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Food & Wine goes pro, Medium tries again, T goes topsy-turvy: Publisher's Brief
Welcome to the latest edition of Ad Age Publisher's Brief, our new roundup of news from the world of content producers across digital and print. Got a tip? Send it our way. Joining us late? Here's the previous edition.
New York Post media columnist Keith Kelly has an acid take on the world's leading social network in a piece in this morning's paper titled "Facebook says it can't find enough local news after helping kill local news." Kelly writes,
Facebook, which has been blamed for killing local newspapers, is now confirming that there aren't enough of them to supply its users with the local news they want to read. Last year, the giant social network headed by Mark Zuckerberg launched a service called "Today In" that's now available in 400 cities across the U.S.
But Facebook admitted Monday that 40 percent of Americans live in places where there aren't enough local news stories to support it. The tech giant deems a community unsuitable for "Today In" if it cannot find a single day in a month with at least five news items available to share.
Keep reading here.
Medium rare: Publishing platform Medium wants your content (once again). A Monday post headlined "Medium Seeks Partners to Launch New Publications," credited to "Medium Staff," cuts to the chase in the fifth paragraph:
Today, we are announcing our plan to significantly expand our partner relationships and putting out this call for applications. Specifically, we are seeking partners to create new publications on Medium, which we will help fund and distribute. If you are a current (or aspiring) editor-in-chief, an expert in your field, or an existing publisher with extra capacity, we'd love to hear from you.
There's a lot of skepticism being expressed online about this new partnership drive—a variation on what Medium has tried before—given the platform's uneven track record. In 2017 it laid off a bunch of its staff and shifted to a subscription model, and the publishing-industry consensus since then has been that founder Ev Williams just can't quite figure out his business model. (Related, via Bloomberg News last December: "Medium's Ev Williams Discusses Buying New York Magazine.") Interestingly, Medium recently announced that it was lowering the paywall for incoming Twitter traffic—Williams, of course, was a Twitter co-founder (and served as CEO for a couple of years)—which suggests that Medium hopes Twitter will help drive a lot of eyeballs to its latest crop of hosted publications.
All @Medium paywalled stories are now free and unmetered when you're coming from Twitter.— Ev (@ev) February 27, 2019
Sneak peek: Fresh off its National Magazine Award win last week for General Excellence in the Service and Lifestyle category (the second year in a row it's taken the honor), T: The New York Times Style Magazine is about to release its Design Issue. On March 24, subscribers and newsstand buyers can find it tucked into the Sunday edition of the paper. It features a cover photo, shot by Jason Schmidt, of a slightly insane, topsy-turvy Chilean home created by Santiago-based architect Cecilia Puga. The 2,260-square-foot concrete residence includes three repetitons of a very basic shape: "a square topped by a triangle, a house a child might draw," as writer Michael Snyder describes it in his piece titled "In Chile, Homes as Extreme as the Landscape Itself." Synder explains that "When excavations on the plot revealed no major obstacles, Puga started experimenting with different configurations for the three structures. Eventually, she tried inverting one and setting it atop the other, a balancing act that, in this seismic region, 'puts an emphasis on the fragility of this object,' she says."
Go Pro: The epicurean glossy Food & Wine is building out its brand with a new vertical called F&W Pro for industry professionals. Food & Wine Editor-in-Chief Hunter Lewis says it's meant to provide "restaurateurs, chefs, winemakers, bartenders and hoteliers with the inspiration, networking opportunities and tools they need to grow professionally and personally."
Content at launch includes industry-focused posts such as "At Philly Chef Conference, Hospitality Vets Plot Future of Kitchen Culture" and "Inside Hudson Yards, the Giant Restaurant Hub Debuting on NYC's Far West Side," plus the debut episode of "Communal Table," a new weekly podcast hosted by F&W Senior Editor Kat Kinsman. EIC Lewis also plans a series of F&W Pro residencies—the first will come this summer when he and members of his team plan to spend a full month (TBD) in communities across California—to meet face-to-face with the foodie business types, from artisanal farmers to restaurant owners, who are F&W Pro's target audience.
Food & Wine Publisher Tom Bair says there's been demand for something like F&W Pro from Food & Wine advertisers "who are looking to support and develop meaningful relationships with the trade community." Beringer Vineyards is among the launch sponsors for the vertical.
Food & Wine was part of the American Express Publishing portfolio of magazines that was acquired by Time Inc. in late 2013. It became part of the Meredith Corporation when Meredith finalized its purchase of Time Inc. in January 2018.
Hand-off: Subscribers to Hearst's Seventeen have started getting Marie Claire instead. When Hearst decided late last year to shutter the regular print edition of the teen glossy just short of its 75th year, it was left with significant subscription liabilites (the majority of Seventeen's 1.9 million circ came from paying subscribers, not newsstand buyers).
Seventeen subscribers who may have missed the news about the demise of the glossy's regular print edition are receiving Marie Claire in the mail along with a polybagged letter that begins, "Hi! It's Anne Fulenwider, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire. Why, you may ask, are you hearing from me?" She then goes on to explain that Seventeen is now focused on "its vibrant digital platforms—Seventeen.com, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.—and will publish several special issues each year, pegged to news events and key moments in readers' lives." And that in lieu of bimonthly issues of Seventeen (which downsized to that frequency from 10 times a year in 2016), they'll be sent Marie Claire. (Per standard industry practice, Fulenwider notes that readers unhappy with the bait-and-switch can instead choose to get a partial refund for their Seventeen subscriptions, depending on how many issues they're still owed.)
And finally... the latest post from The New Yorker Cartoons on Instagram is a (timeless) throwback to 2013:


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Implementation Strategies
View a selection of implementation strategies from educators who are successfully using ALEKS to achieve dramatic learning outcomes.
Coastal Academy, Oceanside Unified School District
Oceanside, CA
Grade(s): K - 8
Scenario: Home Access
Purpose: RtI, Enrichment/Gifted and Talented, Special Education, Core Curriculum
ALEKS Portion of Curriculum: 20%
Time Spent in ALEKS: 5 hours per week, 90 hours per term
ALEKS Course: Mathematics - LV 3 (with QuickTables), Mathematics - LV 4 (with QuickTables), Mathematics - LV 5 (with QuickTables), RtI 6, RtI 7, RtI 8, MS RtI Tier 3, Middle School Math Course 2, Middle School Math Course 3, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1
Heather Rawley, Teacher
This was my first year using ALEKS, and it has been an amazing one. Our school is an independent study charter school that uses a particular curriculum, but with our students who do not thrive, we try to offer other types of curriculum. The students who I put on the ALEKS program were students who were at least a grade level (up to three or four) behind in their math skills. Five out of six students (one did not have adequate access to the Internet) prospered immensely. One eighth grader went from a fourth grade level to a seventh grade level. The Response to Intervention (RtI) program was a saving grace for this child. It was so successful that when I received a late term seventh grader and admitted him into our RtI program, he finished one whole grade level and moved on to the next. Both students cried when we discussed their achievement. They had never before been successful in math. I have another student who is advanced and needed a program that could grow with him. I started him in Pre-Algebra; he finished the program and is now in Algebra. On a daily basis, I monitor two other students who are just barely at grade level to help motivate them. The fact that I can see how much time they are spending is a very handy tool! This takes the pressure off of their parents, and lets me be the encourager but also the bad guy when needed; this is very important with independent study students. I cannot say enough about ALEKS except it is now the program that I am pushing for all my students next year. It treats the students with respect (especially the RtI program, since it keeps students in their grade level but scaffolds as needed) and allows them the freedom to prosper and grow at their level. I have always been a die-hard math book person, but I am sold on ALEKS. I sincerely believe this is the best math program around.
