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Modecor, Gestation, Birth and New Beginnings
Today I realized that I have been living in NYC for exactly 35 weeks, almost 9 months.....very nearly the amount of time it takes to grow a baby. Although I have been immersed with living in Manhattan and have written a few posts under the category 'Canuck In NYC', I have not been idle with my business Modecor Inspired Interiors. While I have been living in NYC, I have also been nurturing our condo 'baby'.... gestation is almost complete. The many backs and forths to Ottawa lately have been very fruitful, but somewhat tiring. We moved all of our stored 'junk' from the cottage to the condo last Monday....
.....and I unpacked ....
..... and in order to decrease the number of boxes strategically lined up in the library, I unpacked dozens and dozens of books and loaded them on the shelves, which now desperately need major editing, pruning and styling ....
....but instead, I couldn't resist adding our Moroccan area rug and our 30 year old antique-brass floor lamp and (aided by a friend) our new leather lounger to the library. And with that task completed, I came back to NYC.
I have been fortunate to work on a few smaller Ottawa and Toronto design jobs while living here in NYC. I don't have an office, in fact I don't have a desk, my desktop computer or any of my valuable office resources in NYC, making it difficult, but not impossible to consult. About 2 years ago, our Toronto friends Steve and Kelley were in the very beginning stages of contemplating a kitchen renovation.
This 30 year old, extremely hardworking kitchen is not just getting a makeover, but a complete gut job. Kelley has not only provided culinary nourishment for her own family, but 40 daycare munchkins have sat in this kitchen and at this table for the past 25 years. Kelley is retiring next month and next week, a new kitchen will begin to emerge. I was thrilled to put pen to paper after getting these photos and kitchen dimensions, and do a super quick floor plan.
Kelley and Steve wanted a drawing to outline where potential new and improved storage and counter space could be achieved. I obliged by spending an hour on this very rudimentary, to scale drawing.
While I have been in NYC, Kelley and I have corresponded about every option available to complete the new kitchen within their budget and timeline. Of course Kelley and Steve have done most of the leg work themselves, with long distance consultations and approvals going back and forth between us the entire time I have been living in NYC. They have hired a kitchen cabinet company and my original sketchy sketch has been tweaked and improved and a new floor plan provided. All possible questions and concerns have been addressed in order to provide Kelley and Steve the kitchen of their dreams. I highly approve 100% the direction the cabinet maker and general contractor are heading.
Right now, Kelley and I are discussing colour schemes, furniture placement, artwork and accessories for the adjoining living and dining rooms that will coordinate with the finishes in the kitchen.
I was able to visit Kelley a few weeks ago. she had done her homework. Her dining table was covered in paint chips, fabric swatches, and kitchen finishes samples. Kelley LOVES blue! Kelley shall have blue in her new kitchen and throughout the main floor. The new colour palette is a huge deviation from their existing, and perhaps dated palette, but after 25 years and uber patience, it is time to move forward with a fresh scheme. It is time to depart from the functionally challenging kitchen. It is time for Kelley's retirement and the beginning of a new life for Steve and Kelley.
In other news, I will be heading back to Ottawa for the summer. Our new condo will provide the Ottawa home we need when going back and forth from NYC to Ottawa. We are very excited to be making this transition. And speaking of transitions, gestation and growing babies, our grandson, Jaxson will have a brand new baby sister due to arrive August 1st. The very bestest and most important reason for me to get back to Ottawa.


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A few weeks ago I did a quick review of my first two weeks with the Lumia 1520. In the weeks since a lot has happened with Windows Phone including the release of Windows Phone 8.1 to developers. So what has changed? How does Windows 8.1 change Windows Phone? The big new features that came with Windows Phone 8.1 are the Action Center, which is Microsoft's answer to Android and iOS's notification center, and the voice assistant named Cortana. Both new features are really well done. Action Center gives you that central place for all of your notifications, and at the same time gives you quick access to certain settings. Cortana has taken parts of both Siri and Google Now, and has created a really nice voice assistant. At this point I would say it is the best iteration of this feature that we have seen from any company. It allows you as the user to setup the information you want Cortana to follow, whether a certain news topic or your favorite sports team. Like Google Now, Cortana will use places like your home and work to let you know when to leave for events and how far you are from those places. It also makes tasks like setting your alarm just a quick sentence away.
For in depth reviews of what is new with Windows Phone 8.1, go over to Paul Thurrott's Supersite For Windows at www.winsupersite.com where he is going over each feature .
Overall I am really impressed with what Microsoft has done with Windows Phone. They have created a top class mobile operating system that is ready for the big time, but now more than ever they need the help of apps and app developers which brings me to my next point. As much as I love my Lumia 1520 running Windows Phone 8.1, I can't carry it with me as my main device. I went all in with the 1520, I was going to make this relationship work. In the end I just found myself missing out on many things that I needed on a daily basis. I will start just on the productivity front. There are certain apps and services I need. Many of them are not available on Windows Phone, and even those that do exist are in a half baked manner. I will use Box for example. There is an app for Box, but it is missing many of the core features. Document collaboration is one of the major features of the service, and it does not exist. Then there are the social apps we all use on a daily basis. There are apps for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc on the platform. However, in each and every case the Windows Phone version is light years behind their counterparts on Android and iOS. I am even using the Twitter Beta that was built specifically for 8.1, and I feel like I am using a Twitter app from 2009. Entertainment and sports apps? One of the apps I use most is Watch ESPN which is not available, and again even when an app is available like the NBC Live Extra app it does not work. Last night while recording the latest edition of the "Surface Geeks" Podcast I wanted to have the NHL playoffs on my phone. I took out the 1520, and all I got were errors and crashes. So I turned on the Moto X, and within seconds my Live Extra app had the game streaming without any issues. That is why when I leave the house the only phone I take with me is Moto X running Android. I can find ways to deal with the less than par social apps and entertainment apps, however the productivity apps I can't do that with. This is the real reason I carry my phone at all times, and not something most people are willing to give up. We always hear about the "app gap" and Microsoft truthfully tells us that the gap has closed. However, the quality of apps being put on the platform are just not good enough. I am not a developer so I don't know if the issue is the apps themselves, or something in the OS that it makes it hard to develop for. Either way, as an end-user this needs to change. At this point I am very happy that Microsoft is making their services available everywhere. I will continue to enjoy all of them on other devices. I look forward to revisiting this again in a few months to see what has changed.
Updated: May 1, 2014
Thank you for the comments below, and I love the passion so many have for Windows Phone and technology as a whole. That said, there are common themes throughout the comments that I just can't agree with. That theme is to only use and support apps that support Windows Phone, that I should only use Microsoft services so my Windows Phone works better for me, and there are third party apps for many things.
Let me start with the first two since they are very similar. I tell clients, friends, and even myself to use the best service or software for a given task. I am not about to switch services that work for me in order to carry a phone. While I enjoy the UI of Windows Phone, and many things it offers the main goal of my phone is as a tool to get work done. I am not about to start telling those I work with that they need to drop their Box service or Dropbox so I can keep carrying a phone. I really like keeping my world in many different platforms. At this point Windows Phone is the worst for that scenario. Both iOS and Android have apps from all the major vendors, including Microsoft. I have a full section of Microsoft Apps on my MotoX, and they all work flawlessly. On that same phone I can use all the functionality of Box while enjoying the Asana service.
On the last comment I saw that I can use third party apps. For some fun stuff like Four Square and Instagram, i don't mind using a third party app. That said, there is no way I am going to use a third party Dropbox app that has access to my data or client data. Whatever you think about online services, Dropbox and others have very clear terms of service you can read on their websites. Who is making third party apps, and what happens to that data is never as clear. While I am sure things would be fine most of the time, that is a risk I am not willing to take.
