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Friday, November 18, 2011
In Loving Memory of Jos Willems
If you have been with me for any length of time, you'll know my fondness--and reliance--for Willems's opus, All of Me: The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong. I still don't quite remember what I did before it was published in 2006. I relied on Hans Westerberg's groundbreaking discography, "Boy From New Orleans," during my years researching at the Institute of Jazz Studies, but that work was published before the compact disc era so it was a little out-of-date by the time I got immersed in all things Louis.
When "All of Me" was published in 2006, I immediately began referring to it as my bible. It was so tremendously thorough and pointed me in the direction of numerous CDs I never would have known existed otherwise. When I started this blog in 2007, I began plugging the book from day one. Of course, a book of such magnitude could not have been compiled by one man alone. Two of the great contributors to the book, Håkan Forsberg and Gösta Hägglöf, contacted me in the early days of the blog to pick my brain, trade information and eventually trade CDs and DVDs.
But nothing prepared me for how Jos Willems introduced himself to me. It was January 2008 and I went out to my mailbox and saw a giant, partially folded, bumpy envelope (always a welcome site). Inside were about a dozen CDs--discs I had never asked for but had only dreamed about: Louis live at Carnegie Hall in November 1947, at Keesler Air Force Base in 1959, in Amsterdam in 1955 and so many more. I just shuffled through the CDs over and over and until I finally got to the letter in which Jos introduced himself. What an introduction!
In his letter, Jos complimented me on the blog, was excited about my research into Louis's later years and offered to help if there were any recordings I wanted to hear, basically turning "All of Me" into a personal catalogue. I immediately wrote him back on January 23, 2008 to thank him. Alas, the e-mail went right into his spam filter. Thinking I was ungrateful, Jos composed a somewhat bitter letter (which would have been appropriate if I hadn't thanked him) and sent it to me....along with 17 (!) more CDs of unissued Armstrong! After he sent the letter, he found my e-mail in his spam folder, wrote me an apology and just like that, a friendship was born and a series of correspondence commenced that ended only with Jos's passing on November 1.
There plenty of pauses, however. In his first letter to me in January 2008, Jos told me he was recovering from a stroke and on February 27, 2008, his wife Josée wrote to tell me that he had broken his hip and would be out of communication for a while. To lift his spirits, I wrote a blog in tribute to "All of Me" (which can still read here). Fortunately, my little gappings had the desired effect on Jos, who finally wrote me back on April 16. His e-mail was pure Jos: appreciative, warm, funny, generous (another offer of more unissued Armstrong) and informative, keeping me abreast of the latest discographical news. Check it out:
Dear friend Ricky
I think you have started to feel completely abandoned -- a motherless child.
We approach four weeks till you wrote me the kind words below.
As the French proverb says -- in French of course -- excuses are made to be
All I have to do is thank you for that flattering Blog about All of Me from which my
wife brought me a copy while I was still in hospital.
It really moved me, man...
Now concerning "unissued" Louis: I have still many (and many is a huge heap)
CD's to be copied. Just look in AOM what you're missing and what you'd like
to have.
And yes please, fire of your comments and questions.
According to the latest X-rays, and my surgeon, the new hip is fitted very
well and will last for at least 25 years. I will be 97 then, age which I
hope to reach to beat my father's record, who died at 96.
In AOM, please delete the June 3, 1948 Ciro's. It doesn't exist. Also
Confessin' is from Empire and the Milenberg is a mystery. Gus, Håkan and me
are trying to pinpoint it, but it isn't easy as apart from Pops, only Bigard
is clearly recognizable. This may mean whatever...
Best from old Belgium
In future correspondence, Jos proved to have a better grasp of the English language then myself! (It was his third language.) He'd point out typos and other little slips, such as as when I said that I couldn't believe how much Louis's early November 1947 Carnegie Hall concert sounded like the later Symphony Hall show. "Nuance," he wrote. "I'm not similar to my son... It's Symphony that is similar to Carnegie." And he also let me glimpse his philosophy that allowed him to be so generous. When I asked if he knew if any other footage survived from a concert in Amsterdam in 1959, he wrote, ""No I haven't. I know a Dutchman who has everything -- for sale at high price. Therefor he is no contributor to All Of Me." Wow, I thought to myself, this guy is the real deal. We all know those collectors out there who hold on to their gems, never parting with them and if they do, only for a buck. Not Jos....and not Håkan and not Gösta either, for that matter. I soon discovered that this was the way of the world with Louis nuts. The spirit of the man led these beautiful cats to just copy and trade everything at will, just to be able to spread the joy of Pops. I followed their lead and they were pleased when I began slipping these rare treasures into my blogs for the whole world to enjoy.
