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WiredWest is very pleased that the State Legislature has passed this bill with half of the funding required to create a robust regional last-mile network in the unserved areas of our region. We are grateful for the actions of our legislative delegation, and look forward to the bill being signed by Governor Patrick, who originally introduced it. High-speed internet access is critical to educational opportunity, economic growth, the health and well-being of our citizens, and the overall quality of life in our region.
But another $50 million will still be necessary to complete the last-mile project and make broadband a reality for our region's unserved towns. As a municipal cooperative, WiredWest has been designated by our member towns as the entity to build and operate a last-mile fiber-optic network in their communities. Toward that end we have been working with town officials on a plan to bridge that funding gap by using their borrowing authority to support the issuance of a WiredWest bond. With the funding match from the state bond bill, towns will have a unique opportunity to support the deployment of long-lived telecommunications infrastructure as a foundation for their future viability.
Securing local financial participation will not be an easy task. Close cooperation between WiredWest, the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, elected officials and our citizens will be absolutely essential. Many of our town Select Boards recently wrote the acting director of MBI urging that his organization work through WiredWest on behalf of their towns. We are ready to move forward and eager to work with all the parties to bring long-awaited high-speed broadband and its benefits to WiredWest member towns.
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WiredWest continues to explore possible project funding through the Connect America Fund. In March it previously submitted an "Expression of Interest" to the Federal Communications Commission for what are called "experiments" in rural broadband deployment. Further details about the program and procedures to submit proposals are expected to be announced by the FCC in July. A key issue underlying the financing of a regional broadband network is the financial viability of such a project.
WiredWest has developed and continues to refine a detailed pro forma model. Consultants to MBI have also developed models, and MBI is working closely with WiredWest to develop a consensus model that ideally will serve as the basis for development of a regional network.
The Board of Directors of WiredWest had previously voted to assess a $1,000 fee for FY2015 (beginning July 1) from each member town for legal and other expenses primarily related to the financing. Member towns were asked to place an article for that amount on their Annual Town Meeting warrants, or to otherwise allocate the funds. Of WiredWest's 42 member towns, all agreed to the fee except Leverett, which is building its own broadband network, and Alford, which is considering doing so. As a result these towns will withdraw from WiredWest, as per the Cooperative's bylaws. There are also new towns working on joining.
WiredWest has drafted a letter which it is asking each Select Board in its member towns to send to MBI. The letter notes that people in unserved western Massachusetts towns are "frustrated by the continuing lack of adequate internet service." It expresses continuing support for "WiredWest as our designated organization to implement and operate a regional last-mile fiber broadband network." And it urges MBI "to work closely with WiredWest so that upon passage of the bond bill, construction of the network can begin as expeditiously as possible."
WiredWest Town Liaison Reva Reck continues to be on health leave, but making progress. To help fulfill her duties, the Board elected Shutesbury Town Administrator Becky Torres to the Executive Committee.
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The Federal Communications Commission requested "Expressions of Interest" for what it calls, "experiments" in rural broadband deployment by "non‐traditional" entities. These will be funded from the Connect America Fund (CAF), success or to the Universal Service Fund, which subsidized telephone service in high‐cost rural areas with a small charge on the bills of all telephone users. On March 7th WiredWest filed a detailed letter with the FCC expressing its interest in the program and explaining its unique qualifications to participate. You can read it here. The FCC will review the filings it received, then set a budget for such experiments and the procedures to apply for funding. Proposals are anticipated to be due this summer and awards to be made in the fall. WiredWest Executive Director David Epstein and Board Chair Monica Webb attended an FCC seminar in Washington about the CAF program, which emphasized the importance of community involvement.
Local participation in the financing of the last mile is essential. Toward that end WiredWest is considering issuance of a bond, which as a Municipal Lighting Plant Cooperative it is legally empowered to do. The bond would be backed by WiredWest's member towns that choose to participate. To explore how the state might support such an issuance, WiredWest's Executive Director and some members of the Executive Committee consulted with State Representative Steve Kulik and Assistant State Treasurer Colin MacNaught, who expressed his interest in continuing the discussion.
To explain its progress and these financing options, WiredWest is holding a series of information meetings in member towns for Select Board and Finance Committee members from surrounding towns. The response at these meetings to WiredWest's financing proposals thus far has been very favorable.
One issue that needs to be resolved for the towns to back a WiredWest bond is how to allocate liability among the towns. This has been the subject of considerable discussion at Executive Committee and Board meetings, and Finance Chair Drawe has prepared extensive materials to support that evaluation. While a methodology has not been agreed upon, everyone does agree that it must be fair, and that it must stand up to the stringent due diligence to which the bond issuance will be subject.
To support its assessment of a $1,000 annual fee for Fiscal Year 2015, unanimously approved by the WiredWest Board of Directors, the Executive Committee prepared a justification for the funds and provided it to Board members and alternates to make available to officials in their towns.
Executive Director Epstein has continued to participate in MBI's "kitchen cabinet" of advisors on deploying the last mile, although its progress has been slowed by Judy Dumont's departure from her post as MBI's Director. Epstein met with Philip Holahan, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, MBI's parent organization, and who is now acting as interim Director of MBI. A follow‐up meeting has been scheduled with Holahan, Epstein, Board Chair Webb and several people from WiredWest and MTC/MBI, as well as municipal finance expert Gregory Sandomirsky of the Boston law firm Mintz Levin, who counsels MTC/MBI on such matters.
In response to articles in the Berkshire Eagle and Greenfield Recorder about MBI completing its middle mile project, Steve Nelson wrote Op‐Ed columns in those papers advocating for WiredWest's role in the roll‐out of the last mile, which were well received. WiredWest is pursuing other opportunities to tell its story through the media.
WiredWest continued to make progress toward connecting its ISP customer George Propane in Goshen. To stay focused on its last‐mile mission, the Executive Committee agreed to oversee completion of the installation but then find an ISP to take over servicing the client, and not to pursue additional customers at this time.
WiredWest Vice‐Chair and Town Liaison Reva Reck has taken a medical leave of absence to deal with a serious health problem. To help meet her responsibilities, the Board elected Becky Torres, Town Administrator of Shutesbury and town delegate to WiredWest, to the Executive Committee. We all wish Reva well and look forward to her return.
