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Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 2291
Category: Informational
J. Slein
Xerox Corporation
F. Vitali
University of Bologna
E. Whitehead
U.C. Irvine
D. Durand
Boston University
February 1998
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright © The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
Current World Wide Web (WWW or Web) standards provide simple support for applications which allow remote editing of typed data. In practice, the existing capabilities of the WWW have proven inadequate to support efficient, scalable remote editing free of overwriting conflicts. This document presents a list of features in the form of requirements for a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning protocol which, if implemented, would improve the efficiency of common remote editing operations, provide a locking mechanism to prevent overwrite conflicts, improve link management support between non-HTML data types, provide a simple attribute-value metadata facility, provide for the creation and reading of container data types, and integrate versioning into the WWW.
This document describes functionality which, if incorporated in an extension to the existing HTTP proposed standard [HTTP], would allow tools for remote loading, editing and saving (publishing) of various media types on the WWW to interoperate with any compliant Web server. As much as possible, this functionality is described without suggesting a proposed implementation, since there are many ways to perform the functionality within the WWW framework. It is also
possible that a single mechanism could simultaneously satisfy several requirements.
This document reflects the consensus of the WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning working group (WebDAV) as to the functionality that should be standardized to support distributed authoring and versioning on the Web. As with any set of requirements, practical considerations may make it impossible to satisfy them all. It is the intention of the WebDAV working group to come as close as possible to satisfying them in the specifications that make up the WebDAV protocol.
Current Web standards contain functionality which enables the editing of Web content at a remote location, without direct access to the storage media via an operating system. This capability is exploited by several existing HTML distributed authoring tools, and by a growing number of mainstream applications (e.g., word processors) which allow users to write (publish) their work to an HTTP server. To date, experience from the HTML authoring tools has shown they are unable to meet their users' needs using the facilities of Web standards. The consequence of this is either postponed introduction of distributed authoring capability, or the addition of nonstandard extensions to the HTTP protocol or other Web standards. These extensions, developed in isolation, are not interoperable.
Other authoring applications have wanted to access document repositories or version control systems through Web gateways, and have been similarly frustrated. Where this access is available at all, it is through nonstandard extensions to HTTP or other standards that force clients to use a different interface for each vendor's service.
This document describes requirements for a set of standard extensions to HTTP that would allow distributed Web authoring tools to provide the functionality their users need by means of the same standard syntax across all compliant servers. The broad categories of functionality that need to be standardized are:
Retrieval of Unprocessed Source
Partial Write
Name Space Manipulation
Where there is overlap, usage is intended to be consistent with that in the HTTP 1.1 specification [HTTP].
A program which issues HTTP requests and accepts responses.
A collection is a resource that contains other resources, either directly or by reference.
Distributed Authoring Tool
A program which can retrieve a source entity via HTTP, allow editing of this entity, and then save/publish this entity to a server using HTTP.
The information transferred in a request or response.
Hierarchical Collection
A hierarchical organization of resources. A hierarchical collection is a resource that contains other resources, including collections, either directly or by reference.
A typed connection between two or more resources.
A mechanism for preventing anyone other than the owner of the lock from accessing a resource.
Member of Version Graph
A resource that is a node in a version graph, and so is derived from the resources that precede it in the graph, and is the basis of those that succeed it.
Named descriptive information about a resource.
A declaration that one intends to edit a resource.
A network data object or service that can be identified by a URI.
A program which receives and responds to HTTP requests.
User Agent
The client that initiates a request.
A representation of a resource. A resource may have one or more representations associated with it at any given time.
Version Graph
A directed acyclic graph with resources as its nodes, where each node is derived from its predecessor(s).
Write Lock
A lock that prevents anyone except its owner from modifying the resource it applies to.
This section describes a set of general principles that the WebDAV extensions should follow. These principles cut across categories of functionality.
All WebDAV clients should be able to work with any WebDAV-compliant HTTP server. It is acceptable for some client/server combinations to provide special features that are not universally available, but the protocol should be sufficient that a basic level of functionality will be universal.
The WebDAV extensions should be designed to allow client
implementations to be simple.
It should be possible to implement a WebDAV-compliant server in such a way that it can interoperate with non-WebDAV clients. Such a server would be able to understand any valid HTTP 1.1 request from an ordinary Web client without WebDAV extensions, and to provide a valid HTTP 1.1 response that does not require the client to understand the extensions.
WebDAV-compliant servers should be able to work with existing resources and URIs [URL]. Special additional information should not become a mandatory part of document formats.
Distribution and replication are at the heart of the Internet. All WebDAV extensions should be designed to allow for distribution and replication. Version trees should be able to be split across multiple servers. Collections may have members on different servers. Any resource may be cached or replicated for mobile computing or other reasons. Consequently, the WebDAV extensions must be able to operate in a distributed, replicated environment.
The WebDAV extensions should keep to a minimum the number of interactions between the client and the server needed to perform common functions. For example, publishing a document to the Web will often mean publishing content together with related properties. A client may often need to find out what version graph a particular resource belongs to, or to find out which resource in a version graph is the published one. The extensions should make it possible to do these things efficiently.
WebDAV adds a number of new types of objects to the Web: properties, collections, version graphs, etc. Existing HTTP methods such as DELETE and PUT will have to operate in well-defined ways in this expanded environment. WebDAV should explicitly address not only new methods, headers, and MIME types, but also any required changes to the existing HTTP methods and headers.
It may be desirable to transport WebDAV requests and responses by other mechanisms, particularly EMail, in addition to HTTP. The WebDAV protocol specification should not preclude a future body from developing an interoperability specification for disconnected operation via EMail.
In the requirement descriptions below, the requirement will be stated, followed by its rationale.
It must be possible to create, modify, read and delete arbitrary properties on resources of any media type.
Properties describe resources of any media type. They may include bibliographic information such as author, title, publisher, and subject, constraints on usage, PICS ratings, etc. These properties have many uses, such as supporting searches on property values, enforcing copyrights, and the creation of catalog entries as placeholders for objects which are not available in electronic form, or which will be available later.
It must be possible to create, modify, read and delete typed links between resources of any media type.
One type of link between resources is the hypertext link, which is browsable using a hypertext style point-and-click user interface. Links, whether they are browsable hypertext links, or simply a means of capturing a relationship between resources, have many purposes. Links can support pushbutton printing of a multi-resource document in a prescribed order, jumping to the access control page for a resource, and quick browsing of related information, such as a table
of contents, an index, a glossary, a bibliographic record, help pages, etc. While link support is provided by the HTML "LINK" element, this is limited only to HTML resources [HTML]. Similar support is needed for bitmap image types, and other non-HTML media types.
At present, the Web provides limited support for preventing two or more people from overwriting each other's modifications when they save to a given URI. Furthermore, there is no way to discover whether someone else is currently making modifications to a resource. This is known as the "lost update problem," or the "overwrite problem." Since there can be significant cost associated with discovering and repairing lost modifications, preventing this problem is crucial for supporting distributed authoring. A write lock ensures that only one person may modify a resource, preventing overwrites. Furthermore, locking support is a key component of many versioning schemes, a desirable capability for distributed authoring.
An author may wish to lock an entire web of resources even though he is editing just a single resource, to keep the other resources from changing. In this way, an author can ensure that if a local hypertext web is consistent in his distributed authoring tool, it will then be
consistent when he writes it to the server. Because of this, it should be possible to take out a lock without also causing transmission of the contents of a resource.
