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Las Vegas Chevrolet dealer Greg Heinrich rolls the dice on a '41… and wins
You'd probably have to live there to discover it but there's another strip of gleaming palaces in Las Vegas. And as a local would tell you, the houses there boast the best odds in town—in fact just about every player drives off in a brand-new car. Unofficially, it's Dealer Row and among insiders East Sahara Avenue has been the valley's Glitter Gulch of Go for decades. Just ask Greg Heinrich; his family staked its claim with Fairway Chevrolet 42 years ago.
But unlike most dealers, Greg's dad, the late Bill Heinrich, didn't sell every car that crossed his threshold. At one point Fairway boasted an impromptu museum of nearly 100 cars. Some were gold—like Bloomington Gold–quality Corvettes—but others, like an un-restored '41 coupe, more resembled a tarnished penny in color and condition.
"That car had been in the family since the late '70s," Greg begins. "In the back of my mind I always thought that I'd like to build a few street rods (and) that was always earmarked to do with it." A consultation with fellow Chevy dealer and 2002 Ridler award winner Wes Rydell yielded four names, among them an Alabama shop named Rods & Restos. "He and I got to talking," Neil Lea recalls. "We just kind of hit it off and became friends." The relationship evolved into a shipment of a '41 coupe, an LS7 engine, and a general idea of how they should go together.
"It was important with him that we use as much off-the-shelf GM stuff as we could," Lea observes. He obliged by retaining the original frame, an exception in an age of highly available aftermarket frames and a heavy-duty commitment in light of the original design's top-hat construction. He proved his merit by preserving the distinctive cross-section on the 'rails where he narrowed the frame to clear 20×10 wheels. He modified a production stainless triangulated four-link system to hang a Ford 9-inch axle housing.
He raised the front of the frame in similar fashion to accommodate a contemporary front suspension. You won't find this assembly in any catalog, though. With the car mocked at ride height Lea rolled a pair of 18×8 wheels forward until the car achieved a leaner profile. After centering them laterally to offer the most turning potential he bolted C5 Corvette knuckles, hubs, and brakes to them and spanned the gap to the frame with control arms of his own design. He then commissioned Dave Batke at Maval Manufacturing to create a steering rack to fit the dimensions.
A lattice of tubular crossmembers spans the framerails, lending the thin-wall chassis the integrity it needs to cope with the proposed drivetrain. The structure made the obsolete pedal assembly untenable so Lea responded with a firewall-mounted Kugel Komponents swing pedal kit.
Lea and his fabricators, Phillip Boykin and Brian Williams, set the LS7 engine, a task made complex by the narrow-set control-arm pickup points and the engine's dry-sump reservoir. Though they retained the GM clutch, it now drives a TREMEC TK0600 five-speed transmission. It, in turn, drives a 3.90:1 gear on a Detroit TrueTrac limited-slip carrier.
"I wanted what I'd call a straightforward performance car," Greg observes. Adding, "I wasn't interested in lots of body modifications." Lea and his crew responded by doing the bare necessities, like widening the rear-wheel tubs to match the narrowed framerails. "The driprail was damaged so I just cut it off," Lea observes. "I'm not a fan of that but it worked on that car." Beyond that they shaved some trim from the hood, relocated the fuel filler to the trunk, tightened the panel gaps and eliminated the welting, opened the wheel arches to better match the car's lower stance and front wheels new position, and brought the bumpers closer to the body. Shane Young prepped and painted the car GM Indigo Blue and John Wright at Custom Chrome in Grafton, Ohio, refinished the plating.
Desert living favors air conditioning, a feature that doesn't exactly dovetail with pre-war cars. The Rods & Restos crew extended the dash to accommodate a Vintage Air climate-control system and a waterfall-like center console to host the switches. The Lexus SC 400 seats break from the GM mandate but redeem themselves by sculpted backs for greater knee room. "Plus they look cool," Lea observes. He also crafted the center console between those seats. "If it doesn't weld to steel I make it out of aluminum," he adds.
Though Rods & Restos started the interior, the majority of the credit goes to Paul Atkins. He sculpted the door panels, including their spears and speaker grilles. He crafted a rear bench in the image of the Lexus unit and trimmed the entire interior in glove-like leather. Woven-silver piping and oval aluminum medallions adorn the inserts.
A 1941 anything isn't usually the first choice for most enthusiasts to modify; it was a transitional year for just about every manufacturer and though designers knew buyers wanted bigger cars they were at a bit of a loss as to how to make it happen. As Lea put it, "A '41 is not the sexiest car."
Of course you might think otherwise if Greg's '41 was your point of reference. Its transitional status makes it unique and its treatment makes it exceptional, two things that are exceedingly difficult to achieve with more popular models.
Of course it also could've gone terribly awry but those are the stakes when navigating uncharted waters. But what else would you expect from a dealer in the gambling capital of the world?


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Let me start this off by saying that I drive manual transmissions almost exclusively. Nearly every car I've owned has forced me to row my own, and usually that meant going out of my way to filter through endless Craigslist ads to finally find the one I want. I even put a deposit on a manual equipped Explorer Sport Trac before the seller backed out. How often do you see those? Hold on, let me check Craigslist real quick just in case...
I'll admit, I've been known to tilt my nose up to certain ideas and let the snobbery flow. Just put a 6 pack of that swill Budweiser calls beer in front of me and you'll see what I mean. I have also been known to give my one car guy friend shit about buying automatics for his last three cars, and when I find out someone drives a stick, I gain a teensy amount of respect for them. It's not really logical, but I do.
Here's why that's all crap:
We're in a major turning point in automotive history right now. We're right in the middle of the transition from old school, mechanical vehicles to new fangled electronic controlled ones. We're just at the right moment in time where we grew up with the former and can hardly buy a new car without the latter, and that makes us angry. And why wouldn't it? Steve McQueen wouldn't put up with all these new age nanny features, why should we? Because [Insert asbestos joke here], that's why.
Right now I know you're thinking to yourself: "No, Garrett! We don't like change! Take me back to a time when we really connected with our vehicles, man! Damn you, Obama!"
Yes, it is unfortunate that manual transmissions have fallen out of favor in the US, but that's just how capitalism works. The people have voted with their dollars, and those votes just happened to not swing our particular way this time. What this does not mean is that anyone who has a different preference than us is somehow worse or beneath us. To most of the population, their automobile is just another appliance. It's a way to get from point A to point B, and for that, an automatic is the best way to go about doing that. Why needlessly complicate an ordinary task?
Again, I know what you're thinking to yourself: "But Garrett, it's other enthusiasts that should be driving manuals! You can't love a slushbox! I don't care if modern automatics are faster, more efficient, and easier to use! In my opinion, they are objectively worse! Plus they're higher maintenance! Manuals, manuals, manuals!"
Ok, let's address these points individually:
(I had to get Godwin out of the way somewhere)
Pure speed: Most any car guy you know will upgrade, tweak, and prod their cars for the tiniest gains in power and efficiency, but really one of the biggest upgrades they could do would be to sell their car for a model with a dual clutch and start the build off "right." There's a reason why you don't see traditional clutches and shifters in Formula 1.
How many forum arguments have we all read through about different cold air intakes? Sure, this one makes 2 more HP than that one, but it's not going to make the slightest bit of difference in the 1/4 mile, whereas a DSG Golf GTI will beat a manual down the straight all say long. If you're already min/maxing, there is no other solution.
Reliability: This is one you see all the time. Yes, a manual transmission is much simpler and lighter weight, but let's face it, there's a big expensive consumable hidden away in there that is just waiting to steal $1000 from your wallet. Now before you pummel me with anecdotes about how your 1987 diesel Volvo wagon/rally car/tow vehicle still has its original clutch with 487k miles on the clock, just remember that I'm one of you! My Ford Ranger had like 250k miles on it before the clutch went out, but then you have to remember that in the real world, these are tales of unicorns.
It's not uncommon for the typical driver to burn through a clutch in under 100k miles, and synchros can start to go seemingly at any point, depending on the driver. Yes, many automatic transmissions have problems, but when's the last time that 1997 beige Accord you pass every day on the way to work had any issues with its transmission? (Note: If you know the answer to that question then I don't think I would trust you around my children.)
Fun: Ok, purely subjective here, and we all know how the average Jalop feels, so I'll just skip right by this one.
Practicality: Sorry, guys. Automatics win hands down except for one point down below, which is an argument that I can't stand. Not everyone lives in an area with fun country roads or long stretches of blissful, traffic free passages. Some people live in big cities like LA or Washington DC where the traffic is hellacious, ubiquitous, and hellaciously ubiquitous. I don't care who you are, what you say, or if your knees are made from carbotanium, traffic in a manual sucks. Of course you get used to it, but the second you have any sort knee pain from some unrelated injury, it just becomes torture. Even people with light problems that don't really bother them in most day to day life will start to wear down their knee in heavy traffic.
Ok, now for the argument I hate: "Ahah! You see, Garrett Allen Allosaurus Davis (probably), when your starter breaks or your battery dies, that pussyfooting automatic will be dead in the water! WHERE IS YOUR SLUSH-GOD NOW?!?!"
First off, calm down, evil caricature of my imagination. Second, do you buy everything you own with the intention of it breaking down? I sure don't, but it is good to know what to do if the worst happens. Fortunately, we live in a modern era with such excellent luxuries as:
- AAA road side assistance — usually a 30 minute wait, and you'll have all the help you could ever need.
- Jumper cables — You should carry these around in any vehicle. Luckily most people in the US live around other people who also have cars, giving just about any stranger you meet the ability to bring your dead vehicle crackling back to life.
- A portable jump starter — I used to carry one around in my Jeeps because off road life is wicked hard stuff, bro. Come prepared.
But OK, lets say that you have none of those options available to you for some reason because you live in the middle of the woods, isolated from everyone because your personal beliefs were attacked on the internet (it's rare, but it happens to some people). What if literally anything else breaks on your vehicle? If you don't have anyone around for help, you're going to be screwed no matter what the issue is — and at that point you should be well stocked with tools and spare parts anyway, thus making the starter the least of your worries.
At the end of the day, we're all here because we just love driving. It doesn't matter in exactly the manner we get that task done, what matters is that we all love cars. It's OK to have an automatic for your daily driver, and it's OK to admit that Porsche's PDK blows literally any manual transmission out of the water. We're just holding onto our outdated beliefs of how a car should work.
"Back in my day, we had to shift through three gears up hill in the snow both ways, and we thanked our lucky stars to even get that!"
"We get it, grandpa..."

