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Graduate Students
Leslie Anglesey
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Leslie's research interests include feminist rhetorics, disability studies, and composition studies. She holds a Writing Initiative teacher assistantship with the University Writing Center.
Matthew Baker
MFA, Creative Writing
Baker's focus is on poetry. He received a B.A. in English and creative writing from Elon University in North Carolina before coming to Reno. Much of his poetry uses narrative techniques and surreal imagery to investigate the personal and the public (think social issues). Perhaps his favorite poet from the past five years is Natalie Diaz. So, when she signed his copy of "When My Brother Was an Aztec" at AWP 2016, he could barely contain himself. Perhaps his favorite book from 2016 so far has been "Look" by Solmaz Sharif. #allofthefeels
Raluca Balasa
MFA, Creative Writing
Balasa has specific interests in fantasy, science fiction, likable antagonists and love/hate relationships. Her work has appeared in The Spectatorial, The Danforth Review, The Lorelei Signal, and Fantasy Scroll Magazine. When she's not writing, she can be found playing the piano or spilling things.
Molly Beckwith
MFA, Creative Writing
Beckwith is an MFA candidate in fiction, although she also loves reading and writing poetry. If she isn't writing, she's spending time with her beagle/collie, Pepper. She hails from Arkansas and earned her B.A. from Mississippi State University.
Jaquelyn Davis
M.A., Writing
Davis graduated with a B.A. in English from Saint Mary's College of California. Her research interests include writing program administration, service-learning, writing centers, and ecological pedagogy. After earning her master's degree, Davis plans to pursue a career in teaching writing at the community college and high school levels in her native Sierra Nevada foothills.
Ian H. De Jong
Ph.D., Literature
Ian's research clusters around adaptation praxis, early modern drama, and theories of reception and audience. He earned an M.A. at Marquette University, and a B.S. at Concordia University Wisconsin. He enjoys flashy tweed blazers.
Brady Edwards
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Brady's research interests includes mentorship, issues of power and authority in the composition classroom, and ethics. He love to camp, play tennis, drink Pepsi, read, write, and run, not necessarily in that order.
AnnElise Hatjakes
MFA, fiction
AnnElise earned her master's degree in writing, and her thesis was a collection of short stories that explored the difficulty with which we navigate the space between who we are and who we want to be. She teaches composition courses at the University of Nevada, Reno and teaches British literature at the Davidson Academy of Nevada. When she's not teaching, reading, or writing, she can be found proselytizing about the wonders of Reno or entertaining her two cats.
Brendan Johnston
Ph.D., Literature
Johnston's research interests include transatlantic modernism, modernist poetry and poetics, psychoanalytic and critical theory, posthumanism(s), and continental philosophy. After finishing comps, he plans to continue work on a project that reconsiders the poetry of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams in light of the recent debates in new materialism and 20th/21st-century critical theory.
Austin Kelly
Ph.D., Rhetoric & Composition
Kelly is interested in the ways neoliberalism influences public discourse. If he is not reading or writing, you can find him mountain biking, hiking, playing guitar, picking the banjo, or generally exploring the universe with his wife, son, and two dogs.
Kat Lambrecht
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Lambrecht is working on a dissertation about interdisciplinary language and habitus development. In addition to disciplinary rhetoric, she is interested in corpus analysis, student agency, research methodologies, and theories of identity. To reflect the various stages of her education, she values bringing linguistic and rhetorical frameworks to the research questions that she formulates, which are often about composition and identity development. Outside of school, Lambrecht is involved with her local speech and debate organization, loves to travel, and enjoys taking care of her puppy brothers, Mojo and Luke Skywalker.
Merrilyne Lundahl
Ph.D., Rhetoric & Composition
Lundahl received a B.S. from Utah State University in American studies/English with a biology minor and an M.S. from the University of Montana-Missoula in Environmental Studies. She took part in a professional residency in environmental education with the Teton Science Schools. Her research interests includes "transformational" pedagogies, integrated literacy and outdoor education, university-community partnerships, and ethnographically-informed research methods.
Joanne Mallari
M.F.A., Creative Writing
Mallari's emphasis is poetry. She loves minimalism and karaoke.
Clinton Mohs
Ph.D., Literature
Mohs studies the literature of the long 19th century, including western, Native American, and African American literatures, and silent film. His long-term research investigates how the railroad made western landscapes increasingly accessible to racialized subjects in the long 19th century.
Francisco Nahoe
Ph.D., Literature
Nahoe is a Franciscan friar and a Catholic priest. For the past 33 years, he has belonged to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual and, at present, he works as the promoter of the Franciscan Vietnam Mission from Holy Family Friary in the Bay Area. When he started the Ph.D. program at the University of Nevada, Reno, however, he still was the rector of Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno. Before coming to Nevada, Nahoe earned a B.A. in philosophy at Pomona College and an M.A. in comparative literature at Dartmouth. His theological studies took place in Rome at the Pontifical Seraphicum, where he was awarded an STB, and later at Harvard, where he received a Th.M. degree in biblical studies. As he draws to the end of his time in the English department, Nahoe is writing a dissertation on the Italian verse of Milton. So far, his experience of study and camaraderie in the graduate program at the University has been wonderful, and he can't imagine having had a more supportive environment in which to work.
Lee Olsen
Ph.D., Literature
Olsen focuses on post-1900 American (non)fiction, ethics, ecology, ecocriticism, and posthuman theory. His current work explores multiethnic, multigenre writers of the American West. He earned an M.F.A. in nonfiction writing from Western Washington University, where he studied life writing and ecocriticism, and a bachelor's in literary studies from Utah State University, where he focused on American modernism and nature writing. Between those degrees, Olsen worked at USU Press and a research university in Thailand. Aside from scholarly pursuits, he enjoys traveling, hiking, camping, backpacking, canoeing, and open-water swimming.
Peter Picetti
Ph.D., Literature
Picetti's interests include Renaissance poetry, prose, and drama in addition to John Milton and the epic. He has an M.F.A .in poetry from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and did his undergraduate work at the University of Montana. He thinks Williams is the great American poet, and he loves spending time with his wife, dog, and cat.
Andrew B. Ross
Ross serves as a Bilinski Education Foundation Dissertation Fellow in the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Liberal Arts. As an ecocritic, Ross' research focuses upon the relationship between vision and language as applied to the literary and environmental culture of America before the Civil War. His dissertation, "A Natural History of the Eye: Shared Vision in Early American Natural History, 1784-1839," uncovers the theories of human and nonhuman vision articulated by natural history in the early republic. Ross' scholarly interests include early American literature, the environmental humanities, visual studies, and critical animal/plant studies. He has taught courses in the English department, Core Writing, and Core Humanities programs.
Brian Rowe
MFA, Fiction
Rowe writes mostly in the young adult genre, although he dabbles in horror and literary fiction from time to time (and sometimes, like in the case of his upcoming thesis, he try to mix all three). He received his M.A. in English from the University of Nevada, Reno and a B.A. in film from Loyola Marymount University. Rowe's passions are indeed anything to do with writing, books, and movies, and he also has had a crush on Sandra Bullock for going on 22 years. Don't judge.
Scott Shumaker
Ph.D., Literature
His interests include postmodernism, 20th-century American literature, and Native American literature. His recent work explores the impact of technology on identity and has appeared in The Explicator ("The House of Mirth and the Desert of the Real: Edith Wharton and Hyperreality," volume 73, 2015). He recently completed his M.A. in English at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, and is pleased to be in the high desert again in Reno. He loves his fiancé, Erica, slow road trips, and canyon country.
Olivia Soule
M.F.A., Creative Writing
Soule teaches freshman composition, goes to poetry readings and presents papers at conferences. She's interested in writing poetry, essays and fiction. Three of her poems will be published in the upcoming issue of the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal. She has a bachelor's degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing and Italian from University of California, Los Angles. She speaks Italian and a bit of Spanish and French.
Natalie Turley
M.F.A., Creative Writing
Primarily, Turley is interested in speculative fiction -- particularly the fantasy and myth genres. She received a B.A. in English writing from the University of Nevada, Reno and A.A. from Truckee Meadows Community College.
Jonathan Villalobos
Ph.D., Literature
Jonathan studies environmental literature, women's literature, and the literature of the American South. He earned his B.A. in English at the University of Central Florida and his M.A. in English at Stetson University before heading west to the University of Nevada, Reno. He dislikes the heat, small children, and writing about himself in the third person. In his infrequent spare time, he enjoys mixing cocktails and squelching his dachshund's diabolical world domination plots.
Blake Watson
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
He has an M.A. in writing from the University of Nevada, Reno. Watson has been teaching composition courses in the English department since 2012, which is when he first moved to Nevada. He is originally from Memphis, Tennessee. His dissertation work focuses on visual rhetoric and argumentation and the ways public space gets policed through urban design.
Justin S. Williams
M.F.A., Poetry
Williams received his undergraduate degree in English/literature at the College of Charleston. He is interested in how "I/me" relates to "you" and how "they" can become "us."
Adrian Matt Zytkoskee
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Zytkoskee's research interests includes trauma studies, rhetorics of emotion, and life writing. He holds an M.A. from Humboldt State University and spent four years teaching composition in Dubai before joining the University of Nevada, Reno program. His free time (as if that really exists) is spent hauling his toddlers around in a bike cart and attending as many Jiu Jitsu classes as he can sneak in.


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'Music of Gounod - a Thought Form', from Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater, Thought Forms (1901).