What challenges did the class or school face in math prior to using ALEKS?
Our school had issues with some of our independent study population making progress in math. Many of our parents get to a point where they cannot teach the skills and concepts needed. We needed a program that took the pressure off the parents and allowed them to learn along with their child, rather than attempt to teach skills they did not possess. This has been a great stress reliever for parents, students, and staff!
How many days per week is class time dedicated to ALEKS?
5 days per week.
What is the average length of a class period when ALEKS is used?
60 minutes.
How do you implement ALEKS?
I show students how the system works and sign them up for it. I do this because they were not successful in the other math curriculum we offered. I check their progress routinely and keep in touch daily or weekly as needed. I do not teach in a conventional classroom but in an independent study program.
Do you cover ALEKS concepts in a particular order?
I usually just advise that they follow the circle of topics, making sure they get number sense first and then move around clockwise.
How do you structure your class period with ALEKS?
We are an independent study program. I meet with my students every 5-6 weeks in person but more often as support if needed. I keep in contact 2-5 times per week via email and phone to check on progress personally and motivate as needed. My office hours are open Monday through Friday on campus or at different venues as needed to work with students. I have students log in and get to work on areas they want but also areas that I program. Basically, I do not have a set structure.
How did you modify your regular teaching approach as a result of ALEKS?
I gave up my die-hard belief that the program I loved was the best around and have come around to loving ALEKS for its versatility and ease of use especially for independent study. I would love to use this in a regular classroom because I love the way it can be modified for each student's level. When I work with my students in ALEKS, I check their progress and work with them as needed. With ALEKS, they can work at their pace, and no one has to feel ashamed or embarrassed about not knowing something.
How often are students required or encouraged to work on ALEKS at home?
Daily, for at least one hour because it is their primary math curriculum.
How do you cultivate parental involvement and support for ALEKS?
Easy! Parents love it because it takes the pressure off of them and allows them to learn along with their child. They are no longer intimidated by math. I LOVE THAT!
Is ALEKS assigned to your students as all or part of their homework responsibilities? If so, what part of the total homework load is it?
It is not assigned as homework; it is assigned as their core math curriculum.
How do you incorporate ALEKS into your grading system?
I usually have my students progress as they do and then have them take a little quiz with me to monitor their ability. I "grade" them every six-week unit of study to see their progress; if the percentage is enough of an increase, I give them a "pass." At the end of the year, when they take their Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment, I give them a grade based on the progress they have made since the beginning of the year and on the grade level math they are in.
Do you require students to make regular amounts of progress in ALEKS?
I expect the students to complete their pie. Then I expect them to either reach grade level or make significant progress in their MAP scores. I have them take beginning, middle, and end of the year MAP tests so I can monitor success and change things as needed in ALEKS.
Learning Outcomes
Since using ALEKS, please describe the learning outcomes or progress you have seen.
I have watched students who hated math prosper and grow in their knowledge of math and change their attitudes toward math. I have two students in RtI who have completed 1-2 levels each, and are nearing their grade level and able to solve problems with ease and confidence. I have a sixth grader who moved up to Algebra after completing Pre-Algebra, and who also took our Algebra placement exam for high school and passed with flying colors. I have two students who are at grade level but struggled with math and were not very motivated. Now they can explain concepts that were extremely difficult for them at the beginning of the year. I have students who have cried, shout for joy, and send me emails with more exclamation points than grains of sand at the shore!!!!! I have students who are confident about their growing math abilities, who are not afraid of math anymore, and who love the idea of learning something new because they can relate it to something they have already learned. So, I'd say my students feel GREAT (insert Tony the Tiger voice here) about their progress in ALEKS. Overall, I have students who are better math students because of ALEKS. I plan on advising ALEKS for the majority of my students for next year.
Best Practices
Are there any best practices you would like to share with other teachers implementing ALEKS?
Frequent monitoring, frequent praise and encouragement, and face-to-face interaction to make sure the students can actually do the work in a non-computer setting (to make sure they have not cheated the system). I think ALEKS is an excellent program that is designed to help students become successful and achieve their potential in math. It is worth whatever it takes to implement for your students.

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If you have a Michener-issued device on the new Rogers VoR plan, talk and text are unlimited, but MMS messages are charged at a rate of 50 cents each.
What are MMS messages?
MMS messages are any messages sent via your device's text messaging application, that have media in them. This includes pictures, videos, songs, etc. SMS messages are text-only messages, and are still unlimited in the new Rogers plan.
On a BlackBerry: This would include all messages sent via the texting feature that include mixed media such as pictures, videos, songs, etc.
On an iPhone: this would be all "green bubble" messages (messages sent to users without iMessage) that include mixed media such as pictures, videos, songs, etc. A quirk of the iPhone is that this also includes all messages, even text-only messages, sent to groups with non-iMessage users in them. Group messages to non-iMessage users are sent as MMS messages, and will thus be charged accordingly.
Who is responsible for paying for these surcharges?
Usage of the MMS feature and associated charges will be treated the same as any other overage charge. Therefore, the user of the device will be responsible for paying for these excess charges out-of-pocket unless a justifiable business reason for the overage can be provided to the budget manager of that user.
How can I avoid these charges?
If you have a BlackBerry: There is no way to disable the MMS feature on BlackBerry devices. To avoid charges, please refrain from sending anything other than pure text messages using the messaging application on your device. Should you need to send media to another user, please use a service that uses cellular data instead of the MMS feature. Options include Email, WhatsApp, Viber, and similar services.
If you have an iPhone: You can disable MMS messages on your iPhone by following the instructions provided at the article linked: here. Should you need to send media or chat with a group, please use a service that uses cellular data instead of the MMS feature. Options include iMessage, Email, WhatsApp, Viber, and similar services.


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"Happiness will come to you when it comes from you. Success will be yours when you choose to take responsibility for making it so."
About me:
As a Computer Science and Physics student at MIT, I am enthusiastic about using technology for social good and stretching our imagination to comprehend and make use of the things in the universe. I am involved in a non-profit organization called 'Lean On Me' that uses technology to address mental health issues on college campuses. I am also dedicated to advancing education, and have created an organization called 'Now Know' that uses research-backed strategies to attract students (in particular diverse students) to technical fields. I have interests in quantum computation and fintech and have completed graduate courses, research and work experience in both areas. I have been awarded Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley scholarships.
Story about the 'Now Know' Organization I started:
Soon after I became interested in computer science, I started to register for hackathons. At my second hackathon, my team and I created an iOS app for managing personal finances. I built parts of the UI for the app, used some APIs, and implemented some machine learning techniques into the app. At the presentation of the final product, I pitched the app to a man who stopped at our booth. He loved the idea, and told us how he would like to work with us in the future. He asked 'Who are the programmers for this app?' He pointed to the guy at the left of me and said 'You?' and then pointed to the guy at the right of me and said 'You?'. I was confused. He did not ask me. He pointed at all the males and clearly skipped me. The guy to the right of me replied, 'Actually we all worked on programming this app.'