14 more arrived in May 2008, followed by some cassettes and a batch of DVDs of Armstrong's European film appearances. As my reputation began to grow, I landed some incredibly rare Armstrong treasures of my own here in the states and I was only too happy to be able to share them with Jos and the Swedish contingent (whom I dubbed "The Swedish Hot Four"). It was an honor to be dubbed by Jos, "In such a short time you have become the 'Master Supplier' of unissued Armstrong treasures." By the end of '08 things had slowed down a bit--after sending me about 40 CDs, how could it not? But he still tracked my every move. When I wrote about Louis's famous appearance on a Martin Block radio show with Fats Waller and Jack Teagarden, I speculated about the order of performances but wasn't quite certain. About a week later, there was a package from Jos in the mail....with a scratchy acetate transfer of the complete broadcast, complete with chatter and introductions and all the tunes in the original order. Incredible....
By early 2009, Jos's e-mails began slowing down, in part due to fluctuating health. But he could still make me laugh--and read my mind--such as when he received an e-mail about Sony once again opening the vault for Miles and releasing a souped up, expanded "Kind of Blue." Here's what Jos wrote:
Look what Columbia has done for Miles!
False starts, breakdowns, alternative takes, and all...
I agree that "Kind of Blue" is a masterpiece and it's amongst my favorites.
But what about our Louis?
And about Louis plays W.C. Handy ... and Satch plays Fats?
Angry Jos
When my first daughter, Ella, was born in April 2009, Jos had one of the sweetest replies to that news:
Ella, est là; that's a French play on words. When you pronounce it it says: Ella, Ella...meaning Ella has arrived. There's even a cute song about Ella, est là.
Hello Margaret, Ella and Papa Dip, Ricky.
Congratulations to you all.
Fine to hear that mother and daughter are doing well. The father is in such cases but the "third man".
But remember, Ricky, Ella's birth is the most beautiful moment of your life. It can only happen once.
See how life goes? Gösta leaves, Ella arrives.
Best regards to the three of you.
Unfortunately, after that April e-mail, correspondence with Jos became sporadic. I didn't hear from him again until September of that year and then it was another long wait until January 3, 2010. Then on March 12, he wrote to announce that he had been contacted by Storyville about an Armstrong boxed set. He opened his e-mail with, "I've been released from hospital yesterday, and I hope that the operation will bring some relief. The witchdoctors have taken away some precious parts from my old but beloved body. But most of all they made a big hole in my bank account." After giving the details of the Storyville box--which is now released (see my previous blog)--Jos ended by writing, "Time now to have my wounds cleaned....Pops for ever." And that was the last time I heard from him for over a year-and-a-half.
I wasn't alone. Other friends, such as Håkan Forsberg, also reported that Jos had stopped responding to his e-mails and must have been in dire health. But on June 1 of this year, as I sat in Pantheon's offices signing autographed copies of my book to send to my VIP friends, I took a chance and inscribed one to Jos, hoping he was well enough to receive it. Imagine my delight when I received this response on June 20:
Hi Ricky,
When I opened your parcel, I was so deeply touched – shivering to the bones.
In spite of this handicapped body and mind of mine I came out of bed to admire this wonderful present..
Thanks a million, thanks and congratulation for your magnificent piece of art.
Sorry but I have to return to bed.
All the beans to you...
I was dismayed to hear how badly he was ailing, but touched deeply for his kind words. And on September 18, I received one last surprise, a final generous gesture that so typified my Belgian friend: a package in the mail, containing a short letter praising my book and a new CD I somehow did not have of Louis live in Amsterdam and Germany in 1959, which he wanted me to know was a "gift." The mammoth Universal box had come out by this point, so I immediately returned the favor and promised to send him a few CDs of the rarities contained in that set. He actually responded fairly quickly, like the Jos of old, but added, "But don't be worried if I disappear for a little while. 5 October I will have to go to hospital – yes again – . And I don't know for how long.This time a few days if all goes well. But let this not prevent you from sending the CDs when ready." I did and on October 8, there was an e-mail from Jos with the subject line "Golden CDs." "What a delight," he wrote, "Being released from hospital and coming home; on my desk I found 3 golden CDs...originator Ricky. May I think you a million times, and I hope to be once in the occasion to do something in return."
That was the last time I heard from Jos Willems. Back home, he spent his final weeks continuing to tinker with "All of Me," which he never stopped updating after the minute it was published, referring to his updated version as "Hotter Than That." As he had been returning my e-mails with surprising speed, I hoped he was in the process of making a full recover. So did Håkan, with whom he traded e-mails with Jos concerning more new information for "All of Me." Apparently, they discussed the new Universal material I had sent to Jos and Jos was busy entering all the alternate take information into his online database. What will happen to that now is a mystery but I hope someone out there can continue Jos's work.
After Håkan broke the news to me, I wrote to Jos's son Jan on behalf of the staff of the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Jan confirmed to me that Jos was still working on his discography up to the very end, writing, "I know he was working on the new acquisitions he got from you ... a few days before his untimely death we talked about how it would take a couple of weeks of work before All of me was again updated. I hope his work will continue just like he started off from the old copy of Westerberg's book we took to each festival or record store ... with plenty of personal notes, additions and corrections All of Me can become a stepping stone for future discographers and historians." Amen, Jan.
