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Black History Month, day 2
I could do an entire month's worth of daily posts just on collage by African-American artists. Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden, of course, and so many other artists of our own time who are taking collage in fascinating directions.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is new to me, and I love, love, love her work. It's mostly painting, with Xerox transfers and other collage elements, and frequently makes striking use of negative space. In the piece I Refuse to Be Invisible, invisibility seems to threaten each figure. Faces and hands, flat, recede into the design. The woman in the orange stripes seems less real than her clothes. The face of the woman turned toward us, though, defies being disappeared. She will be seen, and on her own terms.
I need to see this artist's work in person!
As I've done before, I'm challenging myself to blog about African-American* history, thought, and culture every day this month.
Today's post arises from my having just finished the audiobook of Letters to a Young Artist, by the actor, playwright, professor, and author, Anna Deavere Smith. She reads it herself, naturally, and I'm glad I heard it in her voice, though I am going to buy a paper copy as well. It's a book I'll want to reread, thumb through, underline bits of, pull off the shelf frequently, and give copies of to friends.
She's writing to a painter, and many of her examples come from acting and writing, but the advice–no, the wisdom–goes far beyond any particular art form. In fact, what the artist M. C. Richards once said kept running through my head as I listened to Smith's direct, engaging, humble yet confident words: All the arts are apprenticeships; the true art is our life. It's life wisdom she's imparting here, as valuable for minister-me as artist-me, and most of all for human-me.
Not having a print version before me, I can't properly remember the things I wanted to underline and share. (I couldn't even place electronic bookmarks, because I was driving.) But if you're looking for a hopeful, urgent response to the crisi/es that we 21st century people face, try listening to the voice of Anna Deavere Smith.
*or African, or African diaspora
Black History Month, day 28
I've tried to make many of these entries positive, so as not to suggest that African-American history has been nothing but sorrow. The genius of black poets, leaders, artists, composers, dancers, writers, and organizers is the heritage of African-Americans and other Americans–for that matter, of all of humanity.
Still, there are tragic passages of history I have wanted to include. First, they're part of our history and think we can learn who we are by learning our country's history, just as we learn it by knowing our family's story and our own. Second, they also tell us about the tremendous courage, creativity, and perseverance of African-Americans. It gives me hope for the human spirit even as it makes me feel sick at how cruel and ignorant we can be. And third, they counteract the racism, and internalized racism, that says African-Americans must be near the bottom of the social structure because of some fault within themselves or their culture.
One of the phenomena I didn't know about until a few years ago is the sundown town: a town where black people were prevented by official policy, enforcement by police or unchecked vigilantes, restrictive covenants, and the like from "allowing the sun to set on them"–in other words, they could pass through, spend money, even work (usually as laborers or domestics) there, but not live there. (There have also been towns that were "sundown" to Jews, Chinese, Native Americans, Mexicans, and others. San Jose, California, now home to more people of Vietnamese descent than anywhere outside of Vietnam, used to exclude Asians.) I touched on this a bit early in the month in my entry about the Green Book. The national expert on it is James Loewen, whose book, Sundown Towns, is a fascinating read; you can also read about sundown towns on his website, and look up towns you know.
Surprise: they will mostly be outside the South. He began his research in his home state of Illinois, and eventually confirmed 456 sundown towns there; in Mississippi he has confirmed only a handful. The phenomenon of white Americans creating white-only towns (sometimes by violently expelling the towns' black residents) took hold around the end of Reconstruction and was most widespread from 1890-1940. It declined, but didn't end, then; at the time of his research a few years ago, some towns were still effectively closed to certain groups, usually black people. At its peak, Loewen surmises that "probably a majority of all incorporated places kept out African-Americans" (2).
Levittown, the famous planned community that began in New York and was also established in three other states, is widely credited with establishing suburbia and the American middle class. It made home ownership available to blue-collar families. Which blue-collar families? White ones. Black people were not allowed to buy houses there. Repeat this pattern all over suburbia and you start to understand why African-Americans have found it so hard to gain a foothold in the middle class.
For the ambitious and history-minded, Loewen provides a guide to determining whether a given town is, or used to be, sundown. If you enjoy researching genealogy or local history, this is a great project, and Loewen will post your results.
Why bother, especially if the town's status changed two generations ago? Because the reputation lives on, if not among the people who have always been allowed to live there, then among the excluded populations, with the result that they continue to feel excluded. Without ever being told straight out that people like me (Jews) used to be forbidden to live in Darien, CT, I knew it was a town I didn't want to drive through, much less live in. I would feel very different about it if the town formally acknowledged its history and apologized for the injustices of the past; until it does so, the impression it gives is that it is content to continue to ride the coattails of ancestral anti-Semitism. Likewise, if a town I live in used to exclude African-Americans, I'd want it to explicitly declare that those days were over and all were welcome, so that it didn't continue to maintain a de facto exclusion by its reputation.
Black History Month, day 27
I love this. Tip of the hat to Esther Bradley-DeTally, on whose blog I saw it, and thanks also for putting me on to Colorlines. com and arc.org (Applied Research Center: Racial Justice through Media, Research and Activism.
Can you feel the power?
I'm printing it out as a poster for my office window.
Black History Month, day 26
A poem from Audre Lorde:
Who Said It Was Simple
There are so many roots to the tree of anger
that sometimes the branches shatter
before they bear.
Sitting in Nedicks
the women rally before they march
discussing the problematic girls
they hire to make them free.
An almost white counterman passes
a waiting brother to serve them first
and the ladies neither notice nor reject
the slighter pleasures of their slavery.
But I who am bound by my mirror
as well as my bed
see causes in color
as well as sex
and sit here wondering
which me will survive
all these liberations.
and from Rita Dove:
The Bistro Styx
She was thinner, with a mannered gauntness
as she paused just inside the double
glass doors to survey the room, silvery cape
billowing dramatically behind her.What's this,
I thought, lifting a hand until
she nodded and started across the parquet;
that's when I saw she was dressed all in gray,
from a kittenish cashmere skirt and cowl
down to the graphite signature of her shoes.
"Sorry I'm late," she panted, though
she wasn't, sliding into the chair, her cape
tossed off in a shudder of brushed steel.
We kissed. Then I leaned back to peruse
my blighted child, this wary aristocratic mole.
"How's business?" I asked, and hazarded
a motherly smile to keep from crying out:
Are you content to conduct your life
as a cliché and, what's worse,
an anachronism, the brooding artist's demimonde?
