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- Colin: "All right, Harry? I'm — I'm Colin Creevey. I'm in Gryffindor, too. D'you think — would it be all right if — can I have a picture?"
- Harry Potter: "A picture?"
- Colin: "So I can prove I've met you. I know all about you. Everyone's told me. About how you survived when You-Know-Who tried to kill you, and how he disappeared and everything and how you've still got a lightning scar on your forehead [...] It's amazing here, isn't it? I never knew all the odd stuff I could do was magic till I got the letter from Hogwarts. "
- — Colin introduces himself to Harry Potter[src]
Colin Creevey (c. 1981 – 2 May, 1998) was a Muggle-born wizard, son of Mr. Creevey and Mrs. Creevey and older brother of Dennis. He was a big fan of Harry Potter.
During his first year at Hogwarts, he was sorted into Gryffindor House and was known for taking several pictures of Harry and other students. During his fourth year, he and Dennis became members of Dumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and led by Harry Potter. Colin was expelled from Hogwarts in his sixth year, due to Voldemort's policy of not allowing Muggle-borns to attend the school. On 2 May, 1998, he snuck into the Room of Requirement with the rest of Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, during which he was murdered by Death Eaters.
Early life (1981-1992)
Colin Creevey grew up in an ordinary Muggle family. He was the son of a milkman and was amazed to find out he was a wizard attending Hogwarts. Colin was continually awestruck at everything to do with the wizarding world. Colin had a younger brother named Dennis, who was also a wizard, an unusual thing to occur for two magical offspring to come from Muggle parents.
Hogwarts years (1992-1997)
First year
- Colin: "Wow! Can you turn him around, Harry?"
- Harry: "No Colin! Get out of the way!"
- — Colin requesting Ron be poised for a picture after vomiting slugs[src]
In his first year at Hogwarts he was very frequently seen in Hogwarts with a camera, worshipping the ground that Harry walked on. At one point, he asked for an autographed photo of Harry, prompting Draco Malfoy to tell everyone Harry was giving out signed photos. Colin responded by accusing Malfoy of being jealous.
He got his photo, with the celebrity Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart, however the photographic Harry refused to appear on the photo, despite attempts by the photographic Lockhart to drag him into view. When he went to Harry to have the photo signed, Harry was in a rush to get to Quidditch and tried to shake Colin off by claiming it was "boring". This lead to Colin asking Harry about first: the difficulty of flying, second: whether the Nimbus 2000 was Harry's broomstick, third: whether it was the best broom there was (in reality at the time it was the Nimbus 2001 but would la
ter be replaced by the Firebolt) and finally the rules of Quidditch which Harry resigned to explaining. He then sat in the stands taking pictures of the training session, asking Harry at one point to look for a photo. Shortly after this, he also asked Harry about Ron's state of health after he had been accidentally self cursed (protecting Hermione from Malfoy). Upon seeing the state of Ron's condition, he eagerly and inappropriately asked Harry to turn him around. After Mrs Norris was petrified, Colin told Harry a boy in his class had been saying what was presumably that Harry was the Heir of Slytherin. Colin next appeared at the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin where he inappropriately took photos of Harry while he was lying injured in the mud. Shortly after this he was petrified by Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk, when sneaking up to the Hospital Wing to give Harry grapes. However, he was not killed by the snake's stare, because he luckily only saw it through the lens of his camera. The film of his camera was burned, but luckily Colin was only Petrified. He was later revived by a Mandrake Draught.
Second year
Colin's second year of education at Hogwarts was a quieter one than his first, Colin was probably shaken and was likely to be keeping his head down to avoid any trouble after the incident in his first year with the Basilisk. Colin was among the students that stayed behind at the castle as he was too young whilst the other students visited Hogsmeade. He stayed behind along with Harry Potter, who had not had his permission slip for Hogsmeade signed.
Third year
- Colin: "Harry, guess what? Guess what, Harry? My brother's starting! My brother Dennis!"
- Harry Potter: "Er — good"
- Colin: "He's really excited! I just hope he's in Gryffindor! Keep your fingers crossed, eh, Harry?"
- — Colin in the Great Hall[src]
During the Sorting ceremony of 1994, Colin, in an overly excited manner, told Harry Potter (Harry didn't really like it when he was bothered by Colin) to cross his fingers because Colin wanted his younger brother, Dennis, to be sorted into the Gryffindor House along with him. Before the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament, he and his younger brother Dennis got hold of a stack of "Support Cedric Diggory!" badges and attempted to bewitch them to say "Support Harry Potter!" instead, although all they managed to do was get them stuck on "POTTER STINKS", and later "POTTER REALLY STINKS". He was likely manipulated by Rita Skeeter to give info on Harry's love life, as he is quoted saying that Hermione is Harry's "girlfriend". At the end of the year Cedric Diggory of Hogwarts was murdered on Lord Voldemort's orders by Peter Pettigrew and it was announced that he had returned. This would cause unsettlement for Colin and his brother Dennis as Voldemort loathed muggle-borns and with rumours of his rise to power upcoming it was likely to scare him.
Fourth year
- "Is it OK if I bring my camera? Oh wait, probably not we don't want photos of the secret meetings. I won't bring it then, great no problem, thanks again Harry I'll see you later, bye!"
- —Colin Creevey to Harry Potter regarding the D.A. meetings[src]
Colin's fourth year would be a year of rebellion amongst the students. The previous school year ended with the starting of the Second Wizarding War after Lord Voldemort returned and killed Cedric Diggory. However Harry Potter's claims that Voldemort had returned were slated as 'lies' and it wasn't officially announced to be true. Due to the events that took place in Colin's third year, in 1995, Dolores Umbridge was appointed as the eyes of the Ministry to watch over Hogwarts. However, Umbridge was far from what the students had in mind as 'watching over' them, she was a cruel and nasty teacher who refused to teach practical defensive spells to any students.
With students not being taught Defence Against the Dark Arts in a practical manner, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter founded an alliance called the D.A., which would help students to learn how to defend themselves. Colin and his brother both attended the first meeting of the D.A. and both expressed shock in learning what Harry had done during his school years, especially defeating the Basilisk that petrified Colin. Colin and his brother Dennis both joined this alliance and where taught defensive magic by Harry, during their meetings he and his brother were regarded as being erratic, causing several books to fly off bookshelves during practice. After three meetings, he managed to master the Impediment Jinx.
Fifth year
Not a lot is known about what happened to Colin during his fifth year, however when Death Eaters entered Hogwarts and the Battle of the Astronomy Tower struck, Hermione Granger called all D.A. members via their coins for reinforcements and Colin was not one of the few members to actually show for battle. Whether he intentionally stayed out of battle or if it was because he no longer carried his coin is unknown. It is likely that Colin stayed for the funeral of Albus Dumbledore, showing his respects to the late headmaster as there was no mention of Colin attempting to take photographs during the procession like he normally would in a situation of some sort.