Again, I reiterate my love for the Lumia 1520 hardware and the 8.1 upgrade. That said, the problems I lay out here is the reason Windows Phone is struggling. Whatever momentum they did have late last year seems has stagnated according to the latest usage reports.

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We're hosting this gathering as a way to share past successes, current activity and future plans, plus whatever we've found helps with organising and growing local People's Assemblies in Yorkshire. We're hoping to have 1-2 people representing each established People's Assembly in the Yorkshire region, plus people who can report for places and areas without a local People's Assembly. We're also hoping to include a NationBuilder training and input from Yorkshire and the Humber Regional TUC about campaigns they're working on, such as Britain Needs A Payrise.
Please be aware that our venue isn't huge, and this isn't intended as either a policy conference or a rally. If you have a local People's Assembly, please raise this in a meeting before putting your name down. Apart from a small step to get in, the venue is accessible with a disabled loo. Its suggested that those who don't need to rush off go for curry together afterwards.
Getting there: the TSSA office is very close to York Station - come out of the station to the main road and turn right, follow the city walls up and round to the left, cross over at the junction and its by the pedestrian crossing about 400 meters further on. Nunnery Lane also has a large public car park - from the A64, take the A1036 until you have a big medieval gateway in front of you, where you turn left into Nunnery Lane.


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WPF dependency properties are properties that are registered through the WPF property system. By registering with the property system, the property will be provided a set of services such as data binding, styling, change notifications, animation, expressions, invalidation, and coercion. What I will be discussing here is dynamic value resolution and the issue of setting local values in controls.
A dependency property's value is dependent on multiple providers where there is a level of precedence for each provider. The BaseValueSource enum captures these providers (with the first being the lowest precedence and last being the highest)
· Unknown
· Default
· Inherited
· ThemeStyle
· ThemeStyleTrigger
· Style
· TemplateTrigger
· StyleTrigger
· ImplicitStyleReference
· ParentTemplate
· PatentTemplateTrigger
· Local
In addition to these base value sources, the dependency property can also come from an expression, animation, or coercion (which the internal WPF code represents them as ModifiedValues). Note that ModifiedValues are mutually exclusive from BaseValueSource. For example you can have a value that is set locally and coerced at the same time.
So how does this relate to the control local values bug?
As a control author, dependency properties are the general mechanism to communicate the state and behavior of the control. They will be used in data binding scenarios, visual representation, interaction, etc. This means that you will possibly and most likely be setting values on your dependency properties internally as state changes about your control. So as you are setting new values to a dependency property that you own, you may not realize that you are introducing a very subtle bug relating to dynamic value resolution precedence. I'll use an example to clarify.
The DatePicker control from WPFToolkit has a DP called IsDropDownOpen. It is used by the DatePicker control to update when the calendar popup opens and closes. It listens for a change event and sets the Popup.IsOpen accordingly.
private static void OnIsDropDownOpenChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
DatePicker dp = d as DatePicker;
Debug.Assert(dp != null);
bool newValue = (bool)e.NewValue;
if (dp._popUp != null && dp._popUp.IsOpen != newValue)
dp._popUp.IsOpen = newValue;
The Popup also listens for when it opens and closes and makes sure IsDropDownOpen is toggled to the correct state.
private void PopUp_Opened(object sender, EventArgs e)
if (!this.IsDropDownOpen)
this.IsDropDownOpen = true;
Notice the bug? The bug lies in PopUp_Opened when setting IsDropDownOpen to a local value. This really appears harmless and you probably won't actually see the bug in action until you hand it over to the app developer who will actually set different value providers on your control DPs. The problem is that setting a DP locally as an internal operation in your control will trump any and all value providers set on that DP (as local is the highest precedence). That means that the app developer who uses your control and decides to put some fancy styles, binding, triggers, and all that goodness will find that it will stop working for some reason and not immediately know what caused it.
To further describe how this can occur, here is an example using that same DatePicker (note that this has already been fixed in later version of the toolkit).
<Style x:Key="DatePickerStyle" TargetType="{x:Type toolkit:DatePicker}">
<Setter Property="IsDropDownOpen" Value="{Binding ElementName=cb_IsDropDownOpen, Path=IsChecked}" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<CheckBox Content="IsDropDownOpen" Name="cb_IsDropDownOpen" />
<toolkit:DatePicker Grid.Row="1"
Style="{StaticResource DatePickerStyle}" />
I've setup a style on the DatePicker where I've bound a CheckBox.IsChecked DP to the DatePicker.IsDropDownOpen DP. If you click on the CheckBox, the popup opens as expected. If you take a look at the BaseValueSource on IsDropDownOpen it will read Style. However, as soon as you close the popup, the binding does not work anymore which is expected since a local value is set on IsDropDownOpen.
To make it really short and sweet, setting dependency properties to local values in internal operations of a control can lead to the dreaded control local values bug. I'm sure you're next question is, how can this be prevented? Well, I will be doing a follow-up post on what has been added in dev10 to easily prevent this bug so stay tuned!
UPDATE: Check out the follow up post here.


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Physics is the study of the basic principles of the natural world. This program is designed for those students interested in transferral into a baccalaureate program in physics. The goals of the program are to provide students with a clear understanding of the basic concepts and principles of physics, and to strengthen their understanding through problem solving and laboratory experiments.
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Despite now living in Hitchin, Hertfordshire - Gemma & John are both from Lancashire and wanted to get married near family and friends, so Fishermans Retreat near Ramsbottom proved the perfect location for them. Gemma & John met through mutual friends in Aug 2010 at a pub up north called the Hare & Hounds. One can only assume that John's chiselled good looks and sense of humour won her over!
5 years later to the month, their day began at the Best Western The Old Mill Hotel & Leisure Club in Ramsbottom where both parties tried to avoid each other in the same hotel during prep. During a wonderful ceremony, John & Gemma exchanged their own readings with each other and the guests were even treated to some Spanish!
The weather was being very 'Lancashire' however we still managed to grab a break between showers to get some group shots done, and a few shots of the happy couple by the lake in the grounds. During the speeches, gifts were exchanged between best men and bridesmaids and Gemma was later treated to not 1 but 2 private singing performances by her Dad and new husband. The latter being John Legend's 'All Of Me' played on piano and sung by John.
Before I headed back to Manchester Piccadilly train station I managed to grab a few shots of the disco and cake cutting on what was a fab, fun filled day for everyone there.
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Part of being scared certainly is the 'surprise' factor. Episode Two of Scare Tactics is what I would consider a 'surprise' edition as that I did not know up until the last hour that I would be writing this post. This edition looks at two budget conscious and curious additions of survival-horror games to my Xbox 360, Ignition Entertainment's Deadly Premonition and Atari's Alone in the Dark.
Did Not See Deadly Premonition Coming: I follow former 1UP.com 'man –god' and current Director of Business Development at Ignition Entertainment, Shane Bettenhausen, via his twitter feed as I do many other industry types. I did see several mentions of Deadly Premonition, but sometimes I skim the feed so quickly I do not get all the detail I need. So when I saw Shane tweeting about this game I automatically assumed that it was another Wii game as I was under the impression that it was all they were doing.
Last night my brother joined my Xbox LIVE party late at night and started raving about this new game, Deadly Premonition. Using key descriptors like Twin Peaks-like, open-world, survival-horror, and most importantly, $25 price tag, I was quickly sold on this game and knew I had to have it! Now that I was sold on acquiring this game my next hurdle would be to actually find this game in stores. Knowing how GameStop/EB operates, I knew this game would be short-ordered, with perhaps one or two copies to be made available per store. But if I have been in the dark about this game, more than most would be as well. So this morning my search ended as quickly as it began, I snagged the last copy of this niche title from my local EB Games.