Near the rue Princesse they had opened
a gallery cum souvenir shop which featured
fuzzy off-color Monets next to his acrylics, no doubt,
plus bearded African drums and the occasional miniature
gargoyle from Notre Dame the Great Artist had
carved at breakfast with a pocket knife.
"Tourists love us. The Parisians, of course"–
she blushed–" are amused, though not without
a certain admiration . . ."
. The Chateaubriand
arrived on a bone-white plate, smug and absolute
in its fragrant crust, a black plug steaming
like the heart plucked from the chest of a worthy enemy;
one touch with her fork sent pink juices streaming.
"Admiration for what?" Wine, a bloody
Pinot Noir, brought color to her cheeks. "Why,
the aplomb with which we've managed
to support our Art"–meaning he'd convinced
her to pose nude for his appalling canvases,
faintly futuristic landscapes strewn
with carwrecks and bodies being chewed
by rabid cocker spaniels. "I'd like to come by
the studio," I ventured, "and see the new stuff."
"Yes, if you wish . . ." A delicate rebuff
before the warning: "He dresses all
in black now.Me, he drapes in blues and carmine–
and even though I think it's kinda cute,
in company I tend toward more muted shades."
She paused and had the grace
to drop her eyes. She did look ravishing,
spookily insubstantial, a lipstick ghost on tissue,
or as if one stood on a fifth-floor terrace
peering through a fringe of rain at Paris'
dreaming chimney pots, each sooty issue
wobbling skyward in an ecstatic oracular spiral.
"And he never thinks of food. I wish
I didn't have to plead with him to eat. . . ." Fruit
and cheese appeared, arrayed on leaf-green dishes.
I stuck with café crème. "This Camembert's
so ripe," she joked, "it's practically grown hair,"
mucking a golden glob complete with parsley sprig
onto a heel of bread. Nothing seemed to fill
her up: She swallowed, sliced into a pear,
speared each tear-shaped lavaliere
and popped the dripping mess into her pretty mouth.
Nowhere the bright tufted fields, weighted
vines and sun poured down out of the south.
"But are you happy?" Fearing, I whispered it
quickly. "What? You know, Mother"–
she bit into the starry rose of a fig–
"one really should try the fruit here."
I've lost her, I thought, and called for the bill.
and from Alice Walker:
I said to Poetry
I said to Poetry: "I'm finished
with you."
Having to almost die
before some weird light
comes creeping through
is no fun.
"No thank you, Creation,
no muse need apply.
I'm out for good times–
at the very least,
some painless convention."
Poetry laid back
and played dead
until this morning.
I wasn't sad or anything,
only restless.
Poetry said: "You remember
the desert, and how glad you were
that you have an eye
to see it with? You remember
that, if ever so slightly?"
I said: "I didn't hear that.
Besides, it's five o'clock in the a.m.
I'm not getting up
in the dark
to talk to you."
Poetry said: "But think about the time
you saw the moon
over that small canyon
that you liked so much better
than the grand one–and how suprised you were
that the moonlight was green
and you still had
one good eye
to see it with
Think of that!"
"I'll join the church!" I said,
huffily, turning my face to the wall.
"I'll learn how to pray again!"
"Let me ask you," said Poetry.
"When you pray, what do you think
you'll see?"
Poetry had me.
"There's no paper
in this room," I said.
"And that new pen I bought
makes a funny noise."
"Bullshit," said Poetry.
"Bullshit," said I.
I really wanted to post "Seeker of Visions" by Lucille Clifton. To my ears its "walking men / wrapped in the color of death" are the world's accepted leaders and decision makers, the ones who casually sow death with their international wheeling and dealing, and ever since reading it a few days ago, I've been thinking about them and what she is saying to us. However, whoever holds her copyright doesn't like her poetry to be reproduced on the net. I recommend it.
I bet you have a poem by an African-American woman that you'd like others to see. If so, please post it, or give us the title/poet, in the comments!
Black History Month, day 25
Ella Baker, painted here by Robert Shetterly, was working for the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference when students inspired by the Greensboro lunch counter sit-in began sitting in at segregated libraries, pools, and parks–as well as restaurants–in protest. Baker asked the SCLC for some start-up funds and put out a call for student leaders at her alma mater, Shaw University. The result was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which, with Baker as one of their key mentors and guides, went on to organize the Freedom Rides, voter registration of people who were penalized harshly for registering (African-American voters often lost their jobs, or were assaulted, for registering), Freedom Schools, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. SNCC's John Lewis gave one of the most fiery speeches at the 1963 March on Washington, and under Stokely Carmichael's leadership it led the Black Power movement–and also dismissed the role of the women who had shaped it into such a force. In the meantime, Baker was forming yet another organization, the Southern Conference Educational Fund.
She had a genius for empowering others to take action, for leading them by helping them find their own authority. She distrusted reliance on prominent, charismatic leaders, saying, "Strong people don't need strong leaders." As she said of her earlier work developing the Young Negroes' cooperative league, which aimed to give its members economic power through unity, "The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use." It often is.
Black History Month, day 24
Alvin Ailey is another one of those people, like Romare Bearden or James Baldwin, for whom the "African-American" part in "greatest African-American _______" is obviously true but also misleading and subtly derogatory. Romare Bearden isn't only one of the greatest African-American collage artists, he's one of the best collage artists, period; James Baldwin is one of the country's best essayists and novelists; and Alvin Ailey is one of the best American choreographers–or so I have always heard. He certainly had a huge impact on the public awareness and appreciation of modern dance. According to the Kennedy Center website, "More than 23 million people in 71 countries have seen [Ailey's 1960 masterwork and signature piece] Revelations–more than any other modern dance work."
Ailey was born in Texas during the Depression, a time and place of tremendous poverty and danger for African-Americans. He and his mother, who raised him alone, moved to Los Angeles when he was 12, where he connected with his first dance teacher, Lester Horton. He danced for two years before he told his mother about it, and he knew her biases well; according to this brief biography, "When she first came to his dressing room and saw him in stage makeup, she slapped his face." But then, he kept other important aspects about himself hidden from her view and others'. The person who was deeply upset that I wrote about Bayard Rustin's being gay will not like this, but Ailey was too. He was part of that generation that was sexually active before anyone knew about this thing called Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and he died of AIDS in 1989, asking his doctor to give his cause of death as "blood dyscrasia" (i.e., an unspecified blood disorder) so that his mother would not have to cope with public shame.