Pulled out of education (1997-1998)
In 1997, Hogwarts was taken over by Severus Snape and Death Eaters. Due to Voldemort's policy of not allowing Muggle-borns to attend the school, Colin and his brother Dennis were unable to attend Hogwarts for their sixth year and fourth year of education respectively. It is also likely that the Creeveys went into hiding as there was a Muggle-Born Registration Commission running where any Muggle-born wizards or witches were to be trialled for how they came to possess a wand.
Battle of Hogwarts and death
- "Then Neville nearly walked into him. He was one half of a pair that was carrying a body in from the grounds. Harry glanced down, and felt another dull blow to his stomach: Colin Creevey, though underage, must have sneaked back just as Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle had done. He was tiny in death."
- —Harry witnesses Oliver Wood carry Colin's dead body into the Great Hall[src]
However, even though his blood status prevented him from being taught at Hogwarts, Colin returned when he was recalled along with other members of Dumbledore's Army back to the school when Neville Longbottom informed them of the upcoming battle via their D.A. coins.[1] Though Minerva McGonagall dismissed him from the castle for being underage, Colin must have returned and participated in the Battle of Hogwarts. He likely fought outside the castle, as his body was recovered outside the school by Neville Longbottom and Oliver Wood. He was placed in the Great Hall alongside the others that had fallen in the battle. After his death, the death of Lord Voldemort was soon to come and like many of the fallen Colin's death was not in vain as the cause he fought for during the Second Wizarding War had been won.
Physical appearance
Colin was described as being much shorter than Harry Potter. He had mousy brown hair and brown eyes.
Personality and traits
Colin was a person who would very easily be excited. When he first came into Hogwarts, he was excited about everything. He was also a fan of some wizarding "celebrities", such as Harry Potter and Gilderoy Lockhart. He always took pictures in his first year, which could lead to him being often annoying. Colin was also brave, as he fought at the Battle of Hogwarts against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and was killed during the battle.
Magical abilities and skills
- Defence Against the Dark Arts: Colin had at least some skill in Defence Against the Dark Arts. He mastered both the Impediment Jinx and the Full Body-Bind Curse while in the D.A., but had trouble disarming. He also must have had a lot determination with his Defence against the Dark Arts classes to have such good duelling skills at an early age.
- Wand: Colin most likely bought his wand at Ollivander's before beginning his magical education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Colin Creevey's camera: He uses this camera during his first year at Hogwarts. He liked to take pictures of Harry Potter.
Colin possibly had a good relationship with his family. His father was a milkman. Colin stated that his parents were very excited that their son was a wizard, and Colin wanted to take some photos of Hogwarts, in order to show to his father. Colin was also very close with his brother, Dennis, and was also excited when Dennis came to Hogwarts, too, and was sorted into Gryffindor house. When Colin was killed during the Battle of Hogwarts, his family was certainly devastated.
Harry Potter
Colin was a big fan of Harry Potter, a famous student. Colin thought Harry was a kind of celebrity, but Harry didn't like that, and found Colin extremely annoying, as when he attempted to take a photo of Ron Weasley, who was throwing up slugs. Although he and Harry weren't so close, Colin thought that he was Harry's best friend. During his first year at Hogwarts, he took many pictures of Harry. During his third year, he and Dennis attempted to make "Support Harry Potter" badges for the Triwizard Tournament. During his fourth year, he and his brother became members of Dumbledore's Army, an organisation found by Harry, and he died for Harry's cause. Harry was very saddened when he saw Colin's dead body outside Hogwarts.
Dumbledore's Army
Colin became a member of Dumbledore's Army during his fourth year. It was an organisation founded and led by Harry Potter, in order to teach the students Defence Against the Dark Arts and oppose Dolores Umbridge. Colin had a good relationship with the most of them, including Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Ginny Weasley, who was also in his year.
Other members of the army were Fred and George Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Lee Jordan, Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell and Alicia Spinnet from Gryffindor, Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Zacharias Smith from Hufflepuff, and Terry Boot, Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner, Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang and Marietta Edgecombe from Ravenclaw. All of them (except Zacharias and Marietta) fought at the Battle of Hogwarts. Colin's death during the battle was yet another loss that day that Harry felt keenly. Neville helped Oliver Wood carry Colin's body inside the Great Hall.
- Colin is an anglicised form of the Gaelic name Cailean or Coileain, meaning "whelp," "pup" or "young cub".[2] It can also be derived from the name Nicholas, meaning "victorious people."
- Creevey is an English surname of Celtic origin, and is a contraction of MacCreevey, meaning "son of Reevey."[3]
- It could also be a surname of Irish origin with variant spellings Creevy and Creavagh, is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "O'Craoibhe" meaning "descendant of Craobhach", a byname meaning "curly (-headed)" or "prolific" (from "craobh" meaning "branch, bough").[4]
Behind the scenes
- Hugh Mitchell played Colin in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He also voiced and provided the likeness for the character in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- Hugh Mitchell did not reprise his role in the later films. An added character, Nigel Wolpert, served as a replacement for him in the later films. Hugh has said that he is satisfied that Colin died fighting in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and that he is indifferent to the Nigel character.[5]
- In the cutscene in which Colin is revealed to have been petrified by Slytherin's Monster, in the PS1 version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, he is wearing Ravenclaw robes. This is odd considering that in gameplay mode he is depicted as a Gryffindor.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Name appears on parchment)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Pottermore
Notes and references
- ↑ J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com
- ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/colin-1
- ↑ http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/c/creevy.php
- ↑ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Creevy#ixzz3Ng32Pjd0
- ↑ http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/video-harry-potter-actors-in-supercon-panel-discussion-update-3-a-56744/


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Median income below poverty?
Thanks for the outstanding article on the working poor. ["Nickel and dimed: Barbara Ehrenreich and tap-dancing on the edge," cover story, March 11]. Ehrenreich and Raskin are true journalists. I'm not worthy.
One teeny-weeny item the article omitted: how the US Department of Health and Human Services vastly underestimates the poverty line.
The current poverty thresholds were developed in 1964 by Mollie Orshansky of the Social Security Administration, based on the USDA's 1955 Household Food Consumption Survey that families of three or more persons spent about one third of their after-tax money income on food.
She then took the USDA's economy food plan ("designed for temporary or emergency use when funds are low") and multiplied it by three. She called it "a conservative underestimate" of poverty.
It has been adjusted for inflation ever since. However, over the last 40 years, housing, transportation, healthcare and childcare costs have inflated faster than the cost of food. Today, according to independent research from both the Economic Policy Institute and the Urban Institute, families of three or more persons spend about one fifth of their after-tax money income on food (check your own monthly bills and you'll agree).
So, the real poverty line is more than one-and-a-half times what our government says it is. The official 2004 US poverty line for a family of three is $15,670. But the actual poverty line for a family of three is $26,116. For a family of four, the actual poverty line is $31,416. Mind you, these are after-tax numbers.