It is often necessary to guarantee that a lock or unlock operation occurs at the same time across multiple resources, a feature which is supported by the multiple-resource locking requirement. This is useful for preventing a collision between two people trying to establish locks on the same set of resources, since with multi- resource locking, one of the two people will get a lock. If this same multiple-resource locking scenario was repeated by using atomic lock operations iterated across the resources, the result would be a splitting of the locks between the two people, based on resource ordering and race conditions.
Experience from configuration management systems has shown that people need to know when they are about to enter a parallel editing situation. Once notified, they either decide not to edit in parallel with the other authors, or they use out-of-band communication (face- to-face, telephone, etc.) to coordinate their editing to minimize the difficulty of merging their results. Reservations are separate from locking, since a write lock does not necessarily imply a resource will be edited, and a reservation does not carry with it any access restrictions. This capability supports versioning, since a check-out typically involves taking out a write lock, making a reservation, and getting the resource to be edited.
The source of any given resource must be retrievable by any principal with authorization to edit the resource.
There are many cases where the source stored on a server does not correspond to the actual entity transmitted in response to an HTTP GET. Current known cases are server side include directives, and Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) source which is converted on the fly to HyperText Markup Language (HTML) [HTML] output entities. There are many possible cases, such as automatic conversion of bitmap images into several variant bitmap media types (e.g. GIF, JPEG), and automatic conversion of an application's native media type into HTML. As an example of this last case, a word processor could store its native media type on a server which automatically converts it to HTML. A GET of this resource would retrieve the HTML. Retrieving the source would retrieve the word processor native format.
After editing a resource, it must be possible to write only the changes to the resource, rather than retransmitting the entire resource.
During distributed editing which occurs over wide geographic separations and/or over low bandwidth connections, it is extremely inefficient and frustrating to rewrite a large resource after minor changes, such as a one-character spelling correction. Support is needed for transmitting "insert" (e.g., add this sentence in the middle of a document) and "delete" (e.g. remove this paragraph from the middle of a document) style updates. Support for partial resource updates will make small edits more efficient, and allow distributed authoring tools to scale up for editing large documents.
It must be possible to duplicate a resource without a client loading, then resaving the resource. After the copy operation, a modification to either resource must not cause a modification to the other.
There are many reasons why a resource might need to be duplicated, such as changing ownership, preparing for major modifications, or making a backup. Due to network costs associated with loading and saving a resource, it is far preferable to have a server perform a resource copy than a client.
It must be possible to change the location of a resource without a client loading, then resaving the resource under a different name. After the move operation, it must no longer be possible to access the resource at its original location.
It is often necessary to change the name of a resource, for example due to adoption of a new naming convention, or if a typing error was made entering the name originally. Due to network costs, it is undesirable to perform this operation by loading, then resaving the resource, followed by a delete of the old resource. Similarly, a single rename operation is more efficient than a copy followed by a delete operation. Note that moving a resource is considered the same function as renaming a resource.
A collection is a resource that is a container for other resources, including other collections. A resource may belong to a collection either directly or by reference. If a resource belongs to a collection directly, name space operations like copy, move, and delete applied to the collection also apply to the resource. If a resource belongs to a collection by reference, name space operations applied to the collection affect only the reference, not the resource itself.
In [URL] it states that, "some URL schemes (such as the ftp, http, and file schemes) contain names that can be considered hierarchical." Especially for HTTP servers which directly map all or part of their URL name space into a filesystem, it is very useful to get a listing of all resources located at a particular hierarchy level. This functionality supports "Save As..." dialog boxes, which provide a listing of the entities at a current hierarchy level, and allow navigation through the hierarchy. It also supports the creation of graphical visualizations (typically as a network) of the hypertext structure among the entities at a hierarchy level, or set of levels. It also supports a tree visualization of the entities and their hierarchy levels.
In addition, document management systems may want to make their documents accessible through the Web. They typically allow the organization of documents into collections, and so also want their users to be able to view the collection hierarchy through the Web.
There are many instances where there is not a strong correlation between a URL hierarchy level and the notion of a collection. One example is a server in which the URL hierarchy level maps to a computational process which performs some resolution on the name. In this case, the contents of the URL hierarchy level can vary depending on the input to the computation, and the number of resources accessible via the computation can be very large. It does not make sense to implement a directory feature for such a name space. However, the utility of listing the contents of those URL hierarchy levels which do correspond to collections, such as the large number of HTTP servers which map their name space to a filesystem, argue for the inclusion of this capability, despite not being meaningful in all
cases. If listing the contents of a URL hierarchy level does not makes sense for a particular URL, then a "405 Method Not Allowed" status code could be issued.
The ability to create collections to hold related resources supports management of a name space by packaging its members into small, related clusters. The utility of this capability is demonstrated by the broad implementation of directories in recent operating systems. The ability to create a collection also supports the creation of "Save As..." dialog boxes with "New Level/Folder/Directory" capability, common in many applications.
With the exception of requesting a new version identifier, all of these operations have applications outside of versioning and are either already part of HTTP or are discussed in earlier sections of these requirements. Typically, versioning systems combine reservation, locking, and retrieval -- or some subset of these -- into an atomic checkout function. They combine writing, releasing
the lock, and releasing the reservation -- or some subset of these -- into an atomic checkin function. The new version identifier may be assigned either at checkout or at checkin.
The WebDAV extensions must find some balance between allowing versioning servers to adopt whatever policies they wish with regard to these operations and enforcing enough uniformity to keep client implementations simple.
It is also possible for a single resource to participate in multiple version graphs.
The WebDAV extensions should support this versioning model, though particular servers may restrict it in various ways.
Some queries and operations apply, not to any one member of a version graph, but to the version graph as a whole. For example, a client may request that an entire graph be moved, or may ask for a version history. In these cases, a way to refer to the whole version graph is required.
Each member of a version graph must be a resource if it is to be possible for a hypertext link to refer to specific version of a page, or for a client to request a specific version of a document for editing.
A resource may be a simple, non-versioned resource, or it may be a version graph, or it may be a member of a version graph. A client needs to be able to tell which sort of resource it is accessing.
The server should return a default version of a resource for requests that ask for the default version, as well as for requests where no specific version information is provided. This is one of the simplest ways to guarantee non-versioning client compatibility. This does not rule out the possibility of a server returning an error when no sensible default exists.
It may also be desirable to be able to refer to other special members of a version graph. For example, there may be a current version for editing that is different from the default version. For a graph with several branches, it may be useful to be able to request the tip version of any branch.
This makes it possible to understand the versioning context of the resource. It makes it possible to retrieve a version history for the graphs to which it belongs, and to browse the version graph. It also supports some comparison operations: It makes it possible to determine whether two references designate members of the same version graph.
It must be possible in some way for a versioning client to access versions related to a resource currently being examined.
Versioning in the context of the world-wide web offers a variety of benefits:
It provides infrastructure for efficient and controlled management of large evolving web sites. Modern configuration management systems are built on some form of repository that can track the revision history of individual resources, and provide the higher-level tools to manage those saved versions. Basic versioning capabilities are required to support such systems.
It allows parallel development and update of single resources. Since versioning systems register change by creating new objects, they enable simultaneous write access by allowing the creation of variant versions. Many also provide merge support to ease the reverse operation.
It provides a framework for coordinating changes to resources. While specifics vary, most systems provide some method of controlling or tracking access to enable collaborative resource development.
It allows browsing through past and alternative versions of a resource. Frequently the modification and authorship history of a resource is critical information in itself.
It provides stable names that can support externally stored links for annotation and link-server support. Both annotation and link servers frequently need to store stable references to portions of resources that are not under their direct control. By providing stable states of resources, version control systems allow not only stable pointers into those resources, but also well-defined methods to determine the relationships of those states of a resource.