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Authorities are withholding search warrants and police records related to the Newtown school massacre even though the shooter is dead and the prosecutor handling the case has said he does not expect any charges.
Prosecutor Stephen Sedensky III successfully argued in December to keep search warrants related to the shooter's house and the car he drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School sealed for 90 days, saying disclosure would jeopardize an ongoing investigation.
Media outlets have pressed for the release of more records, which could shed light on a crime that has revived the national debate over gun control. They say records may be sealed only when an investigation would be hurt by disclosure and that was unlikely.
The gunman, Adam Lanza, killed 20 first-graders and six educators on Dec. 14.


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Spring fronts make it tough to find big trout
Early spring cold fronts continue to move through Southeast Texas, and that has made the business of catching big trout on Sabine Lake more than a little tough. But there is good news in that a few big trout are being fooled by lures. The best I've seen within the past couple of days came from the north shoreline of East Galveston Bay. She weighed an impressive 9 pounds.
The water temperature on Sabine Lake is not as warm as it usually is about this time of year. Right now, it's holding around the 67-degree mark. That's about 3 to 4 degrees shy of what it's supposed to be at this time in April. The water temperature on East Galveston Bay is 64 degrees; in the surf from the Sabine jetties to High Island, it's right at 70.
A lot of the 5 to 8 pound trout being caught on Sabine Lake are not holding eggs yet. That translates into heavier trout later this month and into May as they develop eggs and gain a little girth.
The trick to catching enough Sabine Lake trout and reds for dinner is to pick your days. For example, guide Jerry Norris had a four-person group of anglers that insisted on fishing the day after last week's cold front moved through.
"The wind was howling, it was cold and the water just about everywhere on the lake looked like chocolate milk," said Norris. "I told them it was going to be tough and cold with a very slow bite, but they wouldn't take no for an answer. Six hours later, they were beat down and ready to come in. I hit all the right spots, and we had four reds. Two days later, the temperature was back up in the 70s, the lake was calm and the water was in excellent shape. I had another group out and caught a solid box of trout, reds and a few flounder on soft plastics."
Norris says he's keying on one thing – mullet.
"If I can find mullet, we'll catch fish," he says. "Lots of mullet are in the lake and the pass right now. The best bite has been from about noon until 4 or 5 o'clock. A Super Spook Jr. has been best after the water warms up. Early in the day, we've been fishing Assassins and Bayou Chubs in 4 to 5 feet of water over mud and shell."
There are quite a few shrimp in Sabine Lake right now. They're anywhere from 3 to 4 inches long. Trout and reds have been pushing them to the surface, and that's when the birds will lead you to the action. Flocks of gulls have been working on the lower and middle areas of the lake.
If you don't have a boat, you might want to fish along the south levy wall. When the shrimp move up along this levy, big-time numbers of trout won't be far behind. Right about now is when you can fish along the rocks and catch some pretty solid trout. Soft plastics are best along the levy wall when rigged on 1/8 or 1/16-ounce jig heads. Another option is to fish a Vudu shrimp in natural or chartreuse under a rattle float.
Sam Rayburn Bass-N-Bucks anglers find plenty of bass
The team of Kris Wilson and Charles Bebber won the April 6 Sam Rayburn Bass-N-Bucks tournament with five bass weighing 21.41 pounds. The win was worth $8,000. Finishing second were John Lemaire and Phil Ransonet with a limit of five bass weighing 19 pounds. In third place were Clayton Boulware and Chris McCall with five bass going 16.35 pounds.
The big bass of the tournament weighed 7.65 pounds. The average weight was 2.76 pounds.


