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(Updates with Scott being formally appointed senator by Gov. Haley.)
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday named Republican Rep. Tim Scott to replace Jim DeMint in the Senate, making Scott the first African-American senator from the South since Reconstruction.
Scott was the preferred candidate of many conservatives in Washington. He earned his seat, Haley said.
"I have no doubt that he will fly through 2014," the governor said.
Scott, whose conservative views align with DeMint's, will fill the two-year remainder of DeMint's term. He will then have the opportunity to run in 2014. DeMint announced earlier this month that he is leaving the Senate to run the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank.
Scott becomes the only African-American in the Senate. His appointment is a plus for the Republican Party, which is often criticized for lacking diversity.
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RIALTO – Voters on March 5 will decide whether to keep an 8 percent utility-users tax worth about $11 million to city coffers after the City Council on Monday voted 5-0 to place an extension of the tax on the ballot.
State law required a unanimous vote to put the measure forward. If approved by voters, the tax extension will last five years.
The city faces at least a $22 million structural deficit if voters don't approve the tax extension, which has been in place since voters approved it in 2003.
Rialto has taken a hit in its General Fund to the tune of more than $8 million over six years. Officials say that's because of declining tax revenue and the rising cost of providing city services.
The General Fund started out at nearly $6 million in the red for fiscal year 2012-13.
Rialto's reserves are expected to dip to $7 million by July 1, according to finance officials.
The utility-users tax – which makes up about 22 percent of the General Fund and is scheduled to sunset in June – is on electric, gas, telephone, water, wastewater and cable.
Its loss would mean massive cuts to city services.
In fact, previous finance reports to the council warned that without the tax extension, Rialto will see a financial catastrophe that could require cuts to public safety and other departments to avoid bankruptcy.
The Police Department faces a $5.3 million hit that could mean the loss of 20 positions and a handful of units.
The Fire Department is looking at up to $2.9 million in cuts and the loss of a fire station on the north side. Cuts include the loss of 13 positions.
Other possible cuts include public works at $1 million, and recreation at $277,000.
Last week the resolution for a vote failed on a 4-1 count after Councilwoman Deborah Robertson raised questions about whether there weren't other solutions to the city's financial problems, including whether labor groups would give concessions.
Those concerns apparently were answered, and Robertson specifically thanked the Rialto Police Benefit Association "as well as all of the executive board members who came to the table with our management team who were able to work this out."
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Highwaymen: Legends of the Road
Highwaymen: Legends of the Road Previous Broadcasts
KQED Life: Thu, Feb 6, 2014 -- 9:00 PM
This documentary tells the story of a unique art world phenomenon that took root in the mid-20th century in the Jim Crow South. They were an unlikely group of black landscape painters that emerged from the American South in the 1950s and 60s. Segregation locked them out of selling their works in white owned art galleries. So, the artists took to the road to sell their paintings.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Life: Fri, Feb 7, 2014 -- 3:00 AM


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AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Auburn University senior football player Ashton Richardson has been named a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, marking the fourth straight year an Auburn student-athlete has become a Rhodes finalist.
The Rhodes Scholarships, founded in 1904, are the oldest international fellowships. Winners of the scholarship have the opportunity to do graduate work at the University of Oxford located in Oxford, United Kingdom.
"Ashton is an ideal representation of whom my office seeks to endorse for the Rhodes Scholarship. He is someone who combines a sound intellect and puts it to good use by making good grades and engaging in the undergraduate research experience; someone who channels his energy for the betterment of our world, for others who are less advantaged and for those who struggle every day; and he is someone who lights up the room when he is around," said Paul Harris, Auburn associate director for national prestigious scholarships.
Richardson's major professor, Dale Coleman, said, "To Auburn, Ashton is a true 'scholar-athlete.' But to the world, Ashton is so much more — a true gentleman and a true humanitarian."
Richardson is an Honors College student majoring in animal sciences with a concentration in pre-veterinary medicine in Auburn's College of Agriculture, earning a cumulative grade point average of 3.94. He is a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll honoree and earlier this year was a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation Campbell Trophy, which is presented annually to the top football scholar-athlete in the country. Richardson, who grew up helping his father raise quarter-horses, has aspirations to become an equine surgeon.
The four-year letter winner at linebacker has played in 32 career games, registering 13 tackles. In 2012 Richardson has played in all eight games, making four tackles, recording one sack and recovering one fumble. He walked on to the football team as a freshman and earned a scholarship prior to his junior season.
A New Orleans, La., native, Richardson is writing his Honors thesis tentatively titled "Comparison of Articular Cartilage Thickness in Cadaveric Equine Limbs" under the direction of Reid Hanson, professor of equine surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He is scheduled to graduate from Auburn in December. Off the field, Richardson has volunteered each week for the past four years as a mentor at the Lee County Youth Development Center.
"When I was first notified that I was a finalist, I was so thankful to God and to all the people who have helped me," Richardson said. "I was overwhelmed with a sense of humility. When you realize how prestigious and competitive the Rhodes Scholarship is, having the chance to try for it is a dream come true. I will give it my all to make Auburn proud and represent all the people on campus who have worked with me and believe in me.
"I am an aspiring veterinarian, but studying at Oxford would be a tremendous opportunity to pursue my dream of using my education to give back. These scholarships are set up to prepare individuals to 'fight the world's fight.'"
If awarded the Rhodes, Richardson plans to pursue degrees in biodiversity and environmental fields.
"The Auburn Family has been tremendous in helping me pursue my dreams," Richardson added. "From the day I walked on to campus, there have been numerous people who have embraced me and have gone above and beyond to help me handle the challenges of being a student. My experience in athletics has taught me hard work and perseverance, and applying yourself every day. If I can go to the interviews and adequately represent what I have learned and experienced at Auburn, it will be an incredible experience."
Richardson is the fifth Auburn student-athlete to be named a Rhodes finalist in the past four years. Other past finalists include former diver Dan Mazzaferro, swimming and diving student-athletes Erica Meissner and Jordan Anderson and former gymnast Krissy Voss. Anderson won the Rhodes Scholarship in 2009.
"Ashton is a remarkable young man, and we are incredibly proud of him for this outstanding accomplishment," Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs said. "He is an exceptionally bright scholar with outstanding research credentials, but I think the Rhodes committee will be equally impressed by his humility and the community service he has done on his own since he came to Auburn. I also want to thank Dr. Paul Harris and Ashton's professors for their guidance and encouragement during this process."