Now that I have it, I look forward to playing it. I am going to go into it cold, not reading any previews or reviews to cloud my judgement. All I have to go on is the brief description given by my brother and the back of the game's box which I am looking at right now. It certainly looks and sounds to be very interesting. The one glaring negative that was expressed to me by my brother was that the game's graphics lacks much to be desired. But recent plays and purchases of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Silent Hill Origins has already prepped me for less than perfect graphical fidelity. So tonight I will journey to Greenvale to investigate the town's deadly secrets. Wish me luck!
Third Time 'In The Dark' is the Charm?: Another unusual pickup for me this week was the re-acquiring of Alone in the Dark for the Xbox 360. I have had a long history with this game without actually ever playing it. At first I had i pre-ordered and ready to go when I got scared off by poor reviews. Now normally I don't let reviewers dictate my gaming picks, but when money is tight and choices between games have to be made, Alone in the Dark was voted off my island.
My next encounter with Alone in the Dark came when I purchased a discounted version of the game (complete with a AitD T-shirt) for $18. I actually got as far as putting this disk into my console and dabbling for a few minutes, but that was as far as I would get. It wasn't meant to be as later traded the game off in a massive purge of my 360 collection.
Finally, this week I was picking up some Microsoft points at my local EB when I saw AitD sitting on the shelf with a $4 price tag. I will buy any Xbox 360 game for under $5, even if it is just for the possibility to acquire a nice game case. So I once again have the game in my possession (as well as the game's soundtrack which was included with the game), I am unsure when I will try to play it again, but since it was so cheap I am sure I will never trade it in, so it is with me for good. I have always had an interest in the game. Perhaps it would be a good warm-up for Remedy's Alan Wake which is set to arrive this May.
So in conclusion, it looks like al signs point to Alan Wake. Like Deadly Premonition, Alan Wake has been compared to Twin Peaks. As for Alone in the Dark, its episodic styling's and fire/light combat have oft drawn comparison to the upcoming Alan Wake. Rest assured I will be focusing on Alan Wake as its release draws closer. For now, just be sure to check under your bed and close the closet door before going to sleep!
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The implications that I draw from the concerns that I raise are clearly not the same as those that Kuehn has in mind. This seems to me a clash of perspectives that generally oppose one another - the public choice and the public interest interpretations of government - rather than misinterpretation of the facts on either side.
I analyze government with the expectation that self-interest will dominate. That includes the self interest of the politicians, military leaders, the voters, the bureaucrats, and others that exercise some influence over government. I am admittedly pessimistic about this. When I learn that the military is employing drones in increasing number, I am not concerned about the intended consequences. I expect intentions to have minor impact compared to incentives. Good intentions do not lead to good results. With this in mind I review my two claims.
1) The danger that war poses to American service men and women is an important factor that restrains support for war. Action in Pakistan and Afghanistan (Kuehn writes specifically about Afghanistan) carried out by drones have received less attention than intervention carried out on the ground.In response Kuehn wrote
So our soldiers have to put themselves in more danger just so we at home will feel bad for that danger that they're put in and be less likely to send them. Do I have that right?I want to see less military conflict not more dead troops. But for now, let's assume that war is necessary. Drone warfare may be a safer solution for our troops in the short run. I have no doubt that a soldier flying a plane by remote is safer than one that is present with the plane or those with boots on the ground in a warzone. However, by making warfare more remote, drones numb the public to the horror of war. Public sentiment has an important effect on the actions of politicians. When public resistance to military intervention fades, a major incentive for politicians to end it fade as well.
For this reason, we will more than likely see increased dependency on drone warfare over the next decade. There is reason to challenge this trend. Drones don't just kill civilians (most military inteventions do that), they make life terrifying for them. A study by NYU and Stanford - which Kuehn refers to in his comment field - reads:
Drones hover twenty-four hours a day over communities in northwest Pakistan, striking homes, vehicles, and public spaces without warning. Their presence terrorizes men, women, and children, giving rise to anxiety and psychological trauma among civilian communities. Those living under drones have to face the constant worry that a deadly strike may be fired at any moment, and the knowledge that they are powerless to protect themselves. These fears have affected behavior.The constant presence of drones makes life terrifying for those below. I cannot quantify the stress and discomfort this brings these people, but I do not think these researchers are mistaken in asserting that "US strikes have facilitated recruitment to violent non-state armed groups, and motivated further violent attacks." "Non-state groups," like the Taliban, are the organizations that attempt to bring terror to western nations. Regardless of the efficiency of drone warfare, it is a means by which U.S. intervention antagonizes bystanders and encourages them to join these groups. Kuehn appears to underestimate this effect.
About my second point I have less to say:
2) Drone warfare also separates the individual in control of the drone from the bombing he or she takes part in. As is the trend with most state interventions, foreign or domestic, economic, social, or military, drone warfare creates yet another degree of separation between those who coerce and those who are coerced.The response to this was similar to the response to my first objection:
The same with the second point. I could see how some drone operators could treat what they're doing like a video game, and not consider the gravity of it. But again, what is the argument here - that to prevent that from happening we have to make life even worse for soldiers: make them less safe (and the countries they are operating in less safe) by being there, on the ground, with far less precision or time to make life and death decisions.Pilots are aware that they are taking part in military offenses. I do not believe that this occurs in a "non-chalant" manner. It is, nonetheless, an offensive whose effects have been partly abstracted away. Some pilots' perceptions of these effects are certainly mitigated some of the time. We ought to consider the marginal impact on a soldiers' willingness to use drones compared to other devices. Kuehn seems to think the impact of this is not substantial. I certainly haven't proved him wrong on that point but do think that it is worth considering.
Kuehn's argument can be summed up by one of his final statements:
Drones are safer for soldiers, they are safer for civilians, they are more dangerous for the enemy.In considering the effects of this strategy, I cannot agree. Drone operations are conducted in secret. They lack oversight. The hours that drones spend flying above an area leaves that region in terror. I believe this terror is an under appreciated cost of drone warfare. Yet political incentives will more than likely encourage a shift toward these operations. One might suggest plausible limitation to these operations in order to fix this problem, but I don't expect to see any changes in the near future. I doubt the long-term consequences will be desirable. The NYU/Stanford study reaches a similar conclusion.


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Gen Y, aka the "Millennials" (ages 18-34), are proving to be a little more cautious about their spending behaviors than their predecessors, the Gen X'ers and Boomers.
A recent report on Gen Y spending behaviors (meant to be a retailer insight study which I have morphed into a more pertinent personal finance topic) showed some interesting findings:
- 80% of 2,000 respondents believe it is important to get the lowest price on most things they purchase (up from 69% in 2010).
- 60% are likely to choose a lower priced brand over their usual, if they can save money (up from 51% in 2010).
- 57% make a point to search online for discounts before shopping.
- 63% are now sticking to only those brands and stores they know they can afford.
Maybe Gen Y is earning a new moniker, "The Frugal Generation".
Why is this happening? Here are my suspicions:
1. Financial Hardship
The study found that 25% of Gen Y respondents said they are not able to make ends meet, compared to 17% of Generation X'ers (ages 35-54), and 13% of Boomers (ages 55 and over).
If you can't get raises, are underemployed, or can't get a job in the first place, it is going to impact your purchasing behaviors, for starters.
