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Herbert Curiel
Running Time: 91'
Main Cast :
Rutger Hauer - Pierre
Willeke van Ammelrooy - Toni
Piet Ršmer - Daan
Bart Hammik - Karel
Sascha Hoffs - Muisje
Riet Henius - Tineke
Jan Winter - Joris
Jantine De Jong - Nadia
Fien Bergheppe - Pierre's Mother
Herbert Curiel from the book by Hugo Claus
It's the story of a passionate love affair between a man and a woman, Pierre and Toni. They have entirely different backgrounds.
Pierre is a marketing company director, he has an unsuccessful marriage behind him and lives at his mother's house. He has no shortage of either money or friends.
Toni lives with her husband Karel and their 4-year old daughter Muisje, but she goes her own way and has her own circle of friends.
They do not live according to conventional standards. Toni works as a make-up artist for Dan on his current one-man show.
Dan is a friend of Pierre and the first encounter between Pierre and Toni takes place in Dan's dressing room.
Pierre is immediately bowled over by her, and he goes to Dan's first night in Maastricht, which is followed by an all-night pub crawl, and, come morning, with him and Toni alone together in a hotel room. The outcome of their lovemaking holds an unusual and fascinating quality for Pierre.
Back in Amsterdam their relationship gains in intensity.
Pierre wins Toni's trust, is introduced into her unconventional world and meets her friends. But it doesn't eradicate the differences in their background, there are fierce arguments and tempestuous reconciliations.
Pierre buys a big house with the intention to have Toni and Muisje come to live with him. Toni refuses, she is afraid he is trying to thrust his own way of living on her, jeopardizing her independence. Yet she can't do without him, she loves the protection he gives her and the fact that he can make her have a climax is very important to her as well. Emotions reach a peak when Pierre and Karel meet, resulting in a break between Toni and her husband. She takes refuge with Pierre for a few days, but refuses to stay until she has proven that she can fend for herself and Muisje.
She moves into a houseboat and after giving a party she invites Pierre to come along with her and her friends for a holiday in the Ardennes.
Pierre has been attracted by their free and easy ways, but he is now beginning to find their candour and nonchalance irritating. The holiday results in a total break between Toni and Pierre. They stop seeing each other.
Karel moves in with Toni again and Pierre goes on with casual affairs.
The final scene dramatically shows that they would never be able to live together, yet don't know how they can do without each other.
The film is based on a successful autobiographical novel by the Dutch contemporary writer Hugo Claus.
Originally, it was meant to tell the real love-story between Claus and the actress Kitty Courbois.
Hugo Claus (1929-2008) was a leading Belgian-Dutch author, writing primarily in Flemish. He was a frequent contender for the Nobel Prize while he was alive. Over the years he has distinguished himself as a novelist with 'De metsiers' ('The Duck Hunt', 1950), 'Het verdriet van België' ('The Sorrow of Belgium', 1983), 'Het verlangen' ('Desire', 1978) and 'Belladonna' (1994), as a short-story writer, playwright, translator, (artistic) director, scriptwriter, visual artist and poet (his collected poems from 1948 to 1993 were published in 1994).
Claus's first play, 'A Bride in the Morning' was performed in 1954. Later works, such as the novel 'De Verwondering' (1962) show his success in integrating experimental and traditional styles. His work was awarded numerous important literary prizes, including the State Prize for Dutch Letters (1986) and the Herman Gorter Prize.
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It might be a fairly narrow field of interest, but some fine artists have eschewed the classic bowl of fruit or life model over the years to make their subject the humble household appliance.
There have been many pictures set in the household, or depict an everyday scene, but it wasn't until part way into the last century that artists started to see the 'beauty' in home appliances.Pop artists in the 50s and 60s really embraced the idea of the commonplace as art, as evidenced by deliberately ironic work such as:
Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? Richard Hamilton (1956)
Washing Machine by Roy Lichtenstein (1961) This image was almost made for 0800 Repair
And finally, in this mini-round-up anyway, there is The Kitchen by Pablo Picasso (1948) – look closely and you can even see the… well, if you really squint you can… oh, I give up – not even sure this one is the right way round!
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The Pillar of Light is a middle-grade novel that will appeal to young fans of mystery, fantasy, and adventure stories.
In the depths of the Brazilian jungle, a husband-wife team of missionaries suddenly receive a strange visit: An amazingly tall man with long black hair, carrying in his arms the battered body of a young girl with blond locks. Muttering some enigmatic words, the mysterious man leaves the girl with them, along with a strange necklace that the man urges them to hide before he turns around and disappears into the forest.
In the missionary hospital, the kind couple care for the girl, Nani Val Dynia, until she recovers her consciousness. When she wakes up, however, she doesn't recall who she is or where she came from. During the next three years, the couple take care of Nani, always wondering about her unknown origins.
Then, a group of high school students arrive to the jungle to help the natives and Nani volunteers to guide them to the nearest village. But before they reach their destination, their car crashes and they suffer a terrible accident. Upon waking, they find themselves in a bizarre, extraordinary parallel world. Where are they? Is this the land Nani comes from? What is the mystery of the six pillars? Will they ever find their way back home?
The Pillar of Light is the first book and a good start in The Legends of Milana series. I found the writing engaging and the dialogue natural. The descriptions help create the right amount of visual images without being intrusive to the flow of the story. The first few chapters were particularly interesting, prompting me to read on. The author keeps a good pace throughout most of the book. I found the mythology of the parallel world, however, a little confusing, especially the early explanations of the concepts of 'Healing' and the connection of male and female pairs at birth. For the most part, though, the mythology is imaginative and entertaining, and I had a good time reading about Nani and her friends.
To find more about the book, visit the author's website.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Review of The Pillar of Light: The Legends of Milana, by A.L. Travis
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Review of My Doggie Says, by Fred M. Haney
Are you tuned with your dog? Enough to understand the signals and messages it sends you everyday? How well do you communicate with your canine companion?
In My Doggie Says, the author pays a tribute to his beloved dog, Jamie, a golden retriever who never stops sending him messages with his eyes, expressions, barks, and physical behavior.
Of course, all dogs sends us messages and 'talk' to us, but not all dog owners are tuned enough to their dogs to perceive or understand these messages.
The author took photographs of Jamie in different situations, capturing Jamie's body language during four years, then he set to the task of writing about them, the result which is this book.
Writen with humor and warmth, this is an award-winning book that will be enjoyed by all dog lovers, especially owners of golden retrievers. It might even help you build a warmer, closer relationship with your doggie and inspire you to become a better 'listener'.
Note: My Doggie Says is an Indie Excellence Award Winner (pet books category).
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Review of The Tutu Ballet, by Sally O. Lee
Every Saturday in the forest, the mothers bring their children to MS. Berry's ballet class. Among the students are Belinda the Bear, Mirabel the Mouse, Harriet the Hare, and Fillipo the Fox. There's much reason for excitment, as Ms. Berry is planning a recital. However, not all is going according to plan during rehearsals. Belinda likes to kick too much, Harriet twirls uncontrollably, Fillippo loves to jump wildly, and Mirabel won't stop doing her plies. Will the recital be a success or a disaster?
The Tutu Ballet is a very cute picture book with lovely illustrations (my ten-year old loved them) done in pen and ink and pastel watercolors. Though the font is original and created by the author herself, I found it a bit hard to read at times, especially when it was set against a dark background on the first page of the story. I also felt that for a picture book, there were some superflous words and that the prose could have been edited better for tightness.
But all in all, this is an enjoyable picture book that I read with interest and that will delight little girls who are learning ballet. It is a story of love, patience, and team work, and the rewards we may get when we combine the three.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Monday, October 20, 2008
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing is a 2008 National Best Books Awards Finalist!
Anne K. Edwards and I are proud to announce that our nonfiction book, The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing, is a 2008 National Best Books Awards Finalist!
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Cabin Fever Book & Bake Sale @ Cook Library—come make Valentines/
Plan to attend the Friends of the Library's annual Cabin Fever Book and Bake sale at the Cook Memorial Library on Saturday, February 4 from 10 AM to 1 PM. Enjoy homemade soup, served café style, chili and Sunnyfield Brick Oven Bakery bread, as well as baked goods and hot beverages. Jan Hamel will help children make Valentines while their parents shop for books. This is always a fun and festive occasion, and the proceeds will go toward library programming. While you are at the library, be sure to visit the exhibit of the history of local dog sledding, coordinated each year by members of the Historical Society. This year it's at the Cook Memorial Library.


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Nothing says summer like a healthy pasta salad packed with yummy, farm fresh vegetables. Pasta salad may be one of those foods that you don't want to pick up premade from the store while pregnant since you won't know all of the ingredients. Fear not though, here is a delicious, healthy, pregnancy-approved pasta salad recipe for your next summer barbecue!
8 ounces of whole-grain pasta, cooked and chilled
¼ red onion, chopped
¼ cup of fresh herbs of your choice (basil, thyme, tarragon, parsley)
5 cups total of the following veggies:
Green beans, blanched
Broccoli florets, blanched
Eggplant, cubed and sautéed in olive oil and salt
Spinach, chopped
Bell peppers, chopped
Zucchini, cubed
Summer squash, cubed
Cucumber, chopped
Cherry tomatoes, halved
¾ cup of salad dressing of your choice (Italian, vinaigrette, Greek, etc.)
Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper
Combine cooked and cooled pasta with vegetables and dressing in a large bowl. Set in the refrigerator to cool a half hour prior to serving to blend flavors. Add salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese to taste.


