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Today's post continues with the never-ending debate regarding "Unsigned" Sherman jewelry and I have a feeling there will be a Part III and Part IV coming up, maybe even a Part V.
Continuing from Part I, let's now examine brooches. The two that are pictured (please pardon my reflection and that of the light fixture in the backs, these are both so shiny!) are exact replicas of one another; in design (they are actually stacked, made with three entirely separate components joined together to create dimension and height), weight (each weighs exactly 32 grams on an electronic scale), plating, polish, quality and attention to detail. One is signed Sherman, the other has no signature. No collector or expert would pick the unsigned one out of a lineup uncertain of it's origin, especially after handling it. If you spotted it across the room at a flea market or at a yard sale, you would swear it was a Sherman and make a run for it LOL!!
Unfortunately for me, it's the purple one that is unsigned although the perfectly matched earrings are signed Sherman. Both the earrings and brooch were acquired from the same person who swore they were purchased together years ago securely tucked inside their original "Jewels of Elegance" case. Don't forget that 50 years ago, the authenticity of it being a Sherman (if they did manufacture it) would only be intended to be proven once at the retail level. As I mentioned in my last post, it would have been highly unlikely at that time to foresee how collectible it would become decades later as a "second-hand" item. As collectors and dealers alike know, not having that permanent Sherman stamp decreases its value by about one half, possibly more, regardless of its quality, even with the signed earrings.
One explanation could be that the three components (don't forget it's stacked) for the unsigned piece were purchased from B. A. Ballou & Co. in Rhode Island which is where Sherman settings were manufactured. The rhinestones are Swarovski whose rhinestones were used in the production of the very finest costume jewelry by several high-end companies, including Sherman. Perhaps this unknown company used the same process of excessive heavy rhodium, highly polished plating, joined the exact same three "separate" components in this unusual way and hand set the exact same colors of rhinestones that Sherman used when manufacturing the matching earrings at the exact same time. After all, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to combine deep amethyst marquises and chatons with mauve aurora borealis. Unfortunately, fifty some years later, we will never be able to prove where this pretty brooch originated.
As a collector, I have examined jewelry from several companies who were manufacturing rhinestone jewelry during the time Sherman pieces were being produced in Montreal. I have owned pieces of Coro, Trifari, Vendome, Jay Flex, Triad, Weiss, Boucher, Continental, Richelieu, Miriam Haskell, Sarah Coventry, Lisner and Le Couture just to name a few. The majority of these companies operated in the USA and were not overly familiar (and never were) or threatened by the jewelry being produced in Canada. I am sure they were all very successful in their own right without secretly copying and producing perfect Sherman look alike jewelry. To be quite honest and I hope I don't offend anyone, none of the companies mentioned were able to produce anything that even closely resembled Sherman quality with their name on it let alone secretly churning out perfect "unsigned" copies. Boucher, LeCoutier and Miriam Haskell created outstanding jewelry, however their rhinestone designs were so unlike Sherman, it's hard to believe we would ever be confused by them. So, if not a top notch jewelry factory creating these perfect impostors, then who?
If anyone or any factory was able to produce the quality, weight, color, heavily polished rhodium plating and unique multi-stacked designs mimicking Sherman creations, then we owe them a huge round of applause. I wish they would step forward and take a bow because they deserve to be recognized for their outstanding achievement in excellence. To be honest, if they do exist, I wish I knew who they were so I could collect more of their superior rhinestone jewelry!! Funny how their secret identity has been safe for all these years!!!


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We spent the afternoon in Busan roaming the Gwangbokro Culture and Fashion street in Busan. We just finished lunch at some relatives house and wandered off here to do some shopping and looking for a sweet treat.
M's mom wanted to show us some amazing organic milk soft serve Ice cream with honeycomb, so we wandered and wandered until we found a good place. We stumbled upon Janny Crepe House. At first glance, you won't be able to notice as you just assume they only have crepes.
As you look closer, you will see their display case filled with delicious honeycomb.
It's a small shop with a lot of people waiting, so there's not a lot of seats available. Best to have it to go and wander the streets to do more shopping. This is also very random, but they sell dolls as well.
Organic milk soft serve Ice cream with honeycomb (4,500 won = $4.50) was just beautiful. You have the soft serve on the bottom and then it is topped with a piece of honeycomb.
The way the honeycomb glistens beautifully. Everyone else loved the ice cream and honeycomb, but I personally felt it was a bit sweet. I just prefer less sweet treats. The texture of the honeycomb was crunchy kinda like a wafer. A cool treat to try out if you're ever in South Korea.
It's a unique treat and I've never seen this in Vancouver yet.

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Albertina's home as featured on Little Green Notebook!! The colors, the elegance! Visit the link for source info.
I would love to paint a lovely portrait of my children.
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This is gorgeous! I love the hot pink curtains of course. Family pictures are so great. I have so many photos of Cody and I through our house that I am sure people think it's creepy. LOL I just love holding onto memories.