How many families of four do you think are taking home $31,416 or less after taxes? Here's a hint: The median household income in the United States in 2002 was $42,409. Subtract payroll taxes (social security, Medicare), and (VA) state and federal income taxes (all told, roughly $11,874 if you're not cheating), you end up with $30,534 after taxes. Where was that poverty line again?
What I'm saying (with a bit of admittedly fancy math) is that theoretically the median income in the United States is below the poverty line.
Are you? Which is to say, are you unable to afford some basic necessity? Be honest. You're not alone (I personally can't afford to pay health insurance– although I do occasionally buy Feast! cheese).
So why aren't we all in the poor house? Well, consumer debt is at an all-time high of $1.98 trillion, excluding mortgages. Can you guess who owes all that money? Ka-ching!
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Mr. Irritant: "No, but my wife and I were looking into adopting a child from Guatemala. Do you know how I'd reach their embassy for more information?"
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Do I Look Like the Shell Answer Man?
Mr. Irritant: "No, but my wife and I were looking into adopting a child from Guatemala. Do you know how I'd reach their embassy for more information?"
14 comments:
- Simply Donna...... said...
That's funny! You're the doc, you are suppose to know everything, right?
- October 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- Amanda said...
How do you keep a straight face all day?
- October 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Me said...
You should've told him to ask his auto mechanic since his auto mechanic is qualified to give medical advice to him.
- October 13, 2009 at 2:13 PM
You can not say medicine is boring--the people are fascinating!! Strange, but fascinating.
- October 13, 2009 at 2:19 PM
- Unknown said...
Maybe they didn't want the hassle of going through official channels. Do you look like the kind of person who deals in young children?
- October 13, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Aw, come on. You're a doctor. You know EVERYTHING!!!
- October 13, 2009 at 4:14 PM
How on earth do you refrain from giving serious-sounding, smart-alack answers that sound correct but are in fact completely facetious. It sounds like the crowd you are dealing with wouldn't catch the sarcasm- I'd be soooo tempted.
- October 13, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Tell him to dial 1-800-277-4653 for directions. That's 1-800-asshole.
- October 13, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Happy Vegemite said...
Gee, does he think your name is Dr Google?
- October 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- the annester said...
ok you win, you do attract the real wierdos. love your blog, i thought i was the only one with odd patients...
- October 13, 2009 at 6:51 PM
- modesty press said...
Sometimes medications have unexpected positive side effects. Think of the discovery of penicillin.
Perhaps this medication facilitates adoption and transportation of children from Central America.
Are you sure the label does not list under cautions: Appearance of children named Jose and Maria
- October 13, 2009 at 8:16 PM
- JimAtTheRez said...
I get calls all the time asking me for their doctor's phone number? I am the info man, I guess. My only clue as to why is because so many people no longer have land lines, and they don't receive a phone book with a cell phone only. I KNOW it's not because they are too lazy to look the number up, right??? Nah, that couldn't be it.
- October 13, 2009 at 10:42 PM
What did the Shell answer man do? Other than advertise the viscosity of motor oil and help perpetuate a gasoline feeding frenzy?
He wasn't anything like the Texaco's Torkild Rieber, was he? (One can only fill their noggins with so much useless opera trivia, unless there's arrangement for a permanent box at Met. In grade school we listed to taped and retaped heavily static-overlaced Metropolitan Opera Radio Hour once a week. Wagner was probably featured if Rieber had anything to do with it.)
The Marlboro man lived in a neighboring town. We were proud of this native son, that is, until we saw where there still seemed to be some debate by FDA about how much truth to reveal in the Surgeon General's warning, and we realized that maybe, just maybe there might be a connection between illness and close proximity of the etiological agent.
P-M is still in on the deal with a little global worry about the bottom line so released an monitoring website to determine the impact of national bans: www.productdisplayban.com. Who was their rep? Surely tobacco (smokeless) and gasoline wouldn't be in cahoots?
- October 13, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I work at a hospital switchboard and you'd be amazed at the random shit I'm expected to know, very little of which actually falls within my job description.
- October 13, 2009 at 11:10 PM


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Ok, so I wanted to sit and write this out to everyone, as the community is all about us. So I wanted to let everyone know some changes of plans and what's going to happen.
When we went into Post Scriptum we thought we had an amazing opportunity to jump start the WaW Community, and it looked very promising, there was even talking of upgrading forums and all looked amazing. However, before the campaign even took off, it shut down at the same time so we took this decision lightly.
We will not be hosting any more tournaments based off WaW from here on. We will be using the forum money paid to sustain the server till May of 2019, and from there a much cheaper box will be purchased for Forums and TS only, as well as to host the small footprint the FH2 team still needs. This has been a big thought of mine over the past few months especially with the amount of donations for a new forum that came in. However my views are, there is no point in a new forums or new ways of doing things, if the community is not sustainable anymore. I will promise this, that from May of next year on, WaW Forums, and TS will continue, unless of course there is absolute NO using it whatsoever. But even the topics from time to time about reunions are always fun to read.
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LAKE MARY, Fla. – Florida wildlife officials said on Tuesday they killed a seventh bear, an adult female bear, hours after announcing the capturing and euthanization of a 250-pound male bear overnight.
[WATCH: Frana's husband talks about the attack | LISTEN: 911 call released (Warning, content may be graphic) ]
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials didn't say that they have identified the bear that attacked Terri Frana Saturday night at her home at 1900 Brackenhurst Place in the Carisbrooke subdivision, which backs up to the Wekiva Wildlife preserve.
She received 30 staples and 10 stitches in her head after a 200-pound bear mauled her.
Authorities on Tuesday also released the 911 calls from the attack on Frana.
"She came in screaming, she said a bear attacked her," the caller told dispatchers.
FWC said although they are testing the bears for DNA, the tests may come back inconclusive and they may never find the exact bear that attacked Frana.
FWC said that the seven bears appeared dangerous and threatening and didn't appear to be afraid of humans.
FWC said as with the other bears, the FWC removed the bear from the neighborhood and it showed signs of being highly habituated to people.
"We yelled at him, clapped our hands at them, and yelled bad bear- they kept approaching us," said Greg Workman of Florida Fish and Wildlife.
Sunday evening, an FWC officer shot a bear after they say it showed dangerous behavior toward officers at the scene. The FWC says the bear approached biologists at close range and showed no fear even after an officer yelled at it. Because of its behavior, the officer determined that the bear was dangerous.
Wildlife officials say other bears appear to be accustomed to people in the area, including four that were captured and put down. The fifth bear was captured Monday morning.
The FWC says officers spotted two other bears in the area that ran away at the sight of humans. This is typical wild bear behavior and no action was necessary with those bears, officials said.
"The fact that we have come across so many bears with so little fear of humans indicates that these bears are highly habituated and are regularly receiving food from people," said Dave Telesco, the FWC's Bear Program coordinator. "Our staff is dedicated to wildlife conservation. Having to put down these bears is a very difficult decision, but it's the right decision to ensure public safety. Unfortunately, the saying is true: 'a fed bear is a dead bear.'"
