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A little over two weeks have passed since Mike "Tag" Tagliavento lost his battle with cancer. While his closest friends—and BMX as a whole—will never get over the sadness of Tag's passing, we can always look back and think of the good times that went down and the influence his riding had on BMX. For this tribute we went through our photo archives to put together a gallery of photos—both printed and unseen—throughout the years we got to spend riding, hanging out, and shooting with Tag. We've also pulled some words from some of Tag's friends that have been posted in a few places, and assembled a number of legendary video parts Tag was in over the years. We hope you'll leave comments, stories, and good words about Tag here in the comments section at the bottom of this page for the rest of the world to see. And look for more photos and words in our print tribute to Mike Tag in the July 2012 issue of Ride BMX.
R.I.P. Mike Tag. We miss ya. —Keith Mulligan
Steve Crandall posted the following on his Facebook page days after Tag's passing. Lifelong friends—since meeting in the seventh grade—Steve and Tag had countless adventures and good times together.
"Friday the Thirteenth. 2012. Mike Tag is a name that will live forever in bright lights. Mike is a legend, and as the saying goes, legends never die. Mike Tag made his mark, as a son, a brother, a bike rider, as a friend, and as an Icon. FBM started in 93, give or take. It really started about 25 years ago when I met Mike in 7th grade Spanish class, and it started showing itself, rolling down the streets of Ithaca with Gilly, Ham Bone, and the gang, riding our bikes, and raising hell. Yesterday, at age 37 Mike passed after over a year fighting a long hard battle. 37 years might not seem like a long time, but in those years, Mike lived harder, faster, tougher and with more purpose than almost anyone, even in a hundred years. His legend was born in his travels, his unique perspective, his fearlessness, through all the people he met, the lives he touched, the friends he made throughout. His influence and inspiration reached beyond that of an ordinary man. Mike lived life on his own terms, and he made the people who's lives he touched, better. Friday the 13th marked the end of a journey, a wild adventure, made with great friends, on kids bikes, rolling through life. Today I am sad, but I am also proud of who Mike was, and the impact he made. I am humbled by the outpouring on Mike's behalf today. Thank you everyone on behalf of Mike, and his loved ones. Roll on Mike. We love you brother! Thank you my friend, forever!" —Steve Crandall
Friend and business partner with Shitluck, Leland Thurman and Mike Tag were as close as good friends get. Leland put these thoughts into words on his Facebook page…
"I tried to stop myself from writing this but here it goes… If I've ever learned anything more about life from another person it was Mike Tag. I can't thank you guys enough for the amount of support from text, e-mails, and phone calls that I have received in the last 12 hours. It's weird being best friends with your hero. I think that's why it makes it ten times harder to deal with. One of the craziest dudes I have ever come across. I can't even count the adventures, now that I think about it, our entire friendship was an adventure. You will be missed my friend in the most indescribable way. You were my partner and my best friend, you've made me the person I am today. He always told me, your nothing without your friends… Well my friend, it's a whole different world without you. You will be missed and never forgotten. R.I.P. MIKE TAG. I love you buddy." —Leland Thurman
There was a memorial gathering at the bar Tag worked at with a number of longtime close friends telling stories, having one for Tag, and celebrating his life and the times everyone shared together. Another post from Steve Crandall after that day of remembrance…
"There was no somber burial for our loved one Michael Tagliavento, rather a gathering, where we raised short glasses of Jim Beam, to honor the spirit of a great man. Generations of outlaws, artists, pioneers, fearless hearts, parents, children, hardworking hard men who shed tears, all influenced by Mike, and traveling from the farthest stretches, the fringes of someone else's reality, to pay tribute. The brightest and the best from a world Mike helped create! His Friends… A vikings funeral, for a man we all love. Instead of some vast sea, and burning ship, we sent Mike to sail with tear soaked smiles, over the hard wood Bar top with cold beers, bourbon, hugs and shared memories…" —Crandall
From burly and technical jumping tricks, to grinding the longest and steepest rails and roughest of ledges, these photos are only small sample Mike Tag's powerhouse riding style. There's a ton of Tag history here, so dig in…
Here's Ralph Sinisi and Mike Tag's split part from our 1999 Through the Lens video:
Here is a collection of FBM classics online featuring Tag:
FBM's 1995 Ring of Fire
FBM's 1996 The Bar is Closed
FBM's 1997 Live Fast Die
FBM's 2001 All Time Low
Mike Tag's Obituary, published in the Ithaca Journal on April 16, 2012…
Tagliavento, Michael (Mike "Tag")
Ithaca: Michael (Mike "Tag") Tagliavento, 37, of Ithaca, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at Cayuga Medical Center after a long battle with lymphoma. Born in Ithaca, he was the son of Jim and Judy Tagliavento, who survive him. Mike worked for Bumblebee Painters. He was the co-owner of Sh*tLuck Clothing and the Rhine House Bar. He was an all-around amazing bike rider on street and dirt, and was an avid golfer and pool player. "Tag" was part of the BMX community since his teens. He was a lifelong member of the FBM BMX team and was a co-creator of BMX videos such as "1201". Mike was a special person to all who knew him. He always lived his life the way he wanted to, traveling the world and making many friends along the way. In addition to his parents, Mike is survived by his sister and best friend, Marlene; special friend, Kate Conroy; close special friends, Leland, Fisher, Steve, Bones and Jeremy; and his faithful dog, Bella. A special thanks to all of his worldwide friends for their generosity and support over the last year. In respecting the wishes of Mike, there will be no calling hours or formal services. The family is being assisted by the Wagner Funeral Home.
