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Saturday, August 17 | 10 - 1:00 pm
Early detection and treatment of osteoporosis can have a significant impact on a person's quality of life and level of activity as they age into their senior years. A bone densitometry scan is a painless test that accurately measures bone density and can be a useful tool in preventing and treating osteoporosis and potential fractures. Any runner or walker can benefit from this scan and become more knowledge about preventing future injury.
Dr. Mary Klimek from Lake Union Wellness will be at the store on August 17 to perform free bone densitometry scans to anyone who is interested. No appointment is necessary.
What is osteoporosis?
Both women and men begin losing bone mass at around age thirty-five, as a natural part of the aging process. Bone loss escalates for women after menopause due to declining levels of estrogen. This puts women at special risk for developing osteoporosis, which is a skeletal disorder characterized by thin, weakened bones that are easily fractured. It's crucial to raise awareness about the importance of regular screening, early detection, and treatment of osteoporosis.
What is the screening test like?
This screening test takes about a minute. The patient simply removes a shoe and places his/her heel into a footrest. The scan measures the ultrasound properties of the calcaneus, which is a load-bearing bone.
How do I get my results?
A written report is generated and given directly to the patient. Similar to a DEXA scan report, the portable unit indicates: a T score, which is the standard deviation away from peak bone-mineral density; and a Z score, which is the standard deviation above or below the mean for age-matched controls. These T scores are comparable to spine or hip bone mineral density.
What should I do with the report?
Dr. Mary Klimek of Lake Union Wellness will be on site and will be able to discuss the results and to see if follow-up is necessary. If the results indicate signs of bone thinning or osteoporosis, additional studies, like a lumbar and hip DEXA scan, may be recommended to obtain more detailed information.
When should I have my first bone scan?
As soon as possible! Since this is a non-invasive technique, it's always great to get a baseline at any age. It's a lot easier to PREVENT osteoporosis/fracture than it is to REVERSE it! At the very least, regular scanning should begin around the time of menopause unless existing medical problems might lead to early bone loss, putting you at increased risk for osteoporosis.
What about follow-up?
If you have normal bone density, follow-up DEXA scanning is recommended every three to five years. However, if you are being treated for osteoporosis, a DEXA scan maybe necessary every one to two years. The scan precisely captures small changes in bone mass, which can help you and your doctor follow the progress of the treatment.
What other new imaging technology is available locally for bone health?
People are living longer these days, which makes bone health more important than ever.


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Melville had spent his first three days in Rome getting used to Rome.
The initial disappointment of his first day had passed. And once his energy had returned after the grueling trip from the more picturesque Naples, he had regained his vigor on his second and third days, tracking down parts of Rome he had already known from his reading. Now, he was ready to see Rome on its own terms and let it make him new. And in getting used to Rome, he also had to make himself get used to this new self that was getting used to Rome.
On Saturday morning, February 28, 1857, Melville was busy organizing his day. His objective was to visit Rome's two most important art collections—Villa Borghese and Villa Albani—but to get into both private galleries, he needed passes, issued at the offices of the US Consul. Melville made note only of the "lost time" wasted by this bureaucratic aggravation and that he got to the Borghese Gallery at noon.
The Villa Borghese is a vast tract of land occupying most of the Pincian Hill and stretching northward from Piazza di Spagna and eastward from Piazza del Popolo, beyond the Imperial Wall, into what is arguably Western Civilization's first "suburb." Designed in 1590 and completed in 1605 by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, the grounds are today one of several public gardens serving the citizens of Rome. Although it is only a fraction the size of New York's Central Park and only the third largest such space in the city, its landscaping is varied; the pools, statues, fountains, and caffés are diverting; the zoo, small museums, riding ring, and cinema (outdoor and indoor) are unexpected, and the walkways full of life. The northern landscaped garden that Melville witnessed had been redesigned in the early nineteenth century in the English romantic tradition, and much of what we see of that landscaping today, especially in the northern sector, is what Melville saw as he made his way through the park to his main objective: the Villa Borghese's art gallery.
Because he was running late and because he had barely five hours of light left to him in the day, he probably decided against walking and took a landau, perhaps from his hotel or the post office in nearby Piazza San Silvestro. Although Melville's guidebook describes the entry into the Villa Borghese grounds as being the wonderful belvedere terrace overlooking Piazza del Popolo, that entrance would have taken Melville out of his way. The most direct route for him was through the break in the Imperial Wall closest to the Villa Borghese at Porta Pinciana. If his cab went through this gateway, Melville could have then proceeded on foot to the art gallery at the northern limit of the park. Remarking in his journal that night on the "Extent of grounds," he also recalled the "peculiar odors of Italian garden"—perhaps due to blooming wisteria or citrus?—the "Deep groves," and as he walked northward, the "Cold splendor of villa," the Galleria Borghese itself.
Melville's guide to Rome was probably The Handbook for Travellers to Central Italy published by John Murray III. Murray—the son of Byron's publisher and the first to publish Melville's first books Typee and Omoo in 1846 and 1847, respectively—had begun the venture of publishing travel guides as early as 1836, and the Handbooks for Italy published by his firm are impressive in their detail and updating through successive editions. Melville might have carried with him a copy of the 1843 edition, which he had borrowed from his friend George L. Duyckinck in 1849 when he thought his trip to Europe in that year would take him to Italy. It did not, and he returned the volume to Duyckinck, or said he would in an 1850 letter. He might have kept the volume, or re-borrowed it for his 1856-57 tour, or he might have purchased an updated 1856 edition for himself. At any rate, Elizabeth Shaw Melville's memorandum of holdings after Melville's death mentions Murray's Handbook, and the assumption is that Melville knew the volume well. Both editions contain essentially the same extensive treatment of Rome. Moreover, the Handbook was organized in an encyclopedic way that suited Melville's mind.
Then as now, guidebooks were organized on the basis of itineraries, but not Murray's Handbook. One of the first travel writers to provide an itinerary for touring Rome was artist and engraver Giuseppe Vasi, who had produced precisely detailed vedute, or views, of hundreds of sights in Rome that filled ten massive volumes(1747-1761). [A remarkable digital project—Imago Urbis—links Vasi's engravings to the 1758 map of Rome, created by Giambattista Nolli; see http://vasi.uoregon.edu/.] In response to the mid-18th-century craze (among Europe's aristocracy) for taking a Grand Tour of Rome, Vasi also used selected engravings from his opus magnus to embellish his smaller Itinerario istruttivo diviso in otto stazioni (1763), an instructive walk through Rome in eight days. Dividing the city into eight sectors, Vasi's guide, illustrated with miniatures of his engravings, takes the grand tourist along main intersecting roadways, commenting upon piazzas, churches, ruins, palazzi, sculpture, and paintings as they appear in a day's walk.
Murray disputed Vasi's approach. While the 8-day plan might show you All Of Rome, the experience is likely to be something of a blur, and, as Murray's Handbook observes, tourists will need to spend additional days, or weeks, revisiting the many attractive sights that they had not had time for on, let's say, Day 3 or 7. At the same time, more specialized itineraries that show you only certain kinds of sights or objects are just as frustrating because, as Murray notes, no one plan "will be equally applicable to all classes of travellers." Scholars, antiquarians, modern historians, ecclesiasts, and artists will each want to see a different Rome.
Accordingly, John Murray III designed his "handbook" to be not so much a "cicerone" telling you what itineraries to follow but a well-written discussion of the "objects" that the traveler to Rome can see, organized by the type of object. What you might call Murray's "object" approach therefore divides Rome, not geographically, but topically, into Antiquities (and various sub-categories such as Forums, Columns, Tombs, Fountains, etc.), Basilicas, Churches, Palaces (including the Vatican), Museums, Private Collections, Academies, Artist Studios, and Villas, along with other sections involving hotels, money, climate, and excursions out of town (to Frascati, Tivoli, the Alban Hills, etc.). The idea was to allow travelers to arrange their own itineraries depending upon their personal passions by providing them with the objects of their desire, in handy, alphabetized lists. "We believe," wrote Murray, "that most travellers form some plan for themselves altogether independently of books; and that no general rule can be laid down to which exceptions may not be taken, because the objects which will engage the attention of one class will have little interest for others" (263).
