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The Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet — PART FIVE: We All Live At Grey Gardens Now
As those of you who've been closely following the unfolding "Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet" well know, a chance encounter with a dirty (and some would say downright filthy) carpet in a big law firm here in downtown Chicago has evolved in the last few days into an important economic theory I'm developing…which involves measuring and interpreting the neglect and accumulating filth in big city office buildings as a 21st Century version of the old "canaries in a coal mine" that previously warned miners of approaching disaster in other centuries; in our case, my theory is that filthy carpets and poorly-maintained washrooms in the offices of something like a major law firm in a shiny skyscraper are a clarion call that the nation's on the verge of a major economic collapse (since firms that are doing well financially would not slash their cleaning and maintenance budgets like this, at least not in the areas of their offices that are reserved for clients, guests, and other visitors).
My main contention in all of this is that a big law firm with a prestigious address in Chicago is expected to be immaculately clean at all times, and up until just recently these places would have spent whatever it took to maintain that expected image of cleanliness…so we are in uncharted territory in this country if big law firms and other businesses that Chicago depends on to survive can no longer afford to keep up those appearances.
At first I was just startled by the filthy and unsanitary conditions of the Hinshaw & Culbertson's Chicago offices…and as a professional courtesy I wrote to the Senior Partners of the firm to make sure they knew just how bad things had been allowed to get in their lobby and men's room. I just thought it was the polite thing to do as a visitor, since I'd certainly want someone to tell me my carpet was unacceptably filthy or that my bathroom resembled a space that would be more commonly found in an abandoned bus station…in Mexico. One of my friends suggested that perhaps the partners of the Hinshaw firm all have some degree of autism (or even Asperger's Syndrome) and are, thus, unaware of their surroundings to the point where they'd never realize how poor everything looked to a client or visitor. "They could just be a bunch of eccentrics and not care," one friend in particular advised. I've never met Donald L. Mrozek or J. William Rogers (the big cheeses at the firm), but I did see Mrozek walk through the lobby wearing a long black coat, a red scarf, and (I believe) a black hat while I was sitting on the couch staring at that filthy carpet (and photographing it in an obvious way). Mr. Mrozek is an older man who looked grandfatherly and is the kind of guy who would have been played by Andy Griffith in the movie that will no doubt eventually be made of all this (but since "Matlock" and "Sheriff Taylor" passed away last year, I don't know who they'll get for the part…Wilford Brimley, maybe?). The man in charge of the Hinshaw firm was coming back from something he had to do outside when I saw him, unless he just keeps his coat and scarf on him at all times during the day (in case there's an emergency or something…or maybe it just costs too much to heat the parts of the offices that visitors don't step into).
I haven't heard back from Mr. Mrozek or anyone else at the Hinshaw firm about my letter to them, but I didn't really ask them for any kind of response. My email just more or less informed the Senior Partners that their carpets were filthy and that their men's washroom was the dirtiest and creepiest I had ever encountered this side of a horror movie. I honestly don't even know what sort of response a company can give to that, besides admitting "Yah, we know" or saying "Sorry everything was so gross and dirty while you were here". This is one situation in which Hallmark most certainly does not stock a selection of cards.
Operating in the capacity of a concerned citizen, Good Samaritan, and "local busybody", I next asked actress Ann B. Davis (of Brady Bunch fame) if she could remember any really excellent (and inexpensive) cleaning tips that I could perhaps pass-on to the folks at Hinshaw & Culbertson the next time I am there for a meeting. I was raised in the Catholic Church and attended all the Bazaars, roast beef dinners, Christmas parties, and other things the parish organized…and I always remembered my grandmother Emma, in particular, having an eagle's eyes when it came to spotting someone in the throng who maybe didn't have enough money to buy a ticket for the dinner or couldn't afford another spin on one of the carnival rides in the church parking lot (but she could tell the person really wanted to twirl around for a while). There's just something about the filthy carpeting in this law firm and its disaster of a men's room that has brought the "Grandma Emma" out in my DNA, and so I wanted to help them help themselves by finding household hints they could maybe use to tidy up a bit; this is just the sort of thing that Emma would have done…though she probably would have even offered to clean up their mess herself, since she was just an awesome and loving church lady like that. I am not that nice and don't aspire to be, but I do like to help people who've made a complete mess of things.
Grandma Emma's been gone for some years now, but the Holy Spirit moved me to think of her and my childhood in Cleveland and compelled me to find someone else who could help the hapless Hinshaw firm with their filthy carpet and stinky men's room when I didn't receive an immediate response from the woman who once played housekeeper "Alice Nelson" on an old tee-vee show I watched in reruns. So, naturally, I thought next to ask lifestyle expert "Heloise" what she would do about these carpets and the mess in the men's room…but I am still waiting to hear back from her as well. Since I didn't tell her this was an emergency or anything, it could be a while.
In the meantime, scores of readers here on this site offered their own handy solutions to Hinshaw & Culbertson's cleaning woes…to the point where I think we now have all of that covered. If this firm continues to have filthy carpets and a dirty men's room after reading all of your loving and thoughtful cleaning tips, then these people just want to be dirty and there's nothing much we can do about that. Or — which is kind of depressing — a firm like this just can't afford to stay clean any longer…and can't even find room in the budget to hire someone to use common lemon juice and elbow grease to make their offices sparkle (in addition to having Stanley Steamer or someone with a Rug Doctor come in and shampoo the carpeting).
It was at this point in my letter-writing that I realized the Holy Spirit had deposited me inside those Hinshaw offices for a reason last week…and that "The Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet" was deeper than even the most stubborn of stains in their lobby. Yesterday I wrote to author and legal expert John Grisham to see if he could give me any insight into what compels a large firm like Hinshaw & Culbertson to neglect their lobby and men's room like this…and in writing to him I realized that I might have accidentally stumbled upon a major new economic theory where dirty carpet in a big law firm is actually an indicator of approaching economic doom for our entire country. This, to me at least, was sort of like "Doc Brown" hitting his head on his toilet and accidentally inventing the time-traveling "Flux Capacitor" in the Back to the Future movies of the 1980s. The inspiration for this new economic indicactor, thus, partially came from Grisham's many books set in big law firms…where the firms he described were always immaculate and sparkling (with a fortune spent on upkeep and maintenance, no doubt). Since I'm a fan of his books (and have read all of them, except for the junky ones) and my expectation for a big law firm like Hinshaw & Culbertson was for it to be spotlessly clean like in those books…the fact that I arrived for an appointment with one of their partners and instead found the place filthy convinced me that something bigger than just poor office management was at play.
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Meanwhile, the Internet (as it so often does) took my "dirty carpets in a big law firm" turn of phrase and ran with it (which is something that would happen in one of the exciting John Grisham legal adventures)…and apparently it's now been featured on UrbanDictionary as a newly-coined idiom that updates the "canaries in a coal mine" warning sign for the 21st Century. Clearly, there's something to the fact that a big law firm just doesn't normally allow its carpets to become so filthy (or its men's room to resemble something even Stephen King would be scared to dream about) unless there was a serious problem behind the scenes that we just might not know about. I'm surprised by how quickly people have been making up mouse pads and tee shirts with the meme "dirty carpets in a big law firm", but this idiom must really resonate with people who clearly feel a "heaviness" or a "malaise" hovering over our economy since 2008…despite the Ministry of Truth that is our national media's best efforts to pretend "We're in recovery!" or "Everything's just fine now!". I know that young people in their 20s and 30s are intensely fond of mouse pads and love wearing the coolest new tee shirt, so no doubt you'll soon be seeing all of this paraphernalia wherever you live too. I'm still not entirely sure what "Tumblr" is, but I bet in the next few days there will be a "Tumblr" collection of hipsters photographing themselves wearing "dirty carpets in a big law firm" gear while doing cart wheels or shaking their butts in front of large office buildings coast to coast. It's just how the Internet works when a new theory on economic indicators captures the public's imagination this way.