So if you're a fan of Louis Armstrong, take a moment and silently thank Jos Willems for dedicating so much of his life to Louis Armstrong's legacy. It saddens me tremendously that Gösta Hägglöf and Jos are no longer with us; without them, my book, my blog and my understanding of Louis would be a shadow of what it is today. But I do hope they're with Pops now, cracking open a bottle of Slivovice....and questioning him about the possibility of a third take of "Star Dust." Thanks, Jos.
3 comments:
- "Jazz Lives" @ WordPress.com said...
We become our fathers and our mothers; we hope to continue their loving work in our own way. Mister Ricky, you have become Gosta and Jos -- we mourn him, we celebrate you and it's all done in love.
- November 19, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Thanks Ricky and thanks "Jazz Lives" for that.
- November 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- agrahamt said...
Quote "Jos was busy entering all the alternate take information into his online database. What will happen to that now is a mystery but I hope someone out there can continue Jos's work."
Hi Ricky,
Thanks for your heartfelt post
What did Jos use as his online database. I am glad to hear that he used a database in the creation of "All of Me," as that means that modern digital processing of it will be possible. I mentioned sometime ago an interest in creating a geospatial timeline of the very-documented Armstrong, all those dates and places could be added to something like that. Maybe I'll see if Rutgers knows more about it.
Andrew Taylor, Rice University
- November 23, 2011 at 10:56 AM


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There is the old saw about two blind men trying to describe an elephant by feeling it with their hands — one standing in the front, the other at the rear end — and how by their descriptions both would think they were examining a completely different animal! To stretch that analogy, I think that each of us, in a very real way, are only able to describe the part of the "elephant" of life that we are touching, in that each of our lives is so very specific in circumstance, opportunity, and geography that our perception of reality is destined to be incomplete: we can never hope to have the complete picture, as it were. And yet the blind men at different ends of the elephant — though one may be feeling a trunk and another a…tail — will still be describing some elements that are common to both ends of a single animal. This is why we can, for instance, enjoy art and literature from people who are living lives very different from our own: we are each having our own unique experience of a universal experience: life.
I'll stretch the analogy a bit further, and describe science as the attempt to "see" every part of the "elephant" by examining the tiniest bits of it — and then adding all of those bits together with the most distant perspectives we can get — to form a complete picture. I think this is a noble thing. I think the problem comes in when people who are touching only their square inches of the great cosmic pachyderm think that they are touching the entire thing, and dismiss the very idea that there are different perspectives.
I've noticed that when I write opinion pieces for the local newspaper, I write to a different audience. I write more like a missionary — as if I'm talking to the uninformed. Here, I write more like I'm writing to colleagues, companions on this journey that have joined themselves into a loosely-organized caravan headed in roughly the same direction. When I write for the paper, I get a load of comments from those that think their square inch of elephant is the whole thing. They are clearly annoyed at me for wanting them to think otherwise.
But i happen to be the kind of person that derives pleasure from the way I've grown to think about things. I enjoy ideas, and the way my brain has turned out to be a curious one, moving from thought to thought like a bumble bee from flower to flower, gathering pollen as it goes.
For instance, while eating some strawberries, my mind wandered to the following subjects: a recognition that the golf ball sized berries I was eating were most certainly the product of unnatural selection by human breeders; that there were millions of people on this earth who would give just about anything to be able to sit and eat the berries I was eating in quiet and safety; a pang of guilt over my excesses of consumption (treating myself to an entire pint of strawberries); a musing over the question of human compassion, all while still managing to fully enjoy those berries.
I am an extremely lucky human, by any historical measure. I may be low-income by contemporary American standards, but the fact that I have a comfortable place to lay my head in peace each night and a pretty high degree of freedom from fear instantly separates me from most of my ancestors and many humans alive today.
My Ice Age brain struggles with the demands of modern knowledge. How do I adjust my naturally-evolved sense of blood-relation compassion to an entire human family? How do I satisfy my social-animal need to see myself as a good person when that is always in tension with my inherently selfish survival instinct? How do I enjoy the ripe strawberry in front of me knowing that I could give up some of what I own and make lives much worse than mine exponentially better, or — to take it further — give up everything I own and not put a dent in the human suffering on the planet? How do I pay attention to the part of the elephant I can touch without being overwhelmed by the other parts of the vast animal that I hear about, but can never completely explore myself?
This is the condition of the modern human, complicated by the technology and science-aided awareness of our time.
There is no complete answer to it. I donate a enough money Heifer International (it's not much) to buy a goat a year for someone I'll never meet. Why? To lessen feelings of selfishness generated by my sense of good fortune and abiding happiness. And I endeavor to blend the work that satisfies me with work that brings pleasure and solace to my fellow humans. In short, I practice a sort of reciprocal altruism that we humans have developed over the millennia. I don't give because I expect something back from those to whom I give (such as a shipment of home-made goat cheese from Indonesia or wherever), but I do give because I know that it will make me a happier person. For we learn from experience that the satisfying of a craving or lust is not what creates a state of happiness (for the consummation of a craving is much more about alleviating the extreme discomfort of the craving). No: we learn that the more abiding sense of happiness comes from what we call "generous" or "kind" behavior, in that it waters the seeds of warm social relationships (and we humans are wired to be all about social relationships).