Words from friends via Animal's website:
"The world is officially a much shittier place as of April 13th. Thanks for giving a random kid from New Jersey a chance to see the world and experience the kind of stuff most people dream of. Quitting college to attend the Mike Tag School of Traveling On A Budget was the best decision I ever made, and I know plenty of your other students feel the same. I would not have wanted to grow up any other way. There will never be another Mike Tag. R.I.P buddy." —Bob Scerbo
"In 1992 a skatepark opened up in Newburg NY. It was a super sick underground spot in this sketchy warehouse. It was the first indoor skatepark anywhere near me and it was still almost 2 hours away. We had some other abandoned warehouses with some ramps but this spot was legit. I went to a skate contest with some friends to check it out soon after it opened. At the time there were not too many bmx riders and I mostly sessioned with skaters. The park had never had anyone even bring a bmx into the place before. A skateboard photographer told me he rode bmx and was so psyched to see me there sessioning with the skaters. This was Rob Kucharek (from American Icon who to this day does our screeenprinting). He told me he rode with this amazing rider Mike Tagliavento. I was real hyped since I had recently seen a real crazy flick in a local zine of him doing a crazy limbless jumping variation that had never been done before. I don't remember exactly what trick it was since he had so many, but it was a crazy flick that really stood out when I saw it.
A few weeks later we met back up at the skatepark and Rob brought his bike and Tag. It was such a great day and session. Tag rode with control and power like none other. He was strong as all hell and blasted the ramps all over the place.
A few months later I went to a contest at Shimersvile, Skatepark in PA. It was pretty big one and all the big pros were there. I saw Tag outside just hangin out on the curb watching everyone else warm up on a boxjump. They brought it in special to have a separate jumpbox contest outside the park. Everyone was killing this thing with crazy tricks I had only seen in magazines. All of a sudden the contest starts and Tag gets up and jumps on his bike and starts blasting way higher then anyone else. The he started to bring out his repertoire of crazy limbless jumps still at the greatest heights and with the best style and extension. He was up against the best in the world and ended up 3rd place in Pro right after Jay Miron and Dennis McCoy who were obviously doing godlike tricks also. This was obviously a wakeup to everyone on what was about to happen and where he was going to take riding.
Tag destroyed everything, but he was the first person I met who wanted to search for street spots more then me. I was always the one throwing a bunch of bikes in the car to get people to new spots, but now he was picking me up to go on crazy missions and showing me spots I could have never imagined. He really liked to grind ledges as much as I did and it was so awesome to ride any spot with him.
I learned many things from him over the years we traveled around and rode together. He lived by his own rules and made his life how he wanted it. He was always ready to scheme against society and enjoyed the challenge. Whether it was an illegal phone dialer to make free calls (this was before cell phones), or a dollar bill on a string to steal from a vending machine, he was always up on the latest and greatest way to not deal with the rules of society.
His crew of riders that was FBM were some of the craziest toughest guys in riding. I loved to visit him and Crandall in Ithaca. It was a constant party with plenty of riding mixed in. The days at Baker's jumps seeing how Tag and his crew burned and blew things up while riding some of the craziest jumps at the same time are some of my best memories in riding.
He liked the way I rode and put me on the FBM team also. That was such a great honor to ride on the same bike company with him and the other lunatics on the team. I was real proud to represent for them and did my best.
When I told the next generation at the time that I knew Mike Tag they were so hyped to meet him and go riding with him. Once he met the crew, he took them with him all over also. He put Bob Scerbo and George Dossantos on FBM right away. We all traveled together with the goal of riding the best spots and having as much fun as possible.
Tag was with me when I got the idea to start animal. We were on a trip to Florida and stopped to ride at a college in Georgia. Being the ledge lovers we are we both attacked this brand new marble ledge down some stairs. Then we went to an amazing kinked curved rail and started to get busy on that with Bob and George giving it some work also. Cops rolled up and before we knew it were all in county jail in orange suits for the weekend. The college pressed charges for destruction of property since we really fucked up the marble ledge that they had just put in. When we got out we all went camping and after all the stress from the weekend and still being so hyped on riding I started animal.
Tag was a huge influence on my riding and my whole life in general. I know he had profound positive effects on many peoples lives. He really stood for what I found the most important in riding which was being tough as hell. Throughout his last year of life he gave toughness a whole new meaning. He faced his life head on and fought the fight with a smirk till the end. He will be severely missed and celebrated as a person and rider forever." —Ralph Sinisi
"Finding out the news a few minutes ago that Mike Tag has passed away has been a tough one to process. Sure, we all know Mike has been battling a terminal illness for a while now. But we're talking about Tag. He's always done things his own way, whether it was double pegging virtually un-grindable cement kinked ledges, or having a nonchalant attitude towards dealing with a situation that would have most people just feeling sorry for themselves. It's hard to believe that he's gone. Mike is an inspiration to all, and his influence will never be forgotten. Rest In Peace, Mike." —Rob Dolecki


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These ideas come from a number of sources including: Cub Scout Grand Prix Pinewood Derby Guidebook #33721
Body Design
- Cars should be built by the Cub Scouts with some adult guidance. Make it fun!
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Axles and Wheels
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|Biographical Information
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|King of the Woodland Realm
|First Age[source?]
|S.A. 3434 onwards
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- "In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stone sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood. On his head was a crown of berries and red leaves, for the autumn was come again. In the spring he wore a crown of woodland flowers. In his hand he held a carven staff of oak."
- ― The Hobbit, Barrels Out of Bond
Thranduil, the Elvenking, was a Sinda and King of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood in the Woodland Realm. Thranduil was son of Oropher and father of Legolas.
