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Thomas Dübendorfer
Thomas Dübendorfer is currently a software engineer tech lead at Google, Zurich, Switzerland and teaches "Network Security" as lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich. He holds the CISSP security professional certification and is the president of the Information Security Society Switzerland ISSS. He has earned a Ph.D. and a M.S. degree with honors with distinction from ETH Zurich. He holds the ETH teaching diploma (Höheres Lehramt).
His areas of expertise include information security, electronic payment systems, and Internet technologies. He has served in a variety of consulting, development, research and teaching roles at ETH Zurich, Hewlett-Packard Labs (USA), Netcetera AG (Zurich), Telekurs Payserv AG (Zurich), major Swiss banks, government, army and courts.
Marko Bonac
Marko Bonac is the Director of ARNES, the Slovenian national research and education network (NREN). When he joined the organisation in 1992 he was the sole employee: now there are 37 highly qualified experts.
From 1981 to 1992 he has been working as a researcher and project leader in many projects in the field of computer networks.
From 2001 to 2005 Marko served on the Management Committee of CEENet (Central and Eastern European Networking Association), which participated in projects financed by NATO's Science Program in less developed countries.
In 2007 Marko was elected to the Executive Committees of the GEANT2 project and of the multi-Gigabit European Network GN2, in the Sixth Framework Programme. He is a board member of EURid, a not-for-profit organisation established in Belgium and selected by the European Commission to operate the new .eu top level domain. He is also an elected member of the management board of SISPA (Association of Slovenian Internet Service Providers).
He was a member of the Steering Committee for the SERENATE project, which produced a series of strategic studies into the future of research and education networking in Europe. The project started in May 2002 and was completed in December 2003.
Marko was elected to the Executive Committee of TERENA in 2003, serving as 'Member at Large' for an initial three year period before being re-elected for a second term.
Christoph Witzig
Christoph Witzig is the team leader of the middleware group at SWITCH, the national research and education network of Switzerland. The activities of the middleware group comprise among other things the Shibboleth-based authentication and authorization infrastructure of Switzerland as well as grid activities. SWITCH is a partner in EGEE-2, where it is involved in JRA1 security. Christoph Witzig currently holds the position of security architect in EGEE-II/III".
Christoph Witzig holds a degree in high energy physics from ETH Zurich, obtained his PhD while working at CERN and worked for several years at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY. He held various positions in the commercial sector before joining SWITCH in spring 2005.
Rupert Lück
Rupert Lück is the Head of IT Services EMBL.
At EMBL Rupert Lück is responsible for IT infrastructure, service operations and solutions development at the EMBL headquarters in Heidelberg and the site in Rome. Within the organization he is also a main contributor to the evolving IT platform for identity management and advanced cross-site collaboration within EMBL and with the life science community. Dr. Lück joined EMBL in 2005 coming from LION bioscience where he had IT management responsibility on an international level for more than seven years. As Head of Global IT Systems he was responsible for building LION's IT infrastructure including the high performance computing centers at the German headquarters and the integration of the company's seven international sites. In 2004 he became General Manager for LION's Professional Services organization taking over development and business responsibility for a novel collaboration platform for drug development in the pharma industry.
Prior to joining LION, Dr. Lück had several IT consulting positions, e.g. with Lufthansa Systems. He holds a degree and PhD from the University of Düsseldorf.
Hermann Lederer
Dr. Hermann Lederer is head of application support at Garching Computing Centre (RZG) of the Max Planck Society. He received a diploma in physics from the University of Munich and a PhD in Natural Sciences from the Technical University of Munich. After a post-doc position at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry with research stays at Institut Laue-Langevin, Risoe National Laboratory and DESY, he took a position at RZG. After a group leader position for workstations and applications, he became head of the high performance applications group and project manager at RZG for supercomputing projects of the Max Planck Society. In the EU DEISA project he is leader of the Applications Task Force and leader for the Joint Research Activities in Materials Science and in Plasma Physics.
Christoph Graf
Christoph Graf is Head of Network Security for SWITCH. He graduated at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1986 and worked for four years as a designer of integrated circuits with Philips. Christoph joined SWITCH in 1991 as an application engineer and later rejoined SWITCH in 1998 as head of security and system administration. He now is responsible for the security department, which hosts the CERT, middleware and grid activities of SWITCH. He leads GEANT2's research activities in the area of network security and is the Vice-President Technical Programme of Terena since June 2007.
Kento Aida
Kento Aida received Dr. Eng. in electrical engineering from Waseda University in 1997. He became a research associate at Waseda University in 1992. He joined Tokyo Institute of Technology and became a research scientist in 1997, an assistant professor in 1999, and an associate professor in 2003, respectively. He was a research scholar at the Information and Computer Sciences Department, University of Hawaii in 2007. He is now a professor at National Institute of Informatics and a visiting professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology from 2007.
Bill Feiereisen
Bill Feiereisen is Chief Technologist of Los Alamos National Laboratory and devotes much of his time to scientific HPC. He was formerly the Division Director of the Computer and Computational Sciences Division at Los Alamos and before that the head of the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Facility at Ames Research Center. He holds a Doctorate and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
He is active in the broader computer science community, serving on the editorial board of IEEE Computers in Science and Engineering, as the chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Open Grid Forum. He is a founding member of the New Mexico Computing Applications Center where he is temporarily attached to Governor Bill Richardson's Office at the State of New Mexico.
Kyriakos Baxevanidis
Mr. Kyriakos Baxevanidis is the Deputy Head of the Research Infrastructures Unit, DG INFSO of the European Commission. The Unit supports the provision of high-capacity and high-speed communications network (GEANT) and specific high performance Grid-enabled and/or data-intensive advanced infrastructures (EGEE; DEISA, DRIVER), by exploiting enlarged co-operation with corresponding national and international initiatives. Mr. Baxevanidis has particular involvement in the coordination of the policy related activities of the Unit and in the shaping, implementation and further evolution of the EU e-Infrastructure concept. Before joining the Commission, he worked for several years in Siemens in the field of telecommunication systems as an engineer and leader of a development group. He holds degrees from the Aristotle University of Greece and from Carnegie-Mellon University, US.
Matthias Kaiserswerth
Since January 2006 Matthias Kaiserswerth leads the IBM Research Strategy in Systems Management and Compliance, coordinating the research work across IBM's eight global research laboratories. In addition in June 2006, he was reappointed director of the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory.
From 2002 until the end of 2005 he was the Managing Director of an IBM Integrated Account, where he was responsible for the total global business between IBM and a large international power and automation company headquartered in Switzerland.
In 2000 Matthias Kaiserswerth became the director of IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory. He was responsible there for some 200 researchers in the field of physical sciences, communications technology, and computer science. Additional responsiblities were for the IBM Zurich Industry Solutions Lab where IBM hosts customers to meet with its researchers to discuss future technology and emerging business trends. From 1997 through 1999, Dr. Kaiserswerth was on assignment at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center where he lead the networking software and security research. In addition, he was responsible for setting IBM Research's global security research strategy and starting IBM efforts in the emerging field of privacy technology research.
From 1988 through 1997 he worked as a Research Staff Member in the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory on various research projects ranging from high-performance communication systems to message brokering in a medical environment. Most recently, he worked on smart cards and Java security, which lead to the OpenCard industry standard for using smart cards in a Java environment and Visa's Java Cardtm Price Breakthrough program based on the IBM Zurich Research JCOP platform.