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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Another benefit to tea-time
(CNN) -- The health benefits of tea have often been lauded and now researchers have found one more reason to drink up. A new study shows a direct relationship between consuming tea and lowering cholesterol levels.
CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke to anchor Bill Hemmer about the latest discovery.
GUPTA: You know [what] the second most common drink in the world is, Bill?
HEMMER: I would say tea.
GUPTA: Tea, yes, you're right.
HEMMER: Chai.
GUPTA: Chai, exactly. There's been a lot of talk as you mentioned, Bill, about the health benefits of tea. Certainly that's something people have known about abstractly for quite some time. But now the first study showing a causal relationship, cause and effect relationship, between tea and cholesterol.
There was a lot of studies incidentally done on animals before, and that data was extrapolated to human beings, but this is the first study actually looking at tea and cholesterol, showing in fact that taking extracts from tea in the form of a pill can actually lower your cholesterol.
Take a look at what researchers decided to do. They looked at over 200 people, actually close to 220 people, all of them Asian. This was done in China. People were already on a low-fat diet because they had a moderate to severely elevated cholesterol.
And what they found was over a 12-week period. They divided the people into two groups. One group got the pill, which was a soft gel capsule with the tea extract. The other group got just a placebo, a sugar pill, and they found that the capsule group, the people who are getting the tea, actually had an 11 percent increase in total cholesterol and a 16 percent decrease in the bad type of cholesterol. Again, that's just over 12 weeks. So pretty significant results there.
They're not quite ready to recommend tea for everybody to take all of the time. They still say that you need to see some of the long-term effects of taking tea every day, and taking these capsules every day. Two, is to find out how it interacts with some of existing medications. A lot of people with elevated cholesterols are already on medications. Would this capsule somehow interact with that?
So two questions out there still, Bill, but certainly a positive step for these tea extracts and lowering your cholesterol.
HEMMER: What about the arguments green tea, black tea? What should we know about that?
GUPTA: Yes, that's been a longstanding debate as well. Just a couple of things to keep in mind, green tea probably has more antioxidants than black tea. So the green tea [is] probably better. Both teas, if you're going to be making tea, you need to steep it for at least five minutes. That will release most of the antioxidant quality. But if you're looking for the antioxidants in general, green tea better than black tea.
And let me just tell you as well, Bill, as you mentioned at the top, there are a lot of different health benefits that have been attributed to tea for quite some time. Take a look at the list of possible health benefits that people have known about for some time.
Heart disease (is one). People are hearing a lot about that. Benefiting bone density, it's anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic as well. All sorts of different benefits. They've been drinking it in China for thousands of years. They have lower rates of esophageal and stomach cancer among Chinese men as well, even after you control for other health considerations and societal considerations. There may be a lot of benefits to tea out there that we'll still figure out in the long run.
HEMMER: OK, Sanjay. Thanks. Next time we'll talk beer?
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Sony VAIO Pro 11 Ultrabook Review
Lightest 11-inch Ultrabook yet; Bright and colorful full HD touch screen; Solid performance; Good battery life and optional sheet battery
Small keys and keyboard flex; Sharp front edges; Lackluster webcam
The Sony VAIO Pro 11 packs Intel's latest Haswell processor and a full HD touch screen into the lightest 11-inch Ultrabook on the planet, but the keyboard could be better.
There's light, and then there's crazy light. That's how portable the 1.9-pound Sony VAIO Pro 11 feels. This ultraportable isn't light on features, though. Starting at $1,149, this Windows 8 Ultrabook packs an 11.6-inch full HD touch screen, a 128GB SSD and Intel's latest Haswell CPU, which promises more graphics oomph along with longer battery life. Plus, you can attach a sheet battery that can dramatically boost your endurance. Find out if Sony's new machine raises the bar.
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Crack open the lid and you'll find the same carbon silver and carbon fiber material surrounding the VAIO Pro 11's keyboard deck. The keys feature the same carbon silver paint and white backlighting.
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Below the keyboard deck is the VAIO Pro 11's brushed aluminum wrist rest. Along the top of the keyboard deck is the VAIO Pro 11's Assist button, which pulls up the notebook's VAIO Care menu. From here, you can search for important information regarding the VAIO Pro, troubleshoot potential issues and look for software updates.
We don't like everything about the VAIO Pro 11's design. The front two corners felt unpleasantly sharp, and the silver lid and bottom easily picked up scuff marks in our bag. We suggest the carbon black version instead.
Display and audio
While watching a trailer for "Man of Steel," fine details in Superman's suit were easily visible and colors were vibrant. We also appreciated how Tony Stark's blue business suit popped in a full HD trailer for "Iron Man 3." However, the picture quality looked somewhat muddy in darker scenes, and the display washed out a bit when viewed from the sides.
The display's 10-finger touch interface was accurate and quick to respond to our inputs.
The VAIO Pro 11's display is fairly bright, registering 237 lux on our brightness meter. That's far better than the Acer Aspire S7-191's 147 lux rating, as well as the ultraportable notebook category average of 231 lux. The ASUS Taichi 21, however, notched a slightly better 239 lux on its main screen.
The VAIO Pro 11's speakers are mounted above the keyboard, and they produced loud and clear audio when set to moderate volume. Just don't expect much bass. When we pumped up Jay-Z's "D.O.A.," the speakers struggled with each bass hit, causing some distortion.
Keyboard and touchpad
On the Ten Thumbs Typing Test, we registered an average of 74 words per minute with a 1 percent error rate, well below the 86 words per minute and 2 percent error rate on our desktop keyboard.
The VAIO Pro 11 mostly kept its cool during our testing. After streaming a Hulu video for minutes at full screen, the touchpad and keyboard areas registered 75 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit, respectively. Meanwhile, the middle of the underside reached a balmy 91 degrees. Those temperatures are lower than our 95-degree comfort threshold, but we measured a hot 102 degrees toward the rear of the bottom.
Ports and NFC
As with Sony's Fit series notebooks, the VAIO Pro 11 also includes onboard NFC connectivity, which can be used to quickly transfer data, such as URLs and photos, from a smartphone to the notebook.
Gesture controls
The VAIO Pro 11 comes equipped with Sony's VAIO Gesture Control software. The software, which uses the Pro 11's webcam to detect motion, allows users to control programs including Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and PlayMemories Home with the flick of a wrist. Enabling VAIO Gesture Control was a snap, and gestures such as swiping to the left or right to view your previous or next pages generally worked while using Chrome and Internet Explorer.
The Pause gesture, which requires you to hold your hand in front of the screen and gesture downward, worked most of the time when viewing movies in Windows Media Player. You can also hold your hand in front of the screen and twirl your finger clockwise or counterclockwise to raise or lower the volume. Unfortunately, getting each of these features to work consistently was more pain than it was worth. For a system this small, we don't see ourselves using gestures instead of the standard mouse or touch controls often.
Our configuration of the VAIO Pro 11 had a 1.6-GHz Intel dual-core Core i5-4200U processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. In general, the VAIO Pro 11 performed well, even with multiple applications running at once -- and that performance translated to some solid benchmark numbers.
On the PCMark 7 benchmark, the VAIO Pro 11 scored 4,474, which is much higher than the ultraportable notebook category average of 3,665. Still the VAIO Pro 11 fell short of the Acer Aspire S7-191's score of 4,584, even though the Acer packs a third-generation Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. Sony's laptop was also bested by the ASUS Taichi 21 (third-generation Intel Core i7-3517U processor, 4GB of RAM and 256GB SSD), which scored 5,080.
One area in which the Sony VAIO Pro 11 stands out is its boot time. It took the system just 7 seconds to start Windows 8, compared with the Acer Aspire S7-191's time of 8 seconds and the ASUS Taichi 21's 18 seconds. The ultraportable category average is 24 seconds.
Our VAIO Pro 11's 128GB SSD was also relatively speedy, completing our LAPTOP File Transfer Test (copying 4.97GB of mixed media) in 52 seconds, a rate of 97.9 MBps. The ASUS Taichi 21 registered a transfer rate of 42 MBps, while the category average is 89 MBps. The Acer Aspire S7-191, however, blasted through the test with a transfer rate of 196 MBps.
It took the Sony VAIO Pro 11 5 minutes and 20 seconds to complete the LAPTOP OpenOffice Spreadsheet test, which involves matching 20,000 names to their addresses. That's more than a minute faster than the category average of 6:27, and nearly one minute ahead of the Acer Aspire S7-191's 6:11. The ASUS Taichi 21 was the quickest to complete the test, wrapping it up in just 4:51.
As part of the Haswell upgrade, the VAIO Pro 11 features a new Intel HD Graphics 4400 chip that promises beefier performance. On the 3DMark11 graphics benchmark, the Sony scored 647. That's better than both the ASUS Taichi 21's score of 587 and the Acer Aspire S7-191, which scored 608.
Real-world gaming performance was decent. With graphics set to auto-detect and the resolution at 1280 x 1024, the Sony managed to run "World of Warcraft" at 30 frames per second. That dropped to 26 fps when we changed the graphics to full. With the graphics set to autodetect and the resolution set to 1920 x 1080p, the VAIO 11 Pro notched just 16 fps.
Battery life
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The Acer Aspire S7-191 lasted just 3:51 on its regular battery, but when we strapped on its extended battery, it lasted 6:41. The ASUS Taichi 21 lasted 4:37 while using only its main screen.
With the optional sheet battery ($149) attached, the Pro 11 lasted an astounding 14 hours and 32 minutes. Just keep in mind that this slice makes the design of the system look awkward and brings the weight to 2.5 pounds.
Software and warranty
Should you need help with or damage your VAIO Pro 11, Sony offers a one-year limited warranty, in-home service and phone support.
Sony offers a few configurations of the VAIO Pro 11. Our review unit features a 1.6-GHz dual-core Intel Core i5-4200U processor, 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD and Intel HD Graphics 4400 for $1,149. If you're looking for a faster processor, you can opt for a Core i7-4500U chip for an additional $150. If you need more power and a larger SSD, you can get a Core i7-4500U processor and a 256GB SSD, as well as Windows 8 Pro for $1,429. Consumers can get the VAIO Pro 11 in either carbon silver or carbon black.
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Alex Poppe joined the APP in July, 2016. Her teaching experience spans ten years and seven countries, including Iraq, Turkey, The West Bank, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and the United States.
She holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and economics (valedictorian), a conservatory degree in dramatic arts, T.E.S.L. certification and a master's degree (Distinction) in creative writing. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous magazines in the US and the UK. Her first book, Girl, World, will be published by Laughing Fire Press in late 2016. Read more about her book here.
Writing Awards
2018 Girl, World, Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner – Honorable Mention, General Fiction
2018 Girl, World, Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Short List, The Eric Hoffer Award
2018 Girl, World, First Horizon Award Finalist, The Eric Hoffer Award
2018 Girl, World, Montaigne Medal Finalist, The Eric Hoffer Award
2017 35 Over 35 Debut Book Award
2017 Can Serrat Writer in Residency Award
2017 "Room 308", the Pushcart Prize, Current Nominee
2016 "The Monster by the River", Best of the Net 2016 Nominee
2016 "What's in a Name?" Hot Metal Bridge, Finalist, Social Justice Writing Contest
2015 "Sanctuary" The Red Line" Finalist, Conflict Contest
2014 "The Crystal Fairies" The Conium Review, Semi-finalist, Innovative Fiction Contest
2014 "Mosul" The Baker Prize, Commended
2012 "Kurdistan" Glimmer Train, Finalist, Family Matters Contest
Published Material - Fiction
2018 Moxie, Tortoise Books
2017 Girl, World, Laughing Fire Press
2017 "Refugees Got Talent" L'Ephemere Review, Issue V: Sanctum
2017 "Room 308" The Laurel Review, Issue 49.2
2016 "Family Matter" The Massachusetts Review, Fall 2016
2016 "Moxie" The Tacoma Review, Issue 7
2015 "The Crystal Fairies" Stoneboat Literary Journal, November
2015 "V", SHORT FICTION the visual literary journal, Volume 9
2015 "Ras Al-Amud" Litro, Issue 145: Missed Connections
2015 "Zipper" Pear Drop a journal of art & literature, Issue 4
2015 "Sanctuary The Red Line Short Story Magazine, Conflict Issue
2014 "Mosul" Today and Yesterday, Inaugural Issue
2013 "Morning Meals" Halfway Down the Stairs, December Issue
2013 "Kurdistan" Prick of the Spindle, Volume 7.3
2013 "My Mother's Daughter" Prick of the Spindle, Volume 7.3
2013 "Feast Day" The Molotov Cocktail, Volume 4, Issue 5
2012 "Can't Get No" The Legendary, Issue 38
2012 "Swallow" The Molotov Cocktail, Volume 3, Issue 9
2012 "In" Prime Numbers Magazine, Issue 23.3
2011 "Laffy Taffy" The Lark and Other Short Stories, Phyllis Scott Publishing
Published Material - Nonfiction
2016 "The Monster by the River" The Matador Review
2016 "As the Income Gap Grows, Fewer Women Can Afford to Retire" BUST.com
2016 "Clearing the Closet: What We Keep and What We Leave Behind" BUST.com
2016 "All Together Now, Penis!" BUST.com
2016 "What's in a Name" SunStruck Magazine
2015 "Cages: The Intersection of Race, Fear and Terrorism" Today and Yesterday
2015 "A Letter from Kurdistan" Bella Caledonia
2011 "Does This Burka Make My Butt Look Big?" Prime Education Consultancy
2011 "Creativity in Education" Natural Born Storyteller


