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To me, there is no greater pleasure than making someone smile. At Kemp & Rice Orthodontics, I have the pleasure of being one of the first team members to meet our patients. Whether the patients are children or adults, they all come with the same objective, a beautiful smile. My job is to show them how easy it can be to reach that beautiful smile.
I joined Dr. Kemp in July 1998, bringing 18 years of experience in the dental field. When not at work, I enjoy traveling, gardening, sewing and reading. My husband and I have 3 grown children and 4 wonderful grandchildren.
I feel very blessed to be a member of such a wonderful team at Kemp & Rice Orthodontics. I've been with Dr. Kemp since 1991 as the financial/insurance coordinator. I can honestly say it's truly wonderful to work for someone who cares so deeply for his profession, his patients, and his staff.
I feel that I am privileged to get to talk to and engage with our patients the very first time they call or come into our office. It is very rewarding to see the end results of their treatment and be able to rejoice with them over their new smiles. Since I love interacting with people in general, I feel that I am right at home every day at work, and I try to make our patients feel right at home as well.
In my personal time, I love spending time with family and friends as well as traveling when I get the opportunity. My husband and I will celebrate 38 years of marriage this year. We have four wonderful children and one grandbaby girl whom we are over the moon about! I also love to bake, take long walks, and see movies when I can. We are avid Titans, Auburn, and Georgia fans as well.
As an Appointment Coordinator, I feel that I am doing something that matters by helping each patient with his or her daily needs. Meeting everyone with a smile is easy when you work at such a wonderful office. The best part of my day starts as I walk through the office door.
Being in the dental field for more than 20 years, I have worked as a Registered Assistant in General Dentistry, Endodontics, and Oral Surgery.
When I am not in our office, you can find me with my two teenagers and my husband, "the cutest boy in the world!"
I joined Dr. Kemp in 1997. I am a Registered Dental Assistant with an x-ray license and have been in the dental field since 1993. What I love about my job is seeing a patient who comes to us wanting to change his or her smile and then to see how much the final result of treatment changes his or her self-confidence.
I have a daughter and two nephews. I enjoy camping, swimming, traveling, baking, motorcycle riding, and spending time with my family.
I joined Dr. Kemp in 1999. I have been in the dental field since 1990. I am a Registered Dental Assistant, a certified x-ray technician, and our OSHA Coordinator. The most rewarding part of my job is the relationships that develop through the care that I have been able to give our patients. I love to hear their stories and be a part of their lives in a substantial way. Being able to take part in changing their smiles brings me great joy. I am very proud to be part of a transformation that can bring joy, self-confidence, and even self-esteem to our patients for a lifetime. I like to think that our patients are an extension of my family.
I am originally from Hawaii. I am married to Christopher and have three children, Kelii, Kamalii, and Kelani. I love a night out: dinner and a movie, swimming, laughing, and being with my family.
I have a daughter and two nephews. I enjoy camping, swimming, traveling, baking, motorcycle riding, and spending time with my family.
As a registered dental assistant at Kemp & Rice Orthodontics, I get to see amazing transformations every day. Not only do we transform smiles, but we also transform lives by giving patients great confidence they need to succeed in day to day activities. I am proud to be a part of this dental family where together we work towards making our patients feel welcome, comfortable, and proud to smile.
When I am not at work, I love spending time with my wonderful husband Kevin, my family, and adorable pets. I love to be outdoors, enjoy concerts, movies, home improvements, and cooking. Moving to Tennessee from New York was the best decision I ever made.
I graduated from Kaplan College and joined Dr. Kemp in 2014. The most enjoyable aspect about my job is the amazing relationships we form with our patients as we help them achieve the beautiful smiles they desire.
I am a Florida native and relocated to Tennessee in 2012. I live in Fairview with the love of my life and our beautiful daughter, Isabelle.
I attended dental assisting school because as far back in time as I can remember I have had an obsession with teeth and smiles. I joined Dr. Kemp after graduating in 2013. I really enjoy seeing the journey of our patients as their beautiful smiles develop.