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WiredWest has been monitoring the progress of the IT Bond Bill, H.3770, which includes $50 million for MBI for last-mile construction. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives in November and referred to the Senate Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets, but has not yet been scheduled for a hearing by the Committee.
Even with the passage of the bill, another $50 million or so will be required to build and launch the last mile. There will likely be a need for local participation in providing some of that additional funding. Toward that end, WiredWest's Executive Director and Legal/Governance Chair, met with MBI Director Judy Dumont and other members of her team, along with their bond attorney and WiredWest's project counsel to explore how WiredWest's organizational structure and powers as a Municipal Lighting Plant Cooperative might support issuance of bonds by WiredWest and/or its member towns to help finance the last mile.
Members of the WiredWest Executive Committee subsequently met with a bond attorney who provided further insight into bonding strategies, including a mechanism whereby town bonds would be used to back up a WiredWest bond but would not require towns to make any payments on debt service except in the case of WiredWest falling short in its ability to do so.
The Executive Committee is planning to conduct a series of regional meetings with Select Board and Finance Committee members to solicit their input on local participation in last mile financing. It is in the process of developing a possible methodology for apportioning each town's share of any such participation.
WiredWest has been planning for possibly applying to the Broadband Loan Program of the Rural Utilities Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As a result of the compromise budget deal in Congress, RUS is only expected to have less than $40 million to lend this year, and with other applicants likely to seek those funds, and given the significant time and resources required to complete an application, RUS may no longer be a promising source of funding for WiredWest.
However, the Federal Communications Commission is about to launch what it calls some "experiments" in deploying broadband in rural areas under Phase II of the Connect America Fund, with additional funding to be made available later through a national competitive bidding process based in part on these trials. Phase I provided funding solely to telephone companies to deploy broadband, but Phase II funds could be made available to other entities, perhaps including municipal cooperatives. WiredWest submitted a Letter of Comment to the FCC supporting the program and opening it to other entities, and will submit an Expression of Interest to participate in the experiments scheduled for 2014, and ultimately in CAF Phase II.
In January WiredWest convened a meeting of its Cable Towns Caucus, comprised of six member towns partially served by a cable operator offering high-speed internet service. The towns reported on their ongoing discussions with Comcast on building out the unserved areas of their towns and the cost of doing so, some of which might be provided with funds from the IT Bond Bill. A draft Policy Statement in support of the Cable Towns, which had been approved by the WiredWest Executive Committee, was discussed and with some additional changes will be presented to the Board for its approval.
WiredWest continued to make progress toward connecting its ISP customer George Propane in Goshen, and is seeking to identify other possible customers.
At its meeting on December 7, the Board unanimously approved an annual fee of $1,000 payable by each town for Fiscal Year 2015, which begins July 1. If they have not already done so, Board members are reminded to inform their town Select Boards and Finance Committees of the fee, so that it can be included in the warrants or town budgets for annual town meetings this spring. WiredWest did not request an annual fee for FY 2013 or 2014, but the funds are needed now for increasing operational expenses, which include fees for corporate counsel, bond counsel, other consulting and professional services, and other expenses necessary for moving the last mile project forward at this critical time.
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1) Supporting the passage of the IT bond bill
2) Partnering with MBI on developing the last-mile network
3) Seeking the additional funds needed for its construction and operation
4) Working closely with our member towns to assure local participation in the project
IT Bond Bill: The IT bond bill was taken up the the House Ways and Means Committee on November 19th. At the initiative of Vice Chair Rep. Steve Kulik, $10 million was added to the $40 million originally provided in the bill for building a last-mile network in western Massachusets. Some of that additional funding may be used to incentivize Comcast to build out its infrastructure in six towns currently partially served by cable, so as to connect the remaining homes in those towns. The Committee reported the bill out favorably that day and it was sent directly to the full House, which redesignated it as H.3770 and passed it unanimously. It was then referred to the Senate Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets. WiredWest is staying in touch with our Senators from the region on the progress of the bill, which should be taken up in January.
MBI Partnership: David Epstein, WiredWest's Executive Director, attended a meeting on November 18th with Massachusetts Broadband Institute Director Judy Dumont and her "kitchen cabinet." This is a group formed by MBI to assist it in formulating its strategy for the last mile, and includes several consultants with expertise in broadband, as well as executives of MBI and its parent organization, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. WiredWest has a seat at the table in these discussions through David, who participates in two weekly scheduled calls with the kitchen cabinet and is also in regular direct contact with Judy. He and WiredWest's outside counsel Diedre Lawrence, of the Boston firm Rubin and Rudman, have been invited to a meeting at MBI, expected to be held later this month, to discuss how the legal structure and powers of the WiredWest Municipal Lighting Plant Coop and its member MLPs might be utilized to further the last-mile project.
Funding: The WiredWest Executive Committee continues to work on its application for funding from the Broadband Loan Program of the Rural Utilities Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. MBI has indicated that it does not intend to submit an application to RUS, so WiredWest will be the applicant on behalf of most or all of the 45 unserved towns in western Mass. The federal Farm Bill, which defines the policies of the RUS Broadband Loan Program, is presently under consideration in Conference Committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the bill, with a new reconciliation deadline of January 31st, 2014. The funding for the RUS Broadband Loan program is contained in the annual Agriculture Appropriations bill, which is sometimes passed within an Omnibus Appropriations bill. We are waiting to hear about progress on that front, and advocating for reasonable funding levels.
Town Participation: WiredWest convened a meeting on November 21st at the Buckland Town Hall with representatives of four towns partially served by cable (two others did not attend). In addition to WiredWest's Executive Director and three members of its Executive Committee, attendees included the Select Board chair from Buckland, a Select Board member from Shelburne, the town administrator from Conway, the chair or a member of the Internet/cable/technology committees from those towns and Northfield, as well as several area residents and business owners. After presentations and discussion about the situation in their towns and their relationships with Comcast, the group asked WiredWest to form a "Cable Town Caucus" to represent the interests of those towns to the legislature, to develop a consistent message to be approved by Caucus members and the WiredWest Board of Directors, and for the uncabled and partially-cabled towns to speak with a one voice through WiredWest. It is expected that the Caucus will meet in January.