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New Year's Eve, Academy Style
Suzanne Pollak
After all the sparkly Christmas parties, crushing crowds, decorated windows, doors and trees, not to mention major cooking…New Year's Eve could be a time for going off radar. A big New Year's bash is unabashedly out to blow all your circuits -- isn't that the whole point? Make no mistake, this night's party takes sustained effort both to organize and enjoy (as any New Year's host will attest.) This year the Academy takes our cue from our favorite poet, T.S. Eliot, and decided to end our year with a whimper.
How do you orchestrate a whimper that is also unforgettable? An evening worth staying up for, and going out to? Start by inviting several couples for a champagne cocktail before they go off to blow out all their circuits, but invite one or two of those couples to stay longer for dinner. New Year's Eve isn't without a little over the top, but keep it classy & do it with your menu. Key words: Simple and Extravagant.
- Champagne Cocktails - here are ten different ways to make one.
- Caviar - Ossetra is fine with the Deans but don't overlook delicious domestic varieties i.e. ...) Try an assortment for that really over-the-top feel.
- ...with Blinis and Creme Fraiche - easier to make (Martha's way) than you think.
- A plate of charcuterie -- the best you can find. (In Charleston the best is Bob Cook's at Artisan Meat Share on Spring Street.)
- Oyster Stew
- Cognac Chocolate Mousse in Champagne Cups - from the Handbook.
- More Champagne.
We also like to to have plenty of seltzer on hand, because bubbles, as well as the words to Auld Lang Syne so that everyone can join in a round of song to usher in the New Year.
Here's to you, your parties, and 2016!


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Wearable Media @ SXSW 2017! Co-Founder Yuchen Zhang co-curated Design & Function exhibition with Parsons Fashion & Technology in Austin.
The exhibition was a part of an exclusive fashion technology event hosted by TheCurrent. In this beautiful modern mansion, TheCurrent invited more than 400 fashion and tech industry experts from Nike, Cornell, Saint Laurent, Lufthansa and Rebecca Minkoff. Our co-founder and CEO, Yuchen Zhang, had the pleasure to bring our studio's work to showcase in this event.
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I created this simple advert to promote the Langton Brewery's new beer called 'Spring Madness'. It is to appear on the front cover of a magazine used by a wholesaler to the pub trade. It needed to be simple and Spring themed to get the message across quickly to the beer buying public.
You can check the time lapse movie showing how I created the beer pump clip artwork by visiting my video page. You can also check out my portfolio to see the other beer labels and pump clips I've created for The Langton Brewery over the years. Enjoy!


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My Newborn - Mommy & Baby Care
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- Version: 1.0.8
- Size: 47.91M
- Compatibility: 4.1 and up
- Author: TabTale
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Pics from Our Trip to Joshua Tree
Last weekend we drove from the snow to the desert in one day, just for fun. It was an incredible experience. Our desert destination was Joshua Tree National Park. We had been to JT before, and really love this National Park. This time, we decided to see Arch Rock, one of Joshua Tree's most popular attractions. Seeing Arch Rock in person really is special. Arch Rock is one of the most amazing things to see and climb around on in Joshua Tree.
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Litigation Release No. 22076 / August 31, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Pharma Holdings, Inc., Edward Klapp IV and Edward Klapp Jr., Case No. 10-cv-81615 (S.D. Fla.)
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on August 29, 2011, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered final judgments of permanent injunction against Pharma Holdings, Inc. ("Pharma Holdings"), Edward Klapp IV ("Klapp IV") and Edward Klapp, Jr. ("Klapp Jr."). The judgment against Klapp IV also imposed a disgorgement of $1,180,682.80, representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $65,407.39; and a civil penalty in the amount of $130,000. The judgment against Klapp Jr. also imposed a disgorgement of $504,696.86, representing profits gained as a result of the conduct alleged in the complaint, together with prejudgment interest thereon in the amount of $27,959.17; and a civil penalty in the amount of $130,000. In addition, both Klapp IV and Klapp Jr. are prohibited from acting as an officer or director of any issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78, or that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act , 15 U.S.C. § 78o(d).
The SEC's complaint alleged that from 2005 through September 2009, Pharma Holdings, purportedly in the pharmaceutical supply business, and the Klapps raised approximately $5 million from at least 80 European investors, primarily residing in the United Kingdom, through the fraudulent offer and sale of Pharma Holdings stock. In connection with its stock offerings, Pharma Holdings issued false press releases and made false postings on its website overstating Pharma Holdings' sales revenues and net profits, and touting non-existent business agreements with multinational corporations, including a purported IPO and/or acquisition by a large corporation or mutual fund. Further, Pharma Holdings and the Klapps failed to disclose that Edward Klapp IV had been criminally convicted of a felony involving fraud.
For additional information, see LR-21791 (December 22, 2010)