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During his tenure, coder, I had to deal with a bunch of different layouts as the design of the newcomers (or sometimes just left people), and to the professionals. And in that time I managed to score a decent selection of the most common bugs in the layout, which is unable to avoid even the eminent experts. Just make a reservation - some organizations have internal 'requirements for design layouts ", and in theory, for non-compliance of design with these requirements, it must without question be sent back for revision, but the reality is that it is often easier to make the necessary changes, than chasing paper to -syuda on the tracker. But even in these "requirements" are mentioned, not all obviously possible "schools." I will try to bring the most popular and universal (without personal bindings). Oh, and bring all the bugs under the use of photoshop psd - well, I do it the de facto standard for web layouts. And I did not come across more models in the vector (and I must say, thank goodness).
1. Layout. The basis of the page layout, or the so-called skeleton.
a) The most famous and draws the mouth, but no less popular - width layout should always be less than the width of the display device purported to 20-24piks (correctly - at least 24piks).. Those. If we are preparing a document in 1024piks horizontal resolution, the maximum width of the layout -. 1000piks. I hope it is clear why - take into account the width of the scroll bar and window boarders. If someone believes that the slight elevation models is acceptable disregard scrollbar - it can be noted that the user can always shrink the window vertically, and ... This is probably the most time-consuming to edit the bug (if it is necessary to engage in a typesetter) - sometimes integrated graphics and / or markings simply makes it impossible to adequately do so. We have to cut out the pieces, scale, customize the rest of the content, etc. Horror, in short!
b) modular grid. Or rather not even a grid, and guides, conducted to the main unit / pictures - allow just spend time ruler between them and drive the value obtained in the css. Not critical, but very cool makes life easier. It should be noted that the models without guides are very rare. But in most cases the designer cost just a few guides to the main speakers.
c) Also known layout scourge - the so-called "fish" usually inscribed perfectly, and almost no one ever puts on extreme examples of content volume. And you have to guess, to clarify the behavior of a block overflow content or lack of it (such as the proportion of the image does not correspond to those laid down in the layout - sprinkle, if so, how to enter, and so on, or the name / surname of the user? It is longer than the "Ivan Ivanov" well, etc.)
d) «Rubber". You want to "rubber"? Be so kind as to make 2 layout for minimum and maximum resolution to coder not wondered - what kind of blocks and how to reach!
2. Typography.
a) Sets. There is a well-known list of "safe fonts." Most up to date with it. But sometimes the mold some Myriad Pro and rushed ... You start to explain that it is not included in the standard package with the OS, despite the fact that the wildly popular. In most cases, the designer goes forward and makes the replacement of furniture, but there are those who are beginning to learn ... They say, and you do not know the properties of @ font-face. Yes I am aware of something, but 1 - give me a normal print quality, so I can convert it (any font-squirell are rendering a very nasty not "typical" pins) 2 and we are someone else's copyright is not violated? In most cases, it turns out, yes - the font, the paid one. In short, a bunch of problems.
b) Font smoothing must always be switched off! And I do not have to "cure" someone of the browsers out there knows something. Well, IE can, for example - and what? It has no idea fotoshopnye "sharply", "smooth", etc. And in fact it turns out - the manager says one layout and output layout have gnarled unreadable garbage. And who is to blame?
c) Leading. Always has to be put down at least "auto" (usually it means the following "standard" value after a pin, but not exactly - you have to choose manually), but rather a specific value. Because css always takes the value of a size and leading. And you will not believe - for his career in the window leading value I've seen, probably, all the possible values in principle.
d) The non-default (100%) interalphabetic / word spacing also causes the sharply tense - what is it? The remains of the "old settings"? Bliss designer? Or indeed informed the reception - it is necessary to clarify.
e) From the text effects only permissible shadow, and everything connected with it the possibility can be emulated (glow and stroke), inner shadow and the gradient is not supported by the css (and even through js - the more "fun").
3. The effects and graphics.
a) The effects of the layers is better not to reduce - as some of the effects can be realized through CSS, and this optimization.
b) In the layers and effects DO not use any layer blending mode other than Normal, because it depends on the underlying layers - and this applies even to mix the layers and paste using graphics. It is generally epic! As some slapped the overlay, and then one way out - to reduce all layers and obtravlivat element, and it should be noted, at times akin to drawing vector - especially if any glow / shadow with a large radius.
c) With the use of the mind effects - why affix labels one color, and then use the effect of "color overlay" ??? Why use external and internal shadow simultaneously? etc. Gradient - okay, negotiated separately ...
d) For the implemented graphics (icons, buttons, and other decor) - it is desirable to reduce the layers to not coder Layout rummaging in search of the necessary layers. And it is better to insert a smart object - very quickly becomes the implemented image and if necessary it is possible to make changes.
4. Others.
a) It would be nice to have finished css-sprite with all the design elements and put down the guide - but this area of SF!
b) It is desirable to follow the layout of an explanatory note, which will be listed:
- Headsets used (to be able to immediately register the primary font family for the page and modify its individual units only);
- Units with the use of "opt-in" Leading and intervals;
- Color schemes - once prescribed colors for the main text blocks (all colors used makes no sense to list), color options - by default, to restore, the visited; reference color gradients used etc.
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Parents have learned that MAE is an extremely unpredictable disorder to treat – there really is no right answer for the anti-epileptic medication (AED). The dosage, titration schedule, and whether it works or has severe side effects is also highly variable for each child.
MAE can be difficult to treat because it doesn't always respond to medications. However, newer medications released over the past decade – including Felbatol, Zonegran, Keppra – are proving to be highly effective for MAE which is one of the reasons that long-term outcomes for our children have improved. See medications recommended for MAE.
One drug, or perhaps two or more
Treating specialists will try to achieve seizure control with one medication (monotherapy). It may involve trialling several types of medication. If the epilepsy fails to respond to monotherapy, a second or even third medication may be introduced (polytherapy) to achieve control.
Some children are fortunate to find seizure freedom with the first medication they try. For some it may take patience, perseverance, trial and error before they find a medication that works. Or may involve using more than one medication (polytherapy)
Drug sensitivity and paradoxical seizures
In MAE, it is not uncommon for some children to find that medications – whether used as monotherapy or polytherapy – actually increase the severity or frequency of seizures (which means that they cause paradoxical seizures or a worsening of the condition). Parents have seen that even medications which are specifically recommended for MAE can cause this paradoxical reaction. For one child, the standard therapeutic level of an AED may be the answer, but for another child the same levels might lead to toxicity.
Perhaps this reaction is common in MAE and similar disorders involving multiple seizure types because what works for one seizure type (say, absence) may lead to the worsening or even the emergence of another seizure type (say, tonic-clonic). What we have learned from parents in our webring is that this susceptibility to paradoxical seizures is not uncommon.


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At Lifespring we are a family, and family knows the value of demonstrating Jesus' love for one another, by serving each other – particularly during a time of need.
Our Care Team provides meals, lawn care, and a variety of other assistance when we find one of our family members in need.
John 13.34-35: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
1Peter 4.8-11 "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen."