Early History
In the First Age Thranduil was a Sinda, subject to King Thingol. At the end of that Age he was one of many Sindar who stayed at Lindon, but at the beginning of the Second Age they travelled eastward. Thranduil and his father, Oropher, eventually ended up in Greenwood the Great, where Silvan Elves of Nandor descent lived. Oropher was taken by them as lord and founded the Woodland Realm with the capital at Amon Lanc.
The few Sindar who had come with Oropher and Thranduil were soon merged with the Silvan Elves, adopting their language and taking names of Silvan form and style.
In S.A. 3434 Thranduil followed his father, and some thirty thousand lightly armed Elves in the War of the Last Alliance. In the Battle of Dagorlad Oropher was slain with the greater part of his people but his son survived. After the Siege of Barad-dûr in S.A. 3441 when Sauron was defeated, Thranduil led the remainder of his people north back to the Woodland Realm, where he was crowned king.
Third Age
With the return of Sauron around T.A. 1050 southern Greenwood became dangerous and was renamed Mirkwood. Creatures like great spiders came to dwell in Mirkwood and Thranduil's folk retreated to the northeastern corner of Mirkwood, where they fortified themselves near the Forest River.
The Quest for Erebor
- See also: The Quest for Erebor
One day in T.A. 2941 Thranduil and some of his folk were feasting in the woods when they were repeatedly disturbed by a party of Dwarves and a Hobbit called Bilbo Baggins. After the third disturbance the Elves captured the leader of the Dwarves, Thorin, and a short time later also his companions. Thorin was brought before Thranduil but did not reveal the reason for their journey through Mirkwood. So the Elves took his sword Orcrist and imprisoned him separated from his companions. But Bilbo Baggins, who escaped captivity by using his magic ring, was able to help his friends to escape in barrels on the Forest River.
After the Dwarves' escape Thranduil sent out messengers, who soon told him about the death of the Dragon Smaug, who had brutalized the Grey Elves for years. He knew about the treasures, which Smaug had hoarded, and so he set out towards the Lonely Mountain with a company of Elves with spears and bows. On the way they met messengers from Bard in Lake-town who was seeking aid for his destroyed town. After the Elves had given food to the Lake-men and had helped them to build shelters against the oncoming winter, both Thranduil and Bard led their forces towards the Lonely Mountain. They were very surprised when they found out that Thorin and his company had survived Smaugs attacks, had taken possession of the Lonely Mountain and its treasures and that Thorin Oakenshield had claimed the title King under the Mountain.
Bard demanded a part of the treasure for Dale and Lake-town, which Smaug had destroyed, as well as for himself because he had shot the dragon. When Thorin refused to give away parts of the treasure, Thranduil and Bard sieged the mountain and Thorin sent for aid from his cousin Dáin II Ironfoot. After a few days Dain's host approached and fight seemed unavoidable. But in the night Bilbo brought the Arkenstone, a great jewel that Thorin valued above all, to Bard and Thranduil in order to make Thorin open to negotiations. Thranduil was favourably impressed by Bilbo and urged him to remain in order to avoid Thorin's wrath.
The next morning Bard and Thranduil entered into negotiations with Thorin, who erupted in anger when he learned that Bard and Thranduil possessed the Arkenstone. But he agreed to pay one-fourteenth share of the treasure in exchange for the stone. The next day Dain arrived with his forces and although Thranduil was reluctant to start a war over gold, the dwarves proceeded to attack.
At the last moment, when the battle was almost joined between the two sides Gandalf intervened and revealed that while they were bickering amongst themselves, the Orcs of the Misty Mountains and Grey Mountains under Bolg were using the opportunity to march against them. They had been incited by Gandalf's earlier slaying of the Great Goblin, but had now mobilized for a full-scale attack after hearing news of the death of the Dragon and the now relatively unguarded treasure hoard. The three commanders agreed that the Orcs were the enemies of all and previous grievances between them were put on hold in face of the greater threat. So the Battle of Five Armies began.
Thranduil's host was positioned on the southern side of the Mountain, and they were the first to charge. Many Elves were slain and things looked grim when the Eagles arrived on the battlefield. They turned the tide and the battle was won. Thorin had been mortally wounded on the field, and his nephews Fíli and Kíli died defending him as he lay on the ground. Thorin died soon after the battle, after meeting Bilbo one last time. Thranduil laid Orcrist on Thorin's tomb, where it was said to glow in warning when foes approached.
The victors divided the treasure and Bard took Bilbo's fourteenth share of the gold and silver in return for the Arkenstone, whereupon he shared his reward with the Master of Lake-town and gave Thranduil the emeralds of Girion. Bilbo, despite having forfeited his share, was offered a rich reward but refused to take more than two small chests of gold and silver. When Bilbo and Gandalf bid farewell to Thranduil Bilbo gave him a necklace of silver and pearls. Thranduil gave the hobbit the title "Elf-friend" and returned with the remainder of his host to his realm in Mirkwood.
The Hunt for Gollum
On March 21, T.A. 3018 Aragorn delivered Gollum as a prisoner to Thranduil. He was guarded day and night, but the Elves pitied him and allowed him to climb a tree that stood alone. When one night in June of 3018, Gollum refused to come down, the Elves were attacked by Orcs and Gollum could escape in the confusion. Thranduil sent his son Legolas to Rivendell to inform Elrond, and in the Council of Elrond Legolas was selected as one of the nine members of the Company of the Ring.[2]
Another member of the Company of the Ring was the Dwarf Gimli, the son of Glóin of Thorin's band. The gradually established friendship between both helps to reconcile Thranduil's people and the Dwarves. It is amusing to note that one of the Dwarves imprisoned by Thranduil was Glóin, Gimli's father. Nonetheless, both end up on a quest together, and develop an unprecedented friendship between Elf and Dwarf.