"This is an incredible honor for Ashton, who embodies the best and highest ideals of what it means to be a student-athlete," Auburn Head Coach Gene Chizik said. "During his time at Auburn, he has worked extremely hard on the football field, in the classroom and in the community. He is a leader on and off the field and is highly respected by his coaches and teammates. Watching Ashton develop over the past several years has been a joy. He represents himself, his family, his teammates and Auburn University in the highest way imaginable and we're very proud of his accomplishments."
The next step for Richardson is a two-day interview process. He will appear before the District VII Selection Committee Nov. 16-17 in Birmingham, joining 12 other finalists from the district. Two finalists from District VII will be selected as 2013 Rhodes Scholars.
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Prairie Pals met Sept. 25 evening at the home of Iona Dietrich with Melissa Stuchlik assisting her mother as hostess. Others present included Mary Clemmer Eunice Steiner, Laveta Meyer, and Jane Vajnar. After a short business meeting and refreshments, the group painted pumpkins.
Bill Fillmore of Cottonwood Falls visited Tillie Hein Sept. 26 morning.
Lucille Kerbs accompanied Julie Kerbs to Abilene Sept. 25 evening to watch Taylor Thompson play volleyball. Others in Taylor's cheering section included Doug and Connie Thompson and Jeremy and Allison Sluder and Brooklyn, all of Abilene.
Sunflower Senior Citizens were hosts for the Marion County Senior Citizens board meeting Sept. 21 morning. After the business meeting, the group enjoyed dinner at the cafe, and some got a sneak preview of the Tampa Trail Stop, which opened Sept. 22.
Lucille Kerbs went to Abilene Sept. 25, and her daughter Connie Thompson, took her to Salina for an appointment.
Bev and Tom Reid of Marion, and Brad Backhus, were Sept. 23dinner guests of Paul and Edna Backhus.
Tom Duggan was a Sept. 23 overnight guest of Darla Hall of Lee's Summit, Mo.
Sept. 23 dinner guests of Russ and Julie Kerbs were Rustyn Kerbs of Hillsboro, Jesse and Ashton Smith and Sydney of Pilsen, and Lucille Kerbs.
Andrea Klenda of Pilsen visited her grandmother, Leona Kleiber, Sept. 22 morning.
Adeline Bernhardt joined the members of the Marion County Senior Citizens board Sept. 21 for dinner at the cafe.
Leona Kleiber, Adeline Bernhardt and Lucille Kerbs attended the retirement reception Sept. 21 for Shirley Geis at Agri-Producers.


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[Verse 1]
Hey, Groove the window down, oh, shit I'm getting high
Still I'm cool, no A/C needed
Probly sliding down ya region off this Henny got me leaning
Ain't no secret that we balling and your ho be refereeing
Bet I make that pussy whistle up and down that booty dribble
Was she foul? Just a little, tech-nical how she nibble, uhh
Ain't fucking with you losers, all my niggas won
It's Mr. BetIGotSumWeed, hey, split another one
Look down upon the ceiling
Just try to reach the sky cause when you up they all be kneeling
Contradictions in my thoughts and I just execute my feelings
Shake the nonbelievers off, I'm tryna navigate a million
But you first let's hit the store you know I love Korean
She tell me hurry up and buy, I hurry up I'm fiending
So I zip that, chop that, pass the blunt
Know my dick from last month but there's more to come, what the fuck?
Too, too fucking raw (Face down, ass up)
Too, too fucking raw (Face down, ass up)
Too, too fucking raw (Face down, ass up)
Too, too fucking raw (Face down, ass up)
When the sunshine, and the moonlight, in my life
Too, too fucking raw (Face down, ass up)
When the sunshine, and the moonlight, in my life
Too, too fucking raw (Face down, ass up)
[Verse 2]
Heroin, extacy, Oxycontin, Vicodin
Coca Cola, everything up in our jeans
Even methamphetamines, get this bread by any means
PCP, LSD, transactions frequently
Turn you job into a ki, turn that ki into a beach
Turn that beach into ur sleep, rest ya head, remain neat
Haters love to hate a G, gossip on ya bakery
Wish they had the recipe, swear this life is meant for me
Tired of cracking niggas heads in the stolen challenger
Hopped up out the passenger and merked the DA's messenger
Every corner, camera, nigga I'm just tryna live
Shitty on a shitty curb, niggas kill ya front your kids
See how niggas get it in, trapping so we live in sin
This felony won't keep me in I'm hungry gotta rob again
Embarrassing my mom and them, grandma bragging to her friends
Killing beef, apparently, name a nigga rare as me, yeah, I be
[Verse 3: Jay Rock]
Got me swagged, then I put your style in a body bag
Man, I'm off a bag of that good, my flow off a powder pack
Man, I'm leaning hard, like I'm off that syrup, and I'm damn near tore up
With my dogs and locstas, and we all got stock like brokers
Ugh, we don't chase hoes, nah, hoes gon chase us, yeah
Straight to the condo, yeah, bitches ain't shit that's the mothafuckin' motto
In the Monte Carlo, yeah, sipping on Carlo, just me and my posse
Strapped up when you gotta know the ropes like Ted Dibiase
Look at my life raw, nigga, bitches wanna suck me off quicker
Haters can't stand my guts, nigga, because I get my bucks bigger
I'm on my own, I'm in my zone, bitch niggas can't knock me off my throne
I'm on my shit, cause septic tanks, I don't give a fuck what set you claim
Just get your money let the bullshit walk, I'mma get this cheese
Like a little rat bitch, fucking suck me good, nibbling through her team
Raw shit, nigga check me out, know you jocking my steez
Best believe nigga we run this shit, niggas know that I be, be
Schoolboy's Rock featured song off of his critically acclaimed album, Habits & Contradictions. TDE represent!


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Yesterday, Minnesota placed winger Eric Nystrom on waivers. The Wild clearly wanted to move his $1.4 million salary, and any player picked up on waivers gets split between his old and new teams. So at a more palatable $700,000...there were still no takers for Nystrom.
Today, Dallas traded for Nystrom and his full $1.4 million salary, giving up a bag of pucks in return. In the NHL, sometimes it makes sense to pay double the asking price.