Blurb as follows:
|Founded in 1875 in New York, the Theosophical Society quickly went global,
attracting a cosmopolitan community of adherents worldwide. Often treated as a
footnote in modern cultural history, there has been very little research about
why this esoteric organisation was so popular with artists, musicians and
writers in this period and, furthermore, what impact it had on their artistic
endeavours. The Enchanted Modernities International Network will bring
together scholars who are experts in the visual arts, music and sound, and
literature from all over the world to explore what the visual, material and
performing arts can tell us about the relationships between theosophy, modernity
and mysticism c. 1875-1960. The research carried out by the Network's partners
will examine where and how artists, writers and performers came into contact
with theosophy and other mystical practices, and how theosophical ideas,
especially those of key figures in the society in this period – such as Helena
Blavatsky and Annie Besant – were given material, visual and audible form and
As well as a series of academic conferences and workshops in Amsterdam and New York, the Network's research will be made available to international audiences through two exhibitions, a series of musical performances and a website.
|One of the exhibitions will use the incredibly rich collections of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum which is based at Utah State University, a partner institution in this Network, to explore the impact of theosophy on modern art from the West Coast of the United States.
A primary aim of the Network is to make academic research on theosophy and mysticism more publicly available and we will also be displaying our research at the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York using the papers of two prominent theosophists in Britain, the composer John Foulds, and his wife, the violinist and writer, Maud MacCarthy, who were both interested in Indian music. Foulds composed a World Requiem after the First World War to honour the dead of all nations and the display at the Borthwick (opening in February 2014) will look at theosophy, internationalism and the arts in the early twentieth century.
The Fry Street Quartet, based at Utah State University, will travel to partner institutions in the Network, including Nottingham, Cardiff, Columbia (New York) and York, to perform a recital of theosophically-inspired music, including works by Foulds. Other activities include a visit for the Network's partners to the important Library at the Theosophical Society's International Headquarters in Adyar (Chennai) in India where we plan to hold a public seminar about the Network's research and a final conference at Columbia University New York. The Trust's funding will allow us to explore the international reach of theosophical ideas across various disciplines and media.
Should you fancy an incredibly dense and long winded read, Madame Blavatsky's Theosophist classic text The Secret Doctrine can be found here. For more info on Helena Blavatsky and her seminal texts, good old Wikipedia has a good intro.


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Media Updates Archive
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Media Update Digest October 28, 2009 1. In Defense of Extreme Pornography 2. Highlighting the blight of porn 3. New Swingers Club Raising Questions 4. Professor's lawsuit alleges cover-up, retaliation NCSF Media Updates represent a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or swing issues and topics. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate b or anywhere in between. NCSF publishes the Updates to provide readers a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Updates where appropriate. "In Defense of Extreme Pornography" Reason Online Los Angeles, CA Had Zicari and Romano stuck to just rape and murder, with some R-rated nudity to complement artful scenes of mutilation and dismemberment, as Hollywood does in movies like Hostel and House of 1000 Corpses, they couldbve avoided a lot of trouble. Likewise, had they focused on hardcore sex and kept the violence and puke out of it. Unfortunately, Romano and Zicari had the audacity to mix genres of entertainment that, while permissible on their own, are apparently not allowed to be combined. And thus they managed to achieve what not even John Waters ever accomplished: They were sent to prison for having bad taste. ... To read the rest of this article, go to: http://sitemail.hostway.com/sitemail/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Freason.com%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F27%2Fin-defense-of-extreme-porn "Highlighting the Blight of Porn" One News Now Tupelo, MS "[S]pecifically to get federal and state obscenity laws enforced," he states. "The white ribbon is intended to be a symbol of community standards of decency ... To read the rest of this article, go to: http://sitemail.hostway.com/sitemail/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onenewsnow.com%2FCulture%2FDefault.aspx%3Fid%3D739554 New Swingers Club Raising Questions WKRC TV Cincinnati, OH That business is a swingers club, an operation where people pay a fee to join and then can swap partners for sex. Local 12's Rich Jaffe joins us now with a ... To read the rest of this article, go to: http://sitemail.hostway.com/sitemail/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.local12.com%2Fmostpopular%2Fstory%2FNew-Swingers-Club-Raising-Questions%2F6nq-scfzJE6GExFnoRZHgQ.cspx Professor's lawsuit alleges cover-up, retaliation KOB.com Albuquerque, NM Chavez posed on a sadomasochism website as "Mistress Jade" in sexually suggestive photos with at least one of her graduate students. ... To read the rest of this article go to: http://sitemail.hostway.com/sitemail/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kob.com%2Farticle%2Fstories%2FS1200035.shtml%3Fcat%3D504
1. First Person: Open (-Minded) Relationships 2. Hey Buckle Down! It's Time to Learn About K.C.'s Leather Community 3. An Adult Haunted House 4. Officials say it's no church 5. Suspected sex club no 'church,' board rules 6. Fircrest man's sex conviction overturned 7. Papers show Duncanville swingers' club organized, profitable NCSF Media Updates represent a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of SM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or swing issues and topics.These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate - or anywhere in between.NCSF publishes the Updates to provide readers a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Updates where appropriate.First Person: Open (-Minded) Relationshipsby Madalene MandapThe Synapse (University of California, San Francisco)October 20, 2008As we first-years settle into our new lives here, I take a look around. Many of us come from diverse backgrounds and locales, even as far as the exotic lands of Southern California. A transplant myself, I've been getting comfortable testing the waters of this new city, resurrecting cold-weather clothes I haven't seen in years. Along with these necessities, many of us have managed to squeeze into the U-Haul the added load of relationships. Judging from my fellow classmates (with the help of Facebook relationship statuses), many are already "taken". Starting professional school and moving into The City is stressful enough. Throw in a significant other into the mix, and you've quite possibly got your work cut out for you.As for me, I don't do well with LDRs, and neither does my significant other. We knew this going into our relationship earlier this summer. In fact, we embraced the idea that, come September, I would leave, and that would be that. It was a way to keep things light-hearted and casual. No pressure to take things to the next level. But life, with its devilish sense of humor, decided to reveal how compatible and head-over-heels we were for each other. At summer's inevitable end, we were faced with a decision neither of us wanted to make: Break up or brave an LDR. Moving to be together was not an option. There was, however, another alternative - one I had never considered before."What about an open relationship?" posed my significant other.I only had a vague understanding of what this was, and "swinger" came to mind. Upon further inquiry,…
1. One writer - husband in tow - scopes out the scene at a surreal social club 2. Defense Attorney Asks for New Judge in Upcoming 'Mineola Swingers Club' Trial 3. Dominatrix "sorry" for racing chief orgy row 4. Dominatrix says she regrets filming Mosley sex scene 5. Burlesque queen wins suit over dominatrix 6. Racing chief wins in S&M orgy case 7. Duncanville doesn't want Swingtown image 8. Bondage death garners murder charge 9. Texas swingers club a profitable enterprise, court documents show. NCSF Media Updates represent a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of SM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or swing issues and topics. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate - or anywhere in between. NCSF publishes the Updates to provide readers a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Updates where appropriate. One writer - husband in to - scopes out the scene at a surreal socal club by Erin Mantz MSNBC July 29, 2008 The 1970s are over, but some things seem to be making a comeback: lava lamps, wallpaper, Donna Summer's concert tour and - swingers. The fascination with "the lifestyle" (as swingers fondly call it) is seeping into suburban, upper-middle class social scenes. Over drinks and dessert, discussions once focused on home renovations and restaurant openings are giving way to talk about wife-swapping and tales of key parties down the block. Last month, I attended an end-of-the-elementary-school-year family barbecue in my woodsy suburban neighborhood outside of Washington, D.C. Sitting with four other couples as the kids played Wii downstairs, the parents' conversations turned from second grade teacher reputations and fourth quarter grades to the rumored "swingers" parties one community over. Those of us who had heard it before had a twinkle in their eyes. Those who hadn't heard it were shocked then extremely curious. I swear every mom and dad's ears perked up and hung on every word; even the most conservative-seeming mom of the bunch pepped up. ... I got myself an invitation to a swingers club. For one night, I was told I would have access to the entire club and get introduced to women who could answer my overriding questions of "why do you do it?" and "how can you do it?" The mystery began to unravel at every turn, down…
NCSF Entertainment Media Update for "Swingtown" Show Title: Swingtown Episode Title: "Pilot" Original airdate: June 5, 2008 Series continues: Thursday, 10 pm Network: CBS Produced by: CBS Paramount Television Executive Producers: Michael Kelley, Allen Poul and Carol Barbee Description: From the program's website - "SWINGTOWN, from the director of 'Big Love' and 'Rome,' traces two generations of friends and neighbors as they forge intimate connections and explore new freedoms during the culturally transformative decade of the 1970s. It portrays the ever-shifting "swing" of the pendulum that reflected the change in America's collective value system -- morally, politically and socially. After moving to an upscale lakeside Chicago suburb in July of 1976, Susan and Bruce Miller must confront temptation in the form of their provocative new neighbors, Tom and Trina Decker, while not abandoning their old friends Janet and Roger Thompson. As the adult couples evaluate whether to embrace or avoid newfound personal freedoms, the curious Miller and Thompson children begin to discover and assert their own morality and sexual identities as they come of age in a world on the precipice of change. In a shifting social climate -- defined by its music, fashion and style -- everyone in SWINGTOWN is confronted with personal choices, experimentation and varying attitudes." More info, including clips and the most recent episode of the show,can be found at: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/swingtown/ NCSF Reviewer's Note: Originally intended for a cable network outlet, Swingtown" has obviously been retooled to meet broadcast standards and withstand certain scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Nonetheless, while it shies away from nudity and direct depictions, the show still manages to take a refreshingly positive approach to sexual exploration and freedom. The most adventurous couple of the three featured, the Deckers, is presented as sharing a mutual enjoyment of their open marriage and seem to have a healthy, affectionate relationship. Similarly the Millers, introduced to the swing lifestyle in the first episode, are shown to be in love, but just seeking a little something to rev up their sex life. It's a little difficult to predict where the series will go over the course of its initial 13-episode run, but given how quickly the Millers jump into the action - counter to what most swingers themselves would counsel - there are sure to be complications ahead. While there are likely some consequences to be faced down the line, hopefully the show will…
1. People closely divided on swingers' club 2. Adult Movie Producer Found Guilty In Obscenity Trial 3. Jurors convict adult film producer 4. Upcoming trial will see hours of hard-core fetish pornography 5. Judge suspends L.A. obscenity trial after conceding his website had sexual images
1. DSM controversy could overshadow opportunities 2. Single boomers enjoy sex and do not want to wed: poll 3. Porn Trial Is About More Than Just Smut: Tampa case to test 1970s obscenity standards in an online world 4. Jurors in Max Hardcore porn trial seek clarification 5. Confinement plea deal leaves man 50 days to serve 6. Nudist resort stirs up residents 7. Californians sweep IML 2008
1. What's "normal" sex? Shrinks seek definition 2. Jurors in Tampa to decide: What is obscene? 3. Obscenity case in court Wednesday 4. Virginia's attempts to regulate sex and obscenity 5. The Leather Archives and Museum: To protect and serve 6. Duncanville officials bolster sex club ban adopted in response to Cherry Pit case
1. Maury County woman charged with bondage death of husband 2. County Commissioners revoke nightclub's liquor license3. Larry Flynt: 'The Republicans are more fun, you know'4. City Shuts Down "Sex Palace"5. Let's talk about sex6. The ABCs of sexual orientation7. IDW Releases "Dominatrix" Collection8. Success! We love success!9. Union Street swingers club for sale10. Sex scandal puts future of Formula One official Max Mosley in doubt 11. Salem dominatrix given probation on prostitution charge
1. Woman may sue over use of likeness2. Man involved in bondage death due in court3. Man Gets Life In Child Sex Assault Case4. Dominatrix Takes Pity on Bear Stearns5. How many's a crowd?6. Judge Throws Book at Registered Sex Offender Convicted of Murder7. Wedded to variety8. Looking for some fetish footage?9. Former 'swinger' party host pleads guilty to assault in Portsmouth10. Dan Savage and The Sexies!