The most rewarding thing about my job is when I get to remove patients' braces and see their reactions when they see how beautiful their smiles are.
I joined Dr. Kemp in September 2015. I am a registered Dental Assistant (RDA) and live in Franklin, TN, but I am originally from LA. I am engaged to my high school sweetheart, Cody. My other love is our Yorkie, Hayes. I enjoy working out and spending time with family and friends.
I'm the newest member of the Kemp & Rice Orthodontics team. As a recent graduate of the Dental Staff school of TN, I am extremely eager and excited to work with such a great team!
I am also a proud mom to two great kids. In our spare time we love to go skating, spend time outdoors, watch hockey, and just spend time together.
What I love the most about my position is the opportunity to learn. Creating specialty appliances for Dr. Kemp and Dr. Rice's patients gives me the opportunity to provide a unique experience for each one. Because our practice is cutting edge, I have the opportunity to train in new techniques. I have been in the dental field since 1978. I received my RDA and x-ray license in 1994, and in 1995 I joined Dr. Kemp.
I started working with Dr. Kemp in 1992. I "hide in the lab" making the specialty appliances and fabricating the in-house indirect bonding trays. I have the pleasure of seeing all the finished results and beautiful smiles.
I started in the orthodontic field the day I got my braces on when I was 14 and my orthodontist asked if I wanted a part time job. I worked all areas of the office while in high school and college.
I have enjoyed the flexibility of lab work while raising my 3 children. My husband and I are officially empty nesters with our last daughter graduating UTC this May. We enjoy swimming and playing with our 2 Labrador retrievers, sailing, traveling, and Tennessee football.
I knew Kemp & Rice Orthodontics was the place I wanted to work when my son was in treatment. The office always seemed to run smoothly, and I got to experience first-hand the great care that was given to my son. Now I get to be part of this practice, and I love meeting the new patients and making them feel as comfortable as I felt!
When I'm not working, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. On pretty days, I love to just drive and drive and drive not going to any particular place, but to just enjoy the scenery.
Seeing the joy on our patients' faces when their treatment is finished and they first see their new beautiful smiles is wonderful.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending hours in Grimey's, exploring Nashville, and playing Dragons and Pirates with my 3-year-old nephew. He's definitely my whole world.
Kemp & Rice Orthodontics specializes in Braces, Invisalign, and other Orthodontic procedures for both adults and children. Our award-winning team offers the best orthodontic care in TN!


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This section of the website is where you can find examples of work the children are undertaking and see some of the results they have published.
The entries here are a work in progress and we'll be adding to it over the coming weeks and months. Please check back regularly to see what's new!
- School Lunch – Waste Chart
- Archimedes signed up to the Make a Difference initiative.
- Click the PLAY button below to hear Jackson's Dad Simon playing the guitar for the children to sing along to 'Sing' by Travis:

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If you haven't yet been able to catch Witches of East End, here's a synopsis of the show:
Witches of East End stars Emmy award-winning Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin) as Joanna Beauchamp, an ageless mother trying to keep a supernatural secret from her daughters, Freya (Jenna Dewan-Tatum; Step Up) and Ingrid (Rachel Boston; (500) Days of Summer) so they can lead a normal life. But when Joanna's estranged sister (Mädchen Amick; Twin Peaks) arrives to warn her of an evil entity out to destroy them all, Joanna is forced to reveal the truth about her family's magical legacy. Co-starring Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Eric Winter (Days of Our Lives) and Daniel DiTomasso (Beauty and the Beast), this powerful and enchanting drama series will cast its spell on you!
I love all of the strong female characters in the show. The two generations of sister witches are so much fun to watch! And the season finale left so many storylines open that my husband and I are dying to begin watching Season 2 so we can see what happens. I won't give away any spoilers (although it is SO tempting), but I can tell you that Season 1 was filled with surprises, shockers, and plenty of action. Highly entertaining! I hope you'll pick up a copy of Witches of East End: The Complete First Season on DVD, whether you want to relive Season 1 or discover a whole new exciting show!