I think this is because when people see filthy carpeting in a fancy office building while visiting a purportedly prestigious law firm, they know there's a serious economic problem in our country right now…and,when they stumble into the men's room at that firm and find stagnant water on the floor, clogged toilets with all manner of YUCK! floating everywhere, and the general appearance that the place hadn't been cleaned in a great while, they become even more convinced that the Democrats' economic policies have pushed our nation onto the precipice of absolute and catastrophic ruin. The simple truth is that if we really were "recovering" then the seams wouldn't be so glaringly showing in offices like Hinshaw & Culbertson…which give the impression that the firm is months away from some sort of institutional collapse. I think after Barack Obama's reelection most of us realize there is nothing that can be done any longer to prevent this ruin…but I for one cling to the prayer that after the Democrats are done inflicting all this damage that we'll ultimately be able to rebuild (though it will be from the ground up, at essentially Square One).
I think the reason the "dirty carpets in a big law firm" meme has caught on so fast is because people can see this wherever they go, even if there isn't a branch of Hinshaw & Culbertson in their town. Malls that were once glittering showplaces are now dingy and unkempt, with stores shuttered and quite often all the fountains long ago turned off to save money. Here in Chicago, the once bustling "vertical malls" along Michigan Avenue were all mostly long ago abandoned…with at least one of them more closely resembling a mausoleum than a shopping center on my last visit. Readers have emailed me over the last few days of my investigation into "The Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet" to talk about restaurants, bars, grocery stores, and other places they frequent becoming noticeably dirtier the last few years…as if cleaning crews had been dismissed, or there was a general cutback in in hours for the people who once maintained these establishments as veritable showplaces. I can think of dozens of places I used to love going to that seem to be skimping on ingredients or embracing a more generic or cheaper way of doing things…all seemingly to save money. There's a tangible sadness everywhere…and just a general sense that there's just not enough money flowing to properly maintain anything.
Here in Boystown, I know of a bar that used to go all-out for its holiday and festival decorations…with lavish flower arrangements that could have easily time-traveled from the heady days at Versailles (or been flown in from Washington after the latest of Michelle Antoinette Obama's extravagant soirees), but this place now seemingly has its staff amateurishly decorate for events, instead of hiring expensive professionals (AND they are having the staff dance in speedos and jocks for their parties now too, instead of bringing in some of Boystown's professional go-go boys…which is just sad, and kind of like when a movie studio replaces the talented actress you liked in a film with a much cheaper and weirder-looking one for the less expensive TV series spinoff).
Simultaneously (and its a weird converse of all this descent into shabbiness), I've also noticed the guys getting increasingly hotter in menial jobs and service positions at drug stores, fast food restaurants, car washes, etc. There are a lot of buff, Abercrombie-looking guys working as receptionists wherever I go too (and that was not the case when I first moved to Chicago eight years ago, believe me…I was single then and I'd definitely have noticed and would remember). That makes me think that the job market is just so bad that people who wouldn't have been caught dead flipping burgers (and never had to, because they were so good looking that those kind of jobs were always "beneath them") now apply for those minimum-wage jobs because they are the only positions available. Hope! Change!
I've noticed the crime rate in Chicago skyrocketing since Barack Obama took office, too…which could be a result of the people who used to fill all those menial jobs (the ones now being staffed by recently-graduated-from-college hotties) being pushed out, since what manager WOULDN'T want to hire the handsome gay guy desperate for work instead of the thug with a criminal record or the Spanish-speaker who still refuses to learn English (even after living here for many years)?
A big law firm cutting back on cleaning expenses and allowing its office carpets and men's room to become filthy and unsanitary is happening in the same economy where a bar across town is drastically chopping its flower and decorating budget…and across the street the place that used to hire buff male strippers is no longer paying those guys…and so they're forced to take work doing things they never had to do because the easy money and glamorous gigs were always so plentiful (until 2008 or so, when the Depression started)…which makes it impossible for people on the very bottom rungs of society to get the unskilled and menial jobs they count on…pushing those guys into committing more crimes…which has its own effect on the downward spiral of our country.
It really is all interconnected and related…and so the "Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet" has much more relevance to you than you might have thought when I first launched this investigation a few days ago. I'm not an economist, but I also think "dirty carpets in a big law firm" could end up being the defining indicator that we're truly in an economic Depression right now…but the Ministry of Truth that serves as our national media refuses to admit it. I'll be working on fleshing this out in the next few days as my investigation continues…and hope you contribute your own thoughts to this in comments below (or in private emails to me on the topic). As all of us professional mystery-solvers say, "The investigation continues!".
While I was looking for a major economist to write to for help with my "dirty carpets in a big law firm" theory, I started thinking about the people who are really responsible for setting the stage for life as we know it to collapse with Barack Obama at the helm. One of the most glaring groups of these people are the Kennedys…and the de facto carrier of that "dynastic" torch these days is really HRH Princess Caroline of Kennedy, now that her murderer uncle Ted resides deep down below (where all the goblins go), as my Grandma Emma would have put it. You might not be aware of this (though you're about to be), but Princess's mother, St. Jackie of Kennedy (to the press, at least), once stood idly by and allowed relatives of hers to descend into squalor (with filthy carpets and stinky bathrooms of their own)…until she and her sister Lee Ratsiwell (sp?) were publicly shamed for what they allowed to happen at "Grey Gardens"….which had a lot more wrong with it than just stained carpets like those at Hinshaw & Culbertson.
I believe Princess Caroline deserves an earful about what I'm uncovering in "The Mystery of the Filthy, Filthy Carpet" because all of us kind of live in Grey Gardens now, with the Kennedys being as responsible for what's happened to our economy as Jackie was for the ruin of her aunt and cousins.
Mrs. Caroline Kennedy
c/o Josh Isay
SKD Knickerbocker
594 Broadway – Suite 805
New York, New York 10012
Dear Caroline,
I write to you this morning despite the two of us not ever having the best working relationship (in that I find you to be our country's continued answer to Roald Dahl's loathsome creation "Veruca Salt"…and you by all accounts seem unaware I exist) because I hold you at least somewhat personally responsible for the prolonged economic mess our nation's endured since you and your "Uncle Teddy" (who I remind you was a drunk serial abuser of women and also a murderer) anointed Barack Obama as "The Lightbringer" and "The One" back in the winter of 2008. And thus foisted this man and his agenda on our country.
I think your Uncle also gave Obama a dog we never see anymore…and then Obama named it after his own initials, which is only slightly less revolting than the dog being a "Portuguese water dog" formerly owned by the porcine Kennedy who had drowned a women. Honestly, your kin and the Obamas are 90% of why I can just never vote Democrat ever again…especially after appreciating what Democrats do to the country when in the White House.
While you seem to have suffered along with the rest of us these last five years, that's largely a result of poor decisions you personally made and the inept handling of your public image by Mr. Isay and the SKD Knickerbocker firm. I do (sort of) feel obliged to thank you for making such an ass of yourself in December of 2008 when you brattily tried to grab Hillary Clinton's soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat…because that was a hilarious spectacle to behold (and just about the only levity us Hillary 2008 supporters had after your family's betrayal of the Clintons). Your tantrums of "I wants it, I wants it, I wants it!" remain legendary…and just about the only good times had by so many of us in that horrible, horrible year.
Then, when Obama was officially president and followed Governor David Paterson's lead and himself humiliated you by picking other people to be his ambassadors to the Court of St. James or France…and after the Vatican specifically said it would refuse your credentials if you'd be sent over there…it really seemed like nobody at all wanted a damn thing to do with you, which is how I suspect a majority of people in this country (outside the media ranks, of course) feel about your entire "Kennedy Family". That was funny too, so thank you for whatever you did behind the scenes to cost yourself the ambassadorships you seem to feel entitled to for helping Obama so much.