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In response to this development, WiredWest is focusing our strategy on four key areas:
1) supporting the passage of the IT bond bill
2) partnering with MBI on developing the last-mile network
3) seeking the additional funds needed for its construction and operation
4) working closely with our member towns to assure local participation in the project
In support of this strategy, in September the WiredWest Board of Directors agreed unanimously that we retain David Epstein on a contingent-fee basis as Executive Director of WiredWest, reporting to the Executive Committee. David is a seasoned telecommunications executive who has worked with MBI and has an excellent relationship with its Director, Judy Dumont. You can read more about David's background here.
IT Bond Bill: Members of the WiredWest Executive Committee testified in support of the bill, H.3330, before the Joint Committee on Regulatory Oversight on June 11, and before the House Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets on September 18, at which time they also submitted about 300 letters in support of the legislation from citizens, businesses, Select Boards and other organizations in our towns. Both committees reported the bill out favorably.
MBI Partnership: Because of MBI's invaluable experience with building the middle mile and its expected role in administering the bond bill funds, WiredWest recognizes that it is vital we work with MBI on the last mile. David and members of the Executive Committee have met with MBI to discuss how our two organizations could partner on the last-mile project. While no formal commitments were made by MBI or MTC, our ideas were well received. Since then David has continued to interface with MBI on an ongoing basis, and regularly attends our Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings.
Funding: The most likely source for most (but not all) of the remaining funding is the low-cost Broadband Loan Program of the Rural Utilities Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As a cooperative of 42 rural towns, WiredWest believes we are the most appropriate entity to apply for those funds. The Executive Committee has developed a detailed project plan for completing the complex RUS application, and individual members of the Committee have begun work on their assignments under that plan.
Additionally, under David's direction WiredWest is exploring how we might attract capital from the private sector. Both the bond bill and RUS funds must be used for construction, but not operation, of the network. A private sector partner potentially could provide those funds by connecting customers to the last mile and delivering services to them. Likewise, we are evaluating how we might utilize our authority under state law as a Municipal Lighting Plant Cooperative to issue bonds, and preliminarily discussing what financial stake, if any, our member towns may have in the project.
Town Participation: WiredWest is the entity designated by our member towns to bring broadband to their citizens and businesses. We continue working with our members to assure that, through WiredWest, their voice is heard in deliberations about the last-mile project and they play a substantive role in the development and operation of the network.
We will keep you posted on the developments over the next few months, which we expect to be significant, and which should give us a more definite time frame for delivering service.
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These tasks and other efforts were undertaken to provide the requisite information for the proposed WiredWest last-mile network to seek financing. The market research, economic impact study and demand survey efforts provided detailed information on the opportunity and impact on the regional economy. The map database, high level network design and cost estimates provided crucial planning and cost information. All of these efforts provided direct and indirect input for the financial modeling.
The work completed confirmed the proposed WiredWest network will be a significant and complex endeavor with a total estimated cost of $100 million and a planning and buildout timeline of at least two years. Financing the project will likely entail a combination of financing resources, including state grants, low-interest government loans, private capital, and bond issuance by the Cooperative.
The economic impact of the proposed WiredWest network to the region is substantial. A municipal network could retain up to $75 million per year in telecommunications services revenues alone, in the 45 Western Massachusetts towns underserved by broadband. This includes $50 million in revenues for service that is paid to service providers and leaves the region each year.
Additionally, this type of network will enable the growth of existing and new businesses, and create local jobs–from the network itself, from expanded business hiring, and from increased household spending. It will increase the revenue output of local businesses, and create an estimated additional $1.8 million in tax revenues for local and state governments.
The work completed by the grant also showed strong demand for the proposed network in WiredWest member towns—especially towns without cable broadband service. The Market Survey, completed in March, 2012, provided valuable information on local demographics; cost, use and satisfaction of existing offerings; and feedback on potential price points.
In March of 2013, there was some good news relating to financing a last mile network in underserved towns, when the Governor filed a state IT bond bill that includes $40 million to go towards last mile broadband infrastructure. The bill is currently working its way through the legislature. If successful, The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) will oversee the administration of those funds, and in anticipation of that, they are working on a detailed plan for the project, including a buildout timeline. MBI and WiredWest have met to discuss how each organization's strengths could be leveraged in a last-mile network partnership, including raising the additional funds needed to complete a regional fiber network in western Massachusetts towns unserved or underserved by broadband. We will keep you posted on the developments and how you can help to make sure this happens as soon as possible.
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Last week at Farmington River School in Otis, Governor Patrick celebrated the launch of the first segment of the MBI 123 middle-mile broadband network, which will bring fiber-optic connectivity to Community Anchor Institutions, including town and city halls, libraries, schools, and public safety and health care facilities, in 124 towns in Western Massachusetts.
WiredWest congratulates the Patrick Administration on this important milestone. The Cooperative also pledges its support for the Governor's FY 2013 – 2017 IT bond bill which includes $40 Million to be leveraged for connecting homes and businesses in unserved and underserved towns in Western Massachusetts with fiber-optic broadband.
"WiredWest remains committed to universally available and fairly priced fiber-optic broadband access for citizens and businesses of its member towns," said WiredWest Chairwoman Monica Webb, "and we see the proposed capital investment by the state as a crucial step towards achieving those goals. We look forward to participating in making a last-mile network a reality."
In light of the state's potential last-mile investment, WiredWest is considering options that would leverage the strength of the 42-town WiredWest Cooperative and complement the Massachusetts Broadband Institute's efforts in rolling out last-mile broadband. WiredWest has completed extensive groundwork for this type of network in the region, including market research, mapping of existing infrastructure, financial modeling, customer aggregation, community outreach, and an economic impact study.
WiredWest has been working with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute over the last two years to ensure the broadband needs of its member communities will be met, and looks forward to continued collaboration.
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The MBI 123 middle-mile network was built to serve as wholesale backhaul for last-mile networks and to connect Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs). It will not serve homes and businesses directly.
The MBI's fiber is similar to a high-voltage power line, in that getting fiber-optic connectivity to homes and businesses from the MBI network will require a separate, last-mile distribution network. Even if the MBI network passes by your home or business, access will only be available to you after routing through a last-mile fiber network which would wire fiber back to your premises.
A last mile fiber network typically distributes connectivity to users via centrally-located facilities, where the necessary equipment can be placed in a secure, protected area with backup power. In WiredWest's case, those facilities would be located in most town centers.
The MBI 123 network will be offering service to CAIs, which can include your town hall, library, police and fire stations, public schools and colleges, and health care facilities. Most public libraries offer free wireless access, so residents can utilize the MBI 123 network at their local library.