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7 Things To Do In St. Louis This Weekend: Sept. 8-11
Looking for something to do this weekend?
1/ LouFest
Sept. 10-11
Forest Park
LouFest is back for its seventh year this September. Enjoy a weekend of both local and national musical acts as well as local makers and culinary masters. This year, LouFest welcomes more than 30 national acts, including LCD Soundsystem, Chris Stapleton and Ms. Lauryn Hill.
2/ "Sister Act"
Sept. 9-Oct. 9
The Robert G. Reim Theatre
Catch the opening of the acclaimed musical, "Sister Act," on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood. Based on the 1992 film comedy of the same name, the performance will make its regional debut, and run through Oct. 9.
3/ "Real / Radical / Psychological: The Collection on Display" Exhibition Opening & 10th Anniversary Celebration
Sept. 9
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
On Friday, Sept. 9, celebrate Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum's 10th anniversary with the opening of "Real / Radical / Psychological: The Collection on Display," an exhibition that is the first-ever museum-wide installation of a permanent collection. Also on display will be a specially-commissioned edible work of art produced in collaboration by Washington University alumnus Ebony G. Patterson and La Patisserie Chouquette, a St. Louis-based boutique bakery.
4/ St. Louis Classic Cocktail Party
Sept. 10
Lafayette Square Park
On Saturday, Sept. 10, visit Lafayette Square Park for the 5th Annual Classic Cocktail Party. The event will celebrate area distilleries, the craft of the cocktail and feature live music from Ralph Butler Band.
5/ Saint Louis Art Fair
Sept. 9-11
Make your way to downtown Clayton on the weekend of Sept. 9-11 for a three-day festival celebrating the arts. Attendees will be able to enjoy local cuisine, listen to more than 40 live acts and buy art from 180+ artists from across the nation.
6/ Garden Yoga
Sept. 11
Missouri Botanical Garden
On Sunday, Sept. 11, the Missouri Botanical Garden is holding two hour-long, all-levels yoga sessions. Attendees have the option of choosing the 10:30am or the 12:00pm session. Both sessions will be led by a Yoga Buzz instructor. Cost is $48 for members and $58 for non-members.
7/ Paint for Peace
Through Nov. 19
Various Locations
Beginning on Aug. 27, various locations throughout St. Louis are presenting a collection of murals painted on the boarded-up Ferguson storefronts in the wake of the 2014 protests. The collection runs through Nov. 19, and will also be on presentation at the following locations: Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (Aug. 27-Oct. 30), Missouri History Museum (Aug. 27-Oct. 30), Vaughn Cultural Center (Sep. 2-Nov. 4), Ferguson Youth Initiative (Sep. 2-Oct. 30) and the Sheldon Art Galleries (Oct. 7-Nov. 19).


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Trimeresurus stejnegeri
|Trimeresurus stejnegeri
|Scientific classification
T. stejnegeri
|Binomial name
|Trimeresurus stejnegeri
Schmidt, 1925
Trimeresurus stejnegeri is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to Asia. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[4]
Common names for this pit viper include Stejneger's pit viper,Chinese pit viper,Chinese green tree viper,[5] bamboo viper,Chinese bamboo pitviper,Green bamboo viper,and Chinese tree viper.[6] For other common, non-scientific names, see § Common names below.
The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Leonhard Stejneger, the Norwegian-born, American herpetologist who worked at the Smithsonian Institution for over 60 years.[7]
T. stejnegeri grows to a maximum total length of 75 centimetres (30 in), which includes a tail length of 14.5 centimetres (5.7 in). The males have hemipenes that are short and spinose beyond the bifurcation.[8]
The dorsal scales are arranged in 21 longitudinal rows at midbody. There are 9-11 upper labials, of which the first are separated from nasal scales by a distinct suture. The supraoculars are single, narrow, and sometimes divided by a transverse suture. There are 11-16 scales in a line between the supraoculars. The ventrals number 150-174, and the subcaudals are 54-77. All of the subcaudals are paired.[8]
The color pattern is bright to dark green above, pale green to whitish below, the two separated by a bright bicolored orange or brown (below) and white (above) (males) or bicolored or white only (females) ventrolateral stripe, which occupies the whole of the outermost scale row and a portion of the second row.[8]
Common names[edit]
Common names for T. stejnegeri include bamboo viper, Chinese tree viper,[6] bamboo snake, Chinese green tree viper, Chinese bamboo viper, Stejneger's pit viper, Stejneger's palm viper, red tail snake,[5] Stejneger's bamboo pitviper,[9] Formosan bamboo viper (for T. gramineus formosensis), and Taiwan green tree viper (for T. s. formosensis).[10]
Geographic range[edit]
T. stejnegeri is found in Assam (India) and Nepal through Burma, Thailand and Laos to China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Yunnan) and Taiwan.[2] Leviton et al. (2003) also mention Vietnam.[8] The type locality was originally listed as "Shaowu, Fukien Province, China", and later emended to "N.W. Fukien Province" by Pope & Pope (1933) (Fukien being the former romanization of Fujian).[2]
T. stejnegeri has a potent hemotoxin. The wound usually feels extremely painful, as if it had been branded with a hot iron, and the pain does not subside until about 24 hours after being bitten. Within a few minutes of being bitten, the surrounding flesh dies and turns black, highlighting the puncture wounds. The wound site quickly swells, and the skin and muscle become black due to necrosis. The size of the necrotic area depends on the amount of venom injected and the depth of the bite.[citation needed]
|Taxon author[4]
|Common name[9]
|Geographic range[9]
|T. s. chenbihuii
|Zhao, 1997
|Chen's pit viper
|China, Hainan Island: on Mount Diaoluo at 225–290 m elevation (Lingshui County) and on Wuzhi Mountain at 500 m elevation (Qiongzhong County).
|T. s. stejnegeri
|Schmidt, 1925
|Stejneger's pit viper
|China (in eastern Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong and Guangxi), Taiwan, and Vietnam.
See also[edit]
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Trimeresurus by common name
- Trimeresurus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
- ^ Guo P, Jiang J, Lau MWN, Zhou Z (2012). "Trimeresurus stejnegeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Trimeresurus stejnegeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c "Trimeresurus stejnegeri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ a b U.S. Navy (1991). Poisonous Snakes of the World. New York: US Government / Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.
- ^ a b Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimeresurus stejnegeri, pp. 252-253).
- ^ a b c d Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV (2003). "The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar, Illustrated Checklist with Keys". Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54 (24): 407-462.
- ^ a b c Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). Asian Pitvipers. First Edition. Berlin: Geitje Books. Berlin. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.
- ^ Brown JH (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
Further reading[edit]
- Creer S, Malhotra A, Thorpe RS, Chou WH (2001). "Multiple causation of phylogeographical pattern as revealed by nested clade analysis of the bamboo viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri) within Taiwan". Molecular Ecology 10 (8): 1967-1981.
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (2004). "Maximizing information in systematic revisions: a combined molecular and morphological analysis of a cryptic green Pit Viper complex (Trimeresurus stejnegeri)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82 (2): 219.
- Parkinson CL (1999). "Molecular systematics and biogeographical history of Pit Vipers as determined by mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences". Copeia 1999 (3): 576–586.
- Peng G, Fuji Z (2001). "Comparative studies on hemipenes of four species of Trimeresurus (sensu stricto) (Serpentes: Crotalinae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 22 (1): 113-117.
- Schmidt KP (1925). "New Reptiles and a New Salamander from China". American Museum Novitates (157): 1-5. ("Trimeresurus stejnegeri, new species", p. 4).
- Tu M-C et al. (2000). "Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Biogeography of the Oriental Pit Vipers of the Genus Trimeresurus (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae): A Molecular Perspective". Zoological Science 17: 1147–1157.
External links[edit]
- Trimeresurus stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 December 2012.
- Trimeresurus stejnegeri[permanent dead link] at Uetz Lab. Accessed 27 September 2006.