You are a woman who had (almost) everything handed to her and until 2008 was considered our "American Princess", but you've really never amounted to much in this life. Every now and then you have someone gather up notecards or grocery lists your mother, Jackie Kennedy, scribbled in her later years and you repackage them as "Edited by Caroline Kennedy" and sell them at craft fairs or wherever…but these are hardly accomplishments and I suspect you know that. You've been so quiet the last few years I've vacillated between thinking you are plotting your comeback and wondering if you were just being lazy, but I don't think the jury's still out on that anymore.
You are lazy…and also very much like your mother in relation to her role in allowing your cousins, the Bouvier Beales, to degenerate into squalor in their home, Grey Gardens, back in the 1970s. The Ministry of Truth that is our national media has always protected and advocated for "The Kennedy Family" (in ways in which the British papers have never served the actual royals in "The House of Windsor"), so most Americans don't even realize that your grandfather "Black Jack Bouvier" stole the rightful inheritance of your great-aunt "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale…and that your grandfather then absconded with that money for the benefit of your mother Jackie and her sister (which was your aunt Lee). The amount of money your grandfather stole from his sister and her daughter would be around $800,000 today, adjusted for inflation. That's a fortune that would have prevented the Beales from falling into poverty and losing their home to abject squalor and ruin.
Jackie Kennedy, your mother and our former First Lady, knew full well what horrible conditions your cousin and great-aunt were living in at Grey Gardens…but she chose to do nothing about it for many years, despite no longer needing any of the fortune your grandfather had stolen for her when she was just a girl. But, after a documentary film crew discovered "Big Edie" and her daughter "Little Edie" surrounded by filth and terrorized by raccoons in the falling-down-around-them ramshackle that had become their home, your mother was publicly shamed into paying for Grey Gardens to be cleaned and "Big Edie" to have a few dented scheckles to live off-of for the last few years of her life.
Your mother is considered a saint in our national media…and I grew up in a household where she was forever revered for her "grace" and her style. She was, however, clearly not someone who did the right thing unless she was called onto the carpet with a public shaming and forced to right a wrong she was personally responsible for. I don't know how "graceful" or "stylish" that ultimately is, but I've never looked at "St. Jackie" the same since I watched Grey Gardens.
I feel that you, as the caretaker of the "Kennedy legacy", have a responsibility to all Americans in much the way your mother owed your relatives at Grey Gardens…because your selfishness, stupidity, and lack of situational awareness at a critical juncture of our nation's history had a detrimental impact on us all.
With so much falling down around and the whole country feeling like there's a heavy cloud over our heads, I feel like we're all sort of living at Grey Gardens now…and that's because of the actions of your Uncle Ted and you back in 2008 that pushed Barack Obama towards the Democrats' nomination and into the presidency. That intervention in the process on your part prevented Hillary Clinton from becoming the 2008 nominee…and I think it altered the course of our nation's history because I don't believe she would have allowed everything to collapse into economic ruin around us the way that Obama has. In fact, I do believe without reservation that Obama is enjoying seeing the country degenerate into squalor…because that's part of his "social justice" and "redistribute the wealth" outlook on life in a global sense.
As you are no doubt aware, I'm working this week on a major theory that ties observable phenomena to the real state of our economy, with things like the disrepair and abandoned maintenance of office buildings being a major indicator that we're currently in a Depression that was caused by the actions of Barack Obama. You've read how I discovered this connection when I sat in the waiting area of the law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson and was shocked by how filthy they had allowed their carpeting to become and how stinky and vile they kept their men's washroom. I believe I have seen pictures of you online standing with Robert K. Shannon, one of the partners in the Hinshaw firm, so perhaps you are personally aware of how filthy the carpeting and washrooms are in his Chicago offices. I'm not accusing you of having anything to do with their carpets becoming so filthy, but based on what I know about you from observing your behavior all these years I would not be surprised to find out you at the very least threw the toilet paper around in the restroom. It's just something you seem like you would do, just because you could, and then you'd deny it later.
I draw your attention to the fact that the phrase "We All Live at Grey Gardens Now" looks to resonate with so many in the days and months ahead, especially as the approaching onslaught of Obamacare regulations and burdens obliterate many small businesses and result in millions of Americans losing their jobs and falling into poverty soon. I hope the public holds you at least in part personally responsible for this…and I suspect your handlers sense this possibility, because you really have been keeping an uncharacteristically low-profile lately. Not even fresh shipments of faberge eggs to Bergdorf-Goodman's have been able to coax you out of reclusivity.
It's almost exactly the way your mother behaved right before the "Look at what Jackie allowed to happen at Grey Gardens!" outrage erupted in the mid-70s.
Like mother, like daughter, I suppose.
Only your mother just allowed her aunt and cousin to suffer in squalor caused by the greed of her father…while you stand in the ruins of "Camelot" and watch the entire country before you collapse into a "Grey Gardens" state of neglect, forfeited prosperity, and dirty carpets (in big law firms and everywhere else) because people in all levels of our society truly are suffering greatly in this Depression that the state media won't acknowledge. This is, of course, all thanks to your family's maneuverings five years ago that put us collectively on this course.
This is the part in letters like this where I would normally ask someone to do something or another to help…or to solicit their advice on where we can go from here to make things better…but, who am I kidding? You are Caroline Kennedy and are not especially of much use or worth to anyone…but even if you were at least a decent enough person as your mother and you could be publicly shamed into action under the right circumstances, the mess you helped push our country into is so much bigger than the one "St. Jackie" allowed to manifest at Grey Gardens. I guess the only thing I can ask of you is to just not do anything to make it worse and to just remain in cloistered exile the way you have been lately.
I guess you could always start shopping again…because that would help some merchants in New York, at least. So, yah, do that, Caroline. While everyone else tries to claw out of the heap you and your family pushed the country into.
Kevin DuJan
Editor-in-Chief, HillBuzz.org
QUESTION for COMMENTS: Have you seen Grey Gardens and do you also find a connection between the state of that mansion's decay and the Kennedy Family's responsibility for the nation's current economic condition?
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U.S. Committed to Greenhouse Gas Cuts, China Prefers "Voluntary" Effort
Jason Mick
May 28, 2010
While it is unknown definitively whether manmade greenhouse gases are
playing a role in climate change, or exactly what that role may be,
many scientists and politicians support early studies which suggest a
link between carbon dioxide emissions and a global warming trend.
They want the international community to band together to make
drastic cuts to the global CO budget.
The only problem is that those cuts are far from cheap; rather
they may
cost trillions of dollars.
The U.S. has already committed to rather stringent emissions cuts. President Obama has pledged that the U.S. will cut cut 17 percent of its emissions by 2020 (with regards to 2005 levels), 30 percent reduction by 2025, 42 percent by 2030, and 83 percent by 2050.
Those cuts will have a major impact on the world emissions picture, as the U.S. is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases. However, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China, has been reticent to commit to a solid goal of any kind, saying that it prefers to make "voluntary" commitments.
At Tsinghua University in the Chinese national capitol in Beijing on Wednesday the top U.S. climate negotiator, Todd Stern, was in talks with high level Chinese officials about adopting more binding targets.
Stern, fresh off an grueling run at Copenhagen, spoke to reporters, stating, "With respect to the issue of transparency, I think it's hugely important and we do put a lot of emphasis on it. Countries need to be able to see what track the world is on generally, where we are going. The only way we can do that is if there are clear and transparent measures with respect to the inventories of greenhouse gases, what measures are being put in place by countries and so forth."