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Miles Davis Quintet -- LIVE IN EUROPE 1969: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 2
Second volume of the best-reviewed historic box set of 2011 coming in January 2013!
Available everywhere January 29, 2013, through Columbia/Legacy
Nov 16, 2012, 01:16 ET
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia/Legacy again pays tribute to musical legend Miles Davis with the release of MILES DAVIS QUINTET – LIVE IN EUROPE 1969: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 2, the second edition in the label's widely-heralded Miles Davis Bootleg Series. The sequel to 2011's critical and commercial blockbuster, Miles Davis Quintet - Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, this new set moves ahead two years and presents the 'third great quintet' of Miles, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette, a lineup of the world's most highly-regarded jazz musicians, then and now. This 3-CD + DVD box set will be available everywhere January 29, 2013, through Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO )
Live In Europe 1967 (released September 2011), the debut entry in the Miles Davis Bootleg Series, was by far the most acclaimed historic jazz box set of 2011. It received a "5-star" review from Down Beat magazine, and was voted Historical Album of the Year in the Down Beat Readers and Critics Poll.
Live In Europe 1967 was ranked the #1 reissue in both the Critics and Readers polls of JazzTimes magazine, and the Jazz Journalists Association voted it Best Historical or Boxed Set. The package received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly, and Pitchfork.com said "At its heart, jazz thrives on bold, sensitive interaction in the moment, and Live In Europe 1967 represents the pinnacle of that practice." Rave reviews appeared in a wide array of publications including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Slate, and many others.
In his Sunday "Arts & Leisure" rave review of Live In Europe 1967, New York Times critic Nate Chinen concluded: "It's humbling to think that a release like Live in Europe 1967 might help illuminate jazz's present as well as its past, but that's what great archival work can do. So congratulations, Columbia/Legacy. Now, what's next?" The answer to his question is: LIVE IN EUROPE 1969.
"After we finished In a Silent Way," Miles told his biographer Quincy Troupe (in the definitive Miles The Autobiography, Simon & Schuster, 1990), "I took the band out on the road; Wayne, Dave, Chick, and Jack DeJohnette were now my working band. Man, I wish this band had been recorded live because it was really a bad motherf--ker. I think Chick Corea and a few other people recorded some of our performances live, but Columbia missed out on the whole f--king thing."
LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 lives up to the Miles Davis Bootleg Series mission of presenting live performances that are previously unreleased, have previously only been bootlegged, or are very rare. The new box represents the first major collection to be devoted exclusively to the short-lived 'third great quintet,' sometimes referred to as Miles' 'lost band' of 1969-70: Shorter on soprano and tenor saxophones, Corea on electric piano (and occasionally acoustic piano), Holland on acoustic bass, and DeJohnette on drums.
The Miles-Shorter-Corea-Holland-DeJohnette lineup (in tandem with other players) began to solidify during the 1968-'69 recording dates that became the Filles De Kilimanjaro and In a Silent Way albums. And they were at the core of the dozen or so musicians joined together by Miles in August 1969, for the principal sessions that became the landmark turning point of his Grammy Award®-winning Bitches Brew.
But the 'third great quintet' by itself was never documented in the recording studio. Their European tours of 1969, represented on this new package, are some of the only existing recordings of the group, and the first legitimately released audio recordings by this stellar lineup. Underscoring their official debut here, over 43 years later, is a superbly shot multi-camera color DVD of the band at its hottest in Berlin in November, 1969. Miles is seen in the best of health in 1969, eating a macrobiotic diet (along with the other band members), and avoiding drugs. As a result, his playing was never stronger than on these 1969 concerts, with his chops at an absolute peak.
LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 captures the short-lived quintet in three separate concert settings, starting with two full-length (one hour-plus) sets at the Antibes Jazz Festival in France on CD One (July 25th) and CD Two (July 26th). The locale moves to Stockholm on November 5 for the program heard on CD Three. In Stockholm, the quintet performed as part of "The Newport Jazz Festival In Europe" and they are introduced (on the CD) by the festival's producer and founder, George Wein.
The DVD is the complete 46-minute color performance of the quintet at the Berlin Philharmonie on November 7, 1969. As with Live In Europe 1967, the paradox of LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 is the fact that the concerts were recorded by state-owned radio and television outlets – a case of European bureaucracies (thankfully) preserving our American jazz heritage. This has also enabled Legacy to have access to the best-sounding original masters in each case.
The audio and video sources of LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 have been remastered from the best available masters, which Legacy has secured from the European broadcast centers who originally documented the material. As with all of Legacy's Miles Davis historic projects over the past two decades, the remastering has been done by multi-Grammy Award®-winning Sony engineer Mark Wilder. The audio and video is far superior to any previous circulating [bootleg] versions of this material.
In the tradition of Legacy's historic releases, LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 will include a booklet with comprehensive liner notes. The box also includes full discographical data, as well as rare or uncirculated photography and memorabilia.
For this package, an expansive 3,000-word essay ("Field Recordings from a Future-Leaning Past") has been written by noted journalist Josef Woodard, winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for jazz writing in 1998, best known for his jazz writing in the Los Angeles Times. The essay features quotes from an interview with Miles in 1989, and interviews at various times (up through 2012) with all of the surviving members of the band. Shorter, Corea, Holland, and DeJohnette, whose contributions to Miles' bands are legendary, are among the most prominent and acclaimed living jazz artists, still recording classic music and touring all over the world.
LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 was produced for release by multiple Grammy Award® winners Richard Seidel and Michael Cuscuna, and was co-produced by multiple Grammy Award® winner Steve Berkowitz, the same team responsible for Live In Europe 1967.
The tracklisting for LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 reveals that the Quintet was playing an inspired, wide-ranging repertoire. Material ran the gamut from 1969's In a Silent Way ("It's About That Time") and Bitches Brew sessions ("Miles Runs the Voodoo Down," "Sanctuary," "Spanish Key," "Bitches Brew") all the way back in time to standards like "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (from 1963's Seven Steps To Heaven) and Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight."
At no other time did Miles perform compositions from his be-bop era ("'Round Midnight"), modal era (the 1958 "Milestones"), ballads and blues of the early '60s era ("I Fall In Love Too Easily," "No Blues"), material from the 'Second Great Quintet' mid-to-late '60s era ("Footprints," "Nefertiti") and late '60s-early '70s electric era ("It's About That Time," "Spanish Key"), all in the same set program, as he did at Antibes.
It is crucial to note that the versions of "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" and "Spanish Key" at Antibes were performed live in July, well before the historic August 1969 Bitches Brew sessions, where they were first recorded in the studio. Likewise, the versions of "Bitches Brew" from Stockholm and Berlin are heard here several months before the album was released on Columbia Records in April 1970. As with Live In Europe 1967, the interpretations of the compositions are not only strikingly different than the original studio versions by other configurations of Miles' groups, but differ wildly even from night to night on these four shows, again demonstrating the extraordinarily high level of creativity among these musicians.
The box set also contains multiple examples of Wayne Shorter's unparalleled composing skills, from "Footprints" (dating back to 1967's Miles Smiles) to multiple performances of his gems, "Nefertiti" and "Masqualero." On the extremely rare and mostly acoustic set from Stockholm, there is a bonus track version of "This," a Chick Corea composition that was never officially recorded by Miles Davis. MILES DAVIS QUINTET – LIVE IN EUROPE 1969: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 2 is an indispensable link between the work of our most important and influential jazz musician at the end of the '60s, and the road ahead to what the '70s would bring.
As Jack DeJohnette told Woodard a few months ago, "Miles just keeps growing and growing and growing," a surprising thing to say about any musician more than 20 years after his passing. But with MILES DAVIS QUINTET – LIVE IN EUROPE 1969: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 2, Legacy once again digs deep to reveal a little known period in the work of a giant, seen and heard performing with an amazing band, music that was unlike anything he recorded before or after.
"And so," Woodard concludes, "these important 'field recordings,' from a mysterious past and unfolding future, take us to a place and a time between the cracks of the Miles Davis story as it is commonly understood. For that alone, never mind the rattling, exploratory poetry of this band's sound, this is a significant cultural document for the ears and the ages, not just the archives."
(Columbia/Legacy 88725 41853 2)
CD One – Selections: 1. Introduction by André Francis * 2. Directions * 3. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down * 4. Milestones * 5. Footprints * 6. 'Round Midnight * 7. It's About That Time * 8. Sanctuary * 9. The Theme. (Recorded 7/25/69 at Festival Mondial du Jazz d'Antibes, La Pinède, Juan-les-Pins, France.)
CD Two – Selections: 1. Introduction by André Francis * 2. Directions * 3. Spanish Key * 4. I Fall In Love Too Easily * 5. Masqualero * 6. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down * 7. No Blues * 8. Nefertiti * 9. Sanctuary * 10. The Theme. (Recorded 7/26/69 at Festival Mondial du Jazz d'Antibes, La Pinède, Juan-les-Pins, France.)
CD Three – Selections: 1. Introduction by George Wein * 2. Bitches Brew * 3. Paraphernalia * 4. Nefertiti * 5. Masqualero (incomplete) * 6. This. (Recorded 11/5/69 at "The Newport Jazz Festival In Europe," Folkets Hus, Stockholm.)
DVD – Selections: 1. Introduction by John O'Brien-Docker * 2. Directions * 3. Bitches Brew * 4. It's About That Time * 5. I Fall In Love Too Easily * 6. Sanctuary * 7. The Theme. (Recorded 11/7/69 at Berliner Jazztage in the Berlin Philharmonie.)
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October 11, 2012
Higher Learning Commission team gives preliminary findings
Columbus State is serious and committed to quality improvement. That's the verdict of the Higher Learning Commission review team after their visit to campus September 18-20. Their Quality Checkup Report, a twenty-page preliminary finding, is an important step as the college seeks reaffirmation of accreditation.
The college was complimented in several areas. The 121-page document of responses to the opportunities in our Systems Portfolio was identified as a significant piece of evidence that the college took process seriously. Special thanks go to the work of the Core Team of Ingrid Emch, Tom Lyons, Bruce Massis, and Antoinette Perkins.
The use of game design and technology to engage students was recognized as a promising practice by the HLC. The development of an Instructional Cost Modeling System was also seen as a "best practice" and was recommended to be shared. The review team commented that they saw strong evidence of commitment to AQIP principles and that employees are truly colleagues for whom "failing is not an option."
The reviewers offered suggestions for the next Systems Portfolio including recommendations for specific items to report in student assessment. It was noted that the college has made progress on data and benchmarking and that how these data are used in decision making should be emphasized in the next portfolio.
While this visit was important to our accreditation, the process is not over. This report will be added to the college's body of work that includes the 2009 Systems Portfolio, 2010 Systems Appraisal Feedback Report, and Action Projects. This documentation will be reviewed by the AQIP Review Panel of Reaffirmation, and a recommendation will be given to the Institutional Actions Council (IAC). The IAC's final decision on the college's reaffirmation of accreditation is due in December, 2012.
Talking about what the best teachers do
As President Harrison looks on, Merideth Sellars makes a point in the faculty on-boarding and renewal seminar "What the Best College Teachers Do," held September 21. Joining Sellars, instructor in Biological Sciences, were the other three Distinguished Teaching Award recipients for the current year, (from left) Christine Evenson, professor in Interpreter Education, Jennifer Dragoo, instructor in Developmental Education, and Reuel Barksdale, associate professor in Business Management. You can view a recording of the discussion on the faculty web page.
Register today for the next two sessions. Designed to orient new faculty, these sessions are open to all new and veteran employees. Contact Rich James , ext. 2175 for more information.
Next up: Build a Student Success Story - October 19, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., CT 107. Register
Conflict and Power in the Classroom – November 15, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., Room TBA. Register
Channel 4 meteorologist to speak Oct. 22
NBC 4 Meteorologist Ben Gelber is heading to Columbus State this month. He'll bring his expertise to Jeff Bates' Environmental Hydrology class where he plans to lecture and talk with students about the fascinating job of forecasting the weather. The campus is invited to attend. However, seating is limited. Gelber will talk on Monday, October 22 at 2:00 p.m. in Nestor Hall 013. Bring the questions you've always wanted to ask!
Smart Policing uses data to predict crime
Data is driving "Targeted Patrol," a new pilot safety program on campus. Based on the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI), 'targeted and visible' patrol deters crime better than traditional random patrol.
"Our aim is to focus on potential crime opportunities," says Sean Asbury, Columbus State Chief of Police. "It is a visible deterrent, targeting patrol resources according to the ebb and flow of campus activity, anticipating where crime could happen, and deterring it with timely, targeted patrol."
The Smart Policing Initiative, a U.S. Department of Justice program, is based on a three-prong approach: data, analysis and solutions. "We would add one other attribute," says Asbury, "real-time response to the data."
Targeted patrol objectives are part of the department's strategic plan and supervisors' PERFORMs goals. Over 50 shift tasks have been identified for supervisors to implement and quantify. "Emergency and assistance calls remain our first priority," says Asbury, "but between calls, we conduct targeted patrol as calls permit."
The pilot program was one of more than forty CQI efforts submitted at the last In-Service Day in April.
Flu shots to be given at In-Service Day
The Columbus State Wellness Initiative will offer seasonal flu shots to all full-time employees on In-Service Day, October 17. Employees who have UHC coverage should bring their Health Card. Other employees will need to bring a signed consent form. Flu shots will be given in Union Hall Rooms 137-138-139. You can register for flu shots here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/EmployeeTraining/register.asp?C=&D=New
Mental Health students help with screening
Angela Fry, instructor in Mental Health/Addiction Studies/ Developmental Disabilities, trained a group of her students to provide mental health screenings October 3 in partnership with Student Engagement and Leadership (SEaL). The Mental Health students were able to apply the skills they are learning in class to screen and refer other students who attended the event. Pictured at the screening are, from left: Tara Vancleef, Angela Fry, Jessica Engle, Amanda Hammonds, Nicki Miller and Deidre Black.
Eco Summit sharing
Tracy Lamar-Nickoli, Community Education and Workforce Development coordinator, and David Scott, a lawyer and vice-chairman of the Central Ohio Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, talk with an attendee at EcoSummit, held September 30 – October 5 at the Convention Center. Lamar-Nickoli serves as chairperson for the Green Building Council's Programs and Education Committee. The two shared information about green careers and programs at EcoSummit, which is a gathering of the world's most respected minds in ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems. More than 1,500 scientists from 75 countries attended the Summit, which featured symposia, general sessions, posters, and workshops covering a wide variety of ecological topics.