His company is going strong, and so are lots of other black choreographers and dancers, and integrated companies that draw on African and African-American dance traditions. I started this post thinking I'd catch Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater when it comes to my area next month, and after poking around on the net, discovered that there is a festival of black choreographers that's closer to home, much less expensive, and probably more adventurous, at Dance Mission Theater this weekend.
I love modern dance. Where I went to college, dance was an established major (this is rare; academia has little respect for anything done with the whole body) and there were lots of dance performances, often free or a couple bucks, and of a wide variety of genres due to the school's strength in ethnomusicology. It was said that no one should graduate without taking Introduction to Dance. My senior year was very intense; I was working on two honors theses, one in religion and one in studio art. They occupied two different areas of my brain, one being a philosophical essay requiring analytical writing and the other being a series of big sculptures out of clay employing the skills of my hands and eyes. Still, both were highly philosophical and psychological in theme, and stressful to execute, especially over the same period of time, and I thought it was a good time to take one class in which I would demand nothing of myself but that I show up. Introduction to Dance seemed just the thing.
I loved it. It was like sculpture in motion. Instead of making it with clay, we were making it with our bodies, and I didn't worry about whether the choreography we created said something important or even all held together; I could just have fun. Come second semester, I signed up for Modern I. Sometime that winter, I went to a dance performance in the old chapel in the center of campus, and one piece, choreographed and danced by students, knocked my socks off. The dancers moved across the stage with the intensity of army ants. They swarmed up scaffolds and seemed to come from everywhere. The whole building came alive. If I had taken those classes and had that experience two years earlier, I thought then, I probably would have created a different major, something combining dance and sculpture, choreographing sculpture through time.
Ever since then, every couple of years I've looked for a dance class nearby, but modern is hard to find. It's usually jazz or ballet, or something called modern that looks more like what I think of as music-video dancing. (A student in my college's dance program said that when dancers from other schools visited, the performances contrasted sharply. How so, I asked. "They smile all the time, like you're never supposed to stop smiling while you're dancing." Our dancers smiled only if the dance called for smiling. We were Arty. I liked that.) I took a "Pilates dance" class but it was like doing all the warmups without ever getting to the creative bit. I was looking for something like what I'd done in college: dance not only as craft and exercise, but as art. When I moved to San Francisco a year and a half ago, I looked up dance classes and of course there are lots, but I didn't feel like I had time for anything but my drawing class on my day off. But reading about Ailey and his company has inspired me to do two things: buy tickets to the Dance Mission Theater for this weekend, and go to a modern dance class this Monday.
Black History Month, day 23
Who am I kidding. This letter is for everyone: for those who were meant to perish and for those whose innocence is indicted here because it is the "innocence" of those who do not wish to see.
My father and my sweetie both spoke this week of the importance of James Baldwin to them, naming him when I asked people for their favorite African American writers. Now I've gotten to a passage in Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow quoting from The Fire Next Time, a book I haven't read since American Lit, in 11th grade. Baldwin is writing to his nephew.
This is the crime of which I accuse my country and my countrymen, and for which neither I nor time nor history will ever forgive them, that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it . . . . It is their innocence which constitutes the crime . . . . This innocent country set you down in a ghetto in which, in fact, it intended that you that you should perish. The limits of your ambition were, thus, expected to be set forever. You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being, You were expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity . . . . You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp on reality. But these men are your brothers –your lost younger brothers. And if the word integration means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it. For this is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it; great men have done great things here, and will again, and we can make America what it must become. It will be hard, but you come from sturdy peasant stock, men who picked cotton and dammed rivers and built railroads, and, in the teeth of the most terrifying odds, achieved an unassailable and monumental dignity. You come from a long line of great poets since Homer. One of them said, The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off . . . . We cannot be free until they are free. God bless you and, Godspeed. (The Fire Next Time, 5-10)
He wrote that fifty years ago. It's a drop in the ocean of anti-African bigotry going back before the transatlantic slave trade, but fifty years still seems like a long time to keep our eyes on the prize. A long time to hold on.
Black History Month, day 22
What I want to write about for today is how Haiti went from a brutally oppressive slave plantation to an independent nation, but what I mostly know about Haiti is how little I know. I just find it intriguing, for several reasons: how widespread the revolt was, a real grassroots movement. How they defeated England, Spain, and Napoleon, for heaven's sake. How the successful revolt by slaves got the attention of US Americans: definitely that of northern abolitionists and southern newspapers, who commented on it, and surely that of enslaved people as well. The question of whether the Haitian revolutionaries were inspired by the US war of independence (seems likely enough), in which case there is an elegant circling-round, with our revolution partially inspiring theirs, then theirs in turn inspiring our "next revolution," the Civil War. The interesting personalities of the leaders, such as Toussaint L'Ouverture and Boukman Dutty (I'm finding myself wanting to read a biography of each, and I almost never read biographies). How complex the racial and class relationships were, with a caste of black landowners, maybe even an aristocracy, such as never existed in the antebellum US South. How after the Haitians established a free republic, they waged a war to free the slaves of the Dominican Republic. How, nevertheless, their leaders were not agreed on whether to sustain a democracy or set up new autocracies.
If there were any sense of fair play in world politics, everyone would keep their hands of Haiti–a country that had overcome so much, the only one where slaves reasserted their rights and took over to the point of establishing a new republic, should be hailed and helped by all democracies from then on. (I know, naive. I also have this idea that people who survive cancer should all live to old age and never die of something as ridiculous as a car accident.) Obviously it doesn't work like that, and not only because Haiti's leaders vacillated between democracy and dictatorship. The US, far from seeing Haiti as a sister in freedom, invaded in 1915 and set up a puppet government, just one of many cases of the US invading a Caribbean or Latin American country at the behest of corporations. Of course, then-president Wilson was such a white supremacist that, far from rejoicing to see a former slave state gain freedom and equality, he probably found it galling. Again, if black people could run a country, what did that say about his harsh judgment about "governments sustained by the votes of ignorant negroes" after the Civil War? (Read his chapter on Reconstruction in his History of the American People, volume IX, if you can stand it.) We've meddled in Haiti ever since.
Black History Month, day 21
I love children's literature. If I didn't have a child to read to, I'd just have to sit in the children's section of the library without one. And of course, we have a large bookshelf full of the books we loved as kids.