It's all because of the salary floor, a logical measure to promote parity that still leads to odd situations like this one. Every NHL team must have at least an annual payroll of $48.3 million. That's not a problem for most, but the Stars are going through bankruptcy and want to stay as close to that number as possible. Now they're below it, thanks to forces beyond their control. Dallas is still paying Sean Avery $1.9 million this season—half of his salary because he was waived and claimed by New York years ago.
Still with us? When Avery was waived by New York last week, he went unclaimed and was assigned to the AHL. He still gets his salary, but the salary cap hit comes off the books—both for the Rangers and the Stars. (The Stars did not know this! So you shouldn't feel bad. Math is hard.)
With that $1.9 million gone, Dallas fell $1.2 million below the salary floor. So claiming Nystrom on waivers at a $700,000 hit would not have closed the gap. But trading for him at his full salary does the job nicely.
It took a number of quirks of the waiver process to force this situation, but at least Eric Nystrom has a job in the NHL. Sean Avery, alas, rots away in Hartford. He was told there would be no math.


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Big Data Evangelist, IBMJames Kobielus is an industry veteran and serves as IBM's big data evangelist. He spearheads IBM's thought leadership activities in Big Data, Hadoop, enterprise data warehousing, advanced analytics, business intelligence, data management and next best action technologies. Kobielus works with IBM's product management and marketing teams in Big Data. He has spoken at such leading industry events as Hadoop Summit, Strata and Forrester Business Process Forum. He has published several business technology books and is a very popular provider of original commentary on blogs and many social media.
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The International Society of Barristers was formed to recognize each era's best advocates that they might join together to support these common goals:
Membership is by invitation only which is proceeded by a rigorous screening process that considers the lawyer's ability, experience, accomplishments and ethical standards as assessed by trial lawyers and judges.
The Society holds an annual meeting and publishes a quarterly journal of topics covered at the meeting and otherwise of interest to its members. Through the International Society of Barristers Foundation, the Society supports the work of other organizations whose endeavors are consistent with the Society's goals.
For further information about the Society, contact its Administrative Secretary, Professor Donald Beskind at Duke University School of Law.
The International Society of Barristers Foundation, was created in 2002 as a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation, and exists to support the same ideals as the ISOB, trial by jury, the adversary system and independent judiciary. The Foundation receives tax-deductible contributions, often in honor or in memory of named individuals, and makes grants in support of the Foundation's purposes. Because the ISOB pays all administrative costs of the Foundation, 100% of all donations are available to be distributed in the form of grants.
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1 Custom Photo Mug – featured mugs are from Home a la mode, they may also be found at Target.
1 slice of a Layer Cake (1 – 10″ x 10″ square) – featured Wonderland by Momo for Moda Fabrics
10″ cut of a coordinating Satin Ribbon
Coordinating Thread
Fray Check by Dritz
Rotary Mat, Ruler, and Cutter and/or Scissors
You may add additional embellishments, however keep in mind that it must stay fairly thin in order to fit back into the mug. Suggested embellishments may include: embroidery, applique, Fabric paint with stencils or foam stamps, etc.
Step One:
Gather all your ingredients.
Step Two:
Remove bottom cap from mug
Remove paper insert.
Step Three:
Line up a rotary ruler along the cut line of the paper insert.
Cut the paper insert using a rotary cutter and mat to creat your template. You may also use scissors if you do not have rotary tools.
Step Four:
Determine where the template needs to be placed on the fabric to get the look you are going for.
Step Five:
Flip the fabric over so it is faced down and then place the template on the fabric faced up. You may pin this in place or just hold the two pieces in place while sewing.
Step Six:
Sew the fabric to the paper for stability.
You can sew any design you wish.
I prefer to sew straight lines in a diagonal both ways to have a diamond quilted appearance.
REMEMBER: You are sewing the fabric to the paper with wrong sides together.
Step Seven:
Following the paper template as a guide, cut off the remaining fabric so that the fabric is the same size as the template. Apply Fray Check to the straight edges of the fabric to prevent fraying while sliding the fabric template back into the mug. The Fray Check will dry clear.
Step Eight:
Cut a piece of Satin Ribbon 10″ in length. Grosgrain ribbon may be used, however because it is a thicker ribbon, you may have difficulties sliding it back into the mug.
Step Nine:
Lay the ribbon towards the top of the template.
Step Ten:
Set your sewing machine to stitch to the far left.
Step Eleven:
Starting at the very top, carefully stitch the ribbon to the template with the fabric facing up. Be sure to follow the curve of the top of the template.
Then, come back the opposite way stitching down the bottom of the ribbon to the template. Always be sure to back stitch on all ends so there will be no lifting when sliding into the mug.
Step Twelve:
Trim off the edges of the ribbon following the same lines as the template.
Step Thirteen:
Roll the fabric insert to fit back into the mug opening.
Carefully slide the fabric template back into the mug ensuring that all the edges are laying down nice and flat.
Step Fourteen:
Line the seam up with the mouth opening at the top so when you are holding the mug the seam is facing you and the beautiful design is facing outward for all to see.
Screw the bottom cap back on and you now have a beautiful custom travel mug.
One Moda Layer Cake makes 40 mugs. Great for gifts!
Fill with your favorite drink and Enjoy!


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Mount Baldy, March 13 2010 — For the fourth year in a row Southern California's own Mt.Baldy mountain ski resort hosted Money N Tha Bank Jib Jam. Snowboarders & Freeskiers got jibby and hucked themselves to win cash prizes and a slew of free shwag. The yearly contest brings out some of the heaviest hitters in the SoCal game, with a very technical setup that test the limits and barriers of tried true and tested riders. Once again they stepped their game up to claim the money that n tha bank.
The mission: to bring back the soul and spirit of snowboarding & skiing back to the unknown riders and the smaller underground resorts who never get the chance to showcase their terrain and local talent for an opportunity to make a name for them selves. Things still haven't changed, and four years later the main purpose of the event is to have fun and give back to the local community of riders.