After thinking about the situation, I wondered 'is this part of the reason why there are not enough women and minorities in computer science?' I dug deeper and began to research more about the issue. From my research and personal experience, I came up with six strategies to get more women and minorities in computer science. I was happy with the strategies I had come up with, but realised that creating them in theory was powerless. So I decided to put them to the test by creating an organization called 'Now Know'.
'Now Know's' mission is to expose young people to the field of computer science, so that they will now know about the opportunities within technology and hopefully develop an interest for it. Now Know is targeted for everyone, in particular young students who are unfamiliar about the field of computer science (as I was before coming to MIT). What makes us unique, though, is that we use six strategies that will spark an interest in females and minorities in particular, even though we target everyone. In addition, we provide next-steps for the students. One beautiful moment I noticed was at the end of one of the 'What is computer science?' courses I was teaching. I told them the many areas of computer science, and what they can do with it. Then I challenged them to learn one coding language on Codecademy. As I looked up at the students, I was touched as they scurried to write down the Codecademy link on their notepads. Just that simple act of writing the link down indicated to me that they wished to learn how to code and wanted to take a step towards computer science. We had achieved one of our goals.
So far, we have taught hundreds of middle school and high school students computer-science related courses using the six strategies. If you would like to read the six strategies, you can read them here: http://nowknowguide.com/six- strategies


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Over the weekend, 5 of our members took part in two shows held at Crewe Lyceum theatre!
The show, held in conjunction with a local dance school, was an amazing opportunity for our members to perform in the iconic and beautiful theatre. For the perfomances, the dancers learnt two brand new numbers.
1. A sassy hiphop and charleston fusion piece - 'A little party never killed nobody' by Fergie
2. A dynamic contemporary piece - 'What I miss most' by Callum Scott
The pieces were choreographed by President Vicki Black, with assistance from the dancers taking part in and highlighted the technique, musicality and performance quality of the dancers.
The challenging choreography was learnt in just a few intensive sessions and the dancers really pushed themselves to make the performance amazing. The feedback from the audience and other dance groups was incredible - All the dancers involved represented the society brilliantly and shined on stage
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Hobie Wins Emmy in Sunday's Award Show
Best Performance of a Dog in a Foster Role
Recently Hobie received an Emmy for Best Performance of a Dog in a Foster Role with Gateway Pet Guardians. The following is his acceptance speech:
"I'm standing here in lieu of my fellow nominees who are just as deserving, if not more so, of this moment. I'm standing here because of an army of people and…


text: In this laboratory experiment, we show that people incorporate irrelevant group information when evaluating others. Individuals from groups that perform badly on average receive low evaluations, even when it is known that the individuals themselves perform well. This group-bias occurs both in a gendered setup, where women form the worse performing group, and in a non-gendered setup. The type of discrimination that we identify is neither taste-based nor statistical; it is rather due to conservatism in updating beliefs, and is even more pronounced among women. Furthermore, self-confident men overvalue male performers. When our data is used to simulate a job promotion ladder, we observe that women are driven out quickly.


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There's one view of how the UK should react to the Syrian crisis that hasn't - with the possible exception of Robert Halfon (11.23" in) - been expressed. It's something like this:
This is not a matter for parliament or the public to debate. With a few exceptions - some of them of no account - everyone agrees that if Assad has used chemical weapons there is a moral case for restraining and punishing him: don't forget that intervention sometimes works. The question is one of practicality; is it possible to intervene for the better? Here, any fool can think of a dozen hypotheses why intervention might fail or backfire. Whether these hypotheses are correct depends upon conditions on the ground in Syria, of which most people - including MPs - have insufficient knowledge. Rather than have parliament debate the matter - which'll just give us pompous windbaggery and weaselling about the law - the decision should be taken by the PM, under guidance from the intelligence agencies who know the details of what's happening. This is a matter that should be left to the experts.
There's a big, obvious reason why almost nobody's saying this. It's that, since at least the "dodgy dossier", nobody trusts the security services at all.
Which raises an important point. Trust is not merely some airy-fairy moral concept or PR guff. It's an important real asset for an organization. The fact that the intelligence agencies don't have it severely impairs their ability to fulfill one of their proper functions, of informing the decision to go to war or not.That's a material weakness.
But the distrust should, I suspect, go further than this. The point Hayek so rightly made about economic knowledge - that it is fragmentary, partial and unreliable - applies even more to military intelligence. There's a reason why "for want of a nail" is an ancient rhyme; in war, tiny details can have huge effects. The concepts of complexity and emergence apply perhaps even more to civil wars than to other social phenomena.
There are some things which it is perhaps impossible to know. The fact that everyone seems to have an opinion on Syria tells us more about the ease with which opinions are formed than it does about what is actually happening in Syria or about the nature of knowledge.


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Travel with other Davidson alumni, parents and friends to exotic and interesting international and domestic destinations.
Multiple travel opportunities are available each year, from touring the fjords of Norway to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Our trips provide a unique experience, broader than your average group travel, due to the educational element of each program. We have selected experienced tour operators and, for most trips, a Davidson faculty member or college representative will accompany the group. The focus of both our professional travel operators and the college representatives will be the welfare of the group; therefore, the group's needs will necessarily outweigh any conflicting individual needs.
Please note that some trips may not consist exclusively of Davidson travelers.
To learn more about our travel program, contact us at email@example.com or call 704-894-2559.
2020 Travel Program
- Journey through Vietnam with Marty and Porter Halyburton '63 (February 5-21 and October 21-November 6, 2020)
- Experience the beauty, allure and hospitality of provincial France with Sherry Nelson and Burkhard Henke (May 11-25, 2020)
Past Trips
View a list of our most recent destinations.
Registration Information
Below is valuable information you should know before you leave on your next alumni trip. Reservations will be honored upon receipt on a first-come, first-served basis. By submitting your deposit you acknowledge your acceptance of the terms of the destination package.
Information contained in travel brochures is based on the best information available at the time our tour operators offered their packages. However, all dates, schedules, accommodations, and costs are subject to change. All prices are based upon double occupancy. Single occupancy is available on some trips at a supplementary rate. There may also be single travelers available to share accommodations.
Most trips include the price of airfare to and from a single destination. Each traveler will bear the additional costs of getting to and from the departure point. Trip cost includes most in-country meals (this is detailed in each individual trip brochure), lodging, medical insurance, in-country transportation, international flight from single departure point, and an expert local support team.
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Each tour has its own cancellation policy regarding refunds and trip cancellations. Please review it carefully. Each tour operator offers trip cancellation insurance, which we strongly recommend. We reserve the right to cancel trips that fail to meet minimum reservation requirements, in which case we will provide a full refund of all payments.
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Have the winter blahs got you down?
Are you ready to add a little jazz to your wardrobe?
If so, it's time to lift yourself up and climb aboard the latest trend in hosiery: colored tights.
Let's touch upon the origin of tights or colored tights in this case.
Here is a little story of where it all started.
"Female attire typically includes pink or flesh colored tights, a leotard, and sometimes a short wrap-skirt, or a skirted leotard.
Males typically wear black or dark tights, a form-fitting white, or black, shirt or leotard worn under the tights, and a dance belt beneath the outer dancewear to provide support.
In some cases, students may wear a unitard — a one-piece garment that combines tights and a leotard — to enhance the visibility of artistic lines.
All dancers wear soft ballet shoes (sometimes called flats).
Typically, female dancers wear pink or beige shoes and men wear black or white shoes.
Leg warmers are sometimes worn during the early part of a class to protect leg muscles until they become warm.
