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Researching a feature on Ernest Shackleton earlier today I came across an article I wrote about print on demand in 2006 for the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Shortcut for the Armchair traveller
Nick Smith unearths a publisher who can supply rare or out-of-print travel books at the click of a mouse
As you read this, someone somewhere is tearing out their hair.
This person is a biographer of the early 20th-century explorer Ernest Shackleton, and the cause of all this frustration and despair is the difficulty of getting hold of a first edition of the great man's book Aurora . You could try a copyright library, or you could go to a book fair in New York, where for $100,000 (£54,000) a dealer will be only too pleased to track down one of the five or six copies that are circulating in the commercial world of antiquarian book collecting.
But imagine that you could, at the click of your mouse, order the printed text or even a facsimile of the first edition of Aurora , neatly bound and delivered to your door within 24 hours for under £20.
Now imagine that virtually any out-of-print, rare or collectible travel book could be accessed that way. Enter CuChullaine O'Reilly, who describes himself as a "literary archaeologist". He is one half of the US-based husband-and-wife publishing team that will bring Aurora to the masses.
Their Classic Travel Book company will publish it on demand, book by book, so that not a single copy will be pulped. The process will ensure that researchers and academics – who are among the O'Reillys' main customers – will be granted unprecedented access to valuable primary source material at an affordable price.
Many great 19th and 20th-century travel texts are out of print, and mainstream publishers cannot or will not do anything about it. The problem in the past has always been lack of a large market for such books. But, argues O'Reilly, most books serve a limited market. More than half of those published in the UK sell fewer than 250 copies a year, so the traditional publishers' objection that "the book won't sell" simply doesn't hold water.
"It just doesn't make sense that so much great literature is out of print," he says. He believes that the combination of herd mentality and lack of vision in publishing is the main reason for bookshops being awash with works of "polished mediocrity".
According to a study commissioned by the British Library, 90 per cent of newly published work will soon be available digitally. O'Reilly thinks this might help to "ensure that financial considerations are no longer the sole motivating factor in publishing and library sciences".
The Classic Travel Book company was born of the O'Reillys' love of long-distance equestrian travel. They are the original Long Riders, founders of an international guild of horsemen dedicated to the traditions and philosophy of geographical exploration on horseback. The Long Riders' Guild is also dedicated to the preservation of equestrian literature, for which there is a limited market. The guild established a publishing arm that was gradually overtaken by the more generalist Classic Travel Book imprint, which has more than 200 titles on its growing list. It contains works from long-forgotten explorers such as John Duncan and George Younghusband, as well as the less famous works of big names such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Leonard Woolf and, of course, Shackleton.
"Any book selling fewer than 500 copies a year is a good candidate for making available on demand," says Suzanne Wilson-Higgins, commercial director of Lightning Source, a Milton Keynes-based company specialising in printing, binding and distributing on-demand books.
And while their traditional clients are academic, professional and scientific publishers, business is increasingly coming from specialist trade publishers and imprints such as The Classic Travel Book company. They have also brought into print a wide spectrum of what Wilson-Higgins calls "non-traditional" publishers. These include old-fashioned vanity self-publishers as well as database publishers, the so-called "content aggregators" who source digital collections of books or even scan out-of-copyright titles, rework the covers and sell them (quite legally) over the web. As Wilson-Higgins says: "No warehouse, no stock, less risk."
And no waste. "To fell forests and then pulp books is not a responsible act," O'Reilly says. "Our mission to preserve rare and important travel knowledge is tempered by the realisation of our ecological duties as publishers." He believes he has a moral duty to share the profits he makes with the academic institutions, scholarly societies and charities associated with travel writers, past and present, featured on the Classic Travel Book list. For example, he is working with author Glynn Christian – the profits from Christian's book will help create a community library on remote Pitcairn Island.
Mike Berry, an independent antiquarian bookseller and owner of Somerset-based Rare Books and Berry, believes print-on-demand will enhance his traditional business. "I can supply books to customers where previously the rarity and cost made this impossible, so the reader wins. It will not affect the sale of first editions, as this is a collectors' market," he says.
Berry thinks that collectors will even go for print-to-order books. "I am happy to make these available – people want to use bookshops as well as the web."
The reader may be considered the winner in all this, but the writer is not doing too badly either. Robin Hanbury-Tenison, described by The Sunday Times as "one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century", has more than a dozen of his books on the Classic Travel Book list and sells them via his website.
Hanbury-Tenison, who, as editor of The Oxford Book of Exploration , is no stranger to traditional publishing, decided his most recent book, Worlds within: Reflections in the Sand , should go straight to the on-demand format. "It's the second instalment of my autobiography and doesn't have the wider appeal of some of my earlier books. It was a book I just wanted to write, and I didn't want to get stuck into the process of lengthy meetings with publishers and so on. I just sent off the manuscript, and in ten days I had a copy of the book in my hands."
Before you get 100 pages into CuChullaine O'Reilly's 600-plus page novel Khyber Knights , the protagonist is being tortured in a prison cell in Pakistan. It is a terrible scene where two men are held in separate rooms and forced to listen to the other's sufferings while their assailants try unsuccessfully to beat a confession out of them with cricket bats. They are accused of being in possession of a large amount of heroin.
Basha, O'Reilly's wife, says the book is based on her husband's real-life experiences. "Every word you read is true. A few names have been changed here and there, but that was basically what happened."
O'Reilly is known for his journeys through Pakistan, which form the source material for Khyber Knights , widely held to be the best and most authentic book on the country written in English.
Basha O'Reilly is the other half of the publishing partnership behind Classic Travel Books and the Long Riders' Guild website, described by the O'Reillys as "part-museum, bookstore, tack room and Guild Hall" and as containing "the world's largest collection of equestrian travel information". She is known in equestrian circles for her ride from Russia to the UK and as author of children's book Count Pompeii – Stallion of the Steppes , first in the Little Long Rider series.
Long riders do just that. They ride long distances. They are a tight-knit, though far-scattered, community whose significance lies in the quality of their literary output.
The O'Reillys plan to circumnavigate the world on horseback, a feat never before accomplished.
Details: www.thelongridersguild.com/
Nick Smith is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has been a judge on the Thomas Cook Travel Book Awards
Tags: Antarctica, Antiquarian books, Aurora Australis, CuChullaine O'Reilly, Ernest Shackleton, Mike Berry, Polar Regions, Print on Demand, Robin Hanbury-Tenison


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"rd", also known as Roy is a "native" of Florida, born and raised. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art from the College of Fine Arts at the University of Florida. rd has had a camera in his hands for many years to record the sights of his travels and life around him. I have a new Fine Art America web address for my Photographs.
For twenty or more years rd put his creativity into award winning watercolors that have found homes across the United States. Today, rd has put his creativity into producing fine art digital abstracts, each one a unique image. Some of the abstracts are indeed photo-manipulations that you can still perceive some remnant of the photograph. Most of them however are hours of manipulation of color, layer by layer, twist and turn, cutting and pasting and finally merging into a finished work of art. Generally these works are sold only in large sizes and rd is limiting each two two prints. Once two images have been purchased, the image will be retired to a special gallery where they may be viewed but will not be printed nor for purchase.
*note: the fine art digital abstracts will probably look best if printed with a glossy finish; metallic paper, acrylic or metal print, I think, will work best. A metal print may appear a bit darker in finish.
rd proposes to present the finest quality and best compositions. I truly think you will be pleased with any image you may choose to purchase.
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Internship Program FAQ
What is the Commerce Internship Program?
The DeGroote Commerce Internship Program is an opportunity for business students to gain corporate work experience with an employer between their third and fourth year (taking an official leave of absence from their full-time studies). Work terms are 12 or 16 months in length beginning anytime between May and September.
Is there a fee to participate?
The fee for the 2IN0 Career Development Course is $175. Upon securing a position, an administration fee (approximately $900, but subject to change) is applied. The student will also pay additional fees for the MSU Health and Dental coverage plan when on internship (refundable through the opt-out process offered in the fall). Fees are paid in three installments.
What are the advantages to participating in the Commerce Internship Program (CIP)?
The experience students gain while on internship enhances skills to effectively market their brand to employers.
Statistics indicate that students who have participated in experiential learning programs are more likely to be granted interviews by employers during graduate on-campus recruitment. Some returning interns are offered full-time employment prior to their final year of studies. All internships are paid opportunities. The average annual salary for participants is around $40,000 each year.
Are there any disadvantages?
Students may be required to move to a different city during the internship, depending on the company's location.
Since internship increases the Commerce program duration by one full year, friends and peers who did not choose internship will have graduated before the intern is in the final year of study.
What is the 2IN0 Career Development Course?
2IN0 is a mandatory 10-hour non-credit course that is a prerequisite for admission into CIP. The course equips students with the skills to effectively transition from the classroom to the workplace.
How many students can participate in 2IN0/CIP?
The 2IN0 Career Development Course offers multiple sections with room for over 200 students. Registration in 2IN0 is on a first-come, first-served basis.
How many jobs are available each year?
The number of positions varies each year depending on employer needs, changing market demand, and number of students enrolled. Typically there are over 200 positions available each year.
How many students are successful in securing an internship each year?
Each year, more than 100 students secure internship positions.


