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Felipe Massa (13th): "It's hard to deal with losing in this fashion a race that was within our grasp, with a car that was just the way I wanted it. We had a good strategy and all the signs were there that we could get a one-two finish. But things can change in a moment and that's what happened today. At the pit stop, one of the guys made a mistake. But we are only human. Each one of us always tries to do our best and these things can happen. With the Safety Car still on track, I didn't lose a lap, but then I got a drive-through and later I also picked up a puncture in the left rear. On this track it is almost impossible to overtake and ending up at the back meant I had no chance of getting into the points. Seven points to make up in three races? That can be a lot or it can be a little. We have the potential to do well, as we saw today and we will give it our best shot. We mustn't give up and I'm sure we won't."
Kimi Raikkonen (15th): "I was trying to attack Glock in case he might make a mistake, but I went slightly wide at the chicane, jumping over the curb and when the car landed, I lost control and ended up in the barriers. My situation in the championship was already rather compromised, so this doesn't really make that much difference but I am unhappy because the team has lost precious points in the Constructors' classification. In the opening laps, the car was a bit difficult but then it improved a lot, to such an extent that I was able to close right up to Hamilton. When the Safety Car came out, I know my race was compromised given that I had to pit behind Felipe. I was able to get back up to fifth but then the incident I described earlier happened. Clearly, morale is not high today. But I am not used to giving up and will do my very best to try and help the team reach its targets."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "A black day, there's little else to say. We had the potential to finish first and second but we didn't even pick up a point. We are very disappointed but that doesn't mean we are downtrodden. We have always shown our ability to react, especially at the most difficult times and we will do it again this time. The situation in the two championships has become more complicated but there are still three races to go and a lot of points up for grabs. We know what we have to do to reach our objectives. The first part of the race showed that today our car was the quickest on track. The Safety Car came out at the worst possible moment, but we are not looking for excuses because this uncertain factor must always be taken into account. Then the team made a mistake at the pit stop during the Safety Car period, which cost Massa the race. I am very sorry for Felipe because he was driving a very strong race following on from a great pole yesterday. I want to point out that it was Felipe himself who went to console the mechanic who made the mistake, which shows the team spirit that we have between us: we win together and we lose together. Kimi managed to get into the points but then he ended up in the barriers at one of the many tricky points around this track. A shame, as it would have meant precious points for the Constructors' classification. We must look ahead and prepare ourselves as well as possible for the remaining three races."
Luca Baldisserri, Head of Trackside Operations: "It's hard to put into words today's disappointment. We had everything in place to get the best possible result and unfortunately we ended up with nothing. Felipe was controlling the early stages of the race, while Kimi, after a few difficulties at the beginning, was running at a great pace. The Safety Car through our plans into the air. First and foremost, we had to go for a double pit stop - the best choice in this situation - but it penalized Kimi. Then we made a mistake in letting Felipe go and that ruined his race. We could have made a significant step forward in both championships but we ended up going backwards. Now we must roll up our sleeves and prepare as well as possible for the coming races. There is still plenty of time to recover but there is no more room for error."
BMW Sauber
Nick Heidfeld (6th): "Although I shouldn't complain about finishing sixth when I came from ninth, I must say it is such a shame I couldn't show my pace today. The car was so good and I could have gone a lot faster if I hadn't been stuck in traffic all the time. I was even saving fuel and tires because I hoped the others would kill their tires and I could attack later. I think some did ruin their rubber, but still this wasn't enough of an advantage to overtake. I had a good start during which I managed to pass Nico Rosberg. However, because of how the race turned out for me I hardly sweated at all."
Robert Kubica (11th): "The race was physically very hard. There are so many bumps, I hope the organizers will work on the surface for next year. On top of that, the visibility was getting worse and worse as I was getting tired. Over the final fifteen laps I had an incredible headache. The decision not to pit on the first lap when the pit lane was closed because of the Safety Car was unlucky, and cost me a good race result as the cars behind me closed the gap. The team thought the pit lane would reopen very soon, but this was not the case. However, that's racing."
Dr. Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director: "Another spectacular chapter was added to the Formula One history book. The first night race was a total success. My compliments go to the organizers. The race itself was turbulent and influenced by the first safety car period. Unfortunately the safety car rule meant Robert was completely out of contention in the race, whereas Nick was able to stay out just long enough until the pit lane was reopened. This was a shame for Robert because he was well on his way to score important points for the championship standings. By finishing sixth Nick made up three positions and scored three points. Everything didn't go according to plan either for our direct competitors as, apart from Nick, out of the top six only Lewis Hamilton scored points. Congratulations to Renault and Fernando Alonso for the win in this exciting race."
Willy Rampf, Technical Director: "The race start was okay for our drivers. Robert managed to defend his position and Nick gained a place. After that the race went according to plan for both cars and they were able to open a gap over the cars behind. However, then the first safety car period ruined Robert's race completely. We had to refuel although the pit lane was still closed. The penalty dropped Robert into a hopeless position at the end of the field - and this on a circuit where anyway you can hardly overtake. In the end Nick scored three points, so this means we have still scored championship points in every Grand Prix this year."
Fernando Alonso (1st): "This is a fantastic result - my first podium of the season; my first victory and I'm very happy, although I think it will take several days for me to realize what we have achieved. Wining a Grand Prix here just seemed to be impossible because we missed our chance yesterday in qualifying, but we were very fortunate today and it's a superb result for the team. We chose a very aggressive strategy and we had a bit of luck, but we had the pace and the car was fantastic throughout the weekend."
Nelson Piquet (DNF, Accident): "From the start of the race things were complicated and I had a lot of graining and the situation got worse and worse. The team asked me to push, which I tried to do and finally I lost the rear of my car. I hit the wall heavily but I'm okay. I am disappointed with my race but obviously very happy for the team this evening."
Pat Symonds, Executive Director of Engineering: "I think the luck we had in the early part of the race was nearly a cancellation of the bad luck we had yesterday. The car has proven itself and so has Fernando. The whole result is a tribute to the team and this wonderful circuit is a tribute to Singapore!"
Flavio Briatore, Managing Director: "This is an amazing victory for Renault and for Fernando. Since Friday we knew that the car was very competitive and we were very disappointed at the end of qualifying. Today the car was extremely quick, stronger than the Ferrari and McLaren, and although we had some luck when the safety car came out, we deserved this victory. It's a very important result for Renault after two difficult seasons and helps us prepare for 2009 in the best way possible."