Females are usually required to restrain their hair in a bun or some other hair style that exposes the neck that is not a ponytail.
The customary attire and hair style are intended to promote freedom of movement and to reveal body form so that the teacher can evaluate dancers' alignment and technique.
After warming up, advanced female students may wear pointe shoes whereas advanced male students continue to wear soft shoes.
Pointe shoes are worn after the student is deemed strong enough in the ankles and can execute the routine to a high standard, usually around or after the age of 12, or after the dancers' feet have stopped developing, so as to protect the dancers' feet from injury common with premature wearing."
Colored Tights Secrets Use Tips
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That's right.
Colored fashion tights have replaced stockings and pantyhose as the legwear of choice for fashionists who want to pick up the pace and add some drama to their outfits.
The choices are endless, so you can rest assured that you can find fashion tights that you love.
Let's look at some options:
Fabrications for Every Occasion
Tights come in a wide variety of fabrications.
Merino wool tights, for example, are perfect to keep your legs warm on a chilly winter's day.
Pair your wool tights with a short wool dress and a thin belt for a fashion statement that's both stylish and comfortable.
Cotton tights have a variety of textures, depending on the manufacturing process.
They can feel like velvet and go from work to evening with ease, or can be luxuriously thick to keep your legs protected from icy blasts of wind.
Tights made from a blend of denier and Lycra has the wonderful smoothness of microfiber with the perfect measure of opacity that makes them an excellent choice for work or for a night on the town.
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Colors for Every Mood
When it comes to colored tights, your choices are limited only by your imagination.
From classic black to classy off-white, from chocolate brown to grape purple, from mustard yellow to slate grey, tights come in dozens of colors.
In fact, the trend this season is to buy tights in virtually every color available, and use them as a wardrobe accessory.
Want to kick that little black dress up a notch?
Pair it with red tights and a skinny red belt and watch heads turn.
If you're not quite ready for startling contrasts, go with the tone-on-tone look and pair moss green tights with a moss green skirt and sweater.
Or choose complementary colors for a put-together look.
If you're on the shorter side and want to appear taller, choose lighter colored tights; if you want to lengthen your torso, opt for darker colored tights.
Whichever way you go, your choices are endless.
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Kick Around Some Patterns
This season, the fashion story isn't only about color – it's also about pattern.
Make a funky statement with polka dot tights, red gingham tights, or give your legs a splash of color with a sumptuous pink and blue floral pattern.
Want a look that's slightly more subdued by that still makes a statement?
Go for tartan or argyle patterned tights.
Of course, there are occasions when you might prefer holdups, thigh highs, a beautiful silk stocking, or even a body stocking, but for the sheer fun of it, you should treat yourself to colored tights.
Winter seems much less dreary when you have some fun with fashion!


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We work in a number of areas, including Company and Commercial law; Commercial and Residential property; Wills, Trusts and Probate; Family law; Litigation; Employment law and Landlord and Tenant law.
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2011 Corison Napa Cabernet "25th Anniversary Vintage" Boxed Set
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Three-bottle boxed set of the 2011 Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
My 25th vintage, a quarter century! Somehow it seems fitting that the 2011 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon hails from one of the most challenging, but ultimately rewarding vintages of my winemaking career. Taking long and cool out to the limit, 2011 broke records for cool, closing with a big dose of rain. Luckily, seasons like this play handily into my style, favoring an elegant and refined expression of Cabernet Sauvignon. My well-drained, gravelly benchland sites promote early ripening.
The 2011 is certainly a candidate for one of my favorite vintages ever, displaying the entire range of Cabernet fruit flavors from black cherry and blueberry through plum, cassis and blackberry with cameos played by black raspberry and lingonberry, shored up by bracing natural acidity and firm and grippy, but velvety, tannins. A wonderful mineral streak and forest-floor earthiness run up the middle and a precocious violet perfume enhances the aromas. Grace notes include cocoa, espresso and savory sage, thyme, allspice and coriander. It feels supple and textural in the mouth- luscious. This calls for lamb!
~Cathy Corison
Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine
CORISON Napa Valley 2011 The Corison hand is clearly evident here, and, as usual, this wine runs to refinement rather than to barely contained power. It is moderately full-bodied, wonderfully lithe and supple in feel with a quiet impression of continuing richness. Proportion and balance are its salient strengths, and, if eschewing big muscles in favor of grace, it is nonetheless structured to steadily grow for a decade and last for another beyond that.
December 2014
When this wine was still in barrel, Cathy Corison told me she felt her 2011 was one the best wines she has ever made, and after tasting the wine in bottle, it would be hard to argue with that statement. This is an absolutely pure example of Napa Valley Cabernet, made the way it was meant to be, classy and elegant with amazing balance and structure. The seductive aromas and flavors of ripe cassis, exotic spices, dried savory herbs, minerals and fresh floral come together beautifully and resonate all the way through the gorgeous finish. This is a brilliant effort from Cathy Corison that is already showing wonderful right now and will certainly continue to evolve. (Best 2015-2027)
November, 2014 (JD)
VINOUS Explore All Things Wine
Cathy Corison's 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon is very pretty. Sweet herbs, tobacco, menthol, licorice, dried flowers and cedar are all laced together nicely. The 2011 is aromatic and soft throughout, which makes it an excellent choice for drinking over the next handful of years. As always, the Cabernet Sauvignon is made from bench land vineyards in St. Helena and Rutherford. (2014-2023)
Antonio Galloni, December 2014
VINOGRAPHY: a wine blog
Dark garnet in color, this wine smells of flowers, green herbs, roses, and lavender. Amazingly floral, bright, and juicy, the core of this wine delivers a thunderbolt of cherry, pure, bright, and crystalline across the palate. Very fine grained tannins stretch along the pure and long profile of the wine. Airy, elegant, and powerful. Among the best tasting new releases I've had from Cathy in many years. Wowza. 13.7% alcohol. Score:
between 9.5 and 10
Alder Yarrow, vinography.com, 6.27.2015
Cathy Corison's 2011 cabernet sauvignon is her twenty-fifth harvest at her own winery, and not surprisingly the queen of Napa Valley elegance has produced a stellar wine in the cooler year of 2011. The wine is a ripe, but suave 13.7 percent and wafts from the glass in a stellar constellation of red and black cherries, a fair bit of Rutherford Dust, tobacco leaf, beautiful soil tones, a hint of eucalyptus, fresh herb tones and a very refined base of new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very pure, a superb core of fruit, absolutely seamless balance, great focus and complexity and a very long, youthful and ripely tannic finish of impeccable focus and grip… The 2011 is one of Cathy Corison's finest young vintages that I have had the pleasure to taste, which is saying something, considering this remarkable woman's superb track record for classic Napa cabernets!
John Gilman, Jul/Aug 2014, Issue #52
California Grapevine
Medium-dark ruby; attractive, somewhat tight, deep, complex, toasty, cassis and dark berry fruit aroma with herbal notes and a hint of vanilla; full body; rich, nicely balanced and structured, cassis and dark berry fruit flavors with a velvety mouthfeel; full tannin; lingering aftertaste. Corison's wines traditionally age well and this current release deserves a good five more years.
Very highly recommended.
Volume 40, September 2014
Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences
- This wine... displays classic Napa aromas of dried and fresh cherries, niçoise olives, tea, and dried herbs. Perfect balance leads to a generous mid-palate and huge potential; in a decade, you may find traces of aged Latakia tobacco! Those who recall the best Cabs of the 1970s will find this an absolute delight, and it gets better for hours with air, indicating a long life. This is what great Napa Cab is all about!