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GaP collector for Terahertz SiGe HBT
GaP for THz
GaP for THz
Future evolution of IHP technologies and their application in circuits and systems follows a "More than Moore" strategy, i.e. the objective is to develop added-value technologies by the modular extension of IHP´s BiCMOS baseline platform. A strategically important goal is therefore the continuous improvement in performance of SiGe:C HBT BiCMOS technology up to the terahertz range with high power. One possible way to advance further into the high power / terahertz region is to replace the classical n-Si collector by a ternary wide band gap / high saturation velocity III-V material system. In particular, the project evaluates the In1-xGaxP wide band gap / high saturation velocity collector concept for SiGe:C BiCMOS. [1]
IHP`s Contribution
Development of high quality InGaP growth processes on pseudomorphic Si0.8Ge0.2/Si(001) substrates by GSMBE and MOCVD systems in close collaborations with project partners. Detailed materials science and electrical heterostructure characterization to evaluate InGaP collector concept for IHP´s SiGe:C HBT BiCMOS technology.
Internal IHP project.
Project Partners
- Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany) / T. Masselink
- Helmholtz Centre for Materials & Energy Berlin (Germany) / T. Hannappel
- Paul Drude Institute Berlin (Germany) / A. Trampert
Selected Publications
O. Skibitzki, F. Hatami, Y. Yamamoto, P. Zaumseil, A. Trampert, M. A. Schubert, B. Tillack, W. T. Masselink and T. Schroeder, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 073515 (2012).
O. Skibitzki, A. Paszuk, F. Hatami, P. Zaumseil, Y. Yamamoto, M. A. Schubert, A. Trampert, B. Tillack, W. T. Masselink, T. Hannappel, and T. Schroeder, Lattice-engineered Si1-xGex-buffer on Si(001) for GaP integration, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 103501 (2014).


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Remember the scene from Pretty Woman where Richard Gere is saying how he paid his therapist tons of money so that he could finally say he was angry with his dad? That's how I feel right now..but about that 'diet' industry and society in general.
I came across the following image on Pinterest through someone I know on Twitter, which was based on the original article at: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679717/you-eat-worse-than-you-think
My comment on that site is also pasted below and I think makes for a good blog entry today…
Being restrictive because of health reasons (diabetes, high blood pressure, etc) is one thing. Being restrictive with what you eat in general because you think it's 'healthier' is NOT healthy. It's what leads to eating disorders. The fact that foods are labeled as 'healthy' or 'not healthy' is a problem in and of itself. Yes, some foods have more nutritional value than others, but there is a place for all food in our lives. If we listen to our bodies and eat what tastes good to us without restricting or creating forbidden foods and stop when we are satisfied, we are healthier overall. Sure, when someone is following a 'diet' and 'thinking about food' they may guilt themselves, force themselves, bribe themselves, or whatever into eating more nutritious foods, but it will only last while they are on the diet. As soon as they go off the 'diet' they will binge and/or have other unhealthy issues with food or exercise. Where the people who are eating normally are likely making some unhealthy choices, it balances out over time and overall they are healthier in body AND MIND. Diet's don't work! If they did it wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar industry!
Think of a baby. They know when they're hungry. They cry. We feed them…when they have had enough they turn away, or throw the food away. They won't eat no matter how much you try to force it down their throats. They haven't been brainwashed by society into thinking they need to eat less to be thin, or eat more to make someone happy (or because there are starving children somewhere.). We get bombarded with messages about thinness, and dieting disguised as health. We have been led to believe that certain foods are 'good' and others are 'bad'. We have built up food to be our enemy. And we have stopped listening to our bodies to tell us when we are hungry.
Can you imagine the relief of not obsessing about food 24 hours a day? To eat naturally, the way nature intended us to eat? To be able to go to a restaurant without wondering if you will be able to find something that meets your diet criteria (of course allergies and legitimate health reasons aside).
Can you trust your own body to tell you what it needs? Try paying more attention to what it's telling you instead of what the media, friends, family, and heck.. even doctor's sometimes, are saying. You know what's best for you..not someone who is looking to profit off of your insecurity and vulnerability.


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We now have a conference website, where gradually you will be able to find out more details about its organization. We are expecting to announce a call for papers in the summer 2014.
This may also be a good place to announce we are looking for sponsors (check out the 'sponsorship opportunities' tab on the website). We can offer marketing opportunities, but also, depending on the level of your company's (law firm's, bank's, organization's etc.) involvement, a possibility to present your company's policies with regards to consumer protection in one of the conference sessions or during keynote speech panels. Send me an email if you want to find out more about these opportunities or discuss their terms.


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Policy Group, civil society ask Govt to adopt concrete measures to save environment
Several members of Environment Policy Group (EPG) and civil society Monday asked the government to adopt concrete measures to save the environment from degradation.
Holding placards and banners, Environmental Policy Group (EPG) in coordination with various tour operators, civil society members, FCIK members, Earth day network and eco-peace resource members held a demonstration at Pratap Park to put the focus on environmental concerns.
The members said the government has shown no seriousness to save the environment and still continues to neglect it.
Faiz Ahmad Bakshi, General Secretary, KCC&I, said that for the last 7 decades the environment is degrading.
He blamed the central as well as state government for the environmental degradation. "Heavy militarization in the state is risking the beauty of our environment especially our tourist destinations," he said.
He said the government is exploiting the natural resources of the state. "We have different power projects here especially the Kishen Ganga project where the area has been totally submerged. All the electricity goes outside the state. Government is constructing the buildings of universities on wetlands. So, the environment and its beauty are dying a slow death."
Raja MuzaffarBhat, Chairman, J& K RTI Movement said, "Lack of environmental policies, poor implementation of laws in the state has destructed our environment. Illegal construction on the wetlands further destroys it. This is a grave concern for everyone."
He said that it is the responsibility of government to save the already degraded environment from further degradation.
"All the associated bodies in the administration should work actively on the ground to save the natural resources in the state. They should strictly deal with the elements responsible for encroaching our wetlands." He said.
"Once the pristine glory," Zareef Ahmad Zareef, a noted historian said that the Dal lake has lost its quality, beauty, and area. "Water of the Dal Lake was a cure for different ailments. The quality of the water was 100 percent pure but today if people will drink this water, they will definitely fall sick."
He said that at his young age even illiterates used to remain cautious and refrained from polluting the beautiful Lake. "Now, people are leaving no chance to pollute the Dal Lake. The state government including the so-called professionals and intellectual classes have failed to protect the water bodies especially the Dal Lake. Modern people and their technology have created a mess in the environment," he said.
The members also said the biodiversity of the state is not in the safe hands.
Industrial chieftain and Social Activist, Shakeel A Qalander who is also the member of civil society group said that only 11% of trees are left in the forests here. "Due to the deforestation, continuous fire incidents and lack of government empathy, the forests here are shrinking and losing its trees."


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We all know that good communication lies at the core of quality patient care, but what does good communication look (or sound) like and are you really sure that you're practicing it? Here's 7 areas to think about when it comes to having good communication with your patients…
Use good manners
Good manners may sound like an obvious starting point but what does that mean when it comes to a patient interaction? Do you knock on the door to your patient's room or do you just saunter in? Do you introduce yourself, what you do and how that relates to your patient's treatment? Do you ask your patient if they're comfortable enough to talk? Do you look at your patient when you're talking to them or are you distracted by their charts, equipment in the room or your mobile device?
Don't make assumptions
Judging someone instantly on their weight, race, age, religion or sexual orientation is obviously a big no-no but what about making an assumption on someone's treatment purely on the initial injury or symptom that they walked in with? Dig deeper and don't be afraid to get personal in your questioning to fully understand who your patient is and to learn more about their life. The answers may open up new avenues for investigation.
Listen and make time for silence
This follows on from the above. Ask open ended questions and then listen, without interruption. Don't try and finish your patients sentences or talk over the top of them… and if you really want to get the most out of listening, unless you're asked a question by your patient – try leaving a few seconds of silence when they finish talking. This will encourage your patient to open up further, become more conversational and provide you with more valuable information to help treat them.
Reduce Jargon
You work in a hospital day in day out, week in week out. You went to medical college, you studied for years and you probably watched medical documentaries and dramas before that. Your life is highly tuned in to the medical world. That's not the same for your patients so minimize the hospital jargon and speak in plain English. This is already a traumatic time for your patient and feeling stupid because they don't understand something or worse, feeling scared because they don't really know what's going on is only going to make things worse.
Rush University Medical Centre has published a great article detailing how they improved patient communication and in turn improved their HCAHPS scores. In it they talk about the importance of white boards to help educate the patient on their condition or their upcoming procedure. Educating your patient reduces anxiety and increases "buy-in" to the next step in the patient's journey.
Slow down
It seems counter-intuitive, but to diagnose and treat more patients effectively you need to slow down. Rushing through a patient meeting means making assumptions, not listening, missing tell-tale signs, not allowing the patient to open up, incorrect diagnoses, lengthier stays and increased readmissions rates. So "make time for quality time" at the beginning and at every stage of the patient journey to ensure the very best patient experience.
Communication has an enormous role to play, not just in delivering a good patient experience, but also in improving the bottom line of your hospital. It's easy to believe that as an individual, you have great communication skills or that your hospital as a whole, does not have a problem in this area. The reality though, is that your patients are the judge of whether you communicate well and that's where we come in. Here at HCXP, we live and breathe the patient experience. Our unique tablet-based electronic surveys allow your patients to provide direct feedback about every aspect of your hospital including the effectiveness of communication throughout the patient journey.
To learn more about our technology and to talk about improving the communication and in turn, the patient experience in your medical facility, contact us right now on 707.654.HCXP (4297)
Great article and wonderful advice!