Frana's husband, Frank Frana, said his wife suffered bite wounds to her head, arms, shoulder and upper thigh and had lacerations all over her body.
"But she's fine," Frank Frana said. "She's still pretty traumatized from it all, but it's unbelievable she's fine."
Frank Frana said his wife encountered the bears, which had pulled some trash cans out of the family's garage, while she was checking on her children, who were playing at a neighbor's home.
He said there were five bears rummaging through the trash when one of them stood up and attacked her.
"(My wife) was able to eventually break away and run into the house. She collapsed on the floor and my oldest son ... called 911," Frank Frana said. "It was a close call."
The FWC on Monday will continue to check traps in the area and warning families nearby.
FWC said if you encounter a bear at close range speak to the bear in a calm, assertive voice while backing up slowly toward a secure area. Be sure you are leaving the bear a clear escape route. Stop and hold your ground if your movement away seems to irritate instead of calm the bear. Do not run or play dead. If a black bear attacks you, fight back aggressively.
The FWC also reminded residents to be aware of their surroundings and always supervise pets and children while outdoors. Residents should contact the FWC Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC to report any threatening bear activity.
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Coming from Cortina, park 1 km before Passo Falzarego at the house "Ra Nona".
Walk along path #412 through the forest to the old military road, from here head right for 30m and then immediately left onto a path that winds its way along a small stream, past pine trees and scree slope to the base of the mountain and the start of via Alverà. From here continue right and scramble up the short scree slope to reach the base of the route (50m to the left of via Francesca).
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I've seen some of my favorite bloggers do this series and I love it! So, I thought I'd test the waters.
Confession: I hate the smell of fresh cut grass
Please excuse me while I puke. Blaaaaaaah! So many people tell me that the smell of fresh cut grass is one of their favorite smells because it reminds them of the start of summer and barbecues and what not. You know what smell reminds ME of barbecues? Barbecue. NOT fresh cut grass. Whenever I'm running and I see someone mowing their lawn out in front of me, I brace for the worst. Not only will I get a nose full of that poignant smell, but I'm also deathly afraid that one of those big blades is going to swing right off the mower and chop my leg off. Irrational? Maybe. But still possible. Ugh, just stop mowing your lawn when I'm running. Get on that, people.
Confession: I'm addicted to sunglasses
But I take terrible care of them or lose every pair I own. That's why I won't buy anything over $20! Actually, I think the more expensive the sunglasses, the quicker I ruin them. I have a $3 pair from 4 years ago that are still in perfect condition, but my $20 pair is gone in 4 months tops. Imagine how quickly I'd lose a $300 pair. Exactly. Anyway, I just bought 3 new pairs for the summer and I'm hoping that at least one survives through August.
Confession: Race T-Shirts are always too short for me
See? This is the only picture I could find where I was even wearing one.
I'm starting to accumulate quite a collection of race t-shirts now, but confession: I don't like most of them! 90% of my race t-shirts are way too short. Like they were made for people people who are 5'3″ rather than 5'8″ (which they probably were). Sorry I'm tall and have a long torso, help a girl out!
Confession: I LOOOOVE sweet potato chips
Categorize this under: Foods I never would have touched a few years ago. I love, love, love these chips as a not-too-too-terrible-for-you afternoon snack. Check out the ingredients list:
All things I can pronounce. Winning! I may or may not have had these for lunch today. And some cake. Go ahead, judge me!
Confession: I can't stop listening to Jason Mraz's new album – Love is a Four Letter Word
Do people still like this guy? I don't know. Nor do I really care. And obviously he doesn't care either since he's looking like a dirty hippie lately.
I dig it and his new album is GREAT!! So you should probably go listen to it too.


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I'm not sure if I shared this with all of you yet … I was going through my personal pictures on Facebook and came across this beauty! Sorry for the slight blurriness (my hands were uncontrollably shaking from excitement)! You can check out all the videos & pics I took from this event here.
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And now we come to Smugmug, the last photo-sharing site in my series. A bunch of folks in the dpreview forums seem to use them, so I thought I'd take a look.
I had to put in my credit card to get a trial account. Not a problem for me, I'll generally do this with reputable sites that have folks recommending them. So a few minutes later, I had a "standard" account set up.
The standard account is $29.95/yr, and lots of people will give you a link to get $5 off, so it's basically $24.95/yr. Unlimited storage, and 4GB/mo of download capacity. Hmm…it's hard to put that in perspective, but if I'm serving up more than 4GB/mo, hopefully I'm in a position to be happy about it and pay more. :-)
I like that I can organize photos into galleries, and surface those galleries very obviously on the front page. No problem telling people about it – "go to gregr.smugmug.com and check out my washington, dc pictures". I can even control the ordering of galleries on the page, and also ordering of photos within the galleries. You can also group on the front page by category, and show galleries within their categories. All in all, quite a bit of flexibility.
Password-protection is available, and is very easy to use. I have one gallery on my site that's password protected, and you just need the password to access it. It's not exactly high-grade security, but I'm also not trying to protect blueprints of a bank vault. If something needs super-secure protection, I probably wouldn't put it on a public site to begin with.
EXIF information is optionally exposed for every photo, and displays a popup. I'm not totally thrilled with the popup, but it works and I can live with it. For some reason, this site also shows shutter speeds in a very strange way – for this photo, shutter speed is displayed as "0.0062s (10/1600)". Come on…couldn't you just say 1/160, and save me having to figure it out myself? Zoto does the same thing, and I just don't get it.
There are also some strange EXIF problems. This picture shows a shutter speed of 15.625 sec, which I can promise you is not accurate. I sent a note to their support alias to this effect…and WOW. Two separate folks wrote back to me within 10 minutes. This on a Sunday – very cool. It wasn't perfect, though…Andy from Smugmug said the camera writes inconsistent info so they can't fix it (doubtful, as Windows XP can display the correct info for this exact same file), and Ben said it looked strange and he'd pass it along to their developers. I chose to listen to Ben. :-) (one week later, haven't heard anything, problem still appears).
Smugmug also supports tags (they call them keywords), and they're pretty easy to manage. I couldn't enter "night" as a keyword – it just wouldn't show up. One more note to support, another response in about 5 minutes saying it was probably an erroneous entry on a blacklist, and he'd have someone take care of it. (one week later, problem is still there).
I like the overall look/feel. There are multiple styles you can use, and the site is easy to navigate for both the owner and visitors. The only nitpicky thing that comes to mind is the page numbers on the gallery pages – it's a little hard to find, and watching over peoples' shoulders, I notice that not everyone sees them, and they assume there's only one page of photos. Small thing, but there is probably a way to make that stand out a bit more.
I like the geo-tagging capabilities (via Google Earth) – it's fun to see my photos on a map. My only suggestion (sent to support guys) was to make it so I can tag multiple photos with one location all at once. So once I figure out the latitude/longitude of the Denver Zoo, let me tag all 20 pictures in a gallery with that data all at once. As it is, this process will take about 7 minutes to do 20 pics, and my mouse hand will be pretty sore by the end.