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Note: This is one of many diary entries of Octave Bruso, a member of the 50th New York Engineers who participated in the Petersburg Campaign.
Friday February 12, 18641
Beautiful day. Recieved a letter from Savilla and from A. Bruso.
- "1864 Diary of Private Octave Bruso, 50th NY Engineers, Company E" edited by Tom Bauerle, Buffalo, NY, 2010. ↩
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Improving healthcare and health outcomes for rural and remote communities in NZ and wider South Pacific through rural health research and education for generalist doctors working in rural general practice and hospitals.
Rural postgraduate education
This programme offers the Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate in Rural and Provincial Hospital Practice and the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound. The latter qualification is also frequently undertaken by emergency physicians, anaesthetists and other clinicians seeking bedside ultrasound and ECHO skills.
For those seeking a higher degree in Rural Health, there is also a Master of Health Sciences pathway.
Continuing medical education (CME)
This programme runs regular continuing medical education events aimed at doctors involved in rural generalist practice.
The research interests of faculty include disparities in rural vs urban health outcomes and access to services, diagnostic services in rural areas and rural health professional education and vocational training.


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Oliver low after Raiders loss
PUBLISHED: 18:45 14 September 2014 | UPDATED: 18:45 14 September 2014
'Defeat hard to take' says defenceman
London Raiders assistant captain David Oliver revealed his disappointment after his side's late defeat against Bracknell at Lee Valley.
Raiders slipped to a 6-5 loss, after Danny Hughes netted Bracknell's winner with less than two minutes remaining.
And coming on the back of their morale-boosting opening-day win over Cardiff a week earlier, Oliver agreed there was lessons to be learnt from the National League reverse.
He said: "Last night's game was hard to take. Both teams didn't play great hockey.
"We had great five-minute spells here and there and then we switched off, which we can't do.
"Coming off the ice it was hard to take in, but looking back we got outshot 44 to 27 and that can't happen on home ice."
Raiders fell behind with barely 30 seconds played, but levelled through Jakub Klima, before Danny Marshall and Vaclav Drabek put them 3-1 up early in the second period.
Hornets hit back, only for captain AJ Smith to give Raiders a 4-2 advantage.
But a powerplay goal from former Raiders forward JJ Pitchley cut the gap to one before the break and the visitors went 5-4 up before Drabek's second looked to have earned the hosts a point.
Hughes had the final say, though, and Oliver added: "Bracknell have fast young forwards who can punish any team, we need to get that loss out of our heads and work on what went wrong in training on Thursday.
"Getting outshot like that is not right and we will be working hard so that doesn't happen again.
"Bracknell didn't score great goals at all which is more frustrating, it's things that we can work on in training to make sure it doesn't happen next time round."
Raiders hit the road for the first time next weekend when they travel to the south coast to face Solent & Gosport on their tiny rink.
Defenceman Oliver is hoping they bounce back quickly, adding: "It's a long old season. We're still missing Frankie Harvey and Michael Gray, but with a few more training sessions our play and fitness will pick up.
"As time goes on we will be back to our best and playing the hockey we were playing last season."
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March 14, 2008
Marie Diener-West to Chair MPH Program
Marie Diener-West, PhD, has been named chair of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's master of public health (MPH) degree program. Diener-West will begin her new duties on May 31.
"Marie is well known to many in the School, particularly for her excellence in teaching and mentoring students. I simply could not think of a person who would be better suited to take over the MPH program and carry its activities forward," said Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Bloomberg School.
Diener-West will replace Ron Brookmeyer who in December announced his plans to step down as chair. "Ron has had an incredibly successful tenure as chair of the School's MPH program and his decision is a loss for all of us. His leadership over the last six years has made our MPH program the best in the world and a model for all other programs," said Klag. Brookmeyer will return to his teaching and research activities at the Bloomberg School.
Diener-West earned her PhD in biostatistics from the School of Public Health. She joined the faculty in 1986 and was named the inaugural Helen Abbey-Margaret Merrell Professor of Biostatistics Education in 2004. She is also a 4-time recipient of the Bloomberg School's Golden Apple Award, which is awarded annually by students to outstanding teachers.