The characters and the authors of these books are overwhelmingly white. Most of them were written before 1975, many long before, and few publishers then sought out people of color, or encouraged them when they came along. For that matter, as of 2001, one editor writes here, there were still very few African-American writers and illustrators in the field, and a 2007 book by an education professor observes the same thing. And yet, John Steptoe, who wrote and illustrated the gorgeous Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters during his sadly short career, said plainly: "I am not an exception to the rule among my race of people. I am the rule. By that I mean there are a great many others like me where I come from."
When children read, they need to see people who look like them. This truism, once doubtful in my mind, has become a rock-solid fact since I began spending my days with a small child. The munchkin identifies strongly with people in the books she reads, and most of all with people like herself. To illustrate: she frequently, even obsessively, points to a character on each page and says "I want to be that person." It is almost never an animal, and it is almost never a boy: it's a girl. If the girls are only minor characters, she identifies with one of them, putting herself on the margin of the story (thank you, J. K. Rowling, for Hermione Granger–your wizarding world is still male-dominated, but you did put one smart, brave, complex girl in the marquee). If there are no girls in the story, she chooses no one. Fortunately, things have come a long way since A. A. Milne and J. R. R. Tolkien, and female characters are no longer merely a token presence in children's books. But whom would she see who looked like her if she were black?
I would love to hear about your favorite children's books that are by African-American authors and illustrators, and/or feature black characters.
Here are some of mine. An * means they have prominent characters who are black, an @ means they're by a black author or illustrator, though of course I often don't know anything about them but their name. In some cases, like Bette Greene and Ezra Jack Keats, I know they aren't African-American, but I might be missing some who are.
* Island Counting 1 2 3 by Frané Lessac. Our favorite counting book, with terrific illustrations of an unnamed Caribbean island, and lots of fun things to find (e.g., on the "four" page there are four vanes on the windmill, four donkeys, four leaves on each plant, etc.).
@ Everywhere Babies, a board book I love for many reasons, but one of them is that families of all types and colors are featured without any comment, just as if families just come in all gender combinations, age combinations, and colors! Imagine!
* ABC A Family Alphabet Book, written by Bobbie Combs, illustrated by Desiree Keane and Brian Kappa. All of the parents are same-sex couples, and many are black.
* The Snowy Day, A Letter to Amy (naturally a childhood favorite), and the others about Peter and friends by Ezra Jack Keats
* Bear on a Bike, written Stella Gladstone and illustrated by Debbie Harter
* @ Lift Every Voice and Sing, words by James Weldon Johnson, illustrations by Elizabeth Catlett
* @ I Want To Be, written by Thylias Moss, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
@ for that matter, anything illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
@ Freight Train and anything else by Donald Crews
* Chicken Sunday, Patricia Polacco (Polacco, who is white, has several books with prominent African-American characters–this is the only one of them I've read)
* the Max and Kate stories that are featured in each issue of Ladybug.
Moving on to books for older kids:
* Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe, Bette Greene
* Nobody's Family is Going to Change, Louise Fitzhugh
And the best African-American picture book we haven't seen:
A Little Bit of Soul Food, Amy Wilson Sanger. As far as I know, Sanger isn't black, and if this book is like the others of hers we have, it shows no people, but they are such great portrayals of one aspect of a culture–its food. Yum Yum Dim Sum and My First Book of Sushi are perennial favorites in our house.
I bought for Munchkin, but haven't read with/listened to with her yet, Hip Hop Speaks to Children. She seldom wants to listen to music, preferring audiobooks in the car. It looks great, though.
Your nominees?


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Bec's 3 year quilt, a photo by craftykat on Flickr.
How long does it take to create a quilt? Well in this case - 3 years of planning and collecting and then just over 1 week of hard work.
My poor friend Becky - a quilter herself, I promised to make her a quilt for her 30th birthday. As soon as I decided I was doing one I started to collect fabric of things she likes - like Heather Ross' horses & gnomes, anything to do with airplanes (she is an aeronautical engineer), cooking, gardening, music and sewing (wow just realised she has many interests). But I never really had a plan for what I was going to do with the fabrics so I just collected more and more. Fast forward to about a month ago when I was planning a little visit to her in Perth (yep long way from Sydney) and suddenly the inspiration to get it done hit me. So I spent some time looking at patterns and thinking how I could organise this mismatch of fabric. I finally settled on one of Elizabeth Hartman's The Practical Guide to Patchwork patterns called "Rain or Shine". I also teamed it with some Kona Solids. So I pretty much started cutting on the Sunday, flew out to Perth the next Saturday with just the hand binding and about half the little rosettes to do (which I finished over there). So happy I finished it and she loved it!
The back
At the little bakery in Margaret River where I sat all morning to finish the binding

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Serving personnel, veterans and the Australian public have until 30 April to contribute their ideas for the Royal Australian Air Force centenary in 2021.
Late last year, Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies launched the first stage of planning for the centenary – the consultation phase.
"This is your chance to shape how we mark the centenary," Warrant Officer of the Air Force (WOFF-AF) Rob Swanwick said. "As a member of the Air Force 2021 Steering Group, I am keen to see great ideas from across RAAF and from our veterans."
"The centenary will be a time to look back and reflect on the sacrifices of the last 100 years. Since 1921, almost 10,000 Air Force members have lost their lives while serving Australia – 9870 during WWII. We must recognise their legacy of commitment to service and remember that every one of them left behind a family and friends."
"As we approach the centenary, Air Force is changing rapidly. We must use the 100th as an opportunity to engage the Australian nation, demonstrate the highly capable force we are, and inspire the next generation of Air Force members. I envisage there will be a big focus on engaging and informing youth across the nation."
"Community engagement will also be an important part of the centenary. It will be an opportunity to further enhance our links with communities around our bases, and reach some places that may not see Air Force very often."
"We will consider submissions against a range of criteria including value for money, safety and the creation of enduring effects. And, of course, everything we do for Air Force 2021 will be balanced with our ongoing operational requirements."
"I am providing my input to the centenary planning process and I want to hear from as many current and former service people as possible."
The consultation period runs until 30 April 2016. Contributions can be made through: www.airforce.gov.au/RAAF2021


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Professor of History
Michael A. Bellesiles has resigned after an academic
panel released a report strongly critical of his research
for a widely debated book about the history of guns in
America. Bellesiles, who was also the director of Emorys
Center for the Study of Violence, said in a statement
that he cannot continue to teach in what I feel
is a hostile environment.
book at the center of the controversy, Arming America:
The Origins of a National Gun Culture (Alfred A. Knopf,
2000), made the argument that contrary to popular belief,
personal gun ownership was rare in Colonial America. It
received Columbia Universitys prestigious Bancroft
Prize in American History and Diplomacy in 2001. Columbia
rescinded the award in December 2002, saying Bellesilles
work was at best misleading and unprofessional.
