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A view of the bedroom with a French settee from Chapman Radcliff and window shade in Manuel Canovas's "Bragance".
The rich brown office with some fun animal prints.
The dining room. Don't you love that painted chair?
Image at top: A view of the living room where the turquoise/raspberry color scheme is most evident.
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This is so young and fresh. This is the epitome of what I think so many people are missing. Sister Parish said something along the lines of - you don't buy new things, you just keep using your family's things and moving them around. Obviously, her family had great "things" so that helps. But this home is so fresh and young with no West Elm in sight. Just right.
ReplyDeleteLuscious - sooooo pretty, I want to live here! btw, there are actually two of those chais. I was thinking last night when I was reading the article, I would have put those two chairs front and center of the bar, for the photo at least, too pretty to hide away. Total eye candy, modern day Marie Antoinette lives here.
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Just an FYI: Brown wood floors (ie ebonized, etc) may look fabulous in a photograph, but they are hell in real life. Especially if you have dust of any kind. Or dogs. Or cats. Or children. All of which I've had at one time or another, with ebonized floors. Really, they are best left to hermetically sealed environments. Oh, the horror of it all. You could Swiffer all day and still not make much of an improvement.
ReplyDelete I've been resisting reading your post til I picked up my own copy - I didn't want to spoil it, but I couldn't resisit any longer, that first image is too pretty for me not to look at more! What a gorgeous home! I love that console/desk in the living room (first image), and does anyone know where the cushion fabric in the 2nd image comes from? It's so pretty!


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OOOOH, well, I'm feeling a little better now, following yesterday, well sort of the day before as well. Ive spent most of my time since the sleeping.
On Tuesday night, one of my friends celebrated his 22nd birthday so naturally I was compelled to go out on a bit of a bender. My plans were to go out (a bit late), leave by about 1.45am, sleep and get up the next day bright and early.
At about 3.15/ 3.30am I abandoned the idea of sleep as the England game warm up was starting at 7.00am with the game itself half an hour latter. So Simon and myself went back to a nearby friends house (generously offered as a place of refuge to Simon earlier) to wait out the next few hours.
We went for some food (I was not staying up without it) and Simon got the last donner kebab in the shop. This didn't bother me as I have decided never to eat them again, but this was the only food in the shop! So I left empty handed, I shot of down the road in a food hunt with "you wont find anything at this time of night" ringing in my ears. Eventually I found a takeaway/taxi office still open; they only had chicken burgers left, but that suited my fine and I ordered a double burger and chips. Whilst waiting I got talking to two people in their who seemed really nice and very friendly, I just have no idea what they were talking about.
I met up with Simon again who was half way through his kebab and had drawn a small crowd of people who wanted a talk at this ungodly hour. We talked with them for what seemed like an eternity from everything from football to ethics and morality, to the expansive use of cars and those strange bubbles on the ground next to road crossings for the blind and extra foot grip. All in all I suppose it was just one of those conversations that would never happen in daylight hours.
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Well that is all the interesting stuff over with really, the game itself was particularly average with close calls from both sides. The only goods things happening was Sweden scoring against Argentina (If Argentina qualified, England didn't), this was latter nullified by Argentina scoring. So both games finished in a draw with England not looking that good really, but we qualify along with Sweden.
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Chelsea's manager, Rafa Benitez, was more adamant than ever last night that he will survive until his contract expires at the end of the season after a 1-0 win at home to West Bromwich Albion that supporters will feel was less impressive than he claimed.
"Today was a great performance," he said. "We were in control for 75 minutes and their goalkeeper was man of the match. We're confident we can finish in the top three." Had Albion managed the equaliser they belatedly threatened in the last quarter of an hour, however, the mood would have felt very different. As it was, tension set in and the memory of some good football in the first half soon faded.
Many of the crowd appeared to have heeded the manager's request to support the team, although others responded with "We'll sing what we want" as well as chanting the name of Jose Mourinho. The "Special One", who won two successive Premier League titles for the club, breaking records along the way, is the firm favourite with bookmakers and supporters to become the next manager, although Everton's David Moyes has been seen at Stamford Bridge recently.
If Real Madrid follow yesterday's second 3-1 win of the week over Barcelona by going through in the Champions' League against Manchester United, Benitez would not be under any threat from Mourinho. In that case, the option being suggested should Chelsea suffer any more bad results is that Avram Grant, a favourite of the owner, Roman Abramovich, should return until the end of the season.
But Sir Alex Ferguson, preparing to meet Mourinho again in the last-16 second leg at Old Trafford on Tuesday, is not convinced that his old adversary will leave Spain this summer, as most observers are expecting. "Everyone assumes he'll leave but I heard that last year too and he's still there," Ferguson said.
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Okay, maybe romantic was a little too generous a term.
Happy holidays!Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only "America" in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the wishee.Remember, it aint the turkey that puts you to sleep; it's over excitement, boring football games on the tv (such winners they choose), not enough sleep the night before, doing all those little things for the wife/significant other, and the orbital mind control lasers only women have access to.
Merry Christmas. :)
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Just about every night LittleDog back up to The Saint's chair and asks for some rubs.
Here's how it goes...
belly rubs
more belly rubs
Then we had an adventure on Sunday...Bear (our new grand-dog) came for a visit for about an hour. Both Sam and LittleDog were scared of him! He chased Sam around the entire time and LittleDog hid in my chair. It was hilarious. How could they be afraid of something so cute?
He only weighs 3.8 lbs, geesh.
Have a great weekend. Hopefully next Friday I'll find time to take some fiber pics. I have been knitting quite a bit but the weather has been so dreary that I haven't found a good time to get some photos. Be sure to hop over to Wisdom Begins In Wonder. I know you'll find some fibery goodness over there.


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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Toasted Almond-Honey Ice Box Cookies.
I love ice box cookies, especially in summer. You make one batch of dough without the worry of having to bake them right away and you've got something you can slice and bake whenever you feel that sweet tooth coming on. These are the perfect little cookie to accompany anything - coffee, tea, sorbet, ice cream, or ice-cold milk!
Almonds and honey are one of my favorite combinations, but as always, feel free to substitute your favorite nut here. Pistachios always make a beautiful ice box cookie since their color gets to shine through, though I would recommend lightly toasting and coarsely chopping whatever it is you choose if not sliced almonds.
I used white whole wheat flour in this cookie dough which gave them a lovely ecru color, along with some sparkly turbinado sugar sprinkled on top.