1. Judges refuses to dismiss prostitution charges against Salem woman 2. Hooking Up with the Joneses3. Internet Pushes Polyamory to Its 'Tipping Point'4. Contrada warns of trans apocalypse5. Barely Protesting6. Spanking Raises Chances of Risky, Deviant Sexual Behavior7. Death shines light on dangers of sex play8. S&M, more appear in sex show9. For Sex Week at Yale, pullout method fails
1. Dominatrix started probe, paper reports2. Dominatrix reported Bernie Ward, police say3. Whips and handcuffs anyone?4. Scanner's Sex Boycott for New York Post Readers5. Harder 6. County Offers Couple $15,000 to End Suit Over Bondage Site7. Love Hurts: Sadomasochism's Dangers8. Sexual Vigilanteism at the 'New York Post'9. THEY BEAT IT OUT OF ME10. Victim of near-fatal sex play at bondage club doesn't remember incident11. The Guy Behind Mask
1. Kinky Sex Makes College Go 'Round 2. 'Censored version' for W & M sex show3. British Government's Welfare Decision Benefits Polygamists4. An Open and Shut Marriage5. Charges dropped against dominatrix
1. Check out the scratching and biting scene at 'Kinky U'2. Your pain is my pleasure 3. Kinky Sex, Shocking Death4. Leather fundraiser combines cookies, BDSM 5. M.A.L. 20086. County takes aim at swingers7. 'Kinky U' promotes sexual awareness in unusual ways
1. Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Hsu To Report To Prison2. Relax, It's Just Sex(TM)3. Pinellas Sheriff cracks down on adultery4. Best and Worst of Sex 20075. Christmas, Bondage-Style6. Woman wants off sex offender site
1. Texas town clamps down on home sex club2. Positive changes3. AdultFriendFinder settles pop-up adware charges4. 'Exposing' the Folsom Street Fair
1. Guilty plea ends hearing in sex extortion case2. Pillow Talk: Everyone should have a fetish3. Am I A Sex Addict? Are You?
1. Sex school? Class dismissed2. Forget the Pulitzers -- 'The Sexies' Want Your Best Work3. Sex Toys 1014. Loyola University pulls student mag's sex issue5. Sex-Related Injuries6. A Different Sort of Ball7. Cheap date -- what to do?8. The Pleasures and Dangers of Bondage9. Bob Shell apologizes for photos, not death10. The Sex Police
1. Magazine's ads effectively stretched the bounds of art 2. Changes in University non-discrimination policy could spark ambiguity 3. Hanging out for the cause 4. Strip club is planned near bondage parlor 5. Trial in sight for Bedford dominatrix case 6. Media, critics get whipped into frenzy by Leather Fest 7. S&M Death Raises Legal Questions 8. Convicted hedge fund exec apologizes 9. Embrace your kink 10. The leather of the land 11. 400,000 people, and no media?
1. My bizarre love triangle 2. When Blasphemous Gays Rip into Christians the MSM says Diddly Squat3. Miller Officers Receive S&M Photos; Boycott to Extend Beyond Sunday's Event4. Violet Blue wants to spank the SF Weekly at Folsom Street Fair5. Preacher Caught In Sexually Explicit Chatrooms6. Queen of kink7. Catholic Group Threatens Battle With Miller Beer Over Racy Ad8. Woman accused in dominatrix case appears in court9. Keep it safe, sane, consensual10. Dominatrix Submits To City's Wishes
1. Neighborliness and tolerance? Not in my yard 2. Dominatrix Gets a Political Beating3. Feds seek to limit sexual images online4. Alleged dominatrix's lawyer questions basis for search warrant5. Sadistic Sex "Master" Sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court6. Why put all your Eggs in one Basket?7. Ex-trooper gets jail in nude photos case
1. Bondage case in final stages 2. A night of S&M ends in death. What happened - and who's responsible?3. A trial like no other4. "Mistress Gorgeous" busted for sex crime5. Swingers sexploits6. Why Lap Dances In Nashville Are Illegal But Group Sex Isn't
1. Angelina Jolie Sex Claims Challenged2. How a mob-run S&M club put your tax dollars to work3. 'No hanky panky' on beds at Sugar Room, owner says4. Are Open Marriages More Successful Than Traditional Couplings?5. Swingers' club gets liquor license6. Conservative sexual fetishes: A hardcore guide7. Judge metes out 108-year sentence for sex-slaves crimes 8. Savage Love9. Two men charged after alleged bondage-pictures incident
1. Self-proclaimed dominatrix pleads guilty2. MySpace Blabbing KOs Custody Bid3. Ex-dominatrix now whipping up laughs4. Kink in the System5. Jury convicts man in sex slave case
1. Greenburgh cop disciplined in dominatrix case gets promotion2. Judge orders stop to adult activities at Weirton mansion3. Police say S&M bondage session ended in killing4. Was Man Beaten by Cops for Assaulting His Girlfriend?5. Manhattan man accused of trying to meet mom, daughter for sex6. Slave Contract Ends With Pair In Handcuffs
1. No Sex Please2. Skin Flicks 101: What porn studies profs don't get about sex
1. City officials investigating neighborhood dominatrix2. Inn's liquor license may be revoked3. The gentrification of alternative sex
1. Me, Myself and 'Oh, My!'2. Lakewood fetish club officially closed3. Wine me, dine me, Cat-o'-nine me4. State mixed with S&M, mob5. Slap leather, S&M lovers: 'Thunder' to peal soon6. Possible sex change means new credits on 3rd 'Matrix'
1. Kinkiness has hit the mainstream2. Inn Caters to Lifestyles Trade3. Ryther's accuser now says she made up allegations4. Depraved New World
1. Letters from Leather Camp2. Statement from Michael Martin, Editor-in-Chief of Nerve.com3. Sample letter to send to Nerve.com
1. A Gay Rights Landmark2. Finally, Dignity and Respect - but at Such a Cost3. Sex clubs -- symptoms of deeper trouble4. Judge orders release of state police records
1. Letters to the Editor2. Now What? First in a series on life after Lawrence: untold potential and tough choices3. Decency fuels debate: Investigators who screened adult films say they are illicit
1. N.C. judge declares state sodomy law unconstitutional2. Responsible Non-Monagamists
1. Setting a new standard2. Cops crash sex party3. Zoning Issue: Sex clubs elude county4. Questionable Clubs Targeted For Closure By County5. Owensville upset about new business6. Punishment is the crime in Sue's bet with Mitch7. Storm's Bird calls off bets, ending chance of a spanking
1. Trial puts obscenity standards to the test2. Beyond Gay Marriage: The road to polyamory
1. Leather-bound librarian provided 'sadistic, yet caring' services online 2. Locals shocked after police arrest pair in S&M raid 3. Swing away! Lifestyles Convention unites wife-swappers, sex-watchers 4. Sex and the Student Body 5. Rubber Maids
1. Dominatrix: I'll whip courts over sex rap2. S&M fans gain pleasure from pain3. N.C. sodomy law still enforced despite ruling on Texas measure4. Two indicted for allegedly distributing obscene materials5. Women on the Edge
1. Drawing line: U.S. renewing its fight against pornography2. The New Swingers
1. Concrete residents debate librarian's lifestyle2. Adult store's future in limbo as challenge stalls in court3. Swingers' club busted4. Violette's compositions have length and depth5. Finding Mapplethorpe's Inner Cindy Sherman
1. OC community objects to alternative sex convention2. Sex Expo In Family Resort?3. Ocean City community objects to alternative sex convention4. O.C. community objects to alternative sex convention
1. Sample Letter to the Editor regarding the Black Rose conference2. Ocean City groups oppose fetish convention set for Nov.3. OC woman plans protest against sex convention4. Event could tarnish resort: Black Rose doesn't fit image5. Furor Mounts Over Sex Expo6. O.C. Woman Plans Protest Against Sex Convention7. Controversy Heats Up In OC Over Sex Convention8. Student bondage club makes comeback at ISU