And a couple of things I haven't experimented with too much yet. With upgraded accounts you can completely customize the site's headers, footers, and styles – nice. You can also set your own pricing for people who order prints of your photos, and you keep most of the markup (not that I need that feature now, but I really like that it's there).
All in all, I like Smugmug a lot, and I've decided to stay there for now.
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Date(s) - 10/23/2019 - 10/24/2019
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October 4 – November 17, 2019
Opening Reception: October 4, 6-9pm
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Avatar Poetics is a program of videos curated by Sean Capone that features artists who use animation, digitally mediated modes of performance, and computer-generated characters to explore themes of the virtual 'self' as it relates to queerness, cyberfeminism, fantasy world-building, and the erotics, horrors and absurdities of the digital body adrift across the contemporary media/social landscape. Artists include: Wang Chen, Carla Gannis, Wickerham & drLomax, Mores McWreath, and Matthew Weinstein. Image: video still by Carla Gannis


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Former Marine Paul Menefee, an Iraq war veteran, makes music in his Union City, Ga bedroom, on Feb. 15. Since transitioning to civilian life, Menefee works as a music producer in Atlanta. At home, Menefee spends most of his time in this blacked out bedroom making music and relaxing. Drawing blinds and blacking out windows is a habit Menefee started after his military service to help him feel more secure.
In the first month home from war, one Marine routinely searched his darkened bedroom for the rifle he'd left in Iraq, while another Marine shunned his favorite nightspot for fear that someone in the club might carry a gun.
In the four weeks after their homecomings, one infantryman drove "white knuckled" at 55 mph while another soldier purposely began living even faster — losing her virginity, going blonde and drinking hard with battle buddies.
Some 34,000 service members will ship home from Afghanistan during the next year, President Barack Obama told the nation last week.
Amid the gleeful glow of arrivals, many of those troops may quickly confront sensory overloads, social awkwardness and, perhaps, deep cravings for personal freedoms, according to interviews with four younger veterans who weathered such moments.
"The first 30 days are interesting," said Alex Horton, who spent 15 months in Iraq as an Army infantryman, including during the 2007 troop surge in Baghdad and Diyala Province.
Today, he works for the Department of Veterans Affairs. "I'll call it the unraveling. That first week back you're still high on everything, kissing your wife or girlfriend, sometimes seeing your kids for the first time. But then the tension starts to build.
"You experience culture and weather shock, and notice your senses are heightened," said Horton, adding that another common theme — albeit something he did not go through — involves disrupting the daily routines established by a spouse and kids during a service member's absence, and consequently, dealing with strained relationships.
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To that point, two veterans interviewed for this story, including Horton, said they suffered romantic breakups after returning from combat, and two got divorced.
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Former Marine Paul Menefee, an Iraq war veteran, shows off his spiritual tattoos at home in Union City, Ga., on Feb. 15. The "Blessed" tattoo is one many Menefee has gotten after his two tours in Iraq.
"Trying to get back to my regular life was hard because I wouldn't talk much to anybody. I didn't want to talk about what went on in Iraq, didn't want to describe the details," said Paul Menefee, a former Marine who was deployed twice to Iraq and fought in the Battle of Fallujah in late 2004.
"Things that happened, I didn't want to remember. I was trying to cope in my own way, not deal with the images in my head," added Menefee, who eventually divorced his wife. "I was distant from my wife, mother, cousins, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles. At Sunday dinners, I pretty much stayed off to myself."
Old habits came home, too. During his first 30 days back at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Menefee grew jittery in a Wal-Mart checkout line because other customers were queued up behind him. He left the store immediately. He avoided nightclub outings with friends because the bar crowds seemed unpredictable.
He chose seats in the backs of restaurants so he could watch all the patrons and map each exit. At home, he kept his blinds drawn, his door locked and always looked left then glanced right when passing a hallway or an open corner.
On interstate highways, Menefee — a truck driver in Iraq — often pulled four lanes to his left if he spotted a blown tire or crumpled, food wrapper lying on the right shoulder: The types of hiding places in which insurgents routinely planted IEDs in Iraq. While driving in an American city, he would take an early left or an abrupt right if he saw garbage or roadkill on an approaching curb.
"You don't realize that (your senses are) very fine-tuned to your environment, everything from hearing things to seeing things," Horton said. "I imagine this is what blind people feel with their other senses. You rely on them so much (in combat), they have no business being that acute in the civilian world."
"When I got into a car and drove on a highway for the first time," Horton added, "I was white knuckled."
For former Marine Christian Gutierrez, who returned from Iraq in spring 2008, the open road at first carried a mix of old caution and fresh freedom.
During quick trips to the grocery store, he frequently would exit his car then quickly circle back, thinking he'd left his rifle in the front seat, momentarily forgetting he didn't carry a weapon anymore.
"But I love cars and love driving. So I drove a lot because it was my time," Gutierrez said. "That moment was your moment. You had control of your car. You had control of that moment."
'Lucky I didn't die'
Soon, he bought a motorcycle to further feed that rush of independence, to expand his new-found personal space — and because combat left him with another sharp bit of wisdom: Your moments on this planet may be few.
"Being back taught me that if I want to do something, I'd better do something right now. You never know," he said.
That same compulsion drove Iraq veteran Laura Cannon to use her first 30 days home to mark, she said, "the beginning of a new life for me," a time in which she stepped away from both Evangelical Christianity and the strict rules under which she'd been living since enrolling at West Point.
"I knew that if I didn't make drastic changes, being at war would be the last adventure I would ever experience," said Cannon, a former Army infantry member who was part of the 2003 Coalition invasion. "Surviving a war completely changed my perspective. I needed to start living for me. So I made a mental list of goals to accomplish. No. 1 — lose my virginity. I was 24 for God's sake!"
During her first month home, Cannon also bought an SUV, broke up with a boyfriend, dyed her hair blonde, visited Ground Zero, posted a personal best in a 5K race, and found time to "party my ass off with my war buddies — heavy drinking."
In Iraq, "there was (stuff) blowing up everywhere. I'm lucky I didn't die. I hadn't done enough with my life," she said. "I had survived a war. I had a second chance to live differently. I was not going to let others control me anymore. It was time to make more adventures and maybe get some baggage along the way. I was so far behind. Lots to catch up on."
"The rapid pace at which I compensated for my repressed life, especially in the first 30 days after the war," Cannon added, "were completely catalyzed by combat."


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4) Then a possible Raffle / GAW .
Part of the plan is to keep the steel a secret and have a little fun with it . I've got some of the best steel in the world from Aldo .
I'd also like to try a Wa style handle . Do you think they go well with cleavers ?
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Corporations fronting as people can make you feel like there's not much you can do to stop special interest groups from taking over our democracy. But, if Stephen Colbert's super PAC can be all about "making a better tomorrow, tomorrow," you too can make a difference!