It must be added that, in a nod to those who must be given itineraries, Murray also included a section titled "Local Arrangement," which, in a highly truncated Vasi format, provided an 8-day list of sights, each indexed to the page where its description would be found in the Handbook. But if Melville's past three days of touring indicate anything, it is that Melville paid no attention to such local arrangements. He was true to Murray's original conception that the traveler must set his own itinerary and look for the objects he wanted or needed to see. He would experience Rome on his own terms, independently, and differently. So on his fourth day, he opened Murray's Handbook to "Palaces" and set out to view the artworks within them.
That said, Melville's journal offers precious little detail of what he saw at the Borghese Gallery on this day; however, Murray's Handbook gives us a good idea of what he could have witnessed. The 16th-century building had been designed to house Cardinal Borghese's massive collection of ancient sculpture as well as modern paintings and sculpture. In 1808, Napoleon had grabbed two hundred of the collection's antiquities for the Louvre, but many statues remained along with some 700 paintings. The Cardinal had mixed works by different artists from different periods thematically in each of his original nine rooms. (There are now twenty.) While Murray does not identify themes, his lists of art objects room by room suggests the kind of subjective arrangements Borghese preferred. For instance, Room VII seems to focus on contrasting sensual and sacred aspects of biblical and secular life: Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, Raphael's portrait of Cesare Borgia, Caravaggio's "boy with flowers" (or rather Boy with a Basket of Fruit), Bassano's Adoration of the Magi among them (440).
Borghese was himself a patron of artists, including the impulsive, short-lived, bad-boy genius Caravaggio and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the master of (over)dramatic poses and folded marble; each fragile, emotional, and slightly over-the-top. Caravaggio's brilliant pictures secularized and sensualized moments of Christian passion that made him immediately controversial, and his reputation had fallen almost as soon as he was found dead in 1610, at age 39 after fleeing charges of homicide. Bernini's reputation, based on his long-lived contribution to public art and architecture throughout all of Rome, had also diminished with the passing of the baroque. Possibly, Melville's failure to mention in his journal these two out-of-favor artists reflects the reining tastes of his day. Today, art historians and the public have rejuvenated the appreciation for both, making the Villa Borghese gallery a magnet for art-conscious tourists. Today, the collection's Caravaggios (including Boy with a Basket of Fruit) are no longer spread throughout the museum but are now shown together in a room to the left as you enter. However, Bernini's sculptures—among them a grimacing David heaving his stone and Apollo pursuing Daphne turning into a tree—remain in the spaces designed for them, and just as Melville saw then in 1857.
For Murray, the Borghese collection was the "richest" in Rome, and Melville would return to it repeatedly, but on this day he mentions only one work—Venus & Cupid—noting only the "mischevous look of C." Indeed, many cupids have mischievous looks, and they abound in the Borghese Gallery; however, the "unattributed sculpture" of a lounging Venus at her bath (image not available) surely has the requisite smirking cupid to her right. Given the boy's anatomy, the sculpture was probably a fountain. Another candidate is the more salacious 1531 painting by Lucas Cranach depicting a standing Venus (nude, with a rakish hat). The cupid at her feet holds up a phallic honeycomb, but pestered by the bees it attracts, the lad seems not so much mischievous as wondering what one does with a honeycomb that stings.
Having scheduled two of Rome's best collections on the same day, Melville's brief commentary on the Villa Borghese likely reflects the brief amount of time he had to spend there. Moreover, the nearby Villa Albani contained an important treasure that he wanted to get to quickly: the famous bas-relief of Antinous. Melville traversed the grid of small fields and orchards that separated the two villas then walked along Via Salaria to the Albani gate.
Completed in 1763, the Villa Albani was the brain-child of Cardinal Alessandro Albani, who designed the estate to house his excellent and representative collection of ancient statuary. Beginning in the mid-1750s, as the villa was under construction, the archaeologist and art historian Johann Joachim Winkelmann served as secretary to the Cardinal and, while curating the collection, was able to broaden his study of statuary that later resulted in his History of Art in Antiquity (1764). Winkelmann's History is a founding document for neoclassical aesthetics, most notably the notion that restraint and repose epitomize beauty, which Gotthold Lessing elucidated in his 1766 book Laocoön. Winckelmann's and Lessing's focus on the Apollo Belvedere and Laocoön, both at the Vatican, as well as the bas-relief Antinous at Villa Albani has made those objects familiar to art lovers for 250 years. During the Napoleonic takeover of Rome, the Villa Albani was relieved of almost 300 items from its massive collection of sculptures, and though they were later returned, those items had to be sold off. Even so, the Albani family held on to one object: their bas-relief Antinous.
The two-story villa (left) with its bottom row of arches looks across an expansive formal garden of fountains and boxwood mazes framed at the opposite end with a curved loggia of pillars. Throughout the grounds, halls, stairways, and rooms are hundreds of classical statues, bas-reliefs, fragments, and paintings, none labeled but each numbered in Winckelmann's catalogue. In 1866, the Villa Albani was purchased by the Torlonia banking family, which still maintains it as a private residence. The Torlonia's earlier and larger estate (also created in the mid-18th-century), is not far from Villa Albani, on Via Nomentana just north of Porta Pia. Mussolini seized Villa Torlonia (below) for his own family, and all but one of the Torlonia family retreated to Villa Albani. The original Villa Torlonia is now a public park by that name: it is the scene of Romans strolling, pic-nicking, playing calcio, viewing exhibits, and listening to concerts, something of an undesirable turn of events for the villa's previous owners, both prince and dictator. Today, Villa Albani can be toured, but by appointment only. Prince Torlonia VI remains the owner, and his administrators call the Albani site "Villa Torlonia," which may account for the remark in the note on Villa Albani in Northwestern-Newberry edition of the Journals identifying Villa Albani as "Villa Torlonia." In fact, Melville visited both estates, so I shall retain separate names for the two villas, as do most Romans today.
Melville had already, on his second day, tracked Antinous from the full-length sculpture in the Capitoline Museum to the obelisk dedicated to him in Piazzale Napoleone on the southern end of the Villa Borghese grounds. Now having reached the Villa Albani's Upper Floor, he found among other bas-reliefs set into the walls of the villa the most famous (if not, for everyone, the most beautiful) Antinous of them all, situated over the mantel of a fireplace. (Murray considered this kind of setting, repeated throughout the Villa Albani, as a model for modern interior design. In describing this "gem" of the Albani collection, with its strong-chinned and barrel-chested boy in profile to the viewer's right, Murray quotes Winckelmann in rapture: the sculpture is "as fresh and as highly finished as if it had just left the studio of the sculptor. This work, after the Apollo and the Laocoon, is perhaps the most beautiful monument of antiquity which time has transmitted to us" (469).
Melville's description of this object is one of his longer memoranda, written in the typical, telegraphic style of his journal: "head like moss-rose with curls & buds—rest all simplicity—end of fillet on shoulder—drapery, shoulder in the mantle—hand full of flowers & eyeing them—profile, &c." Hawthorne was not so affected by the image, finding its "heavy downward look" tiresome and lacking in beauty (as qtd in NN Journals 471). Melville's description, however, while it reserves judgment, allows us a unique opportunity to follow the gaze of the writer as he views a work of art.