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MP promotes own agenda on local news website
Jul 7th, 2008 | By Reesh Lyon | Category: News
A NATIONAL backbencher has been filing news stories on one of New Zealand's first local news websites – the Flying Pickle in Wellington's Ohariu-Belmont electorate – and the Electoral Commission says that may be a breach of the Electoral Finance Act.
But unless the commission receives a complaint, it says it won't be making a ruling on whether National list MP Katrina Shanks is using the site for unauthorised political advertising.
Although blogs and personal views are exempt from the EFA, any promotion of a party or candidate not defined within these areas could be in breach of the act, says Electoral Commission chief executive Dr Helena Catt.
Labour rival Charles Chauvel said someone alerted his staff to Ms Shanks' use of the site: "My campaign manager told me about it last week, after a Korokoro resident mentioned to her that Katrina Shanks was using it to get herself a lot of free publicity."
He applauded Ms Shanks for finding new ways to publicise her message, but said there "may be a risk of being seen as advertising or endorsing that party or candidate's message".
In that case, Ms Shanks and the National party risked having to account for the cost of the use of the website.
Ms Shanks declined to comment, saying she had "been advised not to, due to the EFA issues".
The Flying Pickle describes itself as "a free community website for suburbs of Korokoro, Maungaraki and Normandale".
University of Otago electoral law expert Andrew Geddis said there was little legal certainty around the issue.
"Exactly what is and isn't covered by [the Act] is unclear and hasn't yet been defined by the Electoral Commission or the courts."
Some of Ms Shanks' posts on the website are presented as news – using a byline and standard journalistic format – and have attacked the Labour party while promoting herself and her party.
In an article entitled "Maternity Care Survey Just Labour Spin", Ms Shanks wrote: "Associate Health Minister Steve Chadwick is completely out of touch," and she attacked Labour's heralding of a recent survey as "misleading comments from misguided Ministers".
Another article, entitled "More mums pay for Labour's workforce crisis", criticised Labour policy as "utterly failed" and promoted National, which she claimed "proposes a number of measures to start tackling the health workforce crisis".
The Act says election advertisements that promote parties or candidates must be authorised in writing by the party's financial agent.
Ms Shanks does not provide contact details for herself or National's chief financial agent on the website.
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Great early gift ideas for Christmas
Whether we're ready to face the facts or not, the Christmas season is well and truly on its way. This year, why not break the usual trend and buy your gifts with plenty of time up your sleeve?
Buying with plenty of notice will help you to find great bargains on the sorts of gifts that your friends and family will love. By cutting out a bit of that last minute panic, you won't be tempted to fork out too much money and you can rest easy knowing the festive season won't be full of stress.
With this in mind, here's a look at 3 easy Christmas gift ideas that can be found on Very.co.uk, so you don't get caught out during the Christmas rush.
1. Pyjamas
A nice new set of pyjamas is just the sort of gift that most women in your life will appreciate. The weather is already cooling down, and as we all know it will be positively chilly come Christmas. PJs are just the sort of thing we want a new purchase of, but are usually reluctant to spend money on. Whether you opt for silky and slinky, or think your mum would appreciate warm and cosy – PJs are a sure fire buy that will bring a smile to their face. If you really want to spoil your loved one, couple it with a new pair of comfy slippers or a matching dressing gown.
2. A watch
Here's a gift idea for men and women alike. A new watch is a stylish and sleek addition to your accessories draw. Yet unlike a new necklace, a watch is one of those rare purchases that you can wear practically every day. This can make it a really heartfelt way of staying close to your loved ones with a sentimental gift. Why not go the extra step and have the inside of the watch engraved with the Christmas year and a special message?
3. A getaway
Who doesn't need a holiday? And at the end of the day, come Christmas Eve most people will really appreciate a bit of sunshine far more than any hand cream or scented candle. This is a really great present idea for couples to give to one another, rather than wasting money on yet another kitchen appliance. There are plenty of places to soak up some sun away from chilly England. Best of all, when you travel out of the peak season you can secure some seriously good deals on resort style accommodation and island getaways.


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These lift kits are simple and effective, delivering true additional clearance while maintaining a factory like ride. The upgraded suspension components that make up these kits are designed to take the place of your factory parts and install in their place. This makes installation quick and easy without the need for drilling or modifying your factory suspension.
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Since MaxTrac suspension components are designed to replace or enhance your existing suspension, there is no cutting or other modifications required to ensure a proper fit. You could install your own suspension, although we do recommend having it professional installed. MaxTrac recommends having your alignment checked after installing new suspension and adjusting your headlights if you have altered your ride height.


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Welcome to the next installation of the Passing Daisies 2013 Holiday Gift Guide!
Today, we are focusing on the music lovers in our lives. We've already talked about HIPSTERS and VEGANS, so make sure to check out those gift guides, too! Here's a look at other upcoming gift guides:
[The GEEK]
[The BOOK NERD]
[The VINTAGE]
[The TRAVELER]
[The DRINK SNOB]
[The DIY ENTHUSIAST]
[The BLOGGER]
So, music lovers. These are the people who know about pretty much every band and up-an-coming artist there is. You've probably never heard of them, but your friend definitely has and thinks they make great music. Your friend probably plays an instrument (or two), but if they don't, they want to learn. Keep reading for some unique gift ideas for those music junkies you know and love!
Spotify is way, WAY better than Pandora or iTunes Radio, and your friend probably knows that. A subscription to Spotify premium is $9.99 a month, so why not buy your friend a few months worth of advertisement free music? They can play their favorite songs on all their devices (iPhone, iPad, computer, etc.), and they can listen to entire albums for free.
This band is definitely NOT well known, but their music super catchy. It sounds retro and has a vintage feel, much like the artists themselves, Trent Dubbs and Amy Stroup.
Another indie rock band that's not too well known, Deas Vail has a GREAT sound. They have a great mix of acoustic and hard rock. Very catchy. While you're at it, check out the lead singer's solo stuff, Wesley Blaylock. "Falling Into You" is one of my all time favorite songs.
Go Local
All music lovers want to keep up with the local music scene, and probably enjoy attending local music concerts where they can discover new artists. Look up some bands from your area and buy your friend some local tunes. For Cincinnati, some local bands include Walk the Moon, Foxy Shazam, Archer's Paradox, Mia Carruthers & The Retros, and The Harlequins.
If your friend doesn't like getting rid of tickets from concerts, why not buy them a book where they can store them all?
A little bit hipster, a little bit music junkie. The best of both worlds!
Play those old fashioned records in a stylish new turntable! Any music guru will tell you how much better records sound than CDs.
Etsy has a bunch of cute, homemade lyric art, or you can shop local stores to support your local artists!
Why not get an awesome, hand stamped guitar pick? You can search Etsy and find a pick that says virtually everything, or special order a pick to say whatever you want.
I hope this gift guide has sparked some ideas for the music fanatics in your life! If not, hopefully I introduced you to some great new bands. Check out Deas Vail! Really, please check them out. I love that band!


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"Fuckity-Shit!" Initial Reaction to "Time Heist"
It's the fifth episode of series eight and you'd think that by now, after a streak of reasonably good episodes, that Doctor Who would be getting back into the swing of having pretty consistent quality in terms of episodes. Nope. … Continue reading
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Goldberg Variations - Matthew Halls - MusicWeb International
Of recent years the best recordings of the Goldberg Variations have been on the piano - not least from Angela Hewitt.
Matthew Halls, now better known as the director of the former King's Consort, bucks the trend by offering the music on a 2-manual harpsichord and by including all the repeats, thereby making his recording too long for a single CD. In the latter respect, he has the field entirely to himself, as far as I am aware. I was not convinced by the recent Virgin 2-CD budget-price reissue of Bob van Asperen's performance of the Goldbergs; though I liked the Toccatas on the other CD, I felt that there was a need for a modern recording on the harpsichord to rival Trevor Pinnock.
Having greatly appreciated Halls's recent recording of Handel's Parnasso in Festa I had high expectations of his Bach. I was not disappointed. I just wonder whether 91 minutes is not a little too long for the average listener - we aren't all insomniacs, as the original recipient is supposed to have been. For that reason alone, I shall not be ditching my copy of the Pinnock. Bach scholars, on the other hand, will particularly welcome the ability to hear the work at its full length.
Linn's 24-bit recording is excellent and, being at 44.1kHz, will play on Squeezebox, but it does take up a great deal of space, at over 1.5GB. In whatever form you choose - mp3 and 'ordinary' lossless are also available - an advantage of downloading is the ability to play the Goldbergs without break; on CD a change is required.