Toasted Almond-Honey Ice Box Cookies
1 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted
Turbinado sugar for sprinkling
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar and honey together until light and fluffy, then add the egg and vanilla extract, mixing well. Stir in the flour mixture, then the almonds until a dough starts to form, then divide the dough into 2 portions. Form the dough into logs on wax paper and wrap tightly. Freeze at least 1 hour, or up to a month.
To bake these cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Unwrap a log of cookie dough and cut into 1/4" slices and place them on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar and bake until golden around the edges, 8-12 minutes.
Let cool completely, then store airtight up to 5 days.
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I am lovinnggg the look of these cookies :) As you said, icebox cookies are so crazily convenient, but more importantly these sounds delicious! We have our own be hives and i love baking with the honey, plus almonds being one of my every-day-must-haves this looks genius so its getting a big fat save for sure :)
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The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, has activated its more than 20,000 members in New Jersey to urge Governor Chris Christie to sign legislation legalizing online gaming before the February 7th deadline.
"The New Jersey legislature voted in near unanimity to revive the state's gaming economy by making New Jersey an epicenter for online gaming and poker. Since the legislation was sent to Governor Christie's desk, the public has been unanimous in its support for the bill. Thousands of New Jersey residents have contacted the Governor urging him to sign the bill into law," said John Pappas, executive director of the PPA. "In addition to providing New Jersey poker players with a safe and regulated online poker market, this important legislation will add millions in state revenue and thousands of jobs to the state. New Jersey has the opportunity to be a leader in a vibrant and thriving 21st Century industry, and we hope Governor Christie recognizes the many benefits this bill will bring to this state and its citizens."
Through PPA's new webpage, New Jersey residents – whether they are PPA members or not – have a one-stop shop for contacting Governor Christie via phone, email, Facebook and Twitter to urge him to sign the bill into law. Since the campaign was launched last week, New Jersey voters have made more than 500 calls to the Governor, sent over 1,300 emails and flooded the Governor's social networks with Tweets and Facebook posts urging him to sign the bill.
The webpage also features a countdown clock, marking the time remaining for the governor to take action. Visitors of the site can download the clock for use on their own blogs or websites to show their support for the bill and urge others to act.
"Governor Christie has the opportunity to lead where federal lawmakers have failed. I hope he heeds the thousands of letters and phone calls he's received and brings licensed and regulated online poker to New Jersey," said Pappas.
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Looking for a loach for 75G rainbow tank ok i got a 75G tank, has 14 harlequin rasboras 12 austrailina rainbow fish 12 blue neon rainbows 4 emerald green cories the tank has a sand bottom. the problem is the cories dont sift th the sand as much as i had hoped. i am thinking that some loaches may work out better. i would like something that wont hide, wont be aggressive, and wont outgrow my tank. any ideas? |
I'm not sure what footprint size a 75 gl tank is but I'd think you could do a group of dwarf chain loaches (or maybe even zebra or polka dot loaches?). I've read that kuhlis are passive and great at digging into the sand. They are extremely shy, hiding most of the time, so that's not the loach for you. Yoyos & clowns are the only loaches I've had actual experience with. I've got sand substrate and I've never seen them digging in the sand. They are too occupied with playing in and around their chunks of driftwood & plants. At one time I considered mixing corys with my loaches but I'm glad I never did. Yoyos & clowns are much too rambunctious to keep with corys, as corys are so mellow. I don't know how hyper zebras & polka dots are. Someone else know about mixing these particular loaches w/ corys?? If it was my tank (and it's not) I'd get a nice group of dwarf chain loaches unless someone with experience advised against it. |
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The Empire Theatre, Beresford Street, Woolwich Formerly - The New Portable Theatre, Woolwich / West Kent Theatre / Duchess of Kent's Theatre / Barnard's Theatre Royal / Theatre Royal Above - The Woolwich Empire in 1959, after it had closed and not long before it's demolition - Photo Courtesy John Earl. With the kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre The Empire Theatre in Beresford Street, Woolwich was built by the renowned Theatre Architect Frank Matcham in 1899 and was originally opened as Barnard's Theatre Royal. However, the Theatre was built on the site of a series of previous Theatres: Originally on the site there was the New Portable Theatre which opened in 1834. This was replaced by a permanent structure in 1835 called the West Kent Theatre. The Theatre was renamed the Duchess of Kent's Theatre in 1837. The Theatre was again renamed in 1892, this time to the Barnard's Theatre. After this it was also sometimes known as the Theatre Royal. Finally the Theatre was renamed the Woolwich Empire in the 1920s, and is known to have had a capacity of 1,450 at this time. Right - Programme for twice nightly Variety at the Woolwich Empire in 1922 - Courtesy John Earl. The Woolwich Empire remained structurally in this form until it was demolished in 1960. |
The Woolwich Empire by John Earl 1998 Above - Real Photograph of the Woolwich Empire Theatre in the mid 1950s - Courtesy John Earl. When the Woolwich Empire closed in 1958, the site had been occupied by a theatre for 123 years without a break. In 1835, a portable cast iron-framed theatre was moved from Greenwich, where it had stood for two years, to a site in Beresford Street, Woolwich, where it was known first as the West Kent Theatre, then as the Duchess of Kent's. In 1836 it was replaced by a permanent building which, like most small theatres at that time, was rectangular, with a single balcony and a benched pit, set behind a narrow, stucco pedimented facade. It was then known as the Theatre Royal. The portable was presumably sold and erected elsewhere, but its subsequent history (if it had one) is unknown. Right - The Auditorium and Safety Curtain of the Woolwich Empire in 1959, after it had closed and not long before it's demolition - Photo Courtesy John Earl. With the kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre In 1884 Frank Matcham, whose best years as a theatre architect were still to come, presented two designs for reconstruction, but neither of these was implemented. Some minor improvements may have been made in the 80s by a local man named J.O.Cook, but in 1892 Edward Clark, who had been one of the most active music hall designers of the crucial 1860-80 period, was called in to carry out a major reconstruction. Clark, by this time, near the end of his productive life, was not an innovative architect, but he had designed the first Metropolitan music hall in Edgware Road and he is also known to have been responsible for - or at least he carried out substantial works to - 14 other classic halls, including Forester's in Mile End and the Sun, Knightsbridge. His third design for the Woolwich theatre, dated December 1893, was executed. This raised and extended