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A smaller version of the cake I made for my daughters 2nd birthday.
This time for Poppy!
Tags: sugar and spice and all things nice cake 2 tier lollipops cupcake pastel pretty girly flumps hearts strawberry
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Thank-you!Its not the best picture..as one of my lights is broken, but hopefully I'll be able to fix it soon! x
What a fun and adorable cake!
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A few nights ago, bored by a sudden attack of sleeplessness, I googled anthroposophy and insomnia. A usual, one finds interesting things — not necessarily about the googled topic but about other things. This newsletter from the Anthroposophical Society's science group, for example. I learnt, among other things, that there's a publication called Anthro-Tech News and that it had an article about 'etheric geography' and one about old astronomical clocks. But let's move on.
A conference about Darwinism is discussed in a revealing way:
We would like anthroposophy to be fairly represented at such a conference, and, if possible, for the Anthroposophical Societies in the English-speaking world to be among its chief sponsors. However, this is not intended to be an 'anthroposophical' conference as such. For the challenge to Darwinism to be effective, it must be seen as deriving primarily from evidence accessible to 'conventional' modes of investigation and from rational argument. The inference of intelligent causation and of the primacy of spirit over matter may be the most reasonable outcome, but it should not be the departure point. We would appreciate feedback on this idea.
In another article, Judyth Sassoon, who is an anthroposophist biochemist at Bern University, writes:
When teaching second year undergraduates about biochemistry, I am bound to use the language and metaphors of modern science. Nevertheless, I try not to be limited by their rigidity and endeavour to introduce concepts that are more fluid and therefore more akin to living processes. Rudolf Steiner said that we use our scientific models to "build explanation on explanation, at the same time abandoning observation".1 and I heed his warning and encourage students to observe and experience their observations as carefully as possible, before drawing on accepted models. Their response to my process oriented teaching is generally very good and occasionally I am privileged to witness the moment when a student grasps the significance of an experimental observation in a broader context. Some students even manage to achieve a level of understanding that resonates with something within their inner being. They appear to respond to the experimental processes under examination by activating similar processes in themselves, albeit on an unconscious level. If they could only be encouraged to become more conscious of the dynamics between their inner worlds and scientific observations, they might increase their awareness of the spiritual realities within the discipline we call biochemistry.
After Sassoon's article, we learn about microwave pollution from Sarah Benson, who writes that '[t]he wireless revolution has increased electro-smog to the point where there is now nowhere on earth where one can experience consciousness prior to its existence.' It's highly alarmist and filled with lovely anecdotes and references to science I can't judge. To add to the fun, there's a statement that seems to indicate that Steiner himself has suggested an alternative source (alternative to evil electricity) that can be used to power wireless technology. Benson's article is what led me to this webpage, because she mentions insomnia:
Insomnia is possibly the most common and immediate symptom of exposure to EMR – an indication of Ahriman's fundamental intention to cut humanity off from the spiritual realm.
Now, that's scary, if one's afraid of Ahriman, but I'm not. Next time I can't sleep, I'll talk to him and ask him things. Like, why he messes with my computer when I'm his friend.
In another article, about plants, we learn that 'plants without context are mental abstractions' and that 'moral reflections on plants require a spiritual foundation. Indeed it was clearly evident from them that such a foundation is accessible and communicable to a modern consciousness and that unbiased observation of plants together with deliberate attention to personal intentionality reveal their spatial and temporal contexts which transcend purely sensual qualities and turn out to be relevant for making judgements.' I'm sure it is very true.


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Like a Tree Planted, my science fiction novel:
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Miranda lives in future San Diego, a city enclosed in a Dome because chemicals destroyed the natural world. Everything is made of plastic, and wood is more valuable than gold. The daughter of scientists, Miranda is Keeper of The Last Tree, which is dying. She is also great-granddaughter of the famous environmentalist Gabrielle Leigh who foresaw the trees' destruction. By means of The Archives, a multimedia library, Miranda studies Gabrielle's life. Each "visit" through The Portal becomes more real, and Miranda gradually materializes in Twentieth-Century Oregon to explore the Pacific Northwest evergreen forests. She breathes pine-scented air, sees stars and waterfalls, tastes real food like chocolate, and wears cotton clothes. She watches Gabrielle fall in love and is caught in a battle between loggers and "greens." After Gabrielle's husband is killed and their child born in a snow-bound cabin, Miranda tries to stop the other tragedies the Archives foretold. She almost forgets her own world. Back under the future Dome, her family and boyfriend try to keep her from being trapped in the past. Government security forces, afraid that the outside world is too dangerous to explore, hunt them down. Miranda and Gabrielle struggle, between two places and times, to reintroduce trees to the future and lead people outside The Dome.
Once again, I am drawn into Gabrielle's world. I take off my shoes in the Hall of Trees, my toes feeling the grass carpet. On either side grow plants and flowers–ferns nearly as tall as I, tropical lilies white against dark green fronds, poinsettia plants with fiery leaves. I pass the many aisles, only half interested, noticing again the holes–the many holes spaced equally on the floor, holes once filled with trees.
Now there is only One. A bluegum eucalyptus, it stands at the path's end, its hundred-foot crown reaching toward our dome. Its clumps of thin-leaved branches sway slightly in the "wind" that breezes the Hall, its trunk mottled with peeling bark. Odd, to me it resembles a photograph I saw once in the Archives–a tall African dancer under a mask.
I pause in the tree's shelter, look up at the leaves. Each seems to dance a separate dance. Does each have its own piece of life? I pick up a newly-fallen leaf, break it, and smell the sap. How sweet for a tree without blossoms or seeds.
I bend down and press a blue button, and the Tree is enveloped by moisture. Tiny droplets of water drip from the lower boughs to my head and lashes. Another button–a brown one–rolls away the moss at the Tree's base, revealing plastiground, in which the Tree's roots wrap themselves.
"More vitamins for you?" I ask aloud, pressing the red button. A pink liquid streams toward the Tree's roots.
What good will it do? I wonder. You are dying. I feel like hitting the tree's indifferent trunk, shocking it to life.
I want more trees. Thousands of them. Time to visit the Archives again, to watch Gabrielle's world spring up around me in moving pictures that seem almost real.
I leave the Hall of Trees and walk next door to the Archives. I hardly notice the forty-storey building with its rooms divided into centuries for easy study. I pass the ancient times, the medieval times, the Renaissance. My only interest lies in the century of technology, Century Twenty.
As I step in, the room is bare: translucent walls, white carpet, a metal platform for standing. I climb on the platform and speak:
Time of study: late Twentieth Century
Person: my great-grandmother, Gabrielle Leigh.
I wait for the Uniprint System to enliven. Tired, I sit cross-legged on the platform, my hands on my knees, my head leaning back. I close my eyes. This room is a sanctuary, a place of rest and meditation–a place of prayer. I open my eyes as the Portal arch appears, glowing green, with green sparkles in its doorway.