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Glitter and Tinsel!
Who can resist a bit of sparkle when it comes to putting up your Christmas decorations? I certainly can't.
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Glitter and tinsel, (along with pine needles if you have a real tree), have to be public enemy number 1 when it comes to creating extra mess.
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I prefer to use ribbons to tinsel, but with a young child who loves tinsel, we have to put some out. Before placing it on your tree, give it a shake outside to remove loose bits. I still find lots of loose bits on my carpet when I've finished, but every little helps (sorry to pinch Tesco's tag line!). Don't be tempted to run for the vacuum cleaner as tinsel can cause blockages, use a dustpan and brush to clear this up when you've finished decorating.
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2014 Recap
Tomorrow is the last day of 2014. So what could be better than a 2014 Year Recap!?
Thanks, guys. I can hear the groans from here.
But 2014 was a year of BIG changes for me. Like, big. HUGE.
In the same year, I became the Assistant Director of Student Life at Ivy Tech and then made the difficult decision to give it all up and pursue my passions with Blueline. I had chronic heartburn for about a month while all of the pieces fell into place, and despite my initial reservations of walking away from a place where I had planted roots, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
I got to know Amanda, my supervisor in the Student Life office. Though we only worked together for a short time, I'm confident that there is no other human being walking this planet whose sense of humor is more in sync with mine.
We also welcomed a chinchilla into the family this year. I still haven't formed a true opinion of him yet because he hates me. Kevin only slightly hates Clayton.
I became an aunt again when my oldest sister had her second son, Jonah.
We lost a good friend and an amazing man when Matthew Patton passed away.
I started and mostly destroyed my very first summer garden.
I learned a lot about wine. Like, a lot.
I totaled my beloved Pontiac G6 and now drive an SUV, but I'm counting my blessings because I paid for that car in full and it has all 4 hubcabs and keyless entry.
I got to experience zip-lining twice this year, I finally saw The Book of Mormon and I met Pete Holmes.
I PR'd in my 8th half marathon this November.
My favorite pictures of 2014:
No matter how you choose to ring in the New Year, I pray that 2015 will be a blessed year for you all! Thank you for reading! See ya next year. ;)