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John Grillo
John Grillo was born in 1917 in Massachusetts. He attended the Hartford School of Fine Arts in CT from 1935-1938 and then studied in San Francisco at the California School of Fine Arts from 1945-1947. During this time he also studied with Hans Hofmann in New York and he continued to study with Hofmann at his school in Provincetown until 1951.Grillo served as a visiting artist at various institutions such as University of California, Berkeley, Studio School of New York City and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He was an instructor in the mid-60s at Pratt Institute and from 1967-1991 taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Currently he lives and works in Provincetown, MA. Grillo has and continues to exhibit widely. During the 1950's he had shows at Tanager Gallery, Tibor de Nagy Gallery and Berta Schaefer Gallery. He was included in four of the Stable Gallery Annuals and showed at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Other exhibitions include shows at the Howard Wise Gallery in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Art, Yale University, The Guggenheim Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Carlson Gallery, Aaron Gallery and Katarina Rich Perlow Gallery. His work is part of the collections of various museums such as: the Butler Institute of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and many others.


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It isn't religionization, it's secular coercion on the seculars
Op-ed: There are those who write against 'religionization,' appalled by radicalization and disturbed by a dark future. There's only one problem: not even the secular public agrees with them. Any Judaism survey and emissaries from hundreds of Chabad houses around the world will testify for that. Eventually, Jews just want Judaism.
Let's begin at the end, with a worldview every Hasid knows: There is no such thing as a secular Jew. Every Jew is abounded with Holiness and belongs to everlasting holy values, or in the words of the Lubavitch Rabbi from dozens of years ago, when writing to former minister Gad Yaacobi: "The Lord brought us forth out of Egypt, gave us the Revelation on Mount Sinai, and declared us a holy chosen people. This declaration is individually relevant to each and every one of our people, who cannot be a part of a holy people and pretend to be the opposite of holiness."
So, presenting those who do not observe all 613 mitzvot as "secular" does not reflect their true status, and is even slightly offensive, appropriating and discriminating.
Defining citizens as "second rate" is very popular and in the headlines at the moments. That does not stop a group of ambitious politicos, politicians, journalists and even small organized groups to pretend to speak in the name of Jews who are not currently observing mitzvot to every petty detail, and even present themselves as "the forum" for those "seculars."
They write against "religionization," appalled by radicalization and disturbed by a dark future. There's only one problem: not even the secular public agrees with them. Look at any Judaism survey in recent years: Yom Kippur fast, avoiding eating chametz on Passover, lighting candles on Shabbat, doing Kiddush as a family and marrying in accordance with Jewish law—the vast majority loves Judaism and feels connected to it.
The same can be seen in hundreds of Chabad houses around Israel and thousands around the world, which are full of non-religious Israelis who are searching for Judaism and want it to that extent or another. It's evident in Lag BaOmer parades with scores of people, who are not shy to talk about Rabbi Akiva or Rabbi Simeon bar Yochai and the wisdom we can learn from them.
Jews just want JudaismFurthermore, the public discourse on the social media is also far from one-dimensional. For every post about religionization there are several opposing posts and comments, in light of a general feeling that someone from above (and it is not G-d almighty) has decided to exclude them and their families from their Judaism.
We witnessed a typical example on last Tisha B'Av. "The sticker campaign," if we can call this provocative private initiative that way, was meant to encourage restaurants and entertainment venues to open their gates on this 2,000-year-old mourning day. It was a huge failure. It was also seen with great disdain by the same audience it was aiming for, who did not get why crossing this red line was so important.
I'll let you in on a little Chabad emissaries secret: Whenever the Chabad Tefillin stands make headlines, we know we have to double up on volunteers at the the stands that week. The people vote with their feet, or in this case, with their arms. If they hear a professor scorching those who wear Tefillin at the airport, it's quite enough to make them want to observe this mitzvah.
History is full of stories about Jews who did not observe mitzvot wholly, but at the moment of truth when circumstances cornered them, they would not give up their most basic core of identity—their Judaism. It was true then and it's true today—Jews want Judaism.


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"…High Bench Table arrived yesterday. Looks a million dollars…"
From C & E of Teneriffe, QLD (Australia) regarding the Eco Recycled High Bench Table they purchased.
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text: Lucas is a lighting and video artist based in New York City. He has designed over 300 operas, plays, dances, and performance pieces across the US and internationally. Installations and video art has shown at galleries and festivals in New York, Nevada, & California. He has been a guest artist at Williams College, USF and UC Berkeley. Writing on design aesthetics and performance has been featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Parabasis Blog, On Stage Lighting, InDance Magazine, PLSN, and Stage Directions Magazine. His work ranges from site specific explorations to traditional theatrical and gallery settings. MFA from New York University.


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The Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium package is built for Web-page designers, animators, and graphics pros. Its key components include the updated Dreamweaver and Fireworks for dynamic Web design, Photoshop and Illustrator for pixel and vector graphics, Flash for animation, and Soundbooth to tweak audio. Acrobat Professional 9, which now integrates Flash content, is also here.
Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium costs $ 1,699 (or between $599 to $799 to upgrade). The charts below detail the contents of and pricing for this and other CS4 suites; please click on the images of individual applications to learn what's new inside each of them. If you can afford this package, then choose it over the $999 Web Standard collection that offers only Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash, excluding Photoshop and Illustrator. If you need more tools for print design beyond PDFs, then check out the Design Standard or Premium editions that include InDesign.
The release of Adobe Creative Suite 3 in 2007 was the first to incorporate former properties from Macromedia, such as Flash. With Creative Suite 4, Adobe has unified the interfaces of all the applications for a more seamless experience. Workspace adjustments to CS4 include panels that are more nimble than its predecessor's, and handy pull-down menus with preset styles that enable you to shift among workspace layouts quickly.
Setup and interface
The Web abounds with complaints about Adobe's installer and updater, and most are justified. Every Windows application installer suggests you close any running applications, but you can usually ignore it, and 99 percent of the time everything works out fine. Adobe forces you to close your browser and all Microsoft Office applications, because many of the programs in the suite--primarily Acrobat--spread octopus-like tentacles throughout your working environment. That's pretty appalling in and of itself, but in addition to wasting a large chunk of time installing, you can't do anything else but play Solitaire while it's happening. And as before with the updater, you'll get to relive this delightful close-your-apps-or-else experience on a regular basis. Plus, the installation "progress" bar bears no relation to reality whatsoever, with its two steps forward and one step back movement.
Unfortunately, it took us nearly 2 hours to install the Adobe Master Collection CS4 on Windows Vista and XP machines. (We didn't test CS4 thoroughly on a Mac.) That's still less time than with CS3, and installing the much smaller Web Premium will likely take less time. Adobe's custom installation still lets you pick and choose which components to embrace or reject, but there's no mechanism for migrating your settings and all your custom tools from CS3 and earlier.
To install Creative Suite 4 Web Premium, Windows users need at least Windows XP SP2 or Vista, with a 2GHz-or-faster processor. The necessary available disk space is 9.1GB (and will be perhaps more during installation). Mac users will need a PowerPC G5 or Intel-based machine with at least OS X v10.4.11, as well as 1GB of RAM and 11.2GB of available disk space. For both Windows and Macs, installation comes via a DVD. The display must be 1,280x900, with 32-bit video card and 16MB of VRAM. Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 compatibility may also be necessary. These system requirements are less stringent than for those suites involving video, such as Production Premium and the Master Collection.
If you rely on Adobe software for digital animation, then CS4 is worth the plunge, more so than CS3 was. Flash takes a big leap forward by slashing the steps required to build animation. Dreamweaver beefs up tools for CSS sites and feels more stable than its predecessors. It's easier to make round trips among the applications, such as by exporting Fireworks designs as CSS, then bringing them into Dreamweaver. There's not much to wow users of Photoshop who don't work with 3D content, but Illustrator finally manages multipage documents. Soundbooth converts recorded speech into text. There's greater integration from one application to the next, with support for the latest formats for Web sites and mobile phones, as well as PDFs and desktop Adobe AIR applications. See the charts below for reviews of individual applications and the other CS4 suites.
Service and support
We almost hate to rate Adobe's tech support as excellent because of the extreme expense of live, personalized help from the company. However, the software industry has been moving away from free customized assistance for years. At least Getting Started help for installation issues and other speed bumps lasts for 90 days. Adobe's comprehensive, self-serve options include embedded and online look-ups, tutorials, and excellent videos. Also, the company has expanded its help-yourself and peer support online. The new Adobe Support Portal requires an Adobe log-in and password. Newbies would be wise to get up to speed with the interactive tutorials and maybe even third-party books and Web sites. Web-based forums with other users, as well as the Community Support in beta testing, may be the best bargain for getting hands-on advice.