Running the event creation, course design, course construction, sponsorships and all media marketing for the fourth straight year are professional action sports photographer/local snowboarder/rock climber Nick Ciotti and partner in crime photo-journalist/local snowboarder LaFonzo "Snowdogg" Carter, also owner of Thug Crew Snowboarding together bring over 30 years experience in the snow industry to provide this event with the Mt.Baldy management. To further encourage the event, numerous sponsors have joined a helping hand with sponsored gifts added to the growing cash purse and prize tally. Currently, the list of sponsors contributing are Mt.Baldy Resort, S4 Optical, Ellis Snowboards, Thug Crew Snowboarding, Anenberg Clothing, Explosive Industries, Budweiser, Couch Boy, Facelift Concepts, Monster Energy, Tyrant Snowboards, Freedom Clothing, Bad Boarders, Karsak Bag'z, Neff Headwear,Val Surf. And Fuel TV.
PHOTOS BY: Snowdogg Carter, Peter Parra and Gregory Kinchelow
Boys Open
1. Matt Guntert (Mammoth Lakes)
2. J.D. Floen (Wrightwood)
3. Tie Between Chris Bradshaw (Running Springs) and Kyle Lopiccolo (Wrightwood)
Girls Open
1. Melissa Evens (Running Springs)
2. Jamie Madrid (San Diego)
3. Michelle Shea (San Diego)
Boys 16 and under
1. Cameron Miles (Wrightwood)
Best Trick
Matthew "Mizl" Ybarra (Ontario)
– andrecht transfer over tower
Chick HERE to peep video footage of the contest.


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Using VoiceThread to Enhance Existing Assignments
This is a guest post by Nursing Educator and VoiceThreader Kimberly Davis. I attended the online VoiceThread Basics Training this past spring and was quickly hooked! One of the features that really appealed to me about using VoiceThread was the idea that students could use multiple modalities to express themselves. I teach Concepts of … Continued


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Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker is proposing legislation that would strengthen the county's ethics office.
The Washington Post reports the measure includes expanding the ethics office's responsibilities, adding more staff and creating a tip line for whistleblowers.
Baker says he would look for an expert to head the new office, which would have a budget of about $375,000. The office would also have two investigators and an administrative aide.
The legislation will be subject to a hearing and vote by the county council in the fall.
It comes two years after the bribery and corruption case of Baker's predecessor, Jack Johnson, and his wife, who are both in prison now. The Johnsons were arrested in a widespread scheme that involved several county officials, businesses and real estate developers.


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Hey It's me Ren...but you can just call me cyber. Wonder where I got that nickname? I got that nickname from my Cybermatrix and....you know what I won't give anymore spoilers! Join this group to know more about me, the Cybermatrix and my adventures! :)
Location: A place where this fanfiction lives
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Latest Activity: Jun 21, 2015
The series:
- Introduction (New version!)
- Episode 2: Part Student, Part Hero (New version!)
- Episode 3: Holiday Invasion (HOLIDAY SPECIAL,Part 1)
- Episode 3: Holiday Invasion (HOLIDAY SPECIAL,Part 2)
- Episode 4: Cyber 10/Denis 10 Dimensions Clash
- Episode 5: Nothing Impossible
- Episode 9: The Invasion Begins
- Episode 10: 10 HEROES UNITED (Part 1)
- Episode 10: 10 HEROES UNITED (Part 2)
- Episode 14: Return of the Control Freak
- Episode 17: Zack Went Missing (CANCELLED)
- Episode 18: A New Experience (CANCELLED)
- Episode 19: Cybermatrix Origins: Shardmine and Stonecold
- Episode 20: Trapped
- Episode 21: Secrets
- Episode 22: Plumbers' Most Wanted
- Episode 23: The Ultimate Mission (SERIES FINALE)
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Perplex:Well that was a big bang. it was like PGGGHHHHHHHHSSSSSSSGGGGGGG WWWWSSSSHHHHOSOO.Well I better get out of here. Perplexatrix.? Perplexatrix. Awnser me! I demand it!. I wonder if it needs charging or somthing.Boss: GET OUT OF THEREPerplex…Continue
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Hey, I am back! So you guys must wonder how does the Cybermatrix looks like and how did I get it, right? Well before we get to that I have to tell you my life. well, here it goes!Nickname: CyberAge: 16Birthdate: Why would you want to know…Continue
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And yes, Control Master is the antagonist for "Trapped"
The next episode, Trapped is now "uncancelled". The final part of the Cybermatrix Origins episode gave a hint of what is going to happen in "Trapped".


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As I noted in my previous post, last month marked the third anniversary of A Dash of Bitters. And although my wallet's hurting a little right now, I still have every intention of keeping the blog going through the next year. I started this site as a way to simply record the new drinks I was mixing at home, and to talk a bit about what we drank when we'd go out. My goal was to use the fact that I had this blog to be an incentive to push myself to try new things, and to always stay fresh.
With that in mind, I have one big project in mind for this year, and I'm going to need your help. But first, an explanatory note. One question that cocktail novices often ask is, "Where do I begin with this hobby? There are so many brands to choose from in each category, and there are so many categories to explore!" A common bit of advice to these folks is to narrow your focus: choose a drink or a type of liquor and build from there.
Robert Hess expands on this in his Essential Bartender's Guide:
Rather than starting with a shopping list of products to buy, why not select a cocktail you want to make. Look up the recipe for that cocktail, and pick up just the products you need for that one drink. Simple, straightforward and effective.
…[M]ake that drink over and over again. Reach a point where you really understand what each ingredient is doing to the drink, and how the way you prepare it comes into play. Play around with the recipe a little bit. Perhaps look up a few alternate recipes and see how the drink is changed.
So, that's the plan. I want one new drink that I will play with and blog about over the course of the coming year. I might not need a whole year to do this, but we'll see. What I want from you is, suggest the drink. I have a few ground rules, though:
- Rum. It must include rum. White, golden, dark, whatever. Rum's a spirit I'm still largely ignorant of and it intimidates me a little. This project will allow me to cycle several brands of rum through the same drink so I can start to learn differences between brands. If I move on from this drink and do this a second time, that new drink will also be rum-based.
- The drink, obviously, should be versatile enough that it can work with more than one brand of rum. I doubt that'll be a problem, but I suppose it could be.
- I'd prefer the drink to be relatively simple. I don't mean daiquiri-simple, with rum, juice, and sugar (I've pretty much mastered the sour, which is what a daiquiri is), but I also don't want a drink with something like 8 or 9 ingredients, 3 of which are various types of rum.
- I'm open to tiki drinks, but see point 3.