Nico Rosberg (2nd): "It was a race of so many ups and downs for me. It started badly as I ended up behind a heavy Jarno Trulli and I absolutely had to get by him to allow my strategy to work. It was quite a hairy moment getting past because it is so bumpy to out brake at turn 7 and I couldn't get close at turn 1, the only two places where overtaking is possible. Anyway, having eventually cleared him, I couldn't believe it when I saw that the safety car had come out just after the team had called me in for my stop and I thought that's the end of it. Before my stop-go penalty, I just had to push like mad and do qualifying lap after qualifying lap and I managed to build enough of a gap to complete my second stop and hold on to second place. With a handful or laps to go in the most physical race this year and a car in your mirrors, time goes amazingly slowly, but for once everything went our way. I think Frank will have to wear his lucky tartan trousers again!"
Kazuki Nakajima (8th): "It was a great day for the team, returning to form and of course congratulations to Nico. As far as my race was concerned, the Safety Car timing was a little bit unfortunate, but I just had to push my race pace on regardless of what happened and overtake a few cars, and in the end, it was great to claim a point for the first time in a while. Hopefully today showed potential which we can try to maintain for the rest of the season."
Sam Michael, Technical Director: "It was a fantastic result from Nico, obviously the penalty for refueling under the safety car could have been a problem, but he still managed to open up a sufficient gap to achieve a second podium this season and his career best finish. Kazuki did well to hang in there and score a point too, all-in-all it was just what the team needed. We didn't have any technical problems and everything went without a hitch, so it was a great effort from everyone concerned."
Red Bull-Renault
David Coulthard (7th): "That was my second points finish this year, so I've got to be happy with today's result. As far as the second pit stop went, the guys have been great this year and the work that they did on Saturday morning to get my car out so I could do a run was quite remarkable, so I'm not going to point any fingers at them. It's just one of those things. There was a misunderstanding between some of the guys and I go when the lollipop comes up, but these things happen. Thankfully we got some points today. It was incredibly bumpy out there, you can't see the braking down into Turn Seven and it was as hot as hell."
Mark Webber (DNF, Gearbox): "I lost seventh and then fifth gear, which cost us a fantastic result, as I was stopping for my second pit stop later than Fernando (Alonso). It would have been nice to share the podium with him today, with him winning and me second. We got a bit lucky with the safety car, but in the end it didn't work out. We had some good pace in the second stint and it was looking good. Overall, the event here has been very impressive, I think we should do more night racing."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "After putting ourselves in a great position with a good call that enabled us to get both cars fuelled, serviced and back out on track before the pit lane closed, it's really frustrating for Mark to lose a definite podium with our first mechanical failure during a race this year. David thereafter was doing a great job. He held Lewis (Hamilton) off for a large part of the race, but then dropped three seconds on his in-lap when Fernando (Alonso) popped out from the pit lane just ahead of him. He then lost more time at his final pit stop. That cost David what would have almost certainly been fourth position. So seventh, albeit his first points score since Canada, leaves us feeling that we should have come away with more. Congratulations to Renault on their win with Fernando. Well done to our mechanics too, who have done a fantastic job this weekend. The technician who was knocked over during David's final pit stop has damaged his ankle ligaments and burned his thumb, but fortunately other than that he's okay."
Fabrice Lom, Renault: "A very frustrating day, we should have been second with Mark and it's a big disappointment. We should also have been better with David, but he was blocked by Fernando (Alonso) when he came out from his second pit stop, which destroyed his chance. Congratulations to Renault, they won the race so well done to them."
Timo Glock (4th): "I am happy with the job I did; I made no mistakes and fourth is a good result. It was quite tough out there in these conditions and with such a bumpy track the car was not very comfortable to drive; I am sure I will feel the effects tomorrow. My goal at the beginning of the year was to score 20 points this season so I am very satisfied to achieve that with three races still to go. However, I am fighting for the team to help them finish fourth in the Constructors' Championship and we were a bit unlucky with that today, but congratulations to Fernando, who did a great job. Now we will go to Fuji and aim to recover the lost ground."
Jarno Trulli (DNF, Hydraulics): "The race was going pretty well, I was on a one-stop strategy and I made a good start. After the safety car, I was one of the quickest on the track and I led the race for several laps. But in the end a weekend which started pretty bad has finished even worse. I had a hydraulic problem when I would have finished in fifth; that would have been good points from a weekend which has been quite hard for me. I am exhausted because I am so disappointed. I have been fighting really hard and doing a good job but when that bad luck comes you can't do anything about it. I think I am owed a lot of good luck after that."
Tadashi Yamashina, Team Principal: "Considering our practice and qualifying performances, when we found the car was not so well suited to the bumpy conditions, the team did a very good job. Our strategy proved to be very complimentary considering the expected safety car periods and we were looking good until Jarno's issue, which cost us a lot of points. Both drivers performed really well and pushed as hard as possible despite the difficult conditions. We are pleased with fourth place but we should have had both cars in the top six. We must analyze Jarno's hydraulic problem and find out why it happened. I have to say, some drivers' races were ruined by the safety car rules and we have had a lot of intense discussion on this matter, so I think it is time the situation was improved. Now of course we turn our attentions towards the Japanese Grand Prix and we will be pushing ourselves really hard to get a good result at Fuji Speedway."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel (5th): "Overall, this was a good race for us, even if the Safety Car didn't help. It was a difficult race for everyone, but the important thing is we have scored some more points. The hardest elements in the race were dealing with the heat and concentrating not to make any mistakes, as it could be very easy to clip a curb. I tried to keep the car on track but still push like crazy. It was one of the toughest races of the season, but I think with everything that happened, this was the best result we could get. Maybe fourth might have been possible if I hadn't lost a place to Timo (Glock) when I missed a braking point, but we can be happy with this fifth place."
Sebastien Bourdais (12th): "It was a tough race. When I was running on my own my brake balance was fine, but once I was in traffic I kept losing the front end, even with all the brake bias on the rear. I know it was difficult to pass here, but I was even having difficulty following other cars and didn't know where my limit was. It was a really tough race physically too, given how long it was and the lack of air coming through the cockpit and with a long last stint, I was running a heavy fuel load which meant my tires were suffering towards the end. It's been a long night."
Franz Tost, Team Principal: "Once again, a strong performance from Sebastian Vettel. Until the first Safety Car, he was a solid fifth, but really the SC came out two laps too early for us. After that, he drove a fantastic race and at his second pit stop the team did a very good job as we were able to keep Heidfeld behind us. Sebastien Bourdais did what he could given his grid position. We feel the characteristics of the next circuits on the calendar should better suit our package, so we are really looking forward to racing in Japan in a fortnight."