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Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery (RLAMP)
Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery (RLAMP) is designed to serve as a reference point for pottery studies on a pan-Mediterranean basis, from c. 100 BC to c. AD 750. The series seeks to gather innovative individual or collective research on the many dimensions of pottery studies, such as pure, typological and chronological essays, the full publication of ceramic deposits and sequences, archaeometry, new methodologies, and studies of the economy based on pottery evidence or ethnoarchaeological research, that will all contribute to our understanding of the production, distribution and consumption of pottery in the Mediterranean basin.
Editorial Board:
Series Editors
Michel BONIFAY, Centre Camille Jullian, (Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, MCC, CCJ, F-13000, Aix-en-Provence, France)
Miguel Ángel CAU, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)/Equip de Recerca Arqueològica i Arqueomètrica, Universitat de Barcelona (ERAAUB)
Paul REYNOLDS, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)/Equip de Recerca Arqueològica i Arqueomètrica, Universitat de Barcelona (ERAAUB)
Associate editors
Philip KENRICK, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford
John LUND, The National Museum of Denmark, Denmark
Scientific Committee for Pottery
Xavier AQUILUÉ, Paul ARTHUR, Cécile BATIGNE, Moncef BEN MOUSSA, Darío BERNAL, Raymond BRULET, Claudio CAPELLI, Armand DESBAT, Nalan FIRAT, Michael G. FULFORD, Ioannis ILIOPOULOS, Sabine LADSTÄTTER, Fanette LAUBENHEIMER, Mark LAWALL, Sévérine LEMAÎTRE, Hassan LIMANE, Daniele MALFITANA, Archer MARTIN, Thierry MARTIN, Simonetta MENCHELLI, Henryk MEYZA, Giuseppe MONTANA, Rui MORAIS, Gloria OLCESE, Carlo PAVOLINI, Theodore PEÑA, Verena PERKO, Platon PETRIDIS, Dominique PIERI, Jeroen POBLOME, Natalia POULOU, Albert RIBERA, Lucien RIVET, Lucia SAGUI, Sara SANTORO, Anne SCHMITT, Gerwulf SCHNEIDER, Kathleen SLANE, Roberta TOMBER, Inês VAZ PINTO, Caterina VIEGAS, Yona WAKSMAN
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Richard HODGES, Richard REECE, Gisela RIPOLL, Bryan WARD-PERKINS, Chris WICKHAM, Enrico ZANINI
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The production of amphorae and the export of commodities transported in them was a key activity for the Mediterranean world in Antiquity. Consequently, their study is of enormous value for analysing the agricultural and fishing economy, and also the commercial mechanism of that period. Through the typological and chronological analysis of these ceramic containers, a high degree of knowledge has been achieved, especially for the production of the different Mediterranean societies from the second millennium BC to the Middle Ages.
In The Ovoid Amphorae in the Central and Western Mediterranean between the last two centuries of the Republic and the early days of the Roman Empire, several series of amphorae created in the Late Republican Roman period (2nd and 1st centuries BC) have been studied a group of material until now little studied. All of these groups of containers share a common feature in the shape of their bodies which is generally ovoid. The fact that they were conceived and developed in the economic and political context in which Rome expanded throughout the Mediterranean, transferring to its new territories its production and commercialization procedures, bears witness to the almost total integration of the Mediterranean markets.
This publication is based on the proceedings of the workshop held at Seville University in December 2015. The book brings together contributions on the main production areas of these ovoid amphorae from the Atlantic to the Greek mainland / North Peloponnese, analysing in detail the origins, evolution and disappearance of their main series. It also includes case studies that are particularly relevant in relation to their distribution, consumption patterns, contents and relationship with other groups of amphorae manufactured in the Roman Imperial era. The aim of this publication has been to present an updated and complete synthesis of the so-called ovoid amphorae, from an interdisciplinary, international and diachronic standpoint.
About the Editors
Enrique García Vargas (PhD History, University of Seville) is Lecturer at the University of Seville. Currently, he co-leads the Tomares Treasure Project, on a huge coin hoard buried near Seville during the first decades of the 4th century AD.
Rui Roberto de Almeida holds a Masters degree in Archaeology and is currently developing his PhD research and thesis on maritime food trade from the Guadalquivir valley to Lusitania during the Roman era (I century BC - VI AD).
Horacio González Cesteros (PhD Archaeology, University of Tarragona and the Catalan Archaeological Institute) is a member of the research staff of the Austrian Archaeological Institute.
Antonio Sáez Romero (PhD Archaeology, University of Cadiz) is Assistant Professor at the University of Seville (Spain) and has been part or directed several research projects in Gibraltar, Portugal, Morocco, Italy and Greece.
The occupation of the territories on both sides of the Rhine was an enormous logistical challenge for the Roman military administration. In the last two decades of the first century BC, several territories were conquered or partially occupied by the Roman legions, establishing a large number of military camps around the Rhine and its important eastern tributaries. Most of these camps were occupied for short periods, depending on the march of the legions and the course of military events. In a location with good natural defences and communications with the Belgian hinterland, Neuss was one of the earliest points on the Rhine where the Roman military was positioned. The area was occupiedwith some intervalsfrom 16 BC onwards by different legions as well as smaller units.
This book provides an in-depth study of one of the most important archaeological artefacts for understanding the military supply along the German frontier: the amphorae. Deliveries arrived at the different military camps established in the intersection between Erf and Rhine from 16 BC until the Claudian principate. The study of this material is essential not only for understanding Neuss, but for further understanding of the whole Rhine and the logistics of the Roman army and its supply from very distant areas.
About the Authors
Horacio González Cesteros has a doctorate from the University of Tarragona and the Catalan Archaeological Institute. He is part of the research staff of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. His research areas are commercial and agrarian economy and social studies of the late Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods. He has published several articles and edited books mainly focussing on amphora studies. He has been part of and has directed several projects in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, Greece and Turkey, collaborating with many different research institutions.
Piero Berni Milet has a doctorate from the University of Barcelona. He is linked to the research unit of the LabEx Archimède of the University of Montpellier. His research areas are social and economic studies in classical antiquity using the so-called Instrumentum Domesticum Inscriptum as the preferred tool. He has published many articles and books mainly focussing on aspects of the ownership systems and land exploitation patterns; production and consumption of food; economic interdependence between producer territories and consumer markets; and social promotion of individuals and families by trading within the Roman social structure. He has worked in many different projects in Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Croatia, as part of different teams and collaborating with different research institutions.
Estudios para la configuración de las facies cerámicas altoimperiales en el Sur de la Península Ibérica explores economy and trade in the south of the Iberian peninsula during the High Roman Empire. Different methodologies, techniques and approaches to archaeological research are applied in the analysis and study of ceramic contexts in several marketplaces or consumption centres in the area. Special attention is given to ceramic facies predominantly characterised by the presence of fine pottery. In addition, the examination of local ceramics points towards a complexity whose interpretation has been biased until a few decades ago by the presence of wares imported from other Mediterranean regions as a result of the intensity of Roman trade. Furthermore, exploration beyond traditional analytical parameters highlights, for example, the relevance of the phenomenon of pottery vessel imitation.
About the Editors
DR PABLO RUIZ MONTES has a doctorate in History from the University of Granada and is a postdoctoral researcher linked to the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Granada. His research focuses on the analysis of ceramic facies of Roman times in the Baetica province, and on the study of technology traditions and production processes, particularly in Red Slip wares, in the Western Roman world. Also, in past years, he has developed his research in Italy, at the University of Siena and in archaeological sites such as the Roman colony of Cosa (Ansedonia).
DR Mª VICTORIA PEINADO ESPINOSA has a doctorate in History from the University of Granada. She has worked as associate researcher for both the University of Granada and the University of Perugia. Her line of research has focused on the analysis of the material culture in Roman times, especially common ware pottery. Her works have contributed to better understand these ceramics both in the South of the Iberian Peninsula and in Central Italy. Currently, she combines teaching with archaeological research, and she is involved in several projects studying the Roman Baetica.
DR Mª ISABEL FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA is Professor of Archeology at the Department of Prehistory and Archeology at the University of Granada. One of her main areas of expertise and focus of her research is the analysis of the production and marketing structures in pottery workshops from Roman times, with special emphasis in the Baetica province. She is a specialist in pottery productions in Hispanic terra sigillata.
More than a century of archaeological investigation in Portugal has helped to discover, excavate and study many Lusitanian amphorae kiln sites, with their amphorae being widely distributed in Lusitania. These containers were identified in Ostia and Rome from the 1970s and thereafter in many sites around the Mediterranean, but their numbers have always seemed scarce. Were they not being recognized and therefore underestimated? Were they all fish-product amphorae? Did they ever reach a significant market share in the other provinces of Hispania? And what was their contribution to the supply of the city of Rome or to other cities in the centre of the Empire?
This collective volume is a contribution to the discussion of these and other questions, and to a better understanding of the production and distribution of Lusitanian amphorae.
This study focuses on ceramic finds from the excavations (1996-2006) of the Episcopal Group of Sidi Jdidi, the ancient city of Aradi, in the hinterland of Hammamet in Tunisia, directed by Dr Aïcha Ben Abed-Ben Khader and Prof. Michel Fixot. The aim of these excavations was to understand the processes of the (evolution and) insertion of Christian monuments into the pre-existent town and the distribution of the liturgical and economic functions within various buildings of this ecclesiastic centre. The ceramological study contributed to attaining this aim by suggesting dates for each phase of the construction, occupation and abandonment of the Episcopal group, as well as evidence for the function of each space. Furthermore, this study has documented the (strong) rural and regional characteristics of the ceramic assemblages: these are very different from those of the large-scale excavations at Carthage and indicate a pattern of self-sufficient consumption supplied by purely intra-regional trade. The author is a Research Fellow of The National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo, Japan), and Research Associate of the Centre Camille Jullian (Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, MCC, CCJ, F-13000, Aix-en-Provence, France).
This publication provides the most updated information on the ceramic production (amphorae, cooking and coarse wares, ceramic building materials) of Salakta and the Ksour Essef district, in the Sahel region of Tunisia, from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD. This book deals with the history and the archaeology of Sullecthum/Salakta, the typology of the ceramic production (mainly amphorae), the chronology and the location of the workshops, the amphora stamps and contents, the distribution in the Mediterranean, and the organisation of production and trade. The author is Lecturer at the Institut Supérieur des Etudes Appliquées en Humanités de Mahdia (University of Monastir, Tunisia).
The transition process of the Roman city between the Early Roman period and Late Antiquity is difficult to understand due to the absence of urban models and the decline in epigraphy. The transformations that accompany this period are detectable in the western provinces of the Empire from a very early time. Their interpretation crisis, mutation, etc. varies with each study case. Ancient Cartagena (Hispania Citerior) is a paradigm of these changes. Starting under Marcus Aurelius, the city began to show symptoms of exhaustion, at the same time as literary and epigraphic evidence began to decline, until it disappeared altogether. In these pages we aim to contribute and at the same time vindicate an approach to discovering more about the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD based on the archaeological record and taking into account the stratigraphic sequences and especially the pottery material culture. The compiled documentation begins with a triple vocation: to serve as an instrument for dating; to provide quantified data about Carthago Novas patterns of consumption, way of life and trading links; and to understand the evolution of the city in a period from which the urban model of the Late Period emerged.
In this book Philip Bes summarises the results of his PhD thesis (Catholic University of Leuven) on the analysis of production trends and complex, quantified distribution patterns of the principal traded sigillatas and slipped table wares in the Roman East, from the early Empire to Late Antiquity (e.g. Italian Sigillata, Eastern Sigillata A, B and C, Çandarli ware, Phocean Red Slip Ware/LRC, Cypriot Red Slip Ware/LRD and African Red Slip Wares). He draws on his own work in Sagalassos and Boeotia, as well as an exhaustive review of archaeological publications of ceramic data. The analysis compares major regional blocks, documenting coastal as well as inland sites, and offers an interpretation of these complex data in terms of the economy and possible distribution mechanisms.
This work investigates a large assemblage of potentially late-dated Roman ceramics excavated in the early 1990s during rescue interventions in Vigo (N/E Spain) and its surroundings. It is well established that much of this material originated from the Mediterranean, especially the eastern provinces of the Empire. Based on the analyses of these investigations, this study goes on to assess the extent of the Atlantic distribution route and link the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula well within the trading dynamics of the Mediterranean world.
This volume presents the results of a multidisciplinary archaeological and archaeometric study of the wine amphorae produced in Hispania Citerior (Tarraconensis, in Augustus reorganisation) between the first century BC and the first century AD. Wine production expanded in this area at the beginning of the first century BC, as new Roman towns were founded and new farms or villae gradually emerged in rural areas. However, it was during Augustus reign that wine production and trade reached their peak.
The study aims to shed new light on the composition of the wine amphorae produced in this area as well as on the technological processes involved in their manufacture along within the period considered. For that, the study includes the characterisation of several amphora types produced in various ceramic workshops located along the Catalan coast which initiated pottery activity at different times. All the available archaeological information for each case study is reviewed, considering data referring to the production centres and also to the geology and the environment in which the pottery workshops were located.
Discussions and scientific exchange are crucial for the advancement of a young discipline such as the study of Roman pottery in the Near East. Therefore, in addition to large conferences such as the Late Roman Coarse Ware Conference (LRCW) where the Near East plays only a marginal role, an international workshop with 20 participants dedicated solely to the study of Roman common ware pottery in the Near East was held in Berlin on 18th and 19th February 2010. The goal of this workshop was to provide researchers actively engaged in the study of Roman common wares the possibility to meet and discuss the current state of research as well as questions and problems they are facing with their material. Some of the participants were able to bring pottery samples, which provided the possibility to compare and discuss the identification and denomination of specific fabrics on a regional and supra-regional scale. This volume presents 17 papers from this stimulating event.
The Archaeopress series, Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery (RLAMP) is devoted to research of the Roman and late Antique pottery in the Mediterranean. It is designed to serve as a reference point for all potential authors devoted to pottery studies on a pan-Mediterranean basis. The series seeks to gather innovative individual or collective research on the many dimensions of pottery studies ranging from pure typological and chronological essays, to diachronic approaches to particular classes, the complete publication of ceramic deposits, pottery deposit sequences, archaeometry of ancient ceramics, methodological proposals, studies of the economy based on pottery evidence or, among others, ethnoarchaeological ceramic research that may help to understand the production, distribution and consumption of pottery in the Mediterranean basin.
Other titles in the series: LRFW 1. Late Roman Fine Wares. Solving problems of typology and chronology. A review of the evidence, debate and new contexts edited by Miguel Ángel Cau, Paul Reynolds and Michel Bonifay. ISBN 9781905739462. Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 1 (2012), £30.00; The Ancient Mediterranean Trade in Ceramic Building Materials: A Case Study in Carthage and Beirut by Philip Mills. ISBN 9781905739608. £30.00. Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 2 (2013), £30.00.
This study (the second volume in the Archaeopress series devoted to the publication of ceramics in the Roman Mediterranean and outlying territories from the late Republic to late Antiquity) addresses the level of interregional trade of ceramic building material (CBM), traditionally seen as a high bulk low value commodity, within the ancient Mediterranean between the third century BC and the seventh century AD. It examines the impact of different modes of production, distribution and consumption of CBM and how archaeological assemblages differ from what is predicted by current models of the ancient economy. It also explores how CBM can be used to investigate cultural identity and urban form. CBM has great potential in investigating these topics. It survives in large quantities in the archaeological record; it is transported as a commodity in its own right, not as a container for other products like amphorae. The amount of CBM used in a building can be estimated, and this can be extrapolated to urban centres to model consumption in ways that are not possible for other goods. This allows the potential derivation of economic information to a higher level of precision than is the case for other materials. The material used in this study derives from stratified assemblages from two major ports of the ancient Mediterranean: Carthage and Beirut. CBM as a material is comparable to pottery, only it does not exhibit the same range of forms. This leaves fabric as a major means of analysing CBM samples. For this reason a programme of petrological thin sectioning has been carried out on these assemblages. These data have been combined with the taphonomic and dating evidence from the excavations. The results showed that the levels of imports of CBM into these two cities were much higher than would normally be expected from the orthodox model of the consumer city. They also suggest that CBM can be used as a tool to investigate cultural identity.
This study is the second volume in the Archaeopress series devoted to the publication of ceramics in the Roman Mediterranean and outlying territories from the late Republic to late Antiquity. See below for LRFW 1. Late Roman Fine Wares. Solving problems of typology and chronology. A review of the evidence, debate and new contexts (2012) edited by Miguel Ángel Cau, Paul Reynolds and Michel Bonifay. ISBN 9781905739462.
"ROMAN AND LATE ANTIQUE MEDITERRANEAN POTTERY". In November 2008, an ICREA/ESF Exploratory Workshop on the subject of late Roman fine wares was held in Barcelona, the main aim being the clarification of problems regarding the typology and chronology of the three principal table wares found in Mediterranean contexts (African Red Slip Ware, Late Roman C and Late Roman D). The discussion highlighted the need to undertake a similar approach for other ceramic classes across the Mediterranean provinces. In addition, it was perceived that ceramic studies are often dispersed and in such a variety of publications that it is difficult to follow progress in this vast field. Therefore, a series devoted to Roman and late Antique pottery in the Mediterranean was proposed to serve as a reference point for all potential authors devoted to pottery studies on a pan-Mediterranean basis. The creation of such a series would not only serve as a means of publishing the results of the ICREA/ESF workshop but also as a network for publication of in-depth monographs devoted to archaeological ceramics of the Mediterranean in the Roman and late Antique periods.
With this first volume on ceramic assemblages and the dating of late Roman fine wares, Archaeopress launch this new series devoted to the publication of ceramics in the Roman Mediterranean and outlying territories from the late Republic to late Antiquity.
Contents: Introductions (a) (M.A. Cau, P. Reynolds, M. Bonifay); (b): LRFW Working Group (text by M.A. Cau, P. Reynolds and M. Bonifay), An initiative for the revision of late Roman fine wares in the Mediterranean (c. AD 200-700): The Barcelona ICREA/ESF Workshop; (c) LRFW Working Group (text by P. Reynolds, M. Bonifay and M.A. Cau), Key contexts for the dating of late Roman Mediterranean fine wares: a preliminary review and seriation; 1) Ceramica e contesti nel Quartiere Bizantino del Pythion di Gortina (Creta): alla ricerca della complessità nella datazione (E. Zanini and S. Costa); 2) Coins, pottery and the dating of assemblages (R. Reece); 3) Late Roman D. A matter of open(ing) or closed horizons? (J. Poblome and N. Firat); 4) A note on the development of Cypriot Late Roman D forms 2 and 9 (P. Reynolds); 5) Chronologie finale de la sigillée africaine A à partir des contextes de Chãos Salgados (Mirobriga?): différences de facies entre Orient et Occident (J.C. Quaresma); 6) Sigillatas africanas y orientales de mediados del VI d. C. procedentes de los rellenos de colmatación de una cisterna de Hispalis (Sevilla). Los contextos de la Plaza de la Pescadería (J. Vázquez Paz and E. García Vargas); 7) A 7th century pottery deposit from Byzantine Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena, Spain) (P. Reynolds); 8) Contextos cerámicos del siglo VI d.C. de Iluro (Hispania Tarraconensis) (V. Revilla Calvo); 9) Note sur les sigillées orientales tardives du port de Fos (Bouches-du-Rhône, France) (F. Marty); 10) Lagglomération de Constantine (Lançon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône): deux contextes du VIe siècle (G. Duperron and F. Verdin); 11) Un dépôt de céramiques du début du Ve s. apr. J.-C. sur le site de la rue de la Douane à Porquerolles (Hyères, Var) (E. Pellegrino); 12) Un ensemble de céramiques de lextrême fin du IVe s. apr. J.-C. sur le site du n°43 de lavenue du XVe Corps à Fréjus (Var) (E. Pellegrino); 13) Campiani: un ensemble du IIe siècle à Lucciana (Haute-Corse) (S. Lang-Desvignes); 14) Fine wares from Beirut contexts, c. 450 to the early 7th century (P. Reynolds); 15) Le mobilier céramique de la citerne C4 de la Maison de la Rotonde à Carthage (A. Bourgeois).