War of the Ring
On March 15, T.A. 3019, an army of Sauron from Dol Guldur, tasked with destroying the Woodland Realm, attacked Mirkwood. There was a long battle under the trees and the woods were set on fire. But in the end Thranduil defeated the invaders. On April 6, Thranduil met Celeborn, the Lord of Lórien, in the midst of Mirkwood. Celeborn's forces had crossed the Anduin and had stormed Dol Guldur. Galadriel, the Lady of Lórien, had come after them, throwing down the walls of Dol Guldur and laying bare its pits. Thranduil had cleared all the orcs and foul beings from North Mirkwood, so that the forest was cleansed and Sauron's empire in the North was destroyed.
Because the Shadow over Mirkwood was lifted, Thranduil and Celeborn renamed it Eryn Lasgalen, the Wood of Greenleaves. They divided it up, so that Thranduil received the northern part as far as the Mountains, and Celeborn took the southern part below the Narrows, naming it East Lórien. The wide forest in-between was given to the Beornings and the Woodmen[3].
Fourth Age
After the destruction of Dol Guldur and the cleansing of Mirkwood, Thranduil and the Wood-Elves remained untroubled for many years.
Legolas and the Wood-Elves later worked together with Gimli and the Dwarves to rebuild and improve Minas Tirith, capital city of Gondor, the realm of their mutual friend King Aragorn Elessar[3].
Thranduil's ultimate fate is unknown; he probably passed over the Sea to Valinor eventually.
Thranduil lived in attunement with nature, wearing a crown of flowers, or autumn berries, according to the season, and his banner was, naturally enough, green in colour. He loved the forest though it was dark and dangerous in many parts and enjoyed hunting and feasting among the trees with his people.
Thranduil had his halls underground, partly in memory (it was said) of the mighty but long-lost Menegroth of Doriath. They lay near the Forest River behind great gates.
The name Thranduil means "Vigorous spring" in Sindarin, from tharan "vigorous" and tuil "spring". Though the name is said to be of Silvan origin, Tolkien's notes on tharan state it was used only in Sindarin.[4]
Portrayal in Adaptations
1968: BBC Radio's The Hobbit:
- Leonard Fenton provided the voice of Thranduil.
1977: The Hobbit (1977 film):
- Thranduil is voiced by Otto Preminger with a (heavy) German accent. For some reason in the movie the Elves of Mirkwood are portrayed as squat and ugly, as opposed to the noble elves of Rivendell.
2003: Sierra's The Hobbit:
- Thranduil is referred to as "Elvenking Thranduil", using both his title from The Hobbit and his name from The Lord of the Rings, to accommodate players who have only read The Hobbit. Thranduil first appears in the level "Barrels Out of Bond", in which he can be overheard speaking about the White Council and their attack on Dol Guldur. He returns as a conversation partner in the last level, "The Clouds Burst", in which he and Gandalf ask the player, in the persona of Bilbo, to deliver a message to Bard. No voice actor is specified for this part.
2006: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II:
- Thranduil is a hero for the Elven faction. In the good campaign, he shows up after the Battle of Dale, and participates in the Siege of Dol Guldur.
2012-2013: The Hobbit films:
See Also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 187
- ↑ Peter Jackson, "Casting news!" dated 30 April 2011, Facebook (accessed 23 December 2011)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Barrels Out of Bond"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Fire and Water"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Gathering of the Clouds"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "A Thief in the Night"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Clouds Burst"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Return Journey"
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "The Last Stage"
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Last month, as astronaut Chris Cassidy orbited Earth in the International Space Station, he remotely directed a NASA rover in California to roll out an antenna film -- a technology that CU scientists are developing. The experiment was monumental because it showed that an astronaut in orbiting spacecraft would be capable of controlling a robot, in real time, on a planetary surface.
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The potential? The instrument could unlock secrets about a young universe -- about 100 million years after the Big Bang -- and at a time when stars and galaxies were being born.
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Radio astronomy has been used in some major discoveries, including the detection of the cosmic microwave background radiation that provides evidence to support the Big Bang.
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The robot moved about a mock lunar surface that was roughly the size of two football fields. Two more trials are planned for later this summer.
To help test the idea born at CU, researchers, including graduate student Laura Kruger, partnered with NASA's Human Exploration Telerobotics project -- which was already working on the technology that would allow robots on a planetary surface to be controlled from orbit.
Being able to place the radio telescope on the far side of the moon is important because it would shield the receivers from the radio cacophony coming from Earth.
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NASA's Orion spacecraft will soon make sending astronauts to a location 60,000 kilometers above the far side of the moon possible. That spot is known as the "L2 Earth-moon Lagrange point," and the combined gravity of the Earth and the moon would allow for the spacecraft to maintain a stationary orbit. From there, Burns and his colleagues believe a rover could be sent to the moon's surface and manipulated to roll out a "Kapton film" that would contain the radio antennas, according to CU.
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BDMS: What do you see as the biggest trend in interior home design for 2015? Please provide examples of home products or rooms that represent this trend.
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Since 2006 the Alberto Giacometti Foundation in Zurich has been enhanced by the addition of approximately 90 sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, most of which are made of plaster. The works were initially inherited by Bruno und Odette Giacometti, who subsequently bequeathed them to the Foundation, thereby doubling the number of sculptures in its possession. It is only now that the collection seriously reflects Giacometti's entire oeuvre from his earliest works to his last, thus enabling a variety of insights – some unexpected – to be gleaned from the artist's work.
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Q: How many Profession Members does it take to change a lightbulb?