This is another reason the WiredWest network is critical for our communities. The state has created a state-of-the-art fiber-optic highway in our region. Now it's up to us to build the last-mile "off-ramps," creating a robust network from end-to-end that finally connects the unconnected, and provides our citizens with access to affordable, reliable and high-capacity broadband.
The best way you can help WiredWest is by completing a Support Card, indicating you would be interested in taking service on the WiredWest network once it's available.
For more information on the status of the WiredWest project, please see the most recent update here.
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Regular meetings of WiredWest's organizational bodies were conducted throughout the year, with Board of Directors meeting monthly, Executive Committee meeting weekly and sub-committees meeting as needed.
WiredWest launched our new website in 2012, and has continued with a social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Business Planning
Significant work was undertaken in 2012 to enable financing and buildout of the network. That work was made possible by grants from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and the Central Berkshire Fund, in addition to support from donations, Cooperative membership fees, and thousands of volunteer hours.
In the spring of 2012, WiredWest conducted a comprehensive market survey in our member towns. The survey provided detailed information on residents' satisfaction and usage of existing services, and demand for new services. The results indicated strong demand for the network across the region, and they are being used to develop service offerings and support our pro-forma financial statements.
Last fall WiredWest launched a Support Card Campaign in its member towns. Local residents and businesses were asked to complete Cards to help WiredWest determine the level of interest for services in each town. The information will be used in network design and to provide assurances to potential financing sources. The campaign is continuing into the first quarter of 2013 and residents and businesses that have not yet completed a Card are urged to do so here as soon as possible.
WiredWest has created comprehensive pro-forma financial statements with input from other municipal fiber networks and appropriate financial expertise. The leadership team has met with a number of public and private financing sources and advisers to refine our financing strategy and put the project on track for financing in 2013.
Network Planning
To complete the engineering work required for financing, a database of detailed maps for the WiredWest towns was created. Potential network distribution locations in each town were also visited and evaluated for their suitability.
WiredWest hired Matrix Design Group to prepare a high level network design and cost estimates for the network. They have provided WiredWest with their final report and the options presented are being evaluated to create a final estimate for our financial statements.
FY 2013 Plans
WiredWest will be focused on finalizing the business plan, with a particular focus on the pro-forma financial statements, final network design and other information needed for financing, including the final numbers for the Support Card campaign.
WiredWest will also continue working with public and private financing sources to determine the best and most expedient strategy for financing the network. We will also continue to solicit grants and donations for interim funding, and will be completing an economic impact study to quantify the regional economic impact of the network which will be important to garnering grant support.
If you are interested in staying abreast of developments, we encourage you to join our email list or follow WiredWest on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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KSFY News headed out to the Sioux Empire Fair today.
The exposition tent has campaign booths for both Republican and Democratic party candidates.
KSFY News spoke with some of the volunteers and had some very interesting conversations with voters from both parties.
There had been many rumors about whom Romney might chose, but voter Jennifer Star is happy with Romney's choice, Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan.
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On the other side of the aisle at the fair, at the Democratic candidates booth, Paul Ryan and the budget were also a topic of conversation.
Rodney Gutzler said "I think it clearly defines the objectives of the Romney campaign and that's going to be closely married to the Paul Ryan budget."
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Jerry Mathers, who portrayed Beaver Cleaver in the 1950s television serial "Leave It to Beaver," will speak about his struggle with diabetes at a conference on "Taking Control of Your Diabetes" Saturday, Nov. 20 at the OnCenter. The conference is sponsored by the Joslin Center for Diabetes at University Hospital of the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse.
Mathers' presentation is just one part of the conference, which runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sessions scheduled throughout the day will cover a variety of issues, including nutrition, exercise, emotional barriers related to diabetes, early detection, weight control and how stress affects the disease.
Conference registration fee is $25 before Nov. 12; $30 before Nov. 20; and $35 at the door. For more information, call 1-800-998-2693.
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New Face Fridays Interview with Noel Fisher (Vladimir)
Okay, so it's New Face Fridays on Monday. Together with other favorite Twilight fansites, we get to interview the new vampire cast in Breaking Dawn Part 2.
Last Friday's interview was with Noel Fisher who plays Vladimir from the Romanian Coven in Breaking Dawn Part 2! Last Friday Team Twilight hosted the interview. Here's part of the interview!
It's been a really good year for you professionally, with playing a great character on Shameless, and then the role of Cotton Top on Hatfields & McCoys. What made you pick a 3000 year old grumpy vampire? Why did you want that role?
I actually booked Twilight before Shameless or Hatfields & McCoys, but obviously the Twilight franchise is in a world of its own, a class of its own. It's really really different from anything else I've ever done. And that's something that I try and do with my parts, kind of pick parts that are really different from one another and I'm also just a huge geek at heart, too. I love vampire stuff, I love fantasy/sci-fi, and all that kind of stuff so it's right up my alley. That was another lucky thing. I get to play like a 3000 year old bad-ass vampire. That's awesome!
You filmed Hatfields & McCoys in Romania and you played a Romanian vampire in Breaking Dawn. Did you feel a special bond with the country when you were there filming?
I don't know, I basically thought it was a really funny coincidence that I was going there just a few months after Twilight wrapped. I thought that was quite funny. We shot near Vlad the Impaler's actual castle, which isn't really a castle anymore. It's basically a bunch of rubble now, but some of the drivers in Romania were telling us that just a few miles from where we were was a pile of rubble that was actually Vlad the Impaler's old spot. So I thought that was kind of cool.
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Great interview with Noel! Must read when he ripped his pants. LOL!
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Wife and I are moving to 69th/Columbus after a failed experiment in the 'burbs and can't wait to dive back into the food scene in NYC. Any recs in the neighborhood?
We are looking to fill the following neighborhood chow destinations:
1) Pizza
2) Chinese (takeout and delivery)
3) Mexican
4) Thai
5) Sushi
6) Value places (good for a weekday meal).
7) Coffee shops
8) anything else worth mentioning!
Welcome back to the nabe.
Fine Asian: Shun Lee West
Italian: Fiorello's
Mediterranean: Josephina's
Mexican: Rosa Mexicana
Organic and healthy oriented: Le Pain Quotidien (bakery, sandwiches, soup)
La Fortuna: Great lunches
Little French Bistro: La Boite en Bois
American dinners: Compass/Telepan
Last minute neighborhood Italian: La Fenice
Diner (all night delivery): Westside Diner
Gray's Papaya (on the go for hot dogs, etc.)