The abundant curls, which are wreathed with a single strand of rosebuds, immediately attract the attention but also stand in contrast to the simplicity of the face and chest below. The descending "fillet" or ribbon hanging from the hair—in fact, it is a delicate band of marble arching through air from head to shoulder—draws the eye to the young man's sensual nape and shoulder. The drapery of the mantle, exposing and covering the shoulders, then takes Melville across the bare chest to the flowers that Antinous holds (an iconic feature in many representations of this figure). And from the flowers we return full circuit to Antinous's brow, or rather his eyes, or to be precise, his "eyeing" of the flowers. Melville's viewing comes to an end when he sees the boy seeing the flowers.
Finally, but only finally, does Melville note the object's overall "profile," with one of his infuriating "&c"s. In that impenetrable ampersand-plus-c, and others like it throughout his journal, resides all the potential for meaning that Melville keeps to himself. Rarely does Melville elaborate his ideas in his journal. His inscrutable "et ceteras" are all he seemed to need to trigger, later back home, his memory of the ideas and images that occurred to him at the moment of inspiration. What the inspiration is, we do not know. All we might retrieve from the wording of his "eyeing" of this art object is confirmation of Melville's love of masculine beauty. And in that regard, he shared an affinity with Winckelmann.
Upstairs in the Albani collection, Melville also enjoyed smaller works, displayed in the Gabinetto, or "closet," and in particular what Murray called "the celebrated Apollo Sauroctonos of Praxiteles, in bronze, considered by Winckelmann the most exquisite bronze statue in the world" (469). The figure represents a nude teenage Apollo leaning against a tree trunk; he is about to impale a lizard perched upon the trunk. Other versions of this Lizard Slaying Apollo, in both marble and bronze, can be found in various museums. In fact, this three-foot high Albani version is also a copy, but this ancient bronze version is thought to be the closest copy to the bronze original by Praxiteles. Of this "small bronze Apollo," Melville wrote it is "surprising how such a metal could be melted into such flexible-looking forms." And by flexible, here, once again, Melville's gaze is on the curving hips and torso of the young boy leaning in to make his kill.
We know from his 1859 lecture on "Statues in Rome" that other sculptures at Villa Albani impressed themselves upon Melville's memory, though they are not mentioned in his journal. In the conclusion to the lecture, he calls up three works meant to show how the Albani collection exemplifies a crucial feature of ancient Roman life: the ability to harmonize death and mirth. But his examples do not at first seem fully connected to the main idea.
First, Melville recalls an as-yet unidentified statue of a helmeted Athena. The image to the left was selected by the NN Journals editors from an early twentieth-century art textbook to represent what Melville might have seen, though the image seems too stiff to be as "purely and serenely sublime" as Melville reports it to be. I was not able to find this statue during my visit to Villa Albani. In fact, several Athenas and Minervas, of various sizes and some more helmeted than others, can be found in the Albani collection. For instance, one diminutive, helmeted Athena appears in a room adjacent to Antinous. Unfortunately, I was not permitted to photograph this more lithesome object. Whatever helmeted Athena Melville saw, the image impressed him greatly, and it would reappear in contrast to the Madonna in one of his last published poems "At the Pleasure Party." Melville also calls attention to a bust of a "dwarfed and deformed" Aesop, locate in the same room as the diminutive Athena. The sculpture, which is actually the full body of Aesop, minus arms and legs, depicts the disabled fabulist's bulging chest and fin-like spine in almost clinical detail. It now sits on a pedestal that can be revolved so that the viewer can catch light reflecting from a nearby window on all sides of the sculpture. For Melville, the bust evokes the ironies of Goldsmith, perhaps because of the smirk in Aesop's smile.
The two emblematic sculptures—the beautiful powerful woman and the beastly sardonic man—represent different mixtures of ideality and idiosyncrasy, wisdom and humor. Neither seems much about death, until we consider Melville's middle example from the Villa Albani: Antinous. "Here also," Melville wrote in his lecture, "is to be found a medallion of Antinous with his eye reposing on a lotus of admirable design which he holds in his hand" (NN Journals 407). Thrown in between Athena and Aesop is the flower-gazing boy who sacrificed himself for the honor of his lover Hadrian: the dead beauty nestled between the goddess and the dwarf. Was Melville putting himself somewhere in this mix? Somewhere in these objects are the dimensions of Melville's aesthetics.
Interestingly, Melville's lecture revises what he records in his journal. The journal's "eyeing" of the "flowers" is transformed in the lecture to "his eye reposing on a lotus." Eyeing—a curious word giving agency to the organ of sight—suggests a kind of physical basis to the mental act of perception, a distancing of mind from body. But the lecture version of this distancing is the word "reposing," which adds a further dimension to Antinous's vision. Here, vision is an act of repose; it is a stilling of anxiety that permits a fusing of self and object. This surrender, so to speak, of one into the other is a release from subjectivity and the reaching for an identity with the objective, external thing. Beauty is not in the thing, not even in the eye that beholds the thing; rather, beauty lies in the self-conscious externalizing gaze of this dynamics of repose. Reinforcing this revision of eyeing into reposing is Melville's conversion of the journal's unspecified "flowers" (in the plural) into the lecture's single opiate "lotus" of forgetfulness and release. In this regard, Melville's aesthetics pushes away from narcissistic self-absorption into an almost zen-like transcendence into an objective reality of beauty.
The lecture's revised image of Antinous is not about the boy and not about the flower, but about boy-and-flower together as an emblem of a process you might call "self-becoming-thing" or "vision-making-beauty. And yet this revised dynamic is no less sensual than Melville's originally noted image. By situating Antinous between the cold ideality of Athena and the sardonic actuality of Aesop in the lecture he would eventually deliver, Melville suggests that the dead male beauty becomes the reposeful viewer that unites the two. If, as well, Melville felt a sensual attraction to Antinous, that sensuality was an energy he could use to get out of himself, to transform himself into a poet with an eye for objects that transcend self and yet define the limits of our mortality. In the decades to come, he would use such self-extracted objects in poems: swallows flying above battlefields, ironclads at sea, icebergs, shorelines, pyramids and the desert stones of Palestine, Greek temples, moss-roses, roses, and the handsome sailor Billy Budd hanging from the yardarm, &c.
But Melville was yet to become this poet of things. With the main meal of the Italian day about to commence, the solemn attendants of Villa Albani were likely to have shooed everyone out of the gallery by 2pm. Melville had maybe three hours of light left on this Saturday, and he made good use of them. Walking briskly to Porta Salaria, he could follow the outside of the Imperial wall east to Porta Pia, less than half a mile away. In 1561, Pope Pius IV had commissioned Michelangelo to design a new gate for this ancient northeastern portal to accommodate and encourage new urban growth and traffic, but still in Melville's day the area on both sides of the wall at Porta Pia were open fields and vineyards punctuated by the occasional country villa, ancient church, monastery, or farmhouse.
The roadway north, Via Nomentana, was part of a system as old as Via Appia Antica. Looming before him, but through the "new" Porta Pia gate was Strada Pia, named for the Pope who built the gate as part of his rebuilding of Rome. Today, Via Nomentana has kept its name, but Strada Pia is now Via Venti Settembre, named for a crucial moment in Italian history to come. Here, thirteen years after Melville's visit, on September 20, 1870, soldiers would breach the wall just to the right of the gate, seize Rome as Italy's new capital, and thereby ensure the unification of all regions in the Italian boot, creating a new nation under King Vittorio Emanuele II of Piedmont and Sardinia. The king kept the "due" in his name instead of adopting a new name or number for the new nation, which was only the first and least of many political disappointments to come.
But in 1857, the wished-for "Risorgimento" for Italian unification had stagnated. Independence and the first republic of Italy had been dramatically achieved in 1849 and swiftly undone by French intervention on behalf of Pope Pius IX. Despite an assassination attempt against him in 1856, Ferdinand II (the despised King Bomba referenced in Melville's great poem "Naples in the Time of Bomba") still controlled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, including Naples, Italy's largest city at the time. And Pio Nono (as the pope was called) still controlled his papal states, including Rome. In 1857, Italy was as divided—north, central, south—as ever before.