But it probably goes deeper than that. Have you ever heard Boomers refer to folks who lived through the Great Depression as extremely frugal (miserly) because of the fact that they lived through the Great Depression?
Gen Y has lived through The Great Recession, the biggest economic decline since The Great Depression. Could it be that financial hardship has changed our purchasing habits forever, even in good economic times?
Financial hardship has already turned Gen Y into the Boomerang Generation. But who wants to live with their parents forever?
2. Personal Debts are at All-Time Highs
With education inflation, student loan debt is at an all time high – exceeding $1 trillion, and only increasing.
Gen Y has a much bigger hole to dig out of if we are blessed with the privilege of a secondary eduction.
Add in credit card debt and fresh mortgages and the result is a frothy debt cocktail that has forced us to be frugal in order to dodge the risk of losing everything.
3. No Inheritances to Bail us Out
Gen Y is starting to realize that there will be no inheritance gifted upon them from their Boomer parents.
The total average retirement savings per American approaching retirement is pitiful:
- Only 15% of respondents aged 44-54 have over $250,000 saved
- Only 19% aged 55+ have over $250,000 saved.
- 62% of those aged 44-54 have under $100,000 saved.
- 60% over the age of 55 have under $100,000 saved.
- 44% of those aged 44-54 have less than $10,000 in total savings.
- 29% of those aged 55+ have less than $10,000 in total savings.
Bailouts aren't coming to all but a lucky few.
4. Stuff Can't Buy Happiness?
Is it possible that we've seen previous generations fail miserably at trying to buy happiness through stuff and have actually learned from it? Are we becoming a generation of minimalist-consumers?
I know it's a stretch. I'm crossing my fingers…
What About You?
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Recipe: My Homemade Guacamole
Guacamole is a snack I've always loved--my mom used to make it and my friends and I would all gather around the kitchen island, scooping it up and chatting for hours. That's something I remember really vividly from my high school days, and it was always so fun. Now I make a ton of it at a time and eat it with sweet potato chips or sliced cucumbers, in my lettuce wraps with turkey, and even on my scrambled eggs.
When preparing a batch, my mom and I always just kind of make it up as we go, but as I was getting ready to have friends over last night, I thought I'd write down the ingredients so you can make it, too! (I served this with these sweet potato tortilla chips and it was delicious! Our guests loved it.) I'd say my guacamole is pretty standard, so if you make it with different ingredients, I want to know--I'm always up for a little variety!
Ingredients (makes a large bowl):
- 4-5 avocados
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic
- 1/2 chopped onion
- 1 diced jalapeño (remove seeds first)
- 3 tablespoons of your favorite salsa
- The juice of 1 1/2-2 fresh limes
- One bunch of chopped cilantro (or more/less, depending on how you feel about cilantro)
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl (I like to use one with a lid so any leftovers are already stored for later).
- Use a spoon or a mixer to combine ingredients until it's the consistency you like--I prefer mine on the creamier side but don't mind a few chunks.
- Sprinkle with extra cilantro and serve with chips or sliced veggies. Enjoy!
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Levitating helicopters? Wheels rotating contrary to the vehicle motion? You probably have seen it in movies, video, or on television. These are not special effects, but rather a natural consequence of unavoidable aliasing when recording video. See a video of a levitating helicopter and an analysis of the aliasing that led to this "special" effect Read More
"Foundations" Course Released
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Learn Better Using Insights from Science
Neuroscience and cognitive psychology have now firmly established how we learn, and the types of study activities that make learning last. It turns out that many widely used study strategies are actually counterproductive. Your time is precious, so why not maximize the impact of the effort you expend learning? In the post "Learn Better: Science Read More
AllSignal Processing Birthday
September is birthday month at AllSignalProcessing.com - the site launched two years ago this month. We are celebrating by giving away four one-on-one Skype conversations with Professor Van Veen to Pro members. Each can last up to an hour and be on any topic(s) of your choice, except politics of course. If you upgrade to Read More
Least Mean-Square (LMS) Algorithm Lessons Available
Two lessons on the LMS algorithm are now available in the Minimum Mean-Square Error Filtering and Least-Squares Problems lesson category. The LMS algorithm is a simple iterative approach to finding a minimum mean-squared error filter or equivalently, solving a least-squares problem. It is widely used in signal processing and related fields and is a powerful Read More
Minimum Mean-Square Filtering and Least Squares Problems
You may already know that minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) filtering and least squares methods are widely used in signal processing and related fields such as data analytics. We have begun to provide coverage of these important topics for you. You will find the first two lessons introducing the topic and solving for the MMSE filter Read More
New Content: Exercises, Explorations, and Problems
In response to numerous requests we've begun a significant upgrade to AllSignalProcessing.com - the addition of Exercises, Explorations, and Problems. All of these are designed to give you practice applying the concepts introduced in many of the lessons. Exercises tend to be mostly pencil and paper practice while Explorations are primarily MATLAB based. Problems are Read More
Concussion and AllSP
This post is not about the recent movie on brain damage discovered in (American) football players by Dr. Bennet Omalu. It is about my own recent journey. I rarely share personal information over the internet. However, I want to give those of you who follow AllSignalProcessing.com some context for my reduced level of activity on the site over the past Read More
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Introductory Lessons on Two-Dimensional Signal Processing
The stunning images of Pluto sent to Earth recently draw our attention to the topic of image processing and the general notion of processing signals that have more than one independent variable. Familiar concepts for one-dimensional signal processing are easily extended to two- and higher-dimensional signal processing. We've recently uploaded two new lessons introducing these extensions. The lesson Read More
Frequency-Domain Descriptions for Systems Lessons Available
Check out the new set of lessons on frequency-domain descriptions for systems. This series of two lessons, one for continuous-time and one for discrete-time linear time invariant systems, ties together the commonly used tools for describing system behavior. We show how the impulse response, difference (differential) equation, system (transfer) function are all related to the Read More
Fourier Series Lessons Available
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Systems Described by Difference Equations: Solutions and Characteristics
Difference equations are a powerful tool for describing and implementing linear time invariant systems. They are one of the few system descriptions that can account for the effect of stored energy when the input is applied. In this new two lesson sequence you will learn a technique for solving difference equations as a sum of Read More
Aliasing of Signals: Identity Theft in the Frequency Domain
A blog post on aliasing has been in the works for some time and is now finished. Check it out at Aliasing of Signals: Identity Theft in the Frequency Domain. The reason aliasing happens with signals is a simple consequence of discrete-time sinusoids of different frequencies not always being unique. Understanding the origin of aliasing Read More
AllSignalProcessing.com Site Updates
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No matter what business you are in, it's hard not compare yourself to others in the same field.
Now while you may feel bad pitted against the Nikes, Apples and Starbucks in your field, when it comes to marketing and social media, doing a comparison can actually be a really useful exercise.
Analysing what your competitors are doing and seeing what works successfully for them can help you to catch up ground and even over take their marketing efforts.
Social media metrics fall into two broad categories: public and private metrics (for example, Facebook insights for your own page). Private metrics are useful for knowing how your content is doing, but on their own they are not enough. Without using public metrics for comparison against your competition, you have no real way of assessing your own growth or performance.
Benchmarking your performance against the competition is important not only for overcoming other brands, but for having a full picture of how you are doing on social media.
There are plenty of free tools out there you can use to do an analysis of your competitors pages. Two of my favourites are:
Fanpage Karma – this will analyse your and your competitors' accounts across Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. However, its most robust and useful features fall within the Facebook realm. The free plan offers a detailed, 90-day analysis for one page and a comparative dashboard for any number of competitors. The free plan will also send you weekly reports and alerts if you so choose.
