seine Kreise, Dresden and Basel, 1993, pp.142-143, fig.88; Carol C. Gillham and Carolyn H. Wood, European Drawings from the Collection of the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, 2001, p.176, under no.69; Claude Keisch and Marie Ursula Riemann-Reyher, ed., Adolph Menzel: Briefe, Berlin and Munich, 2009, Vol.2 (1856 bis 1880), p.871, under no.797, note 1; Luciano Pelizzari, Menzel in Verona: Die Italienreisen des großen deutschen Malers des 19. Jahrhunderts, exhibition catalogue, Ingelheim am Rhein, 2008, p.277.


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This is a guest article from Barry Tobin, Navy veteran and a McGuckin Hardware Green Vest from the Sporting Goods department.
by Barry J. Tobin
"A veteran is someone who, at one point, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for an amount of up to and including his or her life." -Unknown
McGuckin Hardware has partnered with Veterans Speak, a non-profit, community-based organization enlisting companies, neighbors and friends to explore how they can better respond to veterans in and around Boulder.
The Boulder, Colorado hardware store joined Veteran's Speak when the organization's president, Ed Miccio, met with Marketing Manager Louise Garrels and sparked her interest.
"There are 15,000 vets in Boulder," Louise said. "The university has 800 vets, men and women. I saw our vets here at McGuckin's wearing their hats every Veterans' Day. Veterans Speak truly speaks to our goals to be community driven."
Patty was a young M.A.S.H. nurse in Vietnam during the 1960s — the bad old days. She has dedicated her life to serving vets. As a nurse practitioner, she staffs an office at the Denver Veterans Administration Hospital.
Inside her office hanging on a wall is a picture of the Vietnam Nurse Memorial in Washington, DC. The bronze statue depicts a nurse cradling a fallen brother-in-arms. A pair of dog tags overlays the image with a slogan added: Not all girls in the 60s wore love beads.
Not all boys wore love beads either. The average age of a soldier in Vietnam was 19 years.
Jerry was a United States Navy SEAL. Assigned to a SEAL Team in Beirut, a land mine exploded. Members of Jerry's SEAL Team were killed around him as hot metal from the blast tore into his legs and left foot.
He was evacuated to Germany, then flown stateside. After months of surgeries and rehabilitation, Jerry returned to the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, California, where SEALs Train.
"The SEALs require you to qualify again after you are wounded," he explained. "I did everything, but the swimming with fins was…" He didn't finish his thought.
"They gave me 14 weeks to qualify, but my left foot didn't work well," Jerry said, and a SEAL officer told him he was only at 50 percent.
"I wouldn't want you watching my back," the officer told Jerry, before offering him a desk job. He declined. "I wanted to be with the Teams, the guys, or I didn't want to be in the Navy," he said. He also refused disability.
"I don't want to take anything from my government," he said. "I love my government. I love my country."
Luke Klausner, manager in the Garden Department, served in the United States Navy from 1993-1997. Stationed in Mayport, Florida, Luke served in the Persian Gulf, the North Atlantic and Haiti.
His ship, the USS Stark, rescued more than 2,500 Cuban refugees.
"One of the rescued guys was a champion fighter," Luke said. "He kept everyone in line."
It is the friendships Luke mostly remembers.
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Jim Jensen, U.S. Navy, is a Vietnam veteran and a chief petty officer, one of the highest enlisted ranks in the Navy. Jim served 1971-78, and active reserve from 1978-1992.
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Barry Tobin, Sporting Goods, is a Vietnam veteran. He served on two Navy destroyers from 1966-69, the USS Charles P. Cecil and the USS Basilone.
Aboard ships, Barry circumnavigated the globe, traversed the Panama Canal, completed a tour in Vietnam and returned stateside via the Suez Canal. He visited five of seven continents including the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. He sailed the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans and the Black, Mediterranean and South China seas.
"I have seen every continent except Australia and the Antarctic," he said, "What an education. I learned respect for people and other cultures, the values of friendships, teamwork and a deep love for my country."