the existing Theatre Royal facade, reconstructed the auditorium with two balconies and provided the stage with a fly tower. This first major reconstruction was commissioned by Samuel Barnard, who had taken over the licence in 1892. The building was officially the Royal, but known popularly thenceforth as Barnard's. In 1898, Barnard, who must have prospered, embarked on a further wholesale improvement campaign, this time employing the man who had prepared the unexecuted 1884 designs and who had since come to be recognised as the leading theatre architect of the time, Frank Matcham. On this occasion little more than the outside walls were left standing. Matcham was obviously working to a tight budget and the Royal remained externally much as Clark had left it in 1893, still incorporating some fabric of the pre-Victorian theatre. Internally it lacked the magnificence of Matcham's finest theatres, but it was pleasing and efficient, with excellent sight lines from every part of the house. The ERA printed a review of Barnard's new Theatre Royal, Woolwich in their 3rd of February 1900 edition saying: 'The reopening of Barnard's Theatre Royal, Woolwich, after reconstruction and renovation, was celebrated on Monday evening by two of the largest audiences that have gathered within the walls of a London variety theatre, and the enterprise which the proprietor has displayed as a caterer for Public amusement in the town is in fair way of meeting its due reward. The Old building, which was closed about six months ago to enable the work of rebuilding to commence, was good enough in its way, but Mr Barnard's patrons outnumbered its meeting capacity, and the result wag its reconstruction on a thoroughly up-to-date scale, and in a style that will place Barnard's amongst the first-class music halls of the metropolis. Left - A Programme for the Lew Lake revue 'The New Splinters' at the Woolwich Empire, formerly Barnard's Theatre Royal, in August 1927, by the Les Rouges et Noirsat company, with music by David Hunter and lyrics by Douglas Furber. The programe cover shows an illustration of the auditorium and boxes - Courtesy John Earl. With seating accommodation for some 2,500 persons, fitted with every up-to-date appliance conducive to the comfort of visitors, and decorated in a manner which, without being lavish is in the best sense artistic, Mr Barnard is to be congratulated on his latest addition to the variety houses of London, in view of the thoroughness with which the work has been carried out, the time occupied in the rebuilding has not been excessive, and it may be mentioned that the extension involved the clearing away of three or four houses, which occupied the site of the new stage. Mr Frank Matcham, who has had so great an experience in theatrical architecture, in this instance has given farther evidence of professional talent. The stage is of noble dimensions, extending some 38ft from back to front, with a proscenium opening of 26ft. and a width of stage of 58ft. The height to grid is 50ft, and proper access is provided, therefrom to all the properties. There are six well-lighted and ventilated dressing-rooms, provided with the usual offices. The stage, in case of necessity, can be cut off from the auditorium by an Iron curtain, and by an ingenious arrangement a spray of water can be directed down the curtain. The arrangements for the safety of the public have been carried out with commendable thoroughness, and to the satisfaction of the exacting requirements of the London County Council. Above - The Auditorium of the Woolwich Empire seen from the stage in 1959, after it had closed and not long before it's demolition - Photo Courtesy John Earl. With the kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre The drop scene, of Venetian character is in effective accordance with the general scheme of decoration, which is carried out in the French Renaissance style. The whole effect is rich and pleasing to the eye, anything approaching garishness being eschewed. The prevailing tints are terra-cotta and blue, with gold relief. The ceiling is an admirable piece of work, all the walls are faced with an enduring embroidery of lacustrine, and there is a sliding roof which will be appreciated on summer evenings. The house is a two-tier one, and from every seat in the building an unobstructed view of the stage is obtained. There are four boxes provided. The dress circle, which is elegantly upholstered in blue plush has seating accommodation for 306. The pit is seated for about 1,000, and the balcony for between 700 and 800, whilst there is a refreshment buffet for each part of the house. The lighting of the building with electric incandescent lamps is remarkably effective, the generating agent being a 24-horse-power gas-engine and dynamo in the basement. Arc lamps light the stage, where great attention has been paid to electric effects by the contractors in this department. There is a two-fold scheme of lighting, and the electric light can be instantly replaced by gas. Ample means of exit and entrance are provided to all parts of the house; there are no fewer than five exits from the pit, and two each from the dress-circle and the balcony. Eleven hydrants are provided for the repression of any outbreak of fire, with the usual fittings and 40ft. of hose. Above - The Gallery of the Woolwich Empire in 1959, after it had closed and not long before it's demolition - Photo Courtesy John Earl. With the kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre The contractors for the building, Messrs Thomas and Edge, of Woolwich, have performed their work to the satisfaction of all concerned, the supervision being carried out by the successive clerks of the works, Mr J. F. Revill and Mr L. Phillips. Messrs Dean, of Birmingham, have done the upholstering in superb style. Amongst the overflowing audience on Monday evening were many of the leading townspeople and members of the local board, and Mr Barnard was heartily congratulated on the completion of his undertaking. Right - A photograph of the auditorium of the Woolwich Empire - From a programme for twice nightly Variety at the Theatre in 1922 - Courtesy John Earl. The programme provided included some excellent turns, amongst the artistes being the M'Donald Troup of international dancers; Miss Marion Grahame, an admirable ballad vocalist; Mr Harry Nation, a laughing comedian; Miss Daisy James, a fascinating soubrette; Miss Rose D'Alberg, soubrette and danceuse, who was much appreciated; Milner Verren, male soprano; and the Brown and Kely combination in a spirited representation of My Wife's Baby. In the course of the evening Mr S. Barnard, who was accompanied by a number of his colleagues in the music hall world, addressed the audience, and expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the architect, Mr Matcham, had carried out his task. He also paid a tribute to the contractors, Messrs Thomas and Edge. The arrangements of the evening were carried out admirably under the supervision of Mr D. Barnard.' Above text in quotes from the ERA 3rd of February 1900. Barnard described the Theatre to a licensing session in 1906
as 'not what you would call a high class theatre; it is a very nice
building but at the same time it is used... by artisans and their wives