It was the first time Columbia had taken such an action
in the fifty-four year history of the prize. Knopf has
halted publication of the book.
of Bellesiles thesis and research, which began even
before the book was printed, was originally dismissed
as political backlash from the National Rifle Association
and gun rights proponents. But after legal scholars and
other historians started questioning his data, and publications
such as the Boston Globe, the Yale Law Journal,
and the National Review ran articles and editorials
critical of the book and its underlying research, the
allegations were taken more seriously. Bellesiles was
placed on paid administrative leave while an internal
investigation was completed early last year.
Emorys request, an independent academic panel was
formed to investigate the allegations of scholarly misconduct.
The investigative committee, comprising Stanley N. Katz,
professor of public and international affairs at Princeton;
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I find it hard getting my pupils interested in the little biology things that I find so enjoyable. Clearly you have to be a certain type of a person to enjoy these things and most of my pupils are not THAT type. And even if they were, at their age, they would probably be quite afraid to show it openly.
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- HOT WATER BATH - I used IKEA box, but it can be a bowl, a pot or an aquarium - anything waterproof able to withstand 40°C.
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My pupils had great fun watching the baloon, especially during the short period of time, when it "stands up". Knowing them, they did have something pervy in mind while watching, but I ignored it and was glad they liked the experiment.
Note: You definitely do not need to spend the whole lesson sitting down and staring at baloons. Put the bottles on one desk in the front so that you can watch them all the time and explain the topic or write notes. If something interesting happens, you will be able to see it without wasting precious teaching time.
|Yeast cells under a microscope. Unfortunately, I do not remember how many times this was magnified, but I do not think any of my pupils care.
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Given that the iPhone 5 is arguably the least significant updates the iPhone has had, I'm really surprised. I know pre-orders sold out globally within just over an hour, but without knowing what availability was compared to other pre-releases, that didn't really mean a thing. However, to hear this from AT&T, especially as they no longer have the monopoly on iPhone in the US, leaves me somewhat staggered by the fact that there's still so many people out there (me included!) throwing their money at the iPhone 5.That's a typo... right?
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When sixteen-year-old Aileen Shay sees a dead girl floating in the bay during a midnight yacht party, she never imagines her new boyfriend may be involved.
The only thing Aileen knows about Jamie Flannigan is that he personifies the one thing she has been drawn to her entire life – the ocean. But as she grows closer to him, she realizes he knows more about the murder than he's telling. He hides the fact that the girl in the bay was his cousin. And when the Flannigans refuse to cooperate with the police, then keep a vicious attack on Jamie's sister a secret, Aileen searches for answers with her childhood crush, Ian Glenn.
Aileen learns that Jamie's family belongs more to myths and legends than they do in the real world. They are selkies, and after they kidnap Aileen and threaten her family, Aileen suspects the Flannigans are responsible for all of the attacks.
But they aren't the only ones keeping secrets. Ian's father as well as Aileen's own grandmother have connections to the attacks. As Aileen uncovers the truth about the murder, the selkies, and her own family, she learns why her soul is bonded to the sea. But with that revelation comes a choice – to permanently sever her connection with the water, which comes at a painful cost, or embrace a legacy that just might get her killed.
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The moment I stepped onto the boat, I was breaking my mom's number one rule: Never go into the water without parental supervision. But that rule was old, ancient. Would one tiny crack even be noticed?
And more importantly, could a party on a 100 foot yacht be considered breaking the rule? It was more like a party on a private island. Safe as houses, my grandma would say.
Ian stood on the deck with his arm stretched out to me. Mae dug her sharp elbow into my ribs, nudging me toward him. "Come on, Aye. No one's gonna see you out there."
It was true. The water was black and calm, no light for miles. No one was around to spot me. No one would tell my mom. Even the moon complied by sliding behind a dark cloud.
I still didn't move.
As if sensing my reluctance, the water decided to play devil's advocate. The gentle waves rocked the boat up and down, the motion beckoning me, pleading with me to step off the dock.
"Aileen?" Mae jiggled my arm.
"What? Oh." While I stood there being the indecisive queen of the world, everyone else had climbed on board. Kids were plunking drinks into coolers, seeking out private places to...ya know, and untying the ropes so they could cast off.
Mae would never let the party leave without her. Thirty more seconds and she would get everyone to join in a rousing chorus of "Come on, Eileen," a song she'd learned from my dad.
*To see more of my writing, check out the short story blog I share with two other authors: http://fictionfemmefatale.blogspot.com/ We take submissions.*
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Good luck! #RebelLove
- May 4, 2012 at 12:31 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! You too!
- May 4, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- Sarah said...
Yay for mysteries! This sounds great. Good luck!
-Sarah #146
- May 4, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
Hi Krystey, I'm stopping by from the Writer's Voice Contest to wish you the best of luck!
- May 4, 2012 at 12:11 PM
- Matthew Lee Adams said...
Best of luck!
And the ending brought 80's flashback with the song reference :) Although apparently Sugarland and Sara Bareilles have done a cover...
Although I doubt they'll ever go so far as to wear the Oshkosh overalls (often worn in the 80's with one strap hanging down for some reason I never discerned).
There were many 80s fashions that would have been just as well never to have been seen.
- May 4, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- Kelly Metz said...
Good luck Krystey! I like the way the query turned out!
- May 4, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! Yours sounds fun too. Good luck!
- May 4, 2012 at 1:17 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks for your help!
- May 4, 2012 at 1:17 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
He he. I gotta sneak the 80's in there somewhere. =)
- May 4, 2012 at 1:17 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! I appreciate the support!
- May 4, 2012 at 1:18 PM
- T. James said...
Best of luck with your entry Krystey. The 80's were great: shoulder pads, awesomely big hair, Dallas and Dynasty, Airwolf and the A-Team. You gotta love it! :)
- May 4, 2012 at 2:01 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
LOL I have to say, I never wore the big shoulder pads. My shoulders were too small, and the pads ended up somewhere around my biceps. I will admit to the big hair. =)
- May 4, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- Becca C. said...
The entry looks great! Love the Irish flavor. Good luck in the contest!
- May 4, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- Amy Parker said...
Good luck, Krystey! The story is still good, no matter how many times I read it! Good luck!
- May 4, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- SC Author said...