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The Fire's decision to replace former starting goalkeeper Jon Busch with Andrew Dykstra only a week before Saturday's season opener blindsided many – Dykstra included.
The team waived Busch on Monday after three seasons with the club, the last two spent as the unquestionable No.1 goalkeeper in town.
"It was a shock," Dykstra said of the club's decision on Busch, who Dykstra called his mentor. "The news that I was starting was nice, and then the next day I found out he was gone, and that just kind of took the wind out of my sails a little bit emotionally."
"But that's the way it is and that's the business I suppose."
Replacing Busch – who was the MLS goalkeeper of the year only two seasons ago – will admittedly be a tough job for the 24-year-old Dykstra. But it's one he's confident he can handle.
"I played in the [friendly against] Club America last year when we sold out the crowd and did well," Dykstra said over the phone Wednesday afternoon. "I played Houston last week – who I would consider one of the better teams in the league based on last year's performance – and I did well, so I proved to myself, I proved to the coaches, and I proved to my teammates that this isn't an issue."
"I can come in and step in and do my job so I don't have a lot of concerns. I believe in what I'm doing."
Dykstra, who at 6-foot-4 is a much bigger presence in net than the 5-foot-10 Busch, has been pleased with how his teammates have responded to his promotion.
"There have been a couple of guys that have come to me on the side and patted me on the back, shook my hand, and said 'job well done, you've earned it," Dykstra said. "I haven't had any real negative feedback, but I wouldn't expect that anyway. This is a group of very classy professionals, and whether they like or not this is what it is and what's going on with things from here.
With only three days to go before he takes the field as the Fire's starting keeper, Dykstra is focused on preparing for New York and making sure he keeps things simple.
"I'm ready to go," Dykstra said. "I'm not thinking much more beyond what I have to do and the tasks that are involved in my position. I'm trying to make it very simple."


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"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Danielle Staub has left her Bravo series, but she told Access Hollywood that reality TV fans haven't seen the last of her – or her "Susan Lucci" ways!
According to Danielle, she is currently entertaining multiple offers about doing her own reality series, and could even end up back in familiar TV territory.
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"I don't know if I'm done with Bravo, but I'm off the 'Housewives,'" she told Access on Wednesday. "There have been several large networks who have been courting me and shopping me, production companies as well."
Danielle said that her next reality venture will delve deeper into her family and personal life.
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"It's about me, and my daughters, and my real life and my friends that surround my life… fashion shows for Christine, music for Jillian, music for myself," Danielle explained. "Really me… I think people will be surprised who my group of friends are."
As for which network she might go with, the "Real Close" singer will follow the cash.
"I will probably take the best offer. I have to be fair to me and to my children," she added.
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Danielle also told Access that she's grown into being one of reality TV's most notorious villains – just like Pine Valley's most talked about colorful character, Erica Kane – something she's enjoying.
"[Susan Lucci was] OK with being vilified on daytime television, and if she can be OK with that, knowing she's this sweet, beautiful little woman… She taught me to be OK with myself, without her even knowing it," Danielle said of the soap star. "So, if I need to be vilified, I am the Susan Lucci of reality television."
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Jennifer Aniston says the constant pregnancy rumours about her are 'boring'.
Aniston sparked speculation she was expecting a child with her fiancé Justin Theroux earlier this month when she appeared to be showing off a hint of a baby bump at the world premiere of 'We're the Millers' in New York, but she brushed the rumours off as 'silly fodder' to sell papers and scoffed that people will definitely know when she is actually pregnant.
She told Yahoo omg!: 'You could get the message out until you turned blue and that will still be a headline! Oh whatever, it's all just silly fodder! It's just boring, when it happens you will see it! Because that will keep growing as opposed to coming and going!'
This isn't the first time the she's been the subject of baby rumours, and she doesn't understand why the world is so fascinated by her family life, sighing and saying 'I know - they do [get obsessed]! I don't know why!'
Jen - who is expected to wed Justin before the end of the year - is so frustrated by the made-up stories, she joked she would like to run over the fake baby bump. She laughed: 'Do I feel like I just want to throw the fake baby into the street and have a semi run over it? Sounds terrible! I would never do that to a baby!'


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Speak Up Now in Support of the Arts
July 23, 2013
This morning, a 49% cut to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was approved by a vote of 7-4 by the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee, beginning action on FY14 funding. This proposed reduction is dramatically disproportionate to the overall 19% reduction in funding to the entire Interior bill. House Committee leadership has said, "In order to do more with less, the legislation seeks to protect vital programs that directly affect the safety and well-being of Americans, while dramatically scaling back lower-priority, or 'nice-to-have' programs."
Speak up now to tell your elected officials how important NEA funding is to communities, and defend the public value of the arts. NEA direct grants to orchestras and NEA support to state arts agencies provide public access to performances, preserve great classical works, support arts education for children and adults, and nurture the creative endeavors of contemporary classical musicians, composers, and conductors.
What's Next: With members of Congress on both sides of the aisle unhappy with the broad Interior funding package, the bill may undergo significant changes when considered by the full House Appropriations committee as early as next week. From there, further action on the entire Interior bill is highly unpredictable. Time is quickly running out for the House and Senate to complete appropriations bills before the fiscal year ends on September 30. Even if the Interior bill doesn't ultimately see its way to completion, both the House and Senate will soon begin negotiating on all final FY14 funding decisions. This is a critical moment to speak up in support of public funding for the arts! Go on record urging your members of Congress to support the NEA.


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Court extends stay on new Arizona abortion rules
PHOENIX — A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday issued an injunction blocking new Arizona abortion restrictions that are considered the most stringent in the nation, saying women likely would suffer irreparable harm if the rules are allowed to take effect.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay blocking the Arizona rules last week while it considered an appeal from Planned Parenthood of Arizona and abortion rights groups. The court extended the stay into a full injunction on Tuesday.
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Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne had asked the appeals court to lift the stay, saying Planned Parenthood did not have enough evidence to show the restrictions were detrimental. But the panel decided to block the rules at least through May 12, when it will hear arguments in the case.
Horne argued that Planned Parenthood Arizona hasn't proven that the Arizona regulations, which are based on a 2012 law, could cause irreparable harm. The organization is also unable to prove the regulations would place an undue burden on women's right to abortion, Horne said.
A lawyer for the Center for Reproductive Rights who is handling the case for Planned Parenthood and a Tucson abortion clinic said the court's three-page ruling bodes well for them.
"I think the fact they've said we have demonstrated a strong showing on the merits is a very good sign for us," David Brown said. "We've put on a very strong case that we're likely to win it — so we're very pleased."
The Center for Arizona Policy, an anti-abortion group that helped craft the law, said it believes the rules ultimately will be upheld.
"It's another temporary order. This one is far from over," CAP President Cathi Herrod said, noting that medical abortion restrictions in Ohio and Texas have been allowed to stand by federal courts and the Supreme Court allowed the Texas law to stand. "We remain confident that eventually the Arizona law will be enforceable just like the Texas and Ohio laws."
The abortion rules were released in January by the Arizona Department of Health Services. They ban women from taking the most common abortion-inducing drug — RU-486 — after the seventh week of pregnancy. Women had been allowed to take the abortion pill through nine weeks of pregnancy.
The rules also require that the drug be administered only at the Food and Drug Administration-approved dosage and that both doses be taken at a clinic. The dosage on the label, which was approved over a decade ago, is no longer routinely followed because doctors have found much lower dosages are just as effective when combined with a second drug, and women now usually take the second dose at home, avoiding what is often a long trip to a clinic.
Planned Parenthood Arizona estimates that 800 women would have had to get surgical abortions in 2012 if the rules had been in effect then. Proponents of the law say it protects women's health.
Separately, the Center for Reproductive Rights said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court alleging that the new regulations violate the state constitution. They say the Legislature doesn't have the authorization to allow the Food and Drug Administration and the drugs companies to set state standards in Arizona. They also say the state Health Services Department violated its own public comment rules when it published the rules in January.