LikeAlyzer – this will do a quick health check of any Facebook page. The tool is commonly used for competitive research because it doesn't require access to Facebook Insights to do its magic, and the features are uniform across pages. Though it doesn't present a side-by-side comparison like Fanpage Karma, the data is presented in a friendly enough way that you can easily take screenshots and import multiple analyses into a document for a competitive comparison.
When you use these metrics for yourself, your competitors and the industry, you can see where your brand currently stands, and how you can improve in the future.
Overcoming your competitors is all about identifying what areas you are lagging behind on, and what you can do to catch up.
Analysing competitors and their weaknesses:
What networks do you beat your competitors on? Chances are they will be looking at your strongest channel and working out how to bridge the gap on you, so keep working hard on your best channels. If you are doing better than them on Facebook, make sure you keep growing your audience there.
Analysing competitors and their strengths:
The chances are your competitors are good at the things their customers/clients respond best to. If your competitors are great at video and post a lot of video content, that's likely because their audience and customers have indicated that video is what they want. If you feel your target audience is going to them on that network and you can dedicate the resources to work at it, then that's a good starting place to focus more of your efforts.
To start to close the gap you must work strategically. Do not just post lots of YouTube videos because you lack views in comparison to a competitor's channel.
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A while back, a blog friend of mine created her own candle labels, and that has always stuck with me as such a clever idea! For our "Entrusted Freebie" this time around, I decided to do something similar, and create a label with a beloved verse that you can use on a vase, jar, or candle. It looks like an old fashioned apothecary label, but it's Scripture!
1 Peter 2:9 is my daughter's school memory verse this week and I cannot get it out of my head. It is such a beautiful truth about our identity in Christ, what he has done for us, and as I meditate on it, the excellencies of God just ring through my mind. He is so wonderful!
So, to use this printable, you can download the PDF and print out onto a full sheet of sticker paper in your printer. The sheets I use are Avery 8165 shipping labels. I formatted the label in several sizes to fit most jars Once you print it, just cut out the size that fits your vessel best. You can use it on an antique apothecary bottle or something similar, as I did, for a flower vase. Or, you could put it on the side of a colored glass vase and pour a candle into it (or even replace an ugly candle label in a pre-poured jar). Really, it can be used on any kind of jar or vase that you would like. I'm also attaching a large 8 x 10 version if you just want to print it on regular cardstock and hang it up on the wall.


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Our Cubs and Scouts aren't going to District Camp as is the same place and pattern as previous years.
I am the main person organising our district camp at Youlbury and at last count we have aprox 300 campers.
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Our Cubs and Scouts aren't going to District Camp as is the same place and pattern as previous years.
Ours are going 4,5 hours by bus to Sennelager in Germany where many groups from the area are celebrating together. Looks like being really good, pity I can't go due to work.
My group is going to our district camp, at an agricultural college called Bicton... I'm not a big fan of the site at all, but the activities look ok, although I'm yet to read all the documentation. £20 /person +food&transport... So not too bad.
But because I can't go I'm arranging a big group camp for september
We are doing our group centenary camp at the county camp site, Raven Gill.
Keith "Hawkeye"
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Group Executive Committee Member
Group Badge Secretary
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I'm going to my county's Centenary camp as part of my Jamboree Unit. I'm helping with the opening ceremony and other ceremonies, and helping run the event on the weekend too (such as helping activities, running one of the extra shops we will put up, the canteen etc.); but I do have a lot of time to have fun myself too!
I'll be helping at Humberside's County one at Driffield.
I remember when I was doing my A levels (some 12 years ago) Scouting kept me sane, a few days off revising doesn't do anyone any harm my theroy was if you didn't know it a month before you probably won't get to know it anyway.
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Im going to our county event. They are advertising that it is the biggest centinery celebration, but im not sure. Its at Linnet Clough in Mellor, Greater Manchester East! May Bank Holiday weekend, 24th I think! 2500 people.
3rd Hazel Grove Scout Group, www.3hg.org
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Herts County has organised a camp about 5 miles from us, follow chats with some parents we felt it wasn't going to happened for our group, everyone was notified about the event and are welcome to attend if they wish either for the day or overnight.
District has organised a single night event, same thing applies. Other than they are also holding the AGM on the afternoon of the camp, but Beavers can't camp which didn't go down to well with other leaders. I shall probably only go for the AGM.
As for the group, we have classified all our 2007 camps, centenary camps which allows the maximum number to take part and the highlight for most will be the Hike to the local site and then camp on straw palliases and cook on an open fire for the night with a nice camp fire for everyone.
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2nd & 7th Welwyn Garden City Scout Group
I'll be visiting the Linnet Clough (Greater Manchester East County) Camp on the Sunday, taking 13 of my Beavers, our Cubs & Scouts are staying for the wkend.
Good job Claire's getting the beers in for the 'Wolves' sub-camp meeting tomorrow night. it's my birthday!
Attending out Districts one at Hesley Wood over spring bank holiday weekend - Can't remember the dates the kids are camping but I'm off on the Friday to help set stuff up and then we all come home on the Monday.
Recent numbers suggest 300 from district camping - someone ha given me the wonderful task of a whole camp photograph as well as giving me a 15 min time slot to take section photo's and another 15 min time slot to take pics of each group there! OUCH! I think I may cheat and get someone to help me!
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21st World Scout Jamboree
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"A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing but together can decide that nothing can be done."
~ Fred Allen ~
Sound like your Exec?
We had out Centenary camp this weekend at Overstone in Northampton. It was a fantastic weekend and we've had loads of positive feedback from parents. Beavers stayed one night indoors and the Cubs and Scouts camped Saturday to Monday.
Definitely starting Group camps on a yearly basis now.
Im off to Waddecar with Rick. My ESU and my group are camping together! yay no choice of who I go with!
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The con of being a public figure is that most people feel the justification to think they know everything about you and sometimes say it a bit too loud for all and sundry to hear. The recent we have seen is in the interviewing of the Chief Justice. True be told, we are still are a very conservative society.
This is the tricky position Dr. Willy Mutunga has found himself in. That a stud on his left ear has become the basis on whether or not he is qualified to be a Chief Justice.
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On Sunday morning, two days after the death and burial of Jesus, some women went very early, as soon as it was light, to the tomb in the garden. One of these women was Mary Magdalene, another was also named Mary, and another was named Salome. They were bringing some more fragrant gums and spices to place in the wrappings upon the body of Jesus. And as they went they said to each other, "Who will roll away for us the great stone at the door of the cave?"
But when they came to the cave, they saw that the seal was broken, the stone was rolled away, and the soldiers who had been on guard were gone. There stood the tomb of Jesus all open! They did not know that before they came to the tomb there had been an earthquake; and that an angel had come down from heaven and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.
When the soldiers on guard saw the angel, with his flashing face, and his dazzling garments, they fell to the ground as though they were dead, and as soon as they could rise up, they fled away from the spot in terror; so when the women came there was no man in sight.
As soon as Mary Magdalene saw that the tomb was open, without stopping to look into it, she ran quickly to tell the disciples. A moment after she had gone, the other women looked into the tomb, and they saw that the body of Jesus was not there. But they saw sitting at each end of the tomb a young man, clothed in a long white garment. Their faces shone like angels, and when the women saw them they were filled with fear. One of the angels said to them:
Do not be afraid; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is not here; he is risen, as he said that he would rise from the dead. Come; see the place where the Lord lay; and then go and tell his disciples, and tell Peter too, that Jesus will go before you into Galilee, and you shall see him there."
Then the women went away in mingled joy and fear. They ran in haste to bring this word of the angel to the disciples.