In practical terms, to be quite honest, I find myself testing the limits of how far I can go in getting what I want while maintaining my cherished place in my social family — my community. The paradox being that if I give more than others, I am held in higher esteem, and may then have more opportunity for getting what I want. But if I want something that carries a high social risk, I am faced with getting right back to where I started if I actually take advantage of my opportunities. Interesting this (and, it turns out, one of the main arguments against human morality being a Heavenly mandate — the entire dynamic that keeps the non-sociopathic in line is right here in our human troop).
This is what life is like: a mix of competing needs, desires, pressures and satisfactions that takes a massive, calorie-consuming brain such as ours to keep track of. But there I am again, talking about the whole elephant.
There is a certain comfort in recognizing the reality that we live in. At least to me there is (even if understanding just how complex our social interactions are does nothing to make them less complicated!)
Thanks to science, we now understand a great deal about how our individual lives fit within the scheme of the larger life that surrounds us (the elephant). We also understand a great deal more about our individual minds, bodies and personalities (the part of the elephant we touch, taste, smell, hear and see). This bounty of information challenges the comprehensive power of our primate brains, even as it challenges our evolved blood-kin centered compassion. Accepting this reality may not make things less challenging or complex, but it can help us enjoy the sweet strawberries that life sets before us as we keep exploring our bit of the cosmic elephant.
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The Grand Swiss-Bel hotel Medan is the first multi-facility complex of its kind in the capital city of North Sumatra . Managed by Swiss-Bel Hotel International, this 5 star international business hotel in Medan is located adjacent to the Cambridge Condominiums and Shopping Mall. With one Ballroom and three other meeting rooms, this hotel can cater to various types of meetings and conferences.
Address: Jalan S. Parman 217 Medan 20152 Medan
Tiara Medan Hotel & Convention Center
Located strategically just 5 minutes from Polonia Airport, across the road from the Governor's office, Tiara Medan Hotel and Convention came with a convention facility that can accommodate up to 1,500 participants. The fully air-conditioned convention center is an adjacent three storey building complex which has six meeting rooms and a non-pillared ballroom fitted with modern and up-to-date facilities catering for conventions, conferences, exhibitions, seminars and wedding dinners.
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Address: Jalan Kapten Maulana Lubis no. 7, Medan 20112 North Sumatra - Indonesia
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Griya Dome Convention Center
Komp. Griya Riatur Indah
Jl. T. Amir Hamzah No. 68, Medan
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The last presidential debate ignored climate change. As Kelly Rigg puts it,
Think of our CO2 emissions pathway as a superhighway, down which we are barrelling at breakneck speed. Up ahead is a brick wall spanning the highway. It's not a wall of climate impacts -- we are already experiencing those and more are unavoidable whatever we do. The wall is the point of no return, the moment when our emissions cross the threshold between dangerous climate change and globally catastrophic climate change.
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Alan, I thought I was the only one with environmental concerns and speaking out about them. I recognized environmentalists were being trivialized and demonized and along comes the glorification of race cars. Oh Dear! Ruth writes so powerfully about it, and you express concerns, as do many on this site and that encourages me.
If a person can believe delusions of religion, they can believe delusions of politicians and the 1%. That means we have a lot of things to do between today and on the occasion of our last breaths.
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You're welcome...I would have to check the U/D to see how new it is. Lakoff is a linguist, like me. He came up at the same time I did. That's why he talks knowledgeably about semantics and words.
An impressive piece of work, Ruth. I hope enough people are LISTENING and are willing to ACT.
Well said and illustrated!! I too hope enough people get the message with their whole brains.
Ruth, great series of photos to illustrate the principle. Thanks.
And thank you, too, Joan, for sharing George Lakoff's warning ("Climate change and weasel words") and further raising our awareness!
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Author Notes: This recipe for a "Pear and Almond Tart" by Dorie Greenspan, I adapted from Bon Appétit magazine. It has a meltingly tender crust and a delicious almond filling that absorbs the fruit juices and prevents the crust from getting soggy.
In the original recipe the pears are poached but I just quickly blanched the peaches and peeled them. This way they are holding their shape a lot better. I also added almond and vanilla extract to enhance the flavor of the almond filling.
If you are in a hurry or the fruit you like to use is not in season, jarred good quality fruit can be used, just drain and dry them very well.
This tart can be made also with walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios or pecans and it will be equally delicious with apricots, apples, poached quince, and fresh figs and of course with pears like it is in the original recipe.
I like that each step in this very, very delicious tart can be made ahead, which is so convenient when we are busy cooking a Holiday feast.