Jenson Button (9th): "It was one of those races today where luck and the timing of the safety car could make or break your race. Unfortunately luck was not on our side and the timing of the two safety cars hurt our two-stop strategy. In addition to that, we were just not competitive or quick enough as I was struggling for balance for much of the race. To finish in 9th position is always frustrating as you are just outside of the points."
Rubens Barrichello (DNF, Electrical): "Coming into the race from 18th on the grid, we were obviously hoping for any eventuality to help us move further up the grid. That opportunity came on lap 14 when my engineer made a brilliant call following Piquet's crash. I came into the pits just before the safety car was called and when I rejoined I would have been in a strong position. But then the engine just died. I had lots of fuel on board and my place was great because I had good pace and was keeping up with the whole group in front of me. So we could have had a great end to the race. We lost a great opportunity today and obviously I feel very sad about that."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "We decided to put the cars on two different strategies today, the rationale for which was in part due to the predicted safety car outings. The first safety car played into the hands of Rubens and those on a similar one-stop strategy. Moreover, on the pitwall we anticipated that the safety car would be called out and brought Rubens in to refuel him before the flags went to yellow. We would have been in an extremely good position for the balance of the race, however he stopped shortly after leaving the pits with an electrical problem. In as much as that situation helped Rubens, that was the safety car window that hurt people on the same two-stop strategy as Jenson. He was forced to pit with the pack which handed the advantage to one-stoppers. Later in the race the traffic situation was such that Jenson was unable to improve, so we decided to pit him early for his second pitstop and he was one of the first cars to fuel to the end of the race. This was purely a gamble in anticipation of another safety car, which did eventually come but it was too late and unfortunately the timing was such that Jenson simply had a heavier car as a result."
Force India-Ferrari
Giancarlo Fisichella (14th): "It was a long, hard race, but I have to say we really did the maximum possible. A big thank you to everyone on the team who did such a fantastic job to get the car going again after the accidents yesterday and for giving me a car we could really race with. It was great to be back racing again and I think we had a good strategy that let us move up a few places. In the final few laps I had a small problem, but I'm really pleased we could get to the finish."
Adrian Sutil (DNF, Accident): "I think it was a good race as the race pace was good and I felt really confident in the car. We lost a little in the first safety car period as we were a little too late coming into the pits but after that it was nice to be able to push. It was just so unlucky when Felipe spun in front of me and then suddenly pulled away. The way was blocked, but I avoided a crash with him only to go into the barrier myself. It's really disappointing as we've had so much bad luck already this year. It's Fuji next though, which I really enjoy and know I can perform well on."
Dr. Vijay Mallya, Team Principal: "It's been a difficult weekend for us, but the team has worked really hard and the teamwork has been excellent. We now move on to some races where the team were very strong last year and we can look to get back to the form of the last three races."
Mike Gascoyne, Chief Technical Officer: "Although it is slightly disappointing not to get two cars to the finish, overall I think we had a good race. We narrowly missed calling Adrian in during the first safety car period, which would have been to his advantage, but with Giancarlo running a long stint we kept him out and that worked to his benefit. Both defended their positions from strong opposition and without Adrian's accident we would have had a strong two car finish. All the same it's been a tough event and we've all pulled together and I think we can be proud of our performance."
Lewis Hamilton (3rd): "A positive end to a difficult weekend at this fantastic new venue. I started well, but then my rear tires faded and, although we had good pace, I wasn't in a position to challenge Felipe ahead of me. During my first pit stop I lost a bit of time because everybody came in due to the Safety Car period. After that I was unfortunately stuck behind David and although I was clearly faster it was really difficult to overtake him. After the second re-start, I tried to stay as close as possible behind Nico; however, I didn't want to take chances - particularly as the Ferraris were outside the points. Also, this is not a track where overtaking is easy. The first night race in Formula 1 history was great fun, and I now look forward to the forthcoming double-header in Japan and China."
Heikki Kovalainen (10th): "I made a good start and was going to pass Kubica round the outside at the first two corners. Unfortunately he touched me and almost spun me around. My under floor was slightly damaged as a result. I lost momentum and two cars overtook me. When the Safety Car came out and the pitlane was opened a couple of laps later, Lewis and I came in and I had to wait behind him until it was my turn. It then was a strange race and most of the time I was in traffic with no overtaking chances. Halfway through the race I had brake problems and had to conserve them until the finish. I'm happy for Lewis and the team now that he has extended the championship lead and we are on top of the Constructors' rankings. I will now go for it in the next races and help to make sure that we stay ahead in both championships."
Ron Dennis, Team Principal: "Today's race was a very exciting one, full of incidents, triggering Safety Car interventions that had a significant influence on the final outcome. In the last few laps, having seen Kimi's accident, we advised Lewis not to attempt to overtake Nico but instead to settle for third place and the seven-point lead in the Drivers' Championship that the resulting six points netted him. Heikki's race was spoiled by having to queue in the pits. Overall, then, the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix was a hugely successful event, and we're delighted to have emerged from it with the lead in both the Drivers' and the Constructors' Championships."
Norbert Haug, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "A great Formula 1 premiere at night. Lewis extended his championship lead with third place which is a good result. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes leads now in the Constructors' rankings as well which is also not bad. Thank you to the organizers and Bernie and his team for their efforts - this spectacular event will create a big response."