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Tenillypo has been watching General Hospital for over half her life and the level of stupid soap trivia taking up space in her brain that could probably be used for other things sometimes concerns her.
Her soap opera turn-ons include logic, continuity, multi-generational storytelling, lady friendships, dudes who aren't jerks, and epic pining; her pet peeves are misogyny, telling stories about only the same four people, and disrespecting history. She is mostly bored by General Hospital these days, with occasional bouts of intense blackout rage.
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Four of the five Great Lakes border Canada: Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario and Lake Superior. Lake Michigan is the only one that does not border Canada; it is located completely within U.S. borders.
Lake Superior is the largest and westernmost of the Great Lakes and the second largest lake in the world. Its surface area is 31,000 square miles. Lake Michigan lies directly to the east of Lake Superior, and Lake Huron lies east of lake Michigan. Lake Huron is the fifth-largest fresh-water lake in the world, with a surface area of 23,000 square miles. The easternmost lake is Lake Ontario; its surface area is just 7,000 square miles. Lake Erie lies south of Lake Ontario and east of Lake Huron, and it has a surface area of nearly 10,000 square miles. These four lakes all border the Canadian province of Ontario.


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Mothering our children well requires many aspects. It includes homemaking, training, teaching, nurturing, discipleship, a solid marriage, and a heart for Jesus. My heart for this space is to be an encouragement in all these things.
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However, I am going to be spending more time on the discipleship aspects--for us as women: daughters of God, wives & mothers; but also for our children.
My goal at Joyful Mothering is
- To encourage you in the discipleship & nurturing of your children
- To challenge you to set aside everything in order to spend time on this
- To help equip you with excellent resources and show you practical & tangible ways to use them
- To inspire and motivate you to persevere in this role
- To help you grow in your own walk with Christ and to nurture it daily
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Joyful Mothering will also showcase posts on marriage since a family is built on a solid and thriving marriage. It will be mainly from a wife's stance and role. Typically, this will be series based.
I will write some of the challenges, tips, ideas, and also point you to the new Homemakers Challenge site for series that will take place there {such as 31 Days to Clean in September}. This is where much of the homemaking posts will be found, though.
Homemaking and discipleship are such large topics, I couldn't fully share them both in this space. They truly need their own space to have room to spread and grow.
My heart for this space begins in our home, not on this blog. My desire is not to write about what I wish I was doing, but to write about my doing those things I wished I was doing. ;)
My heart isn't for this blog, it's for our children.
And it's for you.
Because I am a mess and for some reason, God has chosen me even in my messiness. And guess what?
He's chosen you, too.
How will you answer? Are you up to accepting what He has for you? Even when it's hard?


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Hunting for wild boar in Croatia.
In Croatia the wild boar population is in extremely good shape, with the boar living in excellent conditions and thriving better than ever before. The hunting here has been carried out on top quality private estates and a good deal of game caught and many in medal range.
We organise driven hunts from October until the end of January for free roaming wild boars in the State Forestry Service estates as well as on the private estates. These are all within one to two hours drive from Zagreb International Airport. The size of the hunting areas are from 4000 to 22000 ha and take place in hilly areas or lowlands along the Kupa, Sava or Drava rivers. The countryside, where the hunting take place is varied, some agricultural land surrounded by forests of various types of trees which all provide a perfect habitat for this game.
In the open areas, we recommend 12-16 guns, but the minimum size of the group is 10. The daily bag per hunter is 1 to 2 heads.
Accommodation: The accommodation is varied, either luxury lodges or basic comfortable lodges in the hunting areas or another option is 3 star or 4 star hotels in the vicinity if requested.


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KARACHI: Police on Thursday claimed to have killed seven militants, including a local al Qaida commander, during an encounter in Karachi.
Officials said the law-enforcers conducted an intelligence-driven raid in Madina Colony of Sohrab Goth locality during which terrorists opened fire on the police party.SP Malir, Rao Anwar, told Samaa correspondent that police returned fire and killed seven of the terrorists including their commander who was identified as Pervaiz. He claimed that all the militants were associated with Al Qaida.
The senior police officer said arms and explosives were also recovered from the terrorists who, according to him, were plotting a sabotage activity in Karachi.


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Camo Chic
Shirt (under $20!) // Jeans (under $90!) // Sandals (similar) // Sunnies // Necklace (similar)
I'm not a big camo lover. We don't hunt, we live in a fairly large city and I'm outdoorsy in the sense that I love drinking on patios! But a simple/comfy t-shirt is something I do love and totally my style! This one just happens to be camo and a new favorite of mine and super chic in my opinion! You know who doesn't love it? My sweet husband, but i'm wearing it anyway! HA!


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At the beginning of any relationship, we hope that it will be happy and loving, but staying close and dedicated to each other is a difficult process and, in the end, for some, it is undeniably better to separate, rather than continue the pain and suffering.
If you are married and/or have children, the separation is complicated by the fact that not only do you have to deal with the emotions of separation but also need to go through filing legal papers and perhaps a proceeding in court.
The Law Office of Richard S. Pakola, PLLC handles all areas of Family Law, to include:
- Contested / Uncontested Divorces
- Separation Agreements
- Maintenance (Alimony) / Spousal Support
- Equitable Distribution of Property
- Custody and Child Support
- Modifications of Support and Other Court Orders
- Enforcement of Court Orders
- Civil Unions
- Visitation
- Paternity
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- Adoption
- Domestic Violence and Family Offense Proceedings
- Orders of Protection
- Neglect and other Child Protective Proceedings
- Pre- / Post-Nuptial Agreement
- Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) and Criminal Offenses Committed by Juveniles
Many attorneys in the field of Family Law charge a fee for an initial consultation. I do not. I believe that hiring an attorney for a Family Law matter is such an important decision that you should speak to multiple attorneys to see who you feel most comfortable with. Family Law proceedings generally take a long time to resolve, and given the intimacy of the issues involved, you should make sure that you feel comfortable with your attorney.
My practice is client-centered, and I tailor how I handle each case to the specifics of the client and the legal issues involved.
Many attorneys do not like the practice of Family Law, but I find that this is one area of law where the right attorney can make a huge difference in a client's life, for example, in fighting for appropriate child custody and support.
If you have any legal issues relating to Family Law, please call me at (845) 398-2734, so we can discuss your case.


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What a gorgeous few days we've had! Yesterday was sunny and around 50 degrees here in the White Mountains. Today is just as beautiful – wow! My guests cross country skied yesterday at Great Glen Trails at the base of Mt. Washington in Pinkham Notch. Today they've headed over to Bear Notch Skiing in Bartlett. Me – I went out to snowshoe. I like to snowshoe on my property and check out who has left prints in the snow. I've seen fox prints, coyote prints, turkey trails, bobcat trails, and lots of trails by the smaller critters in the area. The bobcat trails are the most fascinating to me – I have never seen a bobcat on my property but see plenty of evidence that they are here. I would love to see one and snap a photo but they are shy and elusive cats.
I started out dressed warmly with a polartec jacket, windbreaker, and gloves. Ditched the windbreaker and gloves in a very short time. It is just gorgeous out here! Today I saw turkey, and a cat and possible fox tracks. No bobcat tracks. The sky is bright blue and there are some clouds but not many. I snowshoed around the Western side of the property and into the wood, then came back into the house for water and lighter clothing. Then back out I went and walked along the Eastern side of the property. The turkey tracks were all over the property and what I believe are kitty tracks.
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WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- Some liberals in the U.S. Congress worry that President Obama would be open to scaling back Social Security and Medicare if he wins a second term.