All of these are between 64th and 71st & from Amsterdam to Broadway to Columbus
PJ Clarke's opened recently in the Old Empire Hotel. O'Neal's is also in the nabe - across the street of Pain Quotidien.
Welcome back! Best pizza is a hole in the wall called La Traviata on 68th b/n Columbus and Bway. What they lack in ambience, they make up for in great pizza.
Try the (giant) cookies at Levain Bakery. 74th b/n Columbus and Amsterdam. To die for.
Pomodoro on Columbus near 71st is a nice Italian joint -- food seems to have really improved ;ately.
Best Chinese is Cottage at Amsterdam and 77th.
For Sushi, Empire Sushi on 72nd b/n West End and Bway. Really nice place to eat in -- lovely people -- but great takeout too (and they have more than sushi but that's all I ever get there).
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Cottage is one of the worst Chinese food restaurants I have had. Unfortunately, the UWS is lacking in good, neighborhood Chinese food (surprisingly). Hunan Park is great, but the 72nd St. one closed a few months ago (there's one up in the 90s that delivers). Ollie's and Empire are decent.
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It's take-out and delivery only, but Wok City on the east side of Columbus between 66th and 67th is, IMHO, better than either Ollie's or Empire.
I agree with idia's suggestions, and also the suggestion of O'Neals. They have a great chopped salad and yummy bread.
Slightly north of you in the 70s, Hummus Place for exactly what it sounds like (really fresh hummus and delicious pita), Lenny's for decent sandwich delivery, Sido for pretty good falafel, Balduccis also has some good prepared foods.
Plus you're close to all the decadent offerings at Columbus Circle.
Tenzan on 74th and Columbus: new and quite good sushi
Epices du Traiteur: 70th just west of Columbus; very good Med/Tunisian and very pleasant neighborhood spot
Bistro Cassis: 71st? and Columbus; newish French bistro; gets yes and no reviews here, but the French onion soup makes it worth a try to see where you come down
Barcibo Enoteca: new wine bar with very good small plates on 69th and Broadway
I like Empire Szechuan for chinese - their sushi is decent too. I heartily second the Fiorello's recommendation. I've also heard great things about the newish Greek place up there, Kefi I believe it is.
Hi there, superfine -- welcome back! There've been a number of good suggestions thrown out there already. I'll just add a few more of my favorites:
Pasha (Turkish)
China Fun (ONLY for the weekend dim sum, congee, and soy milk)
Cafe Ronda (pretty good burgers)
Mughlai (fairly decent North Indian)
La Vela (good fresh pastas)
Vince & Eddie's (solid on classic American / NY fare -- like liver with fried onion and, lest that scare you off, chicken pot pies, crab cakes, and that sort of thing)
Biondanonima suggested Kefi. It's a *great* suggestion. It won't be the best neo-Greek you've ever had, but it is very good, and an excellent value.
I do not think Shun Lee is a very good restaurant for food, though the ambience is very nice.
Fiorello's and Rosa Mexicana are just fair in my opinion, tho I do really like the black and white mousse at Fiorello's! Avoid the antipasti in the summertime because flies hang out all over the display case. Also, avoid the "special" pomegranate margaritas at Rosa like the plague. they're like those Icees you get out of the dispenser at 7-11s.
O'Neals is plain and uninspiring, but will do in a fix, since they usually have seats open.
Cottage and Empire Sushi have terrible Chinese and Japanese food, respectively (though the service at Empire is indeed *quite* lovely... they gave me an umbrella once, without expectation of its return, when I got caught in a rain storm; Chinese dishes at Empire are fair and very inexpensive).
Tenzan is also pretty awful, though somehow it has high Zagat ratings.
No good Thai that I know of, sadly... Please let us know if you find one!
320 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10023
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Seijin-no-hi (Coming of Age Day) is a national holiday in Japan. Young women and men twenty years of age go to shrines, wearing traditional clothing. Their families announce their adulthood to the kami or spirits, and pray for health and well being for a lifetime to come.
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Japanese welcome in the New Year with prayers for renewal of hearts, good health, and prosperity. They wear their best clothes and visit shrines in large numbers–sometimes at the very stroke of midnight o n New Year's Eve. During the seven days of the holiday, people visit one another's homes to offer good wishes for the comming year.
Known as matsuri, a word that conveys many meanings, including ritual, celebration, veneration and prayer–all Shinto festivals aim to honor and give thanks [...]
December 22 Tohji-taisai
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Tohji-taisai, the Grand Cermony of the December Solstice, celebrates the joy of the ending of the yin period of the sun, when it declines in strength, and the beginning of its growing period or yang period. The sun is of central importance in Japan, expressing the presence of Amaterasu Omikami, the Kami of the Sun.
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China has recently changed some of their processes for adoption. Families under this new program can proceed with concurrent, simultaneous and successive adoption. This is great news for many waiting families! The new program is called "Special Focus" and was started on September 1, 2010. "Special Focus" children are those who have been on the shared agency list for at least 2 months or those who have participated in a CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) sponsored Hope Camp. Families will have up to 6 months to complete and submit their dossier to the CCAA.
The CCAA will allow multiple adoptions with "Special Focus" children in the following ways:
- Concurrent. This is where a family keeps their original LID (Log In Date) for the NSN (non-special needs) program and pursues the adoption of a "Special Focus" child at the same time. The CCAA will use the same dossier for both adoptions. This allows a family to keep their place in the NSN line while opening their hearts and home to a child with special needs.
- Simultaneous. This is where a family adopts two children at the same time. In order to go this route, one child must be a "Special Focus" child. Most agencies will require you to get pre-approval before traveling this path. There are several factors to consider when adopting 2 children at the same time, such as attachment and adjustment. Your social worker will talk with you in-depth about these factors before recommending this option for you as many families can only handle adopting one child at a time.
- Successive. This is where a family adopts another child within 1 year of the previous adoption. The second child must be a "Special Focus" child. Families can use their previous dossier but have to submit an updated home study.
My daughter is a "Special Focus" child. I'm still not sure why as her special need is 100% correctable in the United States. I submitted the LOI (Letter of Intent) at the end of January and have until the end of July to get my dossier to China. So this program is definitely special to me!