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- Clean powerfully with cyclonic suction and hourglass dust cup
- Eliminate the hassle of vacuum bags with washable dust cup
- Durable 12-amp motor delivers strong cleaning performance
- HEPA vacuum cleaner filter maintains a healthier indoor environment
- Convenient automatic cord reel and air turbine pet tool on board
- Easy agitator brush shut-off for safer bare floor cleaning
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- Color Vibrant Violet / Black
- Body
- Amperage 12 Amps
- Handle Enclosed
- Dirt Containment Bagless-Cyclonic
- Exhaust Filter Hepa Media Filter
- Filter Kit Number MC-194H
- Headlight No
- Tools On Board Yes
- Extension Wand Plastic
- Attachment Storage Type On Board
- Attachment Reach 10'
- Air Turbine (Pet Tool) Yes
- Cord Length 24'
- Quickdraw Yes
- Cord Reel Yes
- Nozzle
- Nozzle Swivel No
- Power Switch On Body - Foot Operated
- Edge Cleaner Dual Active
- Dirt Sensor No
- Nozzle Width 13"
- Wheels Soft
- Handle Release Method Foot Step
- Height Adjustment Automatic
- Belt Style Stretch - UB11
- Belt Kit Number MC-V390B
- Overload Protector (Belt Saver) No
- Bare Floor-Agitator Shutoff Yes
- Additional
- Warranty 1 Year
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Statement on Shared Governance at SIUE
Shared governance is the collaborative effort of all constituents toward interpreting and achieving the university mission. The strengths of all constituents are acknowledged and respected, and all strive for a clear and common understanding of their respective contributions to decision-making. While it is understood that some decisions are the sole or ultimate responsibility of a single constituent, and that specific authority is often established by either policy or charge, both faculty and administrators remain continuously invested in shared governance, and make every effort to provide the appropriate input needed to ensure the best outcomes. Because it takes full advantage of the collective expertise and diverse experiences of all constituents, shared governance maximizes the quality of decision-making, reinforces the collective value of all members of the academic community, and encourages shared ownership of and responsibility for SIUE's mission, vision and values. Shared governance both assumes ethical conduct by all constituents and accommodates reasoned disagreement. It also supports respectful interaction and timely decision-making by all constituents vested in a given decision. When authority and responsibility for decision-making rest in separate constituencies, reasonable efforts are made to communicate across constituencies during the decision-making process. Whenever there is shared authority and responsibility for a decision, the precise nature of that sharing, whenever not already designated by policy or charge, should be negotiated in good faith and agreed upon by involved constituencies. Finally, shared governance assumes that policies will be operationalized in a manner that provides balance in the voice, responsibility, and authority of all involved in the academic mission of the university.
Final: "Statement on Shared Governance" was endorsed by the Faculty Senate on April 5, 2012
Approved by the Chancellor June 14, 2012
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The American Meadow Garden: Creating a Natural Alternative to the Traditional Lawn
It's not every book that lifts you from your reading nook and opens wide the vista of the heavens.
Chicago Tribune
If there's one lesson every homeowner must learn, it's this: The traditional lawn is a huge, time consuming, synthetic-chemical sucking mistake. The time has come to look for new ways to create friendly, livable spaces around our homes.
In The American Meadow Garden, ornamental grass expert John Greenlee creates a new model for homeowners and gardeners. For Greenlee, a meadow isn't a random assortment of messy, anonymous grasses. Rather, it is a shimmering mini-ecosystem, in which regionally appropriate grasses combine with colorful perennials to form a rich tapestry that is friendly to all life — with minimal input of water, time, and other scarce resources. Kids and pets can play in complete safety, and birds and butterflies flock there. A prairie style planting is a place you want to be.
With decades of experience as a nurseryman and designer, John Greenlee is the perfect guide. He details all the practicalities of site preparation, plant selection, and maintenance; particularly valuable are his explanations of how ornamental grasses perform in different climates and areas. Gorgeous photography by Saxon Holt visually illustrates the message with stunning examples of meadow gardens from across the country.
We've reached a stage where we can no longer follow past practices unthinkingly, particularly when those practices are wasteful and harmful to the environment. It's time to get rid of the old-fashioned lawn and embrace a sane and healthy future: the American meadow garden.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 280 pp.
- Book dimensions: 10⅛ x 10⅛ in. (255 x 255 mm.)
- Images: 275 color photos
- Product code: 682871
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"With Holt's photographs, this is a large and colorful showcase of Greenlee's extensive knowledge and great passion for gardening. His enthusiasm [is] infectious. ... Gardeners will find this book extremely helpful and inspirational."
—Margaret Heller, Library Journal
"As you turn the pages you will start to imagine that you are sprawled out in the meadow of your dreams, the grasses swooshing over your head. ... It's not every book that lifts you from your reading nook and opens wide the vista of the heavens."
—Barbara Mahany, Chicago Tribune
"If you've ever thought of abandoning your lawn but haven't yet, The American Meadow Garden will surely inspire you to action. ... Take a long look at your lawn mower, and then go buy this book."
—Rick Darke, American Gardener
"In a book long awaited by green mavens and horticultural enthusiasts, Greenlee's dynamic garden designs are paired with Holt's splendid photographs in a beautifully produced, information-packed volume that looks at meadows in the context of garden spaces large or small."
—Alice Joyce, Booklist
"An invitation to experiment with regionally specific grasses in colors ranging from chartreuse, purple, and ocher to metallic blue."
—Marin Independent Journal
"Photos of gorgeous meadows replete with tall grasses, butterflies and blooming wildflowers take a big step in convincing gardeners that their two-dimensional patch of lawn has become passe."
—Susan Smith-Durisek, Lexington Herald-Leader
"An exquisitely beautiful book on non-lawns. ... A winner."
—Amy Stewart, North Coast Journal
"Lays out a vision for the American yard that is so clearly superior that it will become the new standard. Read this book and find out how your neighborhood will look in about 10 years."
—Doug Bergstrom, Wenatchee World
"It's one thing to hear about the ecological benefits of replacing lawns with meadows. It's another thing to see it done effectively."
—Megan Sexton, Columbia (SC) State
"The meadow garden undoubtedly represents a different aesthetic in landscape design. ... Greenlee's book is a very good place to begin."
—Tom Karwin, Monterey County Herald
"Are you bold enough to try your hand at a meadow garden? The time for bringing back nature is now!"
—George Graine, Virginia Master Gardeners Association Report
"John Greenlee's opening lines ... open up the imagination to the practical and eye-pleasing alternatives to a monochromatic (and water-hogging) sea of turf."
—Debra Prinzing, Flower Magazine
"A paean to grassy, no-mow landscapes that shiver, shimmer and wave. ... Greenlee's easy prose welcomes all comers to aim higher than slabs of pool-table green."
—Ketzel Levine, NPR.org
"The gold standard when it comes to meadow gardening. ... I've read endless articles on meadow gardening, and none have given me the depth of information that made me feel confident that this would not be a maintenance nightmare."
—Nancy Szerlag, Detroit News
"You'll be rethinking labor-and-resource-intensive lawns after a couple of minutes with The American Meadow Garden."
—Kym Pokorny, Oregonian
"This is the rare species of garden book with a continental-wide scope from a West Coast point of view."
—Joe Eaton and Ron Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle
"Full of inspiring ideas, Greenlee explores how to combine a spectacular variety of grasses with other plants to make the most of their natural forms, fragrance, leaf, and bloom."
—Valerie Easton, Seattle Times
"Here is an entirely new approach to garden-making. It's enticing and informative, and it's presented with polish and pizazz."