In "Rotten to the Core" in the August 2012 issue of Sojourners, Nick Penniman suggests a variety of ways to get money out of politics. Below are just a few of those ideas, plus some opportunities to take action:
- Reverse Citizens United and amend the Constitution to give power back to the people by making it clear that corporations don't have the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. One way to get involved: Common Cause, a nonpartisan nonprofit chaired by Robert Reich, offers a petition calling for a Constitutional amendment to declare that corporations are not people.
- Close the revolving door in Washington by expanding the "cooling-off period" between when politicians and their staff leave Capitol Hill and when they are able to work as lobbyists on K Street. United Republic, the nonprofit Nick Penniman works for, is inviting people to sign a letter to Congress to help end backdoor bribery.
- Establish new ways of funding campaigns to drive the bulk of political fundraising toward the grassroots. The Campaign for Fair Elections, a coalition group that includes Public Citizen, Common Cause, and the Brennan Center for Justice, invites people to become a "citizen co-sponsor" of the Fair Elections Now Act.
This appears in the August 2012 issue of Sojourners
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Why Chinese hate kung pao chicken (and foreigners love it)
It conquered the palates of generations of Westerners who grew up with Chinese restaurants down the street.
Expats stroll around China in T-shirts emblazoned with its four characters (宫保鸡丁).
Facebook pages sing its wonders.
This mystic food is the simple gong bao ji ding -- chicken fried with chilies and nuts, better known to non-Chinese as kung pao chicken.
However, Chinese generally shun the dish.
They're baffled by its popularity abroad, and don't want it to represent their cuisine.
Kung pao chicken is the most culturally divisive dish in China.
So what's with the love-hate thing?
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To explain the conundrum, we asked three prominent Shanghai chefs to chime into the debate.
The experts included Wang Lishi, manager of King Kong Eatery on Changle Lu, home of legendary kung pao chicken soup noodles; Anthony Zhao, chef and cuisine consultant at Ultimate Food Concept and kung pao chicken connoisseur; and Corrado Michelazzo, Michelin-star Italian chef at Va Bene Xintiandi, who also enjoys Chinese food.
Collectively, the panel came up with the three explanations for the kung pao controversy.
The chicken breast explanation
It's no secret that Chinese would rather eat cartilage, bones, skin, bowels or any other (by overseas' standards) inedible bit of an animal, rather than a fleshy piece of meat.
According to Zhao, Chinese are reluctant to eat the meaty chicken breast, which is the main ingredient of kung pao chicken.
"Chicken breast in China is usually dry and tasteless," he says. "People here prefer the meat next to the bones because it has some juice."
Michelazzo agrees.
"Chinese customers generally don't like chicken breast," he says. "Chicken in China tastes too much like poultry for them. I have to import chicken from Japan for them to eat it."
Outside of China, however, breast meat is among the most requested and expensive part of a chicken. This helps explain the success of kung pao chicken among foreigners.
These days, eating chicken is the norm, and people's tastes are evolving toward more sophisticated dishes.— Anthony Zhao, chef and restaurant consultant
"I also had a prejudice toward chicken breast, but then I tried one in Boston and thought, 'Hey, this is nice and moist,'" says Zhao. "No wonder Western people really like chicken breast."
The intense sauce explanation
One of the most important features of kung pao chicken is its starchy, syrupy sauce.
Michelazzo says Westerners appreciate the dish for the balanced taste of the sauce.
"The sweet and sour flavor and starchy texture are typical of Chinese restaurants in the West," he explains. "We like to associate those qualities with Chinese cuisine, even though that might not necessarily be true of Chinese cuisine here."
Zhao says the distinctive sauce might be a reason for local aversion to the dish.
"To many Chinese, kung pao chicken is too saucy and intense, and you can only accompany it with rice," he says. "Very few Chinese would eat the dish by itself."
One anonymous marketing expert says it's increasingly common among young Chinese to suspect that restaurants that use intense sauce -- such as is used in kung pao chicken -- do so as a means to cover the taste of old meat.
While rejecting that notion ("We always use fresh chicken"), Wang Lishi of King Kong admits that the intense taste of kung pao chicken makes it increasingly unpopular among young Chinese.
"Around 10 years ago, to most Chinese, Sichuan cuisine only meant kung pao chicken and a handful of other dishes," she says. "Now young people want something more delicate and unusual when they eat Sichuanese fare."
The cultural pride explanation
There may be a deeper and perhaps more interesting answer to the kung pao dilemma.
Kung pao chicken is a dish that stirs memories and feelings among Chinese that aren't always positive.
Zhao explains that when the first restaurants opened their doors after the country's economic reforms, they all served simple dishes, such as kung pao chicken.
"At the time, chicken was rare and pork was the common staple, so we regarded kung pao chicken as special," says Zhao. "But now, eating chicken is the norm, and people's tastes are evolving toward more complicated and sophisticated dishes."
Get out of your Chinese food rut
According to Zhao, to some Chinese, kung pao chicken is a symbol of poorer times. Today's Chinese are eager to shake off the remnants of their indigent past.
However, the fate of kung pao chicken isn't yet sealed. Wang believes inflation in China could elevate kung pao back to the top of the menu.
"Peanuts are getting more and more expensive," says Wang. "Soon a plate of kung pao chicken will become so pricey that people will stop thinking it's such a cheap dish."
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Exploring Causes of the Civil War – Part VIII: The Influence of the Individual
This post continues a series on Exploring Causes of the Civil War. Other posts can be read by clicking on any of the following links: Part I: Introduction, Part II: Antebellum America, Part III: The Antebellum South, Part IV: The Antebellum North, Part V: The Rise of Sectional Disputes, Part VI: The Contribution of Constitutional Ambiguity, and Part VII: Political Discord, Slavery, and the Fight for Political Control.
Civil War scholar Gabor Boritt posits a fascinating theory that the impact of an individual can, in fact, be more influential in the determination of history's direction than the long confluence of time.[i] "…It may be declared with confidence that a giant in the earth, or a crucial moment, weighs more in the scales of history than dreary ages."[ii] The giant of which he spoke was Abraham Lincoln. His view makes Lincoln a central figure of both American mythology and history. Lincoln's role in the coming of the Civil War he "divides into four increasingly important stages."[iii]
- First, in the 1850s as tensions grew, Lincoln was one of many political leaders, familiar mostly in and around Illinois, though as the decade progressed so did his reputation in the North.
- Second, in 1860 he won the presidential nomination of the Republican [P]arty and became a nationally known figure.
- Third, from his election in early November to his inauguration on March 4, 1861, he was the president-elect.
- Fourth, in the White House he presided over events that led to Sumter.