Dr. Kaiserswerth received his MSc and PhD in Computer Science from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany respectively. He is an honorary professor at Friedrich-Alexander University where he teaches applied computer science.
Fabrizio Gagliardi
Dr. Fabrizio Gagliardi is Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America director for scientific and technical computing in External Research, at Microsoft Research Corporation. He joined Microsoft in November 2005 after a long career at CERN, the world leader laboratory for particle physics in Geneva, Switzerland.
There he held several technical and managerial positions since 1975: Director of the EU Grid project EGEE (2004-2005); Director of the EU Data-Grid project (2001-2004); head of mass storage services (1997-2000); Leader of the EU project GPMIMD2 (1993-1996).
Dr. Gagliardi is co-founder and member of the International Advisory Committee of the Open Grid Forum.
Dr. Gagliardi has a Doctor degree in Computer Science, granted by the University of Pisa in 1974.
He is IEEE member since 1985.
Mauro Campanella
Mauro Campanella graduated in phyiscs in 1985. He is an employee of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Italy since 1991. He is at present working full time for the Italian NREN (GARR, of which he has been one of the original engineers) as responsible of the research activities.
He started working on computers and networks in 1984 as system and network manager and is participating since then to European research and development in networking.
He is one of the creator of the Premium IP QoS service and created the architecture of the Bandwidth on Demand service of GEANT2 (AutoBAHN).
Since 1 Jan 2008 he acts as coordinator of the EC Reserach Infrastructures project FEDERICA, which aims at creating a European infrastructure for new internet research using system and network virtualization.
He spent one year at CISCO systems between the years 1999 and 2000 and lives north of Milano in Italy.


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|2012-11-10, 16:46
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|2012-11-10, 20:12
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If Rin was being all buddy buddy with Komari and trying to cheer her up personally, then I would agree with you. However, what we see is Rin helping Riki help Komari. Rin is using Riki as a bridge to her friend she is still trying to get comfortable with, I don't really find a problem with that. Now the ending where Rin hugs Komari was touching but at the same time out of place for their level of friendship, this is considering Rin's shy personality.
|2012-11-10, 20:26
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And what bothers me the most with Rin is that she -does- interact with Kudo and other characters for Komari's sake, despite she hardly have enough interactions with Komari, let alone the other characters (evenin the VN, Rin couldn't really talk straight to Kudo the very first time, despite being the most harmless girl in the non original Little Busters).
By definition, Rin has huge troubles to deal with strangers, and it took time for her to talk normally to any non original LB members.
|2012-11-10, 20:31
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|2012-11-10, 21:00
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I didn't exactly remember the exact time frame and period, but yeh it did happen, although even being acquainted is hardly enough for Rin to deal with someone, as shown several times in the story.
I wouldn't be surprised if both hardly had any greetings, let alone discussions beyond 1-2 lines.
|2012-11-10, 21:24
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In the beginning out in the rain, I agree, he's much too calm for what his personality should be at this stage. While in his room, the only thing he could do is listen and think and not take action to make things better, which is what his weak self usually does.
Next we have him in the lunchroom with the rest of the team. Here he displays for the first time IIRC that he doesn't really have the courage to face his problems, much less help others with theirs. He tries to run away but Kousuke stops him with his little speech which gives Riki a push towards becoming stronger. It's much too subtle but at least it's being hinted at...
BTW, I couldn't help but laugh at when Kousuke was watching Riki outside his room when he was drawing. It was like "Fu fu fu, my plan is progressing."
|2012-11-10, 21:37
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After watching the subbed episode I don't have much to add to what Klashikari said...
Nearly every scene Rin was in annoyed me...just the way she took action to "help Riki help Komari", the way she seemed to so naturally interact to Kud, Haruka and even Anego and the hug at the end. God, the hug at the head was so incredibly bad, don't get me wrong, it was touching...but like it was said, it was so out of place considering Rin's shyness and the little interaction she had with Komari (How long has Komari been in the LB by now? 3, 4 days?).
Riki's strength bugged me as well...but it's nothing new considering he's seemed stronger than he should be since the second episode...still annoys me though. He never once doubted if he should just go along with the whole Onii-chan thing, he never freaked out about anything, he just seemed like he was on the ball most of the time and Kyousuke's words took care of what little was left.
Where was the Grandpa's story about his wife? I always felt it served perfectly to show Riki what would happen if he accepted her calling him Onii-chan...then again he seemed already so fucking mentally stronger that it would be useless >_>
And of course...no loops after each girl is now pretty much confirmed.
I really don't get why they are making such changes, they have more than 26 episodes to work with so it's not from a lack of time...I can't even enjoy the episodes anymore, honestly I'm just in it to see how much they butcher Anego's route...kinda like watching a train wreck, it's horrible but you just can't look away.
Well...at least they didn't pull a Majikoi here...that's a plus.
|2012-11-11, 05:27
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Komari Arc just feels rushed for me. Not the build-up, but the BSOD. I didn't have enough impact. (reference ftw) But, Ep 6 had 50% of its VN impact, and that's "good". Not the best, but "good".
Also...check the list!
<<Required Points>> [X] 3-cour MINIMUM [X] Omnibus / Continuous Format w/ Skipped Parts [X] Required Details (Mention / Flashback / Short Sequence) >>> [X] Battle Rankings >>> [X] Baseball Practice >>> [ ] "Shaka-Shaka Hey!" Special Emphasis >>> [ ] Rin vs Unidentified Lifeforms >>> [ ] Kick the Can >>> [ ] Stage Play Ideas >>> [ ] (Can be "Last Playthrough" Only) LB wins the Baseball Match >>> [X] Ripples of Thoughts at EP 1 [X] New versions of: >>> [X] Alicemagic >>> [X] Little Busters! [X] No changes to: >>> [X] Komari's VA >>> [X] Rin's VA >>> [X] Kud's VA >>> [X] Kurugaya's VA [ ] Refrain is handled w/ care (at least one of the main points) >>> [ ] a KyoAni adaptation of 2nd season >>> [ ] a KyoAni movie adaptation of 1st season >>> [ ] Perfect 1+-cour season [ ] OVAs (any one of the ff.) >>> [ ] Kurugaya's True Route OVA >>> [ ] Muscle Sensation OVA >>> [ ] Kud Wafter OVA [ ] Special EDs at the end of the Arc >>> [ ] Mio >>> [ ] Kurugaya >>> [ ] Haruka >>> (Added for plus points) [X] Komari <<Bonus Points>> [ ] EX Routes (in the form of OVA / Episodes) >>> [ ] Kanata >>> [ ] Sasami >>> [ ] Saya (Can NEVER be an OVA btw.) [ ] Unnecessary Points (will be expanded soon) >>> [ ] Kurugaya's Advice to everyone >>> [ ] Mio and the Science Club >>> [ ] At least one cameo of the extra chars. before the Arcs. >>> [ ] Fix Kurugaya Arc + Rin Arc 's <IjustwantRiki> character >>> [ ] Mention the "For some reason I can't go to <place>" >>> [ ] The Big Cat during Baseball Practice / Rin's Arc (I don't know its name though) >>> [ ] Haruka and the Apocalypse Scenario >>> [ ] Display Stats (Like Arm Power, etc.) [ ] 4-cour [X] Visuals Consistency (Reason: it's consistently average on average eps and great on key ones.)
|2012-11-11, 13:37
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|2012-11-11, 15:28
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It seems they are going with the "No Romance" approach...and we are talking about routes where Riki's romance with the girls are incredibly important. Plus with no loops, I even wonder how they will work with Anego's route. What about the final resolution of Kud's route? She gets taken and imprisoned, left to die and frees herself and then goes back to school like nothing happened?