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Answers citing Isaiah 61
- What does 'the word became flesh' mean?
- Are there any accounts of the beliefs of the ancient Christians about the millennial reign of Christ over the earth?
- Why do OT and NT teachings on demons appear to differ?
- Do you need to have the anointing to be saved?
- Did God really 'hate' Esau, and if so why? (Romans 9:13)
- Does Genesis 2:5-9 contradict Genesis 1?
- What does the parable of the wineskins have to do with fasting?
- Did Jesus ever say he was the Messiah?
- What does it mean that Jesus preached to the "spirits in prison" 1 Peter 3:19


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Following the terrible flooding in Leeds over the Christmas and New Year period, Morley and Outwood MP Andrea Jenkyns joined her fellow Leeds MPs in a meeting with Environment Secretary Liz Truss and Leeds City Council to discuss flood defences.
Though Morley and Outwood were largely unaffected by flooding, with the majority of the affected areas being farmers' fields, Andrea wanted to ensure that the Government was doing everything possible to stop this sort of flooding happening again.
In the meeting the Secretary of State committed to ensuring that the Leeds area has the right level of protection against future flooding, and that the maintenance budget for flood defences would be protected in real terms.
In addition, she said that the Government is currently reviewing the formula for the allocation of compensation to homeowners and businesses affected by flooding.
During the flooding Andrea toured the constituency to see for herself whether any areas had been damaged by the River Calder. She also spoke with the Secretary of State who promised any help that was required.
Andrea said: "It was very encouraging to hear the Government is protecting spending on flood defences and doing everything possible to protect Leeds from future floods.
"These floods were unprecedented, with the River Aire reaching levels a metre higher than have ever been seen before. The Government must do everything possible to protect against a similar event in future.
"While Morley and Outwood was not flooded, disruption in the city centre has had a major impact on people who commute into central Leeds and have family in the area."