The greenhouse gas talks with China are part of a longer series of talks concerning economic cooperation and strategic cooperation, particularly on touchy issues like the recent attack by North Korean on a South Korean vessel. When it comes to climate the U.S., for all its efforts, may be unable to convince China to adopt a binding resolution.
Beijing's emission plan is rather bizarre, and according to some, impossible. The nation plans to allow emissions to climb for several more years before dramatically turning the corner, and by 2020 reducing emissions 40 to 45 percent from 2005 levels. So in other words, Beijing thinks it can accomplish what the U.S. is doing and far more in a far shorter time frame, on a voluntary basis.
Of course, what the U.S. worries about is that China won't even match the U.S. pledge by the time 2020 rolls around, because there's no binding commitment. If China misses its target, it's no big deal — it was voluntary in the first place. And China has already argued in the past that it should get its chance to grow rampantly and pursue the cheapest path to expansion — regardless of emissions — because Western nations already had the chance to do so. This long-standing rhetoric clashes with the nation's promises, and makes their voluntary nature all the more suspect.
Still, China and the U.S. hope to be closer to seeing eye-to-eye on the climate issue by November, when the next round of UN climate talks are held in Cancun, Mexico. In the meantime, the U.S. has to consider its own emissions goals and how it plans to meet them. While the issue of China is concerning to U.S. officials, surely a bigger concern is how to effectively cut the U.S.'s carbon output without doing billions in damage to the nation's economy in the process.
_© 2009, DailyTech.

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Rudolf Steiner (25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, architect, playwright, educator, and social thinker. He is the founder of anthroposophy, a spiritual movement that generated many practical endeavors, including Waldorf education, biodynamic agriculture and anthroposophical medicine.
- To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world.
- Verses and Meditations
- Live through deeds of love, and let others live understanding their unique intentions: this is the fundamental principle of free human beings.
- The fundamental maxim of free men is to live in love towards our actions, and to let live in the understanding of the other person's will.
- Philosophy of Freedom. Chapter 9, alternate translations[1]
- Ethical individualism... is spiritualized theory of evolution carried over into moral life.
- Philosophy of Freedom, Chapter 12
- Only to the extent that a man has emancipated himself...from all that is generic, does he count as a free spirit within a human community. No man is all genus, none is all individuality.
- Philosophy of Freedom. Chapter 14
- Truth is a free creation of the human spirit, that never would exist at all if we did not generate it ourselves. The task of understanding is not to replicate in conceptual form something that already exists, but rather to create a wholly new realm, that together with the world given to our senses constitutes the fullness of reality.
- Truth and Knowledge, preface
- Each individual is a species unto him/herself.
- Theosophy: An Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the Cosmos (1904)
- Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge, to guide the spiritual in the human being to the spiritual in the universe... Anthroposophists are those who experience, as an essential need of life, certain questions on the nature of the human being and the universe, just as one experiences hunger and thirst.
- Anthroposophical Leading Thoughts (1924)
- Goethe's thinking was mobile. It followed the whole growth process of the plant and followed how one plant form is a modification of the other. Goethe's thinking was not rigid with inflexible contours; it was a thinking in which the concepts continually metamorphose. Thereby his concepts became, if I may put it this way, intimately adapted to the process that plant nature itself goes through.
- Lecture from August 30, 1921, trans. Craig Holdrege
- You have no idea how unimportant is all that the teacher says or does not say on the surface, and how important what he himself is as teacher.
- Curative Education, lect. 2
- We shall not set up demands nor programmes, but simply describe the child-nature. (...) Vague and general phrases — 'the harmonious development of all the powers and talents in the child,' and so forth — cannot provide the basis for a genuine art of education. Such an art of education can only be built up on a real knowledge of the human being. Not that these phrases are incorrect, but that at bottom they are as useless as it would be to say of a machine that all its parts must be brought harmoniously into action. To work a machine you must approach it, not with phrases and truisms, but with real and detailed knowledge.
- The Education of the Child in the Light of Anthroposophy (GA 34), an essay of 1909.
- Those who judge human beings according to generic characteristics only reach the boundary, beyond which people begin to be beings whose activity is based on free self-determination....Characteristics of race, tribe, ethnic group and gender are subjects for special sciences....But all these sciences cannot penetrate through to the special nature of the individual. Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin, the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends.
- Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path. A Philosophy of Freedom (GA 4), Hudson (1894)/1995.
- Because of their very nature, science and logical thinking can never decide what is possible or impossible. Their only function is to explain what has been ascertained by experience and observation.
- Cosmic Memory, Prehistory of Earth and Man.
Quotes about Rudolf Steiner[edit]
- Einer von uns beiden, ich weiß nicht mehr, welcher, kam darauf, vom geistigen Niedergang der Kultur als dem fundamentalen, unbeachteten Problem unserer Zeit zu sprechen. Da erfuhren wir, dass wir beide mit ihm beschäftigt waren. Keiner hatte es von dem anderen erwartet. Eine lebhafte Aussprache kam alsbald in Gang. Einer von dem anderen erfuhren wir, dass wir uns als Lebensaufgabe dasselbe vornahmen, sich um das Aufkommen der wahren, vom Humanitätsideal belebten und beherrschten Kultur zu bemühen, und die Menschen dazu anzuhalten, wahrhaft denkende Menschen zu werden. In diesem Bewusstsein der Zusammengehörigkeit verabschiedeten wir uns. (...) das Bewusstsein der Zusammengehörigkeit blieb. Ein jeder verfolgte das Wirken des andern. Rudolf Steiners hohen Gedankenflug der Geisteswissenschaft mitzumachen, war mir nicht verliehen. Ich weiß aber, dass er in diesem so manchen Menschen mit emporriss und neue Menschen aus ihnen machte. In seiner Jüngerschaft sind hervorragende Leistungen auf so manchem Gebiete vollbracht worden.
- One of us, I no longer remember which one, began to speak of the spiritual decline of culture as the fundamental, unremarked problem of our times. We realized that both of us were occupied with this question; neither had expected this of the other. A lively discussion ensued. Each of us experienced from one another that we had taken on the same mission in life: to strive for the rise of true culture enlivened and formed by humane ideals, and to stimulate people to become truly thoughtful human beings. We took leave of one another in this consciousness of solidarity....We each followed one another's work. To take part in Rudolf Steiner's high flight of thought of spiritual science was not given to me. I know, however, that in this he lifted up and renewed many people, and his disciples attained exceptional accomplishments in many realms. I have rejoiced at the achievement which his great personality and his profound humanity have brought about in the world.
- Albert Schweitzer, Werke aus dem Nachlaß, 2003, pp. 229-231.
- Steiner's incredible industry was self defeating. The mountain of titles, the avalanche of ideas, obscures the clarity and simplicity of his basic insight. Nevertheless, for the reader who declines to be discouraged, the rewards can be enormous. Once the basic insight has been grasped, we can begin to understand the source of those tremendous mental energies, and the sheer breadth of Steiner's vision. It hardly matters that there is a great deal that we may find unacceptable, or even repellent. What is so absorbing is to be in contact with a mind that was capable of this astonishing range of inner experience. Steiner was a man who had discovered an important secret; his books are fascinating because they contain continual glimpses of this secret. We may read them critically, wondering where Steiner was 'amplifying' genuine intuitions, and where he was amplifying his own dreams and imaginings. We may even conclude that Swedenborg, Blake, and Madame Blavatsky had all developed the same power of amplification, and that Steiner's visions of angelic hierarchies are no truer than Swedenborg's visions of heaven and hell, Blake's visions of the daughters of Albion, or Madame Blavatsky's visions of the giants of Atlantis. But all that is beside the point. The real point is that this faculty of amplification is our human birthright, and that anyone who can grasp this can learn to pass through that door to the inner universe as easily as he could stroll through the entrance of the British Museum.