1. CALL FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PUBLISHED3. Fetish, bondage group drops convention plan4. Resort Sex Expo Canceled?5. Bow Down to CineKink6. Alternative Film Festival Alternatives blossom in the shadow of the NY Film Festival7. Weird But True
1. Rose group says it caused its own trouble2. Kenner sex fetish gathering hits kink3. Fetish event organizers cancel event following Congemi request4. Fetish Convention Won't Happen In Kenner5. Fetishists called, but rooms were tied up6. When Evil Becomes Good7. Littleton case may decide fate of adult-store licensing
1. Kenner police heavy-handed2. Kinkophobia Alert!3. Sherwood's Forest: New Orleans, Louisianna
1. Cuffs receives $94 through GSB Special Allocations2. ISU government funds bondage club3. Weapons charge brought in alleged staged rape4. Police raid ends swingers party
1. Bound for glory? Kroll knows his work's explicit, so please don't call it porn2. S&Mers: Head to Massachusetts!3. Investigators cite inappropriate sexual conduct4. Free Iowa State from Bondage
1. Convicted Utah man likens polygamy to homosexuality2. Controversial librarian's contract not renewed3. L.A. Official: Computer Labels Offensive
1. Just a fantasy in Vernon2. Swingers hit back at city3. Council repeals liquor rules banning sexGay group says rules targeted leather, S&M events4. Erotic exhibit highlights fetish images of women
1. Punishment delivered in obscenity case 2. Pain and pleasure - The stigma over Cuffs hurts community 3. "Paddleboro" revisited: Man busted in S&M sting
1. He said she said2. Pornographer gets 15 years for exploiting teen3. Union worker loses key court battle in office spanking case
1. How Far Can You Go? 2. Naughty in N'awlins 3. The strange and embarrassing of 2003 in Washington
1. Teen sex sting snares teacher 2. DA: NYC Teacher Arranged S&M Tryst With "Teen"
1. Bondage Unbound 2. Play Time: The Toys of Leather 3. SU investigation puts hold on Cuffs 4. Cuffed: Physical demonstration at a Cuffs meeting raises concerns about student disciplinary violations 5. Parties Where an ID Is the Least of What You Show
1. Slapman Keeps Taking It 2. They Had Reservations 3. Police seek dismissal of suit over raid on swinger party 4. Police seeking dismissal of topless case 5. Slapman Keeps Taking It
1. Hidden Heteros 2. International plea for state of Cuffs 3. Selling Sex And Very Sorry 4. Discount Join Rate: NCSF 5. Dirty Pornos: S! M!
1. Bondage and flogging, pain and love 2. Whip It Good 3. Be mine, and hers, and his 4. Sex Party Organizer Says Business is Improving 5. Opponents warn lawmakers that polygamy will be next 6. New Hampshire man arrested in Net sex sting 7. Janet Kink Stink 8. Bondage and flogging, pain and love
1. EDITORIAL: Cuffs deserves more than unclear case 2. Cuffs fights for BDSM rights 3. Flogging Demonstration Brings Charges 4. Cuffs charged with violation of code 5. Exploring myths of a sexual subculture 6. Cuffs deserves more than unclear case
1. Inside Vegas Swinger Clubs 2. Cuffs' first meeting after suspension has no demonstrations 3. Group wants Cuffs charges dropped 4. It's All About Sex 5. Wife convicted of trying to kill husband during kinky game
1. Dominatrix: No dice on chop confession 2. Bondage Club Stripped Of Flogging Rights 3. University finds Cuffs guilty of assault
1. Fotog Killed Porn Star: DA 2. Allure of exotic fitness programs replaces treadmill regimen 3. Former Frankel aide sentenced in federal court 4. Photograoher Charged With Porn Actress' Slaying 5. Cuffs appeals assault charge guilty ruling 6. Man convicted of strangling his children's mother
1. Club focusing on fringe sexuality denied ECU association 2. Case sparks dialogue about judicial process 3. Judge denies dominatrix's motions to dismiss 4. "Gaypril" Commences With Open Mic 5. Administration wages war on pornography
1. Judge denies Montco woman release from prison 2. Woman accused of operating dominatrix business out of garage 3. SUNY Trustee Takes On Ivory Towers 4. Members of Cuffs fear assault verdict will strain freedoms 5. Photographer faces trial in murder of adult entertainer
1. Court upholds conviction in Cherry Hill dungeon case 2. Leather report: We'll whip you into shape for one of Chicago's wildest weekends 3. Sexual side of G.I. abuse 4. Fetish farm: It's not what you think 5. You wince some, you lose some in Cleveland S&M haus of pain
1. Board of Regents next to receive Cuffs appeal 2. Berkeley religious center flies rainbow flag 3. Fantasies are fine, but be careful about acting on them 4. We've been here all along: Demystifying the power games of BDSM
1. Candidate on hot seat over actress-wife's sex-club allegations 2. God's Madam 3. First Time at the S&M Store 4. 2 charged in spanking of woman 5. Swingers may be slaves to genes 6. Castor feels models murder likely a snuff film gone bad 7. Murder suspect rejects offer of 35-year prison sentence 8. Adult Films Show Another Side of D.C.
1. Sex clubs, voyeurism remain popular, especially among men 2. Hindering case in Montco to proceed 3. Apply Fist Here 4. High court bars Internet porn law enforcement 5. Pursuing the Libido's Dark Side 6. The busy life of Intl. Mr. Leather
1. 11th Circuit upholds Alabama sex toy ban 2. Utah cases challenge whether anti-polygamy laws are constitutional 3. 'Swingers' Club' Lawyer Fails To Get Himself Committed 4. Ready to snap 5. Photographer faces trial over campy Cameron Diaz porn video 6. Cops Probe Condo 'Sex Club' 7. A Swingers Club Owner Files Lawsuit Over Internet Access
1. Judge Awards Ex-Porn Star Custody Of Daughter 2. Death becomes her 3. Salt Lake trio sues for right to polygamist marriage 4. YES: Same-sex unions damage marriage, open door to polygamy
1. Media Update Update! 2. Vuitton Whips S&M Knock-offs 3. Alternative-lifestyle event seeks alternative location 4. Judge Limits Annual Bondage Fest 5. German Xploration, Part 1
1. Savage Love 2.0 2. Just Chokey Dokey
1. Alternative Lifestyle Gets Its Voice 2. Beauty & Submission 3. Where The Republicans Roam 4. Former flower shop owner appeals sex-torture conviction 5. Kinky Condo Scion Sued
1. Cheney's 'anything goes' shocker 2. S&M Dad Ordered to Give up Child
1. Bilotta draws fire for invite to spank 2. Of Lust and the Law 3. Utah High Court Rejects Polygamy Appeal
1. Judge in trial of Southington man is under scrutiny 2. AG candidates debate Utah's 'dirty little secret' 3. E-mails, X-rated photos fill last day of testimony 4. Polygamous Past, Asexual Future? 5. Local sex parties get new attention 6. Sex harassment charge leveled against Maurer
1. Woman accused of lie in porn star's death is released 2. Sex on Tuesday: Inside Nina Hartley 3. Man should tell new girlfriend he's 'polyamorous' now 4. Disciplinary rules changed to be impartial 5. When Evil Becomes Good 6. Folsom Street Fair marks 21 unchained years
1. Same-sex marriage vote raises questions 2. 'Piano Teacher' Author Jelinek Wins Nobel Prize 3. K-State prof charged in ex-wife's slaying 4. Polygamy laws expose our own hypocrisy 5. Corpse-abuse suspect had dark side, Web data reveals 6. In response to sadomasochists 7. Sex case draws opposing views of law
1. Cuffs meeting not tied down by sanctions 2. Banning Gay Marriage 'Would Help Polygamists' 3. This store's a hot topic 4. What Were They Thinking? Nobel Goes to Porn-Writing Phobic 5. Does a moral slippery slope really exist? Judge for yourself 6. Homosexual S&M part of Christianity?