—Bob Hornback, Pacific Horticulture
"Greenlee brings inspiration and know-how together in this part coffee table book part how-to guide."
—Chattanooga Times Free Press
"This revolutionary book of glorious meadows in harmony with nature will inspire you to begin your own lawn transformation."
—Jeanne Santangelo, Novato Advance
"This is not a book about how to create the purist's wildflower meadow, but breaks new ground in showing how garden plants can be used to create a meadow-like environment. Saxon Holt's photography is beautiful, and Greenlee's prose the right blend of informative and occasionally provocative."
—Matthew Wilson, Gardens Illustrated
"After you read this book, you'll wonder why you ever entertained the idea of a lawn."
—Jane Berger, Garden Design Online
"Finally, John Greenlee — who is part of America's trinity of Gramineous Gods — has mapped out his lifetime of experience creating successful meadows. I highly recommend this treasure trove of a book."
—Panayoti Kelaidis, Denver Botanic Gardens blog
"Although Greenlee believes every yard should be a meadow, he's also practical. Do the research. The result: less money spent on irrigation and chemicals, and more birds and butterflies in the garden. Not to mention the beauty of the natural meadow."
—Suzanne Sproul, San Bernadino County Sun
"John Greenlee knows his meadows like Babe Ruth knew baseball."
—Charles Poling, Su Casa
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Actress Anjelica Huston has parted with the five-story contemporary live/work home in Venice that she shared with her late husband, sculptor Robert Graham, for $11.15 million.
The 13,796 square feet of loft-like space, some 200 feet from the sand, includes a 10,000-square-foot art studio that was used by Graham, a dance studio, a gym, a library/study, a media room, an office, three bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.
The home and studio share a central courtyard shaded by a coral tree. There are city and ocean views and a swimming pool.
Huston, 62, was on the series "Smash" in 2012 and 2013 and appeared on "Medium" (2008-09). She won an Oscar for her supporting role in "Prizzi's Honor" (1985), which was directed by her father, John Huston.
Among other memorable roles, she played Morticia Addams in the 1991 and 1993 "Addams Family" films. Her voice work includes this year's animated film "The Pirate Fairy."
Graham, who died in 2008 at 70, was known for his bronzes depicting the human figure.
The property had been listed four years ago at $18 million. It last changed hands in 1992 for $500,000, public records show.
Gregory Bega of Sotheby's International Realty and Marykay Nibley of Rodeo Realty were the listing agents. Tamra Pardee and Daniel Pickart of Pardee Properties represented the buyer.
Actress ready for the sequel
Jodie Foster has put her home in Hollywood Hills West back on the market for $5.75 million.
The Spanish-style villa, built in 1935, features a step-down living room with a cathedral ceiling, a fireplace, French doors and views of Century City.
The 6,000 square feet of living space includes a screening room, an office, four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two half-baths and an attached guest apartment. The master suite has a sauna and a seating area.
A central courtyard shelters a swimming pool and a brick patio.
Foster, 51, won Oscars for "The Accused" (1988) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991). Her first nomination was for her starring role in "Taxi Driver" (1976). She starred last year in the sci-fi thriller "Elysium."
She previously listed the home last spring at $6.399 million. Public records show she bought the property in 1995, but the price wasn't undisclosed.
David Kramer and Jeffrey Hyland of Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate, are the listing agents.
Furnishings fit Kardashian home
Kourtney Kardashian has sold her boldly decorated home in Calabasas for $2.975 million.
The black, white and brightly accented interiors by designer Jeff Andrews caught the eye of the buyers, who paid an additional $125,000 for select furnishings. Now Kardashian can set about decorating the larger nearby home she recently bought from retired pro football player Keyshawn Johnson.
The 5,400 square feet of living space at the home she sold includes a breezeway entry, an open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, a library/office, four bedrooms and five bathrooms.
A swimming pool, spa and covered loggia on the half-acre lot have city and mountain views.
In addition to her role on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," Kardashian has been in several family-related spinoffs.
She bought the property in 2010 for $1.7 million, public records show.
Tomer Fridman of Ewing Sotheby's International Realty and Marc Shevin of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices were the listing agents. Andrew Levant of Kennedy Wilson represented the buyers.
$11.5 million? You bet your bippy
The longtime Malibu home of the late comedian Dick Martin and his actress wife, Dolly, is for sale at $11.5 million.
The Cape Cod-inspired beach house, built in 1946, has unobstructed ocean views and a wooden walkway that leads to the sand.
Features of the one-bedroom house include vaulted ceilings, brick fireplaces, French doors, a beach-facing deck and a wine cellar. There are four bathrooms and 2,551 square feet of living space.
A self-contained guesthouse, separated from the main house by a rose garden and fruit trees, has a fireplace and an open-beam ceiling.
Dick Martin, who died in 2008 at 86, was co-host of the popular "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" from 1967 to 1973. Often-used show catchphrases such as "sock it to me" and "you bet your sweet bippy" became part of the American vernacular.
He went on to direct shows including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart."
Dolly Martin, also known as Dolly Read, starred in the 1970 film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" and appeared on several television series. She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month in May 1966.
Brenda Hayward of Coldwell Banker and Phillip Bailey are the listing agents.
Giving up his court time?
Ashok Amritraj is in the midst of producing his own double feature of sorts: buying an estate in Bel-Air for $8.25 million and listing a house in the Encino/Sherman Oaks area for sale at $2.2 million.
The Italian villa-style mansion he bought features a two-story entry, hand-carved wood details, four fireplaces, an elevator and a six-car garage. There are seven bedrooms and 8.5 bathrooms in 11,500 square feet of living space.
The more than half-acre site contains a swimming pool, a spa and lawn.
The ranch-style home he is selling includes vaulted ceilings, a family room with a wet bar, an exercise room/office, five bedrooms and six bathrooms in 4,381 square feet of living space. The more than an acre lot has a swimming pool and a tennis court, which the former pro tennis player no doubt put to good use.
Amritraj, 58, is chief executive of Hyde Park Entertainment. The prolific producer has worked on scores of films, including "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" (2011), "Machete" (2010) and "Bandits" (2001).
Keith Geller of Realty Network Properties has the listing on the property for sale and represented Amritraj in his purchase. Arline Bolin of Nelson Shelton & Associates was the listing agent for the Bel-Air estate.
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3G Celebrates Valentine's Day With Ketchup and Beer
Ketchup and beer may not be the most romantic combination, but for 3G, it's a Valentine's Day treat.
3G Capital has had a busy 12 hours, with involvement in two of the giant three deals announced today.