I really wanna see how they will do all the routes without loops...
|2012-11-12, 06:42
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|2012-11-16, 05:51
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However, they would have to answer other questions if Refrain already happened like..why are they still there?
|2012-11-16, 08:53
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|2012-11-17, 15:21
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Episode 7 was quite terrible:
They decided to finally show what happens after a battle, but it makes the previous ones a little... more random since you didn't have any consistent follow up.
But what makes a bigger problem was how Haruka was introduced: instead of having the trickster lurking around and pulling pranks left and right, it feels she "suddenly" is on rampage, as her presence was barely there prior episode 7. What is worse is how they literally skipped Yuiko and Haruka's interactions: there is no way for people to realize that they knew each other prior enrolling in the LB, and it will be even weirder for Haruka to call her "anego" in the future, if they literally skipped their "first onscreen interaction".
They really pushed too much on Haruka's routes aspect, which made Kanata sort of a device than a character on her own. Suffice to say, I'm not exactly expecting a lot with how linear they went with this mess.
Also, Riki is... nearly stronger than Refrain Riki as far as I'm concerned: the way they made Horie voicing Riki during his confrontation with Kanata was so coarse that you would wonder why Riki needs character development.
|2012-11-17, 19:18
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Haruka not reacting to Kurugaya at all was a bit weird. However, they can still go over their relationship later on.
Shaka-shaka-hey was supposed to take place when Rin attempted to recruit Haruka. I wonder if they'll just make up a different excuse for Haruka to give Rin a tambourine.
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For Erin Defoyd, fall is a great season, with a crispness to the air, cool nights - and great apples.
Defoyd took advantage of Friday's clear weather to take her family - husband Wes and children Ella, Jane and Bennett - to Millis' Tangerini Farm to take part in that classic fall activity: apple picking.
"It's a perfect fall day," she said.
Fortunately for them, local farmers said this season is shaping up to be a good one, especially after last year was marred by a record drought. The summer - a considerably cooler and wetter season - has proven much more conducive to growing.
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner John Lebeaux said farmers statewide were reaping the benefits of the weather.
"We're in the peak of the harvest now, and we're looking forward to a great late summer, early fall harvest," he said. "Apples are a huge crop for Massachusetts, and forecasts for New England have the crop up by as much as 38 percent, and the Massachusetts crop up by 50 percent."
That's not to say everything was ideal. Lebeaux said the cool and wet conditions posed their own challenges, as many farmers were delayed in getting to their fields this spring. Indeed, he said, last year's heat might have been beneficial, for those farms with water available.
Still, Lebeaux said, the size of this year's crop showed how positive the season has been for farmers.
"Fruit is sizing up much bigger, because so much of fruit is water," he said.
Charlie Koshivas, owner of Fairmount Farms in Franklin, said that was a trend he had seen reflected locally. He said, although the drought did not keep people away last year, it had a definite effect on his crops.
"We had a good turnout, but the apples were kinda small because of the lack of rain," he said. "I don't think that will be a problem this year."
He said some weather conditions - like high winds - could still pose an issue, but things were looking good for the start of his farm's apple-picking season, on Sept. 9.
Marianne Kelly, a manager at Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick, said this year's harvest was shaping up to be much better than last year's – featuring, for example, "boatloads" of peaches.
"Last year, we lost the entire crop," she said. "This year, we still have peaches on the trees, and we're still picking them."
Kelly said, as peach season precedes apple season, having those crops available was important to keeping up business through the summer months. Last year's peach dearth was not, ironically, caused by the drought but a cold winter, officials said.
Linda Chiarizio, a manager at Tangerini's, said her farm, too, had seen a great season.
"It's been leaps and bounds better - we've had much lower crop loss," she said. "Hopefully, we don't get an early frost."
The growing season has been for more than apples, of course. Lebeaux said farmers across the state were continuing to harvest tomatoes and corn as well.
Tom Hanson, of Hanson's Farm in Framingham, said last year had posed problems for corn - his corn maze, for example, had to be planted twice to keep its walls thick.
"Our corn maze is taller and better this year," he said. "This year, it's been terrific."
Hanson said he hoped the conditions continued, as his farm offers pumpkin-picking starting in mid-September.
Those picking apples said they were very happy to see a favored fruit so abundant - especially as it signals the start of fall. Tricia Hayes and Meredith Ghizzoni, picking apples at Tangerini's Friday, said they were both excited about the season.
"Fall's my favorite season, and it's starting to feel like fall," Hayes said.
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it's time for another wedding feature! i am so delighted to share this lovely event with you today, as it was an early favorite for 2009. 🙂 julia contacted me with a vision for a fresh, chic, spring-inspired affair that reflected a love for literature. we discussed a citrus + gray palette that had me absolutely smitten. when you pair poppy sorbet colors with cool, calm slate gray, you get magic! pure white was the perfect addition for a neutral accent. the final result? a refreshing, cheerful, and altogether sweet scene that made me (literally) squeal with joy.
in addition to our yummy fruit-inspired colors (think grapefruit, raspberry, lemon, tangerine…), we decided to play up the charm by integrating playful, vintage-feeling décor. think eclectic bookshop meets saccharine-sweet nostalgic candy shop. 🙂 vases were mostly distressed mercury glass, while vintage books and galvanized metals were featured throughout the wedding. in a flash of brilliance, kristin of the treasured petal put together unique hurricane vases (for candles) by wrapping glass cylinders with pages torn from favorite books, printed on semi-opaque vellum. take a peek at the outcome of our planning, as captured by the fabulous mike & emi of evoke photography. i looove working with these two, as they always deliver gorgeous portraits and detail shots that are classic with a fresh edge. 🙂 plus they are sooo much fun! xo
meet the darling couple: julia & james! things we have in common: lovers of literature, great indie music, converse and france! 🙂
julia's lush and textural bouquet included lots of "petally" florals like peonies, ranunculus, sweet peas and anemones. ultra romantic 🙂
the bridesmaids carried these bright & cheery posies — some of my favorite bridesmaids' bouquets of all time. 🙂 don't they just make you smile?? i spy roses, anemones, tulips, dusty miller and one of my favorites… craspedia (aka billy balls).
adoooore this pic!! the splashy colors of the bouquets are perfect complements to the steely gray dresses, and the bms are all wearing such precious sherbet-hued shoes!! swoooooning over this well-heeled bridal party 🙂
the groom & his guys, looking quite dapper themselves!
i love the feel of this bridal party photo — so much joy & ease.
a quiet moment before the ceremony @ the stunning westminster presbyterian church in pasadena.
the escort cards!! i love love loved the display we put together using galvanized metal trays (squares and circles). i filled the trays with sour watermelon candies in the perfect shade of pink. simple tent cards were nestled in the trays for a charming presentation, and kristin added a collection of sweet & simple arrangements amongst more of our beloved antique books.