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- A presentation by Washington Adventist Hospital president Joyce Newmyer on the hospital's relocation request and its expected fall filing of a new Certificate of Need application with the Maryland Healthcare Commission. Ms Newmyer's presentation is slated for 8 pm. Expect innovative plans.
- Presentations, on plans for a proposed 200+ unit apartment building at the Takoma Metro station, by WMATA and developer EYA. I expect their presentations to be largely the same as the ones they gave at a Tuesday, July 16 community meeting. (Their July 16 slides are posted at dc-mdneighborsfortakomatransit.org; meeting turn-out was around 130. Washington DC Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners Sara Green and Faith Wheeler joined me in organizing the meeting in cooperation with community members.) A July 22 difference is that the council will have an opportunity to pose questions and express concerns to the WMATA and EYA representatives. Please let me know if you have questions for me to relay. The council would consider a city response at a later meeting, after our summer recess.
- A rewrite of city housing code, prompted by city staff but also including an electoral provision I initiated, to ensure access for electoral candidates to multi-unit apartment buildings.
- The Safe Grow Zone ordinance, which would ban many cosmetic lawncare pesticides. Safe Grow attracted some opposition centered in Ward 1's Philadelphia-Eastern Neighborhood, rooted in concerns about justification and enforcement. These concerns and others have been discussed extensively in e-mail exchanges and at council meetings. I'll reiterate that my council colleagues and I have heard community concerns, also beliefs that the ordinance is too week, and have adjusted the ordinance in response. My final tally of Ward 1 voices is 96 For, 55 Opposed.
Finally, a reminder: Please attend a meet-and-greet with City Manager Brian Kenner, now entering his 5th week on the job, Thursday evening, August 1, 7 pm at the community center. All Ward 1 residents and business owners are invited.


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Scientist or institution: Panasonic España, S.A.
Repository institution: Arxiu Històric de Girona
Keywords: Engineering
Period covered: 1975-2000
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The consumer electronics company, Panasonic España, SA was one of the first multinational to be implemented in the industrial Celrà, 1975. This represents the creation of many jobs that were occupied mainly by people from the village of Celrà. The group joined Panasonic in the village and participated in the social and cultural life of the people. The factory closed its plant in 2004.
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Agree Realty Acquires Retail Center on the Texas Gulf Coast
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By Anca Gagiuc, Associate Editor
Houston—HFF announced it has closed the sale of an 84,584-square-foot, recently-redeveloped, fully-occupied, multi-tenant, net-leased property in the coastal community of Port Arthur, Texas. Agree Realty Corp. acquired the asset for an undisclosed amount.
HFF represented the seller, Houston-based Baker Katz. The HFF investment sales team was led by Senior Managing Director Ryan West and Associate Director Matt Berry.
"There has been significant commercial activity and development occurring in Port Arthur, including the Natural Gas Project Golden Pass LNG Terminal, which has created thousands of jobs in the area," West said in a prepared statement. "Strong retail sales and demand for space in this trade area is a testament to Port Arthur's strong economy. The property is ideally positioned in the trade area and it will prove to be a great investment for Agree Realty."
Renovated in 2014, the property occupies 5.75 acres at 2770 Highway 365 in Port Arthur, a coastal community in southeastern Texas, approximately 90 miles from downtown Houston. The retail center is situated on the southeastern corner of Highways 365 and 69, which has combined traffic counts of more than 65,000 vehicles per day, as well as more than 36,200 residents living within a three-mile radius of the center. The asset is fully-leased to Hobby Lobby, Party City and PetSmart and is shadow-anchored by Walmart.
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There were two glimpses of the old Obama — when he slammed "subsidies" for oil companies, which of course do not get any subsidies, but have business deductions the way every other business does, he sounded every bit like the envious skinny Harvard man he once was. When he railed against tax breaks that he considered identical to government spending, that was outright socialism. That concept implies that all the income in the nation belongs to the state, and that if we let working people keep any of it, that is the same as a government expenditure. The opposite is true. The income belongs to the people, and they allow government to have some of it. But, of course, the servant has become the master now.