The ups and downs of Italy's struggle to unify these regions had enthused and troubled Melville and many Americans greatly, and they figure in many of what Dennis Berthold calls Melville's "Italy-inspired poems." But the wall at Porta Pia in 1857 seemed nothing more than a minor impediment to an oddly urban, oddly bucolic, always somnolent life on either side. What continued to amaze Melville as he walked through Porta Pia and toward the city center was not Italian politics but the rural nature of the descending slope southward of the high plain of Quirinale Hill and the ancient city below. Back at the Hotel de Minerve that night, he would make special note of the "Extent of ground not built upon within the walls of Rome" (NN Journals 107).
Today, Via Venti Settembre is still the broad street Pius IV designed, but it is now lined with muscular government buildings of the late-19th century, the modernistic British embassy, even one or two glass and steel structures, and Italy's imposing Ministry of Finance. The most impressive object Melville saw, however, was the Fontana dell'Acqua Felice, the "mostra" or celebratory fountain marking the terminus of Pope Sixtus V's Acqua Felice acqueduct completed in 1587.
Since the sack of Rome in the sixth century, Rome's only water supply gushed forth at the center of town, near the present-day Trevi Fountain. Northern parts of town languished for lack of water until Sixtus built his proud acqueduct, digging new underground tunnels and connecting some already standing above-ground archways. The infamous "mostra," sculpted in 1588, was an immediate object of ridicule that continues to deserve derision. The ill-proportioned central figure of a heavily robed, abundantly bearded, and horned Moses—the horns represent beams of light indicating the prophet's link to God—points downward to strike water out of stone. For me, every time my bus passes by it, the sculpture evokes an image of the gigantic comedic actor John Goodman rearing back in high dudgeon over some preposterous absurdity before him. According to Murray, Tasso praised the monument, but the sculptor Prospero da Brescia is said to have "died of grief at the ridicule excited by his performance" (332).
Despite it all, the biblical moment recounted in Numbers 20.8-26 is darkly suited for the job of irrigation that the fountain (if not statue) performed. God commanded Moses to "speak" to the stone to make water flow from it, but the impulsive Moses, himself a stutterer, instead "strikes" the stone to achieve the same end, and for his violence and disobedience, Moses is kept from entering Canaan and from seeing the water's fruitful effects. The bible's fatal pairing of speaking and striking, as modes of masculine expression or fulfillment would have appealed to Melville whose final prose work, Billy Budd, is about a young man, also a stutterer, who strikes out when he cannot speak. But for the Renaissance fountain sculptor Prospero da Brescia, the fate of Moses is meant to guard Pope Sixtus against the hubris of his spirited public works. For whatever reason, Melville appreciated the irony of the stuttering prophet's fate and might even have sympathized with the ridiculed artist as well. His comment on the "fountain of Moses" contradicts popular wisdom: it was to him "Not bad" (NN Journals 107). Melville also marveled at the oxen drinking from the fountain and the women with their pitchers fetching water or washing clothes. Today, the occasional Italian touring the city can be seen watering his family at one of the basins, despite the fact that one can hardly reach the fountain for fear of being hit by traffic heading toward nearby Piazza della Repubblica and Termini train station.
Next to the Fontana dell'Acqua Felice are the massive Baths of Diocletian. In 1564, at the end of his life, Michelangelo converted the ruins of the grand entrance hall of the baths into the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, with its Greek square cross design. He retained the eight massive columns, 45 feet high and sixteen feet around, adding to them eight more of equal dimensions. Called by Murray "one of the most imposing churches in Rome" (371), tourists often miss this remarkable Renaissance accommodation of a fourth century structure, even though it faces onto the bustling Piazza della Repubblica. Indeed, the church's unassuming facade appears to be little more than a doorway in a curved brick wall, part of the original baths structure; it gives no hint of the jaw-dropping height and splendor of the interior. Much smaller than St. Peter's, its artistry evokes a more authentic feel of the sublime: first an unexpected belittlement of self, and then eye-lifting awe.
Melville had little light left in the day to explore the ruins of the Baths of Diocletian, but he took time to enter the Michelangelo church and pay his respects to Neapolitan artist, Salvator Rosa, buried inside the basilica. Rosa's tomb is to the left just as you enter. This seventeenth-century painter and satirist was best known for his rugged landscapes that gave a darker dimension to the new style of chiaroscuro picturesque that he and his contemporary Claude Lorrain made fashionable. Alongside his growing fascination with classicism and beauty in the Roman sculptures he had earlier witnessed that day, Melville remained greatly affected by Rosa's picturesque aesthetic. In earlier works like Moby-Dick, Pierre, and his short stories, he had attempted to give his prose similar combinations of darkness and light not only for landscape and seascape description but also to approximate human complexities by creating a kind of psychological chiaroscuro in prose. In 1853, he had published The Encantadas, his picturesque sketches of savage scenes, abandonment, misrule, and banditry, under the pseudonym "Salvator R. Tarnmoor." And even later toward the close of his life, he would include Rosa in his poetic dialogue on the picturesque, titled "At the Hostelry." The Latin epitaph on Rosa's tomb says something to the effect that he was a painter second to none in his day and a poet for all time. Oddly enough, Murray dismisses this precursor of the Romantic movement of Byron, Keats, and Shelley that had made his publishing company so wealthy. Nor does Melville offer an encomium. His journal simply notes: "church—monument of 8 columns—S. Rosa's tomb." Nevertheless, and tellingly, Melville's visit to Rosa's tomb in Santa Maria degli Angeli had taken Melville away from his most direct route home, and that gesture, in the dimming daylight, speaks to enduring appreciation of the great Neapolitan artist.
Melville was detouring to see what interested him most, taking no prescribed itinerary, referring to Murray's lists of sights to see but eyeing them in his own time and order. He retraced his step to his former pathway down Strada Pia to its intersection with Via della Quattro Fontane, and its four fountains, one on each corner.
He continued through the intersection where the roadway becomes Via Quirinale. It is the relatively wide, slowly sloping roadway to Piazza del Quirinale. Down this roadway, you feel one of Rome's many striking contrasts. On one side are walled gardens with roses fenced off so that only the tops of trees provide a tantalizing gesture of a viewpoint into the garden not allowed you. Then across the street is the long, long, implacable wall of Palazzo del Quirinale, which for centuries has been the residence for popes, then kings, now presidents of the Republic of Italy. Whatever the governance, the building presents itself to the pedestrian public as a wall pierced with uncountable windows that stare you down and give no view at all of the government inside. Walled gardens; walled power. The walk down Via Quirinale is tedious and dispiriting. But as the road widens into the piazza—with its monumental obelisk and its equally monumental Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) with their horses on either side—the scene opens up, and you are suddenly at the highest point in Rome. With the city stretching before you, the once-belittled pedestrian you stands on the shoulders of power, surveying the world, thinking it must be yours.
In the dimming light of Melville's late February afternoon, as the setting sun cast a rose-orange glow on the monuments around him, Melville was struck by the expansiveness of Rome. Off to the right, just as the hill begins to slope precipitously down to Trevi Fountain and the center of town, Melville could see, yet again, the dome of St. Peter's. He knew his route home was directly before him, but instead he turned and rejoined Via Quirinale and scooted down to Trajan's Forum, where he could gaze at Trajan's column, which like the Aurelian column in Piazza Colonna, spirals its history of man upward, where no one can possibly read it, an odd emblem of the futility of writing.