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You know...I found the contrast between Carter and Hanna rather amusing.
And yeah, Lightbringer (and come to think of it, a lot of characters here and in the Linkara story) has a tendency to ramble on about his philosophical beliefs. That said, I'm not sure his motivation and Hanna's are really all that different...Rather, it's the amount of thought they put into it that varies.


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To celebrate Season 5 airing on PBS beginning March 2nd, we're giving away prizes from past guests for 13 days! Stay tuned on the blog for giveaways every day, and every giveaway you enter, you'll also be entered to win the Grand Prize, a copy of Sew it All TV Season 4 on DVD!
Today we're giving away a copy of Steffani Lincecum's book, Patternmaking For a Perfect Fit. Learn how to copy and alter patterns for endless wardrobe varieties! Check out Steffani's season 1 episode here.
We had some fantastic guests on season 4, like Joi Mahon, who taught you how to turn a T-shirt into a pattern and stitch a cute lace top.
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Now it is personal. By upping the ante with his threat to isolate Russia with sanctions over Crimea, US President Barack Obama risks setting off a cycle of confrontation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Despite his reluctance to play Cold War-style chess with Putin, a degeneration into a new great power rivalry cannot be ruled out.
Since Russia's move into Ukraine, Obama has steadily upped pressure, while offering Putin a diplomatic "off ramp" to defuse the crisis.
Indefatigable US Secretary of State John Kerry has spent hours bartering ideas with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in Europe.
However, the belief in Washington is that only Putin has the power to dictate outcomes — introducing a personal dimension into the crisis.
That recognition underpinned two bluntly spoken calls between Obama and Putin last week.
The US plan would see international observers monitor the welfare of ethnic Russians in Ukraine, Moscow's troops withdraw to Crimean bases and Ukrainian elections in May.
However, the Russian troop buildup in Crimea and a pending referendum among peninsula's mainly Russian-speaking citizens on joining Russia seems to be outpacing US diplomacy.
The question now is whether the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War will chill the entire relationship between the world's top two nuclear powers?
For instance, can Washington insulate high priority areas of cooperation — like Iran nuclear talks and its transit route out of Afghanistan — from the dispute
Or will the dynamics of the crisis and the pressure on both Obama and Putin to appear strong create their own destructive dynamic?
Lee Feinstein, a former US ambassador to Poland and a campaign adviser to Obama, said options were already narrowing.
"It depends on the trajectory that Putin takes," said Feinstein, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
Obama last week appeared on camera to personally highlight visa bans on some Russian officials and a structure for sanctions on some entities and individuals.
If Crimea is taken from Ukraine and taken by Russia, Obama would have little choice, along with European partners, to make good on his threats, risking Russian retaliation.
A new great power rivalry is not Obama's choice, he came to office determined to "reset" relations with Russia.
Although the policy yielded a new nuclear arms reduction deal, helped him win a Nobel prize and was instrumental in clamping tight sanctions on Iran — it ran out of steam before he won reelection.
By keeping diplomatic options open through Kerry and by coaxing Putin, Obama hopes to forestall a prolonged confrontation.
Michael McFaul, Obama's just departed ambassador to Moscow, believes Russia's cooperation on Iran nuclear talks, for example, can endure "not because Putin is doing us any favors, but because he sees [it] in Russia's national interest."
In that sense, the idea behind the reset — that while Russia and the US are not friends they can cooperate where it makes sense — could survive.
However, with Putin often seeming to define his bid to restore Russia's pride and influence by thwarting US foreign policy — in Syria for instance — the spirit of the reset is long dead.
Soil was piled on its grave with Russia's offer of asylum to fugitive US whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
And Obama penned its obituary by snubbing Putin last year by judging their agenda too threadbare to justify a planned Moscow summit.


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Antonellis, who oversaw the creation of the world's first corporate anti-piracy operation, was given the Innovative Leader Award by the National Assn. of Software and Services in 2012, and helped in the launch of UltraViolet, the ambitious cloud-based movie storage plan, in late 2011. This year she oversaw the completion of the industry's first end-to-end distribution pipeline that supports all of Warner Bros. distrib needs with its content partners worldwide.
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What we should know: "Our industry is known for creativity in entertainment and media throughout the world. What's exciting for us is that creativity spans across many areas in our industry and that includes the digital arena and that's something we want to highlight."
Words of wisdom: "The best thing is to understand some of (the entertainment business') core components, like film and TV production and game creation. They're some of the fundamental components. If you look at the six majors we have a vast set of assets, whether it's broadcast channels, sports participation. I think looking at all those areas might be a way to identify something of interest that's not something people typically consider."
Smartphone on vacation? "I do, but I will tell you that this past summer we had a big, extended vacation with the family. Certainly the office knows that if it's Defcon 5 (call) but you realize that it's important to take a step away and rejuvenate. So I was good about getting off the grid, as we say, during that time."
Work week: "The weeks can be anything from a typical work week to double those hours."
Work-life balance: "For me, my short list starts with my family and ensuring time to take care of myself physically and time for family and friends. And it isn't always a linear calculation. Sometimes you make sacrifices one way and other times you make sacrifices the other way."
Charitable passions: "Kidsave is an organization that helps place kids 6 to 16 into loving families and it's near and dear to my heart. I've adopted two children from Bogota, Colombia, as teenagers through the program and I'm now on their board."


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Just being an attorney and spending a lot of time in courts means that I sometimes see things which do not involve my clients but can be entertaining nonetheless. The greatest thing I ever saw happened on a snowy day in the town of Wayne, Michigan, not far from Detroit.
I had a Lemon Law case which was set for a pretrial conference with the judge and the court was in session when a sheriff's deputy brought in a group of unfortunates who were handcuffed together. This was a district court and these folks were all recently arrested and would now be finding out what they were charged with and how much it would cost to bail them out of jail. The deputy went down the line unlocking their handcuffs and herded them into the jury box. The prosecutor came in and handed the judge a stack of files.
One by one the cases were called and a defendant would stand. The judge would read the charges and tell the defendant how much money would be needed to release them while awaiting trial. One young man stood and heard that he had been charged with something minor and the judge set his bail at $500. The judge started to pick up the next file when the man blurted out, "$500? I haven't got that kind of money."
The judge looked at him with a rather bored look – he probably heard this several times a day – and said, "Then find someone who does." After finishing with the last of the accused, the judge motioned for the deputy to remove them from the jury box and he called my client's case. My opposing counsel and I approached the podium while the deputy began noisily chaining the defendants back together again at the side of the courtroom.
The judge looked in his direction. "Can you do that in the hallway please? We have other cases to handle here."
The deputy motioned for the defendants to go into the hallway, outside the doors at the back of the courtroom. I had just come in through those doors and knew that there were two sets of doors to the immediate left that led to the parking lot. Just as soon as the first defendant – Mr. $500 – made it out the courtroom doors, we heard a WHAM! WHAM! as someone slammed through the two sets of outer doors toward the parking lot.
It was one of those sounds that you immediately identify: Mr. $500 had bolted. The wall of the courtroom was lined with large windows facing the parking lot and we could all see him running past our cars toward buildings a few hundred yards away. His shoes came off – his laces had been removed at the jail – and as he ran barefoot through the snow, we saw the deputy chugging after him. Two more deputies joined the chase and we saw all of them disappear from view.
Everyone in the courtroom looked around not knowing what to do. The judge asked us – my opposition and myself – to proceed. We told the judge about our case and what kind of scheduling order we needed and as we discussed the minutiae of the case for a few more minutes, I heard murmuring behind us. I looked out the window and saw two very winded, sweating, deputies hauling the barefoot Mr. $500 back toward the court. In the snow, it was almost like a Thomas Kinkade painting.
The deputies brought the man back into the courtroom and huddled with the prosecutor. The prosecutor approached the podium and I stepped aside to let her speak to the judge.
"Your Honor. We are going to be adding new charges against this Defendant based on recent events but we have one further issue we'd like to bring before the court right now."
The judge re-called the case so it was official. "Yes?"
"We'd like to re-visit the issue of bail. We think the defendant might be a flight risk."
The courtroom burst into laughter.
The judge tried not to laugh. "Yes. Bail will be set at $5,000. CASH." He looked at the defendant, wondering if the was going to protest. He didn't.
After I was done, I asked the prosecutor about the little event. She had seen so many strange things in her career that this one barely registered. "You know the funny part? The new charges will be much more serious than the one we brought him in on. That bail amount is the least of his worries." It turns out that trying to escape police custody is a serious thing. Who'd a thought?
And that is pretty much the life of an attorney, at least as far as our time in court goes. Long periods of tedium are punctuated by excitement. Sometimes, it can be entertaining.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Jordan Baker scored 21 points and Pepperdine held off a late rally by Loyola Marymount for a 60-57 victory on Thursday night.
Lorne Jackson scored 13 points for the Waves (10-9, 2-4 West Coast) and Stacy Davis grabbed 10 rebounds.
Loyola Marymount (8-12, 1-6) had a 29-22 lead with 5:34 left in the first half, but Pepperdine went on a 15-4 run in the closing moments for a 37-33 lead at the half.
Loyola Marymount tied it at 43 with 14:41 left in the game, then went cold, missing seven shots in a row. But it got back in the game, using a press to fuel a 9-0 run. It got as close as 59-57, but a Pepperdine free throw with 2:21 remaining proved to be the final point of the game.
Anthony Ireland and Ayodeji Egbeymi each scored 14 points to lead Loyola Marymount.