- Colin Wilson, Rudolf Steiner: The Man and his Vision
- His life, consecrated wholly to the sacrificial service of humanity, was requited with unspeakable hostility; his way of knowledge was transformed into a path of thorns. But he walked the whole way, and mastered it for all humanity. He broke through the limits of knowledge; they are no longer there. (...) In this he achieved the greatest human deed. The greatest deed of the Gods he taught us to understand; the greatest human deed he achieved. How could he escape being hated with all the demonic power of which Hell is capable? (...) He did what once Prometheus expiated, What gave to Socrates the poisoned cup – The pardoning of Barabbas was less vile – A deed whose expiation is the cross. He made the future live before you there. We demons cannot suffer such a thing. (...) He dared – and, daring, he endured his fate – in love, long suffering, and tolerance, of weak, incapable humanity, which ever all his work in peril set. (...)
- Marie Steiner, Rudolf Steiner: The Story of My Life, Conclusion by Marie Steiner, 1925.
- Rudolf Steiner was a Theosophist who broke away to found anthroposophy. He was a remarkable man, 2.2 degrees initiate, with fascinating and valuable insights into many areas, such as agricultural husbandry, education and medicine. However, about the Reappearance of the Christ he had, I believe, a blind spot. Although he was a Theosophist and would claim to be an esotericist, he is not to my mind a true esotericist but a Christian mystic. Somehow, his Christian mysticism got in the way of his understanding of the relationship of the Christ to the Hierarchy. Although theoretically he must have known that the Christ is the head of our Hierarchy, he still saw the Christ in rather mystical terms and maintained that the Christ cannot return in a physical body, but only on the etheric plane (which he called the spiritual realm).... Gradually, he wrote, humanity will develop etheric vision in this coming age (which is true)...
- Benjamin Creme in Maitreya's Mission Vol. 2, Share International Foundation, 1993 p. 555
See also[edit]
- ↑ Original: "Leben in der Liebe zum Handeln und Lebenlassen im Verständnisse des fremden Wollens ist die Grundmaxime der freien Menschen."


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Graduation at my school happened last Friday evening. I sat next to a cooler on the track, sweat dripping, and
gauged sold water bottles to all the unprepared poor souls who didn't bring any in with them. My Forensics kids scored with the unseasonably warm 90 degree weather as our water bottle sale was the last fundraising effort before we leave for nationals next week. We pretty much cleaned up and now have enough money to eat AND play!
Every year, graduation brings mixed emotions. I'm always sad to see some of my favorite students leave, but its also fun to watch them get ready to fly. But every year, that damn song gets me. As soon as the band begins to play it, I get goose bumps (even in the heat), and my eyes tear up. For my own graduations, that song represented the excitement of moving on, now as a parent it represents the other side of that same coin.
The entire time it played, I kept thinking that next year, my oldest baby will be donning a medieval outfit of his own and marching onto the football field to the traditional tune.
I am not ready, even a little bit, for that to happen. Graduation from preschool? That was fun. 8th Grade graduation was a sweet celebration that brought his first "date" for a dance. He was home by 8:30. High school graduation? There is no way that either me or he will be ready for him to move out! We have one year to finish teaching him . . . so much! How can we possibly prepare him? Um . . . we can't. That scares me. He's just going to have to give it a go and learn like we all did.
I remember when we counted his age in weeks, and then months, and finally years. The countdown in the other direction has started. I used to have years before he was ready to leave home. We have now transitioned into months. He will be graduating in twelve months and leaving in fifteen. Soon enough, graduation will be a matter of weeks away.
I had not thought of any of that until the damn song started to play. I looked around at all the mothers who were there to see their children graduate. Some of them cried, some cheered, some barely held it together. I'm a year away, and I was in the last group – not good.
My son is one of the most laid back people on the planet. I'm not. Clearly, its time for me to learn some of the lessons he tries to teach me. "Just chill mom," he says to me fairly regularly. "It's all good."
I know it is. I know he'll be just fine. I know "Pomp and Circumstance" is merely a song, but its also one I'm not sure I like very much anymore.


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The Marion High School boys' basketball team features experienced depth as the Warriors prepare for the 2012-13 season.
"Things have been going really well early on," head coach Jeff McMillin said. "We have a lot of guys that have been in the system a while and doing a good job picking up where we left off."
The team has eight juniors and seniors 6 feet or taller, with seven of those players being 6-2 or 6-3.
Seniors Jordan Hett, 6-0, and Jacob Harper, 6-3, are returning starters and Heart of America League first-team all-league selections. Hett was also selected to the 3A all-state second team, and Harper was selected to the all-state honorable mention team last season. Harper averaged 16.5 points per game, and Hett averaged 16.
"We just need these guys to give us consistent effort and leadership," McMillin said. "Their best is pretty good, so if they give us that, we should be able to be competitive."
They are joined by fellow returning starter junior Taylor Heidebrecht, who averaged 3.5 points and 1.5 assists per game.
The Warriors lost Mikael Antoszyk and Scott Jones to graduation. Antoszyk averaged 5.5 points per game, and Jones averaged 4.5 points and 5 rebounds.
McMillin expects several upperclassmen to have expanded roles this season, including seniors Wiley Lundy, 6-3; Ethan Hett, 6-2; and Austin Pederson, 6-2; and juniors James Jones, 6-3; Zach Robson, 6-2; and Grif Case, 6-2.
With so many experienced players returning to the team, McMillin isn't certain what the starting lineup will look like, and it may not be set even when the season begins.
The teams strengths are effort, athleticism, and scoring ability, McMillin said. He said the keys to success this year will be improving the team's defense and making rebounding an aggressive team effort.
"I will consider this season a success if we continue to improve as the season goes along and are playing our best basketball at the end of the season," he said.
McMillin gave an example of improvement from last season. The team had trouble with rebounding at the beginning of the year, so the coaches made it a priority over the course of the season, and it showed in improvement as the season continued.
McMillin said he hopes the players enjoy the season, and that is a kind of success of its own, but he also wants the team to do its fair share of winning.
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Award-Winning Film on Morocco is Released on DVD
The award-winning documentary, Morocco: The Past and Present of Djemma el Fna, about the story tellers, musicians, acrobats, and snake charmers of Marrakech's legendary public square, has been released to universities, public libraries, and consumers in the DVD format. The short documentary features travelers from the United States, Japan, and Ireland, who encounter costumed monkeys dancing to wild drum beats, a storyteller surrounded by awed faces of children, and a turbaned snake charmer coaxing a cobra from his basket with his flute-like instrument, the ghaita.
Since its release in 1995, the documentary has been widely distributed in the United States; it has introduced Americans to one of Morocco's most historic locales, a site that has enchanted visitors for centuries. New York-based producer Steven Montgomery spent two weeks filming at the Place Djemma el Fna, and portrayed Marrakech's square as a venue for peaceful cultural exchange between Arabs and Westerners. His interview with snake charmer Belaid Farrouss and his children in their Marrakech home has become one of the most noted scenes of the documentary. The film features original music by Moroccan composer and singer, Hassan Hakmoun.
Recently, Montgomery was honored to receive congratulations on the success of his film from André Azoulay, Counselor to the King of Morocco. Mr. Azoulay stated: "I am very pleased to see that your documentary is now being used at universities and libraries in 34 states. It is a real achievement and you can be proud of it. It is also a major breakthrough for Morocco in terms of knowledge and pedagogy in American universities and in the community of students."
Initially, when Montgomery proposed his project, he encountered resistance from wealthy potential investors in Marrakech, one of whom protested, "You will not make this film! We do not want our city represented by this dirty place of the poor!" However, Montgomery was fortunate to have found encouragement and support from many Moroccans, including the former Director of the
Centre Cinématographique Marocain (CCM), Souheil Ben Barka, who stated in a letter: "I wish you much success in the making of your film. I am convinced that your documentary on the Place Djemma el Fna will bring wonderful publicity to our country."