Volume XVIII, Issue 31, September 18, 2014
Another example of a classy, non-hillside 2011 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is the Corison Napa Valley, owner Cathy Corison's 25th vintage... She replicated her signature style of Cab, with black cherry and plum fruit enhanced by notes of forest floor, cedar, sage and coffee. Corison's Cabs have never crossed the over-ripeness line, so her 2011 is in keeping with her stylistic choice of lower alcohol.
Linda Murphy, November 4, 2014
What (Cathy Corison) is focused on is quality in the glass, and this wine is yet another example of her deft hand with Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. Her 25th anniversary vintage, this wine is classic Corison -- blackberry, currants, wild flowers, dust, mild dried herbs and delicate brown spice notes delivered over structured acidity and supple tannins that bode well for a long life ahead. That said, it's great to drink now with a good decant. Congratulations to Cathy on 25 years, and thanks for sharing your talents with us!
Rich Cook, November 25, 2014
Global Traveler
Her 2011 Napa Valley is equally enchanting with dark cherries, plums and spice, as smooth as fine-spun silk yet powerful and mouth-filling.
Eunice Fried, May 2, 2015
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Corison Does it Her Way
The 2011 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley has the earlier vintage's (2005's) DNA, but its own personality. Here, the black fruit is more vibrant because it is younger, and the mineral, stony character stands behind it, giving support for what will be a long life.
John Foy, February 26, 2015


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By definition, "deciduous" trees shed their foliage in autumn. But throughout most of the eastern half of our nation, a midwinter stroll though a mixed hardwood forest will confirm that a few species defy the rules. Among them is the Ameri-
can beech. The oval, serrated leaves have lost their chloro-
phyll, and as the low winter light passes through them, they glow like copper-sheathed lanterns. Two of the more plau-
sible explanations are 1) that because dry leaves are rela-
tively unpalatable to large browsers like deer and moose, they protect twigs, and 2) that because beeches grow in well-drained soil where water tends to leach out nutrients, the dead leaves that finally fall in spring provide a needed shot of fertilizer at the start of the growing season. Beeches produce small nuts relished by all manner of wildlife. And they have smooth bark that has long tempted graffitists. One specimen that fell in the 1930s and is now in the possession of the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky, bears this inscription: "D. Boone Kill A Bar 1803 Zois."
If you know children or adults who are squeamish about bugs, there's no better time for treatment than the middle of the winter and no better medicine than patent-leather beetles. There are two common species in the United States—one in Florida and one that lives throughout the East. Look for these inch-and-a-quarter-long, shiny black insects under dead wood. In the northern part of their range they may be hibernating, probably protected with glycerin anti-freeze they've pumped into their cellular water. The patent-leather beetle is among the few species in the order Cole-
optera that has a social structure and one of the few insects of any order in which adult males care for young, commu-
nicating to them with squeaks and preparing their food by chewing decaying wood and mixing in salivary secretions that aid digestion. Although these beetles can eat their way through oak, they are unlikely to bite. Pick one up and, if it isn't hibernating, it may emit alarm cries that sound like someone chewing on a deflated balloon. After the demonstration there's another teachable moment: Carefully replace the wood you've turned over, thereby preserving an insect–microbe community.
Nature has a way of making wildlife staples with the longest shelf lives slightly less palatable so there will be something for animals to fall back on once the perishables get eaten. So it is with the scarlet, quarter-inch fruit of the chokeberry, now brightening the woods from the eastern seaboard as far west as Texas and Oklahoma and in settled areas of the West, where it has been transplanted. In the wane of February's Hunger Moon these berries, scorned earlier in the season by such woodland denizens as bobwhites, ruffed grouse, pheas-
ants, and cedar waxwings, start tasting better and better. The namechokeberry derives from the fruit's extreme bitterness. While humans have to muster great will power to eat it raw, it is superb when sweetened with sugar and cooked into jam, juice, wine, or flavoring for soft drinks.
Along all four major flyways snow geese are wafting south on the north wind, sometimes moving at 50 miles per hour and flying so high you can see only their V formations faintly penciled on azure. Yet through the still, cold air their whouk, whouk, whouk calls carry so well that the flock seems to be at tree-top level. If you're near a coastal marsh, wet grass-
land, or farm field, you may see them tumble down in what is aptly described as the "falling-leaf maneuver." For a few short weeks they'll gorge on berries, sedges, grasses, rushes, and cultivated grains. Then, sometimes as early as February, they'll start back to their Arctic and subarctic breeding grounds. Both the lesser and greater snow goose have made stunning recoveries since 1916, when market gunners had depleted them to the point that even sport hunting was outlawed. Pushed inland by coastal wetland destruction and pulled by abundant agricultural grains, the mid-continent population of lesser snow geese has exploded to the point that it is destroying its own summer habitat by denuding the tundra of vegetation. Hunting, which resumed in 1975, has had little effect even though managers have waived traditional prohibitions against using electronic calls and shotguns that hold more than three shells.
Most mushrooms you encounter in the winter woods across the northern states are the "bracket fungi," the pretty trophies that don't rot and on which you may break your teeth if you try to eat them. But one delicious, soft-bodied mushroom survives—in fact, thrives—in colder temperatures. This is the velvet foot, or winter, mushroom, and like the bracket fungi, you're apt to find it above the snow line because it grows only on wood, especially elm, willow, and poplar. The velvet foot usually fruits in clusters. Its stems are fuzzy and brown, its caps sticky. If there's a ring around the stem, be careful, because you've probably found the deadly galerina instead of the velvet foot. Other fungi have climbed no higher than the stratosphere and only as spores, but the velvet foot has fruited in earth orbit. In 1993 it was cultured as part of the joint Space Shuttle Columbia/Spacelab D-2 mission. The velvet foot typically bends its stem near the base, then grows straight up so that it can drop its spores cleanly. In space, however, it grew in random directions, proving that it is oriented by gravity.
Americans are conflicted about gray squirrels, commonly applying to them such adjectives as "cute," "perky," "pesky," "noisy," "greedy," and, in rural areas, "delicious." Now through the central and eastern states (their native range) and much of the West (where they've been intro-
duced), these prankish marauders are shoring up their winter "dreys," or nests, which are better insulated than the ones they build in summer. In suburbia, to which the species has adapted so well, dreys are frequently constructed with such material as attic insulation. Although gray squirrels don't hibernate, they take to their dreys in periods of extreme cold. Breeding activity starts in midwinter with chattering males chasing females on the ground and around tree trunks. The old saw that there is no such thing as a squirrel-proof bird feeder (at least one without screening) has finally been put to rest with the Yankee Flipper, a cylindrical device with a metal, battery-charged base that spins with the weight of a squirrel, flipping it onto the ground. Look for "squirrel angels" in the snow.
If you see one pine siskin, you're apt to see more—lots more. Especially in winters when hemlock, alder, birch, spruce, and cedar seeds are scarce in the boreal forests of Canada and the northern states, these delicate little finches settle like wet snow into backyards and woodlots as far south as Florida and Baja California. Often they travel with their close relatives, the goldfinches, which they resemble bothphysically and in their strong, swift, undulating flight.
The name siskin derives from the sound of the call notes, which, when flocks are large, can fill the air with a hum easily confused with gasoline-powered machinery. Like chickadees and titmice, foraging siskins frequently hang upside down, especially when gleaning seeds of conifers.