who work in the Royal Arsenal... It is only a cheap theatre'. The Barnards ran a number of theatres and music halls in south east London and west Kent. Sam, who remained in control until 1930, and David Barnard, who took over for a further two years, continued to hold a stage plays licence, saying that 'no variety season is run', but the bills were, nevertheless, extremely catholic and, as time went on, variety turns and bioscope shows became more frequent. Left - A Programme for 'Cinderella' at the Woolwich Empire in 1931 - Courtesy John Earl. At the time of Sam Barnard's rebuilding, Woolwich could clearly have supported a big variety theatre, but the Royal site, squeezed between Beresford Street and a narrow lane called Ropeyard Rails, was too small for such a purpose. Matcham, in fact, designed a fantastic Moorish-style Grand music hall for a site in nearby Beresford Square, close enough to constitute a threat to the Royal, but it was never built. Competition eventually came from another Grand, later renamed Woolwich Hippodrome (built 1900) and the Century (Arsenal) Cinema, converted from a row of cottages on the corner of Beresford Street and the Square, but demand for entertainment in the garrison town was still brisk and the Royal managed to stay in business. As the Empire, it flirted for a time with films (back projection) but returned to variety when it was outclassed as a cinema by the Woolwich 'supers', the Granada and the Odeon, both of which opened in 1937. The Granada made all the local theatres look old-fashioned by mounting variety shows between the films on a stage that was in every way superior to the Empire's. From 1932 the former Barnard's had been licensed to the Woolwich Empire Company. In February 1939 closure was announced, but another company took over, retaining the name Empire. The Empire Repertory Players presented a series of plays, farces and melodramas (including Todd Slaughter in 'Sweeney Todd') but four years later the fare was almost exclusively variety and revues. |
Above - Three 1940s Programmes for the Woolwich Empire - Courtesy John Earl. By the 1950s the Empire was hopelessly outdated and sadly run down. A steadily increasing number of strip shows gave it a semblance of life but here, as everywhere else, this was a policy of desparation, appealing to a dwindling and ageing audience. Above - A 1950s Box Office Plan for the Woolwich Empire - Courtesy John Earl. Above - A page from the Takings Book of the Woolwich
Empire Theatre on a Wednesday in February 1952, the banked cash amounted
to a miserable £40 - Courtesy John Earl. The takings book for December 1951 to March 1952 (Shown Above) has survived and tells its own dismal story. The seating capacity was optimistically advertised as 1800, with the uncomfortable benched gallery (rarely opened) limited by the licence to 450. Right - Poster for 'Sunset Strip' at the Woolwich Empire in the 1950s - Courtesy John Earl. The 1951/2 Christmas show was a circus which ran for nearly a fortnight, followed by 'Snow White' for a week. The first night of 'Snow White' produced an attendance of 436 for the matinee, 294 for the first house and 194 for the second house. The top attendance achieved during the currency of the book was 929 for a Monday in March ('On the Sunny Side'), but for a first house for 'Beauties of 1952' on a Saturday in January only 120 ticket sales were recorded, 'papered' to a more respectable number by 98 complimentaries. The second house had 149 paying customers, with 100 complimentaries. Bar takings for this performance were £12, the banking total for the night being just over £122. Even this was a healthy state of affairs, compared to what was to follow. In its last years the 'orchestra' was reduced to a solo piano and even the few good turns played to nearly empty houses. My wife and I went to see Nat Travers, the cockney comedian, at the Empire in 1953. We were alone in the front stalls. Travers was visibly touched to see that his audience (both of us) knew the words of his songs. Left - In 1954 a return to drama was tried at the Woolwich Empire with a season of plays including this production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' but it was not sustained and the Theatre had to return to variety to survive. - Courtesy John Earl. |
Above - Licence for the Woolwich Empire to produce stage plays in 1953 - Courtesy John Earl. |
In 1956 a diamond merchant bought the theatre for £3,500 as a gift for his girl friend, Frances Grayson, described in Press reports as 'fan dancer'. For reasons now difficult to fathom, a theatre chaplain was appointed. A funeral director would have been more appropriate. Under this regime 'Glamour Shows' were the normal fare. Following one short break in the tedious series the manager said 'As an experiment we tried to put on a nice type of show but the public wants something more spicy. We have been losing money... so the leggy shows start again next Monday'. Above - Three 1950s Programmes for the Woolwich Empire - Courtesy John Earl. In March 1957 the LCC's Public Control Department warned the proprietor that his licence might not be renewed. The star of the show, Peaches Page, had been seen to move on the stage without adequate covering (nudes at that time had to keep still). Page said 'I don't know what the fuss is about. My act is artistic... It's for red-blooded English gentlemen'. There were too few such gentlemen. Left - Leaflet advertising the Daymar production of 'Skirts & Scanties' at the Woolwich Empire in 1951 Courtesy John Earl. Takings continued to fall. As an added attraction, the management considered asking the glamour show girls to take turns serving at the bar, but Equity objected. Right - Programme for a Frances Grayson production at the Woolwich Empire in 1957 - Courtesy John Earl. The Empire closed in 1958 and was demolished in 1960, ending a history of well over 120 years of entertainment on this one site. Woolwich remains to this day without a purpose-built theatre. The final tragedy was followed by a farce. A modern wonder, the mechanical AutoStacker, rose on the site to solve the town's parking problems at a stroke. On the day it was opened by Princess Margaret, a car drove on to the lift platform and nothing happened. The AutoStacker was demolished some years later without ever having served the purpose it was designed for. The above article on the Woolwich Empire Theatre was written by John Earl in 1998, and was very kindly sent for inclusion on this site by him in 2008. Above - The Woolwich Empire in 1959, shortly after it had been closed and sold for the building of a petrol service station and multi-storey car park for Shell Mex & BP Ltd (See sign) - Photo Courtesy John Earl. With the kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre |
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by Stephen Lendman
Nuland is hardcore neocon - a rogue Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs/former Dick Cheney deputy national security advisor, among other dubious credentials.
She just visited Kiev - plotting revved up aggression on Donbass residents wanting to live free from the scourge of fascism.
On Sunday, she arrived in Moscow to discuss Ukraine and related issues - claiming she wants to help implement Minsk II ceasefire terms, while at the same time plotting escalated aggression.
Her longstanding dirty hands are notorious. She's an unindicted war criminal. She belongs in prison, not high office.
She should have been barred from entering Russia, declared persona non grata or arrested on arrival for high crimes against peace.
She was Obama's point person planning and implementing Ukraine's destabilization and coup - replacing its democratically elected government with overt Nazis and other fascist thugs, nominally headed by an oligarch mega-crook.
Rule by intimidation followed. So did war on Donbass. Nuland is at it again - this time in Macedonia.
Color Revolutions are a US specialty - staged to replace independent sovereign governments with illegitimate stooge regimes Washington controls.
So-called spontaneous uprisings are manufactured. Ordinary people are manipulated against their own self-interest.
US destabilizing tactics were honed though years of trial and error. They're down to a science now. They usually work.