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This is the 15 year old single malt Scotch whisky from Glen Scotia in the Campbeltown region, released in 2015 as part of a redesign for their range. The distillers use specially selected American oak casks to age this expression, which compliment the fruit-forward and subtly coastal whisky rather well.
Nose: Lots of rich fruit here - apricot jam, satsuma segments and apple pie. Wafts of sea breeze and baking spices develop after a minute.
Palate: Vanilla and fruit, with ginger and cinnamon bring a subtle dryness to it.
Finish: Quite long with continuing spice.
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Like drinking velvet. My favorite scotch.
14th September 2020
I did a tasting of this aside the Dalmore 15. Lots of similarities, the most important being that neither are actually very good and worth the extra price ove the ever-awesome Glenfiddich 15, which - with the more whiskies I try - makes me wonder if anything will ever get close to it in terms of bang-for-buck. The Glenfiddich is smoother, tastier and better in every conceivable way in a like-for-like basis.
26th July 2020
Very nice. Added to my favourite list.
1st June 2020
A draum needs a drop of water to bring out its magic. Long finish with cinnamon and spice. This is why you sip scotch.
12th January 2020
Boom! Absolutely delightful.
24th November 2019
Although there's not much wrong with this whisky it is rather unremarkable given its heftyish price tag. I managed to pick up a bottle that was heavily discounted. I wouldn't have been too happy if I paid full price for it. The oak flavours dominate here, giving it an almost bourbon vibe. I'm guessing they used plenty of first fill casks. There is dried fruit sweetness there, but it's not as clean as I would have liked with just a tiny bitter aftertaste. Mouthfeel is decent. I like to add a dash of Ardbeg or Lagavulin 8 to this to liven it up a bit and cover up that bitterness.
22nd September 2019
Not sure I get the apricot jam mentioned above, but noticeable vanilla at first, then jammy like fruit flavors in the middle, with baked goods flavors in the finish. Some rye-like spicy flavors are detectable that are hard to identify exactly, but they're pleasant. Very smooth throughout. A very nice Glen Scotia and at a relatively modest price for a 15 year old.
22nd June 2019
I pray Glen Scotia do not go the way of other distilleries that gain/regain reputation then double their prices. This may not be the cheapest 15 on the market, but it's one of the most complex and accomplished, an absolute bouquet of flavours and robust to all ends.
18th March 2019
At first didn't get what the hoopla was all about, but now, omg. Let this sit in the glass 15-20 min, put a little water in it, and boom. Brine, Sultana, honey, rich toffeed Campbeltown smell and taste. A real masterpiece of an official bottling. Splendid whisky.
6th February 2019
Well it's Christmas so I have to drink a few nice single malts and do at least one review as is tradition. This is an amazing after dinner dram I just ate a piece of prime rib the size of my head ( which is quite large) and I couldn't have picked a better whisky to wash it down with. The chaps at M.O.M got it just right incredibly juicy with loads of different dark fruits and cinnamon ,good length on the finish and incredibly smooth. Can't really think of a whisky from Campbeltown I didn't like but this is certainly one of the best and I actually got it for a decent price for once. Merry Christmas everyone! The Sugarbear
26th December 2018
Just wanted to add to my first review (Oct 21st 2017) that I'm upgrading my rating to 5 stars. On the second bottle now, keep coming back to it.
17th October 2018
I'm decidedly NOT an expert. But, I thoroughly loved it! On advice from my much younger niece, to whom I'd given a small sample bottle. On my nose I got the scents of dark fruit, salt, slight musty oakey smell. On my tongue and palate I sensed honey, pepper(!) very light on the tongue, and again the slight musty/oakey smell. Aftertaste to me was of medium length, only then some peaty, light smokey taste. I found it overall delicious for the price. Ordered two more 750 ml bottles for myself and one or my niece!!