1. The Scoop: an update on the bondage thing 2. Conn. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Claiming Judicial Bias 3. Angelina unbound (at least for now) 4. ISU fetish club appealing school sanctions
1. Cybersex suspect sues the city 2. Couple face charges after nude boat display 3. The Sweetheart of S. and M. 4. Head Cheese 5. Potter's Perseverance Pays Off
1. Gay Marriage Bans Gain Wide Support in 10 States 2. Sex slave, dominatrix claim they are feminists 3. Porn dealer scoffs at feds 4. When Does Art Become Porn? 5. Fetish Photographer's Suit Against Ashcroft Begins In Court 6. This is the manic magic house that Penn built
1. Sex tapes allegedly used in extort bid 2. Accused spanker hospitalized after suicide call 3. Spanking complaints lead to charges against employer 4. Sex on Tuesday: Swinging in the Rain 5. I Wed Thee, and Thee, and Thee 6. Phone Sex Is Better Than Porn
1. Hide and Seek 2. United Church of Christ book house's gay theology tests mainline Protestant limits 3. Court upholds conviction of flower shop owner in sex-torture case
1. Porn star delivers satisfaction in debate 2. Tell Me Where It Hurts 3. Welcome to the dungeon 4. Murray's lawyers want evidence excluded 5. The ties that bind 6. Government loses test of obscenity laws
1. Cuff Love 2. Cops: Man made girl spank him 3. Lurid tale of sex, bondage, torture 4. Judge Orders Sex Club To Shut Down
1. An Online Artist Challenges Obscenity Law 2. N.Y. Panel Refuses to Enjoin Anti-Pornography Statute 3. Judges Uphold Communications Decency Act 4. New York judges refuse to say Internet obscenity law is unconstitutional 5. List of 43 newspapers that printed the AP article
1. Father loses parental rights 2. Mayor poses in bondage gear for magazine /li> 3. Lawrence County treasurer charged with embezzlement 4. San Francisco's gayest week 5. Three Men and a Woman 6. An Artist Who Fights Hard 7. Inside Las Vegas' foot fetish parties
1. Whip it good 2. Probation assigned in mutilation case 3. Man gets 6 years for basement beating death
1. An All-Out Assault On Sexual Content2. Penis poses problem for Castro store3. CineKink: S/M at the Movies and The Best of CineKink4. MSU professors link hunting with sexual violence5. Enforcement of new web regulations stalls again
1. Dominatrix closing includes dress-up: Prosecutor wears mask, collar during closing 2. Dominatrix defense alleges coercion 3. Porn feeds human trafficking 4. Bondage group looks to become official 5. City to scrutinize legality of sex parties 6. Thoughts for Another Day 7. Residents Want Action Against Club 8. Woman Says City Can't Stop Her Bondage Business
1. Dominatrix scandal rocks a police department 2. Liberty couple charged in beating 3. Dominatrix acquitted of manslaughter 4. 3 city sex clubs may have swung their last swinger 5. Paxton urges viewers to accept polygamy drama
1. Big Bucks for Pain Sluts 2. Protective order denied under 'slavery contract' 3. Bondage Unmasked 4. City Pressures Suspected Swinger Club 5. High Infidelity 6. Group looks for approval 7. FSC Preliminary Injunction Ruling To Be Appealed 8. Greenburgh officer accused of solicting arrested dominatrix 9. Concerns About Sex Club in Fresno 10. Dominatrix: I was bound by rap
1. Is S&M sex with my husband kinky? 2. What's Obscene, Anyway? 3. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Obscenity Case 4. Woman tells of spanking from professor 5. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Online Obscenity Appeal 6. Council targets swinger clubs 7. Supreme Court Affirms Lower Court's Ruling in Nitke Appeal 8. Frazier gets award for lifetime of work 9. $1500 Worth Of Sex Toys Stolen At Convention
1. Sarasota company set up Holmes Beach swingers' bash 2. Police rescue Canadian from sex-slave camp 3. Dominatrix Ava Taurel Drowns In Mexico 4. The Sound of One Hand Slapping 5. Jurors hear of sex "master" 6. Pair admit to beating
1. Adult businesses reach deal with county 2. Mayor battles bid to oust him 3. Miller Beer Supports Consensual Homosexual Violence 4. Girl said she was 19, man testifies at trial 5. Hidden camera investigation: Swingers Next Door 6. Rebecca 'Mystique' Romijn Reveals DominatriX SeX Fantasies
1. Tacoma-area man convicted of exploiting teen girl 2. Jury finds "sex master" guilty 3. The selfishness of connubial communism 4. BDSM as Utopian Society 5. Polygamy allowed 'limited' status
1. Man: Leblanc had sex dungeon at Wolcott Road home 2. Thank You, Sir 3. Sex and the Faithful City 4. Schenectady approves tougher noise rules 5. Theater News: The Sexual Renaissance 6. New Details Given In Dominatrix Case 7. Freaky friday? Depends on your tastes 8. Pride celebration draws crowds, gains citywide support 9. S.F. Pride parade embraces families while keeping identity 10. Trooper accused of advertising ex-wife to face court
1. Swing club takes Coopersburg by surprise 2. Swingers' Club Invades Small Local Town 3. "Cyber-Sex" Prosecution Fall-Out 4. Tell Me Why 5. Hearing set on adult entertainment zones 6. Cheater Seeks Cheater 7. Brits Ban Possession of Violent Pornography 8. Carly Simon's greatest, er, hits
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I grew up living in a lower middle class neighborhood in Los Angeles, and I think it was an amazing place for a kid to live at the time.
I moved to Los Angeles in 1945 at the age of eight, and lived there until 1959 when I graduated from UCLA. My father had been transferred from his job in Massachusetts to the new Rexall Drug Company office in Los Angeles. The company would later be renamed Dart Industries. My parents were immigrants, Dad from Ireland and Mom from England. Mom did not work, at least for the first few years in Los Angeles, and Dad was in administrative posts in the company headquarters.
Mom and her sister had come to the USA in the 1920s and worked in the household of Ambrose Clark. He had inherited a fortune made from the Singer Sewing Machine Company. She left that work when she married Dad. Every once and a while she would tell stories about the Clark household -- their traveling in their five privately owned railroad cars from their New York compound to their South Carolina mansion, or their taking the entire first class of an ocean liner to travel from the USA to England so that not only family members but also maids and valets could have first class cabins.
My aunt returned to England, but she and her husband returned the USA after the war; then they worked as English servants in the homes of wealthy families. As I remember, one home was that of Paul Mellon in the Virginia hunt country. In the 1950s they moved to Los Angeles where they worked for movie producer William Goetz and also for the director/producer/writer King Vidor. I remember visiting my aunt and uncle as a kid when the Goetz family was out, wondering around looking at their multi million dollar collection of French impressionist paintings. Normally my aunt and uncle's relationship to the members of the household and guests must have been very correct, but I recall the became friends with Danny Kaye who apparently treated everyone alike.
Mom would occasionally help with catering for a big event at one of the households, and eventually was convinced to work part time at the home of Shepard Mitchell and Ruth Wattis Mitchell. He was a named partner in a Beverly Hills law firm; she was a sculptor, daughter of one of the founders of the Utah Construction Company. I recall that my senior year in college I was a finalist for a fellowship to Cambridge University, but the other finalist won; the Mitchells then offered to pay transportation, living and all other costs for me to get a graduate degree at Cambridge -- nice people! (I went to U.C. Berkeley as a teaching assistant.)
For a part of Dad's working life he was manager of the building occupied by his company's central offices, but also the Screen Actors Guild. As a result he became friendly with George Murphy (later Senator Murphy) and Ronald Reagan. On Reagan's request, Dad helped set up the Los Angeles campaign office for Reagan's first campaign for governor of California. Justin Dart, the president of the company for which Dad worked, became one of the "kitchen cabinet" of advisers to President Reagan. Dad's direct boss and good friend at the company once told me I should look up his old friend since I was working in Washington -- the old friend was Senator Jesse Helms! (I never did.)
|Dean Stockwell and Margaret O'Brien
in The Secret Garden (1949)
|Michael Tilson Thomas, Ingolf's student
conducting works by Ingolf Dahl
Anthony's father was for a time the director of the script department at MGM -- think of the people he must have known. (Incidentally, Anthony's complicated parental roster included Professor and Dr. Dahl and Dr. and Dr. Linick.) While I didn't meet a lot of Anthony's parents friends, I did get told the story of the Ring Cycle on a camping trip, and great names came up in conversation from time to time.
|Primo Carnera
A lot of my friends from secondary school went on to get doctorates in one field or another. Special note might be made of Gordon Hughes, the smart kid in our high school class who seems to have gone on to invent the hard drive technology used in this and most other personal computers; read his book. Mark Davis, who lead our ROTC unit and was the best shot on the all city rifle team, went on to head key departments in one of the government research labs.
By the time we got to college, Anthony Linick brought new friends into our circle, notably Don Factor (son of makeup magnet Max Factor), Paul Glass (son of movie producer Gaston Glass), and Fred Myrow (son of composer Josef Myrow). Another friend introduced me to Herb Siegel who became a close friend; Herb's wife was a student of Corita Kent, Peter Voulkos and Richard Diebenkorn. Herb and Sue later introduced me to their friend Harris Wolford (a Kennedy staffer, early Peace Corps official, and eventual U.S. Senator.)
|Luana Anders, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda
in Easy Rider
Of course, there were lots of other actors around. I went to high school with Luana Anders, who was more of a friend of a friend than a close friend of mine. She eventually was in lots of movies (e.g. Easy Rider and Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13). Luana starting out got a messenger job, and once convinced a fellow messenger that he ought to go along with her to Jeff Cory's acting class; her messenger friend was Jack Nicholson.