Strange, it seems brighter today, as if more sparkles dance around the arch, sending shadows against the walls. I watch the shadows, mesmerized, sleepy. Is that shadow a hand? Startled, I snap my head around, my skin prickling my back. Was someone watching through the cracked door behind me, forgetting to remove his hand from the door edge? The door closes softly, and I wonder if my imagination dreamed the hand. Maybe I just forgot to close the door all the way, anxious to visit Gabrielle's trees. Maybe a passing monitor noticed the door ajar and shut it just now. Maybe.
I forget the shadowy hand as pictures appear around me. I am about to enter the careful illusion of time past–a coordinated, three-dimensional, moving world of images far superior to those old-style motion pictures.
Over a hundred years ago, when my great-grandmother walked this planet, there were trees: great forests of pines and firs in springtime, their lacy boughs poised downward like dancers' fingers; cypress trees in swamplands–their trunks heavy with water like pregnant women; rain forests, with broad leaves and crowns so thick that from above they seemed one continual tapestry of woven green.
The System shows me these trees–and the eucalyptus groves, lean trunks peeling in shades of gray and pink, ribbons of thin, windblown leaves–bluish tint above, silver underneath, so careful of water, known for their healing sap. No wonder our Last Tree is a eucalyptus.
After the tree images, the comforting voice of my great-grandmother pervades the room, vocal music from a four-wall stereo. She speaks words from her journals, later published in a book every schoolchild must read:
"I was born in the shadow of the nuclear age, that giant mushroom feeding on our earth. The mushroom never formed globally–but it was there, hovering over us all with its silent threat. I preferred, instead, the smaller shadow of a California live oak tree that grew outside my window. I noticed it first when I was three and tall enough to lean over the windowsill. My eyes were too small to catch all fifty feet of bark and leaves. The tree managed somehow to shelter me from that other shadow that haunted my dreams, whose picture I had seen in my mother's book on World War II. . ."
I feel that connection to Gabrielle again–more than the love of trees which binds us, the same blood in our veins, the same sad passion to preserve. It's almost as if I become Gabrielle, as if the words she speaks are mine.
I lean my head forward. The images, taken from old-style videos and photographs, spring from the walls to spaces all around the room. I sit in the midst of them, reaching out a hand to touch the orange of a century-old sun above the white wood ranch house where Gabrielle spent her childhood. There, by the upstairs window, stands her oak tree, stretching wide its heavy-laden branches (the leaves a strange bluish-green). There her pastures, dry and yellow in summer, spread beneath the slate blue Cuyamaca Mountains.
There stands Gabrielle, in her open doorway. She is grown now–a little older than I, yet similar in her long-legged height (for hiking in the hills). In fact, we are very much alike: her hair is more blonde than mine, long; her face suntanned and delicate. Her eyes are blue, with flecks of green; her lips full for speaking, her chin dimpled at its point. One long-fingered hand rests on the doorpost, and the other waves–to me? I wave back, becoming utterly part of her world, reliving again her story of the trees.
I find myself in nineteen ninety-three, standing under the oak tree by Gabrielle's house. I know I am invisible and cannot speak. Still, I can almost touch the rugged bark my hand leans upon. Just six feet away stands Gabrielle, speaking into her tape recorder (which she used instead of paper) as she paces back and forth on the front lawn:
"I am nearly finished with my botany course at San Diego State. Evergreen is sending me to Oregon to investigate this Spotted Owl thing. They want me to write an article for their magazine. It looks like my English degree will come in handy this time. I wish I had taken kung fu. I don't relish the idea of running into an angry lumberjack. Much though I hate the cutting down of trees, I want to understand the lumber industry's point of view. I have the feeling this issue isn't as simple as Evergreen wants us to believe."
Gabrielle pauses and looks up at the mountains. "Everyday I see more pines turn brown on these mountains–from the drought and the beetles. It isn't just the lumberjacks who kill them. And the forest fires–thank God the one on Vulcan Mountain was contained before it spread to my own oak tree."
She walks over and stands just inches from me. She places her hand on the bark, just above mine. She wears no rings.
"Ah well," she continues, sitting down on a protruding root and crossing her legs. "I suppose I'll always have a tree to sit and think beneath. Ah, the smell of green . . . "
Gabrielle leans her head on the oak's trunk and closes her eyes. Her hand slides down along the bark, and I think I feel something as it passes through mine. Were we, for a moment, almost touching?
Gabrielle falls asleep for awhile. With a start, she opens her eyes, grabs her tape recorder, and leaps up. "Take care, my Treasure," she whispers, leaning to pat the exposed root. "I must study for my last final exam and pack for the trip. Mom and Dad shouldn't see me dozing again!"
Gabrielle sprints into the house and shuts the door behind her. I follow, but my hand cannot touch the brass handle. I wait for the scene to change, as it always does, from the ranchlands of San Diego County to the forests of Oregon. But this time the images hesitate a moment, as if waiting. I look back at the oak tree called Treasure. Then I hear someone call my name.
"Miranda Gregory, you are wanted in your Homeplex. Please report immediately."
Images of oak tree, ranch house, and mountains fade. The sparkly Portal disappears, and I realize the room's far wall glows red with Summoning. The soft, unobtrusive voice of the Summoner repeats her message. I stand up from the platform, rub my eyes, and head for the door. Before exiting, I turn and look at the slightly glowing walls, Gabrielle's ranch still fading into gray.
It was different this time. It felt more like a journey–as if the images and sounds were not just being beamed to me from camerachords set into the walls. I became part of the scene somehow, mixing my substance with Gabrielle's world. I noticed something I never heard before–the oak tree's name–though I know each word and picture by unmistaken memory. And Gabrielle–did she touch my hand? Did her flesh and bones brush me as she passed her fingers through mine?
What will happen next time I visit her? For the first time today, I smile.
"Treasure," I whisper, thinking of the tree's root.
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Yesterday was a fairly productive day. I sludged through centimeters of snow to the post office to mail several packages to friends. I still have two pieces of pottery to mail, but I don't have boxes for them.
I straightened the living room. I applied for two jobs. I flipped through a couple of cookbooks to find something to make for [Clever Nickname As Yet to Be Determined] on Friday. And I knitted a bit on the Never-Ending Cardigan of Doom (Take 2).
Then, I cracked open a bottle of wine and made a super yummy soup. See:
Today is Laundry Day. Fun. And, this evening, a bunch of the neighbors are heading out to a local bar to celebrate another neighbor's promotion. Should be a good time.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Free As A Bird....I Shall Be":
I don't think anyone likes to be called a jackass Evelyn, but you call a spade a spade.
Was you intent to ask the question to actually get the charges dropped or were you asking what it would take to get the charges dropped.
Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 24 November 2014 09:10
Stephanie , like most of her generation ,spends a huge amount of her time texting reading texting and
whatever else she finds on her dinky tiny palm handy gizmo that connects her to the world.
I've talked to her about trashing comments that contribute nothing to the conversation. Stephanie finds it entertaining when a blog moderator responds in kind.
I appreciate the point. Lively exchange does attract more attention. I do want to I grow the readership. I do have the advantage of the last word. But at this point in time, civility in the main has greater appeal to me.
Occasionally calling an anonymous spade JACKASS is as far as I am prepared to indulge myself.
Yet still the redundant question persists : What did I say to District1Desk Sergeant about the theft of a plain little white cardboard poppy box which may or may not have contained coin?
Read the posts; both of them, . My question and the response received could not be more transparent.
I did not use my elected office to obstruct police in performance of their duty.
The senseless,heartless comment of the Legion spokesperson that the person who took the box should be sent to jail for two or three years triggered my outrage.
I may or I may not attend the court to observe the sequel.
Previous advice from sound authority indicates Justice is not what people think it is and it is not what it should be.
We shall see.
Monday, 24 November 2014
Monday Morning Quarterback
Posted by Evelyn Buck at 10:36
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The Legion spokesman was an ass. You don't use a hammer when it is not needed. I'm sure he regretted his remark after it was too late to withdraw it. Hope so anyhow.
- 24 November 2014 at 11:07
Does Stephanie know people with Blogs who use Ads ? Christopher does, I think. That might help with costs.
Someone suggested you could do local Buy & Sell or yard sales but the paperwork alone would make that too unwieldy.
- 24 November 2014 at 11:36
What a yucky day !
- 24 November 2014 at 12:18
Maybe it will not even get to court. Especially if the media back off.
- 25 November 2014 at 10:33
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Okay... After a few months of requests from friends and family, I am finally getting started on a blog to chronicle what is going on in the Shuler household. I intended to build up the habit in the down time between getting the house unpacked and having Cullen, but Cullen decided I didn't need the break. Here we are three months later...
A small recap of the last few years... James and I got married April 1, 2006. Over the last almost four years, we have made a lot of changes and grown so much closer than we could have imagined. Shortly after getting married, we bought a home in Round Rock and got settled into our daily lives. A couple of years later, we decided to add to our family. After a little bit of lacking patience, we finally found out that we were expecting on March 30, 2009. Within the week, we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary, and James got laid off from his job.
Before we knew it, James found a new job in Houston and was headed to move in with Uncle Andy and Aunt Peggy for a summer. While he worked in Houston, I grew bigger and worked in Austin while trying to sell our first home. It was definitely a tough summer, but it was just a stepping stone on the path to today. By early September, we sold our Round Rock home and bought a new one in Katy. Less than two months later, our little man arrived!
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Every day brings a new challenge and a new joy. We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends, and we feel especially blessed to have a growing family to take care of. God has given us so much to be thankful for!
Now the real question with this blog is going to be if I can keep up with it. Only time will tell!


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Fall always brings thoughts of old school days...
Over the summer I had the need and opportunity to visit the Charleston Administration Center on Pole Avenue (thanks, Lisa!), and long dormant memories came flooding back again. Last year about this time (starting here), I wrote about going to kindergarten and part of first grade there when it was Charleston Elementary. I still have a soft spot in my heart for that place, since it was my introduction to Lorain's public school system.
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April 5, 2002
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Lewis A. Kaplan, District Judge.
This employment discrimination action is brought against The Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey (the "Authority") and a number of
its employees pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended,*fn1 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The individual defendants*fn2
are sued also under the New York State Human Rights Law ("NYSHRL")*fn3
and the New York
City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL").*fn4 Plaintiff, an
African-American engineer employed in the Authority's Tunnels. Bridges
and Terminals Department (the "TB&T"), claims that he repeatedly has been
passed over for promotion and subjected to a hostile work environment
because of his race and that defendants have retaliated against him for
complaining about alleged racial discrimination at the Authority.
Extensive discovery having been completed, the matter is before the Court
on the motion of the remaining defendants for summary judgment dismissing
the complaint. The material facts pertinent to this motion are entirely
undisputed except as noted below.*fn5
I. The Factual Background
A. Port Authority Practices for Filling Job Vacancies
As this case is concerned chiefly with plaintiff's contention that he
repeatedly was passed over for promotion by the Authority, it is useful
to begin with an account of the manner in which it fills vacancies in its
management ranks.
The Authority, perhaps unlike an organization subject to civil service
laws or collective bargaining agreements, is not obliged to solicit
applicants for nonexecutive management and field supervisory positions by
posting vacancies and providing for a competitive hiring process. A job
bulletin describing the position and necessary qualifications may or may
not be issued by the Human Resources Department. The department filling
the vacancy may exercise also a so-called departmental option selection
process, limiting competition for the position to candidates within the
department. Finally, the hiring manager may opt not to post the position
vacancy at all and make a selection based on a review of a candidate's
qualifications and job performance.*fn6
This sort of system can be used honestly and fairly. It can be used
also for favoritism and/or discrimination. Plaintiff asserts that he was
victimized by it on the basis of his race. In considering his claims,
however, it is important to bear in mind that the analysis of the
specific promotions for which he claims he was passed over on the basis of
race and for which he seeks relief varies depending upon whether the job
was posted or, in the Authority's vernacular, "bulletinized," and
plaintiff actually was an unsuccessful candidate or whether, instead, the
individual responsible for filling the vacant position simply picked someone
other than plaintiff in circumstances in which plaintiff could not
applied and may not even have known that a vacancy existed.
In theory, one in plaintiff's position might have mounted two different
claims in these circumstances, disparate treatment and disparate impact.
The gravamen of the former would be that plaintiff did not get the job in
question as a result of intentional discrimination on the basis of race.
The latter would not require proof of intentional discrimination.
Rather, its essence would be that the system was neutral on its face but
had an unjustifiable disparate impact on a protected group of which
plaintiff was a member.*fn7 Given these differences, the evidentiary
requirements of the two theories vary.*fn8 For present purposes,
however, it is important to recognize that plaintiff neither has pleaded
nor sought to make out a disparate impact claim.*fn9 Accordingly, there
is no issue of disparate impact in the case despite its theoretical
B. Plaintiff's Experience and the Promotions at Issue
Plaintiff, who holds a bachelor's degree in engineering, was hired to
work in the Authority's Engineering Department in 1985.*fn10 In 1987, he
was accepted in a two-year management development program in the TB&T
during which he and the other trainees were rotated through six-month
assignments within TB&T to gain a better understanding of the department
and to develop management skills and
abilities.*fn11 Upon completion of
the program, he became a supervisor in the Tolls Pool and Training
Center, then worked in the Tolls Program Unit and later the Toll System
and Technology program, and eventually became a supervisor in the
Operation and Maintenance Services Unit.*fn12 Apart from the six-month
trainee assignments during the management development program, plaintiff
never has been assigned to work at an Authority facility such as the
Verrazzano or George Washington Bridge or the Lincoln Tunnel.*fn13
Although plaintiff, doubtless in consequence of the statute of
limitations, seeks relief here only for his failure to be promoted in or
after 1997, there are a few earlier events that bear mention so that
plaintiff's claims may be evaluated in their total context.