An excellent example of the type of recipe I'm looking for would be the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Cocktail, which Doug Winship wrote up last week. In fact, if the only comments on my post are the sound of chirping crickets, I might start with that drink. What I like about it is that it's adaptable. You can try different rums in the base. You can swap out Grand Marnier for the Cointreau. If, like me, you've never made your own falernum, you can make some, and then judge the drink side-by-side against a version made with John Taylor's Velvet, or another commercial product.
Please help. You know you want to.


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|2012-12-09, 14:36
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|2012-12-09, 15:41
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|2012-12-10, 13:00
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Great episode. A confrontation between Akasaka and Rita then Rita and Mashiro to Rita to Sorata and finally the reconcile of two friends, Rita and Mashiro.
Rita help in making the game and the game is in ready for bunkasai I love this series and episode and next episode is the episode that will be love by sumeragi and chaoz. Chaoz guy is awakening into something. MAIDO!!!!!
|2012-12-10, 20:18
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Ok. I don't care if people keep calling Sorata a beta. Even if he's a beta, he's a hella respectable beta. A lot of people on other blogs were putting him down heavily especially with his ending line last episode but event though that's how he feels, he really does keep his feelings as a separate thing.
Anyways, Rita is awesome as well. And... did you guys find how it was surprisingly cute that Nanami was pretty much crying too at the end when Mashiiro and Rita reconcile? Awesome!
And... perhaps Rita might possibly one day be Ryuunosuke's cure to his fear of women? Lol.
|2012-12-10, 20:48
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Damn, I felt that all the discussions of the last episode were all for naught. They chose to take the easy way out in this episode, not that I'm totally unhappy with.
But just as I expected, all we need was just input from Mashiro to reach Rita. Rita has tried for ten years taking care while trying to rival Mashiro. All the hard word, caring, love, frustration and even hatred have made Mashiro became a big part of Rita's life. And that big part revolved aroudn art, so imo, Rita sees Mashiro quit painting as an act that goes against her life, hence the inscecurities built up and exploded. Rita probably tried to convey this to Mashiro in the past, but it didn't reach her logically and emotionally. This time it did reach Mashiro, jonly emotion wise though.
But anyway, that was the first time that we know how Mashiro truly felt when she was in England and I predicted, that was all she need to do to get Rita back to her side.
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I have to say Ryunosuke really gained my respect through this episode. Went from a mystery figure to really just making things happen here. Otherwise it really would have just continued to go downhill he forced out the main issues. I'd also agree he certainly isn't the type that should go off chasing Rita that's definitely Sorata's thing. In the end nothing he said was wrong, just that no one could appreciate the blunt truth. Rita completely lost sight of what she wanted to do.
At least it cleared the air. A lot of Rita's motivations weren't that pretty. Started off trying to introduce Mashiro to manga so she could experience a terrible failing. Though to be fair without Sorata she wouldn't have had the written material to make it work. I'd guess that Rita came to Japan at that point ready to escort a 'broken' Mashiro back to England, but things didn't go as planned since Mashiro didn't fail. Then things just really went bad when Rita started unloading everything onto Mashiro.
At least it mostly worked out by the end. Finally got down to Rita's core feelings of loving painting and caring about Mashiro. While it's not all cleared up since she's still going to try and get Mashiro back to England and painting at least it's better than nothing. Their friendship getting mended is pretty important.
|2012-12-10, 21:01
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ahaha ryuunosuke always cuts to the heart of the matter and sees everything.of course his approach is a little abrupt, but i guess rita needed the jolt.
"because it was so much fun painting with you" > oh that was so heartfelt tearjerking
"you paint your own pictures" > ah the wisdom of mashiro again makes you smile
"I'll do everything I can as best I can" > (from sorata)oh so true , nothing else or more one can do
ahaha rita X ryuunoksuke at the end ftw!
a lot of other good stuff, maybe i'll post additions later.
oh forgot , it was great episode from me, if it still wasn't clear from my thoughts above
|2012-12-10, 21:44
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I don't really like Ryunosuke (Yui Horie as a boy is "meh") but it's hard to argue with his reasoning. He exposed Rita's real problems and motivations with pinpoint accuracy. I know a few people like him IRL: unnecessarily blunt, callous, and insensitive, but very smart/talented and good at cutting through the baloney. Sometimes you need people who don't mince words AT ALL, although sparingly since that disdainful, i-don't-give-a-fuck-you're-all-idiots attitude just rubs me the wrong way. He's definitely not someone I'd hang out with if necessary, so good on Sorata for having the thick-skin to tolerate him. After all, he actually needs the guy to help him attain his goals.
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You have no idea how difficult it was for me to not say a single word/hint about this episode last week; that the subject matter wouldn't be about Mashiro but rather the focus would switch to Rita instead
I definitely prefer this version- a lot less ranting and spite though I sort of wish they had kept the small part about Rita complaining about all the headaches she had to take care of Mashiro And Dragon had alot more screentime as well this week and he is tsun-tsun around Rita alot quicker ! Sorata seem to have a big leap in confidence to be able to give a presentation in a lecture hall
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Really liked Ryuunosuke here. Much prefer his approach, in small numbers of course, to everyone beating around the bush and hoping something happens. And I'm glad that there's someone who takes an interest in him with his quirks. Too often that type of character is either randomly a harem lead or no one gives them the time of day, neither of which is interesting.
At first I laughed when Nanami cried to Mashiro and Rita's scene, but on reflection I prefer that to having uninvolved characters just standing in the background, watching as if judging.
|2012-12-10, 23:55
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Jealousy, expectation, passion. It's often a mistake to see your idol as the insurmountable wall instead of the shoulder of a giant. I do like the fact that the focus is actually on Rita instead of Sorata, since he had a better grasp of Mashiro's situation than her. Guess what needs is the words from someone with similar perspective; having Mashiro as the idol and casting a great shadow over their ambition.
man, I love this series. Can't wait for next week though judging by the preview :P
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Am I an anti-social freak for siding with Ryuunosuke this episode? Seriously, Rita's moronic self-pity got on my nerves this episode, and seeing Ryuunosuke tearing her apart was a gratifying experience.
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in all seriousness, I do think that's the point the episode is trying to get across. Rita has got her own inner demons to get rid off, and sometimes you just need a blunt character in Ryuunosuke to break apart her own illusions. There's no victors here really, and no need to look for one. It's not a contest.
|2012-12-11, 00:20
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While people would call what Ryuunosuke did impolite, he did nothing like that. Speaking the truth is never impolite, though it can cause pain: because the person hearing it has taken a lot of effort to avoid it. Rita was using Mashiro and she got called out on it. She then exploded over the dealing with the reality.