3rd April 2018
Agree with Campbelltown Home Run. There is smoke from the syringol aldehyde released by the lignins after heavy charring. Otherwise the tasting notes by MoM are exactly what I experienced. Small distilleries often take more care and pride in flavour profile than wide profit margins which the large drinks companies do.
13th November 2017
12th November 2017
A really nice, well integrated whisky. A 'rounded' experience if that makes sense. The MoM chaps did a good job on the tasting notes, but I'm surprised that they didn't picknick up the subtle smoke throughout the experience. 4 out of 5 because I tend to like me' Whisky to have a(n even) more distinct character. While I feel this Glen Scotia should cost 10% less, I might need to get my hands on more bottles.
21st October 2017
My favourite single malt! Beautifully smooth with a refined complexity. The downside is, I have to keep it hidden!
7th August 2017
Great whisky, tasty and long oily finish,
12th June 2017
Very nice! No bite, smooth!
13th April 2017
whisky like the human race is full of variety no two are ever quite the same I think true whisky appreciation loves variety...I have yet to find a scotch that I didnt find something to like about it amongst the Scottish single malts,The Glen Scotia 15 is a one that I highly rate and am looking forward to further Campbeltown whiskies
8th April 2017
After reading a review of Glenscotia where the reviewer recommended to try the 15 or the double cask to get a taste of the campbeltown aspects (sea breeze), I picked this one. Quite spicy, fruity & complex with a long finish. Dry fruits. The typical salty seabreeze exists but more elegant. Very elegant and rich (spicy & fruity) whisky.
16th January 2017
Tasted with friends during our quarterly whisky night. Rated highly by all, one of the top ones we've had over the past 4 years. Very balanced, with depth and interest. Was a while ago (July), so tasting notes are in the archive. I recommend getting some and trying it for yourselves.
11th October 2016
Quite mellow and not too punchy, with a good depth of flavours. I got soft orchard fruit (plums and apricots?), a touch of toffee, some nuttiness, a pleasant, woody spice and last of all, drunk.
29th July 2016
A very tasty, rich whisky with a long finish/Really loved it.
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Patonga is a Sleepy village built on a sand bar, a couple of hours north of Sydney. (they'll tell you less, but allowing for getting lost, two hours is realistic)
I don't know that it is actually built on a sound bar, but it looked that way to me when cousin Johnty and I crossed the little river on Patonga's southern side and, climbing up into the bush, looked back over the town.
Here's Jonty rowing us across to creek as they call it.
Back in town, now, and and just off the main street…..
a sign to a gallery, past the petrol pump…
(That's an antique, by the way. You wont get an petrol out of that thing, even if you offer $2 a litre. )
….is the Bakehouse Gallery .
It's interesting the way people hesitate at the door of a gallery, not sure whether to go in.
Cousin Jonty's already inside, intrigued, by the look.
and some other visiting peer-ers are in there too.
In part, I suspect, this hesitation to enter is because people think they might be asked to buy something.
In this case, there's no danger of that because nothing's for sale.
Well, nothing has a visible price on it. Selling is not the point at the Bakehouse Gallery.
There are other things out of the ordinary as well. No part of the Bakehouse is off limits to the visitor who does come in.
The studio upstairs? Just climb the stairs…
and find art on a chair just as viewable as art on a wall
There's always time to talk too, or to ask a question…
Across the road is another part where smoothly sliding stacks, put many more works at your fingertips.
Bottom line, say the owners, you aim to get people in front of pictures no matter what, and then they decide if it was worth the visit or not.
Want to see something else? Sure, just a second….
But, I'm not doing this right.
Let me introduce the people behind this fresh new concept, Jocelyn Maughan and Robin Norling who own and run the Bakehouse gallery.
As you know this is a Rubbo family art blog. There is no direct connection with my family here, though both Jocelyn and Robin Knew of Antonio dattilo-Rubbo's famous art school in Sydney.
The connection comes because I love their way of thinking, and share ideas what art's about
Both Robin and Jocelyn have been classically trained, both have been teachers. Both are still teachers
Both believe in art based on good drawing, and that, says Robin, comes right out of the Rennaissance.