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Is This the Most Powerful Man in Sports?
In the NBA, all roads lead to one man, whom you've probably never heard of: William Wesley—a.k.a. Worldwide Wes—the most connected, most discreet, most influential man on and off the court
Auburn Hills, Michigan, November 2004. William Wesley, a middle-aged mortgage broker, runs onto the court to shield Ron Artest from a uniformed police officer wielding a can of pepper spray. Artest's teammates are trading haymakers with fans; coaches and referees are struggling to restore order. The mortgage broker lunges forward and throws his hands in the cop's face, and in the next instant, Pacers teammates Austin Croshere and Reggie Miller rush to restrain Artest. Through a tempest of tossed soda and popcorn, Wesley moves on to shepherding the Pacers' Jermaine O'Neal on the court. Once in the tunnel, O'Neal breaks free, but Wesley wraps him in a bear hug and drags him to the locker room.
Two years later, when I ask Reggie Miller about Wesley's presence on the court, he'll say: "What the hell is he doing out there in the middle of all that? I mean, what is he doing? He has no business out there! He injects himself into the middle of everything!"
Others weren't quite so surprised to see William Wesley—or Wes, as he's known—in the middle of the fray. "At any given time, if you look at any sporting event, there's a very good chance you're going to see Wes," says NBA analyst David Aldridge. Over the years, Wes has been spotted hugging Jerry Jones on the field after a Cowboys Super Bowl win, high-fiving University of Miami football players after a national championship win, and embracing Joe Dumars after the Pistons won the NBA Finals. He's been spotted sitting next to Jay-Z at the NBA All-Star Game, with Nike czar Phil Knight at the Final Four, and trolling the sidelines of Team USA practices in Las Vegas and Japan. "People who really know Wes," says superagent David Falk, Wes's longtime friend, "know that he's one of the two or three most powerful people in the sport."
In his March 2005 ESPN "Page 2" column, the well-known basketball writer Scoop Jackson wrote, "I believe Phil Knight is the most powerful man in sports next to Wes Wesley." Eight months after Jackson's column, New Jersey-based basketball journalist Henry Abbott mounted an obsessive open-source investigation on his blog, TrueHoop, that brilliantly illustrated how, if you look closely at the various forces at work in basketball at every level of the sport—the AAU programs that funnel players to college programs, the agents looking to land players as early as NBA rules allow, the shoe companies, coaches, franchise owners, front-office ecutives, players—it eventually dawns on you that they have one thing in common: William Wesley.
So why have you never heard of him? Whenever I told journalists, players, agents, and NBA ecutives the subject of this article, the common reaction was an amused chuckle and then "Good luck." Very few people, even Wes's friends, are able to describe his role. Chicago Sun-Times writer Lacy Banks recalls his confusion upon meeting Wes twenty years ago: "I thought he worked for the Secret Service or the FBI or the CIA. Then I thought he was a pimp, providing players with chicks, or a loan shark or a bodyguard or a vice commissioner to the league." The few people who know what Wes is really up to aren't talking. And that's the way Wes likes it.
Many of the stories circulating about Wes are sensationalistic: He was a guest at Frank Sinatra's funeral. He worked as an operative for his close friends Bill and Hillary Clinton. Spike Lee is planning a movie about his life. Of all the rumors, the movie seems to make the most sense, because the story of how William Sydney Wesley, the child of a middle-class family from southern New Jersey, turned himself into Worldwide Wes is such a perfect realization of the modern American dream—full of old-fashioned wheel-greasing, hustling, and social climbing—that it feels like it was written for the big screen.
The story begins in the early 1980s at Pro Shoes, a lunchbox-sized store in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, that serviced hoops stars from all over the Delaware River Valley—from local high school stars to 76ers like Darryl Dawkins and Doug Collins. William Wesley, age 16, was the preternaturally suave salesman who knew all about the clientele. He knew the pro players from TV, and he knew the high schoolers from bumping shoulders with them on the court—there was Leon Rose, the crafty point guard from Cherry Hill East, and those two juggernauts from Camden named Billy Thompson and Milt Wagner.
"Wes was my best friend," Wagner says. "My whole career, he followed me everywhere I went."
In 1981, Milt headed to Louisville, where he made three trips to the Final Four and won a national championship. In 1987, when Milt went on to the Los Angeles Lakers, Wes was there, too, taking it all in, learning that young men, as they make the transition from college to the NBA, have needs. "If a player needs a custom-clothing designer, Wes can help you with that," Banks says. "Need a hairstylist who knows how to do complicated cornrows? Wes can do that."
In 1989, Kenny Payne, one of Milt's former Louisville teammates, introduced Wes to fellow 76er Rick Mahorn, who in turn gave Wes a job as the doorman at his Cherry Hill nightclub, a favorite bump-and-grind spot for Philly's pro athletes. It wasn't long before Wes was running the place.
Recalling that early period, 2 Live Crew frontman Luther Campbell tells me, "My claim to fame is that I took Wes on his first flight on a jet. We went to the NBA All-Star Game, we went to the University of Miami games, we went everywhere. We were at a Mike Tyson fight in Atlantic City, and Wes took me back into the casino vault! With the money! You only get to go back there if you're an employee or you're one of the boys. I said, Oh, my God! Who the hell are you, Wes? What'd you do?' And Wes said, I just know everybody.' "
Wes's big break came in the late 1980s or early 1990s, when Milt Wagner put him in a room with Michael Jordan. Jordan ended up giving Wes a job at his basketball camp. After that, according to Lacy Banks, "Wes just popped up out of nowhere. You'd see him in locker rooms, courtside at games, in the hotels, restaurants, everywhere." By late 1993, Wes had taken up residence in Chicago. Being close to Jordan and the Bulls was good for business.
Chicago is where Wes became friends with, among others, the Clintons, Phil Knight, and Reebok ec Tom Shine. He made allies in the media, providing inside information and facilitating interviews with difficult-to-reach stars, and he gained a reputation as a trustworthy adviser/fir for at-risk athletes. "I know of a particular NBA player who got into a staggering gambling situation," says Shine. "The people this guy lost money to, they were not nice guys. Wes saved him from getting killed."
In 1997, when Allen Iverson was arrested for possessing marijuana and a concealed weapon, Wes stepped in to clean up the mess. According to Reebok ecutive Que Gaskins, Iverson's constant companion during that period, "After Allen got in trouble, Wes called to check in on us and make sure we had the right resources and the right people to get in touch with. He was very close with Billy Hunter [head of the National Basketball Players Association] and wanted to make sure that if Allen wanted his voice heard, he and Billy had a conversation."
Numerous sources also told me that Wes played a significant role in mediating peace between Iverson and his coach, Larry Brown. One well-circulated anecdote tells of Wes urging A.I. over speakerphone to quit bitching and get his ass to practice. Coaches around the league took notice of the sway Wes had with players. "Put it this way," says Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown. "If I have a problem and I need an outside influence, I know I can call him. We talk all the time."
In 2001, Wes's godson and Milt's son, Dajuan Wagner, was the consensus best high school basketball player in the world. If Dajuan had entered the NBA draft after his junior year at Camden High, he might have been the number one pick. But Wes persuaded him to let the NBA wait and spend a year or two playing for John Calipari at the University of Memphis. The deal came with plenty of strings attached: Wes made it clear to Calipari that Dajuan was more inclined to sign with a school that also gave a free ride to his best friend, Arthur Barclay, an all-state player who'd been passed over because of poor test scores. (Done.) Then Milt, despite lacking a college degree, was hired to be Memphis's head of basketball operations. When news of the deal leaked out, the media crucified Calipari, painting it as nothing more than legalized graft. Wes answered accusations that something shady had gone down, saying, "Man, I've heard the second-guessing. It's simple: Juanny needed to improve his defense and prove that he can play on the next level. Coach Cal can help him do that. What do I have to gain by him going to Memphis?"
Wes had been managing Dajuan's career since the boy was 11, and so when it came time for Dajuan to head to Memphis, Wes went along. After only one season—in which Dajuan averaged twenty-one points a game—Calipari called Milt and Dajuan into his office. "I tore up Dajuan's scholarship in front of him to make sure he understood he wasn't coming back," Calipari says. Dajuan was ready for the NBA. The Cavaliers selected him in the rst round of the 2002 draft, and as Dajuan made his move from college to the pros, Wes was there to ease the transition. In his rst year, Dajuan was among NBA rookie leaders in scoring, assists, and minutes played.
Injuries and illness derailed Dajuan's career after a few seasons, but Wes already had another, more lucrative reason to stick around Cleveland: Less than an hour away, in Akron, a teenage phenom named Le-Bron James was capturing imaginations.
My first in-the-flesh glimpse of Wes is through binoculars during halftime of a Cavaliers game at Quicken Loans Arena as he stands on the end line kibitzing with Cavs GM Danny Ferry. With the break winding down, Wes shakes Ferry's hand and starts walking up the sideline, stopping along the way to man-hug security guards and high-five ball boys. His seat is center court, first row, next to a brunet in a tight pink T-shirt. He sits back, arms folded across his chest, legs extended. Every couple of minutes, he plucks a cell phone from a belt holster; sometimes he has a phone pressed against each ear. When LeBron slashes to the hoop and throws down a two-handed slam, I detect a trace of a grin. Otherwise, he remains expressionless.
Earlier in the week, when the Toronto Raptors were in town, I spotted LeBron's agent, Leon Rose, a close friend of Wes's from back in the Pro Shoes days. (Rose also happens to be Wes's attorney.) Ten years ago, Rose's client list consisted of the itinerant scrub Rick Brunson and a handful of foreign players. Then, in 2002, seemingly out of nowhere, Rose somehow bagged Dajuan Wagner and Allen Iverson. Soon after, he was hired by Richard Hamilton. And then, in 2005, he landed the most desired client in the world, LeBron James.
Rose is coy about his relationship with Wes, but according to many sources, it's no coincidence that nearly all of Rose's clients are Wes's "nephews." LeBron James was 15 when Wes started attending games at Akron's St. Vincent–St. Mary. Wes befriended Eddie Jackson, LeBron's surrogate father, then became acquainted with LeBron's family and eventually won over LeBron himself by introducing him to his idol, Jay-Z.
But Leon Rose never formally entered the LeBron sweepstakes. Ultimately, West Coast agent Aaron Goodwin won the right to represent him. His first order of business was structuring more than $120 million in endorsement contracts before LeBron ever set foot on NBA hardwood. Still, Goodwin's hold on LeBron was tenuous. Wes tells me everybody had a hunch the relationship wouldn't last. Goodwin has a history of being fired by superstar clients. And although Wes was already acting as LeBron's adviser, insiders speculate that he was really seeking to pry the young star from Goodwin: In 2003, Wes moved into an apartment just across the hall from LeBron's downtown-Cleveland digs.
Two years later, in May 2005, LeBron severed ties with Goodwin. (Wes insists that he had nothing to do with the decision.) And two months after that, LeBron hired Leon Rose.