On top of scooping up Heinz & Co. with Warren Buffett, the private-equity firm's three principals are board members and the architects of Anhueser-Busch InBev, which itself made an overnight move to save its $20 billion beer deal.
The private-equity firm is run by a trio of partners — Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles, and Carlos Alberto Sicupira — whose fortunes are tied to Anhueser-Busch InBev, after they built a Brazilian brewery into AB InBev. The three remain board members of AB InBev and have kept their controlling stakes.


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Beaufort County libraries offer Consumer Health Complete for wellness questions
The Internet is great for many things -- printing IRS tax forms, booking a flight to New York, streaming your favorite TV show. But the Internet becomes a scary abyss of information when you suspect you have a medical issue. Type "pain in left kidney" into a popular search engine, and you'll likely end up scared out of your wits with the results. Suddenly you're diagnosing yourself with a variety of ills, and first thing the next morning, you make an appointment with your doctor because you're sure your gallbladder needs to be removed.
OK, maybe that's just me.
So where can we find reliable health information online? The answer: Consumer Health Complete. Consumer Health Complete is a subscription database available for free to Beaufort County library cardholders. It is a great resource for consumer-oriented health content. It is like having a gigantic, all-inclusive medical reference book at your fingertips anytime you need to check up on health topics. And the best part is, since Consumer Health Complete is an online resource, the content is current.
Consumer Health Complete's topics range from mainstream, holistic and integrated medicine to overall health and wellness. Users will find full-text articles covering topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, fitness, nutrition, children's health and much more. Consumer Health Complete pulls from sources such as the U.S. National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Consumer Health Complete offers users bite-sized articles about a particular topic, or users can choose to venture deep into a topic by exploring results from Encyclopedia entries, Evidence-Based Reports, Reference Books or even medical information explained via animations and video clips. This database also culls recent newspaper and magazine articles surrounding a topic and pulls them together for the user.
In a hypothetical scenario, let's say that a user is interested in taking a zinc supplement but wants to research it first. Before firing up a search engine like Google, the user would be wise to start with Consumer Health Complete. Search results for "zinc" within this database will yield information including dosage, risks, studies and interactions, foods that naturally include zinc, zinc absorption and much more. More than 200 sources are cited for this article alone.
Don't take my word for it, check it out yourself. Users can access this and any of our other online resources at www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/research. Our librarians are happy to help those uncomfortable using a computer or the Internet. A Beaufort County library card provides access to this database for free, as well as dozens of other resources available through our website. Beaufort County residents who do not yet have a library card are encouraged to visit their nearest library with proof of Beaufort County residency or property ownership. Within a matter of minutes new customers can enjoy the multitude of services available through our library system.
Consumer Health Complete is a database powered by EBSCO Host and offered through DISCUS (Digital Information for South Carolina Users). The information provided on Consumer Health Complete is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician. Information provided in the database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Traci Cox is the information services coordinator for the Beaufort County library system.


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Kumarunster needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 145 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Phirea is an early stage software "startup" that creates technology, builds software products on top and offers it as online services to solve problems of our clients.
Phirea is a fantasy name, created from Greek letter phi, and latin term "sectio aurea", the golden ratio (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio)
We will offer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions which are targeted to small companies (1-20 employees) and self-employed. The first product will be a business plan tool where people/founders can write there business plan (for free). The business plan tool gets expanded be a controlling part where founders can enter their actual business numbers to compare business plan data with actual business situations. In the future this will be expanded with more products which are helpfully for self-employed / founders / small companies. Beside of the business plan tool (which is for free), all products are charged on a monthly base fee (5-15€ / per tool / per month).
For our company, we need a clear and attractive modern web site. Our logo has already been created in a contest at 99designs (see http://99designs.com/logo-design/co…ogo-31084).
Small companies (1-20 employees), founders and self-employed.
Probably the people using Phirea services are not deeply PC/IT experienced.
The target user is using Phirea services because he wants to concentrate on his business and not on accounting / bookkeeping (which is need to keep the business running). We assist the user to only have to afford as less time as possible for those things are necessary to run a business but not THE "core" business. To this target group we want to sell smart efficiency.
Smaller part of the audience are potential employees, press, investors, people who look for individual (software) solutions and others (in that order). To this target group we want to sell attractiveness, expertise, perspectives and ambitions.
We need a completely new web site. The whole site will consist (at the beginning) of following pages:
- Home
- Products list with plan overview
- - Terms of Use
- - Tutorials (maybe)
- Company
- - Team
- - Press Center
- - Jobs
- Legal/Imprint
We would like to get design for two pages: "Home" and a generic extendable grid based template for the other pages.
Home will contain a "what clients are saying" part, integration of social media (twitter/facebook and so on) and our blog (last 5 entries). This part of information can be placed above the footer of Home.
The content of the other pages will be provided by us.
Home contains a big Login or Sign up button, all other pages contain small modern login button/link in the top right corner.
Overall requirements:
The design should follow this criteria:
- modern
- simple and clean
- Web 2.0 style, but without excessive wet grounds, gradient buttons and other Alpha-Beta-stuff
- reputable, but fresh and smart
- light background (bright)
- normal readable standard fonts
- Illustrations and visualizations are welcome
- design should be grid based and fluid
We want to convey a message of "simple" and "fast" to our customers. It should be "inviting", "friendly" and "memorable".
Be creative and thank you in advance!
We need 2 designs:
1. Landing page / "Home"
2. Template for additional pages: Company, Team, Jobs etc
The colors of the attached logos are not final, please use other colors if you think it would look better.
If you want use the font work from the logos, please use it from "phirea other.jpg"
Please do not use UPPER LETTER in words in menu and so on. The menu should be without bar with backgrounds, just simple visible links.


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LOS ANGELES — Some 3,000 miles away from the hardscrabble streets of his native Chelsea, Joe Smith stood next to his living room stereo in Beverly Hills and thumbed through a row of CDs.
"Dylan, Streisand, Paul McCartney, Artie Shaw," he said aloud, holding them together like an accordion. "I got them all to talk. Well, that's pretty good."
Smith, a former Boston disc jockey who went on to lead Warner Bros., Elektra/Asylum, and Capitol/EMI, was responsible for signing the likes of the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison, Garth Brooks, and the Eagles. But one of his biggest projects occurred outside of the studio in the mid-1980s. Smith wanted to know more intimate details of the artists' lives and spent two years recording over 200 hours of interviews with over 200 rock and jazz luminaries for a book he wrote 25 years ago.