The world is a lot better off when people are honest, but the price of honesty is high since we all like our own little delusions.
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O'Reilly Factor contributors McGuirk and Gutfeld discussed everything from Obama's gun proposals to Notre Dame's Manti Te'o on Friday January 18, 2013. No one is happy with Lance Armstrong, Obama or the football superstar, but it was the viewer emails that stole the spotlight.
A Pastor from Duncan, Washington said, "Bill, great Talking Points Memo; do not let the machines take over your lives. I have preached on this very thing. Evil flourishes in the shadows. The Internet is full of shadows."
Speaking with less foreboding, George Alexander from Sydney Australia exclaimed, "The Internet is not a machine. It's a means of communication. A rather bizarre Talking Points. What's tomorrow? Fear of the telephone?"
No one could deny that the internet is a land of shadows filled with scams, conspiracies, nonsense, porn, and drivel. But then we are reminded that most of the nation's major newspapers now have online editions and when all else fails sometimes the only way to get an unbiased story is to search the web. Comparisons can be made quickly, and liberal media cannot hold out their biases for very long because of the instant cross references provided by the internet.
Today there is an ample supply of shadowed lands including the White House. Canada Free Press contributor Erik Rush said in an article entitled "The Darkest Design of Barack Obama," "Obama's definitely high on power…As the press continues to maintain the illusion that Obama is simply another American trying to do the right thing, he has been involved in the darkest machinations, some as yet incomprehensible to the average American."
Shadowed areas are not limited to the secular regions of the public alone. In the realms of Christianity and the church there is a growing apostasy that is besmirching the call of the simple gospel with a new theology that makes a caricature of Christ and clowns of his followers.
The Salon website recently featured an article on evangelist Creflo Dollar's powerful influence on the black churches to adopt the so called "prosperity gospel," even as some more traditional black ministers are calling him "Cash-flow Dollar." It isn't that Salon is wrongfully mocking the prosperity gospel without foundation, it is rather the idea that God wants us all to "drive a Bentley," that Salon and anyone with half a brain is cringing from. This is, to many believers and unbelievers alike, darkness standing right out in the middle of a blinding public spotlight.
It is far more honest to say that the ever increasing state of reprobation that is overtaking the minds of modern man are causing them all to be living, and acting out the course of their entire lives in a land of deepening shadows. It isn't the internet or the apostate church that has drawn them in, but the condition, the pre-disposition and the desires of their own hearts that have lured them into the shadows.
Bill O'Reilly's assertion that the internet is responsible for things like football heroes with imaginary girlfriends, and most of the bizarre behaviors of the day, falls seriously short of the truth. Even after a generation long push by the atheists', academics, the media and the liberals to remove the consciousness of God from virtually everyone, the honest answer still lies much closer to home.
From the realm of the eternal comes a single line of scriptures from one declared to be the wisest man to have ever lived, with the exception of Christ himself.
Solomon said, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Pr 4: 23)
That some hearts are filled with the illuminating presence of God's Holy Spirit is alone the reason that nothing offered in the media, the internet, or the world at large can draw them into the land of shadows.
For those without God – all bets are off.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." (Jer 17: 9-10)
The deceitfulness of a man's heart is always much closer than the internet.
This article was first published in American Thinker
© Copyright by Rev Michael Bresciani, 2013. All rights reserved.


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The Made in the Dark team worked with the nonprofit Andh Kanya Prakash Group School and the Blind People's Association in Ahmedabad to develop a unique "color-scent language" that associates individual colors of beads with specific aromas, say lime for bright green or sandalwood for burgundy.
Using the art of "scent-beading," blind artisans are able to manipulate the products they create.
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Using this new art of "scent-beading," blind artisans, particularly those with prior skills, are able to manipulate the products they create to communicate both visually and olfactorily.
"By combining different aromas with colored beads, a relationship between color and scent can be developed which gives craftspeople the opportunity to discover and control color in their work," write Jon Fraser, Hal Watts, and Ruby Steel in their project report. "By initializing the craft in local NGOs, we hope to develop an artform that will be free to grow and evolve throughout the blind community."
The impact of the brand, once established, could have far-reaching consequences. Growing demand for products would not only encourage veterans of the craft to train other blind people, but also create a sense of community and camaraderie. "The blind craftsmen would pick up new materials and drop of their latest designs on a set day so that they maintain social contacts with other blind people if they are working from home," they add.
Made in the Dark also sees itself as a voice for promoting awareness about preventable blindness. A sunglass chain that encourages people to wear sunglasses, for instance, could help reduce cases of cataracts or macular degeneration that frequently result in vision loss.
"Our team is currently in discussions with a major ethical Indian retailer, which could secure a wide release for Made in the Dark jewelry," Fraser, Watts, and Steel say. "This would allow production to be greatly expanded and provide a sustainable income to more blind craftspeople. Hopefully this will allow the craft to grow organically and for more blind people to benefit, both in Ahmedabad and in the rest of India."
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The 10th Annual Cesar Chavez Celebration at Hope College will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, March 26-27.
The annual celebration's keynote address, "Yes We Can," which will focus on the financial industry, will be presented on Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in the MaasCenter auditorium by David McKinney and Elias Sanchez, who are Hope alumni.
On Thursday, March 27, Dr. Sheila Contreras of Michigan State University will present "Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Great Immigration Debate" at 11 a.m. in the first floor rotunda of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication as part of the college's "Global Coffee Hour."
The public is invited to both events. Admission is free.
McKinney and Sanchez will share reflections on the impact of Chavez' movement as well as information about their background and the financial industry. They will discuss how their success in the financial industry is connected to the impact of Chavez' contributions and legacy. McKinney is a pension fund real estate investment advisor with Oakman Graves Capital Planners, and is a 1981 Hope graduate living in Chicago, Ill. Sanchez is a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch, and is a 1978 Hope graduate living in Hinsdale, Ill.
Contreras will highlight the influence of Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW). Her presentation will include an introduction to the Chicana/o movement politics of the 1970s and the relevance of that historical period to the current immigration debate in the United States. She is an associate professor at Michigan State University, teaching Chicano/Latino studies and American studies.