1. The Lockette Incidents — 1989 & 1990
The first is an alleged instance of racial bias on the part of Allegra
Lockette. In 1989, plaintiff attended a meeting at the Staten Island
Bridges with Ms. Lockette, a manager there, at which Ms. Lockette became
very angry and abusive toward plaintiff, perhaps because she had expected
two of his supervisors to attend the meeting rather than he.*fn14
A year later, plaintiff became aware of a vacancy at the Staten Island
facilities. His manager, Ernesto Butcher, an African American himself,*fn15
however, told him that he had received a call from Ms. Lockette to
the effect that she did not want plaintiff to get the job. Mr. Butcher
suggested that plaintiff try to resolve the problem with her.*fn16 In
the course of the conversation, he commented on plaintiff's
assertiveness, adding that white people can think of assertiveness by an
African American as aggression and that this might account for Ms.
Lockette's attitude.*fn17 Plaintiff then arranged a meeting with Ms.
Lockette at which he "said I'm coining here to find out what makes you
come to the point of denying me, an African-American, [the] job even
though I'm qualified for it."*fn18 Ms. Lockette responded by suggesting
that plaintiff "be more like the other blacks in the Port Authority" such
as Mr. Butcher.*fn19 Plaintiff did not apply for the job.*fn20 He did,
however, complain to Mr. Butcher about Ms. Lockette's behavior but was
unhappy with Butcher's reaction and failure to intervene.*fn21
2. The Brown Incident — 1992
In 1992, plaintiff and a white co-worker, Ray Brown, had a spat
concerning "coffee money."*fn22 Brown threatened plaintiff, who later
overheard Brown use the word "nigger" while speaking to someone else on
the telephone. He complained to Mr. Butcher, who took no action.*fn23
3. Plaintiff's Early Complaints
In 1995, plaintiff complained to his department director about what he
perceived to be "official misconduct by Port Authority executive
staff."*fn24 His complaint was investigated within TB&T, and it was
determined that there was no discrimination by Authority executive
staff.*fn25 Plaintiff did not file charges with the EEOC or bring suit as a
result of his 1995 complaint.*fn26
4. The Cardoza Complaints
One Horace Cardoza, who is a plaintiff in another employment
discrimination suit against the Authority, has submitted an affidavit
stating that he had complaints about racial discrimination in 1996, 1997
and early 1998, which at some unspecified time he brought to the
attention of Frederick Myers, then Director of the Authority's Office of
Equal Opportunity and also an African American.*fn27 Mr. Cardoza states
that Mr. Myers said that he was the "head nigger in charge"*fn28 and
that he had no power to change things at the Authority, and that Mr.
Myers was hostile towards him and dismissive of his complaints.*fn29
Mr. Butcher also allegedly was unresponsive to Mr. Cardoza's
This brings us to the events directly at issue in this action.
5. Failures to Promote — 1997 through September 2000
a. December 1997 — to Supervisor, Bridge Operations at George
Washington Bridge (Cpt.*fn31 ¶ 34)
In February 1997, the Authority issued a bulletin stating that the
position was available and received several applications.*fn32 Plaintiff
did not apply, and he is entitled for present purposes to the assumption
that he was unaware of the opening despite the job posting.*fn33 After
interviewing the candidates who applied as a result of the posting,
Adrienne Holmes, an African-American woman involved in the hiring
process, decided that none was qualified.*fn34 She then obtained the
permission of her supervisor to approach Robert Eadicicco about the job,
did so, and ultimately convinced him to take the position.*fn35 While
plaintiff claims that he was more qualified that Mr Eadicicco, he concedes
that Ms. Holmes was not aware of his qualifications for the job.*fn36
b. 1998 — to Manager, TB&T Operations and Maintenance Services
(Cpt. ¶ 40)*fn37
The complaint alleges that plaintiff was passed over for this
position, which he asserts was not bulletinized, in retaliation for prior
complaints about racial discrimination at the Authority.*fn38 His
memorandum states further that he was supervisor of TB&T Operations and
Maintenance Services*fn39 when the vacancy arose, had acted temporarily
as manager, was recommended for the job, and therefore was in line for
the promotion but the position was not posted.*fn40 His affidavits and
deposition, to the extent it has been made of record, however, do not
address these events. The only evidence of record therefore is that of
the defendants, which stands uncontroverted. According to their proof,
the job was posted and plaintiff was considered, but Mark Muriello, the
appointing authority in this case, chose Adrienne Holmes, an
African-American woman, in preference to plaintiff because he thought her
better qualified.*fn41
c. August 1998 — to Supervisor, E-ZPass Customer Service (Cpt.
¶ 19)
Plaintiff's memorandum states that he "dismisses his claim with respect
to Maria Malone Hodges receiving this position."*fn42
d. August 1998 — to Manager, TB&T Operations at Staten Island
Bridges (Cpt. ¶ 23)
Plaintiff's complaint about this promotion begins in 1995 with the
appointment of Patricia Trimarchi to the subordinate position of
supervisor (or unit head), TB&T Operations at Staten Island Bridges. He
contends that Ms. Trimarchi was appointed in preference to plaintiff,
despite plaintiff's superior qualifications,*fn43 and that this led to
her promotion in 1998 to the manager position without the job having been
posted and thus without plaintiff having been given an opportunity to
compete for the latter job.*fn44
Mr. Butcher, the African-American man who appointed Ms. Trimarchi to
the manager position, states that he did so because she was uniquely
qualified in view of her prior service at the Staten Island Bridges.*fn45
He denies that race was a factor.*fn46
e. September 1998 — to Manager, TB&T Operations at Holland Tunnel
(Cpt. ¶ 25)
In this instance, the Authority posted the position and plaintiff
applied. Both he and the successful white applicant, Mr. Curnyn, were
interviewed. Mr. Butcher states that Mr. Curnyn was offered the position
rather than Mr. Evans because he scored higher on a panel interview than
Mr. Evans.*fn47 But he does not claim to
have been a member of the
interview panel,*fn48 so his denial that race played a part in the
appointment cannot be based on personal knowledge.*fn49
Defendants submitted interview evaluation forms filled out by each of
the panel members for both Mr. Curnyn and Mr. Evans. The evaluation forms
are broken into eleven "dimensions," ostensibly measuring the degree to
which a candidate's responses demonstrated his or her possession of
certain valued characteristics.*fn50 For each of the eleven dimensions,
the interviewer was asked to rate the candidate on scale of one to ten
(one being "not acceptable" and ten being "outstanding"). The scores for
each dimension then were added to create a "total" score for each
candidate.*fn51 Using only their employee identification numbers, the
candidates were ranked based on their total scores.*fn52 A spreadsheet
document showing the ranking of the candidates indicates that Mr. Curnyn
scored third highest out of thirteen, with a total score of 81.33, and
that Mr. Evans scored fourth highest, with a total score of 78.00.*fn53
For purposes of this motion, plaintiff is entitled to the assumption
that Ronell Greene, an African-American member of the panel, told
plaintiff after the decision was made that Joe Bardzilowski, whom
plaintiff refers to as the "manager of the facility," had the "final say"
in the decision and that plaintiff was the better qualified person for
the job.*fn54 Similarly, plaintiff is entitled to the assumption that
Mr. Green told plaintiff that Mr. Bardzilowski said that Mr. Curnyn was
chosen for the position over Mr. Evans because he was a "better fit" for
the position.*fn55
f. February 1999 — to Manager, TB&T Physical Plant at Holland
Tunnel (Cpt. ¶ 27) and to Manager, TB&T Physical Plant at
Staten Island Bridges (id. ¶ 29)
These jobs were posted.*fn56 Although the evidence is in conflict on
this point, the Court is obliged to assume, in plaintiff's favor, that an
engineering degree was a listed qualification for the jobs.*fn57 Mr.