As one stage followed another, Lincoln's stand changed only gradually, but his voice grew ever more weighty until the end when, together with the voice of President Jefferson Davis, it proved to be decisive.[iv]
I would suggest that there were others whose individual influence – while perhaps not equal to that of Lincoln's – none the less, impacted the direction of the nation. Key to the South was the "triumvirate of secession" – extremists Robert Rhett, William Yancey, and Edmun Ruffin (pictured below). Each, according to his gifts, kept the pressure for secession constant, the evils of the North apparent. In the period after Lincoln's election, they leveraged the fear, uncertainty and doubt created by Northern and Southern newspapers to move the populous from defeat to secession as the only alternative left.[v] [See more about Rhett, Yancey and Ruffin in my post "The Revolutionaries of the American Civil War" here.]
They fought delay. Many of the leaders had long believed the Union a curse to the South and they feared that if they moved too deliberately the North might offer favorable terms. Others urged quick action lest the people cool off and accept less than justice. They must strike while the iron was hot. Delay was their worst enemy.
By December 17, 1860, Rhett and his followers had secured a convention in South Carolina, composed of those who were ready to stand alone, if necessary, in defense of Southern rights. The next day an ordinance of secession was adopted. Within six weeks, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had followed South Caroline's example. The Cotton Kingdom was ready to form itself into the Confederate States of America.[vi]
Is it a wonder that Edmun Ruffin was among the first to fire a cannon on Fort Sumter?
At a nearby battery, another fire-eater was ready. Edmund Ruffin, with his long flowing white hair, another momentary exile from a still reluctant Virginia, sixty seven-year-old honorary Palmetto Guard, was ready. Staring into the dark, knowing where the enemy was, he sent the first shot from a columbaid into the fort flying the unseen flag of the United States.[vii]
Key individuals in the North included those who catapulted the Abolitionist message into the public consciousness. For this reason, John Brown must be included. The men surrounding Lincoln – Seward, Chase, Bates, Douglas and Buchanan – also deserve a chair.
And So What the Cause?
The Civil War can be attributed to no single cause. Slavery was undeniably an influencing factor – a common thread – inexorably tied to the sectional crises that evolved as the country expanded. Profound sectional differences – social, cultural, spiritual, economic, political – provided sufficient tender to ignite into violent conflict – given the spark. The "fanatical edge" and our politicians created the sparks that erupted in violence and pushed the nation over the precipice and into war. Several key individuals tipped the balance. Chief among these were: the Southern fire-eaters Rhett, Yancey and Ruffin, abolitionists who turned up the heat of anti-slavery sentiments in the North, and – pointedly – Abraham Lincoln himself.
For more reading, I highly recommend Gabor S. Boritt's Why the Civil War Came. His essay titled "Abraham Lincoln and the Question of Individual Responsibility" is excellent. Avery Craven's The Coming of the Civil War. 2nd Ed. provides very interesting commentary on Rhett, Yancey, and Ruffin (and more about their individual strengths) and a wealth of information on Antebellum America and its march toward war.
In the next post, I'll tackle the second question of the series: The Debate Over the War's Inevitability.
© 2007 L. Rene Tyree
[i] "Abraham Lincoln and the Question of Individual Responsibility," in Why the Civil War Came., ed. Gabor S. Boritt (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 7., [ii] Ibid., [iii] Ibid., [iv] Ibid.
[v] Avery Craven. The Coming of the Civil War. 2nd Ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1957), 433., [vi] Ibid.
[vii] Boritt, "Abraham Lincoln and the Question of Individual Responsibility," in Why the Civil War Came., ed. Gabor S. Boritt (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 5.


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Joel Kosche talks about creating and composing a guitar solo. He uses his original song "Sunrise" as an example.
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Joel Kosche's musical journey has been a remarkable road, one that has brought the talented guitarist and songwriter to some interesting destinations along the way. At age 13, Kosche began to teach himself to play the guitar, later taking classical guitar instruction to supplement his burgeoning talent. A fixture of the Atlanta music scene, Kosche fronted the well-known local band, Steep, while earning a living as a guitar tech for such well-known artists as Steve Winwood.
Kosche eventually landed a gig as Collective Soul's guitar tech and hit the road with the chart-topping rock band. Developing a musical rapport with the band members, Kosche eventually replaced Ross Childress as the band's lead guitarist in 2003. Since then, Kosche has become an integral member, co-writing the hit "Hollywood" for the band's 2007 release Afterwords (which he also co-produced with lead singer Ed Roland). On the same album Kosche wrote and sang lead vocals on the song "I Don't Need Anymore Friends". On Collective Soul's most recent eponymous 2009 release, Kosche once again showcases his songwriting skills with the single "You" and the album track "Understanding", which were co-written with the rest of the band.
Kosche's latest destination is the release of his first solo album, entitled Fight Years. Recorded over the past 3 years, the album is filled with powerful songs and lyrics that chronicle Kosche's musical journey and allude to some seminal events in his life. From the opening swells of "Yours To Reap" to the final crushing chords of "New Song", this record remains unashamedly guitar-driven throughout but with a purpose:
"It was really important to me to emphasize the tried and true big guitar formula. There are a couple of acoustic moments to break it up including a song with a string quartet but I didn't stray too far. Another thing is that I actually made a point of not using any keyboards or synthesized instruments, I wanted all the sounds to be real even if they are a little bit wacky," says Kosche. The album boasts appearances from Ed Roland of Collective soul, who sings background on "The Passing", drums from Ryan Hoyle (former Collective Soul member and Paul Rodgers alumnus), and background vocals from Kansas singer Steve Walsh on "Always Dreaming" and "Firewalk" (Kosche tracked all of the guitar and bass parts on Walsh's 2005 release Shadowman). Former Steep members Monty Conner (bass) and Bryan Smith (guitar) even make special appearances as well as Joel's sister Tirza Kosche (violin).
The hard-rocking single, "Always Dreaming" drives home Kosche's ability to channel inner frustration and disillusionment into the will to continue pursuing his dreams. The title is a wink to one of Kosche's former elementary school teachers who complained that Joel was "always day-dreaming."
With the release of Fight Years, Kosche sheds another well-worn skin and takes one more step forward in a continuing journey to new destinations. "It truly took a lifetime to write Fight Years. There's a common thread running through most of the lyrics and some of the songs are like little snapshots of my past. To hear them come to life and to work with such talented musicians was a liberating and even therapeutic experience. Music is like a circle of energy, whether you're performing in front of an audience or writing a new song, it's a creative reward and that's what leads you into the next moment of inspiration."
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When I heard the news of Maurice Sendak's death last spring, I felt the stricken, heartsick sadness normally reserved for family and friends. Mr. Sendak, a stranger to me, was of course neither – and he was both. Winner of, among other honors, the 1964 Caldecott Medal, the 1970 Hans Christian Andersen Award, and a National Medal of Arts, Sendak has famously insisted that he never set out to write books for children. "I write, and somebody says, 'That's for children,' " he told Stephen Colbert in a television interview.