Morocco: The Past and Present of Djemma el Fna, was first presented at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and has received film festival awards in Chicago, Washington D.C., Houston, and Atlanta. It has become one of the most widely distributed films for use in the field of Middle East Studies, and has been acquired by such noted institutions as Harvard University, Columbia University, Duke University, and Georgetown University.
Montgomery commented on his experience in Morocco. "Moroccan people were so kind and generous to me as I was working on the documentary. Moroccan hospitality is a central theme of my film in which visitors from around the world visit the Place Djemma El Fna. I am pleased that through the wide distribution of my film, so many Americans have learned of this tradition of hospitality, which I experienced myself, as I was so warmly welcomed in the beautiful country of Morocco."
Morocco: The Past and Present of Djemma el Fna is available for purchase at the Web site: www.moroccofilm.com
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Marrakech's famous square has for decades stirred the imagination of Westerners. This documentary captures the color and romance that once led visitors such as Edith Wharton, Winston Churchill, and later, hippies of the 1970s to marvel at its magic.
In the film, we reach the Place Djemma El Fna by horse and carriage, trotting at full speed through the narrow streets of the Medina. Inside the gates of the old city, we enter the magical square with its storytellers, acrobats, musicians, and snake charmers – a place where caravans from the Sahara once journeyed for trade and entertainment. Our Moroccan guide introduces us to performers he has known since boyhood: a man who drinks boiling water for amazed crowds, costumed monkeys dancing to wild drum beats, a blue-robed man from the Sahara selling natural medicines from the desert, and snake charmer Belaid Farrouss, whose cobra rises from the pavement and dances in a "hypnotic state." We meet a mysterious, veiled Moroccan woman who speaks to us in English with a Brooklyn accent and decries the effect tourists have on young Moroccans.
From early morning, when Moroccan children arrive for storytelling, to evening when foreigners feast on spicy chicken and soups, we discover the square as an enduring symbol of Arab hospitality. Visitors enjoy their exchanges with people who at first appeared strange and exotic. In turn Moroccans show their interest in foreigners and the world beyond Morocco which they represent.
Produced and Directed by Steven Montgomery Music by Hassan Hakmoun
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"This candid, timeless video documentary presents Marrakech's famous square as a meeting ground for history and cultures… [it] enriches the viewer's understanding of public places in general ... the film has proven an excellent classroom resource." -- Saudi Aramco World, 2005
"A fresh and original perspective on one of Morocco's most 'exotic' tourist spots. The music by Marrakech-born Hassan Hakmoun and others blends superbly with the visuals, and the hand-held camera increases the viewer's sense of intimacy. The film blends the tourist's 'gaze' with that of Moroccans earning their livelihood in the plaza ... By allowing tourists to speak about what they see and English-speaking Moroccans to talk about what they see elsewhere, Montgomery avoids the clichés of travel videos and ethnographic films of an earlier era." --Dale F. Eickelman, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 1998
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Three suspects in a fatal shooting in South Los Angeles plowed their minivan into a light pole in Westchester at the end of a police chase Friday, resulting in the closure of Sepulveda Boulevard for several hours, authorities said.
The victim, who was in his early to mid-20s, was shot multiple times with a semi-automatic handgun and died at a hospital, said Los Angeles police Detective Chris Barling. The suspects are reputed gang members who were hospitalized with minor injuries and will be held in custody.
The suspects required treatment after their minivan struck a light pole adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport, LAPD Sgt. Carlos Bedolla said.
The shooting was reported at about 1:50 a.m. in the 500 block of West 53rd Street, Bedolla said. The victim was found near the Good Shepherd Missionary Baptist Church on 53rd, a news videographer reported from the scene.
Soon after the shooting, police officers began tailing the minivan, then actively pursuing the suspects on the southbound 110 Freeway, west on the 105 Freeway and then north on Sepulveda, where the vehicle slammed into the light pole, Bedolla said.
Southbound lanes of the 110 were shut down near the Manchester Boulevard off-ramp for a time as officers searched for the discarded firearm, Bedolla said. Northbound Sepulveda near Lincoln Boulevard remained closed early Friday morning.
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Fewer applying for Wake County magnet schools
Wake County's magnet school program has been one of the system's jewels for more than 30 years, but the number of families trying to get their children into the magnets has dropped dramatically in recent years.
Applications are down by a third since 2009. Nearly 3,000 fewer magnet applications were filed for the upcoming school year than in 2009, even as system-wide enrollment has increased by more than 10,000 students.
School leaders say the trend isn't worrisome for the state's largest school district because it represents a broadening of its appeal. They say that although changes over the past few years have made non-magnet schools more attractive options, there's still enough demand for the magnet schools.
However, some supporters of the magnets, which began as a tool to encourage diversity at downtown schools, say the schools are threatened by lowered quality at the magnets and new programs elsewhere in the system.
"We still have more applicants than seats available," school board member John Tedesco said.
The sentiments were echoed by school board member Jim Martin, who has clashed with Tedesco on some issues. Martin, who has a child at a magnet school, agreed that demand is still strong at magnets.
There was a time when such a sharp decline in applications would have raised sharper concerns. Wake's current magnet program dates back to 1982 as one piece of the district's integration efforts.
Unique courses such as enhanced arts and academic electives were offered at schools designated as magnets, most of which were located inside the Raleigh Beltline.
Sabrina Francis said her family moved from Durham in 1995 because of Wake's magnet program.
"The magnet schools were what really shined," said Francis, a North Raleigh parent. "That's why it's a shame to see what's happening (with the drop in applications)."
There are 34 magnet schools out of the district's 170 schools. Wake placed 55 percent of the 6,236 applicants who applied for the 2013-14 school year. Some of the rejected applicants, who were placed on waiting lists, did ultimately get magnet seats.
But this year's total continues a steady downward progression since the 9,213 applicants in 2009.
Garner area schools have mirrored the countywide decline. Among the three magnets in Garner – Smith Elementary, East Garner Middle and Garner High – applications have fallen from 364 in 2011 to just 240 for the upcoming year. At the same time denials have increased. Only two applications to a Garner school was denied. This year, school officials turned away 125 applicants.
Various reasons are given for the decline.
Some attribute the dip to the erosion of longtime barriers between magnet and non-magnet schools in recent years. One of the efforts promoted by former Superintendent Tony Tata was the addition of special academic programs – such as foreign languages – at under-enrolled non-magnet schools
"People should have access to emerging programs," Tedesco said. "It shouldn't be limited to a specific geographic area."
But the competition hasn't sat well with some magnet school supporters.
In surveys conducted this spring to get feedback on hiring a new superintendent, several Wake school administrators complained that these new non-magnet programs have threatened the viability of the magnet program.
"We need to provide high-quality academic offerings at all schools," Martin counters.
North Raleigh parent Shila Nordone said the modest changes made in the past few years at the non-magnets aren't enough. She said too many of the non-magnet schools that have large numbers of low-income children still lack need academic programs.
"Our magnet schools offer phenomenal enrichment," she said. "Our base schools do not."
The magnets are also facing stiffer competition from charter schools, which are taxpayer-funded public schools that are free of some of the regulations that traditional public schools must follow.
For instance, Francis, the longtime North Raleigh parent, turned down a chance to stay in the magnet program to send her daughter this fall to Longleaf School of the Arts, an arts-themed charter school opening in Raleigh.
"We were always very pleased with magnet schools," she said. "(But) the fact is they're starting a new program with something they don't offer in Wake."
Other factors cited for the drop in applications include the decrease in student reassignment during the past few years.