The title of your book made me laugh! (I love puns.) Also, my own manuscript being set underwater, I love the sea, and I feel so bad for Aileen that she might have to wrench herself away from it. Nice job, and good luck!
- May 4, 2012 at 11:26 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! I love that you picked up on that. Aileen's grandparents are actually from Ireland.
- May 5, 2012 at 8:07 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks for the vote of confidence. =) How do you like the new query?
- May 5, 2012 at 8:07 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
He he. The title makes me smile too. Having grown up near the ocean, I have a bit of a tie to it myself.
- May 5, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- April Wall said...
Good luck!
- May 5, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- aberthot said...
Great opening in your query! I am intrigued!
Andrea #32
- May 5, 2012 at 12:59 PM
- Sarah Wedgbrow said...
This is really intriguing, and the query is really straightforward. Best of luck!
- May 5, 2012 at 2:51 PM
- Marieke said...
This sounds delightfully creepy. Good luck!
- May 5, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- Stefanie Jones said...
Krys, this sounds so cool! It's definitely unique, and is something I'd love to read! GOOD LUCK!!!
- May 5, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- Amy Parker said...
I like it! I think it sums it up well and is intriguing! Good job:)
- May 5, 2012 at 6:42 PM
- Carrie Butler said...
Love the title! :) Good luck!
- May 6, 2012 at 1:22 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
- May 6, 2012 at 9:30 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! I think my file for that query is about six pages long. Glad to know I at least got the opening right. :)
- May 6, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! I'm glad you like it!
- May 6, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
He he. Magic. Murder. All sorts of wonderful things!
- May 6, 2012 at 9:32 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks, Stef. If you ever do want to read it, just shoot me an email.
- May 6, 2012 at 9:33 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! I think this is my favorite title of anything I've written.
- May 6, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Ashley Maker said...
Ohh, I don't see a lot of YA mysteries! Cool premise, and I love the title, too! Best of luck :-)
Ashley #78
- May 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the compliments!
- May 6, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- Falcata Times said...
Nicely done Krysteybelle, always great to see how others put thier submissions together.
- May 7, 2012 at 5:49 AM
- Nicole Zoltack said...
Oh, sounds good! Good luck!
~Nicole, entry 68
- May 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM
- Suzi said...
Lots of mysteries to uncover. Intriguing.
Good luck.
- May 7, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- the type writer said...
your writing is lovely. best of luck to you!
- May 7, 2012 at 12:46 PM
- G. Donald Cribbs said...
Great premise and love the MC's voice. I'd love to read more. Great entry! Good luck.
Thank you for your comment on my entry #142, THE PACKING HOUSE.
- May 7, 2012 at 1:25 PM
- Jani said...
This sounds intriguing. Good luck!
- May 7, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- Carolyn Abiad said...
Best of luck!
Carolyn, #157
- May 7, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- Brandi M. Lynch said...
Like your first page! I felt almost anxious waiting on her to make up her mind.
Good luck!
Brandi #199
- May 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Leslie said...
I like the first 250! My students (I teach 8th grade) are always asking me for mysteries. We need more of them! Good luck.
Leslie #116
- May 7, 2012 at 9:04 PM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks for reading!
- May 8, 2012 at 9:17 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
- May 8, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
That's the idea. =) Glad you liked it!
- May 8, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
- May 8, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks for stopping by!
- May 8, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thanks. Aileen definitely has a lot in store for her.
- May 8, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
Thank you so much!
- May 8, 2012 at 9:20 AM
- KrysteyBelle said...
You're welcome. I tried to cover as many as I could. Thanks for reading!
- May 8, 2012 at 9:20 AM
- Miriam Forster said...
I love selkies. :)
Just stopped by from Dianne's blog to say congrats on being blitzed!
- May 15, 2012 at 12:36 AM
- VikLit said...
I am intrigued! I wish you luck with this novel ;)
Actually found you through the 'tall tales' blog - I followed the links to a few people who entered the competition, as I am newly blogging, seeking to make connections with other YA writers! I have followed you ;)
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Mr. Curlewis has over thirty years of military and private sector experience in the security and investigative fields. He began his career with the British Royal Military Police with assignments spanning the globe in the United Kingdom, Central America, Europe and Asia. After leaving military service, Mr. Curlewis was the Director of Operations for a premier risk mitigation firm with 14 offices throughout Asia. He later was appointed to the Managing Director of a U.S. headquartered global risk mitigation company to establish and manage the company's Sino-Asia Pacific operations.
With more than twenty years experience in the Asia Pacific Region, he has conducted and overseen investigative due diligence, fraud, money laundering, intellectual property, anti counterfeiting, FCPA and compliance investigations. He has also provided executive protections, security assessments and crises management services.
He has protected CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, celebrities, high ranking government officials and other high profile individuals.
His certifications include CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and CHS III (Certified Homeland Security Level III). He is a member of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), International Counter-Terrorism Officers Association, Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, International Association of Counter-Terrorism & Security Professionals and a Life Member of the Royal Military Police Association. Mr. Curlewis is fluent in English, Cantonese and has a working knowledge of Mandarin, German and Thai.
In addition to being Managing Director, he also oversees the firm's operations in the Asia Pacific region.


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Back in the 20th century olden days, being a big, dumb male was completely acceptable.
In many cases, it was even attractive. [SEE: Anything starring David Hasselhoff]
Unfortunately, this is the 21st century.
And with today's constant access to digital news and information, not only are men expected to be BIG & RIPPED, but we also have to be INFORMED & SMART & CONSIDERATE and all that stupid shit.
So what do we do? We take a supplement that enhances both testosterone and the mind. Cellucor P6 Black tries to be that supplement.
About Cellucor P6 Black
Not to be confused with P6 Chrome, PM, Red, or Xtreme, P6 Black is the Cellucor answer for enhancing testosterone with a nootropic edge. However, if you learned anything from our previous Cellucor reviews, then you know that not all is as it seems with this manufacturer… Formula notes:
- "NOOTROPIC TESTOSTERONE TECHNOLOGY": Cellucor adds a nootropic element to this "legendary anabolic agent." Plus, the dramatic use of "Technology" is always fun.
- High-Potent T-Boosters: For healthier male hormones, bigger muscles, and a potential, unadvertised increase in libido.
- Messy Label: Shady prop blends, standardization issues, questionable ingredients, and "dirty" additives are some red flags.