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I like that joke because it makes fun of actual, specific lightbulb jokes, most of which are pretty dumb (credit where its due: I forget where I heard that joke but it's pretty close to these comics). The point that lightbulb jokes are playing off of is, "what if people of a certain group acted in its stereotypical way while doing an ordinary activity?" Because obviously everyone changes a lightbulb the same way. And what this meta-joke is saying is, "hey, everyone who tells regular lightbulb jokes: You're all being pretty stupid."
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The joke is, what if computer scientists used computer science for everything? HA HA, it would lead to silly consequences.
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--We had to stop asking the archaeology guys to come to dinner, because they tried to feed us on broken old shards of pottery which were gross and dirty and of historical value.
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On March 1, 1917, Robert Lowell was born into one of Boston's oldest and most prominent families. He attended Harvard College for two years before transferring to Kenyon College, where he studied poetry under John Crowe Ransom and received an undergraduate degree in 1940. He took graduate courses at Louisiana State University where he studied with Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks.
His first and second books, Land of Unlikeness (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944) and Lord Weary's Castle (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946), for which he received a Pulitzer Prize in 1947 at the age of thirty, were influenced by his conversion from Episcopalianism to Catholicism and explored the dark side of America's Puritan legacy. Under the influence of Allen Tate and the New Critics, he wrote rigorously formal poetry that drew praise for its exceptionally powerful handling of meter and rhyme. Lowell was politically involved—he became a conscientious objector during the Second World War and was imprisoned as a result, and actively protested against the war in Vietnam—and his personal life was full of marital and psychological turmoil. He suffered from severe episodes of manic depression, for which he was repeatedly hospitalized.
Partly in response to his frequent breakdowns, and partly due to the influence of such younger poets as W. D. Snodgrass and Allen Ginsberg, Lowell in the mid-1950s began to write more directly from personal experience, and loosened his adherence to traditional meter and form. The result was a watershed collection, Life Studies (Faber and Faber, 1959), which forever changed the landscape of modern poetry, much as Eliot's The Waste Land had three decades before. Considered by many to be the most important poet in English of the second half of the twentieth century, Lowell continued to develop his work with sometimes uneven results, all along defining the restless center of American poetry, until his sudden death on September 12, 1977, from a heart attack at age sixty. Robert Lowell served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1962 until his death.
Selected Bibliography
New Selected Poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
Collected Poems (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003)
Day by Day (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977)
Selected Poems (Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1976)
The Dolphin (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973)
For Lizzie and Harriet (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973)
History (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973)
Notebooks, 1967-1968 (1969)
The Voyage and Other Versions of Poems by Baudelaire (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1968)
Near the Ocean (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967)
Selected Poems (Faber and Faber, 1965)
For the Union Dead (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1964)
Imitations (Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961)
Life Studies (Faber and Faber, 1959)
The Mills of the Kavanaughs (Harcourt, Brace, 1951)
Poems, 1938-1949 (Faber and Faber, 1950)
Lord Weary's Castle (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946)
Land of Unlikeness (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944)
The Collected Prose (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987)
Prometheus Bound (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969)
Phaedra and Figaro (Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961)
The Old Glory (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965)


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I signed all three of my "big kids" up for a basketball class. I thought it would be really fun to put them in a class where they could learn together, so I searched for one that accepted kids age 3-5. The class was held at a upscale community center in one of the swankier areas of Newport Beach.
(I was also hoping to get India interested in something other than dressing up in princess costumes. This is here "I can't believe you are making me wear pants" face.)
As soon as I pulled up, I got a knot in my stomach. I just had this feeling – an intuition – that this may not be the most welcoming place for two black kids. I literally had this thought as I walked through the door, and had a moment where I tried to put my cynicism and paranoia in check.
The other kids started arriving, and everyone played for a little. India was suddenly feeling shy and clingy, so I was standing in the middle of the court, holding a baby and trying to loosen India's grip on my pantleg, while most parents were in the bleachers. There were two young coaches, and they called for all of the kids to circle up and hold hands.
And that's when things started to move in slow motion.
I see Jafta grab the hand of a boy nearby. We'll call him Jimmy. Jimmy looks at Jafta, and laughs nervously, and said, "That's a black kid!" Okay, no harm. He is a black kid. But then Kembe tries to hold Jimmy's other hand, and he refuses, saying "Another black kid? I don't want to hold hands with another black kid!"
I am mortified. I look at the coaches, but can't tell if they have heard. Another kid moves into the line and grabs Jimmy's hand. He reluctantly remains holding hands with Jafta. I don't think Jafta caught what he was saying. Kembe looked clueless. Since he still speaks primarily Creole, I don't think he understood. Crisis averted. Sort of?
But then . . . enter another boy. We'll call him Timmy. Kembe is still standing there looking to hold hands with someone, and it's the only opening in the circle. Timmy sees this, and the coaches encourage him to grab his hand. But Timmy says, verbatim, "No! I don't like the brown. I don't want to hold hands with the brown kid."
I am stunned. I say, to no one in particular, "We can all hold hands with each other, no matter what color." One of the coaches coaxed him to hold hands with Kembe. He is still protesting, but holds his hand and finally quiets down when the coach starts talking.
At this point, I'm having of those moments when you can feel the back of your neck getting hot, and your heart rate increasing. I was PISSED. But also, really hurt for my kids. I needed to do something. I took a deep breath and identified the parents of Jimmy (the first kid). Once the kids were distracted and playing, I approached Jimmy's dad and quietly told him what happened. Jimmy's dad got immediately defensive. He told me I was wrong – that it hadn't happened, even though he wasn't standing close enough to hear the incident. Jimmy's mom approached and when she heard what I was saying, she got even more hostile. She basically took a "how dare you suggest my son is a racist" approach. I tried to calmly tell her that I didn't think it was an indictment on her parenting or a reflection of their views. I tried to explain that kids sometimes experiment with power by being exclusive over gender, disability, and race, and that they just need encouragement to be more inclusive. She was totally angry with anything I had to say. It ended with them basically calling me a liar.