Historically, some families wanted to attend a magnet school for stability, as it meant they wouldn't have to worry about reassignment.
In addition to moving fewer students to different schools, the school board has adopted a "stay where you start" practice. It allows students to stay at the school they're attending.
"People don't feel fear and aren't applying to avoid being reassigned," said Tedesco, the board member. "They're now applying because they really want to go."
Yevonne Brannon, chairwoman of the Great Schools in Wake Coalition, a group that has been trying to preserve the magnet program, said the overall picture looks good in Wake. She said enough people still want to go to magnets while more people are happy with their non-magnet school.
"As long as the magnets are enrolled to capacity and there are waiting lists, it's a plus," she said.


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|Amanda Anderson
|Marco Enriquez-Bernau
|Journey through Spanish-speaking countries
|Jaime Baccari
|Carol Panaccione
|From theory to praxis: A foreign language peer tutor's experience
|Jennifer Bates
|Lillian Patterson
|Assessment and learning styles for adults
|Alex Beattie
|Laurie Sherman
|The democratization of misinformation
|Marvin Brito
|Laurie Sherman
|Why the death penalty should be banned
|Sarah Beaudet
|Debra St. Pierre
|Hospital Acquired Infections -- Clostridium difficile
|Joshua Brown
|Laurie Sherman
|Food waste and compost
|Jeremy Carreiro
|R. Scott Warila
|Optimizing TPA production in CHO cells
|Dario Castro
|Luis Malaret
|Identifying local ant genera and constructing an ant formicarium
|Regina Castro
|Richard Hayes
|Financial analysis of Walmart
|Regina Castro
|Richard Tessier
|Impact of Computer Technology on Society
|Heribarto Diaz
|Gary Bower
|Evaluating decision making through financial statements
|Amber Drake
|Luis Malaret
|Identifying local ant genera and constructing an ant formicarium
|Albino Folcarelli
|Elizabeth Morais
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Lempicka has gone live over on Twist Collective, a late addition to the gorgeous Fall 2013 issue! I love this cardigan, and with one already on the needles for me I'm still also planning to use the design lines in some garment sewing (or bleaching/painting) in the near future.
I was inspired by the stained glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, and the fantastic architecture of South Beach in Miami that I got to see firsthand, thanks to a waterpolo tournament many years ago in Fort Lauderdale when the Seattle Otters team needed some extra players. An early prototype had lines that made me think of mid-century shiny chromed cars – you can see a photo on Ravelry here, but due to some unflattering placement of design lines on the chest, it has since been frogged so I could reuse the yarn. (Apparently I thought the fullest part of my bust was about three inches higher than it really is… whoops!)
The sample that I knit for Twist Collective used Elann.com's Peruvian Sierra Aran yarn… and they're having a Full Bag Blowout Sale! You can still buy single balls at the regular price here, and thanks to Elann's great website, you can even check that you're ordering the same dyelot in the full bag and the singles!
Here are the pattern details in case you want to shop right now:
Finished measurements:
Bust: 31 (33 ¾, 37 ¼, 40, 43 ½, 46 ½, 50, 52 ¾)" / 79 (86, 95, 101.5, 110.5, 118, 127, 134) cm
Length: 24 ¼ (25, 26, 26 ¼, 27, 27 ¼, 27 ½, 28 ¼)" / 61.5 (63.5, 66, 66.5, 68.5) cm
Intended to be worn with 0–2″ / 0–2.5 cm positive ease.
11 (13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24) balls elann.com Peruvian Sierra Aran
The pattern gauge is 18 sts to 24 rows, with a recommended starting point of a 5mm needle when you're knitting a gauge swatch. You do that, right?
My personal version is close to being finished, just half a sleeve and the zipper to put in, then some blocking. I'm planning to try the no-sew method of zipper insertion recently featured on TECHknitting as I wasn't super-happy with the way the zipper in my sample turned out. I'll secretly share that the sample/prototype wound up with an extra stitch at each front, so it was turned into a "Oh, I meant to do it that way…" facing that sandwiched the zipper between the icord and the now-2 stitches of the selvedge. Don't worry, this mistake didn't get added to the written pattern, so you won't face the same issue.
Another secret to share: I'm usually good at meeting deadlines, but this issue was a challenge. I had set aside all of my extra work during May to give me a month to work on Penta and Lempicka, which would usually be sufficient… then Kate wanted to see Penta as a shawl, not just a blanket, and had set me up with a wonderful knitter who would work up that sample. Sounds great, yes? But.. this is the part where I realize that my working style (knit sample while taking notes, then write pattern) doesn't mesh well when there is another person on the same knitting and shipping deadline. Lempicka was already knit when I set it aside to work on Penta.. and Penta took up most of May. I was knitting a full-size adult blanket in worsted weight yarn, and Karen was knitting a full-size adult shawl in FINGERING… and we were emailing notes and photos and comments back and forth.. and then it was June.
Want to know what June contained? My regular part-time job and teaching knitting classes at Three Bags Full, plus teaching a 60-hour lifeguard course, plus all of the production meetings and then the actual event of a four-day juggling/hooping/circus festival I help produce, PLUS house hunting because I finally admitted I couldn't live as a roommate with my ex-, and then packing the house and computers and internet and moving… … and it was a gong show.
Things I learned in June: trying to use my iPad to crunch spreadsheet numbers from my desktop computer wouldn't work, because Numbers on iPad apparently doesn't believe in fractions; saving files in multiple locations means that it gets really hard (er, impossible) to properly track the versions; and that it sucks to be struggling with pattern writing on Canada Day on your partner's brother's dinner table while everyone else is socializing and enjoying the family gathering. Oh, that? Yeah, Canada Day is July 1st. So, I was seriously past my deadline.
This is the part where I acknowledge the huge amount of work that the tech editing team at Twist Collective did on this pattern.
The tech editors take a pattern, check it for mistakes, make sure that it contains all of the information needed to complete the pattern, and then make it match the Twist Collective style guide so buyers get a consistent product. In Lempicka's case, along with having to wait for the pattern to be delivered in full (" Here's the body, but the hood isn't done yet, sorry!" "Oh, whoops, I forgot the abbreviations list!" "Ack, that version I sent wasn't the latest one…") the TE had concerns about my grading for the larger sizes, an unusual increase that I was using but hadn't explained fully, and the format I had used to lay out the different instruction sets for all of the moving design lines. So, Lempicka got a giant rewrite and a delayed release, but I'm happy with the final outcome.
Once I get photos uploaded, you'll see that my version is a little different than the published version: three stitches in each design line instead of two, short row shaping in the bust, and the hips have more flare. I'll have notes in my Ravelry project in case you'd like to modify your project similarly, and you're welcome to ask questions over in the Christa Knits group.
Knitting Lempicka? Please share your progress and final photos! Let me know when you've posted them on Ravelry, and I'll send you a coupon code for a free pattern from my Ravelry store.


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Gadgets form an essential part of our everyday lives and there are few places left where our smartphones and tablets do not accompany us. More and more people are taking their electronics into potentially hazardous locations, for example the bathroom or even worse, saunas!
What you may not realize is that even if the device is left in a 'safe' spot, these environments still pose a risk. Water takes many forms such as vapour, mist and steam, all of which can penetrate inside devices. If there is no barrier against ingress, then the vapour or steam can reach internal components, resulting in corrosion and phone malfunctions.
This principle is more commonly understood when dealing with water in its normal form, liquid. Should a device fall into, or be splashed with liquid, without a protective barrier in place, the liquid can penetrate deep inside the device, resulting in electrochemical migration. We have discussed electrochemical migration in a previous post but here is a recap:
- Electrochemical migration is the movement of metal ions between conductors which results in devices short circuiting and failing.
What makes electronics waterproof?