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The Whitsundays are made up of over 74 fantastic islands with spectacular beaches and scenery situated close to the towns of Airlie Beach and Proserpine that have regular transport services from Australias' main cities. You can also fly direct to the stunning Hamilton Island that has many hotels, a marina, bars and shopping that resemble a small town on an island. There is an annual sailing event and regatta at Hamilton Island that brings people from all over the world, Hamilton Island Race Week runs during August.
There are excellent marina facilities at Abel Point, Airlie Beach and on Hamilton Island where you can find a range of both bareboats and crewed vessels for charter. There are a myriad of excellent anchorages and bays that are well marked and surveyed making bareboat charters a popular option in the Whitsundays. You can choose to board your vessel in either Airlie Beach or on Hamilton Island.
Supplies and catering for your next charter and adventure are taken care of by staff and crew and it the waterways are well marked and anchorages have moorings and facilities. One of the great wonders of the world and the largest Barrier Reef in the world is only a short cruise from the Whitsunday Islands.


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For some time now, Porsche has announced its intention to seriously explore pure electric (battery-only power) technology. Yesterday, Porsche CEO Michael Macht said that the company "will definitely be offering an electric sports car in future. But such a concept only makes sense if it offers product qualities typical of a Porsche."
To that end, it has been field-testing three electric Boxsters to see what is feasible for a true electric sports car. It's also known that Porsche purchased a Tesla Roadster a while ago, and you can guess what that means.
The 918 Spyder, while promised, is still a concept; the 911 GT3R Hybrid has been a real success; and the Cayenne Hybrid S has gotten great reviews. And, says the Porsche press release, "The hybrid technology from the Cayenne S Hybrid will also be featured in the Panamera S Hybrid, which will enter the market next year."
On a more mundane but perhaps more important note, General Motors let it be known that it will build a small number of battery-powered (no booster motor à la Volt) cars for testing. These will be the first all-electrics since the EV1 (right), which the company built a decade ago and then killed in 2002.
There is a pretty thorough history of that program here. Perhaps the biggest problem GM had was that battery technology simply wasn't there yet. But the company learned a lot, and one of its engineers now
wishes GM hadn't killed the plug-in hybrid EV1 prototype his engineers had on the road a decade ago: 'If we could turn back the hands of time,' says [GM R&D chief Larry] Burns, 'we could have had the Chevy Volt 10 years earlier.'
Speaking of which, Volt prices are being announced today, and we just got word that the base price will be $41,000 (including destination charge) before federal and state tax breaks. GM will encourage leasing the car by offering a 36-month lease at $350 per. That will put them in the same ballpark as the Nissan Leaf (for leasing).
Is the Volt priced right for you? Or are you going to wait for the electric Boxster?
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276 pages
Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was pervasive. Paradoxically, just as western artists were beginning to find inspiration in Japan and Japanese art, Japan was opening to the western world and beginning a process of thorough modernisation, some have said westernisation. The mastery of western art was included in the programme.
This book examines the nineteenth century art world against this background and explores Japanese influences on four artists working in Britain in particular: the American James McNeill Whistler, the Australian Mortimer Menpes, and the 'Glasgow boys' George Henry and Edward Atkinson Hornel. Japonisme in Britian is richly illustrated throughout.
'Ayako Ogawa's book is a useful addition to the literature on this theme' - Hugo Cortazzi, Asian Affairs/The Japan Society


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Behind a Push on Youth Jobs: A Rising Philanthropist and New Approach to Equity/
A group of U.S. employers has formed to address the youth employment crisis, which has grown in recent years, leaving more young people alarmingly disconnnected from the work force. The goal of this endeavor is to put at least 100,000 "Opportunity Youth"—marginalized 16 to 24 year olds—on pathways to meaningful work by 2018. Starbucks, with a workforce that is 80 percent millenials, is playing a lead role, and its CEO, Howard Schultz, has been a catalyzing force here.
We're betting this initiative will go down better than Starbucks' recent push to get people talking about race.
But before saying more about the initiative itself, let's keep the spotlight on Schultz for a moment, who's worth $2.5 billion and who is, along with his wife Sheri, an increasingly active philanthropist—one with a keen eye on leveraging the powerful Starbucks brand behind his concerns.
As we reported last year, the Schultz Family Foundation has been ramping up lately, hiring staff and making some major moves, most notably committing $30 million to help veterans. Its other major focus area is youth, which explains where this latest big step comes from; the foundation has already built partnerships and a record in this space. Sheri Schultz has said regarding the foundation's youth work: "Our mission is to identify and empower young people whose fate can have a ripple effect on our communities and our nation as a whole." The foundation is also laying out $30 million for this new initiative.
Related: Where Is That Starbucks Fortune Going to Go? Clues Are Coming In
The initiative has a lot of moving parts. Beyond Starbucks, the companies involved include Alaska Airlines, Cintas, CVS Health, Hilton Worldwide, HMSHost, JCPenney, JPMorgan Chase, Lyft, Macy's, Microsoft, Porch.com, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Taco Bell, Target, Walgreens and Walmart.
Starbucks is angling for 10,000 new hires in the next three years in its own workforce of Opportunity Youth. Each new hire will be eligible to participate in the company's full slate of benefits, including the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, which offers full tuition reimbursement for an online bachelor's degree from Arizona State University.
Starbucks, the Schultz Family Foundation and YouthBuild USA have also launched the Customer Service Excellence Training (CSET) program, which gives students an opportunity to learn customer service skills similar to the program provided by Starbucks stores through on-the-job and classroom training.
To kick things off, this new initiative will host a big hiring shindig in Chicago on August 13th—the Opportunity Fair and Forum. Participating companies are planning to collectively train more than 2,000 youth at this event and make at least 200 on-the-spot job offers, injecting the Chicago business community with fresh talent and energy.
Over the next 30 days leading up to the Opportunity Fair, new companies are welcome to join this commitment to hiring Opportunity Youth. The inaugural event in Chicago is meant to catalyze other events across the country that will collectively contribute to the goal of engaging 100,000 youth by 2018.
The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, working with LeadersUp, will serve as an aggregator and intermediary for the initial event in Chicago. The Aspen Institute's Forum for Community Solutions will also be involved in this new initiative, acting as intermediary and building upon the existing work of its national Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund, which currently supports collaborative efforts focused on Opportunity Youth in 21 communities around the country.
The Aspen Institute will provide direct leadership, technical assistance, and programmatic support to launch the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative in several cities. Beyond the Schultz Family Foundation, funders participating in the initiative include the Joyce, MacArthur, Rockefeller, and Kellogg foundations, as well as the foundations of JPMorgan Chase and Walmart.
This initiative will draw from a diverse array of community-based resources in order to provide "on-the-spot mentorship and feedback, mock interviews and skills training for job readiness, college prep, volunteer opportunities and internships."
All this recalls the way that philanthropy has teamed up with the private sector to address the needs of veterans, and it's interesting to watch these muscular but complicated partnerships take shape.
Expect more such partnerships in the future. We wrote recently about how the Rockefeller Foundation aims to create a more inclusive economy by pushing employers to change how they treat workers, believing that its impact is greater than many other strategies to promote opportunity and equity. This new initiative underscores the receptivity to that approach among top corporations.
Related: To Create an Inclusive Economy, Rockefeller Coaxes Business To Change How It Thinks
Clearly, Howard Schultz is not the only CEO worried about the fate of America young workers in today's economy. Now if only some of the other companies involved in this effort would provide better pay and benefits. After all, a big reason why so many young people get turned off by work is that they suspect, not without reason, that they'll never be able to earn a living from many of the jobs available today, especially in the retail and restaurant sectors.
- Teach a Woman to Fish: The Walmart Foundation and Women's Empowerment
- Huh? Walmart Foundation Battles Hunger as Walmart Workers Turn to Food Stamps
- Why is Capital One Funding Workforce Development in Health Care?
- What's Sam's Club Doing for Workforce Development?
- What's this National Collaborative Doing to Enhance Workforce Development?


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I've always wanted an "ugly Christmas sweater" for the reason of having one on hand to wear to the various seasonal get-togethers that tend to pop up this time of year. But I really don't wear a lot of sweaters. Hmmm… what to do? In my seemingly constant task of thought-wrangling and idea-capture, and obsurd thought got loose; what about an "ugly sweater" tee? Right! But it would have to be simple, wearable completely out of holiday season and most ridiculous if RDQLUS was going to do one. Deal! So the list goes; a crown, stars that could double as snowflakes, a cane (candy or otherwise), a pine tree and a unicorn. Yeah, that says "I'm here… and the party just got real!" I give you 'Holiday Magic Power Moves', because this garment is for power. [read on!]
A quick stop thru Barnes & Noble for my quarterlies is still a treat for this iPad-toting madman. I stroll the periodicals & "glossies" like a cop shaking down a line-up seeing who's gonna flinch and get pulled off the rack. About halfway thru the 30-meters of magazines (several in hand already), I spot a magazine sporting a title that is of some interest to me as of late. I really want to explore more hand-made "cut-n-sew" customzation of garments and 'Cloth' magazine had a killer selection of ideas this month. So I should mention the other treat I get in a bookstore; being judge by my own proverbial cover and watching reactions as I don't stop at the sports, hip hop/music,or skin-rag sections and spend a sizeable time investment gtting my "Martha Stewart" on. So choice!
Omaha-based fine artists Brian Tait & Gerard Pefung have begun to make a name for themselves as incredible artists in various mediums. In the art realm, building that name is often as guarded as the artwork attached to it, so sharing said name & reputation are rarely heard of—but that is exactly what theese two have done to incredible results. The show consisted of a collaborative, yet unplanned approach to doing the artwork, with a "you, now me, and back to you" tandem attack on the canvas. Almost in the mode of a linera visual conversation without the luxury of the line. It happened in place on one canvas at a time. The impressive "COLABO" show should be up for a few more weeks at 'Hardware Gallery' (18th & Vinton, OMA).
I do not actively consider myself a fine artist, belying the title on my Bachelors degree and the corresponding Art minor that came along for the ride. But that's not to say those skills don't get put to use, or that I'm not known—almost by name—at my local art supply store. I just choose to use my skillset in a different way. Some have started to take notice of my sneaker repair & customizations and have begun requesting slots in the order to have a little work done. That's so ironic, considering that in high school I would make lunch money by cleaning and refurbishing sneakers; long before I could afford anything nice for myself. This particular night was spent on a pair of classic "Fire Red" Air Jordan IIIs. If you ever have to work with or mix any form of red ink or pigment, God go with you! This was a toughy… but you know RDQLUS got it done.
"It's gettin' real in the Whole Foods parking lot!" I had to say aloud and laugh to myself on my Sunday run to grab a few items. By now you've probably seen the Hyundai campaign that shows internet-fame'rs who have contributed original quirky works of music for the holiday season. My favorite is the guy with a car full of friends, dropping disntinctly descriptive lyrics about his Hyundai's ammenities. I was surprised to find that this dude, "DJ Dave" has more offerings with his joke-rap crew "Smog and Fog." If you haven't seen "Whole Foods Parking Lot" do yourself the favor right now! It' might not be "gangsta" but there's something good and fun about intelligent lyricism.