here's a look at one of the guest tables. i adored the shimmery coral napkins and the box of paulette macarons (some of my very favorites!) at each placesetting. did you notice that the tables were named after favorite authors??
a look at a stack of green books on the sweetheart table. 🙂 in my quest for the perfect antique books, i sought out volumes with especially beautiful spines, bound in spring-time colors. i hit the jackpot and even scored a few treasures for myself, including some classics printed in the 30's and 40's!
the stunning cake table! this may be my favorite cake display of all time. 🙂 how perfect are those encyclopedias as a last-minute cake stand?
and here's a shot of the room, all set with white chiavaris (which i adore for springtime events).
julia & james were your typical, extraordinary l&s clients. 🙂 they're intelligent, stylish, and most of all… in love with one another! i had such a fabulous time working with them both and am thankful i've already had the chance to see julia since the wedding. we share another love: rebecca minkoff handbags! so, naturally, we had to go to the sample sale together. julia also brought me my FAVORITE tea from her honeymoon in paris (mariage frères); sooo thoughtful! can't wait to connect again soon over lunch! 🙂
many thanks to the lovely vendor team, who helped ensure a flawless day:
- the westin pasadena (i LOVE their staff, including my dear friends tracy & kathy)
- my dear friends michael & emi of evoke photography
- the sweet isabel gonzalez of isabel gonzalez videography
- my favorite florist and treasured friend, kristin of the treasured petal
- elegant designs specialty linens for linens and chiavaris
- my favorite DJs — ian and tony of red shoe la (we always have wayyyy too much fun working together! adore these boys!)
- rainbow sound & lighting
- paulette macarons for the delicate, elegant favors
- red cheese photobooths
i hope you're all enjoying the gorgeous weather these days! i have taken up running (i know — who would've thought??) and derive a lot of joy just jogging in the sunshine, beneath brilliantly blue skies. enjoy the week — and happy early 4th of july!
xoxo, angel


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The Met Office has this morning issued a Yellow Warning for snow for Northern Ireland.
Over higher ground there could be up to 10cm of snow overnight and into tomorrow morning.
Forecasters say driving conditions are likely to be disrupted and are urging motorists to drive with care.
The weather warning states: "Sleet and snow showers will become heavier and more frequent during Thursday afternoon, continuing overnight and well into Friday. These could bring accumulations of 1-4 cm at lower levels, with 5-10 cm on ground above 150 m, especially over northern areas.
"Icy stretches are also likely to form on untreated surfaces. Please be aware of some difficult driving conditions and the risk of travel disruption."
It continues:"A cold, showery north to northwesterly airstream will cover Northern Ireland. The showers are expected to fall as sleet or snow away from immediate northern coasts. Shower activity will be enhanced at times by troughs of low pressure, which could allow several cm of snow to settle in a fairly short period."
The Met office says the warning applies to all six NI counties.


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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham announced the following action in a portion of the Barataria Basin south of Empire, LA in Plaquemines Parish effective at sunset today, June 6, due to confirmed reports of oil in the area.
The portion of state inside waters north of the inside/outside shrimp line and south of the Mississippi River from the southern shoreline of Red Pass at 89 degrees 28 minutes 13.4 seconds north latitude westward to the western shoreline of the Empire Canal, closes to recreational and commercial fishing effective sunset today, June 6.
Precautionary closures of recreational and commercial fishing have been implemented based on the best information the Secretary of the Department receives from field biologists, staff and trajectory models from NOAA.
Once reports of oil are received, LDWF initiates a field survey and immediate seafood testing in the suspected areas. Closures are subsequently made with the intent to be as safe as possible, while not closing any fishing areas unnecessarily. As test results come back clearing the area, effected waters are then reopened.
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The first two letters in the docket number refer to the category of the claim.
HO= Housing
PA= Public Accommodation
ED= Education
EM= Employment
The second set of two letters refer to the area of discrimination.
ra= Race
re= Religion
no= National Origin
se= Sex
ha= Handicap
sh= Sexual Harassment
The first two numbers are the year in which the case was filed and the second set of two numerals is the month.
Docket No. EMra06070283
Jones v. American Maintenance, Inc.
Docket No. EMsh07070317
Young v. Pierce & Family, Inc.
Docket No. EMra04050259
Witherspoon v. University of Indianapolis
Docket No. EMsh03120470
Wilkerson v. Remax Leaders
Docket No. EMsh03120473
Jesse v. Remax Leaders
Docket No. EMha04050231
Britt v. Capital Athletic Ventures, Inc. d/b/a Club Indianapolis
Docket No. EMse06090381
Sinclair v. Family Medicine Consultants
Docket No. EMra06090411
Sims v. Spurlino Materials of Indianapolis, LLC
Docket No. EMha08020055
Pender v. French Lick Villas Owner's Association, Inc.
Docket No. EMra07080377
Akins v. Clarian Health West, LLC
Docket No. EMra08080535
McCray v. Prairie Farms Dairy
Docket No. EMha07090471
Utter v. Factory, Inc.
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Reynolds v. Indiana Department of Revenue
Docket No. EMra08021019
Driver v. Burger King Corp.
Docket No. EMno06080325
Padilla v. Arbonne International, Inc.
Docket No. EMse06050172
Crutchfield v. Papa Bud's Pub, and Cece, Inc. d/b/a Papa Bud's Pub
Docket No. PAra06080313
Harris v. Goodyear & Phillips Corp, and Chuck Goodyear
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Harney v. Red Apple Restaurant
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Young v. Davis
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Murphy v. Family Christian Stores #62
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Carmichael v. Manitowoc Beverage Company
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Carmichael v. Mantiowoc Beverage Company
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Weddle-Van Sickle v. Franklin Gardens Family Restaurant, Inc.
Docket No. EMrt03030068
Weddle-Van Sickle v. Franklin Gardens Family Restaurant, Inc.
Docket No. EMsh03010004
Weddle-Van Sickle v. Franklin Gardens Family Restaurant, Inc.
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Lapadat v. Steffey Insurance Agency, LLC
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Gilmore v. Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.
Docket No. EMra06120572
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Rosie v. Equimax Lending, Inc.
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Kubiak v. Walgreen Co.
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Hamblin v. DH Toys, Inc. d/b/a Learning Express
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Kimbrough v. Spinal Aid; and Spinal Aid Centers of America, Inc.
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Goodwin v. Gary Railway Company
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Campbell v. Sapp Family, LLC
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Crist v. Northgate Apartments, et. al.
Docket No. EMra08040220
Belt v. Apple American Group d/b/a Applebee's
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Anderson v. C.T. Peppers Bar & Grill
Docket No. EMha08070407
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How to Burn M4A to audio CD on Windows 10 64bit Computer:
Click Add buttion to load M4A files for burning.
Open the original file information dialog by choosing Show File Information option in the File top menu. It will show you the preferences of the original file, such as: Audio Format, Bit Rate, Sample Rate, etc. You can also check whether you add too many files that exceed the capacity of CD disc from the capacity bar at the bottom of the main interface.
Select the RW CD Drive from the CD Recorder drop-down list.
Then insert a blank CD disc, you can selcet the burn speed and the number of copies at the bottom of main interface.
Burn the unique CD that you specify in the left Profile panel.