Prince, the successful applicant for the Holland Tunnel job, and
plaintiff had such degrees,*fn58 while Mr. McKee, who was
given the
Staten Island job, did not.*fn59 According to the Authority, Messrs.
Prince and McKee were selected because they performed better than
plaintiff in their interviews.*fn60 Defendants did not submit interview
evaluation forms or spreadsheets ranking the candidates for these
positions. There is evidence in the record from which a jury could
conclude that Messrs. Greene and Bardzilowski, two members of the
interview panels for these positions, did not review Mr. Prince's
personnel file and were not aware that Mr. Prince once had failed a drug
test and allegedly absconded with an Authority motor vehicle.*fn61
g. January 2000 — to Supervisor, E-ZPass Customer Service
(Cpt. ¶ 31)
In 2000, Mr. Philmus appointed Daniel Moffit to fill this position,
apparently without posting the job.*fn62 Plaintiff challenges the
appointment only on the ground that defendants had a practice of giving
"mobility assignments"*fn63 only to white persons.*fn64 But plaintiff
has produced no evidence of any such practice.
h. January 2000 — to Manager, TB&T Operations at George
Washington Bridge (Cpt. ¶ 34)
Plaintiff concedes that he never applied for this job.*fn65 He
contends, however, that he approached Mark Muriello, an assistant
department director to whom he reported, about the job in November or
December 1999. Mr. Muriello, according to plaintiff, told plaintiff that
he felt plaintiff qualified for the job and would make sure that the job
was posted and that plaintiff had an opportunity to apply for it.*fn66
Nevertheless, in January 2000, Kenneth Philmus, the TB&T director and
Mr. Muriello's superior, at the request of the General Manager of the
George Washington Bridge, Stephen Napolitano, appointed Robert Eadicicco
Manager of Operations at that facility without posting the job.*fn67 The
request ostensibly was based on Mr. Eadicicco's involvement with the
so-called ITS system, an on-going project with which he had become
familiar as supervisor of TB&T eperations at the Bridge,*fn68 a position
he had held since December 1997. There is no evidence that either Mr.
Philmus or Mr. Napolitano was aware of the alleged conversation between
plaintiff and Mr. Muriello.
i. September 2000 — to Manager, TB & T Operations at Holland
Tunnel (Cpt. ¶ 147)
The Authority issued a job bulletin for this position.*fn69 Plaintiff
applied for it and was interviewed by Robert Durando, the General Manager
of the Holland Tunnel, and Mark Duffy, a representative from the human
resources department.*fn70 Following interviews of several candidates,
Mr. Durando
recommended that Anthony Carvagno receive the position. Mr.
Carvagno had been the Supervisor of Bridge Operations at the Staten
Island Bridges from 1998 until March 2000 and the Supervisor of
Operations at the Lincoln Tunnel thereafter.*fn71 Mr. Philmus agreed with
Mr. Durando's recommendation and Mr. Carvagno received the position.*fn72
Leonard Hicks, an African-American man who was Supervisor of Operations
at the Holland Tunnel at this time, also applied for the position and was
interviewed by Mr. Durando and Mr. Duffy. but was not offered the
6. Hostile Work Environment — 2000
The hostile work environment claim, apart from whatever is implicit in
what has been said already, appears to have two aspects, the first a
chain of events directed at plaintiff that allegedly began in late
February or early March 2000 and the second a general contention that the
Authority systematically ignores or inadequately investigates complaints
of racial discrimination.
a. The Office Taping Incident
In late March 2000, plaintiff attended a meeting conducted by Mr.
Philmus with Mr. Muriello's staff at which Mr. Philmus first made a
presentation and then opened the floor for questions.*fn74 Plaintiff and
Rodrigo Ortiz raised concerns about the procedure used to promote Mr.
Eadicicco to Manager of Operations at the George Washington Bridge,
i.e., noncompetitive appointment. There was an exchange of views, and all
concur that there was strong disagreement between plaintiff and
Philmus.*fn75 Plaintiff contends, and the Court assumes for purposes of
this motion, that he complained that the practice of making noncompetitive
appointments was discriminatory.*fn76
Following the meeting, plaintiff returned to his office and found that
masking tape had been criss-crossed over the door opening and a packet of
job bulletins affixed to the tape.*fn77 Although plaintiff's immediate
reaction is a matter of dispute, the Court assumes, in plaintiff's
favor, that he was angry. In any case, he called his manager, Ms.
Holmes, to come to his office to see what had occurred.*fn78 When she
arrived, plaintiff showed her the tape across his door, told her that he
believed he was being harassed for complaining about racial
discrimination, and asked that she investigate to find out who had done
it.*fn79 Ms. Holmes nodded affirmatively, told plaintiff to remove the
tape, and returned to her office.*fn80
On the following day, Ms. Holmes reported the incident to her
supervisor, Mr. Muriello, although she did not tell him that plaintiff
thought the incident racially motivated. He told a Ms. Papageorgis,
apparently the immediate supervisor of those whose workplaces were in the
area, to tell her staff that this sort of incident would not be tolerated
in the workplace.*fn81
On April 16, 2000, plaintiff sent a memorandum to the Authority's chief
of staff describing the taping incident as "an act of harassment" and
complaining of Mr. Philmus's "fervent verbal attack" against him at the
March meeting.*fn82 When that letter, which had not been copied to any
TB&T staff,*fn83 came to Mr. Philmus' attention, he directed Mr.