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How to Transplant Hardy Hibiscus
Hardy hibiscus are one of the last plants to start growing in spring; in many areas they do not begin to sprout until well into June.
Hardy hibiscus are medium-sized perennial plants that produce dozens of large, dinner-plate-sized blossoms in late summer. The plants die down to the roots each winter but quickly grow again the following spring into a dense bush. Planted in a row, hardy hibiscus makes an excellent seasonal privacy screen because of its vigorous growth habit. They are easy to transplant, and survival rates are much higher for hardy hibiscus that are transplanted in very early spring, as soon as the ground can be worked.
Prepare the new planting site. Dig a hole about 18 inches wide and 24 inches deep. Mix the soil you removed with a 5-gallon bucket of peat moss and a 5-gallon bucket of compost.
Drive the garden spade into the ground around the hibiscus. Begin at a point about 12 inches away from the center of the plant and continue in a circle around it. Push the blade of the spade all the way into the ground using your body weight, if necessary. This will cut some of the roots off and make it easier to dig up. Make another round with the spade, driving it even deeper into the ground on the second round.
Insert the spade into the perimeter of the circle made in Step 2 and push the handle down toward the ground. This will loosen the root ball of the hibiscus so you can then remove it from the planting hole with your hands.
Set the hibiscus down next to the new planting hole prepared in Step 1. Add soil to the pre-dug hole so the hibiscus will be growing at the same level it was before transplanting. Enlarge the hole if it is smaller than the root ball. Put the roots of the hibiscus into the planting hole and back fill the hole with the improved soil. Firm the surface of the soil with your foot.
Use your hands to make a ridge of soil around the perimeter of the planting hole. This will catch rainwater and send it down to the roots of the plant.
Place a hose set to a slow trickle near the base of the hardy hibiscus and allow it to slowly water the bush for 60 to 90 minutes.
Put down a 4- to 6-inch layer of organic mulch such as hay, straw or shredded bark around the planting site of the hardy hibiscus.
Provide your hardy hibiscus with the equivalent of an inch of rainfall per week during the growing season.
Fertilize six weeks after transplanting. Pull back mulch. Spread slow-release granulated fertilizer in a circle around the base of the plant, without it touching the plant. Follow the manufacturer's recommended rate of application. Replace mulch. Fertilize the plant this way every year in early spring.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
On the short end, turning 50 and saying good bye to a long time friend and companion
I'd would like to thank everybody for the birthday greetings and wishes. This was the "big five zero", for me. I don't really celebrate or do anything particularly special for my birthday. In fact, this birthday fell on a bit of a somber note. For those of you that have visited my home, you may remember my canine friend, Booger. Last night, following a brief illness, Booger passed away. She was a great friend and a wonderful companion. Much of her time was spent along my side and here in the office. One thing I never expected to be doing on my birthday was to be digging a grave. Such is life.
A couple of months ago, Booger was still chasing cats and barking at Mexicans. She slowed down some, with the onset of monsoon season. She didn't finish her food and didn't feel like going outside. She slept most of the time and I knew she was sick. Given her age, I was concerned. At around 7:00 pm she refused water and her breathing became labored. She was gone a few minutes later.
When I first moved to Maricopa 20 years ago, I acquired a black Labrador Retriever, after responding to a notice on a bulletin board advertising free puppies at the Farmers Convenience Store. Bonehead eventually impregnated a local shepherd/bloodhound mix that was owned by the two gay guys that lived up the road and produced a little of seven pups, who were born under my bedroom. Out of the bunch, Booger was the only brown one. All of her siblings were black. I kept her and decided to call her Booger.
She did earn that name. Once, she stole a cell phone and a cigarette from a couple of my guests. She ran off as they tried to chase her. We all laughed because Booger had the cigarette in her mouth filter grasped between her lips. It looked like she was going to smoke it. Sometimes, I would have to crawl under my place in the 26" high space occupied by scorpions and black widows to retrieve my shoes, brooms and other thing Booger would drag under there. She had a curious habit of tilting her head when she looked at people. She was always sizing things up.
Booger and I spent countless hours in my office, while I took care of party business, edited photographs and browsed the internet. She was a most loyal and loving companion. In her younger years, Booger was a good mouser. I don't fondly remember Booger bringing me dead dog spit soaked mice and presenting them to me. Perhaps, one of the things I'll miss the most is when she would be laying on the floor and start banging her tail in happiness for no particular reason. A great friend, she was.
Monday, July 22, 2013: The Short End of the Stick
Once again, it was time for me to do a guest spot on Mike Harris' "The Short End of the Stick" via the Rense Radio Network. During this broadcast, I updated listeners on the drug and human smuggling activities in the infamous Vekol Valley.
With the onset of monsoon season and unusually high temperatures pushing towards 120 degrees, poorly prepared drug smugglers and illegal aliens are finding themselves, either dead or begging law enforcement to come and rescue them. I also advised our listeners that heroin and other dangerous drugs are making their way through the Vekol Valley. Recent patrols have discovered Styrofoam insulation among the burlap, rags and twine discarded by the smugglers, once they reach their destinations near Interstate 8.
During the second hour, we talked about our miserably failed decades long social experiment known as "Integration". We both agreed that it was an "unmitigated failure" and even the black community was better off during the segregation days.
Finally, we brought up the media circus known as the Zimmerman trial. I brought up several possible explanations for the intense coverage this story has generated. First, it was intended to continue the racial and class divide that is the cornerstone of the Obama Administration. Secondly, the media frenzy was a distraction to keep our attention away from the economy, unemployment and our failed foreign policy blunders around the globe.
George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding for Truck Crash Rescue
Zimmerman was one of two men who came to the aid of Dana and Mark Gerstle and their two children, who were trapped inside a blue Ford Explorer SUV that had rolled over after traveling off the highway in Sanford, Fla. at approximately 5:45 pm. Thursday, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Full Article
According to Sanford police, the crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and route 417. The crash site is less than a mile from where he shot Trayvon Martin. Additional details: The overturned vehicle contained a family, not just the driver. It happened four days after his acquittal and before all of the Negro protests on Saturday. Why do you think the media sat on this story? Of course, the media is trying to keep this silent. They don't want people to know who the real George Zimmerman is because it demolishes the "monster" image that they have spent more than a year constructing.
It'll end up being his fault, somehow... just watch. They will probably file charges against him for forcing someone out of a vehicle, and trump it up to car jacking. No good deed goes unpunished. Hopefully, George will figure this out, before somebody files another false charge against him. From the left... Link
This reminds me of the time I did the humanitarian thing and helped rescue people in distress. They were illegal aliens. J.T. Ready, myself and others provided water and after notifying the U.S. Border Patrol, provided transportation for a group of "weary travelers" about to die from dehydration. Not long after that, the SPLC profiled me on "Hatewatch" and others wrote hit pieces accusing us of kidnapping and water boarding the "poor immigrants".
Almost immediately after the story broke, Trayvon Martin supporters concocted some idiotic idea that George Zimmerman was riding around in his car with a police scanner, waiting for the right accident to take place, so he can be a "hero" and sway public opinion in his favor. It won't be long before Eric Holder starts accusing him of causing the accident.
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Take in account Mali-400 does not support high precision floating point number in fragment shader. So if you have some device with Mali-400 or you want full compatibility with this GPUs, you can not use default depth shader. But its easy rewrite them (my rewritten shader is little bit faster). If you want, I can share them. And if you want some numbers, one per-pixel point light, one per-pixel spot light, post-processing image effects (distortion), one rendering of depth buffer, one rendering of motion vectors and motion blur effect (4 samples)... game is running 49fps on Samsung Galaxy S3, without motion blur (and everything needed for this effect) it is 60fps. So your app can running smooth with shadows too. But take in account, this numbers comes from high-end phone.
uniform mat4 modelViewProjectionMatrix;attribute vec4 position;varying float depth;uniform float nearPlane;uniform float farPlane;void main() { vec4 pos = modelViewProjectionMatrix * position; depth = (pos.z - nearPlane) / (farPlane - nearPlane); // TODO performance test of smoothstep(min, max, x) gl_Position = pos;}
precision highp float;varying float depth;const vec4 PACK_FACTORS = vec4(256.0 * 256.0 * 256.0, 256.0 * 256.0, 256.0, 1.0);const vec4 BIT_MASK = vec4(0.0, 1.0 / 256.0, 1.0 / 256.0, 1.0 / 256.0);void main() { vec4 packedValue = fract(PACK_FACTORS * depth); packedValue -= packedValue * BIT_MASK; gl_FragColor = packedValue;}
const vec4 UNPACK_FACTORS = vec4(1.0 / (256.0 * 256.0 * 256.0), 1.0 / (256.0 * 256.0), 1.0 / 256.0, 1.0);... main highp float depth = dot(texture2D(textureUnit0, texCoord), UNPACK_FACTORS);
I wasn't aware that the default depth shader doesn't work on Mali-crapsets. It would like to see the working version too!
The short answer would be: No, not yet. There's no official support for shadow mapping in jPCT-AE.
I'm still waiting to Thomas. to create a version that he considers to be fine...
I guess shadows won't be ready at OUYA launch (which is 25th of June), right?
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Hi everyone,
Looking for some advice on digital audio cables as theres quite a lot of conflicting info.
So what is the consensus on Coaxial vs Toslink, specifically QED performance Coax vs either Qed performance optical or Fisual Hollywood Glass optical.
Or would I be better of getting a better Coaxial cable?
Source: Tidal upto 24/48Khz over UPnP or CD
Renderer: Cambridge Audio CXUHD
DAC: Beresford Caiman SEG 30 Inc Dorado
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Toslink to mini optical adapters, are they a bad idea (for my CCA)?