It was 6pm and past twilight when Melville returned to his hotel in Piazza della Minerva. He signed off on his journal for the day with his usual "Dinner & to bed." But a second thought brought him back to add a final reflection: "Silence & loneliness of long streets and blank garden walls." In four days he had crisscrossed Rome, and he had seen and touched places and things none of his family had experienced. Rome was all around him, and he was lonely. He had ventured beyond Rome's wall: exited through it and re-entered.
Rome's streets seem walled by interminable palazzi, its gardens unenterable. Melville, too, felt walled out and walled in, out of touch with his talent, voice, and readers. In 1851, his protagonists Ahab and Ishmael had been angry self-projections: great speakers speaking out in their different ways, each striking inward to strike back at the world, an effective dramatic meditative pair. But only two years later, Melville had written "Bartleby, A Story of Wall Street," which follows the baffling self-destruction of a scrivener, walled in by brick and offices, who, entirely alone, prefers not to work, takes to silence, and dies facing a wall. Now Melville was feeling less like an Ahab or Ishmael and more like a Bartleby transplanted in Rome, not only lonely but at a loss for words. Now he could sympathize with the vexed Moses more than ever before, the god-challenged prophet who cannot speak, strikes futilely at stone, and then is left behind by his god and people. Searching for objects of beauty and ideality, Melville found at day's end the silence and loneliness of walls. He could marvel at the colossal size of Rome's statues all around him, with colossal St. Peter's in the distance, but he could not dismiss this giant of loneliness within him.


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There was a miscommunication between us and Goldman. They did acknowledge circulating a deck on short selling and naked shorting. However, our reasons for thinking the whole deck is hardly a smoking gun remain.
Late last night, we heard from Goldman Sachs (GS) pr chief Lucas van Praag who denied that the bank had been circulating a "fact sheet" (embedded below) to polticians on naked short selling, as Matt Taibbi claims.
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a) The document is clearly not about naked short selling, but rather about short selling in general. So saying the document is a disingenuous attack on naked shorting is absurd.
b) It's really benign. Yes, companies lobby and seek to pursue legislation that best suits their own agenda. But only the most commited Goldman haters could look at that document and feel the bile rising. It's 3 unmemorable pages, hardly a smoking gun of some shadowy attempt to buy off Washington. If anything, the surprise thing is how unremarkable it is for a company that supposedly pulls so many strings in DC.
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About PCNS
PCNS exists to promote, develop, and foster Numismatics in all its branches along educational, historical, and scientific lines, and to provide opportunities for collectors to share in an organization of mutual interest and good fellowship.
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- History: PCNS was founded in 1915 by Farran Zerbe and a group of San Francisco collectors, when Zerbe came West to supervise the US Mint Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. PCNS hosted the ANA Convention in San Francisco that same year. At that time, there were no other coin organizations in the American West. PCNS continues to be a gathering place for studious numismatists in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, and beyond.
- Meetings: Our regular monthly meetings in San Francisco feature presentations on numismatic topics ranging from US coins, tokens, and medals to Ancient, Medieval, and Modern World coinage, currency, exonumia, and San Francisco history.
- Research & Publishing: PCNS has sponsored an annual Papers contest for numismatic writers for several decades, publishing the submissions to our members and on this website:
2012 Papers | 2013 Papers | 2014–15 Papers | 2016 Papers | 2017 Papers | 2018 Papers
- Membership: Members receive meeting invitations, programs, medals, and copies of our publications. Many illustrious numismatists have been PCNS members. Consider adding your name to that list.
We invite you to take part in the traditions of the first numismatic group of the American West!
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Everyone with an interest in numismatics is invited!
PCNS monthly meetings include an educational program about some area of numismatics. Members should consult The Bulletin for meeting details. The Bulletin is emailed to members, and then posted here as a PDF about a week before each meeting.
Next Meeting
- Date:
Wednesday Evening, May 22 2019
Speaker: Federico Castillo
Topic: Latin American token denominations and their socioeconomic contexts (Part II)
- Location: Fort Mason Center Building C, in the SF Marina district.
- Meetings at Fort Mason begin at 7:30pm and last about 90 minutes. A PCNS Board Meeting is held in the same room at 7pm on the same dates. Everyone is welcome at both.
- Show-and-Tell topics: Tokens anyone? It's always your choice, though items with any connection to the topic, however tenuous, are especially encouraged, along with early PCNS memorabilia, PPIE goodies, and SF history items. Bring new acquisitions when nothing else fits or you've found something special.
- Drawings: coins, tokens, medals, collectible paper, numismatic books — who knows what will be on offer.
- Admission is Free!
Future Meeting Dates
4th Wednesday of the Month. Please note the locations for each months' meeting.
- May 22, 2019 — See Above (Fort Mason)
- June 22 2019 — Annual PCNS BBQ – See Bulletin or click here re tickets
Remember… meetings are generally on the fourth Wednesday of the month! There is no regular monthly meeting in June, when we hold the Annual PCNS BBQ/Banquet. Contact us to check a meeting date. We regularly update the listings on this webpage with date and location details.
Payments & Contact info
2019 Board of Governors
- President: Dan Hipple
- Vice President: Jason Macario
- Secretary: Bob Somers
- Treasurer: Stephen Huston
- Governors:
Ed Treuting
Bill Hyder (Past President)
PCNS officers operate under the PCNS Constitution & Bylaws, which are available, along with official Minutes, on our Documents webpage.
The PCNS postal box, email address, and PayPal account are permanent — independant of annual officer changes.
Email PCNS via the Webmaster
This is a volunteer position, so allow several days for a response.
PCNS Official Mailing Address
PO Box 475656
San Francisco CA 94147–5656
Online Payments
To purchase BBQ Tickets or make a Dues Payment, visit our Orders Page to make your selection.
You can also make online payments to PCNS from your PayPal account or by Credit Card by paying our PayPal email account:
Or click this to start a secure PayPal payment to PCNS — https://www.paypal.me/pcnsorg
PCNS Invites You to Join
The Society welcomes and encourages membership by numismatists of all interests.
- Membership requirements are stated in the PCNS Constitution: Any person of good character who is interested in the objects and activities of the Society and who agrees to abide by the rules shall be eligible for membership.
- Dues are $20 per calendar year and must be submitted with your application.
(see the Payments & Contacts section to make online payments)
- Dues include all new publications, monthly bulletins, meeting announcements, and any other rights of membership.
Applications for Membership
Use the PDF Application Form, or provide the following information with your $20 dues payment:
Full Name, Mailing Address, City, State, and Zip Code (or country and mailing code), your Email address (for receiving meeting notices & The Bulletin). Your Numismatic Specialty or Interest is optional, but please let us know how you heard about PCNS.
Send your completed application with $20 dues to:
PO Box 475656
San Francisco CA 94147-5656
- Monthly Bulletins
The PCNS Bulletin is published monthly as an emailed PDF to inform members of current activities and meeting plans.
- Annual Papers
The Society issues its annual research papers to current members, and we are now making our Papers Publications available online:
2012 Papers | 2013 Papers | 2014–15 Papers | 2016 Papers | 2017 Papers | 2018 Papers
New papers are submitted annually via the PCNS Papers Contest, which is open to all numismatic writers, not just PCNS members. Please view the PDFs for Papers Rules and our Copyright Policy.
- PCNS Constitution, Bylaws, Minutes, etc. Click Here
- Occassional Publications
Special publications are prepared and offered for sale to the public.
Currently available:
The Old Streets of San Francisco:
Early Street Names on Some Brass Tokens — by Jerry F. Schimmel
"Mr Schimmel, the expert in early trade tokens from San Francisco, takes us on a journey to selected stops in this city's history through these interesting bits of metal. The sites selected are on Streets that have been renamed or have disappeared altogether. Through the tokens that establishments on these streets used, we can hold a tangible reminder of what once was. Highly recommended for enthusiasts of San Francisco history as well as for collectors of tokens and exonumia." — on-line book review
1993—First Printing, English, Cardcover (8.5 x 5.5 saddlestiched), 42 pages, Index of street name changes, illustrated: 21 tokens, 14 location photos, 9 maps. PCNS Monograph 1, ASIN: B0006PBHCO
Stock is extremely limited, and there are no plans to reprint this title. While our supply lasts, postpaid within the USA.