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For the Crust
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 9 tablespoons (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
For the Almond Filling
• 2/3 cup blanched slivered almonds
• 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
• 7 tablespoons sugar
• 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 large firm, ripe peaches, peeled, halved and pitted
• Powdered sugar (optional)
- To make the crust: Place powdered sugar, almonds, and salt in a bowl of a food processor and pulse until nuts are finely ground. Add butter and blend until smooth, occasionally scraping down sides of the bowl. Mix in egg yolk, add flour. Pulls until the dough comes together in clumps. Transfer the dough to a board and gather into a ball; then flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
- To make the almond filling: Finely grind almonds and flour in the food processor. Mix in 7 tablespoons sugar, then butter and blend until smooth. Mix in egg, almond and vanilla extracts. Transfer filling to a medium bowl. Cover and chill at least 2 hours and up to 2 days.
- Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F. Roll out chilled dough on a floured sheet of parchment paper to 12-inch round. Turn out the dough into 9 or 10- inches in diameter tart pan with a removable bottom, using the parchment paper as an aid. If needed, seal any cracks in the dough and then trim overhang to 1/2 inch. Fold overhang in, making the sides double-thick. Pierce crust all over with fork and freeze it for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Line the crust with buttered parchment paper or foil, buttered side down; then fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake crust until sides are set, about 20 minutes. Remove foil and beans; return the pan to the oven and bake crust until sides are golden and bottom is set, about 10-12 minutes longer. Cool crust in the pan on a cooling rack.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Spread almond filling evenly in the bottom of the crust; cut each half of the peaches crosswise into thin slices, and arrange on top of the filling in any pattern you like.
- Bake tart until golden and tester inserted into center of filling comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool tart in the pan on a rack. When ready to serve, push pan bottom up, releasing tart from pan. Let stand at room temperature. Cut tart into wedges; sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired, and serve.
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MIAMI - The Miami-Dade County Public Schools appointed a new police chief.
The school board appointed Ian Moffett on Wednesday. He was most recently a law enforcement trainer at the Miami Police Academy and previously worked for the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department for 15 years.
"I am very pleased that we are appointing Mr. Ian Moffett, somebody who knows the culture, the needs, the student-centric approach to school policing," said Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
Moffett replaced former Chief Charles Hurley, who resigned in February after allegations of sexual harassment that were later cleared by district investigators.
Originally from Guyana, Moffett moved to South Florida as a teenager and graduated from Miami Southridge High School. His father was a police officer in Guyana and his son is also going into law enforcement.
Moffett said he knows that his job is not only to keep the students safe, but also that police officers should be role models.
"At the end of the day, I want to be sure our officers realize that they are mentors to these kids. They need to be able to work with them. Intervention, prevention and enforcement is a last resort," said Moffett.
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In 1858, Martin Delany attended John Brown's Chatham Convention, where Brown presented his Provisional Constitution and revealed a plan to free slaves that led to the raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859. While Brown obtained Delany's support at Chatham, Delany and other prominent blacks, such as Frederick Douglass, distanced themselves from Brown as his actions became more militant and unpredictable.
During the Civil War, Delany recruited black troops in Massachusetts and other New England states. He also became the first black field officer in the Union Army in 1865 when he was commissioned major. After the war, Delany lived for several years in South Carolina. Among his activities, Delany worked for the Freedmen's Bureau for three years and was active in politics. Increasingly unhappy with Reconstruction, Delany eventually gave his support to white Democratic redeemer Wade Hampton.
In addition to The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People in the United States, Delany authored a novel Blake, or the Huts of America, Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploration Party, and Principia of Ethnology. He died in Wilberforce, Ohio, on January 24, 1885.
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It was a surprise when my sister married the football coach in 1969, given the gadabouts in her life before Jim. She was living and working as a photographer in Cambridge, Mass., a haven for rebels, radicals and rascals of all shapes and sizes at that strange time. Jim was coaching football at Harvard when they met and he was fishing a lot. All he had to his name were an old Land Rover and two canoes.
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**Written by Doug Powers
According to Fox News, so far 13 deaths have been blamed on the storm. Flooding is a big problem, and it's reported that four million are without power and billions of dollars in damage has been done, but fortunately the storm never exceeded category one winds, even though to watch some of the news reports you'd have thought the entire east coast was about to be wiped off the map.
Here are a few storm-related items I ran across this morning. Feel free to pass along any links of interest that you run across as the day goes on:
–So far there is no time table for re-starting New York City's transit system, probably meaning no subway or bus service on Monday.
–Doug Ross has 15 Irene photos spotted on Twitter.
–An article in the New York Times wonders if Irene is the result of man-caused climate change.
–Streakers caught the Weather Channel with their pants down — or was that the other way around?
–Joe Biden played golf in Delaware in the hours preceding the hurricane, but only after Carl Spackler assured him, "I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while."
–Irene's predecessor: The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 (there was global warming in 1944?)
—George Will: Journalism "shouldn't contribute to the manufacture of synthetic hysteria."
–The full size version of the above photo of Irene approaching the North Carolina coast is here.