Because they spend much of their lives in the unpeopled North Woods, they evince little fear of humans. In Birds of Massachusetts, ornithologist Edward Forbush documented the experience related to him in 1926 (along with photographic documentation) by one E.R. Davis of Leominister, Massachusetts. Davis liked to sleep in on winter mornings, and whenever he had neglected to fill the feeder the pine siskins showed their displeasure by flying in the open window and hopping about on the bed near his face. "If he simulated sleep and their dish of seeds was covered," wrote Forbush, "some of them pulled his hair, and if he then showed no signs of animation, they seemed to brace backward and pull harder. They have been known even to tweak his ears and nose. Finally when he opened his eyes and uncovered the food dish, they hopped upon it and began to eat. One morning Mr. Davis covered his head, leaving only a small hole through which to observe the birds. At first his feathered visitors were at a loss, but finally one discovered the peep-
hole and reaching in began tapping his friend on the forehead. When Mr. Davis finally turned and reached for the food dish, one bird rode over to it on his hand."
While other birds flee our northern winter or tough it out, puffed against the icy blast, white-tailed ptarmigans—high in the jagged mountains of Alaska, western Canada, and south to northern New Mexico—can't seem to get enough of it. Except when feeding on their staple, willow buds, they generally avoid elevations low enough to support trees. No other native bird spends most of its life above timberline.
This, our smallest grouse and the only ptarmigan confined to North America, has adapted to its frigid environment by evolving feathers filled with insulating air spaces, an undercoat of thick down, and feathered nostrils, eyelids, and toes. In addition to serving as insulation, toe feathers (grown in winter) act as snowshoes, increasing the surface area of the foot by a factor of four. At night and during much of the day the birds roost under the snow, where the temperature can't dip much below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. White-tailed ptarmigans seem actually to be stressed by spring thaws during which they can be seen bathing in snow drifts.
Should you find yourself in their winter habitat (doubtless while helicopter skiing), listen for their soft, low hoots and clucking emanating from flocks that may number as many as 95 birds. And be prepared for them to burst up between your legs, showering you with snow.


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From divestment to sterilisation: Reframing climate change as an existential risk
(Responsible investor, 13 Oct 2018) Incremental changes in the private sector will no longer meet the world's climate needs, argue Raj Thamotheram and Ian Dunlop.
We are three months from COP24, the 24th time governments have met to affirm their intention to address climate change. As the physical impact of climate change worsens, with global climate-related losses running at record levels, the rhetoric from most governments – and now many non-state players – is truly impressive. But the reality is that next to nothing has been done to materially address climate change. We now face the need for emergency action if the worst impacts are to be avoided. With the exception of petro-state apologists in Australia, Canada, the USA and the like, the facts are not in doubt. 2017 saw the highest levels of carbon dioxide recorded, governments failed to reduce the subsidies going to fossil fuel companies despite committing to eliminating them completely by 2025, investment in renewables actually fell while investments in fossil fuels increased. Meanwhile, record temperatures are occurring in the Arctic, parts of Asia and the US which may well trigger potentially irreversible climatic feedback loops.
The option of a gradual transition path to prevent temperatures rising above 2°C limit – as governments agreed in Paris in 2015 – is now clearly off the table.
Sadly, the option of a gradual transition path to prevent temperatures rising above 2°C limit – as governments agreed in Paris in 2015 – is now clearly off the table. We have left it too late for anything other than emergency action; climate change is now an immediate existential risk to human civilisation as we know it. That is, a risk posing large negative consequences which will result inter alia in major reductions in population via forced migration and spikes in weather-related mortality (often in countries that have done least to cause global warming), accelerated species extinction, disruption of economies and social chaos including major population movements. Importantly, the risk is immediate in that it is being locked in today by our insistence on expanding the use of fossil fuels when the carbon budget to stay below sensible temperature increase limits is already exhausted. In short, dramatic action is needed and only civil society is able to get this ball rolling. Dramatic change is called for from all parties. Think wartime regulation rather than the voluntary incrementalism that business typically favours and many others, campaigners and NGOs included, have come to accept.
Everyone needs to make this paradigm shift and for climate advocates and campaigners this means switching from calling for divestment to pushing for 'sterilisation'.
But why this dramatic action just when, in the top echelons of the global corporate and investment communities, climate risk seem to be finally reversing decades of 'wilful blindness'? Of course, we welcome the recent movements by, amongst others, the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). In Australia for example, legal opinion has confirmed that: "company directors who fail to properly consider and disclose foreseeable climate-related risks to their business could be held personally liable for breaching their statutory duty of care and diligence under the Corporations Act.". Regulators in several countries seem to be finally waking up to the fact that climate risk has the potential to create a crisis far greater than the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, emphasising that: "climate risks are foreseeable, material and actionable now".
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I've been cooking with my farm share stuff (blog on what I made later) and contemplating a Facebook conversation that occurred earlier today. My dilemma is that I'm torn between being amused and throw-a-chair angry that I had this conversation with someone who considers herself an adult, and I decided that this is worth talking about because the fact that this stuff is allowed to happen shows how far we still have to go. Disclaimer: Body-shaming language and general bigotry abound and I'm likely to get explicit.
A mutual friend of myself and my mother's posted a this link about supporting positive body image for men. The first comment, made by a young woman I'll just call Janet simply read, "Gross."
My beautiful, wonderful mother who I'm so proud of right now, responded, "Too bad that people can't be accepted for who they are regardless of size and shape. These real guys are not photoshopped, shaved and oiled. They are, however, not gross...they are human and as such likely have feelings. We all need to get past what advertising media has sold us as being the standard because it is UNATTAINABLE. Just saying."
Yes! Yes! Exactly! And even if Janet does find those non-photoshopped men sexually undesirable, that's her prerogative. There's not law that says we all have to like the same thing. Except, oh, wait, there's not a law, but there are myriad constantly reinforced stereotypes that actively SELL us - yes, we pay money for this - an ideal of what we should and shouldn't find attractive.
In response to my mother's very astute and spot on comment, Janet wrote, "GROSS!!! And calm down there Suzy Q, it'll be okay."
Let's be super clear: My mother was addressing pressing social issues faced by fat Americans. These social issues include the fact that larger people are discriminated against when job hunting, fat people generally receive inadequate healthcare, and that fat shaming is common, pervasive, and often compliantly accepted. Janet made it sound like my mother was getting bent out of shape about a bad hair day or something. And on a petty note, nobody calls my mother Suzy Q except Sarah Brown.
My mother then calmly laid her case to rest by more or less saying "Let's agree to disagree," and then rather snidely referred to her as "Janet-poo." Her decision was fine. We are not obliged to argue.
Janet, however, was not finished. She continued (and I'm copying this verbatim): "Stopping being negative they have plus size models too :-) don't be jelly. Being healthy and taking care of your body and being fit is a lifestyle, anyone can do this. Eating like crap and being lazy won't help you achieve that lifestyle obviously. In my opinion I find it rather Unappealing to see an overweight gentleman in underwear. Saying a health fit body is unachievable is weak Sue-poo! I can appreciate the fact that the human body will fluctuate in size and shape however I find a fit body to be more easy on the eyes when promoting underwear."
Again, let's be super clear: Janet here is assuming that we can identify someone's health based on their size, which we certainly cannot, and then doing a little bit of a hypocritical flip-flop by saying that it's okay for people to be different sizes, but only certain ones are allowed to promote underwear.