For days, protesters assembled in Macedonia's capital, Skopje, demanding its government resign.
Kumanovo clashes left 22 dead, including eight police officers. State prosecutors charged 30 suspects with terrorism - 11 Macedonian citizens and 18 Kosovar Albanians.
Authorities claim most Albanians from neighboring Kosovo enter Macedonia illegally.
On May 9, Russia's Foreign Ministry (MFA) called anti-government Macedonian protests a "cause for grave concern."
Western-sponsored "opposition movements…have chosen to follow the logic of the streets and the notorious 'color revolution' scenario, which is fraught with grave consequences."
On Saturday, Russia's MFA cited Serbian media reporting the arrest of a Montenegro national involved with Kosovar Albanian extremists in Macedonia.
It claimed "convincing proof of plans, launched from the outside, to destabilize the political situation in the country, of attempts to push it into the abyss of a color revolution."
Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen discussed the "diabolical plan to destabilize Macedonia by…Victoria Nuland, US ambassador Jess Baily, and…opposition leaders Zoran Zaev and Branko Crvenkovski…the Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Petro Poroshenko of Macedonia…"
Members of the supposedly disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) terrorist organization are involved.
Nuland et al and their Macedonian stooges aim "to create a situation where the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and President Georgy Ivanov is ousted," said Madsen.
The same way Washington dispensed with Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014 - replacing his government with illegitimate fascist putschists.
George Soros is involved - using "well-paid operatives" as agents of destabilization. Not coincidentally, coup plotters are called Sorosites.
They want Western-controlled governance replacing Macedonian sovereign independence.
They want a political, economic and military cordon sanitaire isolating Russia, severing it from Europe, subverting its Turkish Stream pipeline project.
Plans call for it to supply natural gas from Russia through Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungry - bypassing Ukraine.
Moscow's earlier South Stream gas pipeline was scheduled to transit through Bulgaria.
US-manipulated destabilization blocked it. Street protests erupted like what's happening now in Macedonia. Russia turned to Turkey. Bulgaria was out. Macedonian destabilization followed.
They want the tiny Balkan country given EU and NATO membership. KLA members planning terrorist attacks on government facilities were caught and arrested.
Sorosites Zaev and Crvenkovski complicit with Victoria Nuland et al cite professionally doctored Gruevski government phone conversation recordings of allegedly thousands of Macedonians - as a rallying cry for anti-government protests.
Soros-funded media operations Telma and 24 Vesti are involved - promoting anti-government protests.
Zaev and Crvenkovski openly call for rebellion. According to Madsen, "(t)he good news is that Macedonians from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds, Slavic and Albanian and Muslims and Orthodox alike, are aware of (Sorosite influence) behind the outbreak of violence in their country, and they are willing to stand up against it."
US dark forces allied with predatory monied interests like Soros aren't easily discouraged.
The battle for Macedonia's soul continues. It remains up for grabs.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com.
His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks World War III".


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It's only speculation, of course, but judging by the fact that two out of three Violent Femmes (singer/guitarist Gordon Gano and bassist Brian Ritchie) were sporting mullets at the Catalyst last Friday night, it's not entirely far-fetched that the long-forgotten eighth reason in "Kiss Off" has something to do with Milwaukee's Best hockey cut. Drummer Victor De Lorenzo, on the other hand, was shamelessly sporting his bald spot, a gleaming reminder of the band's veteran status in the music biz. They've been around for over 20 years, but you wouldn't know it from their performance-- Gano's distinct voice was as whiny and anxious as ever. Plus, they played 10 of the 12 songs on their self-titled debut album released back in 1983, making for a set list that exemplifies Ritchie's humble rock star credo: "You love my music, therefore I will play it for you."
The show got off to a rather poor start as John Bisagna tried his best to do the witty spoof of the solo acoustic troubadour thing, but his tunes and voice pretty much sucked. Both might have been redeemed by some spectacularly funny lyrics, which he didn't deliver. Mercifully, his easygoing and relaxed stage presence saved us all the trouble of being embarrassed for him.
But enough about Bisagna--the Femmes rocked the house with their entire debut album (except "Ugly" and "To the Kill"), along with a few other classics like "American Music" and "Out the Window." Ironically, the two songs they played off their infamous religious record Hallowed Ground--"Country Death Song" and "Jesus Walking on the Water"--went over like gangbusters. So did "Confessions," which they beefed up with an army of musicians known as the Horns of Dilemma, who helped the Femmes reach the chaotic climax of the song with accordion, guitar, Japanese flute, violin and, of course, a generous helping of horns.
Things went awry, though, when they brought the sax player back out to join them for "Freak Magnet." First off, nobody seemed to catch onto Gano's introductory tease, but then when they dug into the song and let the sax player loose, the rock & roll they were playing suddenly went all late night talk show, and I half expected Edd Hall to introduce Jay Leno--such is the effect of a gratuitous saxophone. They even went all jam band for a second there too, and that's all I'm going to say about that.
The Femmes were at their best when they were playing the songs as they wrote them, with maybe a supercharged bass solo or two. They got a little bit of extra help on songs like "Good Feeling" and "Gone Daddy Gone," which just wouldn't have been the same without the violin and xylophone solos. Blessed is this trio, whose earliest songs have such an enduring appeal to generation after generation of college students. But cursed are they also, condemned to walk the Earth, playing the same batch of songs, for ever and evermore.
Freestyle Free-for-All
First, let me just say that the last freestyle competition that the Serendipity Project hosted at the Mediterranean was entirely coherent and extremely entertaining. MCs battled, audience judged with cheers, winning finalist got $100 prize. That being said, this month's show was sonically garbled and befuddling, with one of the hosts trying to battle half the MCs all by himself, and delays all over the place. The MCs might have been tight, but I couldn't understand a thing. Pushing Destinations made a valiant effort to regain the club's attention, but ultimately it was Grunge from the Thunderhut Project that, through sheer force of personality, charisma and mic presence, was able to turn the evening from a circus back into a show. But I guess part of the beauty of a freestyle contest is that you never know what's going to happen, and sometimes it's going to suck. Even still, the Serendipity Project does the SC hip-hop community a great service by putting these shows on every month--they just let this one get away from them. For more local hip-hop, catch Thunderhut, Pushing Destinations and Tight Rope Walkers perform with DJ R.A.W. at the 418 Project on Oct. 1.