Senators Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, and Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats, cite his silence on the campaign trail, The Hill reported. They say the president has criticized a budget plan backed by Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee, that would lead to sharp cuts but has not unequivocally said he will make none of his own.
"Have you heard him? I haven't heard him," Sanders said. "It causes me concern, and I'm chairman of the caucus to defend Social Security."
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As we walk into the exhibition, the face of Andy Warhol greets us, silver hair stuck out at gravity-defying angles, eyes slightly off-centre, mouth open in an ambiguous expression—maybe confusion, shock or, perhaps, boredom? Flat blocks of colour in a camouflage pattern change hue under disco lights, which switch from red, to green, to blue. I try to take in both the three dimensionality of the man in the photograph and the flat blobs of colour which assert the reality of the flat surface of the print. I'm left hovering somewhere in between two worlds; the 'real' surface and the 'fake' world of the photograph. This is 1987s Self Portrait No. 9, a reproduction of an original held by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Does this copy tell us any less about Warhol and his practice than the real print would? Would the real print react to the lights any differently, or bathe us in a more authentic aura of artistic genius?
These were my thoughts as I entered Warhol's Jewish Geniuses, a recent exhibition at Melbourne's Jewish Museum of Australia (JMA). As I walked through the show, I thought about the concepts of 'real' and 'fake' and how the value of objects is perceived differently when they are put in a gallery. Art museums tend to value 'real' artworks over 'fake' copies. Warhol's artworks, while conceptually undermining the authenticity of the aura of the original, sell for millions if they have a proven link to Warhol, and are thus valued more highly than those which don't have the aura of genius. On the other hand, history museums place value on the story an object can illustrate; even a copy of an artwork will be valued if its physical history, or the image it depicts, is linked to a significant person or story. In both cases, the context of the gallery or museum is essential in constructing an object's authenticity. As well as this, the experiences, memories and knowledge visitors bring to exhibitions add another layer of complexity and meaning to an object's aura. Within exhibition and museum spaces we are expected to learn from viewing objects which, if viewed outside of these special buildings, may not be seen as special, or 'auratic', at all.
The exhibition which prompted these musings was divided into two parts, stylistically separated as 'art' and 'social history' exhibitions. The first room displayed the ten framed prints of the 'Jewish Geniuses' in all their glory, hung on plain white walls, with an information panel about the subject of each portrait on a wall opposite. The second room was designed as an interpretative space, allowing us to not only have 'intimate access to a range of original Warhol works' (photographs, some screen prints, screens playing his 1980s television show Fifteen Minutes of Fame), but also to enjoy the social history of Pop art and the Warhol aesthetic. This section included 'prop' reproductions (or, to stick to our theme, fakes) of Warhol's most famous works, including commercially available wallpaper and stickers. There was even a space where visitors could photograph themselves in front of a life-size photograph of Warhol with celebrities at Studio 54, and post this on social media for their own fifteen minutes of fame.
Warhol's art practice challenged the assumption that artworks needed to be divorced from the mundane commercial world to be considered valuable. Warhol's art is often analysed through the theories of Walter Benjamin, a twentieth century philosopher who defined and challenged the notions of 'aura' and 'the original', by analysing mass produced art like film and photography. Benjamin proposed that if an image can be captured exactly and reproduced multiple times, the power of the original work of art is diluted, becomes re-contextualised, and is eventually destroyed. When art is created to be mass-produced and widely and cheaply disseminated (as is the case with photography, film or recorded sound), the authority of the original becomes meaningless; the original event was simply an ephemeral moment in time. Benjamin believed the value of a work would be surpassed by the value of the image it communicated, available to be enjoyed by the masses. The fame of the image would take the aura away from the physical artwork (a direct product of the artist's hand) and be embodied by the image instead. The distinction between an authentic original versus a fake reproduction would therefore became absurd. Warhol's practice of creating multiple, mechanical copies of the same image, his focus on every-day consumer goods, and his mimicry of a mass-media, commercial aesthetic, follow Benjamin's logic.
Warhol deliberately distanced himself from creative expression when manufacturing his artworks by using existing or mechanically-produced images. He attempted to create works which had nothing to say about himself personally, but would allow the aura of the famous image to take centre stage, by reproducing it over and over. Warhol's use of the silk-screen process allowed him to create hundreds of prints of the same image, where individual differences stemmed from printing malfunctions, not deliberate artistic intent. Early exhibitions featured multiple repetitions of a familiar image: Campbell's Soup Cans, Elvis printed against a silver background, hardwood replicas of boxes of Brillo soap powder. The representation of these consumer goods, using the visual language of advertising within an art gallery space, caused anxiety among art critics. Where was the originality or creativity in these artworks? Could they be called artworks at all if they were not the manifestation of an original vision from the artists mind? Were they fakes, or were they more real than the real things they were depicting?
The importance of an unique, embodied aura of an artwork developed as early as the nineteenth century. Romantic sensibilities described the aura of an artwork as palpable; one could be immersed in it, transported by it, absorbed by it. The opulence of nineteenth-century museum and gallery spaces combined with the sombre, ritualised behaviour expected of visitors framed the objects and artworks on display as valuable and auratic. In the art galleries of the twentieth century interpretation was kept to a minimum so the works could speak for themselves, without the moralising capitalism of the Victorian age interrupting. By the 1950s art theorists such as Greenberg celebrated the aura of art as autonomous, due to the liberation of art from the need to have a patriotic, religious or moral purpose. However, art galleries were still spaces which conveyed wealth, exclusivity, and upheld a system of privilege and intellectual superiority. Understanding a gallery as an exclusive, intellectual space, it becomes clear that the perception of Warhol's works as art was incomplete until they were placed into a gallery context and consumed by an audience. The photographs used by Warhol came from magazines and photo-booths. The pop-culture subjects of the works themselves held no special meaning other than a fleeting aesthetic appeal, and the everyday objects (a can of soup, the cover of a newspaper) would not be considered special or extraordinary when encountered outside the gallery. The aesthetic language of advertising used and perfected by Warhol was usually considered a technical skill, not an artistic one. However inside an art gallery, audiences interpreted them through the paradigm of art theory and Warhol's artworks have become some of the most valuable pieces of art on the planet.
During the 1960s a philosophical movement developed to counter Greenberg's theory that modernist art was an unmediated expression of an artist's aura. This movement questioned the assumption that the art gallery was an objective space. The status-quo of the art establishment (personified by art dealers, collectors, critics and curators, and located in galleries and museums) had already been challenged by the Dadaists in the 1920s and 1930s. The use of ready-mades attacked assumptions of what an art object could be. Brian O'Doherty, writing in the 1970s, used the Dadaists as an example of how avant-garde artists were absorbed into the mainstream by being exhibited, critiqued and therefore justified by the art gallery. When critically acclaimed and conceptually justified as art, these subversive artworks became a desirable commodity for art collectors, and therefore established and preserved their influence on the art world and art history narratives.
A similar process made Warhol's originally subversive works part of the modern art establishment. Artist Daniel Buren's analysis of the triple role of the museum can explain the process which turned these mass produced images into valuable art pieces:
Aesthetic: The museum is a frame which inscribes and supports a work as art. People walk in expecting to see art and interpret what they see as art. Therefore, this is how Warhol's reproductions were analysed (positively or negatively), by collectors and critics.
Economic: The museum gives a sale value to what it exhibits, and art is conceptually deemed valuable by the museum. Thus, it gains and 'earns' its exposure as art. The prices paid for Warhol's art only rose over his career, as his works became an essential part of any modern art collection.