–Here's video of a reporter getting covered in what he called "sea foam." After the video I'll tell you what it probably is — make sure you're not eating lunch:
Reporter Gives Update Covered In Sea Foam: MyFoxNY.com
More on that "sea foam":
MYFOXNY.COM – A local news reporter from Washington, D.C. ended up getting covered in what is probably the remnants of raw sewage as he delivered live hurricane reports from Ocean City, Md.
When he got back to the TV station it went something like this:
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Poets Priscilla Atkins and Kathleen McGookey will discuss how French poetry inspired their writing careers on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m. at HopeCollege in the DeWitt Center Herrick Room.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The presentation, titled "The French Muse: On Inspiration and Translation," is sponsored by the French Cultural Studies Colloquium at Hope. Atkins is a librarian with the rank of associate professor, and McGookey is a 1992 Hope graduate.
Atkins completed her undergraduate work at Smith College and holds two master's degrees (one in education, one in library and information science) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Currently on leave from Hope, she is studying for a Master of Fine Arts degree via SpaldingUniversity's low-residency program. Her poetry has appeared in "Southern Humanities Review," "Poetry London," "Poetry," "Shenandoah," "Salmagundi," "Southwest Review," "Raritan" and other journals.
Atkins began studying the French language at age 12. She continued with French through middle school, high school, and college. During the decade she lived in Hawaii, she studied at the "Institut de Touraine" in the LoireValley. Her most recent poems "Un Sucrier for Marcel Proust" and "The Death of Albert Camus" were accepted respectively by "Southern Humanities Review" and "Borderlands."
McGookey graduated from Hope in 1989 with a French major, having spent her junior year studying in Paris. She went on to earn advanced degrees in creative writing and literature at Western Michigan University. She has taught literature and creative writing at Hope, Western, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. She began translating Georges Godeau's poems when she was nearly through with her doctoral studies.
Her poems, prose poems, and translations have appeared in more than 40 journals including "The Antioch Review," "Boston Review," "Epoch," "Field," "Indiana Review," "The Laurel Review," "Ploughshares," "The Prose Poem: An International Journal," "Quarterly West," "Seneca Review," "West Branch" and "Willow Springs."
Her first book of poems is "Whatever Shines," published by White Pine Press in 2001. It is available online through Amazon.com, as well as through many independent booksellers.
McGookey lives in Wayland with her husband and her two young children. She spends her days chasing her curly-haired two-year-old daughter, making peanut butter sandwiches for her five-year-old son, and reading lots of stories to both her children. Her Web site is www.kathleenmcgookey.com.
The Herrick Room is on the southwest corner of the DeWitt Center, which is located at 141 E. 12th St., on the corner of Columbia Avenue and 12th Street.


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We celebrated the holiday this week with a special meal, capped off with these sweet bunny cupcakes. I piped each cupcake just like a rose with an angled decorating tip, but using green icing and allowing a little ruffling made the roses look like cabbages. Aren't they precious?
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Labels: Cakes, Celebrations, Holidays, Little Lovelies, Thoughtful Gestures
7 comments:
- Rach said...
Very cute!
- April 6, 2012 at 8:38 AM
oh, these are cute!!! Nice idea!
- April 7, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Melissa, these cupcakes are really cute and I'm sure that you all really enjoyed them. They look exactly like cabbages. What a unique idea. Love it.
- April 7, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Marsha @Spots and Wrinkles said...
Well, if these little delights aren't simply the cat's meow, I don't know what is. :)
Happy Easter!
- April 8, 2012 at 9:25 PM
- Donna @ Party Wishes said...
So, so cute! Hope you had a wonderful Easter!
- April 8, 2012 at 10:35 PM
- Our Little Olive Branches said...
Where would I find the cute little bunny toppers on the cupcakes? Everything you o is simply darling and I adore your blog!