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Lyon - FRANCE Street Photography
We spent a couple of days in Lyon on our way from Florence to Paris. It's another beautiful city with many piazzas, water fountains and streets lined with cafes and bars.
We found children playing, begging gypsies and the Sunday riverside market. Take a look..
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Feminist Friday: The 8 Million and 12th Reason For Single-Payer Health Care Is…
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So that the Health Care Bill you create won't be in the hands of f*cktards like this guy.
It appears from this week's discussions at the Supremely Conservative Court, that Obama's Health Whatever Bill is soon to be either overturned, or eviscerated to the point that it can't pay for the few enhancements it actually offers. The Huffington Post reports:
"Shock and awe" best describes the reaction of legislators and commentators upon hearing the Supreme Court's closing day of arguments on the constitutionality of Obama's health care legislation. Democrats as well as the beltway media had assumed the bill was safe, thinking that the legislation fit firmly under the Congressional power of the Interstate Commerce Clause and that justices would be wary of repercussions of single-handedly dismantling the most expansive social legislation since the creation of Medicare.
How wrong they were. From the same justices that brought you Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (the decision that ruled that corporations, like individuals, are protected by the first amendment, which resulted in the unleashing of a wave of super PACS in this year's elections) and Bush v. Gore, now comes the very real possibility of the end of health care reform.
Reporters, commentators and Democratic legislators were stunned by the Court's turn. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin called today "a train wreck for the Obama administration." Toobin said, "this morning was unbelievable. It was like a given that they're throwing out the mandate. Anthony Kennedy was like, 'Well, when we throw out the mandate…' — Do you know what a huge deal that is?" Although shaken, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned that we couldn't draw any conclusions yet, saying that justices ask lots of questions in many different directions, but that doesn't mean they've made up their minds.
The logistical problem is that if the Court strikes down the mandate, the rest of the law may unravel for financial reasons. Obama's new citizen protections, such a requirement that insurance companies cover people with pre-existing conditions, a ban on charging more for those with complicated health problems and the removal of insurance payout caps on medical services, are all supported by the insurance premiums of new people entering the market through the mandate.
You have to wonder if these Beltway Bozos ever read anything they don't already agree with, or listen to their Republican colleagues during those long, LONG sessions in the House and Senate. "Obamacare" has been in their sights since 2010 (the Tea Party won many seats because of its promise to overturn the hated "socialist" bill), and they all seemed pretty confident that their friends on the Supreme Court would grant their desires. Were the Democrats truly so naive that they thought people like Scalia would actually consider the bill on its merits? Or are they just mugging for the cameras? Either way, it's a truly pitiful sight to see the way both Parties have made a horrible joke out of such an incredibly important issue.
But many single-payer advocates aren't upset. They are hopeful that the probable destruction of the Health Whatever Bill will lead to the change the system really needs: a bill that truly overhauls the way Americans pay for, and access, health care.
Premiums in "Obamacare" are based on a large pool of both healthy and unhealthy people sharing the costs of insurance for all. This is much like the car insurance pools many states have, which make sure that insurance is available to all.
If you take away the larger pool, all that is left are the people with conditions that require ongoing care, or are more prone to diseases, such as the elderly. In other words, the most expensive customers in the health insurance market make up the bulk of the pool. For insurance companies to continue to pay claims and still make a profit, they will have to raise premiums dramatically.
So how does this lead to a U.S. single payer healthcare system?
In a relatively short period of time, millions more Americans will not be able to afford health insurance. Even people who get insurance through there employers may have to drop coverage as increasing premiums are passed along through payroll deductions. With pressure on politicians to solve the problem of health care for few but the wealthy, they may have few options other than to turn to an expansion of Medicare and Medicaid.
While some might say this is an overly optimistic take on the situation, I think it's actually pretty realistic. If you talk to anyone who has experience in the health care industry (not the health INSURANCE industry), they will all say the same thing: health care costs in America are rising at a rate that is untenable. If they continue to rise unchecked, then the industry will implode within just a few years because they won't have enough paying customers to survive. That's why the insurance industry allowed the Health Whatever Bill to pass: they got lifelong income, guaranteed – AND they didn't have to conform to any sort of pricing standards. It was a huge win for them; they could buy themselves a few more years of relevancy before they retired to their chalets on the French Riviera.
In any case, when health insurance does self-destruct in an orgy of greed, so will our current for-profit system. What will come next? I don't know about you, but I plan to make a lot of noise about Medicare for All. It's just tragic that our political system is so corrupted, that it might take a countrywide crisis for us to do what every other civilized country has done for decades.
This is an open thread. (Widdershins Lounge tonight – drinks, soft and hard, for all!)
23 Responses to "Feminist Friday: The 8 Million and 12th Reason For Single-Payer Health Care Is…"
The Tea Party has been in a frenzy over this bill.
The Right has sunk millions into ensuring its defeat.
The "behind the scenes" money lenders have financed both with the
"one term" promise to destroy Obama at all costs. Matters not that only a few short years ago the GOP backed this bill and You Tube has video to prove it.
No surprise if this goes down to defeat. Thomas's wife is a member of the Tea Party and though he sits there like the Sphinx session after session, he is a guarantee vote for whatever the Republican Party mandates in his rulings.
But to me the overall message is this: we just don't give a rat's ass about anybody else. As long as "I've got mine, to hell with those who do not".
This bill may have its flaws but it did manage to give some hope to those with pre existing conditions. But somebody will have to pay in the long run and it will be the bulk of us when prices continue to rise and the deductibles become a joke.
Either way it is a "win win" for the insurance industry.
Most of [the Supreme Court justices] reflect the politics of the president who appointed them.
How true, Chat. I've been a Court watcher for close to 40 years now and I can't believe how ideological it's become. It's rare to get a decision that's not 5-4, split right along political lines. It's all so predictable.
Compare that to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. It was decided 7-2, with five of the justices in favor having been appointed by Republican presidents. Some 20 years later, Planned Parenthood v. Casey was decided 5-4, with Sandra Day O'Connor (bless her heart!) casting the swing vote.
janicen: Bingo! I think you hit the nail on the head.
By renaming it "Obamacare" they further pushed the meme of "one term" by shifting the "blame" and exonerating their own obstructionism.
Remember, a few years ago they "loved it" but today, not so much.
It does work here in MA regardless of Romney. Not saying it is the best alternative when UHC would have been better but certainly not what they are promoting.
#6: He may not be the most "expert negotiator" but the GoP was determined to throw up every roadblock available to oppose him.
In all honesty, the last 12 years has illustrated that few in DC were ever working for the average citizen.
Just one big ongoing game of political ping pong in a never ending battle for power above all else.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, Fredster!
The Court has not improved with age, has it? Still, Fredster has a point that just because they seem to be poised to overturn the individual mandate now, that doesn't mean the "swing" justices have been convinced.
I don't know though – the signs are not good.
I just heard about the latest firing of KO. Boy, has this guy got issues or what?
I can give a little insight to what I saw over the last few months.
The Friday before Christmas week he announced they would be doing a week of reruns of his show. I thought that was kind of weird but Current is a rather "new" network so I let it pass.
He never returned from Christmas break until mid January during that time there were others filling in that time slot.
Then they announced that Cenk Urygur was joining the lineup to start around then with Jennifer Granholm to pick up the 9pm slot.
Keith did not cover the elections and his apppearances were sporadic, one appearance on a Monday, than not another until Thursday, I was pretty inconsistent.
I read an article that the was "unhappy" last Fall. That the production values were not up to his "standards". The network quietly responded that they were paying him 10 million dollars, that most of their budget was being sunk into his show, and that they designed the set to his liking but they were broadcasting from an old studio because they were essentially a start up network for going live.
So Keith was eating up most of their budget but continued to rant and rave off camera about "everything". He began with the network I believe sometime in late April 2011 and began to feel "constrained" by Sept/Oct of the same year.
They brought on Cenk (whom I love!) followed by Granholm (who I don;t watch because she is opposite Rachel) and they seem to be broadcasting out of a small studio that is nowhere near MSMBC for production value.
But KO is KO. Spoiled, arrogant, entitled and manic. How many networks has he been fired from now?
Next stop: PBS Sprouts?
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You've no doubt heard the term cache and temp files, at least as it relates to your Mac. There are numerous times when removing a cache or temp file may be part of a troubleshooting tip to return an app or the system to a more robust condition. It's also common to hear about removing these files to free up space on a Mac's startup drive.
But before we head down the road to clearing out cache and temp files, let's take a moment to find out what functions they serve, and whether it's really a good idea to remove them willy-nilly.
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What Are Cache Files and Temp Files?
Cache and temp files serve a similar function; they provide a place to temporarily store data in files on your Mac.
Cache files are much more dynamic. They're being accessed and updated frequently, and they can remain after the app or system function that created them has closed or exited. They can also remain through shutdown or restart cycles.
Temp files tend to be more static, created by an app or system process to temporarily store data that is later used by the process that created the file. Unlike cache files, temp files are usually removed by the process that created them, usually when the process exits, or during a shutdown or restart cycle.
Examples of cache files include browser caches that save the information from a webpage. When you return to the same page, the browser can load the page data from the cache file, provided the page data hasn't changed. This saves you the time it would take to access the web server and download the entire page again.
Another type of cache you use everyday on your Mac is the DNS cache. Like the browser cache, the DNS cache can let your Mac grab the IP address of a website it has visited recently without having to perform a DNS lookup, which can take a great deal of time.
Other caches are used by the system to store frequently used icons, images, and just about any type of information that is used over and over, where storing the data is faster than recreating the information every time.
Temp files, on the other hand, are transitory; they tend to be removed once the app or process that created them is terminated. An example of a temp file is an application that has many levels of undo. In the loosest of terms, the undo temp file holds the state of the app at each point a command was issued, letting you go back in time (undo) to previous states. When you quit the app, the undo temp file is deleted since it's no longer needed.
Temp files can also hold static items, such as an image, or data that will be used frequently by an app but doesn't need to be saved beyond the current app cycle.