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Creating OCR Files
- For information and script for creating OCR on the server during upload, see the pages on the scripts used and on how to document which files need OCR
- For information on OCR versions of transcripts, see Transcripts.
The following is for creating OCR during the digitization process. This process is no longer used, which is why the text below has been rendered in gray.
What is it?
OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. This is the process by which typewritten or printed text is electronically translated into machine-editable text. We perform OCR on all images containing typewritten or printed text. OCR is a step in our digitization process.
Where do these files go? [this information is out of date]
OCR files are saved within the collection directory within a folder called Transcripts. For large collections, coordinating Scans and OCR folders should be created within the Transcripts folder (for example, OCR text files from Scans_3 would be placed in a folder called OCR_3 within the Transcripts folder). OCR text files are saved in the following format: ex. u0003_0001577_0000233.ocr.txt
OCR Process (Windows)
- Open Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.
- Choose the Document tab across the top. From the drop-down, hover over OCR Text Recognition, and then choose Recognize Text in Multiple Files Using OCR.
- On the box that opens, click the Add Files button and navigate to the file you want. When files are selected, click OK.
- The Output Options box will now open. Choose these settings:
- Under Target Folder, choose Specific Folder and navigate to the folder you have prepared for output.
- Under Filenaming, chose Add to Original Filename. Under Insert After, type in ".ocr". Uncheck Overwrite Existing Files.
- Under Output Format, chose Export File(s) to Alternate Format and select Text (Plain) from the drop down menu.
- Click OK. Large files may take quite a bit of time.
OCR Process (Mac)
- Open Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro.
- Drag file into Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro.
- Choose the Document tab across the top. From the drop-down, hover over OCR Text Recognition, and then choose Recognize Text Using OCR.
- In Mac, the file is not automatically saved. So once OCR is done, go to File>Save As>Text (plain). Save to your local transcripts folder.
Unlike Windows/Acrobat-9 which is capable of batch OCR, Mac/Acrobat-8 appears to only support OCR for one item at a time.


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Budapest Gala Concert
October 26, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Music show with Hungarian Spirit
How does Strauss or Liszt sound for symphonic orchestra and cimbalom? Look into the history of Hungary through music! Hungary always influenced the European music life more, than it would be expected from such a small country. Unique folklore music traditions gave inspiration to numerous foreign composers visiting Hungary.
With a repertoire covering musical styles such as operetta, gipsy music and Hungarian-related classical music, the Danube Symphony Orchestra leads the grandiose concert, in cooperation with professional ballet dancers serving as confirmation to the fact that music and dance is inseparable.
The program includes operetta songs performed by soloists of the world-famous Budapest Operetta Theatre.
In addition to all, we took the opportunity to include some unique elements into the program; traditional Hungarian folk instrument, the cimbalom and Hungarian folk songs adaptation performed by authentic gypsy band.
A special spectacle is guaranteed on the performance by one of Hungary's famous young artists from the national 'Virtuosos!' Talent Show.
The 90 minutes long concerts (consisting of two 40-45 minute long parts with an intermission in between) take place in two of Budapest's most prestigious theatres; the Danube Palace and the Pesti Vigadó, both in a central downtown location.
Did You Know?
The Cimbalom is a Hungarian folk instrument played primarily with beaters. It is equipped with a heavy frame for more dynamic power, with many added string courses resulting in an extended range of sound and also a damper pedal to allow more dynamic control. During the 19th century the cimbalom was considered as the most distinguished musical instrument in Hungary, aristocratic families had their children taught to play the cimbalom instead of the piano. The first Cimbalom School was opened in 1890. Henceforth plays of the era remained including the cimbalom as a primary instrument in many of them, making it unique and exclusively Hungarian.
'Virtuosos!' is a unique format in worldwide television: classical music talent show, where preparedness, diligence and qualifications count. All contestants are outstanding at playing classical instrument or have remarkable achieveiments in classical singing.


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Cover Story - Real Estate
On the Flip Side
Everybody, it seems, is a real estate investor: Speculators of all stripes continue to fuel an unprecedented building boom, undeterred so far by talk of a bubble and fears that interest rates may rise.
A year ago, before the first shovel of earth was turned at either site, DeNapoli bought one unit at Quantum and two at 1800 Club. At roughly the same time, he bought a fourth unit in the proposed Plaza on Brickell condo project south of downtown. The Hollywood man doesn't intend to live in any of them. He would never live in a condo, he says. He aims to flip three to other buyers at a hefty profit and keep the fourth as investment property.
Who's to say whether DeNapoli is a typical investor in a market where speculators come in all nationalities, with differing wherewithal and investing strategies. Typical or atypical, DeNapoli and investors like him are for certain the fuel in the white hot south Florida condo market and the real estate runup throughout Florida.
An unprecedented 69,000 units are proposed or under construction in Miami alone and thousands more on the beaches and from Dadeland to Aventura. From the design district south to Brickell, Miami's waterfront in places is cheek-to-jowl with construction fences displaying images of soaring towers and sultry condo vixens. Ocean Drive magazine, laden with real estate advertising, approaches door-stop heft, and local newspapers grow fat promoting the lifestyle likes of Icon Brickell ("inspired by Yoo by Starck"), Premiere Towers ("Urban chic. Redefined"), Soleil ("Its energy is scorching Miami") and, more to the sales point at condo-conversion Vue at Brickell -- "100 percent financing available to qualified buyers."
The 698-unit Quantum project sold out in 13 months. To celebrate, Pedro Martin, chief executive officer of Quantum developer Terra Group, threw a "success" party in May at the sales center on Biscayne Boulevard. As a homeless man pushed a shopping cart down the block, white-shirted, black-tied valets tended to the cars, and guests sipped drinks and nibbled shrimp. Inside the sales center, buyers looked at a towering building model to see where their units were. Out on the patio, partiers listened to a DJ. Being Miami, there were the requisite number of men in black shirts and bare-shouldered young women balancing atop precariously high heels. "Chic attire," the invitation said. In contrast, DeNapoli came dressed in a lawyerly suit and tie, as if he had come straight from a property closing. Returned from his golf cart tour, he stood over one of the outdoor tables and explained his strategy.
Despite his youth, DeNapoli is no neophyte investor. He attended "lots" of seminars to educate himself on real estate before he began investing in earnest. He has a condo in St. Augustine, a house under contract there and a ranch near Gainesville. He secured a real estate license so that he would get the broker's share of purchases. As an attorney, he saves by doing his own title work. For his condo investments, he struck last year, reasoning that his units would be finished before a wave of buildings nears completion in 2007. (That's why he wanted to know why Quantum wasn't moving faster.) He vowed to buy only at waterfront projects and on Brickell and to protect himself by buying where owners can lease the units out month to month and for vacation rentals. He wanted to pay no more than $330 per square foot and got in at that price at one condo, less at two others and a low of $280 at the fourth. "Try to find that now," he says. "You won't find it."
He put down a total of $200,000 for his four units at the three projects and says he has the money to close if necessary when they're ready next year. But he watches eagerly for when the developers will open the buildings to resales. He will look at cashing out then and pocketing his profit before the buildings are completed.
'Very scary'
The fear some market researchers have is that DeNapoli and investors and speculators like him -- as much as 70% of the buyers on some projects, analysts say -- won't find enough end users to take the units off their hands and won't turn up enough tenants willing to pay sufficient rent to cover their loan and condo fee costs.