Muriello to investigate.*fn84 Mr. Muriello did so. In due course, Lee
Home, an Asian-American man who had been present at the late March
meeting, confessed to having taped the door as a "practical joke,"
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Only help if you can be helpfulHey All, A topic has come up of late in the IRC channel in regards to the general feel of the forums and the community that supports them. Things have progressed further than I would have liked with out this being addressed more publicly because I would much rather have snubbed this out sooner rather than later.. but I have been busy. Here is the general rule I would like people to follow: Wheaton's Law "Don't be a dick." Those of you from the IRC channel know that this is the only rule I ask people in there to follow and we generally have a good and lively time chatting about all manner of things. This is basic rule that just about everyone understands and I am going to expand it to the forums from here moving forward. If you can not help people in a helpful and polite manner then I simply ask you to stop. Now I generally take a back seat to moderating the forums as I like to participate in the suggestions forum fairly heavily at times and would rather do so as a forums user than a moderator. But I am also fairly well known for being the person who constantly puts their foot down and so I am stepping up and doing so on here. If you find yourself unable to respond to a message politely then I ask that you do not respond. This mostly focuses on the increasing level of hostility found within the Suggestion forum as well as the Server forum. I do not care if this is the 30th some odd time you have seen someone make the same suggestion. Or even if the new post on an older topic is one entry above the old one. I expect the members of this forum to respond politely to the user, new or old, and point to the older topic if it applies and even go the extra step to suggest they either add in new information or to summarize the outcome of the previous discussion based upon the new post's entry into it. That is what we are here for, that is why I close most topics instead of deleting them, so that they can be found and referenced down the road. The next topic is the slew of derailment attempts I have seen as of late. If you want to have fun and joke around that is what the off topic forum is for and pretty much anything goes there. I do not expect to read a suggestion thread and have to go through 3 pages of image memes people have shot back and forth. Quite simply this is a waste of my time to read and then have to clean up. Now for the summary. I am going to start taking a more active role, especially in policing the suggestion forum, and handing out warn levels to people whom I see doing this. These will be indiscriminate and applied not to just the first person who derails or is impolite on a topic or response, but to everyone whom follows the lead of that person. As I do not like doing things with out giving you all warning this post shall serve as that warning. If you have a desire to bring this topic up with me then I invite you to do so on the IRC channel. Lets raise the level of quality and grow the community. Let us not descend into the quality often found on the minecraft or league of legend forums. There is simply no need for that here. Be passionate about things, just do not be abusive.
Offline ServersRecently I've seen a few server listings showing up on the first page of the Servers forum that have been closed for an extended period of time, but have recently gotten a reply from a new member who didn't realize the server is offline. To help prevent this from happening in the future, it would be greatly appreciated if you could use the report function on the original post of any servers that have been confirmed as offline, so that the topic may be locked. If you are the admin of a server and plan on taking the server offline, please use the report function on the original post of your topic to let the TFC Staff know that the topic should be locked. If you are the admin of a server that has a locked topic, and would wish to bring the server back online, please use the report function on the original post of the topic to let the TFC Staff know that the topic should be unlocked. As always, please remember to follow rule #3 of the servers forum and update your topic title to contain the version of TFC that the server is currently running. You can do so by editing the OP, and then clicking on "Use Full Editor."
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[0.2.4] TFC2 Prerelease
theJalden replied to Bioxx's topic in DiscussionIt's been a long time since I've really done anything in Minecraft, can someone remind me how to install this?
theJalden replied to Pwnlord's topic in SuggestionsMight be an interesting way to tie a granary mechanic with malting grain. Maybe have a single layer of grain near a block of water.
Implications of removing the crafting bench
theJalden replied to theJalden's topic in DiscussionYeah, I forgot about other mods. I want to be a carpenter in TFC dagnabbit
Implications of removing the crafting bench
theJalden posted a topic in DiscussionI've always felt the the crafting bench is a weird holdout from vanilla minecraft that still hung around in TFC1. And as that game went on they took more and more away from making it useful. I'm wondering if it's possible, or practical, to just remove it entirely. Maybe the crafting square in inventory could be expanded slot by slot as a leveling system. Or each item would need a more involved way to craft it, as it is with tools, armor, food, alcohol, pottery, thread, torches, and so on. Any ways, is such an idea even desirable? I'd really like to hear what everyone thinks.
Food + Taste + Hunger
theJalden replied to Bioxx's topic in SuggestionsIf I could make one change I would remove diary as a requirement. In several cultures around the world people just didn't drink milk past childhood. It could probably be reclassified as carb + protein + fat.
Thanks for the reply. I felt really bad after I gave my input. It almost felt like I was telling the developers what to do. I can imagine comments from the peanut gallery can get annoying. I'm sure everything I said was already a thought in someone's head. Don't take anything I say with any more than is actually helpful.
Crafting Table 2.0
theJalden replied to noname_42's topic in SuggestionsImportant things to consider are what the crafting bench is used for in TFC. Most things are made on a specialized block, like an anvil or a barrel. What remains are Wood items. So it might be interesting to just rework the crafting bench into an anvil-like mechanic. IMO it's better if the player doesn't need to memorize 200 different recipes. I also like the idea of consumables, like nails.
I'm of the mind that simpler is better, and I'm not really a fan of several of the mob models. Default mobs seem to try to use the least amount of boxes possible: One for the head, one for the nose, one for each ear, the raccoons head, for instance doesn't look like it belongs in the game with 3 boxes defining the head and two boxes for the nose. The weasel is better, but the nose still looks weird with a poly at a 45 degree angle, The rat looks really cute, and is closest to the aesthetic of the base game. The gorilla could probably do more with less. A box for the head, a box for the muzzle, and I think it looks a little on the skinny side, arms could be much larger. The giraffe, though its more complex than the others, is all right. A larger mob can usemore polys and fit into the game because it keeps a similar polygon per unit volume density, though the hair on the tail might look better as two alpha textured surfaced than a 3d box.
Days are so short in TFC
theJalden replied to kaldskryke's topic in DiscussionI prefer to play this game on peaceful. There is enough challenge without being hunted by monsters. This way this time of day doesn't matter so much.
Nutrition: picking up where meals left off
theJalden replied to Tathar's topic in SuggestionsIt makes sense that eggs are protein, because they are so high in it. I don't get why dairy is a requirement though. Many cultures around the world don't drink milk past infancy. It is hardly a dietary requirement. Milk should be counted as a protein, and the same with cheese. If possible they could act as both a protein and a carbohydrate, maybe even a bit of fat. Though the way food is structured now that wouldn't work, because there is no fat bar.