It allows explicit semantic representation of single resources with multiple states. A versioning system directly represents the fact that a resource has an explicit history, and a persistent identity across the various states it has had during the course of that history.
Detailed requirements for variants will be developed in a separate document.
It must be possible to send variants to the server, describing the relationships between the variants and their parent resource. In addition, it must be possible to write and retrieve variants of property labels, property descriptions, and property values.
The HTTP working group is addressing problems of content negotiation and retrieval of variants of a resource. To extend this work to an authoring environment, WEBDAV must standardize mechanisms for authors to use when submitting variants to a server. Authors need to be able to provide variants in different file or document formats, for different uses. They need to provide variants optimized for different
clients and for different output devices. They need to be able to provide variants in different languages in the international environment of the Web. In support of internationalization requirements (See 5.12 below), variants need to be supported not just for the content of resources, but for any information intended for human use, such as property values, labels, and descriptions.
Since Web distributed authoring occurs in a multi-lingual environment, information intended for user comprehension must conform to the IETF Character Set Policy [CHAR]. This policy addresses character sets and encodings, and language tagging.
In the international environment of the Internet, it is important to insure that any information intended for user comprehension can be displayed in a writing system and language agreeable to both the client and the server. The information encompassed by this requirement includes not only the content of resources, but also such things as display names and descriptions of properties, property values, and status messages.
Our understanding of these issues has emerged as the result of much thoughtful discussion, email, and assistance by many people, who deserve recognition for their effort.
Terry Allen, email@example.com
Alan Babich, FileNet, email@example.com
Dylan Barrell, Open Text, firstname.lastname@example.com
Barbara Bazemore, PC DOCS, firstname.lastname@example.com
Martin Cagan, Continuus Software, email@example.com Steve Carter, Novell, email@example.com
Dan Connolly, World Wide Web Consortium, email@example.com
Jim Cunningham, Netscape, firstname.lastname@example.com
Ron Daniel Jr., Los Alamos National Laboratory, email@example.com Mark Day, Lotus, email@example.com
Martin J. Duerst, email@example.com
Asad Faizi, Netscape, email@example.com
Ron Fein, Microsoft, firstname.lastname@example.com
David Fiander, Mortice Kern Systems, email@example.com
Roy Fielding, U.C. Irvine, email@example.com
Mark Fisher, Thomson Consumer Electronics, email@example.com Yaron Y. Goland, Microsoft, email@example.com
Phill Hallam-Baker, MIT, firstname.lastname@example.com
Dennis Hamilton, Xerox PARC, email@example.com
Andre van der Hoek, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Del Jensen, Novell, email@example.com
Gail Kaiser, Columbia University, email@example.com
Rohit Khare, World Wide Web Consortium, email@example.com
Ora Lassila, Nokia Research Center, firstname.lastname@example.com Ben Laurie, A.L. Digital, firstname.lastname@example.com
Mike Little, Bellcore, email@example.com
Dave Long, America Online, firstname.lastname@example.com
Larry Masinter, Xerox PARC, firstname.lastname@example.com
Murray Maloney, SoftQuad, firstname.lastname@example.com
Jim Miller, World Wide Web Consortium, firstname.lastname@example.com
Howard S. Modell, Boeing, firstname.lastname@example.com
Keith Moore, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, email@example.com Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, World Wide Web Consortium, firstname.lastname@example.com Jon Radoff, NovaLink, email@example.com
Alan Robertson, email@example.com
Henry Sanders, Microsoft,
Andrew Schulert, Microsoft, email@example.com
Christopher Seiwald, Perforce Software, email@example.com Einar Stefferud, firstname.lastname@example.com
Richard Taylor, U.C. Irvine, email@example.com
Robert Thau, MIT, firstname.lastname@example.com
Sankar Virdhagriswaran, email@example.com
Dan Whelan, FileNet, firstname.lastname@example.com
Gregory J. Woodhouse, firstname.lastname@example.com
[AC] J. Radoff, "Requirements for Access Control within Distributed Authoring and Versioning Environments on the World Wide Web", unpublished manuscript, <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c- dist-auth/1997AprJun/0183.html>
[CHAR] Alvestrand, H., "IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages", RFC 2277, January 1998.
[CM] P. Feiler, "Configuration Management Models in Commercial Environments", Software Engineering Institute Technical Report CMU/SEI-91-TR-7,
[HTML] Berners-Lee, T., and D. Connolly, "HyperText Markup Language Specification - 2.0", RFC 1866, November 1995.
[HTTP] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2068, January 1997.
[ISO 10646] ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993. "International Standard -- Information Technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) -- Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane."
[URL] Berners-Lee, T., Masinter, L., and M. McCahill. "Uniform Resource Locators (URL)", RFC 1738, December 1994.
[VSE] A. Haake, D. Hicks, "VerSE: Towards Hypertext Versioning Styles", Proc. Hypertext'96, The Seventh ACM Conference on Hypertext, 1996, pages 224-234.
Judith Slein
Xerox Corporation
800 Phillips Road 128-29E
Webster, NY 14580
EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Fabio Vitali
Department of Computer Science
University of Bologna
EMail: email@example.com
Fax: 714-824-4056
EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com
David G. Durand
Department of Computer Science
Boston University
Boston, MA
EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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What does North Korea want? Internationally isolated, the North Korean regime has a long history of confrontation with the outside world, having threatened to engage South Korea and the United States in another war on numerous occasions. North Korea successfully tested its first nuclear device in 2006; most recently, its provocations have included a third nuclear test in February 2013 and a renewed threat to turn Seoul "into a sea of fire." Stories from North Korean defectors reveal a life of desperate poverty and unimaginable repression. To Westerners, this belligerence and isolation in the context of such national suffering have often seemed baffling, even shocking. Guessing what motivates the regime, and what its inexperienced leader Kim Jong Un might do next, has become almost a parlor game.
To the south, meanwhile, sits a country where conditions could not be more different, and one where the threats of its neighbor to the north have been met with surprising calm, even indifference. "North Korea threatens to start a nuclear war, while South Korea dances to 'Gangnam Style'," observed German journalist Ullrich Fichtner about South Koreans' reactions to North Korea's rantings this spring. "War has never been this close, but Koreans in Seoul confront their fears by going about a bizarre version of everyday life, complete with truffle pasta and super-smart phones." South Koreans even seem indifferent to the plight of the North Korean people themselves. Shin Dong-hyuk, whose biography, "Escape from Camp 14," written by journalist Blaine Harden, focuses on his early life spent entirely in a North Korean prison camp, bitterly suggested in a recent interview that "South Korea should be put on trial next to the North Korean regime for turning a blind eye" to North Korean human rights violations.

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Seacrest Partners and WTOC are anchoring an initiative to gather together individuals and institutions that can seed fundraising events through showcasing and marketing so that their stories become a central part of the community conversation and their impact grows beyond the resources of any one.
Community Partners will tell each of the stories in three different ways ... first about the event and the fundraiser; then about the cause and why helping is so important and, finally, we'll explore the way that cause is making a difference in the community.
Together we'll spotlight meaningful community efforts.


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On Mel Kinney by Len Barrow:I learned this morning (feb 16) that I just had a friend pass away. His name was Mel Kinney. If there were ever a waterman it was he. Eddie Aikau would call him "The Kid" as he was the only 16 year old charging huge Waimea Bay in the early 70's.
I met Mel when I was only 14. He must have been 30 or so. He looked like a gnarly Hawaiian guy, and at first I was quite intimidated by him. The older guys at the surf-break Daimond Head Lighthouse in the early days would sometimes bully us young kids around. Out of his good heart, Mel made sure that everything was cool with all and protected us. .