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We can't have our noses stuck in a book all the time. Sometimes we like to stick our noses in the internet, too. Here are some recent book-related blurbs I found while poking around the web's best book blogs and sites that enlightened, entertained, or possibly even both. While you're busy sticking your own nose in things, pay a visit to the articles from which these excerpts hail. Every one is recommended.
|Sara Levine buys punctuation marks in bulk.
"A book is not company. We engage with it, argue with it, carry it around in our pockets and minds, are haunted by memories of it for years. But it doesn't argue back, doesn't engage, never inquires how our day has been, gives only what it wishes. Books are selfish. Everything, every word, is on their terms. That's what I like about them."
From Rick Gekoski at The Guardian: 'Some of My Best Friends Are Books'
"And thus was born The Legendary Licked Book of Epic Confusion, the only book in the world signed and licked by fifteen fantastic science fiction and fantasy authors (and my wife)."
From sci-fi author John Scalzi's blog. Go ahead and click. You know you're curious about the context. It's a doozy.
"I'm partial, I confess, to a book with exclamation points in its title. It's the excitement, the urgency, the exuberance they bring to a page. Imagine if other people had used them: "War and Peace!!!" "The Breast!!!" You'd expect a completely different book."
From Rebecca Barry's New York Times review of Sara Levine's Treasure Island!!! (Personally, I come down on the side of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who felt that exclamation points are like laughing at your own joke.)
"Dear Rod Rees, please go look up "deus ex machina" and then never write again."
Nico Vreeland's review of Rod Rees' The Demi-Monde: Winter is forked of tongue, but well supported and thorough. See if you agree with the assessment.
"i tripped over a large air pocket on my bedroom floor and bashed my skull into the corner of my bookcase, which had three shelves and was faux wood veneer. after i applied cold compresses and stanched most of the bleeding, i drove to school, but they must have moved the school building across town. i chuckled to myself, darn school moving people!"
This spoof of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight serves as a review for a user known simply as "Brian" on the GoodReads site. Though it's from 2009, the whole thing is hilariously spot-on.
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The Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts and Special Collections Center will celebrate the opening of the exhibition Educate! Amuse! And In Colors! : Selections from the George M. Fox Collection of Early Children's Books, in the Skylight Gallery, with a lecture by Laura E. Wasowicz, Curator of Children's Literature from the American Antiquarian Society. The exhibition features over eighty examples of 19th century color printing, drawn from the file copies of the McLoughlin Brothers publishing firm of New York, and donated to the library in 1978. These books are on view for the first time since then.
Wasowicz's talk is entitled McLoughlin Brothers: Nineteenth-Century Entrepreneurs and Innovators of the American Picture Book. She will discuss the history of McLoughlin Brothers (active ca. 1858-1950), and their unique role in American publishing history as the premier 19th century producer of color picture books. Through their adaptation of developing technologies and modern marketing techniques, they made possible the full-color picture books we know today.
Wasowicz has worked for twenty-five years at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts where she develops and manages their collection of 24,000 children's books issued between 1650 and 1899. She has written articles on various aspects of nineteenth-century American children's book publishing, picture book iconography, and children's reading habits. She is also the editor of the Nineteenth-Century American Children's Book Trade Directory. She holds a master's degree in Library Science from the University of Chicago and a master's degree in History from Clark University.
Image: Cinderella. New York: McLoughlin Bros., ca. 1882. Pantomime Toy Book Series. Image courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society.
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Florida just finished what Billy Donovan called the most challenging non-conference schedule in his 17 seasons as UF's coach.
The No. 11 Gators (10-2) are hopeful those tests will prepare them for the grind of an expanded 18-game Southeastern Conference slate. Florida opens league play tonight at home against Georgia with confidence based on how it handled one of the toughest non-league schedules in the country.
"We've gone against a lot of different styles, played in a lot of different venues," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "We've had to travel quite a bit, played in some hostile environments and some neutral sites."
The Gators also had their share of challenges in facing the 16th-strongest non-conference schedule in the country (according to CollegeRPI.com). Starting point guard Scottie Wilbekin missed UF's first two games of the season due to an undisclosed disciplinary suspension. Junior forward Casey Prather missed four games with a concussion, and senior forward Erik Murphy (broken rib) is out indefinitely.
Through different combinations, Florida posted impressive early-season wins over Wisconsin, Marquette and Florida State before slipping up late in a heartbreaking one-point loss at No. 4 Arizona. The following week, the Gators suffered a 67-61 loss to No. 18 Kansas State in Kansas City.
"I think the schedule has prepared us (for SEC play)," Florida junior forward Will Yeguete said.
Yeguete will step in to start at power forward until Murphy is fully healthy. On Sunday against Yale, Yeguete responded to the challenge with 14 points and nine rebounds.
"Getting Will Yeguete back to where he played (against Yale), with a level of intensity and passion and the things he's capable of doing, really, really helped our team," Donovan said.
Florida also will be looking to avenge a 76-62 loss at Georgia last season. In the loss, Florida couldn't overcome an off shooting day. The Gators shot just 36.7 percent from the floor (22-of-60) and 21.7 percent (5-of-23) from 3-point range.
But Florida is getting hot just in time for SEC play. The Gators shot 52.9 percent from 3-point range (9-of-17) in their 79-58 win Sunday at Yale. Senior guard Kenny Boynton has made 11 of his last 17 3-point attempts, including an 8-for-10 game in the Yale win. Boynton's eight 3-pointers were the most for a Florida player since Greg Stolt went 8-of-15 from 3-point range against LSU on March 4, 1999.
"We definitely need that, going into SEC play," Boynton said of UF's shooting. "It definitely came at the right time."
Georgia coach Mark Fox is still wary of the problems that Florida presents. Fox said based on film, this is the best UF team he's seen in four years as Georgia's coach.
"I feel like we've played against Patric Young and Boynton forever," Fox said. "They just have an element of experience with (Erik) Murphy and Young and Boynton, those guys have played in so many games. So I think the thing that stands out is their experience, their balance offensively. They have so many guys who can score the ball."
Fox also is concerned about Florida's defense, which is holding teams to an SEC-best 52.7 points per game.
"They can just beat you in so many different ways," Fox said. "I just think they are as complete and as good in every area as they've been since I've been coaching here."
Georgia (6-7) comes into the game on a four-game winning streak after a rough 2-7 start that included losses to Youngstown State, Southern Mississippi and Iona. Sophomore guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope ranks fourth in the SEC in scoring at 17.5 points per game, but no other Georgia starter averages in double figures. Boynton said that he and point guard Scottie Wilbekin will guard Caldwell-Pope throughout the game.
"We're starting two freshmen and a sophomore in the backcourt," Fox said. "We're just relatively inexperienced. I think we've gotten better throughout the year which we've anticipated a younger team would, but we've certainly had a slow start we had to dig out of."
Gators ready for SEC play after difficult early schedule
Florida just finished what Billy Donovan called the most challenging non-conference schedule in his 17 seasons as UF's coach.