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Hi Tim, I wanted to clarify this a bit because I will be travelling for most of tomorrow (but I'm not quite happy with the wording)... CURRENTLY our conformance "menu" looks like this: 1. "Full" Conformance (A, AA, or AAA) 2. "Partial" ATAG 2.0 Conformance: Authoring Tool User Interface (A, AA, AAA) 3. "Partial" ATAG 2.0 Conformance: Content Production (A, AA, AAA) IDEA for a revised menu: 1. "Full" Conformance (A, AA, or AAA) - one or more* tools (that all meet the applicable bits of Part A) working together to meet Part B. *=where the claimant has IP for the tool or can point to the URI of a third-party claim. 2. "Partial" End-to-end Conformance: User Interface (A, AA, AAA) - one or more* tools (that all meet the applicable bits of Part A). Nothing implied about Part B. 3. "Partial" End-to-end Conformance: Content Production (A, AA, AAA) - one or more* tools working together to meet Part B. Nothing implied about Part A. 4. "Partial" Component-Only Conformance: Content Production (A, AA, AAA) - individual tool is evaluated against Part B SCs. Meets all the SCs or the tool is designed such that as part of an authoring process another tool could meet the SC. It is recommended (but not required) that a URI for a conformance claim be provided for the other tool(s). Cheers, Jan (Mr) Jan Richards, M.Sc. firstname.lastname@example.com | 416-977-6000 ext. 3957 Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) OCAD University ________________________________________ From: Boland Jr, Frederick E. [firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: November-01-11 3:49 PM To: Richards, Jan; Alastair Campbell; firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: RE: Conformance use-cases Could you define precisely what you mean by "component-level" and "authoring process-level" conformance? Would these be "pieces" of an ATAG conformance model? The W3C Quality Assurance Framework Specificafion Guidelines (SpecGL) say in Good Practice 1: Define the specification's conformance model in the conformance clause: http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/#conformance-model-gp and further in Requirement 6 : Create conformance labels for each part of the conformance model: http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/#conf-label-principle Do we need further discussion/clarification of the precise nature of an ATAG2.0 conformance model? Maybe a diagram.. Thanks and best wishes] Tim Boland NIST PS - while we're at it, maybe we could make sure that the ATAG2.0 specification satisifes all of the 13 listed requirements of SpecGL: http://www.w3.org/TR/qaframe-spec/ and as many of the good practices as appropriate? ________________________________________ From: Richards, Jan [email@example.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 12:00 PM To: Alastair Campbell; email@example.com Subject: RE: Conformance use-cases Thanks Alastair, this is a great start! An alternative phrasing for "ATAG-Ready" might be to make a distinction between "Component-level" and "Authoring Process-level" conformance. Cheers, Jan > -----Original Message----- > From: Alastair Campbell [mailto:email@example.com] > Sent: November 1, 2011 6:18 AM > To: email@example.com > Subject: Conformance use-cases > > Hi everyone, > > We were discussing the variety of use-cases that will be looking to > conform with ATAG, these are the ones that come to mind (in no > particular order but numbered for reference): > > 1. A web-based product (e.g. Wordpress) that can be used as a complete > system in itself. > In this case the person looking at ATAG is likely to be a volunteer > developer or community member testing the system. They would test and > pass/fail/NA each success criteria (SC). > > 2. A web-based product (e.g. Defacto) that is sold as a product or > service. It utilises a 3rd party editor (e.g. TinyMCE) that can be > tested independently. > However, the integration of an editor also affects the interface, so > testing with ATAG should be of the full product including 3rd party > extentions. > > 3. A desktop based product (e.g. Dreamweaver) that aims to meet SC in > part A, but not all of part B. > The person looking at ATAG is likely to be a product manager or an > accessibility specialist in the team. They would check > In this case they would want a conformance check to basically say > "Meets all of ATAG 2.0 except B.3.1" > > 4. An "enterprise solution" for a large organisation, that includes > document management, media asset management, web content management, a > 3rd party conformance tool (accessibility and quality control), and an > external mapping tool (e.g. Google maps). > The person looking at ATAG would probably be the integrator (possibly a > project manager), who would want each of the tools mentioned to say > what they do regarding ATAG. > The main tool is the CMS, but the document and media asset management > need to do their bit. For example, Word documents could form the basis > for web-content, and they are converted to HTML automatically. > > 5. An extension tool (e.g. accessibility checker or WYSIWYG editor) > that provides testing of HTML based pages and assistance with fixes. > In this case it does not meet many SC except the ones it is focused > upon. > The product manager wants to make clear to it's clients (CMSs) what SC > it helps them meet, and how easy it is to integrate. > > 6. A web-service (e.g. Facebook or Amazon comments), where the scope is > quite focused but important. > > > Two things come to mind when outlining these: > > Do B.4.x & B.3.1 need to account for third party tools/extensions? For > example, if using a 3rd party checking tool, how do you meet B.3.1.1 or > B.4.1.1? > > Secondly, I think it is important that a tool can say it doesn't meet > certain SC without prejudice, so the "ATAG ready" moniker could be used > for tools that fit into a workflow. > > Overall: > WCAG takes the point of view that the thing that needs to conform is > what the user downloads. In our case it is everything that contributes > to that download. > > The 'thing' that needs to meet ATAG is the workflow the author uses, > rather than a tool per-se. > > Therefore, our first-line audience is the tool-makers, but it > eventually gets used by the procurers/users. > > As a procurer buying a (set of) product(s), I want to know from a CMS > if it: > - Meets ATAG (i.e. everything needed is there). > - Is ATAG ready (and what extra things it will need). > - Doesn't meet ATAG because it fails a SC that can't be worked around > with a 3rd party tool. > > Kind regards, > > -Alastair > > -- > Alastair Campbell | Director of User Experience > t. +44 (0)117 929 7333 | m. 07970 879 653 > > Nomensa Email Disclaimer: > http://www.nomensa.com/email-disclaimer > > (c) Nomensa Ltd, King William House, 13 Queen Square Bristol BS1 4NT, > GB 771727411, C#4214477 >Received on Wednesday, 2 November 2011 03:21:12 UTC
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Hacking the Google TV Box Without Rooting It, Part 1
Oct 28, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Day 1: Installing Honeycomb
I've long held the opinion that the most effective way to get Internet-based content onto a TV is to simply hook a laptop up to the flat screen with an HDMI cable. The laptop acts as an oversized remote control. You get a full Flash-based Web browser, hard drive and keyboard on your TV.