Dont blink and you'll see Brother Mel's hansome face at 13 yrs old in the original Hawaii 5-0 intro! (read below)
...He did not need to do this but he did. Mel adopted us young kids and took care of us. We felt safe when he was around him.
My most vivid memories of him were at Laniakea and Light-house surfing. He would nose-ride barreling waves and go vertical on his longboard at Daimondhead. At Laniakea, he would glide into Hawaiian 10 footers with ease. His surfing style reminded me of an Ali'i Nui (King) of old. His noble behavior also justified my belief that he was indeed modern day royalty in the best sense.
Mel would do really cool things. One of our mutual surfer friends was having a long stay in the hospital in the states. Mel came to the beach with a black pen (the expensive kind) and a few brand new surf mags. He passed the magazines to everyone at Diamond Head and had them sign them as a type of "surfer get well card" too are hospitalized friend. There was a huge amount of signatures. I learned something that day. I thought to myself: "that's the kind of friend I want to have". To this day, I surround myself with kind, heartfelt people and I am happy. Good Karma people. Thanks Mel.
He never talked stink about anyone, cared for all, yet knew when to demand his dignity. This is another thing I learned from Mel: That to be respected requires you to give respect first.
One day Mel told me that " he could not wait to see me jump off shortboards and go to longboards". I thought the comment was a bit odd but the rest is history. Mel was one reason that I longboard today. He encouraged me to go to the new craft. Besides he looked like he was having so much fun on his longboard. I had to do it.
The first time I surfed 8' foot Hawaiian style waves was with Mel. Oddly enough the wave was in town not the North Shore. We met up at a spot called Browns, arguably one of the heaviest waves on the South Shore, a favorite of Mel's. When we pulled up, it was unusually big for the South Shore. I was scared. There were a lot of broken boards and the only spot surf-able on this huge swell was Bowls and the break we were at. Mel was stoked and wanted to rush out yet he took the time to show me the channel, how the break worked and the exact line up points. He even taught me how to bail my board! Mel and I had a blast that day.
Mel had a big Hawaiian smile. I loved his humor, his dignity and his willingness to help all. In short he was one of the last people that I knew that still "payed attention" through kindness, education and friendship.
They just don't build them like that anymore.
I will miss you Mel, yet your energies are carried on by your influence with all.
Auwe, Auwe, Auwe
Len Barrow ZENWATERMAN.COM
Mel Kinney, whose boyish face was part of the opening credits of the original "Hawaii Five-0," died on Valentines Day, Tuesday Feb 14, 2012 after suffering a heart attack several days earlier. He was 57.
An avid big-wave surfer and member of the original Hokule'a crew, Kinney was a set dresser in recent years, working on the ABC TV shows "Lost," "Off the Map" and "The River" as well as the motion picture "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," said his sister, Leimana Damate.
Kinney had just come ashore at Sunset Beach after a surf session Feb. 1 when he was stricken, she said.
"He had an undiagnosed heart problem," she said. "He was in perfect health. He came in and took a shower and sat down to talk with a friend and had a major cardiac arrest. His last memory was of Sunset."
Kinney was born in Waimea on Hawaii island but grew up in Waikiki. He was 13 when someone with a movie camera stopped the lad on his way to surf in Waikiki in 1968. The cameraman gave him $5 to film him, and Kinney didn't know what it was for until he saw the series premiere of "Five-0," Damate said.
If you blinked you could have missed him, but strangers continued to recognize Kinney, even decades later, as the boy from the original "Five-0."


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MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 22: In this photo illustration British pound coins can be seen next to American Dollar notes on October 22, 2008 in Manchester, England. The British pound has hit it's lowest point against the Dollar in five years after fears of a recession were acknowledged by the government and financial experts today. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
California suffers from a structural deficit--a budget gap where revenues lag behind expenditures by $20 billion and will continue to do so through 2016 unless the state either reduces spending or increases taxes.
In the previous blog we covered possible spending cuts--painful but doable if we're willing to pay the price. In this blog, we consider what for many is the unthinkable--revenue increases.
Where can we find that much money?
Here are six ideas:
There you have it. These areas alone would bring in new revenues by approximately $15-17 billion. The virtue is that the pain is spread out over every category of income, including businesses and individuals.
Unless Californians are prepared to eliminate health insurance for the poor, do away with higher education, or shut down various portions of state government altogether, the structural deficit will not disappear without some revenue enhancements.
It may well be that the governor and legislature choose some of these areas and not others. Combined with shared sacrifices via selective cuts discussed in the last blog, the state could eliminate its structural deficit.


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BIRDLAND – Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith is in favor of the new modified sudden death overtime rule that was passed at the league meetings on Tuesday in Orlando.
After having breakfast with the assembled writers in Orlando Wednesday morning, Smith was a guest with Randy Cross and Peter King on Sirius Radio.
"I really like the idea that we kept the element of sudden death in play," Smith said on the Opening Drive show. "I'm real excited that you're not going to lose a ball game by a team going down and kicking a field goal.
"I think ultimately, with the game of football the idea is to score touchdowns. If you go down and score a touchdown in sudden death, then you win. If you don't, the other team has an opportunity to go in and score. There is a chance that both teams are going to get the football and I really like that."
Cross asked Smith about the rule change from his perspective as a defensive-minded coach.
"I really think that the rule is going to add some excitement to the game," Smith said. "You just don't want to lose a football game (on a field goal). . .if you want to win right away, you have to go down and score a touchdown."
Smith welcomes the additional layer of strategy involved with the new rule.
"We as coaches are getting evaluated every Monday," Smith said. "I don't think this is really going to add that much to it. . . It is new. There will be a learning curve. The decisions that we are making at the end of the game will be amplified."
The committee wanted to take the randomness of the coin toss out the overtime playoff picture. Smith doesn't believe there will be a "Marty Mornhiweg" part to the rule. Mornhiweg elected to kickoff in overtime when he was head coach of the Detroit Lions.
"I think if you win the toss, you're going to take the ball and you're going to go down and have the mindset that we're going to put it in the endzone, game over," Smith said.
There has been some displeasure with the rule change in the coaching ranks. King cited an interview he'd just completed with New Orleans coach Sean Payton, who contended the owners slipped this rule change in through the backdoor.
"There has been some discussion among coaches and there are a number of proposals that have come out," Smith said. "But I really think this improves the overtime situation that we've had (since 1974). This is an improvement. As time goes on we are always trying to improve our game and trying to adjust the rules. . . I'm looking forward to seeing how this one work outs."
March 24th, 2010
10:07 am
Yeah and Sean Payton is one of the reasons the rule was passed. Without the coin flip AND all the help from the men is stripes, who knows what happens?
March 24th, 2010
10:13 am
If it is such a great rule, (and I like it), why not for regular season as well?
March 24th, 2010
10:17 am
The NFL is a big ship and it turns slowly. The momentum is now in favor of OT changes so I feel positive that we'll eventually get to your suggestion. Glad Coach is onboard and excited about it too…
March 24th, 2010
10:56 am
I'm sure if Payton's Saints had lost in OT in the playoffs, he'd be for it.
March 24th, 2010
10:58 am
What does Vick think about it?
March 24th, 2010
11:01 am
Why not just let the game continue from where it was when 60 minutes was over? If you are on your own 2 yard line and 4th down that's tough. If you are 1st down on your opponent's 40 that's good. I have always thought starting all over and tossing a coin was just a silly a$$ way to add drama.