Although they missed out on the millions in commission money that Goodwin pocketed from LeBron's endorsements, the benefit to Wes and Rose was astounding. (Wes denies any financial quid pro quo with Rose.) Rose recently brought his practice to the Hollywood talent agency CAA, putting at his disposal multifaceted promotional services and nearly unlimited resources. And his sudden clout was showcased during the first round of the 2006 NBA draft, when the New York Knicks selected six-foot-eight-inch swingman Renaldo Balkman, a pick that caused ESPN's Chad Ford to say, "Renaldo Balkman?… He averaged fewer than ten points per game…. No other team would've taken him in the rst round…. Wow." Greg Anthony called the selection of Balkman "befuddling" and later hypothesized that Isiah Thomas had selected Balkman and Temple University guard Mardy Collins because both were clients of Leon Rose, and that taking these players in the rst round might help them in the pursuit of free agent LeBron James.
A month later, LeBron signed a three-year contract with the Cavs. And the Knicks still suck. But the implication was out there: Leon Rose has the power to influence the NBA draft and the larger marketplace.
When I present this theory to David Falk, he stops me and says, "Leon Rose doesn't have any clout. Wes has clout."
As I stand outside the locker room last December, a Cavs media liaison grants me five minutes with LeBron for a postpractice chat. "Can you describe your relationship with Wes?" I ask. "Friend? Adviser? Both? What kind of advice does he provide? What services?"
He looks down at me and says softly, "He's a great guy. I met him a few years back. He's been a great role model to me. I can only say good things about him."
"As a role model," I ask, "what's he in your ear about?"
He adjusts the giant silver earphones fid above his temples and says, "That's kind of personal information, honestly. What's said, what goes on with, you know, our family, stays with our family. But as far as him being a good person—he's always been good to me. He's never asked me for anything. He's always been trustworthy to me, and I respect him for that."
He's never asked me for anything. According to Reebok ecutive Tom Shine, "Wes doesn't have a hidden agenda, unlike a lot of other people in the grass roots and the college- basketball business and the agent business and all of the other businesses that attach themselves like barnacles to these players." Luther Campbell: "He doesn't come o¬n as no salesman. You know, Wes never asks for nothing." John Calipari: "Why would a pro player shun everybody else but bring this guy into the fold? Because he never asks for anything."
He never asks because the players already provide him with what he needs most: access. Wes's relationships with the NBA's elite players give him access to the owners and general managers of every team in the league. (Not to mention agents, media, and corporate ecs.) In 2004, Reebok sent Wes to Athens with Team USA to manage Allen Iverson. Wes stayed in the players' quarters on the Queen Mary 2, placing him in close proximity to LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, and other superstars. He was granted access to Team USA practices and functions that were off¬-limits to players' families and entourages during last summer's World Championships, landing him alongside twenty-three other players Leon Rose covets. (Wes's presence caused quite a commotion. As Henry Abbott reported on TrueHoop, "Two independent sources confirm that one, if not more, NBA agent was livid at USA Basketball for letting William Wesley into closed sessions with the young and impressionable stars of Team USA. It's an agent's worst nightmare to have someone like that hanging around your player in a closed session.") Nike also provides Wes with access to the nation's premier prep players at their summer basketball camps. And access to these kids means access to college coaches. William Wesley's world is integrated to the max. Working for nobody allows him to work for everybody.
What's it like to meet William Wesley? What's it like to be sucked into his vortex of power and connectivity? In January, Henry Abbott sends me the phone number for a man named Gregory Dole. Dole, he says, has a story he wants to share. A story that will tell me what it's like to meet William Wesley.
Dole lives in Brazil, where he works as a basketball coach and scout. In the winter of 2003, he tells me, he accompanied a then unknown Brazilian guard named Leandro Barbosa to the States. Barbosa, who spoke not one word of English, was determined to play in the NBA, so Dole arranged showcases with a number of NBA teams. Their tour passed through Cleveland, where they met Ron Harper—a fifteen-year NBA veteran and longtime friend of Wes's. After seeing Barbosa's highlight tape and declaring that the 20-year-old Brazilian was good enough to play in the NBA, Harper invited Barbosa and Dole to watch the Cavaliers take on the Knicks. When the game was over, according to Dole, "We were chatting with Ron and LeBron and his crew, when this guy makes a beeline for Leandro. Wes knew everybody else in the group, so he made a point of getting to know who we were. He peppered us with questions: Who was Leandro? Where did he play? He found out we were visiting from Brazil and joked, I'm going to come to Brazil, and I want you to organize for me to have sex with a di¬fferent woman every day.' " Then Wes said, _ I want you to meet my close friend Allan_. Allan was former Knicks star Allan Houston. Barbosa's knowledge of the NBA was limited. He knew about Michael, Magic, and Larry. But Allan Houston? Dole leaned in and told him about Houston's seven-year, $100 million contract. Barbosa, who was making $3,000 a month in Brazil, was awestruck. Before long, Barbosa and Dole were sitting in the back of Wes's Mercedes.
Wes asked Barbosa who his favorite player was.
"Michael Jordan," Barbosa said.
Wes activated the keypad on his steering wheel. And in an instant, the car's speakers filled up with the sound of a ringing phone. No answer. But then a voice: Michael Jordan asking the caller to leave a message. Dole had no clue who Wes was, but he and Leandro were blown away. The show was on.
_What kind of music do you like? _
Wes pounded away at the keypad, there was the sound of a phone ringing, and this time there was an answer. Jay-Z. He and Beyoncé were working late in the studio. There were a few moments of conversation, and Leandro attempted to sing Jay-Z's hit song "Hard Knock Life." Beyoncé laughed. Jay-Z laughed.
Wes called Nike's global director of basketball, Lynn Merritt. He called Scott Perry, director of player personnel for the Detroit Pistons. "Barbosa's going to be a big star," Perry said.
Then Wes drove them to Blue Point Grille, one of Cleveland's finer restaurants, where, according to Dole, he boasted about how he'd arranged Dajuan Wagner's contract with Nike and pressed Barbosa on his business dealings.
_Which sneaker companies are courting you? _
Reebok, Adidas, And-1."
_And-1 is no good, and stay away from that three-stripe shit. Nike and Reebok are the best. Who's your agent? _
Dole said he'd set Leandro up with a small-time guy named Michael Coyne. Wes just scoff¬ed.
"On our way out of the restaurant," Dole told me, "Wes said, See that man over there? He's the president of the Cleveland Browns. He just paid for our dinner. Let's go say hello.'"
William Wesley is the best MySpace page in the NBA's universe. Get on his friends list and just like that you'll be introduced to Le-Bron, D-Wade, Carmelo, Jay-Z, Phil Knight, Michael Jordan. You'll be connected to heads of industry, politics, and entertainment. You'll be given a key to the club. You'll be taken care of. But mainly, if you're a middling agent from New Jersey or a 15-year-old kid from Akron or a 20-year-old unknown from Brazil, what William Wesley off¬ers is pretty simple: He can pluck you from obscurity and turn you into a (very, very wealthy) somebody.
I know what it's like to meet William Wesley. In Cleveland I had attempted to dive headlong into his world, but he spit me out. So I fly to Detroit the day after Christmas to try to talk to Wes again. When he struts through the security door of the Palace, home of the Pistons, I nod at him, trying to get his attention. He stops. "How you doin'?"
"All right. All right."
"Where you from, again?"
"I've been hearing about you. That you've been misleading people. Asking a lot of questions about me. I'm not a story. I'm just a nice guy. I'm not powerful; that's a myth."
"I think you are—"
"Telling people that you're writing a story about one thing and then asking a lot of questions about me." He's angry that I've been looking into his association with high school players. "That's a land mine you sittin' on, boss."
"You going to be around this week?"
"Nah. I'm out of here."
"We should talk."
And then his tone changes. From slightly annoyed to confrontational. "Why should I talk to you? You should have come to me first."
"I wanted to do my homework first."
"If you've done your homework, then you'll know that there's a lot of sensational stuff¬ out there. I'm not going to talk to you now." He turns and begins walking away, then he stops, spins on a heel to face me. He extends a finger in my direction and says, "Because the moment you write one wrong thing…"
The Nike Super 6, a mid-January extravaganza of high school hoops staged at the World's Most Famous Arena, is exactly the type of event that Wes marks on his calendar. It's a chance for the next generation of superstars to put their talent on display in front of a crowd of thousands. Rick Pitino is here. Rumor is that John Calipari is in attendance. And Wes is here, too, seated courtside between a man named Reggie Evans and Eric Goodwin, the muscle-bound brother of LeBron's former agent, Aaron Goodwin. It's surreal to see Wes sitting next to Goodwin; by all accounts he loathes Wes. Between games, Wes mockingly waves to me.
This afternoon's main attraction is one Derrick Rose, a six-foot-three-inch blisteringly fast point guard from Chicago's Simeon Career Academy. Journalists and insiders who have followed Rose's career also noted Wes's presence on the sideline of Derrick's AAU games last summer. Rose's college choices came down to Memphis, Illinois, and Indiana. One journalist told me, "When I saw the list, I knew Derrick was going to Memphis." The prediction was correct.
When I talk to John Calipari, he says it makes sense that Wes would recommend Memphis to Derrick Rose. "It's the right fit," he tells me, and then adds, "Wes is a goodwill ambassador to our program."
In addition to Rose, another of Wes's "nephews" is showcasing his talents this afternoon: Tyreke Evans, Reggie Evans's brother. Scouting service Rivals.com ranks Evans among the best juniors in the country. It's easy to see why: Even when he's warming up, Tyreke has a stunning array of pull-up jumpers and fallaway jumpers and leaners and floaters. At one point, Tyreke stops to show Wes some love. By the fall, Tyreke will decide on a college, maybe UNC, U Conn, Louisville, Villanova, or Memphis.
Tyreke was 12 when Que Gaskins took notice of him at a basketball tournament. His coach hardly let him play, so Que and Allen Iverson started an AAU team called the Raiders. And Tyreke was the star. When his brother Reggie started believing the hype that Tyreke was NBA material, Que reached out to Wes: "They had so many people coming at them, and they were so green. They needed somebody who had the wisdom, a surrogate uncle who wouldn't have any vested interest in seeing Tyreke succeed or fail—would just do it out of love." Wes said to Que, "Send him to me. You know Uncle Wes got it."
"I like to call Wes a school without walls," Que says. He describes Wes connecting young players with their role models, guys like A.I. and LeBron. "They've already gone down that path. They've already made a lot of the mistakes that a kid like Tyreke is going to make. He gets the truth directly from their mouth. What kid wouldn't be motivated? What kid wouldn't want to work hard?"
Tyreke dominates the second half of the game, finishing with thirty-three points and six assists. It's a good day for Wes's nephews, and there are better days to come. Chances are good that a year from now, after one season at Memphis, Derrick Rose will be an NBA lottery pick. And a year after that, Tyreke Evans will follow suit. For now, though, Tyreke stands at center court, gripping his MVP plaque, trying not to blink at the flashbulbs. Wes stands five feet out on the court in a circle of people. A few feet away, Reggie Evans stands on the Garden floor, too, with his hands in his pockets, taking in the moment. Wes drapes an arm over Reggie's shoulder and pulls him closer. I think I can read Wes's lips: "Come here. There's somebody I want you to meet."
Alex French is a GQ researcher.