"Dio Segno." says Robin, The sign of God. Though not religious, Robin contends that's what must be there.
There, in the seemingly simplest thing you do.
They talk about helping to build a road map for young artists.
They see contemporary art as being in a bit of a mess, it's values confused by political and fashion agendas, and by the pressure to create what critic, Robert Hughes called, The shock of the New.
Speaking of shocks, did you get an email petition to sign the other day?
It was part of a shocked global response to a Costa Rican "artist" who's entry to his country's Biennale was an installation piece, a stray dog actually starving to death in an "art" gallery.
We are far from such obscenity here, I hope.
Yet I wonder if the classical approach of Robyn and Jocelyn might, make them seem somewhat freakish to our Sydney art world.
Perhaps. …But then, they are so far off the beaten track that it doesn't matter.
In fact, when people come into the Bakehouse gallery, a strange thing happens.
Generally, their eyes tell them the art is good, but their brains then ask, "What's good work doing in Patonga, and without a price on it, moreover?
Something's wrong, somehow.
Since there is no answer to this puzzle of price-less art, some choose not to believe their eyes.
Some, used to following the critics, conclude the Bakehouse works are probably not that special after all.
How could they be? Out of sight in Patonga, out of the swim in bucolic Patonga?
Jocelyn and Robin don't care. There's always more to do.
Here, Jocelyn is explaining to me that this black and white work, Aussie Lean-to, (a local fisherman) is done with what she calls the Grisaille technique.
White paper is specially treated to create a smooth surface, then covered in dark oil paint which can be rubbed away.
The design is done by rubbing alone.
Here's a tree, an Angophera, she's rendered in the same way
There's a beautiful scratchy feel to these images, I find
Jocelyn paints people in Patonga, often the fishermen. Her themes, her visual obsessions, one might say, are men at work, often around boats.
As you look at these small works, you find yourself having more and more trouble saying," These are nothing special."
Yet, if they were really any good, they'd have a hefty price on them, surely?
I discover that her men have a signature way of slouching. I can't imagine Jocelyn drawing a tensed up sportsman .
She likes her men to fall into their postures, gravity doing what it does
She loves the tired, after work, look.
Robin likes the figure too. But what he does with the human body is so different.
Also, he's more apt to picture women, more apt to be sensuous
Here's Jocelyn again. Her men lounge around, shooting the breeze of course
If Robin does men, they are a different race. Not tired, not slouched, anything but…
Both artists paint portraits. But Jocelyn's the prolific one.
if someone walks into the studio with a head which catches her fancy, she'll offer a likeness on the spot, to be knocked off in an hour or less, then and there!
This is Mick Chapman from across the creek. He used to be a top class photo engraver. Now, he's a fisherman. Mick picked up his portrait yesterday.
Joceyln does these quick oil sketches "to keep her hand in" she explains, and charges nothing for them, if they're Patongans, as the happy sitters take them home.
She did one of me on that basis, though I'm not a local.
It was mine to keep. All that was asked was that I give it back, temporarily, to be entered in a local art show. Once it'd won first prize, it was back with me.
Curious, I ask her, "how much would it have been if I'd commissioned it?"
"$3000. " she says "How can that be?" I ask.
"It's either $3000 or free," replies Jocelyn, "Nothing in between."
Actually, that's not quite true. Once a year, they raise money for the Bushfire Brigade. On that day, the sign outside the Bakehouse gallery reads. Portraits, $5
"Why so cheap?" I ask. "Well, five bucks is something you'll plunk down without thinking." explains Jocelyn.
"A kid with a ferrett will spend five dollars. Put it up to ten, and there'd be that hesitation….. No, five's better.
There's a down side to cheap. Everyone's your boss. One kid came back with his pencil portrait, indignant; "Mum says you should take the dirt off my face, " he said. "Tell your Mum, that's shading to make your face look round, not dirt."
I wonder if Jocelyn has ever painted Robin? That's a fine head, surely?
Yes she has. I'm directed to her book to see how he turned out. Robin's in there. That, you can buy apparently, $50!