The events at Hope are named in honor of Cesar E. Chavez (1927-93), who played a leading role in the 1960s in organizing the nation's migrant farm workers, and was the first head of the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers. March 31, his birthday, is the official Cesar E. Chavez Day of Service and Learning, which is a holiday in multiple states, including Michigan, and dozens of cities and counties throughout the nation.
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Obituary: Jack Gross, Jr., 78 – TV Comedy Writer
December 18, 2007
Jack Gross, Jr., sitcom writer, died on December 14. Writing with partner Michael R. Stein, Gross had a brief flurry of activity in the mid-60s, penning two scripts for "Gilligan's Island" as well as episodes of "Valentine's Day," "My Favorite Martian," and "Tarzan." Alone, Gross contributed to the screenplays for the 7os schlock films Clay Pigeon and Welcome to Arrow Beach.
That's fairly thin list of credits, and I have no idea what else Gross may have been doing during his screenwriting career, although there's some evidence from the IMDb that he (along with Fred De Gorter, another sometime writing partner) may have written for UPA's Mr. Magoo series, or possibly other cartoons.
The paid death notice in today's Los Angeles Times has a few biographical details:
GROSS, Jack (78), of Murrieta Hot Springs, CA, passed away Dec. 14, 2007. Jack was born Feb. 4, 1929 to parents Jack O. Gross and Loretta Glazer Gross. He graduated from Pt. Loma High School in 1947. His father founded KFMB, which was the first television station in San Diego, in 1949. Jack lived abroad in Europe for several years before graduating from San Fernando Valley State College (now known as Cal State Northridge). He later earned a master's degree from the USC School of Cinema in 1973. Jack was best known as a television writer who wrote for many of the classic situation comedies of the 1960s and 1970s, including Gilligan's Island, My Favorite Martian, Tarzan, and Diff'rent Strokes. He will be remembered for his never-ending sense of humor and his laid back attitude towards life. He was predeceased by his brother Laurence. He is survived by his wife Joan, and son Josh, publisher of Beverly Hills Weekly. Services were private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Writers Guild Foundation.
Published in the Los Angeles Times on 12/18/2007.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Robert Weaver: "Illustration is an essential to great painting."
In fact, my real intent was misread - I have little doubt that Robert Weaver could have admired NC Wyeth's (or Howard Pyle's) work and that these artists actually had more in common than we might expect at a glance.
That being said, the elephant in the room that has to be acknowledged is that the classical style of illustration, the tradition that came down by way of NC Wyeth and a thousand commercial artists who 'descended' from him, was, by the mid-century period, becoming irrelevant.
By the mid-1950s traditional, 'realistic' illustration was no longer fashionable, desirable or meaningful to the larger graphic arts industry or, frankly, even to many of the artists employed in making commercial pictures.(1)
While Robert Weaver may have admired Wyeth and Pyle, I get the feeling he had little more than disdain for their 'descendants' - for the Sundblom Santas and the Whitmore 'clinches'. Describing his take on the state of illustration in a 1959 interview in American Artist magazine Weaver said, "Many illustrators of today are too little concerned with the actualities of their time."
"Too often they merely aid and abet the pre-sold illusion of the age. The illustrator, who should be outside momentary surface illusions observing, is himself observed as part of the phenomena by more serious students of the time."
By "serious students", Weaver was not referring to the contemporary fine artists of the day, by the way. Of that crowd, he said, "Today's artist finds himself unattached to society. There is no mutual sense of responsibility He is 'free.' He likes it that way."
"Is it not that very freedom that has robbed art of its raison d'etre? I have noticed that abstract expressionism carried to the most reckless extremes no longer has the power to shock and disturb even the most conservative audiences. Ennui sets in."
"How can there be vitality without meaning? A much more intellectually challenging field of painting is that which includes illustration but is not limited by it." (emphasis Weaver's)
"Illustration is an essential to great painting. Abstractness cannot be equated with it; it is merely the grammar. Color, texture, design, etc. are tools to be applied to a purpose. 'Self expression' is not a purpose, it is an inevitable by-product of that purpose. It is at this point that the illustrator-painter should realize his opportunities."
"That he has not realized them is borne out by the low opinion in which the illustrator is held in the general art world."
* My Robert Weaver Flickr set.
(1) By example, consider the story of Murray Tinkelman luring, one by one, the Cooper studio artists away to Reuben Tam's painting class at the Brooklyn Museum. In Neil Shapiro's article in Illustration Magazine # 16, Cooper artist Don Crowley described Murray's influence (somewhat facetiously) on the Cooper staff as "[getting] those guys dissatisfied with what they were doing... they weren't happy doing illustrations any more. They wanted to be fine artists."
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- Charlie Allen6:37 PM
NOW you've done it!!! Never liked Weaver from the git go and now have clearer reason for my total rejection. He's a revisionist, an insurrectioist, an intellelectual terrorist, and he's dead, dead, wrong. I don't care how clever, avant garde, how 'supposedly superior' he feels about his art....it was a commercial loser in the real world. That always creates a bitter loser. His pronouncement that by the mid '50s illustration as we practiced it 'was dead' demonstrates such a distorted view of illustration, of people, of artists, of the real world, the economy, of how we lived and communicated in the mid-century, that his opinion is nothing less than pathetic. Will stop and cool off for now....more later.ReplyDelete
Love Weaver! Thanks for the recent posts!ReplyDelete
I was fortunate to hear Barron Storey speak on him and it was phenomenal!
I like him. an influential instructor to Barron Storey....that is victory.ReplyDelete
I wonder where Robert Cunningham fits in the timeline I really love his stuff.
I think the thing that a lot of people miss about Mr. Weaver is that he didn't become an illustrator until he was in his thirties, and it was purely by accident. He was an intellectual from all accounts that I have read and incredibly well read. I think he was trying to get into his pictures something of the real world. Whether he did this through direct reporting or creating pictorial paradoxes that challenged readers, the intent was the same.ReplyDelete
I think that more than any other illustrator at the time, and before anyone working in print, he painted the world in a way that reflected a commitment to being truthful about things he saw. I believe he was socially conscious, sensitive to the changes of his times, and trying to find new ways to make pictures.
My understanding of 1950's illustration is that it was mired in a very posed and hollywoodish view of the world. If one looks at movies of the mid fifties and early sixties with clean sets, very high gloss color, and a plastic feel, I think one will see that illustration before Mr. Weaver reflected them more than real life.