March 24th, 2010
11:11 am
Rick…..someone had to explain that the OT they were refering to was not offensive tackle and he's still trying to figure the whole thing out. Please give Vick time to let it all soak in. I mean come, one he's only a 3rd string QB for cripe sake.
March 24th, 2010
12:02 pm
1 possession each, whether you make a touchdown, a field goal, or nothing, and then sudden death.
How much longer would that extend a game?
March 24th, 2010
12:35 pm
I'm all for a change to the overtime rules if they want. This one is a step in the right direction but i dont think it is complete yet. It will be modified some eventually i think. It gives it a "jerry glanville" go for it attitude. I think teams should go for it on 4th down more anyways, mainly when we are on the opposing teams side of the 50.
March 24th, 2010
12:44 pm
To the guy at the top, if u lose by a field goal in OT in the regular season then u still have 15 other games. Playoffs it's 1 & done. Its going to be interesting when u have a regular season game that a team is 9-6 and they lose in overtime to the old rule to finish 9-7 and miss playoffs. Or the new rule would have given them chance to finish 10-6 and make playoffs. When that happens a couple times we'll see it implemented in regular season or modified again.
March 24th, 2010
1:17 pm
The NFL Owners are talking about another vote in Dallas in May about the possibility of making this rule effective for the regular season in 2010. I say go for it. Make it the same in the reg. season AND the playoffs! But like someone said earlier the NFL is a big ship and turns slowly. It'll happen sooner than later.
March 24th, 2010
1:20 pm
No field goals in OT. That would be best.
March 24th, 2010
1:20 pm
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March 24th, 2010
1:23 pm
I would be in favor of a new rule to keep King Arthur Blank OFF THE FREAKING SIDELINES during the game! I am so sick of seeing him strut up and down in an attempt to get his ugly mug on TV. Have you no shame, Mr. Blank? Yes we all know you own the team……..but you and Jerry "Plastic Surgery" Jones are the only 2 owners that parade the sidelines to get on TV. The majority of Falcon's fans DO NOT want to see you on the sidelines. Stay in the plush owners box and talk to your 30 year old wife.
March 24th, 2010
1:25 pm
Rick at 10:58 post: Vick think? Think? Think? Surely you don't mean Vick Think?
March 24th, 2010
1:27 pm
DOL Please clarify your comments:Don't we can use some ……etc. Don't what?
(Don't think)
March 24th, 2010
1:28 pm
man, if our only problem is AB being on the field we are in great shape. I guarantee you if I owned this team I would be on the field also. I like the fact he is hands on, pats the players on the back, shakes hands,
or just gives encouragement. I bet the players like it too.
March 24th, 2010
1:28 pm
I love the rule change, in fact I think the collegiate ranks need to adopt the format as well. Also, it should be added to the regular season as well. Too many OT games end with the coin toss winner kicking a field goal, that is so totally NOT COOL, especially if that losing team is the Falcons.
March 24th, 2010
1:34 pm
Bring it on to the regular season!
March 24th, 2010
1:40 pm
The only thing I don't like about the rule is if the team who loses the coin toss, can't win with a field goal if the team who won the toss can't score a touchdown or a field goal.
March 24th, 2010
1:52 pm
I like the fact that both teams will have a shot. OT always favors the offense since the D is usually dog tired by the 5th quarter. Don't want exactly what college does with ot but something similar
March 24th, 2010
2:04 pm
Makes better sense to me…especially given the fact that DBs can't breathe on receivers without drawing an interference call. This one certainly (and finally) favors defenses…
March 24th, 2010
2:21 pm
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No charge.
March 24th, 2010
2:39 pm
The only thing that I don't like is why have a postseason OT rule and a different Reg. season OT rule. Keep them the same for the entire season! Then again, i'm just a dumb fan, so shut the hell up and buy the product!
March 24th, 2010
3:33 pm
Of COURSE Sean Payton came out against this rule. What a toolbox.
I am going to love watching teams roll over him, his visor, and his 4×8 foot playbook card this fall
March 24th, 2010
3:41 pm
i suppose if you are a loser orginization like the falcons then that explains why you love the rule change. sorry to all you saint haters but we won the superbowl in impressive fashion. we also beat a very good vikes team that would have just totally crushed smitty and matty slush. well anyway , i'm glad you're happy with the rule change. your chance to go 9-7 again just went way up so you'll be able to celebrate 3 winning seasons in a row!!!!! WOW!!!!!
March 24th, 2010
3:50 pm
Let me call the coin flip…I need a job and I DO know the difference between heads and tails.
March 24th, 2010
3:56 pm
@ Tommy
YOU are a toolbox. Sean P is the best playcaller/Offensive mind the the NFL today. You are just a jealous Pigeion, who can't handle the fact that your birds have nothing to throw at the Saints anymore. We own you (7 of since Sean got to NOLA. I will say the Falcons will be a tough out next year. Smitty is a rising star coach, and I respect the heck out of him. If Matty stays healthy, the Falcons make the playoffs as a wild card. I expect two tough games next year from you guys. WHO DAT!
March 24th, 2010
4:20 pm
If the networks are OK with the potentially longer games in the next TV contract, will we see this move to the regular season too?
March 24th, 2010
4:42 pm
The new rule is definitely a step in the right direction. To be honest, I've ALWAYS hated the Filed Goal in football. If the NFL really wanted to do the right and manly thing, they'd ban the Field Goal altogether. If you think about it, the Filed Goal —and even the Extra Point—bears no relation to the rest of the game—running, passing, blocking, and tackling. None. You might as well have a fan or some guy in a business suit come down down from the stands and kick field goals. Kickers GENERALLY don't participate in the rest of the game. Occasionally a kicker of them gets in the way on a kick-off return and attempts to tackle a ball carrier, but it darn sure doesn't happen often. Their uniforms are rarely even smudged. I bet they don't even have to be laundered after the game. Anyway, FG's ought to be totally banned. You shouldn't reward a team for offensive ineptness. The new rule is a step in the right direction. Maybe…someday…the NFL will finish the job and just ban the FG and the EXTRA POINT entirely.
March 24th, 2010
4:58 pm
Great Info on how coaches are feeling around the league, DOL. gotta question a little off topic. Have you heard any inside info (u know, on the downlow) on how the staff and TD feel about JA98. As i have said before, it seems to me that you have to know how you feel about him before deciding the direction in the draft. Ex; if he is our DE or even DE/DT then its hard to see us taking a DE in the draft at any round except maybe a 6th rd flyer on a project. If we are ging to try and trade/cut him then a DE at some point, not necessarily 1st rd, would be appropriate. I realize TD is not going to come over and tell you right out what he's going to do, but do you have a sense on how they feel about JA98 ?
March 24th, 2010
6:11 pm
south gay boy— thats way off the topic.
March 24th, 2010
9:22 pm
Definitely should make this for regular season as well
March 25th, 2010
11:08 am
That does it for the Falcons. THAT is the ONLY way they have won the few games they won! I don't agree with this 'new rule' regarding this! Then there is a possibility that the football games could go on and on and on and on…I think that the first team to get a score in over time is automatically the winner of the game!
March 25th, 2010
11:10 am
I agree with you Saints/LSU! We are STILL going to beat the pants off those sorry filthy dirty birds…WHO DAT???
March 25th, 2010
11:12 am
Tommy TRUST when I say that teams will not 'roll over' the Saints BABY!!! It isn't our fault that you guys went to the Superbowl (by a miracle) and didn't win now is it? The Saints ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE a better team than those Falcons!:)
March 25th, 2010
2:41 pm
samantha and pamela—– where 'yat whodats ?