College exposed me to people with different interests, although my closest friend in engineering school, John Fielding, is the son of the man who had his 15 minutes of fame as "Ellsberg's Psychiatrist". Paul Baran, the inventor of packet switching (one of the key technologies underlying the Internet) got his masters degree from UCLA the same year I got my bachelors degree from the same small department in the engineering school. Vint Cerf is a little younger than I, and didn't get to UCLA until after I had left. (I didn't get to know him and Bob Kahn, his co-inventor of the Internet, until much later.) It should be clear that UCLA's computer team in the engineering school was something special at the time. Myron Tribus was one of the professors who made an important impression on me; he was one of the original operations researchers in World War II, went on from UCLA to a position of Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology in the Department of Commerce (serving as the de facto science advisor to the president at the time), and also had important academic administration positions at Dartmouth and MIT. Tom McGrath tried to teach me to write poetry, and in the process made a lasting impression as a man and as a writer. As a student, I also got to meet Linus Pauling, who was nice enough to spend a few hours chatting with me and a friend a couple of times even though I was an undergraduate at another school at the time; Pauling is of course the only may to have won two undivided Nobel Prizes; he almost won a third.
|Boelter Hall: an Engineering Building on the UCLA Campus
As I look back, I wonder how many kids with immigrant parents who lived in a lower middle class neighborhood had so many creative people in their lives, or at least in the lives of their parents and friends' parents. I suppose that it happens in Washington, D.C. and other "creative cities", but I still think I was very lucky. I came out of Los Angeles knowing that it was possible to be a Nobel Prize winner, a politician successful on a national scale, a movie star, a world class athlete. a musician, writer or poet, an educator, or a significant technological innovator. Of course, I was lucky enough to live in a neighborhood where parents valued schooling and encouraged their kids to study hard. The schools were good, and in California at the time, if you got good grades in secondary school you could go to a great public university essentially free. Many of the folk described above were themselves the product of very upward mobile lives and careers.


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Fiona Dourif is the lead in the film, and there's definitely a theme of family running throughout; was her casting inspired by this?
Oh no, that's a total coincidence. When I was writing it I wasn't thinking of any specific actress and she was among a couple hundred actresses who read for the role and was great. Did you think she was?
I thought she was totally great.
I was just curious to hear because she's been working for a few years now but in a way I feel like she's been a part our discovery because this is her first big lead I guess. She just blew me away, but she was so good that I just initially resisted it, because I initially wondered if I was just being carried away with all the other implications because it dovetails with the story of Brad Dourif playing this character in an interesting way but really it was just coincidence, she was the best candidate for the role.
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By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives--May 31, 2013
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As of yesterday you are a Citizen of the World with no Privacy—no matter in which country you are located.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony invite, sent to a select group of Utah politicians and dignitaries for the massive Utah Data Centre in Bluffdale, Utah, was as mysterious as the facility itself. Canada Free Press (CFP) could find no pictures, no accounts of the event anywhere on the Internet today even though an earlier media release said reporters would be there.
The bigger-than-the-CIA National Security Agency (NSA) had previously stated that the facility would start operations in September, 2013.
Why should this event mean anything to you and yours?
"While the NSA has offered no specifics about the Utah Data Center's operations, a 2012 Wired magazine article, citing former intelligence and NSA officials, said computers at the data center will collect electronic information—from emails to cellphone records to purchasing receipts—from all over the world—, store it and look for threatening patterns." (emphasis CFP's).
With the privacy of every man, woman and child on earth now 'deleted', as far as is known not one country has moved to litigate against NSA and the largest spy center known to mankind.
The $2-billion, 1.5-million-square-ft. facility on the outskirts of Salt Lake City in Bluffdale will store 1 trillion terabytes of information, a sort of computer that swallowed the world.
Building started back in 2009 when the Obama administration approached MIDA (Military Installation Development Authority) to help build utilities for the Utah Data Center. MIDA created a project area and had the land annexed into Bluffdale. The NSA paid MIDA for all utility construction. (Salt Lake Tribune).
"The data center is alleged to be able to capture "all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell phone calls and Internet searches, as well as all sorts of personal data trails—parking receipts, travel itineraries, bookstore purchases, and other digital "pocket litter". (Wikipedia).
In other words, all things electronic gifted to mankind by the genius of Nicola Tesla.
"According to the FISA amendments Act of 2008, the federal government is legally prohibited from collecting, storing, analyzing, or disseminating the content of the communications of U.S. persons, whether inside or outside of the United States, unless authorized by an individual warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court."
But what came in with the tide in 2009 wiped out all forms of protecting citizens from government agencies that would abuse their privacy when all things Constitutional were set adrift on the outgoing tide.
The excuse of collecting information, storing it and looking for threatening patterns is a joke with the current administration operating under the bold-faced lie that al Qaeda is no longer a threat because President Barack Obama put them on the run, and that the Dept. of Homeland Security identifies returning vets, Tea Party members, and Christians as terrorists, rather than jihadists who now move freely from state to state and country to country.
In addition to collecting the world's information every day by satellites, by tapping into undersea cables, by picking up microwave links and tapping of cell phones and data links on your computer, email links, and so forth (James Bamford, Wired magazine), the sole purpose of the Utah Data Center is for code breaking.
For the digital hip, it's called 'crypto-cracking'.
And code-breaking is crucial, because much of the data that the center will handle includes financial information, stock transactions, business deals, foreign military and diplomatic secrets, legal documents, confidential personal communications. (Wired magazine, March 15, 2012).
Think of the function of the Center how Bamford describes it as acting, "in essence, like a cloud, a digital cloud, so that agency employees, analysts from around the country at NSA headquarters and their listening posts in different parts of the U.S.—in Georgia, Texas, Hawaii and Colorado—can all access that information held in Bluffdale in that data center. And that's pretty much a summary of what that data center is all about."
"The NSA is much different from the CIA. First of all, it's about three times the size. It costs far more. It's tremendously more secret than the CIA. And what it does is very different. It's focused on eavesdropping, on tapping into major communications links, on listening to what people around the world and, to some degree, in the United States say on telephones, email, communications . . . And NSA is really the most powerful intelligence agency, not only in the U.S., but in the world today."
Bill Binney, a senior official interviewed by Bamford, had been with NSA for 40 years almost, and he left, saying that what they're doing is unconstitutional."
Think of it as your worst nightmare come to daylight.
Meanwhile, in addition to the USA coaxing along wars in powder-keg nations under the guise of Arab Spring, the USA has just become the biggest spy country in the entire world.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Wow Wow Wow!
Today begins the sneak peek of Bough Wow Wow!
Two beautiful festive boughs grace this set designed by Marcella Hawley. I chose this one:
I wanted to make this into a tag. I love holiday tags. They are such a beautiful finish to a gift!
I started with a kraft shipping tag that I bought in Staples. I spritz it first with water, then dropped reinkers on it, Adirondack Cranberry and Oregano. I let the colors run all over the tag. When it was dry, I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist in Vanilla for extra sparkle and shine.
The image was colored with Copic markers and trimmed closely. I added Stickles to one ornament and Glossy Accents to another. The snow topped ornament got treated with Marvy Liquid Applique.
The Bloom Brigade has wonderful samples to share for todays November release kick off-so get to 'em!
Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Danielle Kennedy (you are here!)
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker
9 comments:
- Julie Koerber said...
Love the earthy feel of this tag Ms. Danielle! What a cool technique! I am going to have to give this a try -- love the effect! That.. with your beautiful coloring equals one beautiful creation!
- October 28, 2014 at 10:26 AM
- ChristineCreations said...
A great warm and cozy effect on this beautiful tag!
- October 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM
- Allison Cope said...
Gorgeous tag Danielle! I love the vintage feel of all your beautiful ornaments! Gorgeous creation!
- October 28, 2014 at 1:09 PM
- Becky said...
Beautiful tag.
- October 28, 2014 at 2:11 PM
- Leslie Miller said...
Wow! I don't know how many times I've said that today, but this set is so gorgeous, and your tag is over the top! I want to color like you when I grow up!
- October 28, 2014 at 7:33 PM
- Liz Williams said...
Love this pretty tag.
- October 29, 2014 at 9:00 AM
- Stacy aka Twinshappy on SCS said...
Oh great tag! I am working on some more for the girls, might case this idea. :-) Very rugged and pretty!
- October 30, 2014 at 12:14 AM
- Carol Dee said...
- October 30, 2014 at 7:28 AM
- CherylQuilts said...
Oh, what a beautiful tag, Danielle! I just love the base with the reinkers and spritzing! And your image is beautiful with the glimmer! Hugs!
- November 11, 2014 at 7:53 PM


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Yes, someday's I'm not totally prepared for my class. I like to have a flipped video prepared for my kindergarteners. When doing stations it gives them information and expectations really fast for all 6 options for the day. Doing this allows my students to get to playing (I mean learning) faster. I knew I was going to print with my students, but I didn't have the videos done.
As I explain in the video above, this is what I ended up doing for the day. Instead, I assigned each student a station and gave them a mini lesson and some time to learn it. Then I revisited the stations and recorded a student introducing the directions. I looped this together and showed it to the rest of my classes. It was PERFECT!!
After the fact, I recorded the 'What is Printing' video above. PS... If anyone has a better explanation for printmaking for k's, please share. I'm always at a loss for the words to use for these little buggers to give a definition for printmaking. I digress... I showed the intro to printing above and then had the students set up the stations by handing out the gems (see gem post).
After the kids have a little break from setting up stations, I ask them back to the carpet to show them the flipped videos from the k's. They loved seeing kids their own size, and in some cases, they even knew the now famous teachers. Even though this total intro to the stations was a total of 10 minutes long (I try for 6 minutes), the k's were still actively listening.


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i don't know how and where to start.
i have never posted anything on here for the past couple of months or so. maybe i lost passion for writing, or maybe i just have no time to write and to think i have a lot to share to the world about my life, the people around me, my community and every little issue with social relevance.
to be honest, i almost forgot my account and my password. luckily after three attempts i was able to remember everything. at any rate, i just want to assure myself that i should keep sharing myself literally and figuratively =D because i know somewhere, somehow, through this we can enlighten somebody's gloomy day or two and to encourage others to share their own story as well.