For an electronic device to be considered waterproof, it has to be either completely sealed and ruggedized (making them bulky), or alternatively it must have barriers in place that stop water from penetrating through. It is this second option that is proving more popular now, as it allows devices to offer protection from water without the need for external casings. In this approach, manufacturers use seals known as gaskets or O-rings to act as barriers, stopping liquids from penetrating inside the device and damaging the internal components.
So are they really waterproof?
This is an interesting question as devices can claim to be waterproof if they have barriers in place to keep water out, but what about the internal components themselves? Are they also protected should liquid manage to get inside?
The answer in the majority of cases is unfortunately NO. Sealing devices off does stop water from getting in but if the barrier is compromised, for example by a device being dropped, then the case, gaskets or O-rings protecting it can become damaged and break. This could allow water to seep towards the circuit board and internal components, resulting in device failure and loss of data.
It just takes one break in the seal for water to get inside and if this does occur, it may not be noticed as seals are hidden away on the inside. So while we think our device is waterproof, a break in the seal will not become apparent until the phone is malfunctioning and by then it could be too late.
The importance of protecting the internal components
Knowing that waterproof devices are only as good as the seals and barriers that protect them, it is important that protection is also offered to the internal components as well. And this is where liquid repellent nano-coating technology comes in.
A liquid repellent nano-coating differs from a waterproof solution in that it is not a physical barrier, meaning that liquid can still penetrate inside the device. This, however, is not the end of the device's life. The nano-coating, which is applied in vapour form, molecularly bonds to both the inside and outside of the entire device, ensuring that each and every exposed surface is treated. What this means is that, although water can get inside the device, any liquid that does come into contact with components will simply move away from the surface, rather than sticking to it, resulting in reduced corrosion, electrochemical migration and failure.
While a nano-coating is not waterproof (it is not a physical barrier), it does protect from splashes and spills as well as less obvious 'wet' environments such as saunas, bathrooms and high humidity climates.
A waterproof device has many benefits for day to day life but if the barrier fails, the device becomes vulnerable. By applying a liquid repellent nano-coating to the internal components, protection is offered to the most valuable parts of electronic devices, where all our data, numbers and images are stored. Nano-coatings are not a waterproof solution but do offer protection against everyday scenarios and environments, we and our devices find ourselves exposed to.
If you would like to know more about our liquid repellent nano-coating do let us know in the comments below. You can also see how our repellent nano-coating is applied to electronics in the video below:


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Newport Jewelers has first burglary in 34 years
copyright the Chronicle June 3, 2015
by Tena Starr
NEWPORT — For the first time in the 34 years that Newport Jewelers has been in business, it's been burglarized, said Lincoln Brooks, who owns the store with his wife, Jo-Ann.
At 4 a.m. on Monday, someone broke into the store, broke two jewelry cases, and "snatched and ran," Mr. Brooks said.
He said that, as of Tuesday, they had not yet done an inventory so were not sure exactly what was missing, though he believes it could have been considerably worse.
A press release from the Newport Police Department says police responded to the alarm at 4:08 a.m. When they arrived, they found a broken window, and two display cases were broken "and items strewn about."
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Intel X25-M 'G2' 34nm 160GB SSD Review
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have set a BIOS HDD password, then subsequently change or disable that
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- DO NOT set a BIOS HDD password on an X25-M G2.
- If you already have, DO NOT CHANGE OR DISABLE the BIOS HDD password.
It will be safe to do either of the above once the X25-M G2 is flashed to a newer firmware to be released by Intel shortly. Firmware, when available, can be reached by this not-yet-live link.
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(10AUG2009): Intel has posted a firmware to correct the bug noted above. Download it here.
***End update***
I've been a fan of the Intel X25-M series ever since reading Ryan's review back in September. I also have it to thank for leading me into the hot seat of hardware reviewing. My work with Ryan to report on fragmentation issues present in the early firmware, and follow-on collaboration with Intel to correct those issues, were among the first pieces I published.
Intel's announcement came only yesterday. A new, second generation model of their mainstream series SSD's. These drives were reportedly faster in every way, with higher capacity to boot. Testers were not provided with early engineering samples this time around, meaning the settling dust from the press release was stirred back up by a slew of busy Storage Reviewers (myself included). Our test sample came in just this afternoon.
Intel sure wanted this 1,500G shock rated SSD to make it to us safely.
I'm convinced they could have launched it to our lab via trebuchet and it would have arrived in working order!
So once the drive arrived I basically dropped everything and went straight into testing. Read on for my results!


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The Jaguar Club live at Santos Party House
Photos by G.
On April 3, 2010 at Santos Party House in New York, the Brooklyn-based band The Jaguar Club opened for Irish rockers Ash. Though they site Echo and The Bunnymen, The Smiths and Talking Heads as influences, I was getting a Jeff Buckley meets Jim Morrison vibe from charismatic lead singer Will Popadic. Their brief 30 minute set was upbeat and the crowd was left begging for more as they left the stage. I think this band has the potential to be a huge success and it was really great seeing them live in the intimate space at Santos Party House. If you want to check them out for yourself, which I highly recommend, click here and you can grab free mp3s of their tracks "Sleepwalking," "World Gone By," "This Year," and "Who Says We're The Last." Of course after hearing those songs, you will want more and at that same link you can also purchase their music. I am looking forward to hearing big things about this band in the very near future.
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The Lady Clippers took the court this afternoon to host the Vermont Tech Knights. Vermont Tech came into this game #1 in the West-side of our conference. The Lady Clippers started out the game very strong on both ends of the court. The attitudes were positive and UMM fought hard to take a 20-15 halftime lead. Emma LeGallais had a excellent game scoring 22 points 3 assists and 5 rebounds. Kirsti Wright also chipped in with 11 points rebounds, as she found her shot early. Randi DeWitt, Caroline Proctor, Meagan Cope, danielle Wormell, and Breanna Nicely all contributed and played really hard. Paige Wells led Vermont Tech with 12 points 19 rebounds. The Lady Clippers came out playing hard in the second half. Trailing by as many as 8 points with 8 minutes to go. UMM picked up its energy and as a team came together like never seen before. With great use of timeouts and play calls by Coach Rick Lupo, Emma LeGallais scored the go ahead bucket with 9 seconds remaining to give UMM the 46-44 upset win!
"What a great game for our team, we couldn't have done this without everyone of my players stepping up with the will to win." "I couldn't be more proud of this team thus far," Smiled, Coach Lupo.
The Clippers will Travel to Unity on Wednesday, the 15th to take on the Unity Rams in another conference showdown at 5pm.


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We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners.
We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.
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Shodo Harada is internationally recognized both as a Zen teacher and as a world-class master of the fine art of Zen calligraphy. Harada regularly exhibits and gives calligraphy demonstrations in museums and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Accomplished Zen teachers from across the globe come to further plumb the depths of Zen through studying with him, earning him a reputation as "the roshi's roshi"—which is to say, the master's master.
Moon by the Window is a beautiful collection of 108 pieces of Shodo Harada's calligraphic Zen masterpieces—assembled over decades, and drawn from the rich and poetic literature of the Zen tradition. Each work of art is accompanied by Harada Roshi's sharp and glittering commentaries, making each page a spiritually edifying and aesthetically uplifting treasure.


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Ray Lewis took the microphone and said one word three times: "Baltimore."
Staring out at thousands of people crowding the Harborplace Amphitheater, most of them holding cell phones or cameras aloft to capture the moment, the second player ever drafted by the Ravens launched into a short speech. The team was making a pit stop Monday on its way to the airport to fly to New Orleans for Sunday's Super Bowl, so these would be Lewis' last public comments in Baltimore as a member of the franchise he has come to personify.
"There is no Ravens without you guys," he said.
Behind him, his teammates also held their phones and cameras out.
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