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H&M Home: Finally Launching in the US
It feels like eons ago that we all got excited for H&M Home - we blogged about it starting back in December 2008. Well, fast forward almost three years and we just got the latest scoop on exactly when the home goods collections will be available in the states…
According to this article in ISBN Magazine, the previously online-in-Europe-only home collections (which launched in 2009) will finally become available online for the US market as well this coming Spring, 2012.
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Its about time! So excited for this launch
Can't wait!
Love it! Let us know when they are open for business!!
Here is the rest of the H&M Collection http://www.nemmdesign.com/2011/08/h-home-collection.html
Looking forward to this. Thanks for the heads up!
AHHH I cant wait
Now if they would only become an online retailer, we'd have it made!
My initial response was excitement, but in terms of clothing I've always been disappointed by quality - I hope that I'm pleasantly surprised! Since I'm young and relatively recently married, this would be a great, inexpensive resource for home decor.
But, I say - proceed with caution. It'd still be better to save pennies and invest in quality instead of having an "ooh, shiny" moment at H&M and then be disappointed.
I've been in the shop here in Stockholm and it was nothing special. More or less the same kind of stuff as in all design shops and not very cheap either. I would buy something there if it caught my eye though.
Erm, it's rather Urban Outfitters-ish.
Have to agree with B from Stockholm: there's nothing here I haven't seen in a dozen other places. The fourth picture (with the silver bag) looks like stuff TK Maxx has been selling for years.
I agree with previous posters who have said to proceed with caution. I have had such mixed experiences with H&M clothing. As a result of them, I would not automatically run to H&M for home goods, nor would I make them my first choice for home goods shopping. If there was something that interested me there, then I might, but only after a certain amount of inspection.
Not in the least excited...H&M quality in clothes is a step below Target.
I'm so old that I'm actually starting to subscribe to the "buy the best and you only cry once" school of thought.
Isn't it always a good idea to have more design choices?
If this is the quality of their clothing...I won't bother.
I'd definitely shop there for "throw-away" things, like trendier accent pillows, festive table runners and table cloths, shower curtains, etc. Basically anything that's cheap enough that I wouldn't be sad to see go and that's changed often enough that (hopefully) I'm ready for something new before it's had the chance to fall apart.
I never understood why people would spend $150-200 per throw pillow when they'll just change their decoration colors in a year or two. If it's not a time-investment, I'm not convinced it should be a financial investment.
I'm enthusiastic to see what they have, but not super impressed with what I've seen so far.
We'll see: I at least might be inspired to make something new.
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... I wonder how the pintucked cushion compares to UO's....
I hate to say it, but judging by those pictures, everything really does look so two years ago. I never thought I'd say that and mean it literally.
Hurry up and come to Canada!
This does not impress me. The styling of the shots is nice but the merchandise isn't anything special.
I was just looking at this stuff in Finland over the summer, and the quality is incredibly crappy. And I didn't see anything that was interestingly designed. Very cheapo Provence.
Not impressed
I'm with others that the quality and freshness of the stuff might not be the greatest, but I bet it'll be good for certain things in the same way Urban Outfitters is, or IKEA. I'm looking forward to it being available here...
now can we have Zara Home
uhn huhn.... what about zara home?
those metallic "textile baskets" are divine!!!!
now all we need is zara home...
If you crave stuff with French writing on it, you don't have to go all the way to Europe or wait for European stores to open in the U.S. Come to Montreal for vacation, and stock up on francophile merchandise at Home Depot or even the grocery store. It's not at all fancy or expensive here.
Bohemian vintage is my thing, but it's available everywhere (including thrift shops) and mass market defeats the point of the look, which isn't supposed to resemble your friend's house.
Still, I'm totally not above buying a few things if they're available online.
Nothing really new and exciting. Pretty much they just copied what other stores are already carrying and the whole faux French thing has been over done already and they are very late entering the market.
Awesome,so looking forward to this.
This should be fun!
Will it be available in Canada too?


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Art + Nature Collaborations
I think within every artist are two desires that smolder alongside their fiery passion to create — mastery and immortality.
First, they want to be good at what they do, whether it be painting, writing, or playing the cello. They generally aspire to achieve an optimum level of expertise. This means mastering their skills, and conquering, mastering, controlling their medium, making pigments, words, or sounds obey and do their bidding. Even in spontaneity and exuberance, in improvisation and working on the fly, all such actions always tend toward taming the paint or marble, coaxing it into submission.
And then what artist doesn't want to live on through their works? Even though they do tend to be their own worst critics, and want to banish from existence all works that are considered sub-par, the creations that survive this merciless judgment –these they want to live on — at least past their lifetimes, if not forever. These masterpieces are wrought from their minds and souls, brought forth from their depths not without difficulty, usually with much anguish. It is but natural instinct to want to preserve the perfection of their works and protect them from destruction.
For all these reasons I feel great admiration for the artists behind the installations featured in today's post. They are hugely ambitious in scope and scale of their works, but they relinquish control of what their art will ultimately become. They give up any hope for their works' longevity in engaging in a kind of partnership with a very unpredictable, temperamental and ever-shifting collaborator — Mother Nature. They do their part, and allow their partner the freedom to finish it, and to eventually take it apart and ingest it. It seems awfully counter-intuitive, to surrender the products of their efforts to the elements, but there's something achingly beautiful and infinitely joyful and transcendent about the letting go, the embracing of the unknown, the acceptance that everything is fleeting and transitory.
There's so much playful exuberance in this work of "yarn bombing". I can imagine the joy that it brings to all who see it.
The logs turned giant color pencils, bring a touch of rustic whimsy to the landscape.
More woodsy cuteness!
Found this really funny and quite brilliant. Who says art has to be all serious?
These last couple of pieces deserve special mention. They started out as sculptures made of cement created by Jason de Caires. What they eventually became are coral reefs and homes for various species of marine life. De Caires has placed many of his works in the ocean, making a vast underwater sculpture garden, which Nature has indeed put its own spin on, adding color and texture to the sculptor's various figures.
Picking Up the Pieces: LEGO Design Projects
If you have had any exposure to children over the last few years then surely you have noticed the explosive renaissance that LEGO is enjoying amongst the smaller set. Packs have evolved from the simple combinations of bricks that I played with as a kid to complex set-ups like the Star Wars Death Star, which includes more than 3000 pieces (and a hefty price tag)!
There are stores dedicated to the stuff, catalogues to pore over and (as of last week) a hotel at the LEGOLAND Resort. I'm sure that many parents are sick of having all the bits and pieces underfoot but I must admit that seeing the bright little cubes brings out the kid in me. I just want to dive in and create.
I'm not alone. Artists and designers around the world are turning to LEGO as a medium of choice. New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya uses it to create dynamic sculptures.
French designers Simon Pillard and Philippe Rosetti, who work collectively as Munchausen Design, pulled off a colourful IKEA hack when they covered one of the company's kitchen islands with over 20,000 LEGO bricks. Now there is a home improvement project that would keep the kids occupied over the school holidays!
When Boys and Girls, an advertising agency in Dublin, approached the design and architecture gurus at abgc to redo their new digs, they had only one request: make the space playful but not juvenile. To inspire the team, Boys and Girls provided a Charles Mingus quote: "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." In the boardroom, the result was a stunning but sophisticated table crafted from over 20,000 brightly coloured blocks. How could one not be inspired sitting around this fantastic piece of furniture?