Another mom standing nearby approached me to tell me that she heard the whole incident, and that I was right. (Not sure why she couldn't say that in the presence of these other parents to back me up, but whatever).
At this point, I thought about just scooping up my kids and leaving. It's one thing to have your kids treated poorly, but it is entirely another when parents refuse to acknowledge or hold them accountable. But my kids seemed to be having fun – I'm not so sure they were even aware of what went on.
I thought about approaching the other boy's mom, but I just felt defeated from the first conversation. There have been a few times where I've had to approach a parent about this kind of behavior towards Jafta. It always goes the same way. Parents are always incredulous that their child could behave in such a way, so they accuse me of lying or exaggerating, or throw my kid under the bus as somehow "bringing it on himself". After a while, it doesn't even feel worth it to engage with other parents. It never ends well. No one wants to believe that their kid could be exclusionary about race. Even though most of us watch kids of this age spend a considerable amount of time excluding each other on gender. But somehow, people assume the school-aged sorting and exclusion game magically glosses over skin tone.
After the practice was over, the kids had some free time in the gym, and Jimmy's mom approached me again. Not in an attempt to apologize, but in an attempt to defend her kid. Because, in her words, "he needs to be protected, too". (Not sure from what).
What she said next, in my opinion, illustrates the root of the problem. She told me that her son has always been instructed to never point out another person's skin color – so she was having a hard time believing that he said out loud that my son was black. This was the point where I might have lost my patience a bit, and through gritted teeth I reminded her that he IS black, and that pointing out that he is black is perfectly fine with me and NOT AN INSULT. What was insulting is the fact that he didn't want to hold the hand of another child because he is black. Probably because he has been taught at home that saying someone is black or brown is something taboo. Therefore, the message sent is that black people are inherently problematic and scary. Too scary to even talk about or name.
Needless to say, I went home feeling pretty sad, and worried about how this dynamic will play out for Jafta as he starts school next year. I won't always be there to protect him, and teachers are not always equipped to deal with this stuff, either. I've certainly sat in a parent-teacher conference where a preschool teacher patted my hand and assured me that "these kids don't notice that stuff."
I will say this: if you read this and it makes your heart hurt a little, and if you have children of your own, think about how you can prepare them to be better citizens of the world. I truly believe that our colorblind era of denial is not serving our children well. Kids do see color – and when parents ignore it, the result is that MY KID gets to become the object lesson when parents finally recognize the narcissism and xenophobia in their own child. Children are social beings, and one of the first social lessons they learn is to sort and group. Boys hang out with boys. Girls hang out with girls. If your children shows these preferences, chances are they have racial preferences, too. This doesn't make them little racists. It doesn't mean they have a future in the KKK. It just means that they need some gentle guidance from you to be a little less self-centered. And really, is that last sentence what parenting is all about? Training our kids to move from a self-centered infant into a more respectful and empathic person . . . that's the stuff of raising kids. Racial acceptance should be a part of that.
At a certain age, all kids are prone to leaving others out based on external factors. This can be gender, race, disability, etc. I think kids need help to overcome this natural tendency to seek out "sameness". I also think they need intentionality, especially when living in non-diverse areas. The kids who were so cruel today? I bet they've never played with a black child before. They've probably never been in a situation where they were the minority – which is such a valuable experience. The parents have the privilege of thinking that none of that matters, because it doesn't affect their child.
There is a new book called NurtureShock that puts this well:
How to Raise a Racist
Step One: Don't talk about race. Don't point out skin color. Be "color blind." Step Two: Actually, that's it. There is no Step Two. Congratulations! Your children are well on their way to believing that [insert your race here] is better than everybody else.
What NurtureShock discovered, through various studies, was that most white parents don't ever talk to their kids about race. The rule is that because we want our kids to be color-blind, we don't point out skin color. We'll say things like "everybody's equal" but find it hard to be more specific than that. If our kids point out somebody who looks different, we shush them and tell them it's rude to talk about it.
It's kind of like the sex talk. If we never talk to our kids about sex, they are gonna have to figure it out on their own. Which will probably lead to some not-so-great influences filling in their gaps of knowledge.
So talk to your kids about race. Please. Have an ongoing and frank conversation, and observe their interactions with children who are different. Assume that they will have biases, and confront them when they emerge. Before another humiliated child becomes a public object lesson.Oh, and by the way. Those brown boys that got rejected in the circle? They had a great time.


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News » Workshops/Festivals 2010
(FR) Agrémens 2010 / Histoires D'A ... -- Concert/Workshop (2010 Nov. 12-14)
"At the request of her students participating in the "Brilliantly Baroque," Annie Laflamme proposes for the third year running a short workshop on the interpretation of Baroque music on the flute a key. one-keyed baroque flute.
As well, proposed by Elisabeth Joyé , for interested harpsichordists interested in this repertoire: interpretation and figured bass. …
(US) 4X4 Baroque Festival (26-30 August 2010)
(FR) Rencontres internationales de l' Abbaye de Vignogoul (29 July - 8 Aug. 2010)
Exhibition, workshops and early music concerts in the Abbey of Vignogoul.
Some instruments of the Orpheon Foundation, consisting of violins, violas, cellos, violones and violas da gamba from the 16th to the 18th C., restored to original condition, will be made available also to modern players interested in getting to know the historical musical instruments : truly a unique learning opportunity.