BTW, tomorrow is my birthday!
Monday, August 22, 2011
keep on sharing
Labels: Life
12 comments:
- AnonymousMonday, August 22, 2011
[I guess a Happy Birthday greeting is in place ;D ]ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday John Ahmer. Continue sharing your story.
-Désolé Boy
so are you getting for yourself the birthday present that you wanted and scheduled?ReplyDelete
hapibertdey! :DReplyDelete
berger naman jan!
Happy Birthday!!ReplyDelete
happy birthday pogi!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTuesday, August 23, 2011
happy birthday mo ngayon :)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
ow, belated happy bday!ReplyDelete
Belated Happy Birthday...hope you had a good one.ReplyDelete
Happy belated birthday, Ahmer! We've missed you so. :)ReplyDelete
Belated happy birthday! :DReplyDelete
you still want kfc for your bday treat from meReplyDelete
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Westwood: Villa players enjoying new approach
The Villa boss has adopted a more patient, passing style of play in recent weeks, although he has also drawn criticism for a lack of goals.
One goal in five Premier League matches justifies some of those concerns from fans, but Westwood insists the change of tactics will bear fruit in the near future.
"The way we've been playing is really enjoyable," he told the Birmingham Mail. "We're keeping the ball and moving teams around the way that they used to do to us.
"We feel like we are progressing.
"It's just about being patient now."
Westwood blames Villa's goal-shy ways in recent matches on the defensive approach of opposition sides.
"What we've found in the last few weeks is that teams have come and sat off us," he added. "It's tough to break teams down when they play like that.
"Even the likes of Chelsea and Man City struggle at times and when the top teams go abroad they have the same problems, too.
"We've got to be patient, keep moving the ball around and keep wearing teams out. That's what teams did to us last year.
"We managed to do it against Blackpool [in Sunday's 1-0 FA Cup win] in the end but that was only after we started moving the ball quicker in the second half.
"The last ten minutes we felt it was coming and in the end it did."


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Based on the novel by Christopher Landon
UK theatrical trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrnsbB9AjIk
IMDB Summary
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria, but the problems just won't go away. Written by Rob Hartill
Ice Cold in Alex is a typical roadtrip film with a serious setting. The film is set in the Northern Africa with the '8th army', aka 'Pummel's Africa corps' and starts by charting a map and showing the various towns 'turned to dust' by warfare including Matruh, Berza, Saloum, Barram and Tobruk. It states that 2 million men were there. 2 million men, it points out, means 2 million stories, This is one. And it happens to be true. What a great start to a film. It slowly reveals the strength of joint experience, the bonding of a common enemy and the ability to feel kinship and understanding with those who you should hate.
This is definitely a film to recommend..
This is a vastly different film to Sarah's Key. It's set in the desert, not in the city, it involves combatants and people actively engaged in the conflict, rather than civilians entirely controlled by it, and it presents an entirely different viewpoint of the same conflict and for that I am grateful and wonder how many different perspectives I will see.
We follow the fate of Captain John Mills and his second in command, Tom, of the 8th army corps, ordered to pull out from Tobruk to go east to Salom and re-stock. During their retreat, they are joined by two nurses who failed to join the evacuation and the group become separated from the whole. Main routes bombed and key bridges blown, their journey in an Austin K2 ambulance takes them across bogs, minefieds, into German hands and out of them again as they try to drive back across the desert. Their final arrival for an ice cold (beer) in Alex brings their journey to and end with knowledge that life will never be the same for any of them again.
There is a definite comment during this film on what it means to be 'British' and certainly what it means to be British in battle. Pride, loyalty and fairness seem to be qualities perpetrated as inherent in the Brits. This accolade continues to this day perhaps because of the exemplary behaviour of the soldiers during the war. The upper class accents of all of the officers in this film are prominent and noticeable reminding me that predominantly only educated men were allowed to be officers. To work your way up the ranks was most unusual. However, while looking at these 'English qualities', the trusty sidekick Tom displays these characteristics much more often and more naturally than the Captain himself.
One element of life in the desert that is evident and well portrayed in the film is the overbearing heat and constant sweating. Water drips down the faces of the characters relentlessly. Water is in short supply and it is a struggle.
The men who had to stay behind to try and hold the line were clearly in the worst of the two positions, isolated and exposed the enemy. It was decided the unmarried men would be the ones to stay, presumably to minimise grief back at home when the inevitable happened. I can't help thinking about our understanding of the institution of marriage now, and the strength of so many more relationships than just husband and wife, it seems such an unfair way of choosing who lives and who dies. But if you have to make a decision based on something, then what else? I can't help wondering if men got married just to be one of the 'chosen ones' should this situation arise.
Women in this film are certainly presented as the weaker sex the majority of the time. Although doing their bit for the war effort, the two nurses are initially presented as rather foolish and nervous. Throughout the film, one of the nurses, Denise, is used as a tool to demonstrate what can happen if you allow yourself to be consumed by your fear or infatuated with your surroundings. She panics, she cannot separate herself from her reality and in the end she gets takes a fatal bullet as a clear demonstration of the end of the road for those who succumb to their base intuition of fear. The other characters manage to maintain a sturdy separateness from their world, a determination to keep to the task at hand and not relate their situation to the bigger picture. The other nurse, Diane Murdoch, grows in strength and capability throughout the film, and takes on more and more 'manly' roles as their journey progresses together, such as taking her turn on the night watch. All of this growth seems to disappear as they again use the woman to 'fail' at the end of the film. After hours of leveraging the broken truck up one of the final dunes in the desert, she is told to hold the truck. She is not paying enough attention and the truck slips all the way back down the hill. Mills comments early on, 'dames and mines. A lovely party'. Women were definitely not seen as equals, and are clearly portrayed as an additional irritant to be handled.
I was relatively surprised when a relationship started to develop between Mills and Murdoch. The film seemed to show a greater tendency between her and Tom and Tom certainly seems like the character presented in a more appealing light. Her immediate subservience to Mills, and devotion, when his treatment of her is relatively dismissive, riled me. It was clear he was a troubled character and that he was a good man, but his behaviour did not warrant her affection.
Watching an older film than I am used to was a stimulating experience. It is easier to watch in a sense as the story feels simpler, and more coherent. It unashamedly makes good use of the theatrical concepts of dramatic pauses and the props and flaunts it's 'flawed hero'. Minimal special effects, great dialogue, and visually absolutely stunning to behold.
The film takes an interesting turn when the group come across a South African Sergeant Major who escaped from the enemy and is looking to join them to get back to the city. Aside from the fact that he is wearing the most extraordinarily short shorts, he is a relatively entertaining character who offers an alternative approach to the 'British soldier'. He is much more relaxed, an arrogant so and so and somewhat bemused by The British way. It is an interesting insight into the difficulties each side must have faced, working together against a common enemy, each with their own priorities and approaches., as Segeant Pugh outlines, 'I want to do what any bloody Englishmen can'. There is one great scene when he has thinks he has stepped on a mine. The dramatic pause comes in a classic, as he sweats and stands and waits while Mills dusts around his toes to try and decipher what it is.
Mills is certainly initially reluctant to encourage an extra member to join them. Only one thing made him relent. The offer of gin. His dependency on alcohol is focused on much through the film- his decisions been often swayed in an alcohol haze, his inability to cope with his situation without some kind of escapism and relaxant. I can only imagine how easy it would be to become dependant in that environment.
As the journey progresses, Pugh's character becomes more and more suspicious as he seems able to talk his way though German blockades, acts overly protective of his suspiciously heavy knapsack and takes trip into the desert with a spade at the same time every day. The group are pretty sure he's not doing what he should be doing in the desert with a spade. A defining moment for the group comes as I mentioned earlier, with the accidental slip of the ambulance down the dune. The group, although initially crushed, turn to each other, pull each other up and dust each other off, and start again. At this point they become their own unit. It is clear it has superseded any other obligation or denomination. This group is their primary. Men are just men. And men can get along and help each other, wherever they are from.
The climax is beautifully played out, as the four remaining in the group make their way for an 'ice cold in Alex', their reward they have focused on for much of the film. It is the pinnacle of their achievements as a group, celebrating their success together. It is at this point, a young British officer fresh from the boat and full of pomposity that comes with youth, reveals an uglier side to the British forces. Mills dismisses the man temporarily, and takes the opportunity to plead with Pugh to reveal his real identity. He knows Pugh is a German spy. Initially attempting to escape, Pugh relents and accepts a cover story to protect him from the firing squad, and to become a prisoner of war. The team were too strong to break. They relied on each other, and came through for each other. The heartfelt final scenes of the film as Otto, aka Pugh, drives away from his friends, colleagues, teammates, lifesavers, and now once again enemies, are gut wrenching. There is dignity in war, and friendship can prevail over obligation. And a greater enemy 'the desert' can unify even the most distant of soldiers.
Watch this space for further research on the 8th army corps of North Africa and my upcoming review of the next film on the list 'Black Book' a 2006 Dutch film set in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, where a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.


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Winter has been slow to take hold in my local hills at the northern extremes of the southern alps. We have had some good dumps of snow over the last few weeks, each one causing a buzz of excitement and a hope that the temperatures will stay low enough to herald a start to winter 'proper'. But each time the cold fronts have been followed by rain and warm northerlies, leaving only the highest peaks clad in snow. Still, over the last few weeks of hiking, biking and especially paddling, it has been cold enough to feel like the start of the season.