The folks at the graphic design company NPIRE in Hamburg did their own remodeling using sets from their childhood collections (as well as 80 new ones) to construct a dividing wall in their office space. And talk about dedication- it took over a year to complete! Check out the photos at My Modern Met for an overview of the slow, painstaking project.
Additionally, numerous designers and artists have been inspired to replicate the product in their own work. Lunatic Construction creates a variety of custom furniture pieces, from desks to coffee tables, using brick-like blocks in a rainbow of colours.
Swedish designer Staffan Holm taps into his childhood sense of fun, inspired by LEGO, to temper the gravitas of his CEO desk. He crafts the piece in solid beech and MDF coated in enamel paint to evoke the toy's iconic shape; the result is a masterful combination of modern and baroque styles.
Let's face it- we all need a little more whimsy in our lives. I used LEGO to construct the architectural fantasies of my childhood and seeing it now makes me smile as I remember the hours of imaginative play that it inspired. Seeing these creations makes me want to dive back in and build something just as fun but on an adult-scale.
If you had the time (and the blocks), what would you like to make out of LEGO?
Coffee Art
If you have a coffee habit like myself, chances are you take your morning (or mid-afternoon) brew very seriously, and are possibly regulars at the local cafe by your office or home. You've also probably been to some cafes that might have an added bonus to your preferred cup — in the form of coffee art.
Coffee art can be a delightful surprise, and can add to the experience of enjoying your favorite beverage. While it presumably started in Italy (the land of espresso!), it developed and gained momentum in the 1980's and 1990's in the United States.
The artwork is created on the top most layer composed of an emulsion of foam and crema. Since these two components are unstable chemically, the art lasts only for a few moments before sinking back into the rest of the drink.
There are two widely known ways to produce latte art: free pouring and etching. Techniques and styles in producing latte art vary from region to region and on how the drink is prepared.
Free pouring is more common in American cafes, and usually does not require more preparation time compared to etching. While more complex patterns are possible through free pouring, the rosette and heart shape are the most popular designs.
Even with the simple base patterns however, baristas take liberty in developing a personal flair for their latte art, sometimes customising the basic pattern into something more unique.
Etching on the other hand requires a little more attention to detail. In order to create the detailed drawings and patterns, a small tool such as a coffee stirrer or a similar item is needed, sometimes adding some foam on to the crema as well. Since the foam dissolves more quickly, etched art typically has a shorter lifespan.
Depending on the skill and experience of the barista, the designs on coffee art can be more complex and detailed.
I also found funny and unique designs.
Coffee art certainly makes your drinking experience deliciously beautiful and interesting!
Angels, Demons, Savages: A Tale of Art and Culture
Last week I attended a gallery talk at the Phillips Collection here in Washington. The Philips is a private art gallery with a focus on modern art, one of the first private museums to open to the public in the US.
Their current special exhibition hits very close to home — quite literally. The exhibit explores the relationship between three mid-twentieth-century modern artists, Jackson Pollock, Jean Dubuffet, and Alfonso Ossorio. Ossorio, the lesser known of the three, was Filipino-American.
The relationship between Pollock and Dubuffet is somewhat known throughout art history, but somehow Ossorio doesn't get as much mention. Some of the interpretation in the exhibit cites his focus on being more of a collector as a probable cause of this oversight. The narrative brought to life a cross-cultural story that spanned continents, cultures, and the cultural phenomenon that was the abstract expressionist movement.
Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), 1950. Jackson Pollock 1950.
Image courtesy National Gallery of Art
The exhibit format itself was a traditional art gallery fine art show, with the large and dynamic abstract expressionist pieces hung on white walls. In some instances smaller works were grouped together, but the larger works seemed to be the clear focus, and in some ways represented the overarching idea of the exhibit most clearly.
During a special night event at the museum, I attended a gallery talk given by one of the curators at the Phillips. While the talk was insightful however, I felt that it had too much of a formalist approach – focusing too much on the technicalities of fine art practice and art in itself, with little else interpretation.
Red Family Alfonso Ossorio 1951. Image courtesy Phillips Collection.
Paysage métapsychique (Metaphysical landscape) Jean Dubuffet 1952.
Image courtesy Phillips Collection.
That was perhaps the greatest unease I felt about the exhibit. While it certainly did bring to light a story that enriches the existing history of modern art, so much more could be extracted from the complex relationship of the three artists. From a more traditional standpoint, how the personal story and journey of Alfonso Ossorio also affected his work could have been fleshed out more to provide deeper, more riveting interpretation.
Culturally and socially rich stories told through art create the most interesting types of fine art exhibits in my view, and this exhibit is certainly not lacking depth. The overall experience however was entirely lackluster, and I wonder if those who visited and were unfamiliar with Ossorio will even remember his role in this story after they leave.
I would still recommend seeing this exhibit to those interested in this unique cross-cultural narrative that allows us to rethink our ideas about modern art and abstract expressionism. At its core, it accomplishes what it sets out to do, opening a dialogue for questions about the intersections of art, cultural exchange, and our interpretation of history.
A Living Man Proclaimed Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII Taryn Simon at the Corcoran
Taryn Simon's Complex exhibit entitled A Living Man Proclaimed Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII made its way to the Corcoran Gallery of Art here in DC, after spending some time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. I had the opportunity to see it a couple of weeks ago.
The exhibit is technically categorized as as photography, but it is definitely much more than just a simple photography exhibition. In a way each piece is a mini-exhibit in itself, comprised of portraiture, narrative, and objects that are carefully curated. Woven together, they explore stories that are all at once historical, contemporary, significant, and controversial.
Simon's artist statement identifies the exhibit as being an exploration of "bloodlines and their related stories," but each piece has much more depth than the explanation suggests. Needless to say, to explain in intricate detail how and what each "chapter" tells its particular story would certainly be a lengthy task.
Each piece comprises of three parts.
First, one or more large frames on the left of each grouping shows a series of portraits of each bloodline the artist photographed over a period of four years, in almost every continent. Below is a family from China.
The second component in her pieces is a text panel that identifies each subject photographed. From time to time there are blank frames or obscured subjects – all of which add intrigue to the story.
Below the names is a narrative of the bloodline, and then below that, descriptions of the objects depicted in the succeeding large frame.The artist certainly did not limit herself to the traditional notion of the bloodline – and included groupings of animals as well as children in orphanages.
The one grouping that was interesting to me culturally and socially as well, was one showing the bloodline of a Filipino man from the Igorot communitiy, who was brought over to the US for the St. Louis World's Fair. The "chapter" was dense with issues that deal with history, cultural identity, xenocentrism, and could possibly also relate to more contemporary topics like immigration.
Artists like Simon certainly steer contemporary art in new directions, with her work becoming not just aesthetic compositions but also vehicles of discourse for relevant contemporary social issues. Her medium and methods might not be as spectacular as some other artists working today, but the stories and messages so deeply embedded in her work give them their own unique sense of brevity. You will definitely leave this exhibit curious, questioning, and wanting to know more.
The exhibition is on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC until February 24th.
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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
Introduction | "R" Reading | Curse of the Pharaoh | End-of-the-World Prophecies
Index | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z
dowsing Also known as "rhabdomancy," "water-witching," and "divining," this notion is first described in print in the 1540 Latin folio of Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer, 1490/4?-1555) on mining, titled De re Metallica, published at Basel, Switzerland.
The process can take many forms. The traditional method is to use a flexible green forked stick, in early writings often referred to as the "virgula furcata." Hazel and willow are the preferred woods. The Y is inverted and the forked parts are grasped, one in each hand, palms up, usually with the thumbs pointing away from the body in opposite directions and the elbows tightly against the body. The forked portions are spread apart, with the main stem pointing out from the dowser's body. The dowser attempts to keep the stick parallel with the ground, and as he walks about, it is believed that subtle influences from water, metal, oil or any other substance will cause the stem of the stick to either rise or depress from the horizontal position.