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Both mail and online payments and orders are accepted. (see Contacts section above for PayPal details)Contact PCNS about becoming a member to received new publications as they are issued.
PCNS 100th Anniversary — 1915–2015 Centennial Medal
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Obv: PCNS 1915/2015 in fields of modified PPIE commemorative design
Rev: PCNS Seal
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When it comes to Valentine's Day, the search for that perfect card can cause a little panic and the British Veterinary Association have just made it that little bit worse.
According to the Daily Mail, "Britain's vets have now called for their faces to stop being used on the cards in a bid to curb their popularity".
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"We understand that stock for this year is already in the shops, but we're confident that now card retailers are aware of these problems they will want to do their bit to reduce the visibility and, hopefully, the popularity of these breeds.
"Valentine's Day is meant to be romantic, so giving a gift or card depicting an animal that can suffer breathing difficulties or skin problems as a result of its breeding is definitely a message to avoid. That's why we're saying choose hugs not Pugs to show your love."
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It wasn't exactly the box-office knockout that producers were hoping for.
"Rocky," the high-profile Broadway musical based on the 1976 Sylvester Stallone movie, will close its doors on Aug. 17 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. The show, starring Andy Karl as Rocky Balboa, opened March 13 and will have played 188 regular performances by the time it ends its run.
A representative for the musical said in an e-mail that "Rocky" hasn't recouped its costs, citing a capitalization of $16.5 million. The show has seen its box-office numbers decline since the Tony Awards, where it took home one award, for scenic design.
"Rocky" was adapted from the movie by Stallone, who is one of the musical's producers, and Tony-winner Thomas Meehan. It features songs by Tony winners Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens. One of the show's most-talked about achievements was a set that included a rotating boxing ring, which allowed audiences to experience the fight scenes from different vantage points.
The musical represented an attempt by its producers to lure male audiences into the theater. Broadway audiences were 68% female in the 2012-13 season, according to a report from the Broadway League, a nonprofit industry group.
On Broadway, sports-themed shows have usually had a difficult time connecting with audiences. Productions including "Magic/Bird" and the recent "Bronx Bombers" were box-office flops.
"Rocky" has seen bigger success in Germany, where it debuted in 2012 in the city of Hamburg and continues to play. Stage Entertainment, one of the Broadway production's main backers, is exploring future versions of the musical in the U.S. and internationally, according to a statement released Tuesday.
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Freezer Burn Flu is a sickness seen in "What Have You Done?" caused by the Ice King when he flew over the Candy Kingdom. He rubbed his beard and then flaked snow (possibly dandruff) falls, in an attempt to show off to Princess Bubblegum.
It seems that the people who get it experience a cold and/or light coughing. However, it also appears to make people very weak; none of the infected Candy People move much. The flakes cause an ice-like substance to spread over the infected person's body. The ice starts small but grows to cover a large part of the infected person's body. It can apparently grow between people through contact, making it a highly contagious illness.
The only cure for Freezer Burn Flu are howls of pain from the Ice King himself, as was discovered by Princess Bubblegum in a medical book.
- Candy People
See also
- This may be a parody of Swine Flu or the Black Death.
- It is also seen in the online game Rhythm Heroes.
- It is strange that Grape Popsicle Guy would be negatively affected by this disease as he is a popsicle.


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Susan DeLeo is a multi-media artist using experimental film/video, installation and photography to explore issues of memory, loss, the elemental/natural world and personal mythology. She is a member of AGX film collective based in Boston, MA and has a 5th year Diploma in Studio Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She exhibits and screens nationally and internationally and her photographs are held in private collections.
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grimes, "oblivion".
10 Saturday Mar 2012
Posted film & video, intriguing individuals, music la la lain
10 Saturday Mar 2012
Posted film & video, intriguing individuals, music la la lain
23 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted fashion, film & video, inspiration, music la la lain
brett bailey, fashion, hot right now, interview, lovecat, music, rita ora, style, talent
up-and-comer rita ora has got some serious style. watch. out. for. her.
video by: Lauren Graham
still photography: Danielle DeFoe
styling: Brett Bailey
make Up: Anthony Nguyen
hair: Patricia Morales
via lovecat
14 Tuesday Feb 2012
Posted art/design, inspiration, music la la la, my life, my peoplein
a million years, day, february, happiness, happy, hearts, johnny stimson, love, music, valentine
13 Monday Feb 2012
10 Friday Feb 2012
beats, cover, m83, mandy lee, midnight city, music, the knocks, tunes, video
as an M83 fan, i just can't help myself with this post.
the knocks + mandy lee did brilliant things with the midnight city chorus and i have a feeling this is gonna get some heavy rotation on my iphone.
(sorry in advance friends, you're gonna get to know this track reaaaaal well!)
ps. M83. SF. april 21st. who's goin?
09 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted editorial, fashion, film & video, intriguing individuals, music la la lain
anja rubik, dance, emmanuelle alt, france, fun, george michael, jitterbug, marketing, music, paris, supermodels, video, vogue
genius marketing campaign.
there are no words. this is SO right.
(starring emmanuelle alt– editor in chief, vogue paris)
09 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted film & video, inspiration, music la la lain
the latest video from ladyhawke is simply stunning!
wardrobe + lighting = magic.
25 Wednesday Jan 2012
17 Tuesday Jan 2012
caught the pierces last night at bardot in hollywood. i've been following them for a bit… their sound and beauty in real life FAR surpassed my expectations.
18 Sunday Dec 2011
Posted art/design, fashion, film & video, music la la la, my projectsin
2011, art, art basel, come come, film, hot as sun, miami, music, ocean drive magazine, performance, styling by lindsey ziegler
i recently styled my favorite lady-singers hot as sun for their performance at the ocean drive magazine party during art basel in miami. here's a peak… featuring a fun lil dance number staring pieces from my vintage jewelry collection. enjoy!
party pics HERE
previous mentions…
"the desert song"//peter tunney gallery opening in nyc
"come come" official video


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I built a computer for a friend with an OCZ petrol SSD. It seems to be having some problems now. Once or twice a day, it gets an error that looks like it's pointing to a disk sector and then blue screens. I booted off System Rescue CD to try and take a backup image of the disk, but it failed with an error along the lines of being unable to read a segment. The errors come totally at random, they don't seem to be associated with trying to read a certain file. The variance in uptime between faults is pretty large.
I'd like to update the drive firmware at some stage, but first I want to have a full disk backup just in case anything goes wrong (took me a long time to get the computer correctly configured in the first place!). What sort of tool will work to back up the disk, and is the problem likely to be solved by a firmware update or am I going to have to RMA the drive?


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Are you creative, organized, and a problem-solver? Collaborative Communications Group is seeking a Director of Meetings and Events to manage dynamic teams that produce impactful convenings, events, and meetings for education and learning leaders.
Collaborative Communications Group is a full-service convenings manager, with a philosophy that the participant learning and experience always comes first. Specializing in education and learning-related convenings from 25 – 4,500 participants, Collaborative seeks to develop experiences where everyone comes to the table as learner and expert and leaves the convening with practical ideas, strategies, and connections that build capacity and advance the mission for quality learning for youth, both in- and out-of-school.
The Director of Meetings and Events position is full-time and based in our Washington, DC, office.
About Collaborative: Collaborative works to improve public education within the United States and across the world through learning, collaboration, communications, and engagement.