Mystical: The context of the gallery projects a mystical, meaningful aura onto the object, which lifts it above the mundane. Not only were Warhol's reproductions seen as art, they were (as his fame and prestige grew) seen as important, cult objects. The mystique which Warhol wrapped around himself only made his works more magical and desirable.
Jean Baudrillard extended this idea of the famous artist further: he noted that a Warhol ends up representing not the object it depicts, nor the aura of these objects, but the aura of Warhol himself. Due to the prolific reproduction of his famous aesthetic, a Warhol print becomes an 'unconditional simulacra', a copy that references itself before all else, and becomes 'more real than real'. The logic of this theory suggests that a 'fake' reproduction of a Warhol artwork would be just as powerful as a real one, as it is the image, not its physical manifestation, which holds the power. Despite Baudrillard concluding that Warhol's works are 'without aura… without value… a pure visual product', the amount of money that changes hands over these 'fetish-objects without signification' suggests the lure of a 'real', and thus 'auratic', Warhol artwork is still powerful.
Recent scandals surrounding Warhol fakes bring the reality of the aura of these into question. It is extremely hard to quantify what makes an 'authentic' Warhol. Warhol's participation in the art-making process could range from conceiving the idea, choosing an image to work with, determining composition, handling silk screens, or simply setting up a camera and encouraging his friends to interact with it. He often left some or any of these steps to associates or assistants. Although Warhol produced hundreds of copies of the same works, he didn't sign each copy. A high-profile court case over the authenticity of the so-called Red Portraits was the catalyst for the Andy Warhol Foundation of the Visual Arts closing their authentication board in 2011. A lawsuit was brought against the board by dealer and artist Joe Simon-Whelan, who failed to get his copy of the 1965 'self'-portrait of Warhol authenticated. According to Simon-Whelan and Warhol's former manager Paul Morrisey, the portraits were created at Warhol's instruction through Morrissey. They assert the image, taken in an automatic photo-booth, was chosen by Warhol. Morrissey was then instructed to have an external company create and duplicate the prints from an acetate given to him by Warhol. However, the Authentication Board refused to confirm the Red Portrait series were 'true' Warhols. Other copies were similarly rejected, including a print signed by Warhol himself, which the board said could have been 'dedicated' to the owner Anthony D'Offay by Warhol, but did not prove his involvement in its production. D'Offay was offering the work to the Tate Modern at the time and its purchase using public funds without official authentication would have been wildly unethical. The 'authenticity' of Warhol's works is still essential to their value.
Another recent case of Warhol dis-authentication is based on a dubious claim on behalf of the owner of several Brillo Boxes, and possible copyright implications. In 2011 dozens of Warhol Brillo Boxes once owned by dealer and Moderna Museet director Pontus Hulten were reclassified as 'posthumous', when it was revealed they had been made as 'exhibition copies' in 1990. Hulten lied when the boxes were originally authenticated, claiming they were made in 1968 at the remote direction of Warhol for an exhibition held in Europe. When the boxes went on display again in 1990 Hulten had dozens of new copies manufactured. Hulten claims that as the 1990 copies were effectively authorised in 1968 by Warhol, they were therefore authentic. The Warhol Foundation did not go so far as to label them fakes but were forced to re-classify them as posthumous, as Hulten's claim could not be disproven.
Disputes about Warhol himself breaching copyright also question the authenticity of artworks created in a medium where reproduction is an inherent necessity. In his early career, Warhol regularly appropriated images without seeking copyright permission or acknowledging the original creator. However, it only took a couple of cases in the early sixties for Warhol to change his practice and seek permission before using images. Photographer Patricia Caufield sued over Warhol's use of her photograph of hibiscus flowers in his 1964 work, Flowers. Caufield was the focus of some snide comments by some of Warhol's defenders, who claimed that she was an amateur, not a 'true' artist like Warhol. However, press photographer Charles Moore had also sued Warhol in 1963 over the use of his famous image of Jackie Kennedy after JFK was shot, in Warhol's work Jackie. Unfortunately these two copyright cases were settled before they got to court, so the legalities of Andy Warhol's appropriation were never publically debated. Although America's copyright law covers artists for appropriated art in some instances, cases hinge on aspects of individual creation (ie. do they transform the work in a significant way?) and how and why the works are altered. As well as providing precedents for other contested cases of appropriation in art, these cases may have provided an interesting discussion on where the true artistic expression lay within these images, and exactly where Warhol's mark (or aura) was situated. Was the aura generated by the images used, or by Warhol's fame?
Now, back to the exhibition…
Copyright restrictions played a large part in the design of the Warhol's Jewish Geniuses exhibition. The expense of borrowing or even licensing reproductions of works directly from the Andy Warhol Foundation forced the Jewish Museum's curators to be creative, employing 'fakes' (cheap, commercially available reproductions), in a way art galleries probably wouldn't consider. A tower of limited edition 50 Years: The Art of Soup Campbell's Tomato Soup cans released by Campbell Soup Company and the Andy Warhol Foundation (purchased by the JMA on eBay), were displayed on a plinth. Pillows of metallic silver fabric were suspended from the roof as a homage to Silver Clouds, and a pile of cardboard boxes with non-descript red, white and blue logos were a prop substitute for the iconic Brillo Box. Had the curators received the authority from the Andy Warhol Foundation to reproduce exhibition prints or to construct boxes with an authorised Brillo image, would they have conveyed the aesthetic of Pop art any better? These objects might be incongruous in an art gallery where the authentic 'masterpieces' are expected, but fit nicely into a social history museum, where everyday objects are often used to illustrate wider themes and social phenomena. The power of the fake pop images and their aesthetic were arguably just as visceral, aesthetically pleasing and emotionally nostalgic as the real thing.
This brings us to the stars of Warhol's Jewish Geniuses, the portraits of 10 Famous Jews of the 20th Century. There is no doubt of these works' authenticity. By the time Warhol created them in 1980 he was running a well-oiled and profitable art business. The prints were released in numbered sets, with limited painted versions to follow. However, when the works were first shown they were criticised for being phoney and without substance. The same methods that had worked for Warhol in the sixties were becoming stale, lacking the aura of revolution which was felt in his prints of the 1960s. His choice to depict Jews was criticised as well. It was called offensive, provocative, and exploitative of Jewish culture, despite the works being created in close collaboration with members of the American Jewish community. However, since their unveiling in Miami in 1980, they have been exhibited as a celebration of Jewish culture. Jewish museums around the world have bought the prints and paintings, thus validating their importance, and have exhibited them together as a springboard for discussion about what it means to be Jewish and how Jewish identity is created. As museum theorist Eileen Hooper-Greenhill explains, 'The tangibility of artefacts makes abstract notions tangible'. Warhol once expressed a similar sentiment. 'The moment you label something, you take a step—I mean, you can never go back again to seeing it unlabelled'. Here, 10 Famous Jews of the 20th Century make the intangible notion of identity real.
Is the aura of Warhol's artworks fake? Personally, I believe the aura of an artwork is situated in an intangible realm between the physical artwork and the image, the viewing space, the artist's or image's fame and the viewer's own experiences and ideas. The aura emerges from all of these realities, allowing a tangible manifestation of intangible thoughts and feelings. Art is never just art. An original work will always be faked and reproduced. It will always have life outside of its original. No version is less real than the original, as they lift the work above its original form, and diversifies its aura into millions of contexts and individual realities.
Cathy Mulhall is an Art History and Museum Studies graduate working with copyright in museum collections. She occasionally tweets as @Cat_Mulhall.
Noni Zachri is a conservator of paper and photographs, martial arts fan, and amateur photographer.
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