TheJalden's Let's Play TerraFirmaCraft SSP
theJalden replied to theJalden's topic in Videos ( and Live Stream )There are a lot more videos up on my play through, not going to post them all here, but here is a link to the playlist:http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0QxQKYx54I9M0vROgHQtwSj_sygMwDKh
Metric vs imperial
theJalden replied to EnTro's topic in SuggestionsYou could just keep it unitless and use a number that works well.
B78 Pre-Release Live-Steam 04/08/14!!!
theJalden replied to Rhapsodyman2000's topic in DiscussionWow it's really happening. I'm hyped to 11
simple food
theJalden replied to Mileaos2's topic in SuggestionsI think that it may be a good idea later down the road to nerf getting seeds from tall grass. It's already useful enough for getting straw. If more gatherable foods are added, like the ones suggested in this thread the plan would be more viable. I would definately like to see more plant based mechanics like gathering, brewing and herbalism in this mod. maybe for build 79, fingers crossed.
theJalden replied to AGFbydesign's topic in SuggestionsThe problem with that is you can't cook on a bonfire. It's too hot to get close to, let alone cook on. If you think there should be an option to cook more than one food item at once, I would go with a stove or an oven.


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Guess what we got in the mail today? Our BC Drivers Licenses! Woo Hoo! And guess what else? I got a BC Care Card! If I need to see a doctor now, I can go! Well, I could have gone anyway since my Ontario coverage would pay for it for up to three months after I left the province, but I'm sure it's extra hassle and paperwork. So much better to be covered by BC.
And guess what else I got? My first BC Healthcare bill! $57! Every month!! I knew that bill was coming since I made too much money back in Toronto to qualify for the subsidy. It doesn't matter that I'm not making any money NOW, they bill you based on the income from last year.
Oh well. $60 a month is a manageable amount. I just read about a woman on chemotherapy in the states who's paying $800 a MONTH for private insurance, plus deductibles, plus co-pays. That is just a crime, just robbery. It's outrageous. I do not understand why people weren't rioting in the streets demanding health care for all. Hell, the people in France shut the country down and demonstrate when they think their government isn't doing all it could be doing for them. Just look at what they did in 2009: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/world/europe/30france.html
They hold their government accountable. North Americans feel disconnected from their government. Powerless. They think that protests and demonstrations will not make a difference. And often, it doesn't. Maybe it's that not enough of the population demonstrates at the same time, it's the old divide and conquer.
Take the Ukee school crisis for example. The BC provincial government pulled money out of public health and education programs to pay for bells and whistles for the 2010 Olympics. Well that's not the official message, but that's what happened. This September the deficit was handed down to rural schools and the solution is to CLOSE one of the elementary schools in the Pacific Rim. Tofino or Ucluelet, which will it be? The losing town will have to bus their kindergarten kids for an hour to school each way. Divide and conquer, keep the little guys down. The schools are the beating hearts of our communities. Schools ensure that families can live in these small, remote communities. Without the schools, young families will leave, and new families will not move in. Ever want to kill a community? Stab 'em right in the Public Services, watch the life-blood drain out.
So we have our licenses, we're paying provincial health care bills, we're driving a car that's as old at the person we bought it from and we have opinions on the local politics – can we call ourselves Ukee Locals yet?


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Dear Sunshine, Dear Inventor of the Bikini top, Dear Lulemon, Dear Cut off Jeans Girl, Dear G&T, Dear Internet, Dear Running Shoes, Dear Sundress Girl:
I just wanted to say thanks. Can't get into specifics right now, but I'd like you to know I appreciate everything you do/are. The enjoyment you bring to my life is immeasurable.


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Have you gambled before? If you are a Malaysian (and non-Muslim), I'm sure you have!
Well I'm not a gambler but I do bet on some things on rare occasions. I also did go to Genting Highland's casino before. I like to play on sites like www.bet365.com for online poker occasionally but I don't do that often.
Believe it or not, I think there are some good that comes out of online casinos compared to the real casinos. First of all, you do not have to take that hour long trip to the nearest casino. All that can be done in the comfort of your home. Those who say there's no kick in this, well, when there is real money placed on the online casino tables, believe me, there IS a KICK :)
Also as a non-smoker I like the fact that there is no SMOKE around me when I gamble online.
I don't have to mention this but everybody knows the dangers of gambling addiction. And since you are using the credit card, you can get carried away and lose a ton of money without even realising it. What's more is the cashing out time frame is pretty long. You'll have to typically wait 2-4 weeks before you see your winnings (if there is any) in your credit balance.
Gamble for fun but not for profit. The system is against you. Just throw in the money for fun and be happy if you win a couple of bucks. However therein lies the bait of online casinos. If 10% of those who want to play for fun become addicted, they'll have big profit margins.


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Fariad Ali
"I have been documenting this poetry in life for some 38 years now. I currently live in the United States, and my paintings have expanded beyond wildlife to include landscapes and Western art. I try to expose the image with deliberate and rhythmic brushwork and a mesh of thick and thin paint to try and capture the life and feeling of what I am looking at."
Jennifer Ali
Jennifer's profession as a fine artist began over 29 years. She began her career painting a mural of movie star portraits during her high school years in Michigan. That's where she caught the excitement and satisfaction of being an artist that would carry her through to today Out of college she landed a position as Art Director and private label fabric designer for Diane Von Furstenburg. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and publications.
Jennifer portrays nature with a vitality that is fresh with color and timeless in content. Her work evokes life's simple moments. She finds inspiration for her work from little gardens and sanctuaries to the apple orchard community of Oak Glen, CA where most of her compelling stories occur. Over the years Jennifer has created a name for herself in portraiture, equine and floral genres. Her ceramic sculptures as well are being sort after. She has been an integral part in developing Wildlife Images Gallery and Publishing. A company, created by her husband, publishing, showcasing and distributing their art throughout the United States. In 2009, they celebrate their Gallery's 13th Anniversary on the Historic Parrish Pioneer Ranch in Oak Glen.
Tony Barber
Greenman glass
Kathleen Bryan
Janet Edwards
Janet Edwards is a Redlands artist whose work reflects her love of the natural beauty of California, as well as her respect for sites of historical importance. While working primarily in the etching medium, she is also an accomplished watercolorist, a watercolor-like style is often reflected in her work. Many etchings include embossing as part of the design.
Janet is a graduate of the University of Redlands, having earned a B.A. degree in Art Education. She taught public school art before raising a family. A past president of the Redlands Art Association. Janet is currently chair of that organization's art endowment fund. Her work has been chosen by educational, cultural and civic organizations to honor dignitaries, professors, musicians, ambassadors and politicians.
Janet's work may be seen, in her home studio in Redlands, at the RAA gallery and at Haven Home Essentials in Redlands, in galleries in Cambria and Mendocino, CA and in Yachats, OR.