It's not the lean-back user interface that you get with a cable or satellite subscription, but you do get a la carte programming through Web-browser streaming services like YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and others.
"Set-top" products are out there that let you replicate the cable-like lean-back experience with Internet-based streaming services. They include the US$59 Roku and D-Link's Boxee, among others.
However, none of them allow you to view the ad-supported Hulu service -- they force you into a $7.99 a month Hulu "Plus" service, and none of them provide a solution that lets you watch a Slingbox. Slingbox is the place-shifting streaming device that lets you privately "sling" a stream via the Internet from one TV source to another location.
This looked like it might be changing. Along came Google a year ago with a "set-top" product based on Android, called "Google TV," that appeared to address at least one of those issues, in that it featured a Chrome browser. Hulu is viewable through Chrome.
Did this not mean that for a few hundred dollars I could tuck away a box in my TV cabinet that would allow me to get my laptop back? Well, the answer to this question was "No," because Hulu promptly blocked Google's product from accessing its streams, along with CBS and others.
Price Cut
I forgot about my quest and Google TV over the year -- resigned to my laptop being forever tethered to the TV -- until two things caught my eye. First, Logitech, a maker of Google's device, slashed prices from $249 to $99; secondly, rumors began that the original semi-failed and poorly reviewed software would soon be upgraded to Honeycomb (Android 3.1 -- the flagship Android OS.)
This meant that a possible solution for my laptop claw-back could be affordable, and if it was anything like Honeycomb on a tablet, could be infinitely customizable -- just like a PC is.
The Hackers
I started to investigate and discovered a band of developers inhabiting a forum and wiki called "GTVHacker." This band of modders had successfully rooted the Logitech box, allowing complete control over apps installed, and later had stumbled across a leaked, early version of the continually delayed Honeycomb upgrade and had unofficially gotten it to work on the box. Honeycomb on your TV? Was a TV not a giant tablet waiting to happen?
I chose the leaked Honeycomb-update route for my endeavor, rather than the root. The root uses pre-Froyo Android 2.1 and requires some soldering on a virgin box -- a box that's never been updated. Although I bought a virgin Logitech Revue Google TV box, my last soldering project -- on a smartphone GPS chip -- caused the device to perpetually overheat. I decided to play relatively safe with my now further discounted $89 box.
The first thing I did after unboxing was hook the thing up to my TV to check out the original software. Netflix reportedly worked well, although I didn't try it, and You Tube functioned well. The CBS owned Clicker app would not let me watch CBS's latest "Person of Interest." As I knew, Hulu did not work.
After about five minutes of fumbling with this disappointing experience, I Fat32 formatted a USB drive and loaded it with the leaked, long-windedly named update file. As advised, I renamed the file "update.zip."
The Upgrade
Following GTVHacker's instructions, along with scary disclaimers about bricking the box, no way to go back and so on, I booted the Logitech Revue with the USB stick attached. Waited two seconds and pressed the button labeled "Connect." I let the box boot to the logo, automatically boot again and get back to the logo, at which point, advised by the hackers, I released the "Connect" button. An arrow and a "barbershop scroll" appeared.
Continuing my potential destruction of a Benji's worth of gear, I pressed the "FN" key and the left arrow button and the recovery menu appeared. I chose "Apply update from sdcard:/update.zip" with the "Enter" button on the keyboard. The "OK" button between all the arrows did not work. The box went through various boots and flashings until a new, revised logo came up, at which point I knew I had a successful update. My TV was now a large tablet -- I hoped.
Stay tuned: The next phase of my plan was going to be figuring out just how to get apps and content onto the Logitech Revue Google TV box. The leaked Honeycomb 3.1 operating system was now, for all intents and purposes driving a giant Honeycomb tablet.


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• Microsoft Expected to Unveil Office 15 Microsoft is expected to show off Office 15, the next version of the company's productivity suite, on Monday at an event in San Francisco, according to numerous reports.
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• Will Google take to the streets with its own retail stores? The Google Store exists today, but it's more like a Disney store with Google logoed T-shirts, pens and hats.
• Yahoo Confirms, Apologizes For The Email Hack Still Fixing. Plus, Check If You Were Impacted (Non-Yahoo Accounts Apply).
• New NASA app brings spacecraft to life in 3D Currently, the app features the Curiosity rover that will set down on Mars August 6, and the twin GRAIL spacecraft that are currently in orbit around the moon.
• NBC's live streaming Olympics app for iPad now available NBC is streaming its coverage of the Olympics later this summer and iOS owners with a cable subscription may be able to watch the live coverage on their iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
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