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Polycrete® Big Block™ is so different from other ICFs that our marketing people said we shouldn't even call it an ICF. That's silly. We've counted over thirty differences. Here's a few.
Size of the block. Big Block™ measures 2' x 8', so it's three times larger than other ICFs.
Height of the block. Three heights available and we can mix and match them on each block.
Width of the block. Four core widths are standard and we can make you any width from 5-5/8" up to 24". Need 6-1/2"? We can give it to you. 9-1/4"? We can give you that, too. Any width you want. No other ICF offers this option.
Safety. Metal is stronger than plastic. Independent testing labs prove Polycrete's steel fastening system is up to 50% stronger than the plastic ones. This means your jobsite is safer and accessories like cabinetry attached to the finished wall will be more secure.
Steel cross ties. Stop blow outs! Can we prevent blow outs altogether? No, we can't. An incompetent installer can screw up anything. But Big Block 1600™ is held together with STEEL. Steel connectors tie the panels together, and a web of .16" welded steel wire is embedded in the EPS foam so it can withstand 1,600 lbs. of lateral pressure per square foot. No other ICF comes close! We know. We tested them.
No bulging. Polycrete's great strength comes from the welded steel wire mesh embedded within the EPS panel. It eliminates scalloping and prevents wall movement. A Polycrete wall is straight and FLAT. The other guys can get to straight and flat, but it takes a whole lot more work and a really good installer.
No molded corners. Big Block's™ structural integrity and proprietary corner guides ensure perfectly plumb corners every time, effortlessly. This also means fewer items to order. And what happens if you don't order enough of the other guys' molded corners? Or if you get too many "lefts" and not enough "rights"? Forget about it.
Ship-lapped edge profiles simplify stacking – no need to fit those little Lego-like nubs into little holes.
Hinged cross ties. Big Block™ folds flat and is delivered ready to install. No on-site assembly is required – Over 5,600 square feet of wall per truckload.
Horizontal fastening strip. No need to line up vertical plastic studs like all the others. Big Block's™ 22 gauge steel fastening strips are horizontal, not vertical. This simplifies the attachment of partition walls and interior and exterior finishes. Faster installation, lower labor costs, less waste.
Less waste saves money. Steel ties and steel mesh allow cut-offs to be used elsewhere.
No pea gravel. Those big plastic cross ties that the other guys use require expensive pea gravel and concrete additives to help the concrete flow around the ties. Big Block's™ .16" steel cross ties won't impede the flow of concrete, so you use less costly 5/8" aggregate and no additives are required.
Vibrate as usual. A concrete wall must be vibrated to eliminate voids and honeycombing. Use a normal concrete wall vibrator on a Polycrete® wall. It will not break the form or the cross ties. The other guys' plastic ties and unreinforced foam blocks can blow out if you hit them with a vibrator.
No glue. Big Block's™ ship-lap design, great strength, and steel cross ties use the weight of the concrete to lock successive courses together. And braces are screwed into the steel fastening strip every 12 inches up the wall anyway. This means that two braces fasten at four points on each Big Block™. Gluing is not only unnecessary, it's a bad idea.
Recycled Raw Material. Big Block™ contains 66% recycled raw materials. It's the steel. Others are no more than 40% and it's their plastic ties.
The money is in the labor. An experienced installer knows that ALL traditional ICFs install 7 to 11 sqft per man hour. That is the industry standard. An average trained crew can install Big Block™ at the rate of 20 sqft per man hour – two to three times faster. The more experienced the crew, the faster they go. A recent Polycrete® project was completed in 30 sqft per man hour. That included installation, bracing, corners, door & window bucks, placing concrete and even clean-up – all in winter conditions.


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Children's Chapel
Our children gather with their families in the sanctuary and we all begin our worship together. Shortly before the readings, any children who want to go to Children's Chapel may follow their leaders to Martin Hall. In Children's Chapel they hear a story related to the scripture for that Sunday, wonder and reflect together, get creative and explore, play, sing and pray. The children return to worship during The Peace before Holy Communion.


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Platinum Blue-Black is an undersung workhorse of an ink, and one I use a lot. Some feel that this ink isn't really a true blue-black, since it has a strong blue undertone to it, but it's nice-looking nonetheless. In the U.S., Platinum black and blue-black inks are best known for being the pack-in inks for Nakaya pens; each pen sold comes with 10 high-capacity cartridges . As I've mentioned before, when I first purchased my Nakaya, the blue-black cartridges were the only ink I used in the pen for quite some time.
This ink contains iron gall, which can be corrosive to metal parts in pens if the ink is left in there for long periods of time (i.e., months), so take care to use your pens and/or flush regularly. Iron gall, however, is what gives this ink its key properties, from its nice color and shading (pictured) to its performance on (most) cheap office papers without bleedthrough or feathering.
Thanks to Jetpens for providing me with this bottle for review. Platinum Blue-Black is available in 30ml and 60ml bottles, although it appears that Jetpens only stocks the 60ml bottle currently. (link here)
DISCLAIMER: I received this bottle free of charge for review purposes.


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S&L Podcast - #271 - Awkward Jinni Conversations/
We discover that some people's names just don't work as awards. We're excited about a site full of fictional timelines. And we ponder troubling jinni paternity questions.
Silvana: Just in case it is not yet in this thread, this is a website containing timelines of everything SFF from books, comics, movies, TV show etc.
The website All Timelines, created by former Screen Rant writer Jason Hamilton, was recently launched. As the title suggests, it is a collection of multiple fictional universe histories, including Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and Doctor Who just to name a few. When viewing a chronology, users are able to filter the timeline to show only the items they want to see (i.e. films, TV episodes, novels) for maximum convenience. It is also possible to sort by date, author, or name.
Fiona: Don't know if someone else has posted this yet.
BBC Radio 4 is doing Neil Gaimans Neverwhere story "How the Marquis got his coat back"! You can listen to it on November 4
Nokomis.FL - Deadpool director Tim Miller will not direct Deadpool 2 and will instead direct the adaptation of Daniel Suarez's novel, Influx.
Iain: Sherri Tepper, the author of Grass has died.
Grass is a really interesting SF novel with very alien aliens. Well worth reading. I strongly recommend it. See the Scalzi memorial for a good write up.
Sandra: You can now vote on the name for the YA award to be given out at Worldcon along with the Hugo Awards. You can read about the controversial topic here and vote here.
Subject: Sleuths, spies & sorcerer's
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Another BBC update this time TV or iPlayer rather than radio. Andrew Marr (stalwart journalist / presenter -- had stroke recently) presenting series on genre fiction in title sleuths, spies and sorcerer's. Watching episode one of three now on sleuths. Good so far last episode of more interest but should be on iPlayer if you have access.
Next month:
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
Wrap Up
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Thoughts on the Jinni and the Golem (Characters)
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We know ya'll love our quizzes. You take them, share them and ace them in your thousands. But did you know that you have that in common with some of your fave stars?
We discovered this back in June when Zoella featured us in one of her vlogs. Read all about it below.
Zoella secretly reads Maximum Pop! We've got a starring role in her new vlog
Play the quiz from Zoella's vlog!
And recently Gabriella Lindley aka Velvetgh0st came out as a devoted MP!er, engaging in a cheeky bit of banter with Zoella and Alfie on Twitter. Just wanna say, ALFIE GOT ONE WRONG! Can you beat him?
@maximumpop @Zoella I know us so well pic.twitter.com/LgOeFGMWK3
— G (@velvetgh0st) September 5, 2016
QUIZ: Who tweeted it: Zoella or Gabriella Lindley?
And she's not the only YouTuber who likes to get quizzical with us, Louise Pentland gave it a go, but didn't quite manage to remember what she had tweeted.
@maximumpop @Zoella 7/8 thank you kindly
— Louise (@LouisePentland) September 1, 2016
Who tweeted it: Zoella or Sprinkle of Glitter?
Looks like we're starting to get a bit of a rep for our complicated quizzes actually.
This actually is quite a tricky quiz! Tweet me your results!! https://t.co/xa9XyGWTqq
— Carrie Hope Fletcher (@CarrieHFletcher) August 18, 2016
Find out if you're a true hopeful in this Carrie Hope Fletcher tricky trivia quiz
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The delightful Carrie Hope Fletcher also loved this article about how to act when you meet your fave YouTuber. Hint: don't scream in their face please.
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— Carrie Hope Fletcher (@CarrieHFletcher) September 7, 2016