From Agricola's De re Metallica (1540), this illustration shows the traditional forked stick used in dowsing attempts.
This, as with all other forms and methods of dowsing, uses a system which is in very unstable equilibrium. Since force is being applied to the stick, the tendency is for the stem to whip up or down unless care is taken to balance it. There is thus potential energy stored in the system, and the slightest inclination, tensing, or relaxation of either hand or both hands, must result in the stick moving violently. This motion is taken by dowsers as evidence that there is a supernatural external force acting upon the device.
Another popular method uses two straight, stiff wires about twelve to twenty-four inches long, each bent sharply at one end at a right angle to provide a handle which is held vertically in the fist so that the main portion is pointing straight ahead and parallel to the ground. The object is to hold the two rods parallel to one another, and the "dowsing reaction" is said to occur when the rods diverge or when they cross, depending on which dowser is consulted. Again, the tiniest inclination of the hand or the arm will cause great fluctuations in this system.
Sometimes only one wire, or a "bobber" made of a single flexible wand, weighted at the far end, is employed. Pendulums are also frequently used.
Though these are the major devices employed, individual operators have come up with an array of others, including exotic variations on the standard ones. Single flexible "whip" models, bobbing springs, jointed sticks, combinations of string and metal foil——in fact, anything that will respond to a slight increase or easing of the applied force through a twitch, slope, or bounce by the operator——can be used. In many cases, the operator will insist on holding against or fastening to the device a sample of the same kind of material that is being sought for, to "tune" it to that substance.
Sometimes dowsers disagree completely. Some instructions tell learners never to try dowsing with rubber footwear, while others insist that it helps immeasurably. Some practitioners say that when rods cross, that specifically indicates water; others say that water makes the rods diverge to 180 degrees. Many say that metal rods are not suitable at all for dowsing, while others adore them.
The explanation of dowsing is that the operator is actually undergoing what is known to psychology as the ideomotor effect.
Dowsers are, generally speaking, very honest, sincere people, and almost always seem absolutely convinced of their abilities. That conviction is not well founded, since all properly performed, comprehensive tests of this particular claim have produced negative results.
The fallacy of dowsing was recognized by early writers such as Reginald Scot, in his book The Discouerie of Witchcraft (1584). Scot described a process (known as coscinomancy) that was used even in ancient Greece "to find out a Thief":
Stick a pair of Sheers in the rind [rim] of a Sieve, and let two persons set the top of each of their Forefingers upon the upper part of the Sheers, holding it with the Sieve up from the ground steadily, and ask Peter and Paul whether A. B. or C. hath stoln the thing lost, and at the nomination of the guilty person, the Sieve will turn round. This is a great practice in all Countries, and indeed a very bable [babble, foolish talk].
In a marginal observance to this quote, Scot notes:
These be meer toys to mock Apes, and have no commendable device [purpose].
And the actual cause of the movement of the device was also apparent to Scot:
For with the beating of the pulse some cause of that motion ariseth, some other cause by the slight [very small movement] of the fingers, some other by the wind gathered in the Sieve to be staid [steadied], &c. at the pleasure of the holders. Some cause may be the imagination, which upon the conceit [fanciful notion] at the naming of the party, altereth the common course of the pulse, as may well be conceived by a Ring held steadily by a thred betwixt the finger and the thumb, over or rather in a goblet or glass; which within short space will strike against the side thereof so many strokes as the holder thinketh it a clock, and then will stay: the which who so proveth [tests] shall find true.
In one stroke, author Scot has here correctly defined the causes of the movement of both the dowsing stick (in this case of a similarly unbalanced system) and the pendulum phenomenon. Ben Jonson was familiar with this system when he described, in his Alchemist (1610), the hero of the piece "searching for things lost with a sieve and shears."
In modern times, the British Society of Dowsers (BSD), at the founding of the society in 1933, stated that it was organized
to encourage the study of all matters connected with the perception of radiation by the human organism with or without an instrument.
And, in a pamphlet issued by the BSD, they claim that their purpose is
to spread information among the members and the public on the use and value of dowsing in all its forms.
When contacted for a proposed test, Sir Charles J. Jessel, president of the BSD, said that he was not willing for the BSD to be a participant in any presentation that would "put [dowsing] to the test." He said he favored an approach that would seek to "find out, in a genuine fashion, about the subject." He wrote that "the dowsing faculty . . . does not always behave to order when real need is not being expressed or fulfilled." This is not in line with the demonstrated fact that in all attempts to find a test object, the dowsers are always 100 percent successful when they know in advance where the object is, but obtain only chance results when they do not know. Though there is no "real need" involved here, the "dowsing faculty" does always "work" under the first condition.
In addition, the secretary of the BSD and the editor of the BSD journal refuse to even discuss the problem. Similar responses are offered by the American Society of Dowsers when offers are made to officially test the phenomenon with their cooperation and monitoring.
Kenneth Roberts, an American journalist who accepted every claim made for dowsing, wrote in 1953:
[The dowsing rod] may rank with electricity and atomic power. . . . Why . . . shouldn't scientists . . . devote more of their energies to developing an invaluable, even though mysterious, phenomenon that, properly utilized, would turn deserts into lands of plenty, feed the hungry, cure the sick and change the face of the world?
The Encyclopedia Americana states:
Controlled field and laboratory tests have failed to establish the validity of dowsing, and judged by scientific standards the practice has little basis in fact.
At Kassel, north of Frankfurt, Germany, the scientific group Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften (GWUP) in 1992 set up a very efficient and effective site for testing dowsing in cooperation with a local television station. A plastic pipe of suitable size was buried fifty centimeters beneath a level section of field, through which a very large flow of water could be directed from a switching valve. The test area was protected by a large tent, and the position of the buried pipe was prominently marked by a broad red and white stripe. The challenge for the dowsers was not to find the pipe, but only to say whether water was flowing in it or not.
In response to advertisements, GWUP obtained thirty dowsers, mostly from Germany but also from Denmark, Austria, and France. Each dowser was required to perform ten "open" trials in which he or she would know whether or not the water was flowing, and they would have to obtain 100 percent results at that time. This set of trials would provide GWUP with a baseline from which to judge the subsequent twenty "closed" trials which immediately followed, in which they did not know the answer. In all cases, both with the open and closed tests, the "on" or "off" condition was decided by the random selection of a marked ball from a bag.
Each dowser was asked to make, in advance, a statement expressing any objections he might have to the procedure and stating his or her expected success rate. Each and every problem was satisfied and each dowser expected 100 percent success, as attested by the signatures. Then each subject was asked to use his or her dowsing ability to scan the area in which the test was to be performed, to see if any underground distraction was present.
At the end of three days of testing, GWUP announced the results of almost a thousand bits of data to the assembled dowsers. A summary of their results produced just what would be expected according to chance.
Recall that in these tests each dowser had been asked to scan the test area in advance for any anomalies that might distract the powers. It was noted that none of the thirty dowsers found the same anomalies, though all but one found some anomaly, and some found several. Obviously, only one of the dowsers could have been right, and probably all were wrong.
It is perhaps significant that the German word for the dowsing rod is Wünschelrute, which translates as "wishing stick." Occasionally, the art is referred to in English as "jowsing" or "josing."
The American Society of Dowsers, Inc., can be reached at Danville, VT 05828. However, inquiries indicating doubt or challenging their convictions will not be answered in a positive fashion.
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