Earlier this year, Smith donated the tapes to the Library of Congress, and on Nov. 28, the library will post the first 25 hours of Smith's interviews on its website. The initial batch of interviews features 24 artists, including Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Ray Charles, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, and David Bowie. Eventually, more than 230 hours will be available on the site for historians, music buffs, and anyone else who may be curious about popular music in the 20th century.
"The Joe Smith Collection is an invaluable addition to the Library's comprehensive collection of recorded sound," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "These frank and poignant oral histories of many of the nation's musical icons give us unique insights into them as artists, entertainers, and human beings."
Smith's interview cassettes sat in a bunch of boxes in his garage until earlier this year. That's when former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart called up Smith and suggested he donate the tapes to the national library. Smith agreed and sent the tapes to Washington, where the library quickly digitized the treasure trove of voices.
Hart, who credited Smith with nurturing the Grateful Dead during the band's early years, said he was aware of the collection and didn't want the tapes to decompose.
"We were just talking and I just realized that these things, you know, this history would be lost," said Hart.
James Taylor, who lives in Western Massachusetts, also praised the donation. Smith signed Taylor in 1969 just before Taylor released "Sweet Baby James" — an album that went triple platinum. Taylor's interview with Smith will also eventually be posted on the Library of Congress site. "Joe was of huge importance to me in the early days of my career. It takes me back to a time when record companies and their executives had a real connection with their artists and felt a responsibility to us," said Taylor, in an e-mail.
Al Kooper, who founded Blood, Sweat & Tears, believes some of the history of rock 'n' roll has been incorrectly reported in articles and books, and said the collection could correct some of the inaccuracies. "It will be closer than before because it's all first-hand," said Kooper, who lives in Somerville.
During his interview, Kooper detailed the studio recording of Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," where he had hoped to play guitar but deferred to Mike Bloomfield. During a break, he hopped in front of an organ, played along, and then listened along during the playback when Dylan told the engineer to turn up the organ.
The collection grew out of a promise Smith made to John Hammond, the record producer who helped fine-tune everyone from Benny Goodman to Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Ailing, and in his hospital bed, Hammond insisted that Smith — a music insider whose friendships ran from Frank Sinatra to Frank Zappa — visit artists and supergroups and hear their stories.
Smith accepted the mission. Armed with a cassette recorder and a microphone, he traveled throughout the United States and Europe in search of the backstory to artists' careers. "I was known and had no problem getting to anybody," he said.
Smith, who was once a Globe newsboy in Chelsea, said he corralled in the giants of the music business simply by making a phone call or two. He said he learned most of his early street smarts on Chelsea's gritty streets.
The son of an insurance salesman who moonlighted as a bookie, Smith went on to Yale, and worked in radio, becoming one of Boston's first disc jockey's to play rock 'n' roll. By the late 1950s, he wanted a new challenge and set out for Hollywood, where he made a name for himself by signing comedians like Allan Sherman before shifting to rock acts.
Most of his interviews were done in person, lasted at least an hour, and often resulted in a confession, with the famous sounding more like regular working stiffs than carefully primped stars. Jagger told Smith that the Rolling Stones hadn't made a good record since 1972; McCartney acknowledged that his songs were not the same without John Lennon's touch; Little Richard recalled feeling an "electric charge" run through his body after he first heard "Tutti Frutti" on the radio at his home in Georgia.
"I got caught up in hearing these stories, and the importance of knowing all of these people — even if it was only for the two hours that I was with them," said Smith.
The interviews took two years to complete, and in the midst of his conversations with Streisand, Roger Daltrey, and Tina Turner, Smith became president of Capitol/EMI, where he stayed until retiring in 1993.
Meanwhile, in between launching acts — such as Garth Brooks — he carried his tape recorder and squeezed in interviews when he could. George Harrison showed up one day at his office in Burbank and confided that his favorite cover of "Something" was done by James Brown. In New York, Streisand answered his questions in her bathrobe in a hotel and admitted she doesn't read music or do much to take care of her voice: "I don't pamper it, I don't use humidifiers or special sprays, I don't vocalize, and I don't sing in the shower."
In Beverly Hills, Ella Fitzgerald asked Smith to fix her stereo before the interview. In London, Van Morrison said he'd agree to an interview only if they met in a hotel lobby and was addressed by Smith as Mr. Johnson.
Outside of Palo Alto, Jerry Garcia tried to explain the increased popularity of the Grateful Dead and the proliferation of "Deadheads": "We represent something like hopping railroads or getting out on the road. It's not supposed to be done anymore, but being a Deadhead means you can get in your van and cross the US. We ponder the thought of these people daily. It's become our life, really."
Smith also got to meet some of his childhood idols, such as Artie Shaw, who told Smith he quit in the middle of his career because he was tired of playing the same songs every night. "I got to a place where they said, 'Stop, don't grow anymore,' " Shaw told Smith.
Smith believes that insecurity, the desire to stay on top after writing a hit song, and the will to perform before thousands of people, are the common threads that link the artists together. "Some of them were absolute perfectionists," said Smith. "But insecurity, at the bottom of it all — that may be the one emotion that registered through everybody."
There are other threads that help define the music, the era, and its overall impact on society. Some like Hart, the Grateful Dead drummer, said the tapes reveal a time when art met drugs and business and how the mediums learned to coexist. Hart also said it was an era when record executives had great patience with artists, who sometimes took years to record and mix an album.
"That was a big part — nurturing, mentoring — because artists sometimes don't appear unless they're produced or manufactured, which you see today," said Smith.
Smith now spends most of his time with his wife and family. He used to go to Chelsea reunions but most of his friends have passed, and he now rarely gets back to his hometown. He said today's music business is the antithesis of the industry he helped develop some 50 years ago. He said it would be unlikely that record companies would sign acts like The Grateful Dead, Neil Young, and Joni Mitchell if they were starting their careers today.
"First of all, the corporate would want a business plan. They'd hear the Grateful Dead and they'd say, 'What's this about? How many do you expect to sell, what kind of profit can we make on this?' " he said. "This is a different business altogether and different kinds of artists make it, and there are still great artists, obviously, but nowhere near the numbers, nowhere near the creative world that was out there during that period."To listen to the Joe Smith Collection, visit www.loc.gov on or after Nov. 28. Steven A. Rosenberg can be reached at srosenberg@globe. Follow him on Twitter @WriteRosenberg.