In 1972, Barry re-enlisted in the Navy Reserve Mobile Construction Battalions, called SEABEES. The construction battalions are also combat trained, with the motto: "We Build. We Fight." Barry trained in defensive combat at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He served until 1984 as a construction electrician.
Barry Maupin, Tool Department, is a Navy Veteran. From 1970-72, he served aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal, a ship bigger than Free Union, Virginia— his hometown with a population of 150 people.
"We had 5,000 aboard," he said, "I met a lot of good people. I learned trust in people and respect for what it takes to keep our country free."
Gordon Hewell, Warehouse, retired from the United States Air Force in May 1973 after serving 20 years. He was stationed throughout the United States and worked in an administrative role.
"It made me grow up quick," he said. "I went in right out of high school. It taught me responsibility and work ethic. It was a real wake-up call."
While stationed in Panama, Gordon supported Operation Just Cause, The Invasion of Panama, which came in the wake of several clashes between U.S. and Panamanian Forces. During the invasion, Manuel Noriega, the de facto Panamanian leader, general and dictator was deposed and a new president sworn into office.
The U.N. estimated 500 deaths, including twenty-three U.S. servicemen. An estimated 325 were wounded.
I remember the night before the invasion," Gordon said. "I woke up to the sound of tanks and planes coming in. I heard them dropping bombs."
He wondered what was going on, but was not told about the invasion until later that day.
Veterans are not always overseas. Some serve stateside performing public works.
Tom Steinbaugh, section manager of Plumbing and Builder's Hardware, operated heavy equipment.
Serving in the United States Air Force, Tom began his enlistment at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver to attend radio intercept school, but the Air Force cancelled the class.
Serving in the Air National Guard and later the Army Reserve, Tom joined the heavy equipment crews, driving bulldozers, front-end loaders and graders.
"We worked on an animal shelter in Longmont, Boulder Creek at 30th Street and Chatfield," he said. He served at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi and Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas.
Dave Hight, owner of McGuckin Hardware, is a Navy veteran. He served as a radioman from 1951-1952. His test scores were high enough that he could have gone to Annapolis Naval Academy.
"I didn't go because I was married," he said. Then came a life-changing event.
"I was in a parade and passed out," Dave said. "They sent me to the hospital and found I had a bad back."
He left the Navy and took over an office for Gordon Foods, a snack food business in Norfolk where he worked for one year until his wife Dee became pregnant and they came back to Denver to be near family.
"The military is discipline," he said. "I learned how to take orders. When Dee tells me to go unhook the horses, I go unhook the horses."
Greg Ballard, Warehouse, served in the United States Army as a member of the COHORT Plan from 1985-88.
"We were a camaraderie of buddies," he said. "We stayed together for the whole three years."
Stationed Fort Ord in California, Greg and his buddies were assigned to 7th Light Infantry serving in mortar teams, but saw no combat.
"I was lucky," he said. "My unit never got involved [in battle]."
Like many veterans, Greg remembers his friends and the camaraderie.
Military service can be life changing in many ways.
Bob Tofte in Fasteners is a veteran who served for two years at Fitzsimmons Army Base in Denver. He dreamed of a combat role in the Army Airborne, but his dreams were shortened.
"They released me after one day because I had bad knees," he said. "So I became a payroll specialist."
A later visit to the medical department held another surprise.
"I met my wife there when she cleaned my teeth," he said. "She was a licensed hygienist in Illinois and couldn't practice in Colorado. But the army had its own rules and let her work as a hygienist there."
Bob and Laurel have been married 41 years.
"I am more supportive of sacrifices made by our troops — all volunteers," he said.
Bill Gendreau, manager in Builder's Hardware, has many family members who are Navy veterans.
Elphege Gendreau, Bill's grandfather, was a Navy captain and a medical officer who served in World Wars I and II. He served on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the commander in chief for the Pacific Fleet during World War II.
In the summer of 1943, Captain Gendreau boarded a rescue vessel and volunteered to assist evacuating wounded from an Island in the South Pacific. He was killed in a dive-bombing attack on July 21, 1943.