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I appreciate the feedback I've been receiving about this ongoing new year's series about the goal of getting married. Though I am no longer able to moderate and publish comments on a regular basis (see the commenting policy for further information), I do read all the letters I receive and answer as many as I am able. With some letters, I ask the sender if I can answer it on the blog; that's the case with the letter that follows. I'm grateful for the visitors here and the letters I receive!
Q: How can I develop male friendships? I've been inspired by your blog to actually start having people over to my house. When I looked over this coming year as to the possible events (slumber party this month, possibly an Easter Tea), I realized that I don't have any guy friends I can invite over. Therefore, this is a void I'd like to fill, but don't know how. I abandoned the singles ministry at my church over a year ago. It was too meat-markety and as a Black woman at a predominantly white church, I wasn't on the menu. I've settled into a lovely women's class that has challenged me to grow in my Christian walk. It's also wonderful to see a taste of the other side, how women look after years of walking with Christ. I sing in the choir and have developed wonderful lady friends through that ministry. No guys, though. A problem is that it seems like single men and women can't talk to each other at my church without it signaling that you're together or that the guy is interested in you. I'm not the only woman who's noticed this. Still, even if it is true, it still doesn't solve my problem. I've begun praying about the matter. Any suggestions? Thoughts?
A: You've raised several good points in your letter, but I must start with the comical one first. Are you despondent because you are hosting a slumber party and a tea and you don't know any single men to invite!? I think I can confidently state that the former might raise some eyebrows and the latter would ensure many regrets from the guys! I'm sure that was just an unfortunate set of examples, but it amused me greatly!
Okay, to the heart of your letter. You want to know how to cultivate male friendships. I'm glad you said you were praying about this already. That's the first step. Whatever we want, we should confidently bring those requests to our heavenly Father in prayer. As we make our petitions and supplications known to the Father, with thanksgiving, the Holy Spirit searches our hearts and helps us to see things we may have been blind to. Is there anything God is revealing to you now?
Perhaps I can offer an observation. One part of your letter did leap out at me. You may want to consider and pray about your statement: "I abandoned the singles ministry at my church over a year ago. It was too meat-markety and as a Black woman at a predominantly white church, I wasn't on the menu." Captain Obvious says it's going to be hard to make friends with single Christian men if you have abandoned the singles ministry at your church.
Now I do understand that the tenor of singles ministries varies widely across the church at large, so you might be accurate in your label of "meat-markety." Or that might reveal something about your own perspective. Either way, doesn't it grieve you--even slightly--that this is part of a church you belong to and serve? The singles ministry has the potential to be so much more than a meat market! But not if everyone abandons it. Perhaps this is something to pray about. If it bothers you, it must bother God much, much more. Frankly, I don't know of anyone who actually enjoys that kind of superficiality. I hear from single adults all the time who are longing for intimacy. Marital intimacy, of course, but also just the intimacy of true fellowship with other Christians.
What if you were to effect some change? What if you were to bravely reach out to others and treat them as brothers and sisters, with no expectations? You might find that after making some effort to invest in other people that it's not so much of a meat-market after all. And you might inspire others to do the same thing. Each of us can be tempted to look at a crowd and judge the motives of everyone there. But when we make the plunge to meet the individuals who make up that crowd, we can always find many people who defy the stereotype we've had of that group.
I remember a few years ago when the college-age and career-age singles ministries at my church were merged into one group. We older singles were tempted to think the younger singles would judge us or not include us. I confess that I entertained those thoughts on occasion, too. Never would I have guessed then that a number of those younger singles would end up as some of my dearest friends today. As Christians, we have far more in common with believers of any age (or race or socioeconomic background) than we do with people of more similar demographics in the world. We are united because of what Christ has done for us and we will be united in heaven as we praise Him for all eternity.
Where to start? Each church is different, so I can't presume to give you an exact formula for how to make new friends. But I would recommend discarding speculations. When you are talking to a man, don't worry about what other people think--focus on the brother before you. He's not an object to be secured. He's a co-heir in Christ with you. He probably needs encouragement to keep running the race with perseverance. One reason the meat-market culture pops up is because we singles lose sight of the fact that this isn't one big game of musical chairs. We tend to position ourselves to ensure a seat when the music stops. We're so focused on obtaining something before the buzzer sounds that we can view people either as objects to acquire or obstacles to get around. That is the aroma of the meat market.
To break this trend and make new friends, I would recommend the following steps:
1) Pray about and for the local church you are in. If you are convinced this is the church that God has placed you in, then could it be possible that your husband might be there, too? Both marriage and the church are God's ideas, so you can be optimistic about them in equal measure. It appears you are being spiritually fed in your women's class and that you are serving in your church through singing in your choir. So it may be worth the effort to invest in the singles ministry, too.
2) Are there men singing in the choir? Why not start there with developing friendships? Common interests jump-start friendships. You could invite a mixture of fellow singers over for dinner and a concert on DVD. Or arrange a group to go hear another choral performance.
3) Let the women in your class know what you are praying about and struggling with. Then be bold and ask some of your closer friends if they can introduce you to any single men they know. In my experience, it doesn't often occur to others to network on behalf of singles. Married couples let their need for childcare be known. So why not reciprocate with your needs? Tell these women it's not easy to make new friends as a single adult, and ask if they can facilitate some events to connect you with the singles they know. Offer to host it at your home, if that's feasible, if they will issue the invitations. That's one way to make it simpler for busy women with families to pull off this idea.
4) This one is a little more sensitive to address, but I would be remiss if I didn't point it out. So I'll just be direct. Men like to be around women who encourage them, not judge them. Men have acute radar for women's sinful judgment. If you think it's just your private opinion that you are "not on the menu," I can assure you it's not. Because you harbor that idea in your heart, it will spill out in your words and actions. It may be true that some of the men may not be attracted to you, but that's the case for every woman. No one attracts everyone they meet. I don't know the particulars of your church and it may be true that there is an unaddressed element of racism there. But I also know that for every reason we think we are unattractive to men, there are women with those very same qualities getting married all around us. The Lord is not beholden to human reason and I think He loves to confound our logic in order to receive all the glory. Don't let that lie from the Enemy separate you from fellowship.
5) Be seen encouraging and talking to a wide circle of men. That way you will cultivate a reputation of someone who is genuinely interested in others, as opposed to genuinely interested in just one man.