No one should claim that his posthumous work, My Brother's Book, is for children. Let me make that clear from the outset. This is not a children's book. Most kids would be bored and bewildered by it, stirred and vaguely disturbed. Being a bona fide former child myself, that was my own first reaction. The text, with its Shakespearean undertones, confused me. The images looked eerie and both too much like and too much unlike William Blake. But that was only a first, foolish impression – my own dimwitted attempt to force the book into being something it was not: intended for children.
"My Brother's Book" is a beautiful, evanescent elegy, composed about Sendak himself and his late brother, Jack – who here stands for all of Sendak's beloveds, including his late partner of 50 years, Eugene Glynn. (Aptly enough, Glynn was both an art critic and a psychiatrist for the young.) I use the word composed deliberately, for all of Sendak's best work was musical and strongly rhythmical, "a kind of muscular rhythm," as he once described it. The book echoes language from Shakespeare's "Winter Tale," a play of love, loss, jealousy, and imagination run amok. That play contains Shakespeare's most famous stage direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear." The note could not be more apt.
At the start of "My Brother's Book," the two brothers, Jack and Guy, are torn apart "on a bleak midwinter's night" by a meteoric event, the death of Jack. Guy is left alone to mourn and plummet back into the land of the living. There he's met by the terrifying figure of a fierce white bear who threatens to "kill his breath / And eat him – bite by bite." Defiantly, Guy offers himself as sacrifice, if the bear will only answer his "sad riddle." Where has Jack gone, these "Five years in iced eternity. / Bear! – Tell me! – Whither? – Where?" This is the turning point in "My Brother's Book." Sendak's paintings are dominated by images of falling and freezing – till Jack defies the bear. An almost visible melting follows, washed in shades of gold and green, and at last the figures begin to rise.
The bear, godlike in response to Guy (echoing, among other things, Dante's "Inferno" and the Book of Job), creates a whirlwind, scatters himself skyward into the Ursa Major constellation – but Guy slips inside the godhead, "Diving through time so vast – sweeping past paradise!" and finds his lost brother. The pair have a Sendakian reunion – Guy can't resist biting his brother's nose, just to be sure he's real, and Jack can't help sighing at being awakened. Jack has become one with the "blossoming gold from a new sun," entwined with "a wild cherry tree dusted pink."
In this cosmic game of hide-and-seek the brothers are at last reunited. Jack forgives Guy for finding him. "And his arms, as branches will, / Wound round his noble-hearted brother, / Who he loves more than his own self."
Sendak claimed to have been terrified of death all his life. He had the kind of sickly childhood that tends to form great artists. (Robert Louis Stevenson was another, along with Edvard Munch, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Proust.) Small wonder that so many of his young heroes and heroines face death, whether they laugh in its face or flee. Max terrifies and rules the Wild Things that menace him. Ida rescues her baby brother from the ice goblins of "Outside Over There," and Pierre, who famously "doesn't care," lightly flings himself into the lion's mouth. This is not new territory for Sendak, but he newly mints it in the absolute conviction with which he throws himself into his eternal themes. If there is a message to the book it is that some things are worth dying for, including love.
Most readers will be immediately aware of Blake's influence, which hovers over every page of "My Brother's Book." But what I first saw as a blurred and watery reflection of the plates in "Innocence & Experience" is a deliberate erasure – like Cézanne's vanishing pears and apples painted at the end of his life. The things we love disappear. Here they are, disappearing, and yet we love them. That seems to be the undercurrent of Sendak's valedictory last book: as in Shakespeare's last great work, "The Tempest," the magician drowns his book.
During his life, Sendak wrote and delivered brilliant insights – published in "Caldecott & Co." – on the artists he admired most. Nearly everything he wrote of them is equally true of himself. On Blake: "The intensely personal images seem the very embodiment of his poetry. His inspired interweavings of ornament, illustration, and calligraphy animate ... and create a transcendent vision of otherworldliness." Meggendorfer's pop-up pictures, Sendak declared, "don't merely move; they spring to life." He acknowledged his kinship to cartoon strip artist Winsor McCay, serving "the same master, our child selves. We both draw not on the literal memory of childhood but on the emotional memory of its stress and urgency. And neither of us forgot our childhood dreams."
Sendak also offered a tribute to Lovat Fraser, the illustrator of Walter De La Mare's "Peacock Pie," and in so doing created a perfect self-portrait: "He was free of aesthetic snobbery. With the same care and integrity, with relish and joy that are altogether beguiling, he embellished, decorated, and designed everything from charming ephemera to his glorious stage productions. No form was beneath him."
In his dedication to a popular form disdained by others, Sendak taught us how a picture book could stand unashamed next to the work of Melville and Mozart, and how truth telling was as important in a bedtime story as in a poem by Emily Dickinson. Most of all, he gifted us with a quickened, ever-experimenting sensibility. "The artist," Sendak wrote, "has to be a little bit bewildering and a little bit wild and a little bit disorderly." For the delights of such bewilderment, and for countless indelible phrases and images, we must be forever grateful.
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Analysts predict that the Eurozone economy will gain traction as consumers have more money to spend from low oil prices, among other factors like the funds flooding the market from the ECB's asset-purchase program. Economists expect per-quarter growth of 0.4 percent until 2016, including an annual growth rate of 1.4 percent for 2015 and 1.6 percent for 2016.
Not all economists agree on the Eurozone's track to recovery, but the positive forecast serves as a morale boost for struggling economies throughout the European Union, and many banks foresee positive output as well. Experts expect oil prices to remain low in 2016, giving more consumers the power to pump money back into EU economies. The ECB's QE policy instills market stabilization and investor confidence. The asset-purchase program consists of buying 60 billion euros each month in government bonds until 2016 or until inflation lowers to manageable levels.
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Another factor that gives EU economies hope is a weak euro, which benefits European exporters. Further, a weakened exchange rate will strengthen export capacity for the second part of 2015, lasting throughout 2016. The euro embarked on a sharp downturn since the middle of 2014. Experts forecast a 5.9 percent hike in exports in 2015 and 4.9 percent in 2016.
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Greece's potential exit from the euro may threaten Eurozone recovery, including the global economy as a whole. Currently, Greece struggles to pay public workers, and the country needs more aid to pay back one billion euros to the International Monetary Fund. Greece owes money to the IMF and ECB for the 2010 and 2012 bailout.
Many fear a Greek exit would lead to a departure of other countries, particularly in southern Europe. Others fear market destabilization within European markets, even a full break-up of the EU monetary system. However, ECB President Mario Draghi has gone on record in alleviating such concerns. On the other hand, some say Greece leaving the euro would be best for all parties involved, and Europe could manage the impact.
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Politicians and bankers fail to mention the issue of structural reform. Southern European nations bear the brunt of the EU economic crisis, but Spain is an example of one nation in the region commencing long-term reforms that created more businesses in the country in 2014. Spain issued such changes as allowing companies to conduct business more easily in different regions and around the world, along with giving companies greater autonomy over wages and other internal operations. The ECB's asset program is crucial, but leaders throughout Europe should focus primarily on such factors as wage growth and business reform.