"We've never had this kind of volume. The same kind of market psychology that drove people into these things is the same kind of psychology when it's reversed. You end up having a mass exodus," says real estate analyst Lewis Goodkin of Goodkin Consulting, who also writes about real estate for Florida Trend. "You've gotten more people who are investing/speculating than the user market. That's very scary."
To be sure, others in the field aren't as worried. Analyst David Dabby, president of Dabby Group Advisors in Coral Gables, agrees there is a potential condo oversupply but says how it shakes out depends on when buildings are completed. Slowing demand can put the brakes on construction, bringing stability. Miami banking analyst Ken Thomas doesn't believe in a housing bust cycle but says a correction can come. "Basically, the condo becomes a commodity," he says. "Speculators in any market not only drive up prices but also create volatility and instability."
Developers, if they're worried about building all those condos on a speculative house of cards, hide it well. Driving demand, developers -- and DeNapoli -- say, are affluent and aging Baby Boomers looking for a Florida home, Europeans scooping up bargains thanks to the low dollar, locals sick of their commute from the suburbs, Latin Americans anxious to put their money where it can't be devalued, low U.S. interest rates, vanishing waterfront and a market that despite its heat is still cheaper than San Francisco and New York. Condo buyers are simply smart, they reason. Three years ago, you could buy on the oceanfront for $400 to $500 per square foot. Now similar units go for $700 to $1,000 per square foot.
"We're going to be a great city," enthuses Martin, developer of the Quantum. "I just see that Miami is going to continue to grow. This is here to stay."
A record 69,000 condo units are planned for Miami -- including projects on Biscayne Boulevard -- and that's not counting the beaches and the areas nearby.
Martin, in an interview the day after the party, says he expects only 10% to 12% of his building to wind up in the hands of investors.
Developers have a tortuous relationship with speculators. Many developers complain that they don't want flippers and take steps to, for example, restrict sales of multiple units to single buyers. Yet they keep lists of previous buyers and e-mail them with news of new projects they're opening. And, as DeNapoli points out, contracts like the one he signed at Quantum give developers a 1.5% cut each time a contract is assigned to a new buyer, making flipping in developers' financial interest.
Developers also call on power brokers who provide an instant supply of investors and buyers to grab up units before a project is even formally announced, clearing the way for the developer to reach the sales goals he needs to get his project financed. "Those of us brokers and Realtors who specialize in preconstruction, we keep our ears to the ground. They call us and tell us, 'We'll be launching a product soon. Get your people together,' " says Mark Zilbert, a Miami broker. Zilbert is a condo bull who says the market can absorb 100,000 units by 2009.
"It's our culture here to buy and flip," Zilbert says. "Historically that's how we sell condos in Miami. If someone can get a 100% return on investment in 60 to 90 days, that's a damn good investment." Zilbert, in fact, has a patent-pending flipping calculator on his website. It's not to encourage flipping, he says, but to help people understand the costs and their effect on returns. "I get them to almost commit to me they're willing to close. I want you to close and hold it. However, we may have some opportunities to flip and if one comes, let's go for it, whole hog, but that's going to be plan B."
Greater fool
The signs of a bubble are there. As with the tech bubble, developers have legions of PR people pushing their products. There's a can't-lose mentality. Sage economists and officials talk about a lack of realism. A man named Leon Cohen told the Miami Herald he wants to build a 110-story condo tower on a Miami site he bought. There are not one, but two contestants from "The Apprentice" TV show pushing condos in south Florida. For those who find insufficient opportunity in south Florida, the Miami Herald recently had a Sunday advertising section devoted to Las Vegas real estate.
"We've never had this kind of volume... You've gotten more people who are investing / speculating than the user market. That's very scary."
Condo froth is nothing new in Florida. The word condominium didn't even appear in Florida Trend until 1970 -- "a new lifestyle is evolving in Florida and with it, a new habitat, the condominium" (hat tip to University of South Florida history professor Gary Mormino and his painstaking research). But by 1972, the "habitat" had taken off so well that the headline on one article was "Condomania." And of course the state has a storied history with real estate excess, most notably in the 1920s when the Miami Herald was reportedly the heaviest newspaper in America and the Marx Brothers framed a comedy hit around the Florida land craze. Somewhat akin to now, people bought property -- home lots in promised subdivisions -- through the famous binder boys with the expectation of reselling their properties for hefty profits before they ever needed to close on the deal. That boom ended unhappily in 1926 with hundreds of bank failures in the state, giving Florida a three-year head start on the Great Depression. Prices didn't return to 1925 levels for decades.
This craze is different -- at least in some respects. No analyst says he's worried about the bank lenders. All are much better capitalized and regulated and careful about what they underwrite than in past booms, banking analyst Thomas says. And this craze, Mormino notes, has something to show for the speculation -- hard assets. "Things are being built. We're witnessing something remarkable now, this property escalation," says Mormino, author of "Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams," a social history of Florida. Mormino says the state's had one long boom since 1945 (interrupted by a recession-related downturn in 1973 from the oil crisis and the 1990-91 recession). Real estate kept Florida out of the nation's most recent recession, and with retiring Boomers the prosperity should roll on "as long as there's saltwater and palm trees and the good life."
As of May, DeNapoli, on paper, was living the good life. He was up $400,000 on his four unfinished condos. "I know it's all baloney until it happens," he says.
Plenty more projects are on the way. Martin's Terra Group paid $190 million for 10 acres around the Miami Herald building for a condo-retail-hotel project, for instance. But DeNapoli isn't interested in investing in condos anymore. "I wouldn't touch them now," he says over the hors d'oeuvres at the Quantum party. "When the taxi driver starts talking about how great real estate is, it's time to get out. The condos are the scariest. It's becoming the greater fool theory. Is there a greater fool who's going to buy it from me?"


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Happy Presidents' Day, y'all! To help you get in the President-celebrating mood, I rounded up every presidential cake-specimen I could find. Consequently, this will be a pretty short post.
First, since Lincoln's birthday is part of the celebration, we've got to start with this lovely example sent in by Michael N.:
Then there's this rather less lovely Reagan cake:
(Note: This one's been floating around the interwebs for a while, so my apologies if it's not actually a pro job. In my defense, most of the pro cakes I see look a lot worse than this.)
Now remember, Grace D.: if someone makes a cake bust in your likeness, it's a compliment...
...Not that they want to knife you in the head.
I already featured a bunch of Obama cakes after the election, but be sure to check out the giant 5,900 cupcake mosaic of him and Lincoln from Friday's post, too.
And lastly, naturally this post wouldn't be complete without a George Washington cake.
Erm..... [frantically searching the 'net]
Ah, how 'bout this?
Ok, so it's perfectly centered, spelled correctly, and otherwise rather wreckless - sorry. Oh! But look! The balloons on the bottom are upside down! Eh? Eh? That counts, right?
Hey, I spent at least 15 whole minutes searching for a better Washington cake, alright? This is the best I got. Honestly, you'd think bakers out there would see today as an opportunity to get in touch with their creative, powdered-wig-wearing side. But no-ooo. Hmph. Downright inconsiderate, is what that is.
All that to say: if you have something better, send it soon and maybe I'll post it.
And stay tuned for more Valentine's Wrecks.