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It was a significant cross-town battle between the Burbank High and Burroughs girls' soccer teams when they met for the third time last season.
The teams, which both finished the season tied for fourth place in the Pacific League with 7-6-1 records, were forced to compete in a play-in match after the Bulldogs notched a 4-0 victory against their rival in the regular-season finale. Burbank also won the play-in contest, 2-1, in overtime to earn the final automatic playoff spot from the league.
The Indians ended up making the Division II playoffs with an at-large selection. Burroughs fell in a wild-card game against Lakewood, 4-0. Burbank also lost in a wild-card match against Rancho Cucamonga, 3-0.
Burbank and Burroughs have their share of returning players from last season's squads. The other two city teams, Providence and Bellarmine-Jefferson, will be looking to secure postseason berths with their share of talented players.


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|The apartment's Living Room as decorated
by Robert Denning for Marlene and Spencer Hays.
|The barrel-vaulted and mirrored Entrance Hall
is lined with paintings and drawings by Utrillo,
Ingres, Forain, Pissarro, and Matisse.
|The Library walls are paneled with elements
of a coromandel screen, repurposed by
the previous occupant.
|A drawing and a gouche by Pissarro
are displayed on an Empire table in a
corner of the Library.
|Jules Emile Saintain's La Menagere, 1866,
hangs over the secretaire a abattant in
the Master Bedroom.
|The bed in the Master Bedroom was made
from a pair of four-poster beds from the
Delano estate.
|Small sculptures by Maillol and Daumier
are displayed on shelves in the hall
outside the Dressing Room.
Parts I and III, showing the decoration by the previous and the subsequent owners will appear in future posts of The Devoted Classicist.