Cellucor P6 Black Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 3 Capsules
Servings Per Container: 30
|Amount Per Serving
|Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol)
|Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate)
|2 mg (100% DV)
|Magnesium (as D-Aspartic Acid Magnesium Chelate)
|135 mg (33% DV)
|Zinc (as Zinc Monomethionine)
|30 mg (200% DV)
|Copper (as Copper Bis(Glycinate) Chelate)
|2 mg (100% DV)
|Nootropic Testosterone Matrix
|2,105 mg
|D-Aspartic Acid Magnesium Chelate, D-Serine, Alpha GPC (L-alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine), 3,3'-Diindolylmethane, Androstenolone
|Vitamin & Mineral Support Blend
|191 mg
|Zinc Monomethionine, Copper Bis(Glycinate) Chelate, Cholecalciferol, Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate
|Androgen Support Matrix
|167 mg
|Mucuna pruriens Seed Extract (standardized for L-Dihydroxyphenylalanine), Andrographis paniculata Aerial Parts Extract (standardized for Andrographolides content)
|Other Ingredients: Gelatin, Vegetable Cellulose, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate, Titanium Dioxide, FD&C Red #40, FD&C Blue #1, FD&C Yellow #6.
P6 Black stacks top-notch T-boosters with a few WTF-ers and a lot of artificial coloring.
Cellucor features The Good, The Bad, and 'The Fuck? in this formula. At least P6 Black opens with some manly vitamins & minerals:
- Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol). Proven T-booster in high-potent D3 form.
- Vitamin B6 (as P-5-P). Top form of a (potentially) T-boosting mood-enhancer.
- Magnesium (as D-Aspartic Acid Magnesium Chelate). Magnesium and D-AA-CC are notable T-boosters (especially D-AA-CC).
- Zinc (as Monomethionine). The manliest mineral in terms of T, yet Zinc Citrate is better.
- Copper (as Copper Bis(Glycinate) Chelate). Perhaps to balance the Zinc:Copper ratio…? Utilized in a number of biochemical reactions in the body.
Essentially, we're looking at a nice dose of D3 T-boosting with a potent ZMA twist… and, well, copper. But what about the blends?
Nootropic Testosterone Matrix, 2,105 mg
The meat of the formula, encompassing both personalities of P6 Black's T-nootro identity.
T-Boosters: D-AA-CC, Diindolylmethane, and Androstenolone. D-AA-CC qualifies as our #1 Best5 T-Booster, especially in this well-absorbed form. Diindolylmethane and Androstenolone are questionable at best: The former is believed to block estrogen and the latter is a natural pre-cursor to testosterone.
Nootropics: D-Serine and Alpha-GPC. D-Serine requires dosage of around 2,045-2,727 mg to maybe improve cognition… There's definitely not enough here. Alpha-GPC seems to increase acetylcholine in the brain, which is important for memory and learning… but Citicoline (our #1-ranked nootropic) does the same and a whole lot more.
Androgen Support Matrix, 167 mg
First of all, 167 mg is low, even for two ingredients (at least, these two):
- Mucuna Pruriens. Our #3 Best5 T-Booster and standardized (but for what??). Shown to boost T by 39% in men with low sperm counts—but don't expect those results at this dosage.
- Andrographis Paniculata. Standardized (again, doesn't give % standardization… lift the RED FLAG), but lack of research & low dosage holds it back… Oh, and the fact that it's only used as a common cold treatment.
Formula Analysis
How to know you're looking at a Cellucor product:
- Few Quality Ingredients surrounded by WTF
- Standardized Herbs without their % standardizations represented.
- Proprietary Blends mask dosages for both the quality and WTF
- The Label says "Cellucor"… Derp!
P6 Black showcases all of the classic Cellucor tropes here.
But, like the other Cellucor formulas we've reviewed thus far, most of the formula still makes sense: D-AA-CC, Vitamin D, Zinc & Mucuna Pruriens are Best5 favorites (and in quality form!), and the ZMA combo looks top-notch, as well.
The nootropics, Alpha-GPC & D-Serine, are common ingredients in brain supplements (despite questionable efficacy)—at least B6 is a proven mood enhancer.
However, the formula quickly loses traction with its strange other ingredients—Andrographis is neither T-booster nor nootropic—and questionable prop blend dosages.
Plus there's no reason to withhold the deets on your standardizations—if anything, Cellucor should be proud to show this info.
Unless there's something else Cellucor isn't telling us…
Woah, okay, put the tin foil hat down. We're not suggesting any diabolical plots on behalf of P6 Black (or are we…?), but the lack of formula transparency is becoming an annoying theme with their products.
Murtaugh knows how we feel about prop blends:
Cellucor P6 Black Benefits
But Cellucor must be doing something right, right?
Its website seems to think so, making 5 BIG claims with P6 Black:
- Boosts Testosterone Levels
- Increases Strength
- Supports Metabolic Function
- Enhances Motivation
- Elevates Focus and Clarity
We'll give it a thumbs up on the first 3, especially with the high number of favorable user reviews. The formula definitely has the testosterone angle covered with adequately dosed, high-potent T-boosters—additionally, many users report improvements in the sack, as well.
However, we're hesitant to call P6 Black a true nootropic.
Perhaps the healthier male hormone profile will indirectly enhance the mind, but the quote-unquote "nootropics" in this formula seem a waste of capsule space. Any immediate improvements in Motivation, Focus, and Clarity are most likely gifted from our deceitful friend, Señor Placebo.
Who Takes It?
Mature Bodybuilders. We're dealing with male hormones here, so the healthy 18-24 y.o. gym-cub (who's at peak T-level) won't benefit much from this product. Additionally, the nootropic angle suggests P6 Black wants to be stacked with pre-workouts to give your exercise more mind-muscle connection. It's a noble cause, but other T-boosters target the same muscle+testosterone areas more effectively than P6 Black.
Any Side Effects?
On the label, Cellucor warns that certain ingredients can cause acne, hair loss, aggressiveness, irritability, and even increased estrogen levels.
Again, we're dealing with male hormones here, so use at your own discretion—if your hormones are fine, then don't funk with them.
For the record, user reports of side effects are low.
Cellucor P6 Black Summary
- Potent T-Boosting. Tried & true T-boosters in top forms.
- Supports Anabolic Metabolism. For bigger GAINS & bigger MUSCLES, yo.
- Positive User Reviews. In regards to improved strength and sex.
- Hidden Dosages & Standards. These prop blends are BIG RED FLAGS.
- Questionable Ingredients. Androstenolone? Andrographis? Por que??