UPDATE: Well, you guys certainly are sending in some...interesting...Washington items. So far I've gotten a pie made in George, Washington, a hilarious but not post-able Washington Monument cake (no, you can't see it; it's not professionally made), what I suspect is more of a Georgette Washington cake spotted at the fair, and my current favorite:


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Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum
Commission brief: Owner George Booth had been deeply impressed by his visit to the American Academy in Rome, and wished to construct a similar institution at Cranbrook. After seeing that Eliel Saarinen's work for the Cranbrook School for Boys was extremely successful, Booth requested designs for the Academy of Art, which were to be loosely based on the educational ideas behind the American Academy in Rome.
Design brief: The owner first requested a design for the Cranbrook School for Boys, which had to include an older group of farm buildings on the site, and the new design needed to harmonize within and around the older group.
Chronology: 1925, Eliel Saarinen completed a master plan for the proposed art academy at Cranbrook. 1925, The first of the art buildings is completed, to house the Cranbrook Architectural Office, designed by Swanson and Booth. 1926-41, General dates for design and construction of main Academy of Art buildings, all designed by Eliel Saarinen. 1927-29, An addition to the Cranbrook Architectural Office is constructed, designed by Eliel Saarinen. 1928-30, Academy of Art Group Residences #1 and 2 constructed (Saarinen and Milles Houses); Eliel Saarinen architect. 1931-2, Academy Studio #4 built (Milles Studio) Eliel Saarinen, architect. 1932, Cranbrook Academy of Art formally established and welcomes students. Eliel Saarinen is named as its first president. 1932-3, Dormitory #2 at the Academy of Art constructed; Eliel Saarinen, architect. 1934, Pavilion converted into gallery and lecture hall for Cranbrook Academy of Art by replacing glass walls with masonry; Eliel Saarinen, architect. 1936, Dormitory #2, Cranbrook Academy of Art. Eliel Saarinen, architect. 1938, Dormitories #3 - #6, garage, Studios #5 and #6 erected at the Academy all designed by Eliel Saarinen. 1937-41, Planning and construction of Cranbrook Academy of Art Library and Museum, designed by Eliel Saarinen. 1942, Museum of the Cranbrook Academy of Art officially opens Academy given power to grant degrees under the educational laws of Michigan. 1956, Academy Studio #4 altered by R.H. Snyderin. 1957-58, Stairway addition to Academy of Art Library and Museum, designed by Henry Booth. 1985-6, De Salle Auditorium constructed; Robert Saarinen Swanson and George Zonars architects. 2000, Sculpture courtyard, painting studio and photography darkrooms at Cranbrook Academy of Art renovated by architect Quinn Evans. 2001-2, New Cranbrook Academy of Art Studio Building constructed, designed by Raphael Moneo. 2002, Renovation of ceramics, metal, and fiber departments at Cranbrook Academy of Art into 2D and 3D design departments; architect Quinn Evans
The Cranbrook Academy of Art is comprised of a complex of small buildings, arranged into a tight plan. The plan recalls English Gothic Revival quadrangles, as a mode of establishing an academic atmosphere, although the buildings themselves reflect no gothic details. As Eliel Saarinen himself described it, "The general scheme is arranged to obtain a good mass-effect and rhythm of line in the landscape and harmonious and varied place-formations in conformity with the character of the buildings. In suitable places a richer form treatment has been suggested to further support a varied picturesqueness as a deviation from the symmetry and seriousness of the basic motif. The ornamental treatment will grow out of the production of the Academy in these arts."
The Academy of Art buildings themselves are generally small in scale, and are comprised of a mixture of classroom, studio, office and residential spaces. The buildings are made of natural-colored brick and stone, and although not ostentatious, are nevertheless covered in and filled with Arts and Crafts detailing, most of which was done by arts at the Academy. The buildings are noted for their fine proportions and arrangement, use of patterns in the brickwork, and fine decorative details. The Academy structures were designed to fit in with the park-like surroundings, while providing an inspiring setting for creative artistic masterpieces. The slightly later museum building is described as "spare and almost Neo-classical," and was Saarinen's last great work at Cranbrook. Its front arcade serves as a front façade for the entire complex, with landscaped gardens gently sloping away from the massive columns, creating views to fountains, sculptures, and other campus buildings. The open portico of the main facade has "the unmistakable air of European abstracted classicism of the 1930's." Its materiality is consistent with the previous buildings at Cranbrook, but its scale is more monumental, allowing the building to have a more assertive presence on the campus.The Academy of Art has always been regarded as both the physical and emotional center of the Cranbrook campus. The character of Cranbrook is best summarized by the director of the Cranbrook Archives, who describes it as: Of all that can be said about Cranbrook, it is important to remember that there is nothing quite like it elsewhere. In part an artistic community, in part an educational center, in part a respected scientific institute, the Community is recognized the world over for the strength of its educational and cultural programs, the beauty of its grounds, and the exceptional architecture of its many buildings. What distinguishes Cranbrook from other educational complexes is not the types of institutions established--for there are great centers of learning the world over--but what was conceived and built on these grounds. At Cranbrook, institutions were conscientiously developed and designed to encourage individual growth and excellence by providing a built environment that promoted artistic, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual ideals. Here, students had only to look about them for proof that personal dreams and goals--no matter how grand--can be accomplished. Opportunity awaits everyone.
Names of surrounding area/buildings: Cranbrook Educational Community, including Cranbrook, Kingswood, and Brookside Schools, the Cranbrook Institute of Science, the President's House, and various other academic, athletic, and service buildings. Visual relations: Between 1926 and 1943, nearly all of the main buildings at Cranbrook were designed and completed. Not only are these buildings from the same time period, but most were designed by the same architect, Eliel Saarinen. The campus was designed to be a cohesive whole, and all of the buildings relate to each other in terms of scale, style, and choice of materials. The Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum form a main axis through the Cranbrook Campus, and are an important front façade for the complex, yet they still relate visually to the buildings around them.Functional relations: As an educational campus, all the buildings relate functionally in terms of their general uses. The Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum operate independently, and do not share students with the other schools at Cranbrook, but still share the same general function. Other relations: The buildings all function together as an educational campus. Notes on context, indicating potential developments : A "Historical Preservation Student Design Competition" is currently underway, and winning designs will be chosen by a jury in June 2007. So although no development plans currently threaten these buildings, future changes are imminent. As this is a "historical preservation" competition, however, any proposed alterations or additions will hopefully be historically sympathetic to the existing building character.
These buildings were not technologically innovative, yet their design was a response to technologies of their time. The decorative, arts and crafts style used by the architect highlighted natural materials and handcraftsmanship, and was meant to stand in direct contrast to the mass-manufactured materials of the period.
According to the Cranbrook website, "In part an artistic community, in part an educational center, in part a respected scientific institute, the Community is recognized the world over for the strength of its educational and cultural programs, the beauty of its grounds, and the exceptional architecture of its many buildings." These buildings have achieved a social impact simply because they house a respected university.