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I came to be a historian in a very roundabout way: not having studied history for A level, I became interested in the past through my politics. Seeing E.P. Thompson speak on CND platforms led me to his The Making of the English Working Class, and a desire to know about womens lives in the past introduced me to the work of Sheila Rowbotham and other feminist historians. This interest in history from below, in the lives of people who were central to the making of history, but rarely able to record their own part in this process, continues to inform and drive my work. I was lucky enough to be accepted as an unconventional history applicant at the University of Sussex, and stayed at Sussex to complete my DPhil, drawing on the Mass Observation archive which was held there. I subsequently worked at Southampton Solent University, the University of Portsmouth and the University of Brighton, joining Essex in 2017. Although the work of a historian can sometimes seem to be daunting, with the disciplines numerous debates, theoretical turns and complex arguments, I believe that history is, above all, about the stories that we tell. We all construct narratives about our own lives and it is the relationship between these individual stories and the great sweep of 20th century history that makes the study of the past so fascinating and so vital. What was it like to be a young woman in the Chinese cultural revolution? To be the grandson of slaves in the early 20th century United States? Or to be a parent trying to protect their children during the bombing wars of mid century Europe? How did these people tell their own stories, and where can we find them? The relationship between politics and history, that led to my fascination with the past as a teenager, thus continues to inform my work today. The ways that we approach and understand past lives, and the ways that their stories are remembered, are central to contemporary politics. The work of historians today probably has a greater relevance and urgency than at any other time in the recent past, making it an important and exciting subject to study, research and teach. I work on the social and cultural history of early to mid 20th century Britain, with a particular interest in the experiences and memories of those who experienced the First and Second World Wars. This research focus has probably been driven by the stories that circulated in my family when I was growing up. I never tired of hearing my grandparents stories of the Second World War, especially those of my grandmothers, who experienced the bombing of London and Coventry. My work on gendered identities in wartime, and on womens experiences of conflict, probably stems from these stories. I am currently working on four separate, but interlinked projects. The first is a history of death, grief and bereavement in Second World War Britain, to be published by Manchester University Press and provisionally titledDying for the Nation: Death, Grief and Bereavement in Second World War Britain. This project draws on work from the emotional turn to understand wartime grief, an area that I explore further in my second project, which considers the emotional history of Europes two total wars of the 20th century. Working with Claire Langhamer and Claudia Siebrecht of the University of Sussex, we held a conference on this topic at the British Academy which we are currently developing into an edited collection (Total War: An Emotional History) for Oxford University Press. My third project focuses on the memory of the First World War in Britain at its centenary. I am Principal Investigator on a three year AHRC project (2017-2020) Reflections on the Centenary (with Catriona Pennell, University of Exeter, Emma Hanna, University of Kent, Lorna Hughes, University of Glasgow and James Wallis, University of Essex) and co-Investigator on the Gateways to the First World War AHRC project, based at the University of Kent. My final project aims to develop our understanding of the ways in which total war, in particular the targeting of civilians in aerial warfare, shapes societies in complex and often unexpected ways. Provisionally entitledHow to Survive a Warthis project focuses on the relationship between gender, citizenship and civil defence in Britain and its empire between 1914 and 1968. I am working on this with Susan R. Grayzel (University of Utah), and the early stages of the research were funded by an American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Research Fellowship (2014-2016). Finally, I am series editor,with Sasha Handley, University of Manchester, and Rohan McWilliam (Anglia Ruskin University) for the Social History Society book seriesNew Directions in Social and Cultural History. I am Principal Investigator on the £300,000 three year (2017-2020) AHRC project Reflections on the Centenary: Learning and Legacies for the Future. Co-Investigators are Dr Emma Hanna (University of Kent), Professor Lorna Hughes (University of Glasgow), and Dr Catriona Pennell (University of Exeter). Dr James Wallis (University of Essex) is Research Fellow on the project. I am Co-Investigator on the AHRC Gateways to the First World War Engagement Centre (£ 1000,000, 2014-2019). This is based at the University of Kent where Professor Mark Connelly is Principal Investigator. Othe team members are Dr Helen Brooks (University of Kent), Professor Brad Beaven (University of Portsmouth), Professor Alison Fell (University of Leeds) and Dr Emma Hanna (University of Kent). Dr Sam Carroll (University of Kent) is Heritage Officer and Community Historian. From 2014-2016 I held an American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Research Fellowship with Professor Susan R. Grayzel, (University of Utah), to investigate the impact of aerial warfare and civil defence on gender and citizenship in 20th century Britain. I currently sit on the Academic Advisory Board of the Imperial War Museum's Second World War Galleries redevelopment project.
BA (Hons) History. University of Sussex
DPhil, History. University of Sussex
Research and professional activities
Conferences and presentations
Annual Public Lecture
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, Centre for the HIstory of War, Media and Society, Centre for the History of War, Media and Society, Canterbury, United Kingdom, 29/1/2020
Reflections on the Centenary
Invited presentation, A Century of Remembrance, London, United Kingdom, 17/11/2018
Dying for the nation: death, grief and bereavement in Britain after the Great War
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, Annual Lecture, First World War centenary annual lecture series, Lancaster, United Kingdom, 5/11/2018
Eve in Khaki: women and the British Army, 1917-48
Invited presentation, Keynote presentation, Public Lecture, London, United Kingdom, 2/3/2018
2017: Keynote lecture, 'Gender, Family Histories, and the Emotional Legacies of Total War, Mass Observation 80th Anniverary Conference, University of Sussex.
Brighton, United Kingdom, 2017
2017: Public lecture, 'The First World War and the British Way of Death', For Then, For Now, For Ever: One Hundred Years of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Brookwood Military Cemetery
Brookwood, United Kingdom, 2017
2017: Keynote lecture, ''Couldn't Have Been a Nicer Morning For It': Gendering Remembrance in 1930s Britain', Gendering Peace in Europe, 1918-1945, University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2017
2017: Conference paper, 'Motherhood and the Gendered Politics of Wartime Grief', Berks Conference of Women Historians, New York Hofstra University
Hempstead, United States, 2017
2017: Research seminar, 'Towards an Emotional Economy of Grief in Second World War Britain', Modern HIstory Seminar Series, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom, 2017
2016: Conference paper, 'War Without End: Living with Grief in 1940s Britain', North American Conference on British Studies, Washington DC
Washington D.C., United States, 2016
2016: Research seminar 'Emotional Communities in the Second World War: Death, Grief and Masculinity in the British Armed Services', Centre for the Study of Modern Conflict, University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2016
2015: Symposium presentation: 'Telling Tales About the Blitz: Men, Women and Civil Defence in Postwar Britain', Symposium on War, Gender and Memory, University of Mississippi
Oxford, United States, 2015
2015: Conference paper: 'A Broken Silence: Remembering War in Interwar Britain', American Historical Association Annual Conference, New York
New York, United States, 2015
2015: Workshop Participant 'An Ordinary Heroism: British Cultural Memory of the Second World War in the Early 21st Century', International Workshop: Commemorating World War Two and the Politics of Memory, Hanyang University Research Institute of Comparative HIstory and Culture, Seoul
Seoul, South Korea, 2015
2015: Symposium presentation: 'The Emotional Economy of Grief in Wartime Britain', AHRC Public Workshop on Culture and Conflict, Library of Congress, Washington DC
Washington D.C., United States, 2015
2015: Public lecture: 'A Broken Silence. Mass Observation and Armistice Day in 1930s Britain', Mass Observation Talks,The Keep Archive, Brighton
Brighton, United Kingdom, 2015
2015: Keynote lecture: 'British Cultural Memory and the Second World War', Cultural Memory Conference, Greenwich University, London
London, United Kingdom, 2015
2014: Public lecture. 'The Search for Peace in Interwar Europe', The British Embassy, Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland, 2014
2014: Public lecture: 'Grief in Wartime Britain', and graduate workshop, 1914-2014: War and Intimacy Public Lecture Series, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin.
United States, 2014
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
The Making of the Modern World since 1750 (HR100)
Hidden Histories: class, gender and the rise of British democracy (HR103)
Choosing Your Past: How to Design and Manage a Research Project (HR231)
Research Project (HR831)
The Public History Workshop (HR921)
Research Methods in History (HR935)
Approaches to War, Culture and Society (HR962)
Museums, Memorials and Memories: Europe as a site of war memory (HR963)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: History
Degree type: Master of Arts (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 9/1/2020
Journal articles (17)
Noakes, L., (2020). Catherine Flinn. Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities: Hopeful Dreams, Stark Realities. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. Pp. 243. $114.00 (cloth).. Journal of British Studies. 59 (1), 202-204
Noakes, L., (2019). Valuing the Dead: Death, Burial, and the Body in Second World War Britain. Critical Military Studies, 1-19
Noakes, L., (2019). Santanu Das and Kate McLoughlin, eds. The First World War: Literature, Culture, Modernity. Proceedings of the British Academy 213. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. 280. $85.00 (cloth).. Journal of British Studies. 58 (2), 454-456