We are a learning-focused consulting firm that works to:
For 20 years, Collaborative has partnered with leading education organizations, foundations, government agencies, school districts, and community-based organizations that share our values and commitment. We provide access to and connections within a growing network of organizations, researchers, consultants, practitioners, and community members whose collective content knowledge, expertise, and experience supports the learning and growth of everyone in the network. We build tools, processes, and products intended to accelerate learning and productivity and that regularly produce breakthrough results.
Essential Skills and Responsibilities: The Director of Convenings will manage a portfolio of 10-15 convenings at any given time, with direct management of 4-5 events of varying complexity and supporting roles on other convenings. The Director will provide leadership and support in the following areas:
Collaborative is seeking a high-energy team player with initiative, a strong work ethic, ability to easily collaborate with diverse teams, and work with multiple clients simultaneously.
Ideal Qualifications
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The Director will work across teams and report to the firm's leadership. This full-time position is based in Washington, DC, and is Metro accessible. Collaborative offers excellent benefits.
Please visit www.collaborativecommunications.com to find more information about Collaborative's award-winning products and services as well as our corporate capabilities, values, philosophy, practice areas and client base.
TO APPLYPlease combine a cover letter and resume into a single file and send via e-mail (with subject line Director of Convenings) to email@example.com. Resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis, ideally before May 24. No phone calls please.
The statements in this description represent typical elements, criteria and general work performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills for this job. Collaborative Communications is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. It is a strongly held value of Collaborative that power and possibility are not limited by gender, race, class, sexual orientation, disability or age. All candidates will be evaluated on a merit basis.


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Senior Software Engineer
- Competitive
- Greenwich, CT, USA
- Permanent, Full time
- Interactive Brokers
- 01 May 19
Senior Software Engineer
Job Description and Responsibilities
Interactive Brokers seeks a senior software engineer to join our expanding company as a full-time employee. This position provides an exciting opportunity to join a global securities and commodities business leader and top US broker-dealer. Interactive Brokers offers competitive salary and benefits including bonuses and stock incentive plan.
- Design and develop applications and services for IB's real-time, risk-based margin system. That system continuously enforces risk limits for client accounts and automatically and autonomously closes out positions if an account violates its limits. This system has been for decades and continues to be the gold standard in risk control and margin across the financial industry.
- Optimize and refactor existing code for improved reliability and performance.
- Write and maintain design and engineering documentation.
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related degree
- Minimum 4 years of professional programming experience.
- Expert level C++ programming.
- Smart, technically oriented, willing to work hard and learn every day.
- Experience with large-scale software systems.
- Strong analytical and mathematical skills.
- Experience with Linux, Python, SQL and Perl as well as experience working in a financial institution with securities and commodities products or risk management are a plus but not required.
Company Overview
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IEX: IBKR); is a direct access electronic broker catering to the needs of professional and frequent traders, institutional investors, financial advisors, and introducing brokers. Our clients have access to more than 120 market centers in 31 countries from a single account. We are the lowest cost provider of brokerage services and the largest U.S. electronic broker based on daily average revenue trades executing 797,000 trades per day.¹ Our employees are part of a dynamic, multinational, fast-paced, results-oriented team working to provide our customers with state-of-the-art trading technology, superior execution capabilities, worldwide electronic access, and sophisticated risk management tools.
¹Figures as of September 30, 2018.
The IBKR Companies are equal employment and affirmative action employers and looking for diversity in qualified candidates for employment.


text: Looking for a place to enjoy everything a pub can offer? Look no further than Parliament Pub. We're dedicated to giving you a one-of-a-kind experience, offering everything from great martinis and music, to an outdoor patio and intimate fireplace seating areas. One step inside Parliament Pub, and you'll know you've discovered more than just your average neighborhood bar.


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This was a few months back not long after the mountains above Santa Fe had received a fresh blanket of snow. It had been awhile since I had done any hiking up at altitude and I wanted to put my snowshoes through their paces before I needed to put them on for a search. Lucky thing I did, since I blew a rivet out on my way up!
Aspen Peak isn't a long hike by any stretch of the imagination if you leave from the Ski Santa Fe parking lot. Following the Windsor Trail a short way north to the Wilderness Gate, the peak is only a short distance away. Granted, when you are breaking trail through deep snow, it seems a little farther away than it really is!
It was a cold bright day and the snow was in great shape. In addition to giving me a chance to move some clean, cold air through the old lungs, it gave me a chance to play with a new panoramic program for my camera phone. While I do work with a DSLR on many of my hikes, I always have my phone with me and some times I just don't want to carry the extra weight!
More hikes coming soon!


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Hi -
Glad to be part of the community! I'm wondering how others are handling the Reviews section on Facebook. We currently have this capability on our page, but have some concerns about the lack of control over disclosure of HIPAA info, employee info, etc.
Has anyone come up with a point of view on this that might help us?
Samantha Reeves


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Bar Stools
We offer a wide range of bar stools. Whether you are looking for a stool that is contemporary, transitional, mid-century modern or just unique, we have a lot to choose from. Bar stools are an easy way to add a pop of color and added interest to your space. Most are available in different finishes as well as fabric or leather options.
All options pictured below are available for purchase through Stonesthrow but not necessarily displayed on our floor.


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Christmas Books
Lucas has been asking to break out our many Christmas books for more than a week but I've held him off because I wanted to start a new tradition. Last night I wrapped our 23 Christmas or winter themed books and loaded them up in this basket. Starting Thursday he'll be able to select and unwrap one each night as part of his bedtime stories. Yes, we need a few more to make it until December 25, but my parents traditionally give each boy a Christmas book for St. Nicholas day on December 6 so we should be all set after that.
By the way, if you're looking to start or supplement your own Christmas book collection, I highly recommend Humphrey's First Christmas. (One of last year's St. Nicholas day gifts!) It's the specific book Lucas has been asking for. Not only are the illustrations absolutely stunning, but the story is very, very sweet. We all love it!
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Free printable from here.
Life is challenging and busy and hectic these days. And I'm often wishing for more time, especially with my wonderful boys. But I am so grateful for our family -- for Nathaniel, who can now say, "Mommy" and calls for me often. For Lucas who is so full of hugs and kisses and always wants one more, just one more, one last hug, okay this is the last one, but mama, one more hug and kiss! And for Abel who is my biggest fan and who is an amazing father. These days are hard and long for him, too, but our sons are so lucky to have such a great dad who takes care of their needs and makes time for fun adventures.
And, I'm thankful, too, for this outlet -- to write and share with you, dear readers.
Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with yummy food and surrounded by loved ones.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Last night Lucas and I made a quick little fire in our fire pit to roast a s'more each before bedtime and then we hung out by the fire for a bit to ensure it was out before we went back inside. After we gobbled up our s'mores, he used his amazing imagination to start a game -- I was the captain of the ship and he was my first mate, all kinds of fish started attacking and he speared them with his bamboo. At one point a whole school of piranhas attacked and Lucas started telling me about his super power: his brain can divide into 1,000 Lucas's to make a Lucas army.
I tried to play along and said I'd make a Mama army, too. He came over, really close to my face and said, "Silly, Mama, that isn't your superpower."
"What is?" I asked.
"Sweetness and kindness and putting people on the naughty step when they do bad things."
Being able to divide into 1,000 me's would be pretty useful, but I'll happily take those three instead.
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I tried to play along and said I'd make a Mama army, too. He came over, really close to my face and said, "Silly, Mama, that isn't your superpower."
"What is?" I asked.
"Sweetness and kindness and putting people on the naughty step when they do bad things."
Being able to divide into 1,000 me's would be pretty useful, but I'll happily take those three instead.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
The universe is telling me to get a Wii!
I'm not even kidding.
So several months ago, I got an e-mail with the opportunity to host a Wii Play Motion party. So fun, right? The only problem was that we don't own a Wii. No worries, they said, can you borrow one? Of course!