6) Be interested in things men like to do, too. Or let a guy introduce you to one of his hobbies or interests. You could be surprised at how much you enjoy it. I now like kayaking, whitewater rafting, cycling, classical music, blues bands, opera tenors, and poetry because of the men I've befriended or dated. (Any attempts to make a camper out of this diva have fallen short, however!)
7) Be cheerful. All of us, but especially men, are attracted and refreshed by joyful, uncomplaining, undemanding, grateful women.
The old adage remains true: If you want a friend, be a friend. I hope these points help you! I suspect that married women and some of the men reading this entry may have a few ideas, too, so I'm opening the commenting function for a limited time to feature some of the most helpful feedback.


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A south Georgia school system could have a brand new high school in the next several years. The current Valdosta High School is 38 years old. It's undergone some renovations but the superintendent says some of the vocational labs don't even meet state standards.
By next year they'll decide whether they'll construct a new school.
The vocational wing of Valdosta high is in desperate need of repair and the hallways are too small, says Superintendent Dr. Bill Cason. "All those hallways come together right there in the lunch room. There's a multitude that needs to be repaired."
The school was built in 1973. Some of the renovations through the years include enclosing some of the pod style classrooms and adding a performing arts center.
The bottom line is the school is old. Principal Rufus McDuffie is excited about the possibility of a new school. "That's awesome. I think kids parents in the community have been wanting a new high school for a while," he said.
Dr. Cason says to fully renovate and modernize the building, would cost as much as building a new school. It could be paid for by sales tax money or by selling bonds. "If we want to wait and build it as we go as SPLOST money comes in or whether we want to explore selling bonds to go ahead and complete the facility."
But the superintendent says they're still exploring ideas and they won't make a decision on whether to build a new Valdosta High School until next year.
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Q: I made a delicious corned beef dinner in my crock pot to hold me through the hurricane, and now have a very nice rich, meaty broth left over. It seems so wasteful to throw this out. Do you have any ideas for making it into another meal?
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Editor: Louisa, I would simmer some root vegetables, cooked beans or chicken thighs in the liquid and serve it over polenta or rice to soak up all the yummy juices.
Readers, any ideas for transforming leftover braising liquid into another meal?
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Risotto! OR, if you're burnt-out on the flavor, freeze it and make risotto with it in a few weeks!
If there's a lot of fat content to it, I would use it for another braise and add vegetables. If it is actually a beef broth you could use for soup, I would make vegetable stew. If neither suits you, you could cook some mushrooms in it, boil it down, thicken it, and use it as sauce,
You'll want to chill and de-fat it, and then, duh, you've got soup. If the braised veg aren't enough, add some more, some noodles or dumplings.
Or sauce: reduce some with some red wine, mount some butter or add roux -- if it's even needed, depending on how much gelatin is in the braising liquid (when cold, short-rib braising liquid can stand up by itself).
I would do consommé. Consommé is just yummy.
This is precious liquid--the yummie stuff. You can re-use it for stews, sauce, gravy, soup, etc... It will keep well in the fridge for a while but you can also freeze for when needed. In my kitchen, this stuff doesn't last too long and there is never enough of it to come by.
First step- freeze it until you figure out what to do with it. You could even freeze it in an ice cube tray so you can plop them into rice or soup or whatever for a little flavor punch.
I'd save it for your next beef braise project, or use it as a base for soup or beans.
It's broth. I'm sure you can manage to figure it out.
Wow Allisen1, what's wrong with asking for a few suggestions or new ideas? I always thought that's what this forum was for, a friendly place to ask for thoughts or suggestions.
I'm not sure about corned beef braising liquid, but I like to add peeled, hard-cooked eggs to soy sauce based leftover braising liquid to make "lu dan".
It's all about the gravy.
I'd freeze it and wait until I was in the mood to make boeuf bourguignon!
A local cafe does a corned beef and cabbage soup. Delicious.
I'd like to know how you made the original corned beef in the crock pot! I have a corned beef brisket in my freezer, and am not sure how to prepare it.
De-fat it, if you have any leftover pieces / veggies in there, puree them down and use it as a base for soup.
I made short ribs the other day and pureed down the leftover veggies and juices to serve with the ribs: http://meatified.com/slow-braised-beef-short-ribs-with-pan-puree/
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court today cracked open the doors to the courthouse for plaintiffs who say they were sexually abused as children by clergy.
Jeffrey Anderson goes global with his pursuit of pedophiles
This year marks the fifth anniversary of The Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of clergy sexual abuse.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to a $60 million settlement of claims by 45 people against clergymen who had sexually abused them as children, the archdiocese announced Friday.
A former altar boy filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Duluth accusing a retired priest of molesting him and accusing the bishop of the Superior Diocese of taking no action on several complaints about the priest.
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TEHUACÁN, Mexico - For two decades, dozens of children have accused the Rev. Nicolás Aguilar of molesting or brutally raping them. He faces an indictment charging sexual abuse in Los Angeles and at least five formal complaints in Mexico. Yet at 65 he remains at large, still working as a priest in villages here.
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Last year, the Kennebunk-based natural personal care products company picked 15 winners. This year, there will be a winner from each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
An independent panel will identify the finalists in December.
This year, the program kicks off with a social media-powered effort to help kids in Detroit. The public can choose what improvements they'd like to bring to Knudsen Park in a recovering area just off 8 Mile Boulevard in the Michigan city.


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Despite being a clear cheaper alternative, Virgin Mobile (and similar low priced mobile virtual network operators) has often been knocked at for having limited phone selection. Well as of today, the flagship Apple iPhone 5 is now finally available for Virgin Mobile customers everywhere.
As an added bonus to entice everyone to switch over from crazy expensive monthly service plan, Virgin Mobile is offering an "get your Benjamin" sales promotion through 4th of July weekend until July 4th: if you switch, you'll get $100 bonus credited back to your new account!
A fairly strong incentive for the switch over, especially if you've been eyeing an upgrade from an older iPhone. The only caveat is that being a semi-non-subsidized plan, you'll have to pay a higher upfront cost for the iPhone 5 ($549.99). The math definitely works out in your favor though (check below).