Prezident Brown performs reggae at Moe's Alley on Sept. 25. Palm Wine Boys play acoustic folk/world music at Henfling's on Sept. 25. Roomful of Blues is at Moe's Alley on Sept. 26. The Expendables, Badfish and 3 Up Front are at the Catalyst on Sept. 26, and Michelle Shocked is there on Oct 1.
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IPad Bluetooth keyboards, iPad's own keyboard vulnerable to hackers
Were you on vacation and unplugged last week? While you're planning your shopping list for the week, you might want to add an iPad Bluetooth keyboard and a 20-foot touch-screen wall. Here's what you missed around the Web last week.
If you're avoiding iPad Bluetooth keyboards for fear that hackers will nab your keystrokes, you might want to look over your shoulder. Hackers are also using a new app that can visually pick up on the glowing iPad keyboard as you hit the keys.
We all envy those corporate leaders who seem to pull it off without seeming stressed. Seth Godin says the secret is in not worrying about anything. Yeah, it's just that simple.
Don't you wish that all of your conference rooms came with a 20-foot touch-screen wall? Heck, bet you could get them as long as the CEO got one in his office first. The kids at the University of Illinois at Chicago get all the coolest toys!
The next time you hear grumbling about the speed of your Ethernet, remind the complainer that back in your day, 10 Mbps was smoking fast. Check out this history of Ethernet for a little perspective on just how far we have come.
In 2008, there were more things connected to the Internet than people on the Earth. This cool infographic takes that statistic and runs with it, starting with a story about cows. Nifty!
Did you miss Cisco Live last week? CIO Scott Lowe has the inside track on what happened in Vegas.
The art of software engineering is totally different than the art of software engineering management, writes Mark Shuttleworth. He details considerations for managing your techies.
The secret behind successfully balancing work and life on vacation
Confession: I have taken a conference call while walking to dinner down Bourbon Street. I have also been pulled into a meeting while driving my parents over the Golden Gate Bridge and had to pull off at the rest stop to participate in an hour-long argument over which font should be used for a dashboard header. I've also submitted reports via my smartphone while waiting to board a plane at O'Hare.
It's tough to go on vacation when you leave your head in the office.
My old boss used to check his email while brushing his teeth every morning and actually scheduled a monthly operations meeting with our CEO to occur three hours after he was to wake up from having a major operation (he canceled it when he realized that it was probably not the best scenario for success). Sometimes he and I would have IM conversations about PowerPoint decks well after midnight during the week. Needless to say, when he went on vacation, the only difference for his team was that his calls came from his cell phone instead of his office line.
While the IT role of the future trends to be more connected, is it healthy? When I asked a CIO how he was balancing work and life, he replied sarcastically, "What's work/life balance?" We are always connected, so we're always on. With increased mobility and desktop virtualization options, you can now log into your office computer and tweak the quarterly numbers from seat 35A somewhere above Nebraska. And while it would be a tough sell to get any of us to ignore unlimited connectivity during a normal week, a vacation should involve actually being on vacation.
Labor Day weekend is fast approaching. Consider making an effort toward balancing work and life.
Here's how to work on balancing your life on vacation: Start weaning your team and partners from their constant contact by letting them know that you will be out of reach during a given time period, whether it's because you're planning the family trip to Disneyland or you just want to have a lazy weekend barbecue. Then make it difficult to perform work during that time period — difficult for others to connect with you and difficult for yourself to "just check email." Close the laptop and leave it at the office. Most hotels have connectivity and a business center, and you know that if you really really needed something, you can get online somewhere — but it will prevent you from checking your email (and checking out of your vacation headspace).
And here's the hardest part of balancing work and life while on vacation: Leave your cell phone behind. Give the phone number of a third party to one trusted person in the office, telling them that they can only call you in the direst of emergencies. If your co-workers have the ability to get you on the line by dialing 10 digits, chances are that they will, but if they had to call your admin to get the number and then talk to your husband or wife first — or if you're really committed to balancing work and life, the front desk at the hotel — they'll probably find someone else to answer their question or solve their problem.
And if that last thought causes you to get a little queasy, that's exactly why you need to cut the cord while you're on vacation.
What chief information officers have in common with Kevin Bacon
What does a chief information officer have in common with Kevin Bacon? Mathematics.
The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game has been around for a while. It proves that all of us are more intertwined with society than we give ourselves credit for. My brother-in-law used to work for Robert Rubin at Goldman Sachs, and Robert Rubin was President Clinton's Treasury secretary. So I'm only three degrees away from Bubba.
Anyway, now we are all Nth degrees away from any person or topic, in the world of Wikipedia.
Web geeks have discovered that in about 99% of the cases, any term in Wikipedia will eventually lead to the topic philosophy. It follows that a term can be connected to any other term. The common root term of chief information officer and Kevin Bacon is mathematics.
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Will Google social media be the fastest growing network in history?
The world is a busy place, and last week was no exception. We saw the last public launch of NASA's shuttle program, witnessed tremendous buzz in the wide scramble for adoption of Google's social media project Google+ and a whole lot of candles on IBM's birthday cake. Here's the five-minute lowdown on what you missed around the Web last week.
When Cisco killed the Flip video camera, it was a reminder to the industry that the age of specialization is dead and the multitasker is king. However, David Pogue points out that, while Swiss Army knife gizmos can certainly do it all, it doesn't mean it's smart to do everything with them.
Start practicing those stories for the grandkids about how you remember a time before Google social media or free cloud hosting, because we smell a trend: Amazon has upped the ante by giving users of its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player access to unlimited music storage space for Amazon MP3s.
Sometimes, the success of a new IT project is a function of timing versus demand, says Vladimir Mazek.
Last week was the final launch of the NASA space shuttle program. Does that mean the next space walk is going to be taken by a space tourist? Are you ready to be the first CIO in space?
Idealab founder Bill Gross predicted that Google+ social media adoption will go from zero to 100,000,000 users faster than any other service in history. We tend to agree. Too bad Andy Warhol didn't live to comment on the fact that our 15 minutes of fame might come via a social media network.
With so many major companies taking the hit, why has IBM weathered so many financial storms? Kevin Kelly muses on IBM's 100th birthday.
Can the new Google social network overtake Facebook?
Facebook and Google have been at war for years. They want your eyes on their sites, and they'll do anything toward that goal.
You've undoubtedly heard about the potential new heir to the Facebook throne, Google+ (G+). The new Google social network started quietly accepting new users two weeks ago but now early adopters are rushing to join G+ in levels that have exceeded Google's capacity, causing it to flick on and off invitation and registration capability as it tries to contend with the huge demand.