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Deep into my Italian adventures, I completely missed the 14th, and the posting day for the latest Daring Cooks challenge. But at least I did plan ahead and before leaving, made one of the delicious pâtés that Daring Cooks hostesses this month, Evelyne of Cheap Ethnic Eatz, and Valerie of The Chocolate Bunny, chose. Along with pâté, the June challenge called for freshly baked bread. They provided us with four different pâté recipes to choose from and allowed us to go wild with our homemade bread choice.
I chose to make the Three Spice Liver Pâté, adapted from Ravenous Couple, which was inspired by White on Rice Couple. For the bread, I made one of my favourites: Six Hour Artisantal Bread. The rustic and chewy bread, with its crackling crust, was just right with the pâté.
Three Spice Liver Pâté
Yields one 10 x 5 inch terrine or loaf pan
1 lb pork liver (or beef or combination)
½ lb ground pork
½ lb pork fat (or pork belly)
2 cloves garlic
2 shallots
1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp coriander (ground or crushed)
½ tsp cumin*
¾ tsp salt
1 tbsp coarse freshly cracked peppercorns
2 tbsp cognac
2 bay leaves
1 package of bacon
*I roast and grind cumin seeds as needed, rather than buying gound cumin. The roasting (done by heating the cumin gently in a pan over medium heat until fragrant), gives a richness to the cumin that store-bought can't replicate.
3. In mixing bowl, incorporate the meat and liver mixture with the cognac and eggs.
I used duck eggs for extra richness
4. Line bottom of baking or ceramic pan with overlapping pieces of bacon. Place a bay leaf on the bottom and then fill with meat/liver mixture. Cover top with another bay leaf and then overlapping pieces of bacon.
5. Place in oven in the larger baking pan and add enough water to cover 2/3rds of the pan containing the meat/liver mixture. Bake for about 1-1.5 hrs, and remove from oven. The pâté will contract and the juices will be on the bottom. Allow to cool and soak up the juices. Remove any excess bacon and discard the bay leaves.
Six hour bread has crusty goodness
NB. I clearly didn't read the directions carefully and left the bacon on - oops. Must be my love of all things pork.
The pâté was part of a Sunday brunch spread, a birthday celebration with dear friends. Watch for upcoming posts on the rest of the menu: Fire Roasted Chicken; Three Cheese Fritatta and a super-lemony panna cotta with the season's first strawberries.
The table set for a celebratory feast
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While Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert kept making broad statements with their extended super PAC gag, Jay Leno stuck to jokes on the horse race between the GOP rivals on Tuesday night.
And the jokes the "Tonight Show" host made almost resembled simple, well-reasoned remarks more than jokes.
On perennial also-ran Jon Huntsman's decision to bow out of the primary — and why Huntsman's endorsement of Mitt Romney might not mean much:
"Do you believe that? Huntsman was still in the race? Did you know he was in the race?" Leno asked incredulously.
"He believes Romney has the best chance to win. Is he the best judge, huh? I mean, up until yesterday, he thought he had the best chance."
He also questioned the wisdom of Rick Santorum's criticism during the first South Carolina debate of Romney's professed support for voting rights for felons.
"Why shouldn't we let felons vote, huh? We vote for 'em, why not let them vote? I mean, they run for office," Leno noted.