Janet then - and here's where I got really worked up - suggested that, "Perhaps maybe you should see these models as motivation for a healthier lifestyle." Once again, Janet is conflating health and size, which are not the same thing, and furthermore, she is very flippantly treating an issue that affects a large number of people.
Now, I'm a fan of debate in general, but human respect and civil rights are not open for debate in my humble opinion, and, to echo Reagan Chastain, "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness do not start when we weigh what someone else thinks we should weigh." So, I took a sarcastic route (in hindsight not my best choice) and wrote this: "OMG, like, that's what I'm totally going to do. I'm, like, totally going to plaster my room with photos of photoshopped women and take Alli and eat Nutrisystem so I can be 'more easy on the eyes.' High five!"
And then this happened:
Janet: "Look bitch, I don't sound like that. Just because the slime behind your toilet is prettier than you doesn't mean you need to treat me like a ditzy girl. Stereotyping me because I live in California is weak. Obviously you don't give two shits about your appearance because you resemble a thunder thigh mini mouse. Eating healthy and exercising doesn't mean taking pills and eating weight loss meals. After looking at your gross face the very thought of seeing you in person summons vomit to the recesses of my mouth. High five!"
One more time, let's be super clear: This isn't about my health, her vague future health threats, or anything else. This is purely about wanting to hate me and wanting me to hate me over the fact that I mocked the way she was flippantly addressing A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. Perhaps Janet thinks her value lies in being thin and the fact that I don't value being thin is a threat to her self-esteem.
And, honestly, what the hell is a thunder thigh mini mouse? Has her level of repulsion for me superseded any actual living large animals? What about elephants? Whales? Hippos?
So, I asked her, "What the hell is a thunder thigh mini mouse? First of all, I had no idea you lived in California." I didn't. I promise. "I was mocking the persistent jargon perpetuated through your 'everybody knows' ideals and stereotypes of beauty. Second of all, I'm very pleased to evoke such an evocative response from someone who doesn't even KNOW me or anything ABOUT me. You're going to look at a picture of me and assume that you know things about me and believe they're true no matter what, and that's fine. I can't make you change. But if you're going to demand that I treat YOU with respect, then I'm going to demand that back from you because hypocrisy is ugly. And, while we're at it, I don't appreciate the name calling. I didn't call you names, make fun of the way you look, or in fact, mention anything about you, except pointing out in a sarcastic valley girl way that your beliefs are incredibly narrow minded."
And, as proof that there is no arguing with these people, Janet responded, "I literally only read the first sentence and you are a thunder thigh mini mouse."
Face palm.
Thanks for the clarification. It makes it so much clearer when you repeat exactly what you just said.
But really, there's no arguing. And, for me, logic and evidence based practices aside, this is about treating people with basic human respect. I will own up to being very snarky in my initial comment, and I'm a little bit sorry that my snarkiness offended Janet so greatly, but her comments were 100% unwarranted.
I am at a place in my life where I am growing more and more okay with who I am on a daily basis, but for those of you who may deal with these kinds of people - either intentionally or not - and aren't sure how to deal with them and move on, it helps me to bear the following in mind: History is on my side.
Once upon a time everybody knew that the sun revolved around the earth.
Once upon a time everybody knew that phrenology proved racial stereotypes.
One upon a time everybody knew that Lysol was a safe effective way to douche.
Once upon a time everybody knew that if a woman enjoyed sex, she was crazy and needed surgery.
Prejudice, stigma, bullying, and oppression are heaped on fat people every day, so much so that just getting out of bed and daring to go outside can be perceived as a revolutionary act. Every day, more or more fat people do this and refuse to be held back by fat shaming bigots who stick their fingers in their ears like a petulant child, refusing to listen to logic or reason and insist on "helping" fat people by warning them about vague future health threats or trying to bully us thin. One last time, let's be clear, I'll know when you're actually helping me because I will feel helped.
My size is not a marker of health. My body is not up for public debate. My rights do not come last because I do not fit the contemporary cultural standard of beauty.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Haters Gonna Hate?
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Hillary, I can see you're smart and beautiful. And you're my hero for handling that dingbat so well! Signed, friend of StephanieReplyDelete
Thank you, LUCYG. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that, at some point in your life, you've had to deal with someone of a similar nature. For me, a turning point was realizing that other people have to deal with these haters, too, and that there really are more of us than there are of them. They just tend to be louder.ReplyDelete
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I decided to take two of my Inktober sketches and paint them up to look nice! I suppose that is a HUGE benefit of drawing everyday(even if just small drawings). You always have a library of drawings you can go back to, to paint up or using in professional work.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Personal work for fun
I live in Arizona and during October Dias De Los Muertos really takes off. I've never really observed or celebrated it, but I do love cultural decoration. An image popped into my head and I just had to take some time and paint something for me.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Oatley Academy - Painting Drama 1 WIP Detail
So I have this is a detail of a piece that I have been working on that started out as an Assignment for Oatley Academy. There is a lot more to this painting and as soon as I am satisfied with it I will put it out. I really think that the look of older Middle Eastern and North African design is really cool. I love the paintings of Morocco done by De La Croix, and paintings by Gerome. I think the it's really unexplored in the Fantasy Art world, or rather it's a bit caricatured in weird direction. And even in my painting I'm probably not doing justice to subtleties of such a diverse part of the world. In any case I love the look of the clothing and the costuming of this character from the movie 'Hidalgo' is just so cool, so I thought I'd include him in this pic of influences for this painting.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Digital Sketchbook - Classic Cars, again
Usually I don't throw color on top of the drawings I do in my digital sketchbook, but I wanted to take the opportunity to study how color/light hit's the surface of cars. I also, wanted to try painting based more on flat colors. This way I couldn't blend and had to be decisive about the colors I use.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
My work feature on the Oatley Academy website!!
So a piece I did for the Painting Drama class was posted to the OA website, along with pieces from other awesome artist! So much good work here!
Monday, June 30, 2014
I am taking Chris Oatley's Painting Drama class, to improve my visual storytelling skills and to keep learning new techniques. This piece was one of the assignments - Medusa in a state of repose.
Tree house ideas - Looking at tree house living around the world and got inspired to generate some ideas.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Lady Rider
Old School Car Studies
Sketches I did of old cars. I have a "digital sketchbook" file that I have been using to draw on the computer. These were all drawn using the wacom tablet, just exercise to keep my linear perspective skills enforced. Oh and that face was just something I drew on a whim.
Monday, June 9, 2014
More prints for PCC
I sold out of the Dias de Los Muertos pieces! It was a lot of fun, I had a really good time meeting people and looking at all the art.
Some Prints for the Phoenix Comic Con
I have not posted in a long time, I have been going to workshops and conventions (I post more work on my Facebook page). CTNx, then Massive Black and the latest being Phoenix Comic Con. This was my first time behind a table and I was not even able to get the table until 4 days before the convention! A friend agreed to share her table with me. Gathered as many prints as possible, made preparations for transportation and lodging, and set off. With such short notice I was not able to make a proper sign so I drew one myself. Just something quick to attempt to catch eyes.
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In his new book, Who's Your City, Richard Florida says the creative economy is making where you live the most important decision of your life. The world is not flat but spiky, he argues, as today's key economic indicators—talent, innovation and creativity-- are concentrated in strategic areas, not spread out evenly across the world. He brands the mega-regions in the world, including the Chicago- Pittsburgh corridor (Chi-Pitts) which is the third largest. And he ranks American cities for best places to live at different stages of life. Regions, like people, have distinct personalities, according to researchers. While New York and the west coast have a concentration of those open to experience, our region is dominated more by conscientious folks.