Bill Garton
Artistry in Wood
William Garton has worked in various areas of woodworking for many years as a sideline to his profession of physical therapy, designing making and installing cabinets, designing and making furniture, as well as framing and finishing work. Several
After retiring in 1996, Bill started a business of restoring kitchens and bathrooms. Having received a wood-turning lathe as a birthday gift from his family in 1994, he occasionally tried his hand at learning the art of the use of a lathe. Relying on a book for beginning turners and using pieces of firewood, he soon learned to turn bowls suitable for gifts to family and friends.
Becoming more and more intrigued with the possibilities of self-expression that turning allowed, he closed his restoration business and began experimenting with different ways of cutting and laminating woods of various colors that would produce not only multicolored but interesting designs when turned on the lathe. After six months of trying different methods, Bill finally produced a form that he was looking for. From these blanks he began turning pepper mills which have become his signature pieces.
When the blank has been rounded to size, he lets his artistic side take over and shapes the piece, using different tools until the desired design is formed. Bill uses no dyes or stains but relies on a finish of oil and buffing to bring out the colors of the wood. He also uses this same method of lamination in many of his salt mills, rolling pins, candle holders and ornaments.
His pieces have won awards in art shows and fairs.
Bill is a member of The American Association of Woodturners, Redlands Art Assoc., Sun Lakes Art Guild and Sun Lakes Woodworkers.
Margaret Goodward
Dimensional Collage Artist
Long ago, for fun, Margaret built complex polyhedrons out of cut paper. In college, she studied both art and psychology, working in monoprint, collagraph, blind embossing and hand-papermaking. Today her art making still shows her love for paper. She uses solid papers in bright colors to create layered, dimensional collages that are sometimes non-objective and at other times abstractly reference nature. Their artistic foci are positive-negative space, transparency and an active visual balance. They are mounted so they appear to "float" in the frame. Several recent series are on the themes of "Burning Bushes" and "Stars" (the kind in the sky) and a new series of "Fans". In addition, she will offer a new 2009 Advent Garland.
GretchenArt was founded to explore the edge-of-the-envelope developments in art, science and computer technology to both revive the past and forge forward into the future. Specializing in mixed media paintings and photoart in multiple output options as oil or acrylic on canvas, pastel enhanced on fine art media, watercolor and colored pencil as well as prints, Gretchen of GretchenArt creates and enables others to create, their own family treasures-small to large works of art suing a combination of digital photography, Photoshop, Corel Painter, Artweaver, and twisted Brush plus multiple natural media and brushstrokes of the masters based upon submitted photos, ideas and/or photos taken by the artist herself. GretchenArt Studios are in San Francisco, CA; Austin, TX; Redlands, CA and the World Wide Web at www. GretchenArt.com.
Shane M Keena
As an avid scuba diver marine forms are sources of visual and formal inspiration, yet my agenda is not to recreate what already exists in the world but rather to create objects that are chimeras; the result of a blending of ideas begging the question; "is it animal, mineral or vegetable?" I am for my work to come to life within arm's reach, where eyesight blurs into touch with the objective of creating new, enigmatic and uncategorized art forms.
Judith Sparhawk
Redlands photographer Judith Sparhawk is well-known for her beautiful Redlands scenes, her intricate dimensional collages, and her unique close-up photography. She has recently taken her art to new levels, working with photo art techniques to create interesting beautiful special effects. She is especially intrigued by color, line and patterns, which is reflected in her work.
She has had her work accepted into juried exhibitions, and has won numerous awards in the last ten years. her work hangs in many homes and businesses in the local area. Sparhawk has had her photographs published in two anthologies and in a calendar.
Sparhawk recently published a book of her close-up photographs titled "The Spiritual Path: Visions Along the Way". She is currently President of Redlands Camera Club and Redlands Art Association. She teaches creativity workshops based on the best selling book "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. Her work can be seen regularly at Redlands City Hall and at RAA.


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Quilt # 176 - Star with Dancing Block Border
This star block is an easy, fun quilt to make. By adding different borders it easily becomes a twin size quilt. I wanted an easy quilt so time could be spent on the dancing block border. This quilt is the sample for the quilt class I will be teaching at Diamond Lake, OR on July 10, 2011. Please let me know if you want to join the class.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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text: When doing a painting it is often a good idea to study the details to make magic happen. The tree from a distance seems to be gray, but when looked at closer the other colors seen bring light and shadow. Texture is created and interest added with the reddish brown shades you see in the closeup of the bark. Daniel Smith Quinacridone Sienna watercolor might be a good one to use to add a spark to a watercolor painting of this tree.


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A Japanese entrepreneur is taking home Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled" from Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction in NY on Thursday for a staggering price tag of $110,487,500.
Sotheby's had valued the work at more than $60 million and guaranteed the seller an undisclosed minimum price regardless of the bidding at the auction. A tense bidding war lasted for around 10 minutes between a client in Sotheby's NY showroom and another on the telephone, with the telephone buyer ultimately clinching the top bid.
A record price has been set for an American artist at an auction yesterday and it has the world talking. "When I first encountered this painting, I was struck with so much excitement and gratitude for my love of art".
Jean-Michel Basquiat has joined the select group of artists whose works have sold for more than $100 million. During bidding, the auctioneer offered occasional moments of levity and encouragement.
Basquiat died of a drug overdose in 1988 at age 27.
The buyer was billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, founder of a Japanese fashion website, and a new force in contemporary art. It was originally bought by her mother and father for $19,000 in 1984, reports Bloomberg.
True to his word, the 41 year old intends to loan his latest artwork to museums around the world, before eventually giving it permanent residence in a museum he plans to establish in his hometown of Chiba.
Anthony Weiner cries while apologizing in court
The plea calls for a prison sentence between 21 and 27 months, though the sentencing judge is free to impose more or less time . This news comes after Weiner pleaded guilty on Friday to sending sexually explicit texts to a 15-year-old girl.
The house parted with a total of $319 million worth of post-war and contemporary art at Thursday's evening auction, one day after rival Christie's sold $448 million at its own version of the same sale. The work led four days of bellwether auctions in NY where the world's wealthiest investors and families dropped more than $1.5 billion on Impressionist, modern, postwar and contemporary art.
"I am happy to announce that I just won this masterpiece", Maezawa wrote on Instagram. "He's bringing something never seen before". "It's as simple as that".
"We are thrilled that it was purchased by Yusaku Maezawa for his planned museum so others will have a chance to experience its magic firsthand", said Billault.
Sotheby's concludes its week of sales on Friday.
This isn't the first Basquiat to enter the collection of Maezawa, who also founded the Tokyo-based Contemporary Art Foundation.
Gregoire Billaut is the auction company's head of modern art.