Here are a few pluses and minuses to switching from Verizon with the iPhone 5:
- Free activation vs Verizon's $35
- No contract vs Verizon's minimum 2 year contract
- Cheapest plan is $30/month (unlimited $50 with auto pay)
- Cheapest plan at Verizon for the iPhone 5 is $100/month (geebus)
- iPhone 5 up front cost at Virgin: $549.99
- iPhone 5 up front cost at Verizon: $199.99
In terms of coverage, Virgin Mobile is piggybacking on Sprint's network, so you get better nation-wide coverage from Verizon – though if you live in major metropolitan area, you're probably good to go.
Here's how the math works out in this deal:
You're paying $350 more for the iPhone 5 upfront if you go with Virgin Mobile, but if you sucked up that cost and added up the numbers… a $50 unlimited plan at Virgin Mobile would only take 7 months to break even vs… say, Verizon's cheapest $100 a month plan (and the $199.99 iPhone 5).
That's 17 months short of the 2 year contract you get locked into at Verizon. In the same 2-year time line, you'll be saving $850 at Virgin Mobile. Here's the kicker, it doesn't even include the $100 bonus you'll be getting during this switch-over promotion.
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''I don't record just pure natural beauty,'' Parr says. ''That's not what I'm into.'' But on the Isle of Eigg, even when shooting something as quotidian as a clothesline, he admits that sometimes beauty ''creeps in.'' For the past 40 years, Parr has vacationed in the Scottish islands. Now he is considering a book and a show on Scotland largely comprising photographs he has taken theoretically off the clock. ''I don't believe in holidays. Why would you go away from the thing you love?''
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Gaelic traditional music tuition on the beautiful Isle of Eigg - great fun for the whole family with tuition from some of Eigg's resident musicians & all taking place in our great community hall.
Rainbow over Rum taken from @isleofeigg of @thebothyproject view.
We're in the last stages of getting Sweeney's Bothy all finished. The bothy itself is beautiful - Bobby Niven from The Bothy Project has done an amazing job in building it with love & incredible attention to detail. Despite the focus being firmly on those final touches, it's hard not to stop and wonder at the beauty of the surroundings. Today we've had more rain and hail but, with the hint of spring sun in the air, so too came the magical combination of sunlight & showers; an incredible huge, full rainbow arching over the Isle of Rum. Photograph taken from Sweeney's Bothy decking.
What does work sound like.
What should work sound like.
If you walked the floors of a successful, creative digital agency with your eyes closed could you tell if 'things' were getting done.
I noticed that @crashposition had a couple of playlists called "Music for coding and thinking" - which got me thinking about the way developers use music.
What does work sound like.
What should work sound like.
If you walked the floors of a successful, creative digital agency with your eyes closed could you tell if 'things' were getting done.
I noticed that @crashposition had a couple of playlists called "Music for coding and thinking" - which got me thinking about the way developers use music.
I found this insight into the (for me) obscure world of coding, fascinating. "Flow"
Rose English is one of ninety collaborators commissioned by @MattsGallery London, to contribute a film to TAPS: Improvisations with Paul Burwell.
Over three days,TAPS combined film, installation and performance from the collaborators response to Burwell's poem 'Adventures in the House of Memory'.
Today it really was this beautiful. Amazing to have such incredible colours, even only for a moment or two. The weather has been unbelievably wet and windy this last while. Dreich dark days. But today is solstice. And tomorrow the long nights shift in favour of long days. Here's a solstice toast to incredible colour on my lucky beautiful doorstep of an island, Eigg.
Soft sunny Sunday morning (at Isle of Eigg)
Temperature cones, put inside the kiln, melt at different temperatures to gauge how hot the kiln got. 950 degrees in the one on Laig beach. Hot enough also to make the sand change colour. Toasty!
The pit kiln was built by @alistairdearie who is on Eigg visiting @thebothyproject while they're building their new Sweeney's Bothy here. Sweeney's Bothy is an artists' collaboration, between the Bothy Project and the artist Alec Finlay.
The bothy will provide artists with a live work space on the island and will open late 2013/ early 2014. Details of how to become involved will be released on the Bothy Project & Eigg Box's websites and on Facebook & Twitter.
Pots fired in a pit kiln built in the sand on Laig beach on @isleofeigg by @alistairdearie
Around 40 people popped by to see what Alistair was doing - helping gather and cut firewood for the kiln, provide a new stovepipe (thanks Mairi & Lachlan) and watch as the pots came out. The sand had changed colour, becoming more pink, after the firing. Alistair wasn't sure why that had happened.
When they went in, all the pots were the same colour. Depending on where they were in the kiln, how close they were to the fire and whether the sand had collapsed on them or not, each pot came out a different colour and with different markings.
After the firing, the kiln shelves and stovepipe were removed and charcoal that had been created given to a local artist. The sand that had formed the kiln fell back into place and it was like it had never been there. What a magical few days.
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Spring is here and for all us seniors graduating in June that means ADVANCED WORK. For me as a music student I am putting on concert in a few weeks called "Psyconaut". I am horrifyingly nervous and really excited. These are some pictures of our rehearsals.
Here is what other seniors on shift are doing:
Eric: "Examining the relationship between resource inequality and opportunity inequality through political economy and philosophy".
David: "I'm studying crowds and why people have an urge to be a part of something larger than themselves and how they achieve that feeling of ecstasy through religious rituals in crowds.I study social psychology, evolutionary biology and philosophy with some dance."
Kevin: "I'm working on a paper comparing the elections of 1912 and 2012, particularly in terms of wealth inequality. I study broadly in the liberal arts with a focus in American politics."
Michaela: "I'm playing a part in the Senior Visual Art Show and I'm writing a paper in art history on Mark Rothko, specifically his trial in the '70s.I study sculpture, painting and art history. And a little bit of social psychology."
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In response to the snowflakes flying outside our windows today here's a #flashbackfriday post of an April campus view. Won't be long now.
Meow Meow Meow. Spring please come.
The Vocal Chamber Ensemble (led by faculty member Tom Bogdan) performs "Serenity Prayer" — a verse set to music by Kitty Brazelton.
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Susie Ibarra, newbie music faculty and STELLAR musician is giving a concert this coming Wednesday as part of the Carriage Barn series. I am so excited!!! Check her out, check her out.
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My classes…
Composing for string with Kenji Bunch
Advanced Voice with Tom Bogdan
SHH! The Social Construction of Silence with Ron Cohen
Reading and Writing Poetry with Michael Dumanis
African Dance II with Solo Badolme
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