From the wealth of place to the geography of happiness, Florida spins a new way of looking at our place in the world today. Is it for real? Or as Steven Colbert joked at the end of his humorous interview, which is in the book, is he simply a "gay, bohemian artist who just wants to sell his house?"
We recently interviewed the author who went out of his way to point out that the good life can be found in places like Cincinnati.
(Note: In some cases, Mr. Florida's responses are edited and condensed for space.)
So now that you were on the Colbert Report, does that preclude you from going on the Daily Show?
No! We wondered that, too! We're working on that as we speak.
You write that the real source of economic growth comes from the clustering and concentration of talented and productive people and that today's global economy is powered by a surprisingly small number of places. So what's to become of the rest of the world?
Well, I'm scared, and one of the reasons I wrote this book is because I'm scared. The book is an empirical observation, the way the world is, not the way I wish the world would be.Look, if we believe in this mythology that the world is flat, that anyone can plug and play and compete from anywhere, we're missing the point that economic resources, resources required for invention, are really concentrating in a way that few people, even leading urbanists, understand.
More than 50% of us live in urban regions. These 40 mega regions (around the world) with less than 20% of the population account for about 2/3 of the world's economic output.
What the book says is either we have to figure out a way as a world, which looks like a long shot given the bandwidth of our national politicians, to push up the valleys, or we have to understand that, like it or not, their (people's) economic future may depend on their ability to move.
Help me better understand the connection between living in a powerful mega-region like Chi-Pitts but in a city in that region that's in transition.
Chicago's growth really sucked up all of the services and headquarters functions and lawyering and financial and accountancy that used to be done in the Detroits, the Pittsburghs, the Cincinnatis, the Akrons, the Toledos. Chicago has become in a way the business and financial center for the Chi-Pitts regions, and it's become extraordinarily expensive.
So, one can make quite a nice life in a Cincinnati if they find ways to connect to that Chi-Pitts mega region. The places in the mega region that are really at an advantage are places like Ann Arbor. So, the college towns in that mega region have a particular advantage.
How can a city in this mega-region, like Cincinnati, Detroit or Pittsburgh, better compete in the global economy? Is it a matter of amenities or mindset or both?First of all, I think they all have this great advantage, in a nearly 2 trillion dollar mega region which is one of the most innovative on the planet. They're also close to the second largest mega-region on the planet, the number one in North America which is the Bos-Wash (Boston-Washington). The question is how do they want to compete?
I was just in Cincinnati and in Dayton, another city I love. They're historical centers of innovation, every one from steel innovation to aluminum innovation, to electronics, to the Wright Brothers, to the car. This is one of the greatest innovative and entrepreneurial centers in the world. They have probably one of the greatest clusters of universities, in the history of the planet. They're producing phenomenal talent, but unfortunately, that talent leaves. So, in Rise of the Creative Class, I said the one thing that it needs to become is more open minded and tolerant. It needs to be more diverse and inclusive.
Some of that's happening in certain parts of the region. More foreign people are moving in, though not enough, in the Cincinnatis and Pittsburghs. They're becoming more open minded to the gay and lesbian population, though by no means, not enough. I don't think it's a question of making jazzier restaurants or hipper bike trails. I think it's a question of being more open-minded.
Another thing the region suffers from is really poor leadership. And I think the reason that is, it really bears the imprint that as the economy is changing to newer things, away from manufacturing, the leadership still reflects that top-down, vertical, 1950s organization mentality so you get these conflicts between old-style democratic political machine and business-led organizations. Those conflicts become very dysfunctional. I think one of the other things is that if older cities could achieve better leadership, leadership that was more in tune with the future.
We were working with 30 community catalysts in greater Dayton a couple weeks ago and I was blown away by what's happened in downtown Dayton. It's a more interesting and exciting place, filled with arts and restaurants and renovated houses and buildings. But too how these thirty catalysts, black, white, young, old, Hispanic, Latino, how much they cared about making their city better. And I think that's the kind of thing you see in parts of Ohio and Illinois, there's this incredible sense that people care, and I think unleashing that energy in people is really key.
In your book you map the different personality types dominant in different parts of the country.
Every region has every personality type, some high concentrations of certain personality types. Those regions have had a high concentration of manufacturing; they needed very conscientious people to work in those industries. I think that what's happened over time is that the 'open to experience' people, who are the most likely to move, are the ones who have moved away.
What about the theory that it's easier to affect change in a place like Cincinnati?
I hear this from people at the absolute tops of their careers. First of all, the pull of home should never be minimalized. The fact that every close friend or family member you leave behind costs you $100,000 in psychic income. I'd be the last person to put a dollar value on friendship and family ties, but if you're leaving 6, 8, 10 people behind, that's a lot of psychic income. Second thing is, people want to be in a place they can affect change.
This quote that I've always loved--this young man in Providence said to me, "Rich, I was living in San Francisco. So I can take San Francisco from an 8.5 to a 9.2? When I moved back to Providence, I had a place that is a four that I could make an eight."
I think this ability to be involved, to be physically involved, to be socially involved, involved with your friends, your family, and be in a place that's easy to navigate. The problem with New York or even Washington, where I lived, is that they're not only hard to make it (change), they're hard to navigate.Tracy Certo is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Pop City, Soapbox's sister publication in Pittsburgh.
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In a brand new interview with Bachelor couple Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham, the two revealed that they have already started planning the wedding despite the man proposing only about 12 hours before! 'The wedding planning's already begun, and I will be moving to Arizona [to live with Luyendyk] the last week of this month,' Lauren said, with Arie adding that 'We're planning to [get married this year].'
Just a few weeks into their relationship, the couple has already had to go through a lot!
Luyendyk created a lot of controversy when it was announced that the Bachelor actually put an end to his engagement to Becca Kufrin mere weeks after the show's finale was shot, and pursued the runner-up instead – Lauren.
On Monday, during the show's finale, Arie and Becca's breakup aired unedited for everyone to see and it was brutal.
Despite his shocking change of mind, Lauren had no problem taking him back and revealed that her family has 'supported us wholeheartedly the whole time.'
'They knew that I was heartbroken when we broke up, and they supported me then, and when we decided to get back together, they supported that as well,' she explained.
As for whether she is worried Arie will break her heart later on like he did Becca's the answer was a definite 'no.'
'I am confident. We have had a lot of conversations about it, and I trust him, and I do not think he would have taken such a huge risk and faced all this backlash if he was not really serious about this decision,' she insisted.
After the Final Rose, Arie confessed that he should not have popped the big question to Kufrin.
According to him, the reason he did was that it seemed like the safe choice as Kufrin would have been a great wife, but obviously, he later realized that was not enough, and the heart wants what it wants!
'It does not make me upset to hear that, because I am pretty sure in my limo ride home from the breakup, I actually said that myself. I kind of knew that was why he made that decision, so I just understand it,' Burnham said.
'At the end of the show, there is obviously a moment where you have to decide, and I was very confident in the kind of person Kufrin was. I knew that for me, she was the type of person I could see myself with and, logically, that made sense to me at the time. But the heart wants what the heart wants. I kept thinking about Lauren, and I realized it was something bigger than just the ideal relationship on paper,' Luyendyk revealed.


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