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Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, launches the First Announcement of the most significant regional medical education event TIMMED 2019. The Conference will be held in Timisoara, Romania, March 7-9, 2019.
The event will include lectures, poster sessions, workshops and open discussions, which is expected to improve knowledges in the field and to lead for a better understanding of most actual needs in medical education from our area and abroad.
Based on our previous experience, we really hope that TIMMED 2019 Conference will be helpful especially for students and young teachers involved in teaching of health professional programs.
TIMMED 2019 Conference proposes as main topic students' involvement in medical education based on their needs and expectations feedback as a start point to redefine teaching in medical education.
Several experts in the field as Prof. Geoff Norman (Canada), Prof. Anita Rieder (Austria), Anca Buzoianu (Romania), Richard März (Austria), Ferenc Bari (Hungary), Constantin Şora (Austria), Gottfried Csanyi (Austria), David Taylor (UK, U.A.E.) already have confirmed their presence at TIMMED 2019 as a guarrantee of high quality of such event.
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Jack Gilbert
When Jack Gilbert won the Yale Younger Poets prize in 1962 for Views of Jeopardy, he attained a kind of allure usually foreign to poets. His photo was featured in Esquire, Vogue, and Glamour, and his book was often stolen from the library. A Guggenheim Fellowship enabled him to go to Europe; he spent much of the ensuing two decades living modestly abroad. Although the literary world embraced him early in his career, he was something of a self-imposed exile: flunking out of high school; congregating with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Spicer in San Francisco but never really writing like a Beat poet; living in Europe and writing American poetry inspired by Pound and Eliot.
A self-described "serious romantic," Gilbert had a relationship with poet Linda Gregg, and was later married to sculptor Michiko Nogami, who died after 11 years of marriage. Many of his poems are about these relationships and losses. Gilbert's fourth book, Refusing Heaven (2005), contains, as poet Dan Albergotti describes, "poems about love, loss, and grief that defy all expectations of sentimentality. All of them are part of the larger poem, the poem that is the life of the poet, perhaps the most profound and moving piece of work to come out of American literature in generations."
Refusing Heaven won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilbert's work has also received a Lannan Literary Award for Poetry and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. His second book of poetry, Monolithos (1982), won the Stanley Kunitz Prize and the American Poetry Review Prize. Despite these awards, some critics have ignored or dismissed Gilbert, and critic Meghan O'Rourke, writing for Slate in 2005, pondered why: "Gilbert isn't just a remarkable poet. He's a poet whose directness and lucidity ought to appeal to lots of readers . . . the poet who stands outside his own time, practicing a poetics of purity in an ever-more cacophonous world—a lyrical ghost, you might say, from a literary history that never came to be."
In an essay he wrote to introduce his own work in the anthology New American Poets of the Golden Gate (1984), Gilbert pointed to the spareness of his work: "I am by nature drawn to exigence, compression, selection," he wrote. "One of the special pleasures in poetry for me is accomplishing a lot with the least means possible." Publishing only four books since he began writing over 50 years ago reinforces for his readers Gilbert's love of economy. In a 2006 interview on NPR, he reflected on his relatively sparse list of publications: "It's not a business with me . . . . I'm not a professional of poetry, I'm a farmer of poetry."


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I hope all of you mamas out there had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! Even though our weekend was a little busy, we snuck in a few quiet moments at the beach just to relax. It was so beautiful out, we just had to!
It's so amazing to be living close enough to the ocean to just "pop by" for a visit. Hubby and I are truly living one of our dreams.
Sometimes I sit back and wonder why it takes so long to get to points like this, when you are finally living one of your dreams. Because most times, its just yourself that is holding you back from living your true life. Why do we do this to ourselves?
We could have written a book of reasons why we shouldn't make such a big change and move so far away from our home town. But the reality was, there was nothing stopping us. I'm glad we were able to realize that and move past our fears to make the move. We've been living a dream of beauty, peace, and inspiration; living closer to nature and meeting new people with values more in tune to our own… and it all outweighs by a ton any negative thoughts or fears we had for moving.
Sometimes you just need to push past your fears and go for your dream. Because when paralyzed by fear, its hard to imagine the positive outcomes or possibilities that are awaiting you.
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." ~Henry David Thoreau
Have you ever went for a dream and truly lived it?


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Right, so today was the first Lolita Loppis, in Uppsala. It was rather small, but it was nice and I managed to get some things sold! Go me! There were three sellers there, me being one of them and a surprising amount of people showed up to shop or just look at the exhibition by Ulrika Minami Wärmling.
I'd really like to write a lot more about everything that happened today, but I'm dead tired so I'll just let you look at all the photos instead. *nods*


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Otto Ernest Winhold
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Otto Winhold, much loved husband of June, father of Karen and Kimberly, grandfather of Isabelle and father-in-law to Luc, passed away peacefully in his home in Fayston on Sunday, October 1, 2006.
He was born in Munich, Germany, on September 6, 1919, the son of a physician. In 1938, he joined the German military and served in the Air Force and the Navy as a pilot. In 1941, encouraged by his father, he entered medical school, qualifying in 1948 from the Universities of Munich and Tuebingen. Until 1953, he worked with his father in the family practice in Munich.
After his father died, he decided to spend some time in the United States, arriving alone on Ellis Island in New York City on July 1, 1953. With his medical degree, he was accepted into an internship program in New Jersey. From there he did a surgical residency in Illinois followed by a fellowship in anesthesia at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. It was there on the surgical floor that he met his wife, June, a surgical nurse at the time.
He waited for her after she left the Deaconess to pursue an alternative career as a flight stewardess, eventually convincing her to give up this exciting life (which included a party with Elvis Presley) and marry him in 1959. It was only then that he knew he would not return to Germany. They moved to New Jersey in 1960 and enjoyed an active social life.
In 1965, their first daughter Karen was born and in 1968 they moved to Vermont, where his second daughter Kimberly was born. He worked as an anesthesiologist at the Heaton Hospital in Montpelier, the Barre City Hospital and Gifford Memorial Hospital in Randolph. In 1969, he moved to Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin. Although Otto "retired" in 1985, he continued to practice anesthesia, commuting for eight years between his home in Northfield in the "Little Red Farmhouse" and Beebe Hospital in Delaware.
Otto's medical career was a big part of his life. He was one of the most beloved doctors of both the staff and patients at the hospitals, but he also had many interests outside work. He was an expert skier and tennis player, once holding the record for the most ski runs in one day at the Mad River Glen ski area. He spent many happy hours teaching his daughters these sports.
Otto's other talents included making wine and beer, carpentry and taking care of the family property. These practical skills were put to full use when his daughter Karen bought the Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm in 1993 and when the business moved to the new location in Fayston, where Otto and June designed and built their new house located over the barn and overlooking the forests of Vermont. Unfairly, only 10 months after moving into their new house, Otto had a stroke from which he only partially recovered. Since then, June has been his devoted caretaker.
No life is without tragedy. In September 2005, Kimberly died unexpectedly at the farm. Otto's and Kimberly's absence leaves the rest of the family lost and alone.
A celebration of Otto's life will be held later this fall. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the family at P.O. Box 577, Waitsfield, VT 05673. All donations will go towards the scholarship set up in Kimberly's name at the Northfield (Vermont) High School. For those wishing to extend on-line condolences, please visit barber-lanier.com.