That sound you hear? That's the beginning of the huge exodus of Facebook users over to G+.
Once you're inside G+, you might notice that Google Wave and Google Buzz were prototypes — or perhaps beta releases — for a more robust, integrated Google social network. Aesthetically, the G+ system is very clean and pure, as though the GUI were designed by a Swedish furniture maker. There are some analogs to Facebook's design — for instance, instead of a "Like" you push the Google +1 button — but G+ has the benefits of slick new toys like Hangouts, which integrates a video chat room component for entire Circles as you've defined it. Of course, if you're already using Gmail, G+ knows who you're conversing with via email and will helpfully make suggestions to populate your Circles. Similarly, G+ is expected to integrate the sharing feature in Google Reader to automatically share to your G+ network. The organic relationship with its own applications gives the Google social network a huge advantage over Facebook.
The general interaction with my social network is already very robust and — forgive the generalization — seems a bit more intellectual and witty than Facebook. Perhaps this dinner-party atmosphere is due to self-selection in this first month. The kinds of people who are interested in jumping on trends are at the G+ party, while the more Luddite social media participants are still playing Mafia Wars on Facebook. Or maybe the discourse has been more interesting because there are fewer distractions: There are no creepy surveys (at least, not yet) or announcements about one's Farmville status. Or maybe everyone is just still experimenting with the GUI.
The G+ circles are a tad confusing at first, but when you realize that it's just like the Facebook friend groups out in the open, it becomes more organic. Mark Zuckerburg seems to feel threatened by this approach and took a dig at G+ circles earlier this week.
So why the rush to adopt? Perhaps it's the allure of a clean slate: a chance to undo the bad decisions made on Facebook. Did you "Facebook friend" (yes, it's a verb now) your teenage sweetheart on a whim and now are subjected to numerous status updates on their insane political stance? Instead of forcing the issue, you have a chance to simply avoid connecting with that person in a whole new environment. It's a bit like the teenage movies where a nerd switches to a new school and gets a whole new identity: the promise of a perfect social network.
G+ does not yet have capacity for Business Pages, and while it does not actively ban businesses from signing up for the system, it does warn that businesses may have to create new profiles and rebuild their Circles when Google+ for Businesses is implemented. However, this should serve as a good reminder to check those social media strategies and update them to include the Google social network technologies and schema.
Just the same, you should check it out for your personal use. If G+ overtakes Facebook as the social media network of dominance — and the general feel of the first two weeks indicates that it will — late adopters will have to spend a lot of time playing catch up.
Hacking activities mean security risk is everybody's business
The LulzSec hacker group recently announced it was backing off its spree of network break-ins — but only after making off with gigabytes of sensitive documents from large private- and public-sector organizations. Meanwhile, other groups continue on with their hacking activities. Security vendor RSA is still picking itself up from having its token technology hacked earlier this year.
No one, it seems, is immune from security risk these days. But don't take my word for it.
Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, whose PlayStation Network was down for weeks this spring after a breach, recently told Newsweek, "How can I sit here and tell you there will be no further vulnerabilities? We're dealing with it. Now it's a known hazard. Everybody is being hacked now."
Not very encouraging, is it?
Security is no longer the domain of CISOs but also CEOs, who must take responsibility for security risk and how it affects corporate assets, the bottom line and the company's reputation.
Like the cultures of innovation sponsored by so many of the CIOs whom we have spoken to this year, security risk culture must start at the top. "Dealing with it" just doesn't cut it anymore.
What IT/business alignment has in common with the TSA
I've been thinking a lot about Harman CIO Michael Ali's discussion of IT/business alignment. We spend of lot of energy in IT worrying about how to align with the business, while our users are figuring out ways to circumvent IT completely. New initiatives are exciting within the organization, but users tend to view changes by what they can't do instead of what they can, which is hampering IT/business alignment at its very core.
Then I had a flash of inspiration on the problem of IT/business alignment (bear with me): I travel a lot, both for business and pleasure, and like George Clooney in "Up in the Air" I have the security check down to a streamlined dance of removing my bag of liquids and my laptop from my bag and taking off my jacket and my shoes practically in the same motion. I used to be really grumpy about the TSA's various regulations, but now I am just resigned to it as part of flying. I knew my spirit was officially broken when I had to choose between being photographed by the backscatter machines and being frisked by a TSA agent. (How bad has it gotten when walking around in your stocking feet at a public place is the least silly part of a process?)
IT is in danger of becoming the TSA of the organization.
If you were to measure the company's general feel for IT outside of the department, would the employees be excited about what you're accomplishing, or would they grumble about the firewall or how IT's BYOD policies won't let them legally use their iPads on the network or the fact that their laptop's processer dates back to the Cold War? At my last company, I still remember the shock and awe when IT finally gave its blessing on a company-wide IM protocol. Instead of being excited about having new technology to play with, there was a huge rumor going around that the IT department was giving us IM to be able to spy on our conversations. Ridiculous, but true.
Crazy paranoia aside, think about how IT is perceived by the people who work in production or marketing or human resources. Do those people believe — really believe — that IT is enabling their productivity, or do they grudgingly feel like IT is holding them up when they're late for a deadline and demanding that all of their liquids be placed in a quart-sized Ziploc bag? Think about how employee suggestions are considered: Is the first instinct to say "No," or do you embrace IT innovation from everywhere in the company?
"All of the data suggests that midmarket companies will lead the economic recovery, and all of our data shows that those companies that leverage and exploit IT will be at the head of the pack," said Andy Monshaw, general manager of IBM global small and medium-sized business division.
So forget about IT/business alignment, and worry about IT's serious image problem. It could have an actual and measurable effect on your company's bottom line.
Even the Geek Doctor couldn't save Google Health
My first thought when I heard that Google Health is shutting down is, "what's the Geek Doctor going to do?" My second thought was shock.
Dr. John Halamka, aka the "Geek Doctor," has been one of Google Health's biggest boosters since the passage of the Recovery Act and the HITECH Act in 2009. He has touted the use of personal health record (PHR) services as a key piece of the coming digital landscape in health care. He made PHRs a standard part of his frequent presentations on the status of meaningful use requirements, even going as far as showing his own personal Google Health record.
All of which makes it more surprising when Google announced the "retirement" of its health record service as of Jan. 1, 2012. This is from the company where beta projects live forever.