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Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Cinnamon cassia
Principal Proposed Uses
• High Cholesterol; Diabetes
Other Proposed Uses
• Antimicrobial; Improving Appetite; Indigestion; Polycystic Ovary Disease; Ulcers
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What Is Cinnamon Used for Today?
What is the Scientific Evidence for Cinnamon?
Safety Issues
Most Americans consider cinnamon a simple flavoring, but in traditional Chinese medicine, it's one of the oldest remedies, prescribed for everything from diarrhea and chills to influenza and parasitic worms. Cinnamon comes from the bark of a small Southeast Asian evergreen tree and is available as an oil, extract, or dried powder. It's closely related to cassia ( C. cassia ) and contains many of the same components, but the bark and oils from C. zeyleanicum are thought to have a better flavor.
What Is Cinnamon Used for Today?
Based on the results of one preliminary double-blind, placebo-controlled study, cinnamon has been widely advertised as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes as well as high cholesterol . However, the evidence for this is mixed.
Germany's Commission E approves cinnamon for improving appetite and relieving indigestion ; however, these uses are not backed by reliable scientific evidence. 1
Two animal studies weakly suggest that an extract of cinnamon bark taken orally may help prevent stomach ulcers . 2,3
Preliminary results from test tube and animal studies suggest that cinnamon oil and cinnamon extract have antifungal, antibacterial, and antiparasitic properties. 4-10 For example, cinnamon has been found to be active against Candida albicans , the fungus responsible for vaginal yeast infections and thrush (oral yeast infection), Helicobacter pylori (the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers), and even head lice. However, it's a long way from studies of this type to actual proof of effectiveness. Until cinnamon is tested in double-blind human trials, we can't conclude that it can successfully treat these or any other infections. (For why double-blind studies are so important, see Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies? )
What is the Scientific Evidence for Cinnamon?
Based on previous animal studies that had suggested potential benefits of cinnamon for diabetes , 11,12 researchers in Pakistan performed a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 19 In this 40-day study, 60 people with type 2 diabetes were given cinnamon at a dose of 1, 3, or 6 g daily. The results reportedly indicated that use of cinnamon improved blood sugar levels by 18%-29%, total cholesterol by 12%-26%, LDL ("bad") cholesterol by 7%-27%, and triglycerides by 23%-30%. These results were said to be statistically significant as compared to the beginning of the study and to the placebo group.
However, this study has some odd features. The most important is that it found no significant difference in benefit between the various doses of cinnamon. This is called lack of a dose-related effect, and it generally casts doubt on the results of a study. The researchers counter that perhaps even 1 g of cinnamon is sufficient to produce the maximum cholesterol-lowering effect, and therefore, higher doses simply didn't add any further benefit. There is another problem with this study as well: no improvements were seen in the placebo group. This too is unusual, and also casts doubt on the results.
In an attempt to replicate these results, a group of Dutch researchers performed a carefully designed 6-week double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 25 people with diabetes. 20 All participants were given 1.5 g of cinnamon daily. The results failed to show any detectable effect on blood sugar, insulin sensitivity, or cholesterol profile. Although this second study was smaller than the first because it had fewer groups, overall, its statistical validity is similar. These unsupportive results were confirmed in a Thai study enrolling 60 people: 1.5 g of cinnamon daily failed to produce any benefit. 24 On the other hand, a double-blind study of 79 people that used 3 g instead of 1.5 g daily did find that cinnamon improved blood sugar levels. 21 And, a randomized trial involving 58 people with type 2 diabetes also concluded that 2 g of cinnamon daily reduced HbA1c levels (a measurement of blood sugar levels over time), as well as high blood pressure. 27
In yet another small study involving 22 prediabetic patients with metabolic syndrome, researchers found that an extract containing 500 mg cinnamon given once daily was effective at modestly reducing fasting blood sugar and systolic blood pressure, and increasing lean body weight. However, the low dosage of cinnamon used in this study raises concerns about the reliability of these results. 26 And, a very small study that evaluated cinnamon for improving blood sugar control in women with polycystic ovary disease found evidence of benefit. 22
The bottom line: At present, it would be premature to consider cinnamon an evidence-based treatment for type 2 diabetes or high cholesterol, but it has definitely shown some promise.
Regarding type 1 diabetes, a study of 72 adolescents failed to find benefit with cinnamon taken at a dose of 1 g daily. 23
A meta-analysis (formal statistical review) of all published evidence concluded that, thus far, cinnamon has not yet been shown to have any effect on blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. 25
The bottom line: The evidence regarding cinnamon as a treatment for diabetes is highly inconsistent, suggesting that if cinnamon is indeed effective, its benefits are minimal at most.
Typical recommended dosages of ground cinnamon bark are 1 to 4 g daily. Cinnamon oil is generally used at a dose of 0.05 to 0.2 g daily. 13
Safety Issues
As a widely used food spice, ground cinnamon bark is believed to be safe. However, little is known about the maximum safe dosage of cinnamon found in capsules and in essential oil . Confusing the picture is the fact that Ceylon cinnamon (sometimes referred to as "true cinnamon") is different than the cassia variety. Only the latter contains significant amounts of coumarin, which has been shown to cause liver and kidney damage at high doses in rats and other animals. 28 Although there is limited evidence of such harm occurring in humans, it would be prudent for people with known liver or kidney disease to avoid dietary supplements containing cassia cinnamon. There is some evidence that high doses of cinnamon oil might depress the central nervous system. 14 Germany's Commission E recommends that pregnant women should avoid taking cinnamon oil or high doses of the bark. 15
When used topically, cinnamon bark oil may cause flushing and a burning sensation. 16 Some people have reported strong burning sensations or mouth ulcers after chewing cinnamon-flavored gum or candy. 17,18 However, these reactions disappeared within days of discontinuing the gum.
1. Blumenthal M, ed. The Complete Commission E Monographs, Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. Boston, MA: Integrative Medicine Communications; 1998: 110.
2. Akira T, Tanaka S, Tabata M. Pharmacological studies on the antiulcerogenic activity of Chinese cinnamon. Planta Med. 1986;52:440-443.
3. Tanaka S, Yoon YH, Fukui H, et al. Antiulcerogenic compounds isolated from Chinese cinnamon. Planta Med. 1989;55:245-248.
4. Singh HB, Srivastava M, Singh AB, et al. Cinnamon bark oil, a potent fungitoxicant against fungi causing respiratory tract mycoses. Allergy. 1995;50:995-999.
5. Quale JM, Landman D, Zaman MM, et al. In vitro activity of Cinnamomum zeylanicum against azole resistant and sensitive Candida species and a pilot study of cinnamon for oral candidiasis. Am J Chin Med. 1996;24:103-109.
6. Tabak M, Armon R, Potasman I, et al. In vitro inhibition of Heliobacter pylori by extracts of thyme. J Appl Bacteriol. 1996;80:667-672.
7. Azumi S, Tanimura A, Tanamoto K. A novel inhibitor of bacterial endotoxin derived from cinnamon bark. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997;234:506-510.
8. Oishi K, Mori K, Nishiura Y. Food hygienic studies on Anisakinae larvae. Effects of some spice essential oils and food preservatives on mortality of Anisakinae larvae. Bull Jap Soc Sci Fish. 1974;40:1241-1250.
9. Veal L. The potential effectiveness of essential oils as a treatment for head lice, Pediculus humanus capitis . Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery . 1996;2:97-101.
10. Quale JM, Landman D, Zaman MM, et al. In vitro activity of Cinnamomumzeylanicum against azole resistant and sensitive Candida species and a pilot study of cinnamon for oral candidiasis. Am J Chin Med . 1996;24:103-109.
11. Imparl-Radosevich J, Deas S, Polansky MM, et al. Regulation of PTP-1 and insulin receptor kinase by fractions from cinnamon: implications for cinnamon regulation of insulin signalling. Horm Res . 1998;50:177-182.
12. Onderoglu S, Sozer S, Erbil KM, et al. The evaluation of long-term effects of cinnamon bark and olive leaf on toxicity induced by streptozotocin administration to rats. J Pharm Pharmacol . 1999;51:1305-1312.
13. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Wiley; 1996: 168.
14. Harada M, Ozaki Y. Pharmacological studies on Chinese cinnamon. Central effects of cinnamaldehyde [in Japanese]. Yakugaku Zasshi . 1972;92:135-140.
15. Blumenthal M, ed. The Complete Commission E Monographs, Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines . Boston, MA: Integrative Medicine Communications; 1998: 110.
16. Perry PA, Dean BS, Krenzelok EP. Cinnamon oil abuse by adolescents. Vet Hum Toxicol . 1990;32:162-164.
17. Allen CM, Blozis GG. Oral mucosal reactions to cinnamon-flavored chewing gum. J Am Dent Assoc. 1988;116:664-667.
18. Mihail RC. Oral leukoplakia caused by cinnamon food allergy. J Otolaryngol . 1992;21:366-367.
19. Khan A, Safdar M, Ali Khan MM, et al. Cinnamon improves glucose and lipids of people with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care . 2003;26:3215-3218.
20. Vanschoonbeek K, Thomassen BJ, Senden JM, et al. Cinnamon supplementation does not improve glycemic control in postmenopausal type 2 diabetes patients. J Nutr . 2006;136:977-980.
21. Mang B, Wolters M, Schmitt B, et al. Effects of a cinnamon extract on plasma glucose, HbA, and serum lipids in diabetes mellitus type 2. Eur J Clin Invest . 2006;36:340-344.
22. Wang JG, Anderson RA, Chu MC, et al. The effect of cinnamon extract on insulin resistance parameters in polycystic ovary syndrome: a pilot study. Fertil Steril . 2007 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
23. Altschuler JA, Casella SJ, Mackenzie TA, et al. The effect of cinnamon on A1C among adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2007;30:813-816.
24. Suppapitiporn S, Kanpaksi N, Suppapitiporn S. The effect of cinnamon cassia powder in type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Med Assoc Thai. 2006;89(suppl 3):S200-S205.
25. Baker WL, Gutierrez-Williams G, White CM, et al. The effect of cinnamon on glucose control and lipid parameters. Diabetes Care. 2007 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print]
26. Ziegenfuss TN, Hofheins JE, Mendel RW, et al. Effects of a water-soluble cinnamon extract on body composition and features of the metabolic syndrome in pre-diabetic men and women. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2006;3:45-53.
27. Akilen R, Tsiami A, Devendra D, Robinson N. Glycated haemoglobin and blood pressure-lowering effect of cinnamon in multi-ethnic Type 2 diabetic patients in the UK: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Diabet Med. 2010;27(10):1159-1167.
28. Lungarini S, Aureli F, Coni E. Coumarin and cinnamaldehyde in cinnamon marketed in Italy: a natural chemical hazard? Part A, Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure & Risk Assessment. Food Additives & Contaminants. 2008;25(11):1297-1305.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College & State University tennis teams and head coach Steve Barsby continue play into the post-season this week, doing battle at two NCAA Southeast Regional sites beginning Thursday, May 6 with women's action in Morrow, Ga. and the men starting May 7 in Columbus, Ga.
The No. 31 Bobcat women (11-11) take on Lincoln Memorial University (18-3) Thursday at noon in Morrow, Ga. with Clayton State University serving as host. LMU took the regular-season and tournament championships in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC).
An All-PBC winner in both singles and doubles this season, senior Diane Danna (Paris, France) leads the Bobcats to action in their sixteenth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, owning a 16-4 record in first singles and teaming with junior Bertille Lion (Lyon, France) for a 12-10 doubles mark. Lyon has echoed the singles record at 16-4 in the third slot, with freshman Kayla Barksdale (Martinez, Ga.) putting up an 11-9 mark at second singles. This will mark the first time the Bobcat women have eve r played LMU.
Host Clayton is the No. 1 seed, and will take on the winner Friday at 2 p.m. the winner of that bout will be in the region final against the victor of the Columbus State University/Augusta State University match.
The No. 14 Bobcat men (15-6) head to Columbus State University for their 11th NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, taking on the winner of Thursday's Lincoln Memorial University (18-1)/Lander University (15-6) showdown. LMU swept the regular-season and tournament championships in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) on the men's side as well, the Bearcats took fourth in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC). The Bobcats take to the courts against that first-round winner at 1 p.m. Friday.
All-PBC singles honoree Jerome Leborgne (Coordimanche, France) takes on all first singles opponents, to the tune of a 10-7 mark. He also teams with Johan Wadstein (Helsingborg, Sweden) for a 5-2 record in first doubles. Second singles action belongs to Wadstein with a 12-6 record, but the top singles mark at 16-3 belongs to senior Max Beliankou (Minsk, Belarus). He and classmate Giovane Nucci (Santa Catarina, Brazil) are also 9-6 in second doubles.
CSU gets the winner of the opening-round USC Aiken/ASU face-off, with the winners playing Saturday for the region title.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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I didn't think that Karl could outdo a giant glacier as the centerpiece for a runway show – but somehow he did. On Tuesday, Chanel unveiled its Fall/Winter 2010-2011 Haute Couture show at the Grand Palais in Paris with an "8-ton, 40-foot-tall golden lion, [with] its paw perched on an enormous pearl" serving as the backdrop. (WWD).
The inspiration for the lion is clear – born on August 19th, Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a Leo. She loved lions and they surfaced everywhere from her apartment decor, buttons and even her gravestone. The centerpiece for the haute couture runway show is a replica of a marble sculpture from her infamous apartment at 31 Rue Cambon. "Gabrielle Chanel surrounded herself with models of lions in wood, silver, bronze or alabaster…[and t]he lion became a timeless biographical seal on numerous of her creations." (Chanel News).
Chanel herself, felt a close affinity with lions: "August 19th is my birthday. I was born under the sign of Leo. I am a Leo and, like a lion, I use my claws to prevent people from doing me harm, but, believe me, I suffer more from scratching than from being scratched."
The lion inspired some of her creations and lion heads were commonly found embossed on the buttons of her iconic tweed suits.
Indeed, Mlle. Chanel's love for lions are eternal – her gravestone has 5 lion heads carved onto it.
Not only is Karl Lagerfeld an ingenious designer, he truly respects and understands the woman that Coco Chanel was. He stays true to what inspired her and he gives it all a modern twist. Of course, he is one of the few people in the world who has access to her apartments and archives (what I would do to be a fly on the wall!). I hope that his successor will have the same respect for Chanel's vision.
Image Credits:
Runway show & apartment images: Chanel News
Chanel Button: Chanel: Collections & Creations
Chanel Gravestone: Ballyshannon