(IT) International Workshop on Diagnostics and Preservation of the Musical Instruments (May 20-21, 2010) -- CLOSED
*** As a matter of interest this workshop has been posted past it's deadline date.
Department of Histories and Methods for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
University of Bologna, Ravenna site
May 20-21, 2010
The conference, open to all museum professionals and curators, is aimed to present and critically discuss the latest researches about diagnostic techniques applied to musical instruments and advanced conservation practices, in relation also to fittings, use of materials, stockpile management, through the presentation of case studies.
(US) Early Music Pub Crawl: San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV) Blogs the Berkeley Festival
Festivals, unlike single concerts, are full-immersion events with lots of possibilities to explore all at once. In an effort to bring the festival experience closer to our readers, SFCV sent two writers — Jonathan Rhodes Lee, an experienced early-music performer and writer, and Jessica Hilo, an arts writer with less connection to the early-music world — to "blog" for a full day (last Saturday) at the Berkeley Festival.
(US) Call for papers: 2011 Lyrica Dialogues at Harvard (Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations) (1 Sept. 2010)
The Lyrica Society invites abstracts for its 2011 Dialogues at Harvard, themed "France the Lewd--France the Prude / France Erotique--France Pudique" scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 1-2. Six panels, organized by historical periods (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern) will juxtapose moral, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions of religion and spirituality with sensual, sexual, and gendered eroticism in the confluence of French music and literature.
(UK) Versailles and the 24 Violons du Roi (21-25 June, 2010)
In a stunning coup for the Royal College of Music, our Historical Perofrmance team led by Ashley Solomon are delighted to present the first appearance in 250 years of some very special instruments.
(IT) Con la mente e con le mani - Teaching and Learning the Art of Counterpoint on the Keyboard (1585-1671) (18-20 Nov. 2010)
The Conference will be focused on Counterpoint teaching and learning in the Early Seicento.We would like to explore the link between Music Theory and Practice on the keyboard. Improvisation is the working tool for learning music structures. Different scholars will confront themselves with the topic, mixing up various perspectives.
(IT) 17th Annual Conference of SIDM (29-31 OCT. 2010)
The Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Italian Musicological Society will take place in Pisa in collaboration with Scuola Normale Superiore from 29 to 31 October 2010. On October, 30 all members will gather for their annual meeting.
(IL) International Intensive Seminar of 17th Century Music (22-29 Sept. 2010) (* A General Early Music Course 22-28 Sept. 2010 Directed by Drora Bruck)
Roberto Gini (Italy), Drora Bruck (Israel), Antonella Gianese (Italy)
A unique seminar in which students will undergo a total immersion in the theories and practices of a period that influenced enormously the development of music and musicians. The seminar will offer 7 days of intensive study, masterclasses and workshops in the lovely atmosphere of Felicia Blumental Music Center, in the heart of Tel Aviv.
(IE) 14th Baroque Biennial Conference, Belfast (June 30-July 4, 2010)
Since its inception in the 1980s, the Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music has established itself as one of the largest and most important musicological meetings in the academic calendar. It attracts leading established scholars while fostering young and upcoming talent. Previously held in cities such as Dublin, Logroño, Manchester, Warsaw and Leeds, the event takes place for the first time in Northern Ireland.
(US) Amherst Early Music Festival -- Baroque Ballet and Historical Dance (July 8-18, 2010)
This Year's Theme: "France: Source of European Music"
Baroque Ballet Intensive (July 8-18, 2010)
Historical Dance Program (July 10-18, 2010)
Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut
Dance Faculty: Dorothy Olsson, Director; Kaspar D. Mainz; Peggy Murray, Dance Assistant
Dance is an integral part of the Amherst Early Music Festival (a two-week early music festival with a vast array of musical offerings). For the 2010 workshop, classes will be offered in Baroque Dance, Baroque Dance Notation, Renaissance Dance, and Music of Charpentier and Lully. Participants are also entitled to attend many other events (including English country dancing, concert and lectures) in the evenings that are part of the Amherst Early Music Festival.
(FR) XII Festival Bach en Combrailles (August 8-14, 2010)
Bach en Combrailles' past 12 years, tells the true glory of Bach but we need more time to talk about his son. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, who passes, by all accounts of contemporaries, to have been the most gifted, born there exactly 300 years. We pay tribute to him in several of our programs.
(IT) XII International Early Music Course (Accademia del Ricercare) (July 26-August 2, 2010)
XII International Early Music Course
Accademia del Ricercare
July 26-August 2, 201
- - Concerts
- - Conference and exhibition of printed music and books by Musedita, publishing house directed by Alessandro Bares
- - Conference and exhibition of recorders by recorder maker Luca De Paolis
- - The European association of recorder teachers -- information about the aims and activities of the association
(IT) L'Humor Bizzarro. Intarsi di musica e danza antica (August 1-8, 2010)
L'Humor Bizzarro
Intarsi di musica e danza antica
9th early music and dance summer workshop
Artistic direction: Claudia Celi and Andrea Toschi
Roma (Italy) - August 1st to 8th, 2010
This year's edition of "L'Humor Bizzarro. Intarsi di musica e danza
antica" returns to the Eternal City, hosted by the historic Scuola
Popolare di Musica di Testaccio. Featured courses and workshops
(IT) The courts in Europe. Musical Iconography and Princely Power (May 23-25. 2010) -- Call for Papers (June 30, 2010)
The courts in Europe. Musical iconography and princely power
Le corti in Europa. Iconografia musicale e potere principesco
Call for papers
The Istituto per i Beni Musicali in Piemonte, in collaboration with the Regione Piemonte and under the patronage of the Società Italiana di Musicologia is pleased to invite scholars from different countries and from various disciplines to participate in the
International Musicological Society
Study Group on Musical Iconography
International Conference
Torino (Italy), Archivio di Stato, May 23-25, 2011
(US) Western Early Keyboard Association (WEKA) Annual Conference at MusicSources (June 9, 2010)
The Harpsichordist's Touch: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective
Touch is one of the primary means toward expressivity on the harpsichord. Seattle teacher and performer Jillon Stoppels Dupree will draw upon historical sources, the teachings of today's finest masters, and the evolution of harpsichord building in the 20th century in presenting her approach to touch.