Noakes, L., (2019). Jay Winter. War beyond Words: Languages of Remembrance from the Great War to the Present.. The American Historical Review. 124 (3), 1034-1035
Andrews, M., Fell, A., Noakes, L. and Purvis, J., (2018). Introduction: Representing, Remembering and Rewriting Women's Histories of the First World War. Women's History Review. 27 (4), 511-515
Noakes, L., (2018). 'My Husband is Interested in War Generally': gender, family history and the emotional legacies of total war. Women's History Review. 27 (4), 610-626
Noakes, L., (2015). A broken silence? Mass Observation, Armistice Day and 'everyday life' in Britain 1937–1941. Journal of European Studies. 45 (4), 331-346
Noakes, L., (2015). Gender, Grief, and Bereavement in Second World War Britain. Journal of War and Culture Studies. 8 (1), 72-85
Ussishkin, D., (2015). Lucy Noakes and Juliette Pattinson, eds. British Cultural Memory and the Second World War. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. Pp. 240. $120.00 (cloth).. Journal of British Studies. 54 (3), 784-785
Pattinson, J., Noakes, L. and Ugolini, W., (2014). Introduction: Incarcerated Masculinities: Male POWs and the Second World War. Journal of War and Culture Studies. 7 (3), 179-190
Noakes, L., (2014). 'Gentle in manner, resolute in deed': women in the British army in the post-war years. Women's History Magazine. 76, 5-12
Noakes, L., (2012). 'Serve to Save': Gender, Citizenship and Civil Defence in Britain 1937–41. Journal of Contemporary History. 47 (4), 734-753
Noakes, L., (2011). From War Service to Domestic Service: Ex-Servicewomen and the Free Passage Scheme 1919-22. Twentieth Century British History. 22 (1), 1-27
Noakes, L., (2008). "A disgrace to the country they belong to": the sexualisation of female soldiers in First World War Britain. Revue LISA / LISA e-journal. VI (4), 11-26
Noakes, L., (2007). Demobilising the Military Woman: Constructions of Class and Gender in Britain after the First World War. Gender and History. 19 (1), 143-162
JACKSON, LA., (2007). Women in the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex, 1907?1948 - By Lucy Noakes. History. 92 (306), 271-271
Graves, P. and Noakes, L., (1999). War and the British: Gender and National Identity, 1939-91. Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 31 (1), 164-164
Books (5)
Noakes, L., (2020). Dying for the Nation: Death, Grief and Bereavement in Second World War Britain. 0719087597. 9780719087592
Noakes, L., Langhamer, C. and Siebrecht, C., (2020). Total War: An Emotional History. Oxford University Press
Noakes, L. and Pattinson, J., (2013). British Cultural Memory and the Second World War. Bloomsbury Academic. 1441160574. 9781441160577
Noakes, L., (2006). Women in the British Army: War and the gentle sex, 1907-1948. Routledge. 0203088328. 978-0415390576
Noakes, LC., (1997). War and the British: Gender and National Identity, 1939-1991. I.B. Tauris. 9781860643064
Book chapters (10)
Noakes, LC., (2018). The 'worth' of grief and the 'value' of bodies: managing the civilian corpse in Second World war Britain. In: The Materiality of Mourning Cross-disciplinary Perspectives. Editors: Newby, Z. and Toulson, RE., . Routledge. 175- 190. 1351127640. 9781351127646
Noakes, L., (2015). 'Deep England': Britain, the countryside and the English in the Second World War. In: Fighting for Britain?: Negotiating Identities in Britain During the Second World War. Editors: Pattinson, J. and Ugolini, W., . Peter Lang. 25- 47. 9783035307047
Noakes, L., (2015). Popular memory, popular culture: The war in the post-war world. In: The Cambridge History of the Second World War: Volume 3: Total War: Economy, Society and Culture. Editors: Geyer, M. and Tooze, A., . Cambridge University Press. 675- 697. 9781139626859
Noakes, L., (2014). War and Peace. In: Women in Twentieth-Century Britain: Social, Cultural and Political Change. 307- 320. 9780582404809
Noakes, L., (2013). Women and World War II. In: The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Warfare. Editors: Kassimeris, G. and Buckley, J., . Ashgate. 223- 237. 9780754691778
Noakes, L., (2013). 'War on the Web': The BBC 'People's War' Website and Memories of the Second World War in 21st century Britain. In: British Cultural Memory and the Second World War. Editors: Noakes, L. and Pattinson, J., . Bloomsbury Academic. 9781441160577
Noakes, L., (2012). Defending the home(land): gendering Civil Defence from the First World War to the 'War on Terror'. In: Gender and Conflict since 1914 Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Editors: Carden-Coyne, A., . Palgrave Macmillan. 53- 70. 9780230280946
Noakes, L., (2008). 'Playing at being soldiers'?: British women and military uniform in the First World War. In: British Popular Culture and the First World War. Editors: Meyer, J., . Brill. 123- 145. 9789004166585
Noakes, LC., (2005). Eve in Khaki: Women Working with the British Military 1915-1918. In: Women and Work Culture: Britain c.1850–1950. Editors: Jackson, LA. and Cowman, K., . Ashgate. 213- 228. 978-0754650508
Noakes, L., (2002). Women and the War that Never Happened: British Women, Autobiography and Memory during the Gulf War. In: Temporalities, Autobiography and Everyday Life. Editors: Campbell, J. and Harbord, J., . Manchester University Press. 219- 232. 9780719055751
Grants and funding
Gateways to the First World War (Phase 2)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Reflections on the Centenary of the First World War: Learning and Legacies for the Future
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SRINAGAR -- Four jawans were today killed in a fierce gunbattle with militants in a forest area in Kupwara in Kashmir Valley, while a militant was shot dead in a separate encounter in the district.
An encounter broke out during an operation in Lolab area in which a militant was killed, an Army spokesperson said.
Another operation was launched in Haphruda forest in Handwara following information about presence of militants.
Three jawans lost their lives in the gunbattle with the militants, the spokesperson said.
Yesterday, two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit, believed to be Pakistanis, were killed and a soldier was injured in an encounter in Pulwama district.
The slain militants were identified as Salim alias Adil Pathan and Rehman alias Burmi, police sources had said, adding they were suspected to be Pakistani nationals.
Pakistan-based JeM has been responsible for several major attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi, including the one on Parliament on December 13, 2001.
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The new Atomos Shogun 7 is a seven-inch HDR monitor, recorder and switcher that offers an all-new 1500-nit, daylight-viewable, 1920×1200 panel with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and 15+ stops of dynamic range displayed. It also offers ProRes RAW recording and realtime Dolby Vision output. Shogun 7 will be available in June 2019, priced at $1,499.
The Atomos screen uses a combination of advanced LED and LCD technologies which together offer deeper, better blacks the company says rivals OLED screens, "but with the much higher brightness and vivid color performance of top-end LCDs."
A new 360-zone backlight is combined with this new screen technology and controlled by the Dynamic AtomHDR engine to show millions of shades of brightness and color. It allows Shogun 7 to display 15+ stops of real dynamic range on-screen. The panel, says Atomos, is also incredibly accurate, with ultra-wide color and 105% of DCI-P3 covered, allowing for the same on-screen dynamic range, palette of colors and shades that your camera sensor sees.
Atomos and Dolby have teamed up to create Dolby Vision HDR "live" — a tool that allows you to see HDR live on-set and carry your creative intent from the camera through into HDR post. Dolby have optimized their target display HDR processing algorithm which Atomos has running inside the Shogun 7. It brings realtime automatic frame-by-frame analysis of the Log or RAW video and processes it for optimal HDR viewing on a Dolby Vision-capable TV or monitor over HDMI. Connect Shogun 7 to the Dolby Vision TV and AtomOS 10 automatically analyzes the image, queries the TV and applies the right color and brightness profiles for the maximum HDR experience on the display.
Shogun 7 records images up to 5.7kp30, 4kp120 or 2kp240 slow motion from compatible cameras, in RAW/Log or HLG/PQ over SDI/HDMI. Footage is stored directly to AtomX SSDmini or approved off-the-shelf SATA SSD drives. There are recording options for Apple ProRes RAW and ProRes, Avid DNx and Adobe CinemaDNG RAW codecs. Shogun 7 has four SDI inputs plus a HDMI 2.0 input, with both 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 outputs. It can record ProRes RAW in up to 5.7kp30, 4kp120 DCI/UHD and 2kp240 DCI/HD, depending on the camera's capabilities. Also, 10-bit 4:2:2 ProRes or DNxHR recording is available up to 4Kp60 or 2Kp240. The four SDI inputs enable the connection of most quad-link, dual-link or single-link SDI cinema cameras. Pixels are preserved with data rates of up to 1.8Gb/s.
In terms of audio, Shogun 7 eliminates the need for a separate audio recorder. Users can add 48V stereo mics via an optional balanced XLR breakout cable, or select mic or line input levels, plus record up to 12 channels of 24/96 digital audio from HDMI or SDI. Monitoring selected stereo tracks is via the 3.5mm headphone jack. There are dedicated audio meters, gain controls and adjustments for frame delay.
Shogun 7 features the latest version of the AtomOS 10 touchscreen interface, first seen on the Ninja V. The new body of Shogun 7 has a Ninja V-like exterior with ARRI anti-rotation mounting points on the top and bottom of the unit to ensure secure mounting.
AtomOS 10 on Shogun 7 has the full range of monitoring tools, including Waveform, Vectorscope, False Color, Zebras, RGB parade, Focus peaking, Pixel-to-pixel magnification, Audio level meters and Blue only for noise analysis.
Shogun 7 can also be used as a portable touchscreen-controlled multi-camera switcher with asynchronous quad-ISO recording. Users can switch up to four 1080p60 SDI streams, record each plus the program output as a separate ISO, then deliver ready-for-edit recordings with marked cut-points in XML metadata straight to your NLE. The current Sumo19 HDR production monitor-recorder will also gain the same functionality in a free firmware update.
There is asynchronous switching, plus use genlock in and out to connect to existing AV infrastructure. Once the recording is over, users can import the XML file into an NLE and the timeline populates with all the edits in place. XLR audio from a separate mixer or audio board is recorded within each ISO, alongside two embedded channels of digital audio from the original source. The program stream always records the analog audio feed as well as a second track that switches between the digital audio inputs to match the switched feed.