Admiral Nimitz recommended that a ship be built in Captain Gendreau's memory. USS Gendreau, a destroyer escort, was launched in August 1943 and served until 1972.
Bill's father, Elphege, Jr., was a Navy commander and served from 1940 until 1960. After service in the Navy, he was a professor of nautical engineering at the University of Colorado.
Bill's maternal grandfather was a Navy Captain; another was a Brigadier General in the Marine Corps. Two of Bill's nephews are Navy fighter pilots.
Courtney Imhoff, Human Resources Manager, has seen perspective of a different battle, one of sadness and the fear of not knowing about a loved one.
Courtney's brother, Seth Kastle, served three years in combat-torn Iraq and Afghanistan.
At times, it was days or longer before Courtney and her family connected with Seth, separated by days of sadness and fear.
"I am a crier," Courtney said, "I am such a crier."
Then came telephone calls from Seth.
"I would cry when I heard his voice," she said, "I remember saying, 'Oh thank God you are still alive.'"
Courtney and her mom didn't sit idle. They launched a stateside program and named it SOS, Save Our Soldiers. They sent boxes of comfort items to soldiers serving in harm's way. Not only did they send the boxes, they paid the postage, too.
"We sent more than 100 boxes," Courtney said. "It was a real care package."
Veterans sometimes have their slang terms for the battlefields. To Vietnam vets, they were In-Country. Navy vets today call the battlefields Downrange. Iraq vets refer to Iraq as The Sandbox. For many combat vets, combat is a baptism of fire under the rockets' red glare.
Veterans serve for many reasons in many roles. Some serve in medical departments, others in administrative roles. Some are stateside and serve their communities. Many go DOWNRANGE, ready to help others who live in fear, those who stand alone and defenseless against tyrants, those deprived of liberty and human dignity.
Many make the supreme sacrifice.
Navy Chief Petty Officer Jim Jenkins wears a t-shirt with an inscription that resonates within many vets:
I wanted to serve.
I volunteered to serve.
I knew what I was doing
And, I'd do it again!


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The last straw
Enough is enough.
How much more of a circus can the presidential election become before people put true patriotism over political allegiance?
Donald Trump began his campaign by attacking Mexicans. He gained support by persecuting Muslims. Now the awful way he regards women has come to light.
Trump is a disgusting joke. His recent lewd comments toward women are inexcusable from anyone, let alone a person running for president.
His campaign continues to degrade the American presidency week after week, and people who don't flinch at the recurring scandals have given up caring how foolish it makes America look in the eyes of the world.
On Friday, a damning video was released by The Washington Post with audio never meant to see the light of day. The transcript alone does not do Trump's words justice. Any rational person who views the video would see Trump as a dangerous misogynist who should not be elected to any office whatsoever.
The video was taken in 2005 when he was set to appear on a TV show. Trump talked with Billy Bush, a former host of "Access Hollywood" and nephew to former President George W. Bush. He told Bush a story about trying to sleep with a married woman.
"I moved on her very heavily," Trump said. "In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, 'I'll show you where they have some nice furniture.' I moved on her like a bitch. I couldn't get there and she was married. Then, all of a sudden, I see her — she's now got the big phony tits and everything. She's totally changed her look."
Trump was married to Melania at the time of the recording.
After that, Trump and Bush talked about the woman from the show who was waiting to greet them.
"Yeah that's her with the gold," Trump said. "I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful … I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet — just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
What Trump described is a sexual assault.
Bush, who is now a host of the "Today" show, said in response, "Whatever you want."
Trump added: "Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."
There is no defense to these comments. Even Tic Tac denounced the comments.
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Bush has been suspended from the "Today" show.
Noah Oppenheim, executive producer at "Today," said in a memo Sunday that "there is simply no excuse for Billy's language and behavior on that tape." Bush has been suspended "pending further review of the matter," Oppenheim said.
After the video was released, Trump lost many Republican supporters in politics.