Historical to Contemporary Harpsichord and Vocal Accompaniment
Baritone Zachary Gordin and harpsichordist Jonathan Davis will present a concert and discussion.
(FR) International Early Music Event in the Vignogoul Abbey (July 29- August 8, 2010)
Early Music Event near Montpellier (FR)
- Alain Cahagne : harpsichord, basso continuo and singing chief
- José Vazquez : viola da gamba, baroque violin and direction
- Lucia Krommer : viola da gamba and baroque cello (till the 4th august)
- Achim Schulz : singing, voacl ensemble and body trining for intrumentalists and singers (till the 4th august)
- Philippe Suzanne : traverso
- Patricia Gonzalez : singing
(PL) The 20th Mozart Festival in Warsaw (June 15-July 26, 2010)
The Warsaw Chamber Opera (Warsaw Opera Kameralna) was founded in 1961 by Stefan Sutkowski, who has served as its Managing and Artistic Director ever since. The company's inaugural production was G.B.Pergolesi's La serva padrona (4 September 1961).
Since October 15th 1986 the Warsaw Chamber Opera has performed in its own Theatre at Solidarnosci Avenue 76 B. It is an ancient building from 1775 having a small lovely audience with excellent acoustic. This building is entered in the register of historical monuments of Warsaw.
(NL) Call for Papers: "Music and Patronage in the Low Countries" -- KVNM Autumn Meeting (Nov. 12-13, 2010)
Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (KVNM)
Royal Dutch Society for Music (KVNM)
Deadline for submission: 15 May 2010
In many languages the term "maecenas", derived from Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (70 BC - 8 BC), councilor of emperor Augustus, has become synonymous with lavish and enlightened patronage of the arts. Being in service as a musician or a composer, however, did not necessarily imply that the artist had found himself a maecenas. In 1556, for instance, Orlandus Lassus dedicated his first book of motets to Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, most likely because Lassus hoped that this influential statesman might help provide him with a position in the internationally renowned capilla flamenca of Philips II. Unfortunately for Lassus, his colleague Pierre de Manchicourt, who preceded Lassus in dedicating a music publication to Granvelle, was appointed instead.
(US) American Bach Soloists SummerFest (July 8-18, 2010)
For more than 15 years, the American Bach Soloists have presented annual performances of SummerFest in Belvedere, San Francisco, and Davis.
SummerFest returns this year in conjunction with the inaugural season of the American Bach Soloists ACADEMY, an elite training program for advanced conservatory-level students and emerging professionals in the field of Historically Informed Performance Practice.
(US) Early Dance at Longy Summer Workshop 2010 (July 25–31, 2010)
An intensive workshop in early dance, with emphasis on baroque dance but also including a daily late-renaissance dance class. Intended for experienced dancers with a serious interest in early dance, the workshop will include classes in technique, repertoire, and dance notation, with opportunities for independent projects and performance.
(DE) 42nd International Heinrich Schütz Festival, Kassel (Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2010)
"Heinrich Schütz and Europe"
The International Heinrich Schütz Society cordially invites you to the 42nd International Heinrich Schütz Festival. From 28 October – 3 November 2010 in Kassel, under the banner "Heinrich Schütz and Europe", plans are in place for numerous concerts, two main lectures, exhibitions, a choral project for active choristers and an international scholarly symposium in conjunction with the "Ständige Konferenz Mitteldeutsche Barockmusik e.V." [Standing Conference of Central-German Baroque Music] focusing on "Heinrich Schütz and Europe" and "Heinrich Schütz in Kassel". The Festival is integrated with the Kasseler Musiktage 2010 (which, until 14 November 2010, offers more events of interest under the banner "Kreuzungen – Elend und Glanz" [Intersections – Misery and Splendour]).
(US) Amherst Early Music "Memorial Day Weekend Workshop" (May 28-31, 2010)
* Recorder and viol consorts at all levels except beginner
* Recorder master class
* Renaissance reeds
* Mixed ensembles
* Early notation
* Historical dance
* English country dancing
* All-group playing & singing
* Rogers Breukink recorder consort
The Von Huene Workshop will be in residence full time with instruments, music, and books for sale. Open to the public!
(US) Amherst Early Music Festival (July 11-18; 18-25, 2010)
Connecticut College, New London, CT
Join us for one or two weeks of music-making with our acclaimed international faculty as we explore the musical legacy of France. Hold the dates, and plan to join us!
Festival Theme - France: Source of European Music


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Private Sale Benefits Local Charitable Organizations
During their Fall Private Sale, Dalton Carpet One Floor & Home in Athens, GA offered their customers free installation. But, they requested that the customer donate at least $20 dollars to one of three charitable organizations - Athens Area Humane Society, Project Safe or Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
The Athens Area Humane Society is a no-kill non-profit organization dedicated to lowering area euthanasia rates through adoption, spay/neuter and pet retention programs. Learn more about the Athens Humane Society.
Project Safe is an Athens non profit organization working to end domestic violence through prevention and educational programs, crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services for survivors of domestic violence and their children. Learn more about Project Safe.
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Through their fall sale, Dalton Carpet One Floor & Home raised a total of $735 for these three organizations! Free carpet installation turned out to be a big help to the Athens, GA community.
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