The Cranbrook Academy of Art was conceived as an American equivalent of the Bauhaus. Founder George Booth had a vision for his institution that was quite similar to Walter Gropius' plan for the Bauhaus. Booth had "the idea of elevating public taste and joining the fine and applied arts as well as science and technology under one roof …" Cultural and artistic institutions of this level are fairly rare within the United States, particularly one with such a well-defined vision and a focus on the applied arts as equal to the fine arts.The buildings are stylistically influenced by classical modernism, but with a material emphasis on the arts and crafts movement. According to the Academy of Art's website, "The Arts and Crafts movement appealed to George Booth aesthetically and morally. He hoped its influence would banish tasteless, mass-produced goods from American homes. He believed that craftsman-ship would result in superior products and provide the foundation for an ethically responsible life. Cranbrook would come to support those ideals and satisfy the desire of its founders to achieve something of lasting value and service." Cranbrook was recognized as architectural interesting and innovative from its very inception. Plans were featured in American art and architecture periodicals before the buildings were even completed. Frank Lloyd Wright, a notoriously scathing architectural critic, admired the campus' high quality building materials and detailed interiors and exteriors during a visit in the early 1940's.
The buildings are generally considered works of the arts and crafts movement, but their architecture also takes hints from European Modernism and the Wrightian Prairie School. The Museum and Library building in particular was influenced not only by a general form of European abstracted classicism, but specifically relates to the Arts and Crafts classicism of 1920's Vienna.
Cranbrook Archives 39221 Woodward Avenue, P.O. Box 801 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
Director: Mark Coir, (248) 645-3154, firstname.lastname@example.com
The archives collection is cataloged, and can be searched through the Cranbrook Libraries' online database http://libcat.cranbrook.edu. Unfortunately any intensive research must be undertaken in person at the archives, as most of the materials are not in circulation.
"Cranbrook" American Magazine of Art. Volume 18 (August 1927), p. 403-413.
Christ-Janer, Albert. Eliel Saarinen. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1948.
Eliel Saarinen Memorial Exhibition April 15 – May 6, 1951. Bloomfield Hills, Mich.: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1951.
Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
Pitts, Carolyn. "Cranbrook" Registration Form, National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, 1989.
Cranbrook Academy of Art. Cranbrook Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. : The Academy, 2002.
Cranbrook Art Museum: 100 Treasures. Bloomfield Hills, Mich.: Cranbrook Art Museum, 2004.


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SALISBURY – The two mayoral candidates in next week's Salisbury election were heard during a debate this week hosted by the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Political Committee in cooperation with Salisbury University's Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, and held at Salisbury University.
Incumbent Mayor Jim Ireton and businessman Joe Albero, owner of the SBYNews blog, will square off in the highly anticipated matchup.
Here's a transcription of a few questions posed at the forum:
Q: If elected or re-elected how quickly would you push for the filling of the current temporary fire departments chief position?
Ireton: Given the fact the mayor is the executive of the city, I will send that name when that name is ready to go.
Albero: Immediately, morale is down in at the Salisbury Fire Department and we need to change that immediately. I think it sets a very, very poor example that we haven't been able to unite the Mayor and Council to bring forth either the current interim chief and/or reaching and finding out whom else has applied and is willing to apply and look at those other options. This has been, in my opinion ridiculous that we have waited this long.
Q: You have publically said on your blog that you would shut down the zoo. Do you understand the economic impact the zoo has on the community and the families? Do you still stand by that statement?
Albero: I don't know where that statement comes from. I never said it. I don't recall ever coming close to saying I would shut down the zoo. I have some ideas for the zoo but to be honest with you after my wife has worked there for 18 years, as I stated to some people at the zoo when this popped up, she would kill me. So there is no way in any way shape or form that I would entertain or even think to coming close to shutting down that zoo. It is a great resource.
Q: Are you willing to suspend nearly passed ordinances 2230 and 2233, the false alarm fees and fines, now that it has been realized that they dramatically increase rather than reduce them?
Ireton: Both of those will go back to council for a work session so that the concerns of the business community can be addressed … Let us also remember, I do not have a vote on either one of those things so I can't just automatically say those things are going to be enforced but I recognize they will come back before the legislative body as soon as the City Council president puts them on the agenda.
Q: With the demise of Urban Salisbury, does the city need a full-time economic development person?
Albero: I have stated since the very first day I announced I was going to run for mayor that I would become the next economic development director of Salisbury.
Absolutely Salisbury does need someone with a professional business background. We have a $51 million a year budget. We have basically a $51 million-a-year corporation being run part-time. No one in this room or watching on PAC 14 can tell me that they can run a $51 million a year business part-time. It cannot be done.
I want to dedicate a day or two per week to travel to the western shore where I moved my manufacturing company and distribution center from to basically base around $16 a square foot there, $3 a square foot here. Salary is much less here. The cost of a house and taxes are a lot less here. We have great, great advantages to encourage businesses to come here but we can't sit around like our current mayor and former mayor and wait for businesses to fall in our lap.
We have to aggressively go out and market Salisbury. We have everything there is to offer businesses. It is just not being done. We lost 1,900 jobs last year to the year before…we can't afford to have this anymore…we need help.
Ireton: Anybody who was around when Urban Salisbury was slashed by the Salisbury City Council will tell you that I fought to the nail for that and it was our Salisbury City Council who when Urban Salisbury walked out the door, one member looked to another member and said, "cut them."
Take a look at what is on the record, that EDU drop of 60 percent, which was very good. My downtown plan, all 275 pages of it, is an EDU free zone, talking about changes in the paving policy, talking about bulk permits for people who work downtown.
What has happened in our city over the last 30 years is we have all these plans and they just sit there because somebody doesn't want to do them or only wants to do what they want to do. We have waterfront, we have surface parking lots on waterfront that no other thriving city has, and we need to do things differently. The plan is out there, and I believe there does have to be some money spent to make money.
Is there a need to do something downtown? Yes, with some sort of entity and it should have been Urban Salisbury but it was this City Council that has cut them to the bone. Yes, we have to do something and it will be in my budget for 2014.
Q: Give us a 90-second accounting of your platform, as well as your visions for the City of Salisbury in the next five and/or 10 years.
Albero: Bringing businesses here to the Eastern Shore, again, we offer incredible opportunities and we can't wait for them to fall into our lap. I want to move forward with going to the Western Shore just like I did when I moved here and introduced these packages, houses in comparison to theirs, taxes in comparison to theirs, business expenses compared to theirs, they are going to fall for it in a New York second. The question is, are they ready to move?
So it is going to take time but we have spent 16 years doing nothing internally from the Mayor's Office and the administrative body to get that done. So that is part of what I want to change in Salisbury. Bring better life for everyone involved paying taxes, and I will not raise taxes.
I do not believe in 500 affordable housing units in downtown Salisbury in empty parking lots. Absolutely not, and when we revitalize downtown Salisbury, which we will do, we are going to need as much parking as humanly possible downtown.
Ireton: There is nobody here that has fought harder for our neighborhoods in the last four years, there is nobody that has fought harder to bring that crime rate down and reinvigorate community policing … nobody that has fought harder to make sure our river is heading towards being the best it can be and more healthy then it is today.
That takes partnerships. That means you have to sit in rooms with groups of people … and get everybody moving in the right direction.
It is the same thing with Safe Streets … it is all the groups that have to come together to move those things forward. It is the same thing with business. It is the same thing with creating jobs because you can't just go across the bridge and say they're coming back here. You have to take a Request For Proposal so it is legal, so you have to know what that is to begin with, and you have to know all of the things that go along with redevelopment and the expansion of our economy.
So, I am excited about those partnerships, and I am excited about continuing to move us forward. … I just want you to know I am firmly based in reality.


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