Congress members abandoned him. Many heavy hitters like Sen. John McCain withdrew their support. The secretary of state under President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, called for Trump to drop out of the election. The Majority Leader for the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, withdrew an invitation for Trump to appear at a campaign event. Trump's running mate, Gov. Mike Pence, denounced the comments.
Trump released an apology video on Friday night.
"Anyone who knows me knows these words don't reflect who I am," Trump said. "I said it. I was wrong, and I apologize."
Trump then deflected. He changed the subject to jobs, and then attacked former President Bill Clinton — the husband of his opponent Hillary — for his past indiscretions and accusations of sexual assault.
An apology may have been acceptable from a private citizen whose goal was to remain a private citizen. Trump is the Republican nominee for president, and these comments can not, and must not stand.
Past behavior is indicative of future behavior.
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This isn't Trump's first controversy with women. He's consistently attacked women on their weight and for being women instead of men.
Trump attacked former Miss Universe Alicia Machado for her weight.
"He called this woman Miss Piggy. Then he called her Miss Housekeeping because she was Latina," Clinton said during an earlier debate. "She has become a U.S. citizen, and you can bet she's going to vote this November."
Trump's tirades on Rosie O'Donnell are numerous.
"Rosie O'Donnell is disgusting both inside and out," Trump once said on "Entertainment Tonight." "If I were running "The View," I'd fire Rosie. I'd look at her in that fat, ugly face of hers — I'd say 'Rosie, you're fired."'
Trump didn't like how he was treated by Fox News host Megyn Kelly during a Republican primary debate. He attacked her afterward and made comments about her being on her period.
"I don't have a lot of respect for Megyn Kelly. You know she's a lightweight. She came out there reading her little script and trying to be tough and be sharp. When you meet her, she's not very tough, and she's not very sharp … you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes; blood coming out of her whatever."
He spun the remark as meaning blood was coming out of her ears. But no one is buying that explanation from the deeply-troubled man.
This newly-released video is just another example of Trump perpetuating even more sexism that normalizes these kinds of attacks on women.
Looking the other way with this man is no longer an option.
We cannot look the other way; we need to take a hard look and decide what kind of a nation we want to be.
But much of Trump's support remains intact. People who continue to ignore the facts about this man fully accept all of the horrendous statements he's made and all of the ones yet to come. It's deplorable.
Yes, Hillary Clinton is not perfect, but she has been a tireless public servant for decades.
This editorial does not serve as an endorsement of Hillary Clinton, nor should it. If Trump were running unopposed, he should still not be allowed to take the presidency.
Trump's methods in business of screwing over the little guy for personal gain should be enough to make people not vote for him. He is a crook, a coward and a liar with no real plan to "make America great again."
This misogyny cannot be permitted to stand unless it represents the nation we want to be. It does not.
This is the last straw.


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Marco Hietala chooses the 8351s for His New Home Studio
As bass player and male singer for Finnish symphonic metal titans Nightwish and Tarot, Marco Hietala is a hero to music fans all over the world, as well as a force to be reckoned with on stage. Perhaps less well known is his devotion to recording the music he writes. Having recently moved into a new home, Marco has created a remarkable home studio, named Marco's Cockpit 2.0, complete with Genelec 8351 SAM™ monitors.
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While we were standing talking with our neighbor, we watched a couple of storks fly down the lake. This one, I think recognized us from years past. He wheeled around and came back, landing a few feet from us. I THINK it is the same stork I have been feeding for 7 years. I wonder what their lifespan is. In fact, I think this is the fellow that was in one of the first photos I took with my original Canon Digital DSLR. However, I had a better lens I had transferred from my film SLR. That photo ended up in the newspaper.
I can't wait for my daughter to get here in a few days with my Macro lens!
I can't wait for my daughter to get here in a few days with my Macro lens!
So, I slipped into the house, grabbed the camera and a tin of sardines. At first I dug out a fish for him but then I gave the tin to my Old Dear and let him feed while I snapped. Unfortunately, in the photos you can't really appreciate how close the two actually were.
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