I decided it would be
Nintendo and their pals at Brand About Town sent me two HUGE boxes which were, essentially, a party in a box. Seriously. The only thing I had to do was use the generous Cold Stone gift certificate to actually go purchase the ice cream.
(Don't you just love my table scape above? I was so proud of it!)
Oh? A close up? Here you go!
Yes, the jars came pre-labeled. And yes, I saved them for a future party.
Man, those sundae's were delish! But, of course the most fun was an evening with some of my favorite ladies and having a TON of fun playing with the new Wii Play Motion!
And did I mention the favors? Everyone went home with an ice cream bowl and scoop and one lucky lady went home with a copy of Wii Play Motion and a controller!
My generous fist-pumping friend, D., let us keep the Wii for an extra week or so and Lucas, Abel and I LOVED playing. I may or may not still be obsessing about Pose Mii Plus. (Not surprising since Tetras is my first and true Nintendo love!) Oh, and ladies, Abel and Lucas figured out Skip Skimmer in about 2 seconds -- it is super fun!
So after a few fun nights of gaming with our 5 year old, Abel and I started to think that maybe a Wii should play promently on our Christmas List this year.
But, wait! The story doesn't end there!
Fast forward a few weeks to Blogalicious (totally. amazing. more coming soon!) and WHOOOO gets her card drawn to be part of the Sears & KMart Winter Wonderland Dirty Santa gift exchange?
MEEEEE!!!!! (And 24 other lovely ladies!)
I know my good friend Thien-Kim at I'm Not the Nanny won't mind me stealing this pic. That's the awesome Lindsay Maines of Rock and Roll Mama but I'm on the floor on Lindsay's left.
Man, they had some amazing gifts. And you know how this game goes -- you can pick a gift from under the tree or steal from someone else. You know the moment one of the bloggers ahead of me opened up a Wii that I was intent on stealing it. But, alas, I got caught in the 3 steals max rule and lost it. However, I did score a Wii Fit Plus!
So, let's add this up: I now own a Wii Motion Plus game, 3 Wii motion remotes and a Wii Fit Plus. What's missing? An actual Wii!
Yeah, it's on the top of our list!
Of course the disclaimers: Nintendo supplied me with the game and remotes and sundae fixings and ice cream gift card (whew!) but all opinions are my own and those of the fun ladies at my party. I paid for Blogalicious with my own dime(s) and had a grand time and totally lucked out on getting to play in the Dirty Santa game (THANK YOU to the MANY bloggers who dropped your cards but weren't "present to win" as they say). No compensation was provided for this post.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Congratulations, Katrina at Wakeboarding Mama! You won the Tiny Prints giveaway. I'll e-mail with the details!
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
How do you choose?
Friends, I had the BEST luck yesterday -- I won a giveaway over at Design Mom!. Do you read all of Gabby Blair's amazing stuff? Oh I just adore her! And her giveaways are to die for. I always enter (you can't win if you don't play!) but never dream of winning because she usually has nearly (or more than) 1,000 entries per contest.
But yesterday I got an e-mail notifying me that I won! And a really good one at that -- $250 to spend at House8810.
So that got me to thinking: how do you spend "free" money like that? Even if you've never won an amazing contest like those at Design Mom, certainly you've gotten some sort of reward or even received a gift card.
Do you go crazy and buy frivolous things that you'd never spend your "own" money on? Or do you go super-practical and feel as though you have to get the absolute most bang for your buck?
I go back and forth. This time I went super crazy and bought all kinds of fun things that I would have had a hard time spending my "own"money on. And, my lucky, lucky sons (especially Lucas!) will be the recipients of some pretty fun things this year for Christmas!
But I did make sure to get the most bang for my buck -- through some slight changes to my initial order, I got my grand total up to $249.45!
Photos above are a few of the items I selected from House8810. And that umbrella? Totally keeping it for myself!
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Free TinyPrints Card from Santa for All PLUS Giveaway!
Lucas has already started hoarding holiday toy catalogs and is circling and pointing out ALL the toys he wants (note: just about every single item in the catalogs!). And Monday night he wore his robe to bed "to be ready in case the Polar Express comes tonight."
So while I may not be ready for Christmas, HE certainly is! One of the absolute best things about his age (he'll turn six right before Christmas!) is that he's so smart and grown up in so many ways but still has this amazing sense of wonder and excitement. I mean, he was really and truly serious about the possibility that the 'ole PolEx might rumble in front of our house that very night!
So imagine how excited he'll be to get personalized card from Santa in the mail soon!
Today only, visit the Tiny Prints Facebook page to find out how to personalize either the Checking It Twice or Santa's Scroll greeting card for FREE!! {Hurry! Offer ends 11/9/11 at 11:59 pm (PT).}
And...even better...one lucky reader will win 50 free TinyPrints cards this year! Just head over to http://www.tinyprints.com/
The giveaway will close in one week, on Wednesday, November 16. One comment per person, please and I'll randomly draw one winner.
Disclosure: I was offered free address labels for giving away 50 free cards to a reader. Sounded like a win:win for all of us! All opinions are my own.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Dia de los Muertos
We got invited to a very fun Dia de los Muertos party on Saturday. It was the perfect addition to our otherwise very low key weekend (just what we needed after a very, very busy October!).
The day before I decided we'd paint our faces like the calavaras and I thought the flowers in my hair were a nice touch! Our painted faces were a hit and several other guests joined in the fun (I brought the face paint and brushes with us!).
Another nice aspect was that everyone was asked to bring a photo of a loved one and many people spoke about the person or animal they were remembering. It was lovely--how often do you get to share a story or memory like that? Not often enough, I say!
We brought the wedding photo of Abel's maternal grandparents (on the left with blue background) and Abel told the group how they had 15 children and were incredibly poor (think one-room house and no indoor plumbing with all those kids!) but that there was so much love their poverty didn't matter. In fact just this summer I asked Abel's mom and aunt if they knew how poor they were and they both answered that they had no idea. Their memories are filled with laughter and love. How wonderful.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Halloween 2011
We had such a fun Halloween this year! As always, it was a little hectic (especially since I had to get home from work!) and there were a few minor costume incidents, but overall, it was fabulous!
I took a picture of our treats this year (above). I was totally RADICAL this year and didn't give out ANY candy. None at all. Only one child yelled back to his friends, "There's no candy here!" But I got lots of "wow!" "awesome!" "look mom!" comments, so that was very cool. We gave out boxes of temporary tattoos which I got on clearance last year, glow stick bracelets (15 for $1 at Michaels!) and, Halloween comic book samples which the comic book store gave to Abel (literally about 100 of them!) for free when he and Lucas stopped by to pick up some new kiddo comic books earlier that afternoon. (If you don't already know, there are some really neat kid comic books out there--Lucas really loves them and they're the first "books" he's sat looking at for long periods of time.)
But of course you really just want to see the costumes, right?
Nathaniel was an adorable fire fighter! I picked this expensive costume up at the thrift store last September for about $15. It's really nice material (heavy canvas with reflective strips) and we already had the hat. Nathaniel spent our town holiday party on Saturday trying to strip out of it (and succeeding!) but didn't try to wrangle out of it last night.
Lucas made an awesome Captain America. As you can see from the expression below, he was quite serious about it! His poses were awesome! Abel (aka The Best Dad in the World) hand sewed that star, the red and white stripes and the arm bands. And, he even shortened the fingers on those long red gloves so they'd fit perfectly. The coolest thing is that Lucas can now wear his Captain America sweat suit all fall and winter! And, of course, the mask and shield will make for fun toys.
(In this last picture you can see that Lucas still has his saber tooth tiger face painting on from earlier in the day! He didn't want to wash it off but also didn't want anyone to see it and be confused! Too cute!)
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