John Moore of Chilmark Research, who predicted the demise of Google Health more than a year ago, posted an interesting recap of its downfall this week, while Microsoft officials are giving kudos to Google for its efforts and using the opportunity to sell Microsoft HealthVault to consumers.
But that is the problem — consumers. Google's issues were more about the PHR model than their service, which was considered very user-friendly. Doctors and patients haven't bought into the concept. When you consider issues of privacy and security, ownership of and access to the records, and integration with payer, provider and health information exchange systems, PHRs have come to resemble the quagmire that is the health care industry in general.
PHRs' time may come, but they might have to wait until the transition to the digital hospital is complete – and that may take decades.
Women in technology and science have an advantage
It's a short week for a lot of people, but with vacations popping up, the work doesn't go away. That's why we're rocking out an executive must-read list so that you don't have to risk getting sucked down the rabbit hole that is the blogosphere. Here's a quick executive summary of disaster recovery issues pertaining to zombies, the importance of working one's network and the dynamics of women in technology and science.
- What is the easiest way to kill innovation? Adam Hartung outlines several innovation killers, most easily identified by the statement, "We don't do that around here."
- You think your data center is tough to cool? Try to make a tent in the Iraqi desert comfortable. The U.S. military spends more on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan than NASA spends on, well, everything.
- The town of Leicester, England, has got a bit of a business continuity and disaster recovery blind spot. Local government officials recently admitted that they didn't have a plan in the event of a zombie apocalypse ,and then 150 zombies invaded their city council offices. Point taken!
- Adaptive's founder, Audrey MacLean, says that women in technology and science are more rare because little girls get stymied at an early age. The trick is in getting girls into tech while they're still young.
- Author and techno-speaker Scott Berkun asks, "What's the difference between arrogance and self-confidence?" We're pretty sure it has to do with the proverbial ability to write checks that your posterior can actually cash without requiring two forms of photo identification.
- Maybe the women in technology and science just aren't networking enough to get ahead. LinkedIn ranked many industries by gender and found some counterintuitive results: Guys in the cosmetics industry are better at networking, while women in ranching subscribe to the "good old boys" network.
Vulnerability in Dropbox security leaves user accounts wide open
No bones about it: Dropbox security just took a huge dive in user confidence. This past Sunday, Dropbox user accounts — all of them — were open and accessible to the world, no password required. What's worse — the fact that the Dropbox security team must not have adequately done QA on its patch that left all accounts unsecured, or the fact that they acted like nothing happened for almost a day, until they posted a very unemotional update to their blog?
My favorite part of the Dropbox blog notice: "The glitch was a programming error related to a code update and accounts were only vulnerable from around 1:54 pm PST to 5:46pm PST." It's like a subtle pish-posh on your worries for your data. Nothing to see here! Your files and data were only unprotected for four hours. Or, as I like to think about it, it only took Dropbox four hours before it noticed that it broke its own encryption.
Actually, it appears that Dropbox only noticed the error when one of its users, Chris Soghoian, discovered the issue and sent in a support request. The failure to acknowledge the concerns of its users and the fact that as of June 21, Dropbox still hadn't notified all of their users directly, has made a lot of people upset. I'm not sure I can blame them: We've said before that the truest test of a company's strength is how it reacts to bad situations exactly like this one.
We've recommended Dropbox as a nice free business app for your iPad in the past, and we've also reported on the FTC complaint that Dropbox security wasn't up to par and recommended that you go through the extra step of adding a secondary encryption by using Dropbox and TrueCrypt. Undoubtedly, trolls in tinfoil hats will now use this as an opportunity to feed more cloud paranoia, but let's look at this misadventure with a little perspective: Your own desktop is probably more vulnerable to outside attack than most cloud services, and rarely is a desktop vulnerability noticed in only four hours.
Yes, Dropbox promised it was free awesome encryption and data storage. So do a lot of cloud providers, and we've learned from many examples that there is no such thing as "too big to fail". As CIO Marc Seybold said in this week's news story, "You can put all the antivirus software in the world on the network, but something will still make its way past those defenses." As with so many things, Dropbox and all public cloud options (hello, Google, I'm looking at you) have always been caveat emptor.
I'll still use Dropbox as a convenient service for my own data storage, but just as before, I'm not putting anything on it that I wouldn't want my grandmother (or a hacker) to see.


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Monday, August 1, 2011
Guy Denning
September 8 - 25
Opening Night: Sept. 8th, 6-9PM
*New York City 'Pop-Up' Location*
Brooklynite & FB Gallery
368 Broadway, Tribeca, NYC
On the heels of his highly successful "Inferno" exhibition in Italy earlier this year, Guy Denning presents the second of his three part series of oil paintings on Dante's Commedia in New York City for the aptly titled exhibition, "Purgatorio".
Originally drawing inspiration from Dante's writings, Guy's intention has not been to recreate the poem in a visual or literal sense, but instead let it act as a framework for his own personal interpretation. As with the writing of Shakespeare, Guy finds a perpetual relevance in Dante's work where the specifics of name, situation and place are easily adapted to the modern world; as if time moves on but the problems of humanity remain essentially the same.
The events of September 11th and the emotional toll it took on the American individual is final and critical element to this body of work. Guy suggests that the suffering of America is too often defined by the media in terms of the political rather than the personal, leaving the individual voice of ordinary people sometimes unspoken in the narrative of history. His work sets out to make a small and personal amendment to that omission. Poignantly enough, this exhibition will be held in a NYC 'Pop-Up' location just blocks from Ground Zero and on the 10 Year Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The work, though tied to Dante's writing will also feature elements of images found on the internet, particularly of people in New York City on that terrible day. Significant press images are also used as reference for Guy's work in hopes that they will be scrutinized that much more intensely than the photos we glance at far too quickly in newsprint. He has also constructed one large landscape painting, in the fashion of the traditional 'history' genre, made from connected canvas panels. This oil painting, derived from studying still frame images from amateur video footage, aims to create an assumed and complete narrative of the major elements of the day from a New York perspective.
Guy states that this is a collection of work recognizing the suffering of the American people on September 11th and immediately thereafter - when the United States had the sympathy of the world. He wants it to be viewed as nothing short of respectful to the memories of all those that died and suffered as a result – both in New York and beyond. Guy quotes another English artist William Blake who wrote "Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow, too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?" Despite the many cultural differences of the peoples of the world we are all essentially united by our humanity; our common desires, hopes and despairs. It is the ordinary people's common humanity that will take us forward and not politically inspired violence.
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