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The nipple issue appeared to have reached worldwide proportions of censorship in our society, but funnily enough, the first ones to be nipple shy are often us women.
What is the nipple issue? Apparently nipples are to be censored, cancelled, covered, and somehow vilified because seen as "sexual".
I am not sure what this nipple issue is about – I am definitively not nipple shy and am all up for a tasteful and elegant nude -, but I do believe that a breast without nipple looks very weird.
I remember Helmut Newton complaining for the same issue about nipples when women in the 1980s and 90s, despite being more open about their femininity than nowadays, were banned by magazines and any other forms of media from showing breasts with nipples.
Today, exactly like 20 years ago, many women and editors still ask to have their nipples Phoshoppingly removed from pictures as something vile or indecent to be looked at.
Thank goodness there is movement that is called "Free the nipple" that is doing some good PR to try to normalise the nipple and its damaged image, but I feel there is a long way to go to set the nipple free for good.
The real question is why the nipple is such a big issue?
It looks like a button, and while I understand that for someone can be a touchy subject, its exposure, especially when a baby is latched onto it to banquet, should not be subject to sexualisation.
The nipple is part of our body, exactly like the tip of our nose is, but while that is ok to have on show all day long, the nipple…well, not so much.
Is it because in many countries is considered rude to point, and nipples are the culprits of being inappropriate in public or on social media? Jokes aside, this is becoming a subject that worries me a little. As a boudoir photographer, mother, woman and estimator of women's beauty in all its forms, I feel that many women are voluntarily amputating – or erasing or covering – part of their bodies because someone is convincing us it is something we should be ashamed of.
But let's be plain. A nipple is not the sex.
The sex has its own definite function, so it may be ok to be shy about it, but the nipple is just an appendix that does not even define our gender. We all have it, but we are not all free to expose it. And in fact, the other odd situation is that women's nipples are more especially pointed at, while men can happily show theirs around unquestioned. No shirts or bras required. Why is that?
Another issue that I find particularly disturbing is the concept of nipple tassels or pasties. I find them totally cute, but why have they been even invented? To say that you were wearing something?
While we totally respect our clients' decisions to use nipple tassels and be nipple shy, we personally feel that nipples are ok to expose because there is nothing weird or sexual about it. Nipples are part of the chest. And, by the way, of any chest.
Definitively for us the body – nude, dressed or in lingerie – is not a piece of meat, but a beautiful piece of art, and this is how we want to celebrate it with our photography, creating beautiful and artistic memories of it.
So, if in doubt, we are totally judgment free about you freeing your nipples in your pictures, or covering them, if that makes you feel more comfortable, also because at Faby and Carlo you can be sure they will remain for your eyes only.
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Yesterday (Monday) we spend the day preparing for the first night a of the new Bible School class which began last night. It was a long day which concluded with a nice quite dinner with Cindi, I, Barb and Rick at 10:30 pm. We missed dinner at the hotel so we went to a local restaurant. What great time of sharing with them. They are such special people.
Cindi and Barb putting together lesson 1.
Rick and I hooking up the A/V
Class in progress
Class in progress
The Holy Spirit Showed up and the room came alive with praise and worship.
Cindi and I with Pastora Nieves. Some of our support to the Sucher's goes to fund her ministry position.
Tuesday was wet with sweat!! Bob worked with a young man named Daniel to replace electrical in the new Children's Center in Los Pedros. I spent time with the children drawing, coloring, etc… With the power going off at 1:00, this meant no fans in the afternoon and you are sweating buckets.
Bob and Daniel getting it done.
Got to love working up against these tin roofs. At least it was a cool 95 today.
Cindi and her girls.
If motorcycles weren't enough you have to watch out for the cows on the street too!
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Typical walk path through Los Pedros. Talk about zero lot line construction. You can't even imagine you have to experience it to believe it.


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