- Unnecessary Ingredients. Artificial Colors + Titanium Dioxide = pointless.
- Price. This shit's expensive as shit.
Pricing & Buying Info
- 90 capsules (~1 month): $69.90
- 180 capsules: $149.95
- Available online and in retail stores
Final Word on Cellucor P6 Black
Cellucor P6 Black makes the cut for one simple reason: It works. For the modern Renaissance man, P6 Black fails in the nootropic department, but it offers decent T-boosting for any man. If you already bought it, you'll be aight, bro. If you're thinking about it… meh, you can do better for cheaper.


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Throughout our history, our lawyers have given their time and experience to enhance the practice of law. Patricia M. Barbarito, Bonnie C. Frost, Thomas J. Snyder, and Ivette R. Alvarez have all been Chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Family Law Section. Additionally, in a first for any New Jersey Law Firm, two members of the firm, Patricia M. Barbarito & Bonnie C. Frost, have been awarded the prestigious Saul A. Tischler Award for Lifetime Contribution to Family Law by the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
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Gracing the Great Lawn in front of the Anderson-Clarke Center is Joseph Havel's installation "In Play." The bronze sculptures are in dialogue in two groupings; one on the southwest corner and the other on the northeast corner of the lawn. They convey a lightness in their positioning, appearing to hover over the grass as if they could be easily nudged or rolled. In Play invites intimate inspection, contemplation, and a re-thinking of the ideas sculpture can communicate.
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"Just don't choose a room in this hotel. Go to a nightclub and dance the night away!!!"
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Here are just some sites with notations that indicate the great results we have obtained for many of our clients.
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Most have been achieved using our FREE level one optimisation which comes standard when we build a new website.
All of these clients have an onlinenz listing ( WWW.OLNZ.CO.NZ ) as well that drives additional traffic nationally to our client's websites.
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I am a firm believer that website TRAFFIC is now more important than just getting high results in Google.
We generally achieve both!
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Traffic is driven to our client's websites through banner advertisements and website linking from a promotional page on the site.
The MOST important thing for a client is the fact that their site can be more easily found.
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All of these clients below have given us verbal 'glowing" testimonials too.
They are just some of a large number of satisfied clients.
We have many more too for our ecommerce sites... one in particular is www.alphaandomega.co.nz ... that sold a whole crate of products to a client in the UK, within two weeks of setting their store up online. Anita phoned me and told me she was thrilled with the early results. The online store has now been running for two years and Anita is thrilled with the number of visits and the subsequent enquiries she gets from all round the world.
www.coolnfunky.com had their online store setup by us and within three months were getting an astounding 4000 page views a day! The store sells baby clothes and gets regular orders through their site from all around the world.
Another one is http://bowtostern.co.nz/ (this is their old original site) that had their site rebuilt by us to include online sales. their old site, still running, is only getting 30 pages viewed a day. Their new site http://marlboroughboating.co.nz/ is currently getting 150 pages visited on average per day over the past 3 months. It is currently their "off-season" as well.
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Our level 2 optimisation was also used for this site.
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www.gatewaypicton.co.nz called us for seo and we rebuilt and optimised their site. They were ( and still are) only getting 76 page visits per day as they have kept the old site running as a comparison. (www.americano.co.nz) The new site we built, marketed and optimised is now getting 448 views daily. A higher level of seo was required though for this site to attain these results.
Toni is a rising star of classical crossover we built and optimised a website for her a year ago. Her site is now getting 235 views daily and she is currently negotiating a recording contract with a top record label in the UK. They found her via her website.
www.weddings4u.co.nz (Shirley Jarden,JP) called us for a rebuild of her website, seo and optimisation of her site. The website has attracted over 1500 unique visitors in the first two months. Shirley offered the highest testimony to us and included that she had never had such great service in all our dealings with her.
They called us for a new website, seo and optimisation their site. They enjoy getting 83 page visits per day. They are merely a subsidiary of http://carbonpolymers.com.au/ who get a lower page visit of 46 page views daily.
http://wedding-venue-wellington.co.nz (Kaitoke Country Gardens)
Robyn called us for a rebuild of their website, seo and optimisation the site. They enjoy getting 83 page visits per day currently. The old existing site can be found on: www.kaitokecountrygardens.co.nz who get a lower page visit of 23 page views daily. The old site has been running for several years. Robyn, the owner, called me and is so excited with the new results and the site was only built just over a week before. Updated stats for march 2013 are now 253 visits daily .... the site is only eight months old.
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|William Kent's design for the Great Dining Hall
at Houghton Hall, Isaac Ware, draughtsman, 1743.
Plate 38 from the book
'The Designs of Inigo Jones and others.'
Image: Victoria & Albert Museum.
|William Aikman's portrait of William Kent,
circa 1723 to 25. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Image via BGC.
|The Gallery at Chiswick Villa
in a 1828 watercolor by William Henry Hunt.
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth.
Image via BGC.
here), and royal work such as the Cupola Room at Kensington Palace. Another section is devoted entirely to Holkham Hall, considered to be the finest example of the Palladian revival style in Britain. The final section focuses on Kent's contributions to the history of landscape and garden design.
|A Chinoiserie Garden Temple
designed and drawn by William Kent,
made circa 1730 to 1735.
Image: Victoria & Albert Museum.
|A detail of a drawing by William Kent for a bracket
to display a bust, made circa 1730 to 1735.
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Please come along this Anzac Day and dance the afternoon at Bar Berlin.
Class starts at 2pm - 3.30pm followed by a milonga till 6.30pm.
The topic will be "Let's play .... with the free leg. Unlocking the secret to Improvisation" This is the perfect class to get us up to speed for Cecilia's Tango Retreat weekend.
$15 class only
$20 Class and Milonga
$10 Milonga only
Hope to see lots of you there on this holiday of dancing!
Sunday Technique Class will be at 4pm - 5.30pm followed by a milonga at Verdict Cafe and Bar.
The topic of this class will be "Connection and finding small happy movements!" This class will be at The Tango Room, 7 Dundas St, The Wood, $15
Beginner's Tango Course finishes next Tues 29 April. Please put it on your diaries to come along after class and help us celebrate with cake and a cuppa. Come along at 8.30pm to Fairfield House after class and celebrate with us and welcome the new beginners into the tango scene :-)
Classes as usual on Monday at Old St John's
Improvers 6 - 7.15pm
Intermediate/Advanced 7.15 - 8.45pm
Happy holidays everyone and see you soon.


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