Crossing icy streams is becoming less appealing
We are still getting away with unlined trail runners
Microspikes have made an appearance though
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After a musically inspired youth, the East-Berlin born Eva Be first dove into the Berlin club scene in 1995. The "Delicious Doughnuts" club in Berlin-Mitte is a defining place for her carreer - it´s here she met the boys who would later be known as "Jazzanova", this world renown electronic sensation had an immense impact on her musical development- changing her path indefinitely.
Eva never had a musical carreer in mind, however being in the right place at the right time and meeting people who were convinced about her musicality put her on that course. She soon curated her own club nights during her residency at the "Akba Lounge", where she began to experiment, defining her sound on the turntables. This was quickly followed by regular gigs at "Cookies", "WMF", "Boogaloo", "Kurvenstar" and "Cafe Moskau", where Eva presented her very own mix of Dub, Trip Hop, Breakbeat, Drum 'n' Bass and Experimental Electronics.
Out of this growing scene around Jazzanova, Dixon, Micatone,Slope, Eva Be and many other artists, the legendary "Sonar Kollektiv" evolved - a collective that to this day releases styledefining records. This was also the label, where Eva released her first solo EP "Below" followed by several 12inches as f.e. "Eve´s Time Tonite" ( in cooperation with Fat Freddy´s Drop Singer Joe Dukie ) and "Allee Viree" as well as her first remixes.Musical and personal relations to the now aspiring "Vienna Scene" led to regular gigs in Austria and numerous other European capitals.
As a resident DJ in the early " Watergate" club in berlin she played side by side ( if not back to back ) with the heroes of the genre like Kid Loco, Kruder & Dorfmeister, King Britt, Rainer Trüby etc., then touring through Europe with the Berlin based band project Ye:Solar and often DJ'd supporting Bands and Acts like "Fat Freddy´s Drop", Omar and Jamie Lidell ( f.e. @ Apollo Festival ).
During that period she found the time to produce her successful debut solo artist album "Moving Without Traveling", demonstrating her deep love for Dub and Reggae. After the huge reception of this record, Eva then described as "berlin´s next rising star" by the uk jazz magazine "Straight No Chaser", decided to form a band "Eva and the BEs" to present the album live throughout Europe, partly together with "Fat Freddy´s Drop" and "The Black Seeds".
After a short baby break in 2007, Eva returned to the club scene adding more house music to her repertoire. Having produced remixes for the Sonarkollektiv, "Maertini Broes", Marcus Enochson, Recloose, Horace Andy and Jah Wobble, she - while still working on solo material - teamed up with singer Ben Ivory, to release various singles ( f.e. "Closer" on Poesie Music / Get Physical ).
Moving forward Eva started gigging at "Panoramabar", "//:About Blank", Watergate, "Wilde Renate", "Kater Holzig" or "Tresor" where she met DJ Cle in 2013. Both instantly got along very well personally and musically and decided to form the project "LoYoTo" combining their common love for underground House music and Dub.
The first LoYoTo record "Looking At The Starz EP" appeared on Upon You Records in 2015, the second 12" "Lonely Young Tourist EP" was released on Watergate Records in 2016. Due to the strong demand for remixes, the duo worked their magic on several tracks over that time.
Eva Be is way too restless to be put in one corner - working along side Cle and the Berlin based multi-instrumentalist SickerMan, she has pushed open the doors to a totally new dimension, a new album is currently in the works and will see the light of day soon.


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A universal payment of €50 per month per child aged under six could take 800,000 children out of poverty across Europe, according to a study commissioned by the European Commission into the potential effects of introducing a child basic income.
The researchers made use of EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU, to look at the distributional implications (within and between countries) of an illustrative child basic income operated and funded at EU level.
EU member states are being urged to tackle child poverty and social exclusion through multi-dimensional approaches, in an important strategy statement issued by the European Commission. The statement accompanies a wider package of proposals on social investment in the EU.
EU member states are being urged to tackle child poverty and social exclusion through multi-dimensional approaches, in an important strategy statement issued by the European Commission. The statement accompanies a wider package of proposals on social investment in the EU.
Public opinion prioritises benefits for older people at the expense of families and children, according to a think-tank paper examining attitudes in the United Kingdom, Denmark and France. And it warns that growing inequalities in electoral participation risk further entrenching this position.
High-income households in the UK have lost proportionately more than those in poverty as a result of austerity measures, according to new research published by the European Commission.
Researchers compared the distributional effects of 'fiscal consolidation' measures in nine European Union countries (including the UK) that have experienced large budget deficits following the financial crisis of the late 2000s and subsequent economic downturn.
There is a strong association between social capital and household economic well-being, especially as far as poverty perception is concerned, according to a new Italian research paper.
The paper looks at official European Union data sources, focusing on two sets of variables: one serving as a proxy for community and household social capital endowment, and a supplementary set describing household economic well-being.
Anti-poverty campaigners have sharply criticised the European Union's record on tackling poverty. A meeting in Brussels between campaigners and EU decision-makers has heard accounts of how widespread austerity measures are forcing people into poverty – at the same time as driving those already in poverty into deeper and more desperate situations.
A report of the meeting in September 2012, described as 'very intense', has now been published.
14 million people in the UK were at risk of poverty and social exclusion in 2011, according to a new report from the Office for National Statistics. The report also looks at how the UK compares with other EU countries on a range of poverty indicators, and at recent trends over time.
As many as one in six employees in the European Union – 17 per cent of the total – were low paid in 2010, according to new statistics released by Eurostat. This proportion varied significantly between member states. There were also large differences between men and women, and according to levels of education and types of work contract.
Income inequality leads to popular support for redistribution, according to a study that looked at evidence from 33 European countries over the period 2002–2010. It was also found that the actual level of redistribution implemented in a country decreases support for more redistribution.


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Voltage: Nominal voltage 691V
Capacity: 277 kWh
Batteries: P40-24 Power Modules in a 27s10p configuration
Location: Chicago, IL
Function: frequency regulation, peak-load demand, and emergency back-up power
Operating Since: 2016
In 2016, Shedd Aquarium installed a 1 mega-watt lithium-ion battery in Chicago, IL. This 1MW peak-shaving application assists in minimizing the price of electricity for the large aquarium, which is based in part by surges of power consumption. This is accomplished by supplementing the peaks with energy stored in the battery system. As an extra benefit, the battery energy storage system is also used for back-up power.
Two 540kVA Schneider XC 540 – NA ESS inverter/chargers share a 1080kVA transformer with associated switch gear. Battery related items are contained in a 20-foot ISO container. The battery consists of 10 parallel strings. Each string is comprised of 27 Valence Power Module's (P40-24) in series each with its own battery management system (BMS). The battery is divided into two identical but independent subsystems of five strings and one inverter. Each independent subsystem connects the strings and inverter in parallel on a common DC bus.
Valence Technology manufactured the lithium-ion power modules for this energy storage solution, and in partnership with EaglePicher, provided engineering support helping to meet critical deadlines for this customized solution.
Here is what Shedd Aquarium shared about the project in their press release from 6/7/16:
Shedd Advances Clean Energy in Illinois with Installation of 1-Megawatt Lithium Ion Battery
Shedd Aquarium continues to lead the way in energy efficiency with the installation of a one-megawatt lithium ion battery at the aquarium – the largest building battery installation in the state of Illinois and the first of its kind to be installed at a zoo or aquarium in the nation.
"Of the clean-energy technologies we've installed here at the aquarium, the installation of the one-megawatt battery is the largest project Shedd has undertaken to advance our clean-energy technologies," said Bob Wengel, Vice President of Facilities at Shedd Aquarium.
In its pilot phase, the 60 thousand pound, $2 million battery and adjoining equipment – transformer and inverter skid – are connected to Shedd's electrical distribution system, and will provide frequency regulation services, peak-load demand and the need for emergency back-up power. The systems are located on Shedd Aquarium's loading dock, and will be viewable to passers-by and aquarium visitors from inside the South Abbott Oceanarium window.
Sustainability is one of Shedd Aquarium's core values, as (their) energy-use decisions have a direct impact on aquatic life around the world. By becoming an energy innovator, the aquarium can live its mission, inspiring people to make smart energy choices that protect the environment we share.


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I will be working on a major web development project over the next few months and because of it's complexity, I will be unable to accept any repairs during this time. I do appreciate everyone's suppport over the past 5 years and I will be back once this project is complete.
Thank You


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|Garden bunny in a crate with spring poppies, daffodils and Easter eggs. Created by Laura Crain, Dollhouse Land.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Celebrating Easter with Good Sam Dealers
Spring is in the air, and Easter beckons. To celebrate the season, we asked a few of the Good Sam dealers to share some of their cheery Easter decor and springtime offerings. They have done so, and we bring a warm welcome to Spring and Easter to you in this week's Blog. Enjoy!
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Speaking of scarves, how the heck do you even tie those long pieces of woven fabric? Well, it turns out there are tons of ways (25 to be exact) to wear these fashionable accessories. But this begs another set of questions: How should I style my scarf? Do I just throw it over a sweater and call it a day? Is it socially acceptable to wear one with a dress? Fear not, fellow 20somethings — I'm here to calm those worries before you venture out into the chilly autumn weather and tick off the fashion police. Below are seven must-have scarves and some ideas for how to rock them this fall.
1. The Plaid Scarf
Considering my track record with owning an insane amount of flannel shirts, a plaid scarf is #1 on my fall shopping list. Why? Because nothin' says fall like a little touch of plaid. Pair one of these with an army green jacket and you'll look like you just walked off the set of an Urban Outfitters photo shoot.
Shop this look here.