I don't know why anyone would call him revisionist. What was he revising? I don't know what an intellectual terrorist is. Is that someone who goes around bullying people by saying they are smarter than them?
I think he was trying, and tried throughout his life and career, much of which was very successful, to find new ways to communicate. I think also that after he stopped practicing illustration in the 1980's that he began to make work that was purely for himself, and more self expression than communicative.
As an illustrator, I have struggled through various forms of picture making. I have created work that is metaphorical, allegorical, symbolic, surreal, and also very graphic. The mode i am in now is one where I am trying to find a way to make pictures that feel like experiences and truths. I do not use the same language i used when I was creating emotionally charged, in your face pieces. I used to want to hide how my work was done, have that be the magic, but now, the fact that a thing is a drawing, painting, whatever is part of the thing itself. I think that making pictures or other art objects is a personal journey. I think that for Mr. Weaver, his was traveled in while making images for other people for years, then for himself. I don't get the impression from everything I have read of him that he thought he was superior to anyone. If he did, well, I have seen lesser artists act as though they were in search of the holy grail while others were just hacking about. Snobbery is part and parcel within in any field, and people take sides and prop up their heroes verses their enemies'.
Anyhow, thanks for the post. I have seen a lot of Robert Weaver's work, but not some of the more cartoonish pieces like the ones in the elephant story.
One last thing, and this is my own definition of the difference between "fine art" and illustration. As I see it, illustration is a thing that supports and illuminates a given subject matter, usually in print of some form but not limited to it. Gallery work is another completely separate endeavor, as is theater for example. Both things are about connecting to and communicating. Fine art, if such a thing exist, is the state of grace that comes when one is making things and the response of the viewer. I think that painting for one's self, for galleries, for print are all worthwhile pursuits. Different, but all equally valid.
Thank you all for your powerful reactions! I hope you'll continue to add your thoughts as the rest of the week unfolds.ReplyDelete
- Chad Sterling5:20 PM
Weaver's critique is designed to appeal to the snobbish end of the illusrtration industry. In a nutshell the ethos is/was 'if it's ugly and 'badly' drawn it's a more authentic truer statement. In the process showing up well executed work as trivial or decorative.ReplyDelete
I'm not too keen on images of rosy cheeked children or Grace Kelly-esque housewives, but then you have unsentimental realists like Sickles, Smith and Fawcett doing great work.
Weaver should have focused on gallery work where he could display his conscience untramelled by editorial guidelines and not be part of the uglification of a great period in American art.
RW began as a fine artist and it is seems entirely valid to me to critique him as being a bit of an alien to the illustration scene, harboring a lot of shame at being in a field then derided for the undeniably schlocky part of it that gave it a bad name among the culture critics.ReplyDelete
But I agree with Chad Sterling that RW, by creating the flip side of the coin with the anti-illustration style, simply replicated a new kind of mannerism, equally open to charges of shallowness.
Poor Weaver! If you listen closely to what he was saying, he was really trying to mediate between the polarity of fine art and illustration. He knew there were problems with both sides of that battle, and tried to find a compromise, a way out.
I too have doubts about his success, as I find a lot of his work a little too self-conscious and glib in its rejection of traditional draughtsmanship.
On the other hand, he really did have an impact on others. The "end of illustration" - version 1959 - was imminent. The Society of Illustrators had a crisis right about then, because of how the field had changed, leaving the Old Guard behind - that's why they stated the Annual Show/Competition, to revive the industry and their centrality to it. And a lot of what got awards left the traditionalists feeling disowned by SI. But it's also what allowed SI to continue surviving. Ironic, given how much RW hated the organization....


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Besides new girl Kenya Moore and the ridiculous drama she's brought, The Real Housewives of Atlanta have kept things uncharacteristically civil this season. Tonight, however, we got the first hint that things aren't as calm as they seem on the surface when Cynthia Bailey went head to head with Phaedra Parks.
Since initially joining RHOA with a belligerent bang, Miss Phaedra has really evolved into a likable Housewife who tends to stay above the fray and avoids the catty drama for the most part. Or so we thought. Turns out Phaedra only seems to be showing one of her faces, and tonight Cynthia busted her for the second one.
At a lunch with NeNe Leakes (we SO need more NeNe this season), Cynthia learned that Phaedra didn't give a "fuck" that she couldn't attend her son's birthday. And it wasn't just gossip that could be easily dismissed as rumor -- NeNe had proof. Apparently Phaedra had butt-dialed NeNe, and it was all there, crystal clear.
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Cynthia was shocked and pissed since she thought they'd mended their relationship after the whole Peter and Apollo blow up, though not enough so that she could say the "F" word when she met with Phaedra to confront her. She came with a gift for Ayden in hand, and then got down to business.
"As a matter of fact, somebody actually told me that you really didn't give a –- excuse my spelling, a F-U-C-K -- if I came to Ayden's party of not."
Phaedra's first method of defense was to deny, claiming that she never uses the such language. "I don't think you've ever heard me drop the F-bomb so whoever told you that is tripping...I did not say that and I think you know I don't talk like that."
Oh, but she does. Cynthia let her know that not only did she hear it with her own ears, she could let Phaedra listen to it too. That's when Phaedra could have apologized, or tried to otherwise explain, but instead she just totally changed the subject and started talking about something biting her boob. It was awkward to say the least, and it will be interesting to see if Cynthia lets her off the hook that easily. She really should have brought NeNe with her. At the very least, maybe Phaedra should put a warming about the dangers of a donkey booty on her workout tape.
Meanwhile, Kim Zolciak was moving out of her haunted dream home because she was sorta kinda evicted or whatever. She was a mess while moving and dropped enough F-bombs in the process for Phaedra, Cynthia, and a small village combined. The biggest FU, however, she saved for Kendra, her landlord who she believes screwed her over. With all of the vindictiveness in the world, she had all of the flowers and trees she'd planted while living dug up, and she took them the hell with her. What she's going to do with them is unknown, but they weren't staying there. I'm sure the aftermath wasn't pretty.
Not that we'd expect anything less than a dramatic exit from Kim. And according to recent reports, there's going to be an ever bigger one later this season, when Kim quits RHOA for good. Stay tuned.
Were you surprised that Phaedra lied about what she'd said? Are you sad to learn that Kim is leaving RHOA?
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