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Johannes can be a reclusive figure, and was reluctant to share his work online at first - as either an amateur or a professional. Still, after several months of long nights alone writing strange and otherworldly stories, he decided to submit a few of his titles under the handle of 'Adrammalech', one of the pagan gods of the Old Testament. He used to haunt mcstories.com near-exclusively, however, he branched out to Literotica later on.
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A few days ago, I noted that the Democrats probably need only about two dozen Republican votes to pass Schumer-Rubio style amnesty legislation in the House. As a practical matter, though, two dozen isn't the magic number because it's highly unlikely that the Republican leadership would permit a vote on legislation supported by that few Republican members.
So what is the magic number of House Republicans needed to pass amnesty/path to citizenship legislation? In a sense it is 2, but a very particular 2 — Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor.
Unfortunately, to that extent the fix may truly be in. Speaker Boehner has said that passing immigration reform is a top priority for him. And Eric "Wall Street" Cantor probably perceives an even higher sense of urgency for enacting this pro-business legislation.
But the House leadership is constrained to some degree by the "Hastert Rule" and to a greater degree by practical politics. Under the Hastert Rule, only legislation supported by a majority of the Republican caucus comes to the floor for a vote. In this scenario, the magic number is 117, if I did the math correctly.
The Hastert Rule is not an iron law, however. For example, Boehner waived it on the vote to increase taxes on the well-to-do at the turn of the year.
But the Hastert Rule can only be violated so many times in the name of passing liberal legislation before the risk of a mutiny by House conservatives becomes too high for Boehner and Cantor. Presumably, they wish to continue as House leaders in 2015.
Moreover, Boehner probably sees raising the debt-ceiling as "must-pass" legislation, lest House Republicans be blamed for sinking the economy. Passing such legislation probably entails another major violation of the Hastert Rule.
Thus, Boehner and Cantor must weigh their desire to pass Schumer-Rubio style immigration reform against the need to adhere closely enough to the Hastert Rule to avoid a mutiny.
How do these considerations balance out? I suspect that Boehner/Cantor will be willing to permit such immigration reform legislation to proceed to a vote without half of their caucus on board. But it seems unlikely that they would do so with only a few dozen members in support.
What's the magic number? I don't know. Perhaps it's around 75 or 80, i.e., about one-third of the caucus.
If so, the fix may not yet be in.
This makes it imperative that those of us who oppose amnesty/path to citizenship bombard Republican members with statements of our opposition. For my sense is that one-third of the Republican membership is squishy enough to vote for amnesty/path to citizenship legislation, but that those who make up that one-third are also squishy enough to vote against it in the face of strongly expressed constituent outrage.


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by Jane Lenel
Sometimes violins are made of plywood by machine — similar to fake necklace jewels masquerading as the real thing. For string instruments, this construction method, using manmade "wood," avoids the thousands of dollars charged for handmade instruments using honest trees.
Burritt Miller, local violin maker and restorer of rare violins, clearly doesn't subscribe to this practice. He, like all fine craftsmen, uses only his hands and properly aged, beautifully veined spruce and maple. Nor at the end does he slick up his instruments with any-old shiny finish, but uses specially composed varnish that allows the string sound to vibrate through the pores of the wood. He, like the famous old boys in 18th century Cremona, still an Italian center of violin makers, spends his days measuring, gouging and scraping his instrument bellies, backs and ribs to minute millimeter dimensions, and he taps, tests, and adjusts for sound. He also carves beautiful scrolls, from which some specialists can identify the maker of a violin.
Miller, 73, grew up in Bronxville, N.Y., went to various boarding schools and graduated from Cornwell Academy in Great Barrington, Conn. (no longer in existence). Before the Vietnam War, he was conscripted as a conscientious objector and was assigned to Europe for two years. There he remained for three more years doing various jobs while considering what his future career would be. Realizing that he was unsuited for jobs involving such school subjects as math, spelling and foreign languages, he decided on violin making and enrolled in the Cremona Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria, and received a diploma in 1971.
During his stay there, the school had only five students, and he was able to work directly from master maker Stradivari's own instrument drawings and plans, which the school possessed.
About making his instruments, Miller said, "It makes a tremendous difference if you start with a good model. I stick generally with Strad models because the craftsmanship in others is often rough, and I don't like to work 'down.' For example, the del Gesu workmanship was crude — though his instruments sounded good — because his clientele was mainly pickup musicians. Stradivari, however, was a prestige maker and had an aristocratic clientele — counts, dukes, court musicians, the Medici and the royal family of Spain." An added point was that makers often had apprentices, while Stradivari had only his sons Francesco, Omobono and Nicolo working with him.
From Cremona, having found his talent, Miller returned to the U.S and joined the highly reputed violin makers, restorers and repairers at William Moennig & Son in Philadelphia. In business for 100 years (closed in 2009), it was one of the oldest and most prominent string instrument shops in the country, and was frequented by such famous violinists as Itzhak Perlman, Fritz Kreisler and Isaac Stern, as well as members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, for care of their instruments.
Miller, who has a son from a former marriage, stayed there for about 30 years until leaving to start his own shop in his house on North 33rd Street. About the change, he said, "I liked working on my own because I could offer personal attention to the players' individual needs rather than working backstage with little contact with the people in whose instruments I was so personally involved."
Now retired from the violin-making mainstream and living in Cathedral Village in upper Roxborough, he continues his work and counts among his recent prized accomplishments a reproduction of a viola da gamba — similar to a large violin (viol) held between the legs, and "gamba" (like a cello) — dating from 1611 and made by the brothers Antonius and Hieronymus Amati, sons of the noted luthier (maker of stringed instruments) of the time, Andreas Amati.
"The original is now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England," said Miller, who plays on his own viola da gamba occasionally at Cathedral Village.
"Restoration, or returning an instrument to its original condition, is another story," Miller said. "Almost every instrument from the classical period has been opened, and it often means undoing the work of the guys before you. Sometimes you find outstanding craftsmanship; sometimes you find a catastrophe … the most distressing is an instrument that has been 'improved' (horrible word) and often signed with a ball point pen by the proud butcher."
What determines the quality of a violin? "Everything!" says Miller. "The craft and use of tools, the varnish, the wood and the tastefulness of ensemble. Each part of the violin, including the bridge and strings, even the shape of the fingerboard, behaves in such a complicated manner, it's really a brain teaser."
Fortunately for his followers, complicated or not, the teaser has never deterred Burritt Miller from his chosen handwork — despite the strings attached.
Ed. Note: Jane Lenel taught violin for many years. She also had a violin renting business, Fitler Strings, studied violin making and repair, and repaired her students' rented instruments. Burritt Miller can be reached at 215-984-8842.