Money and art, what a funny business it is!
Jocelyn and Robin have their teacher pensions and so can afford to keep the high road by living modestly. A young artist could not, of course, and most wouldn't want to anyway.
Moreover money plays its part in this charming set up. The main gallery, the second gallery across the road, for any one who'd like to emulate this charming set-up, are worth millions now.
Look at this view out their "back" door.
"Commanding a high price." How the very language reflects the power game into which art gets dragged.
"His picture fetched a record sum at auction." "Fetch," what a charming word that is, bringing such a playful tone to the matter, as if we were playing ball games with the dog.
Yet, hitting the higher price ranges, can become a ball game of another sort, a ball and chain, as many artists become slaves to what sells.
Their freedom to be spontaneous, to be whimsical, both in what images they choose to make, and how they part with them, is much reduced.
You could argue that so few artist are financially successful, that it's not worth talking about any Faustian bargains they may one day strike with reality.
Bottom line, most successful artists could not do what Jocelyn and Robin do, giving away portraits, not without annoying their agent.
9 months ago, Jocelyn painted my friend, Olive Riley, again without charge.
Olive was a rare catch, a head one does not meet very often. Here, we deliver Olive for the session.
Olive is 108 (born 1899) and proves a tranquil sitter.
Robin doesn't hesitate to give over the shoulder advice. They both do that for each other.
I did not see Robin doing portaits but found some heads of his, patterned and repeated, as he likes to do
Patterns, repetitions with subtle changes, are his forte.
I expected the Bakehouse Gallery would validate a pet theory of mine.
if you've read the first post of this blog, you'll know that I believe that story is a big part of art, or can be.
By story, I mean any narrative to do with the art work.
How, when, and where was the work done?
Who was, or is, the artist?
Who carried the picture though fire and war.
Who stole it and why?
What does it tell us about Grandma, the artist?
How was the picture was brought into the family, or left it, if that is the case.
As a species, we crave stories.
It's something to do with the cave life of our ancestors, to do with the thousands of years we spent huddled round the cave fire, living through those fearful neolithic nights, our eyes round as moons, as our brave hunters told their tales.
I think that it is through story that people, who otherwise don't enjoy art, and certainly see the point of owning it, can be drawn to its power and charm.
I thus expected that both Robin and Jocelyn would be story tellers.
But no, their message is purer and less seductive than that. They speak to visitors about design, composition, about finding the patterns in nature and doing things with those patterns. Making one's variations on the universals, as I understand it.
They talkabout technique and tradition, and never about stories per se. And yet….
Here, Robin is standing in front of the bread oven which give the Bakehouse it's name.
He 's explaining to Jonty that his own art draws inspiration from the repetitive patterns in the Persian carpet at his feet
There's such a carpet upstairs too, I notice. More reminders for Robin of classical patterning I guess.
Jocelyn's work seems more amenable to story.
Indeed, she does tell me tales about her work, about sketching on trains in India, for example, the funny things that happened to them on that trip..
These are her local train sketches, but they'll do to tell the tale.
The Indian story goes like this.
They were in a crowded third class carriage, bundled in by accident it seems, and began to sketch fellow passengers, even though they were a bit fearful it might offend.
Groundless fears, for there was general delight and indeed, as the train rattled across India, more and more passengers were dragged in from other carriages to be sketched.
Luckily, the pair knew from experience to have loose sheets of paper with them. People always want to keep a sketch and it was either have sheets on hand to give away, or tear pages out of their sketch books.
On this occasion, there were so many wanting to keep a souvenir, that they had to tear their loose sheets smaller and smaller, so as not to run out.
Strangely, no matter how small the sketch, each recipient would then fold it in four as if this was the done thing with the drawings of foreigners on trains.
Jocely laughs as she tells the tale , and wonders if there are people wandering round India even today with tiny portraits folded in their shirt pockets.
This is a perfect example of what I mean. If you had a train sketch of Jocelyn's on your wall, would you not enjoy in telling that story to a visitor?
Telling such a story is empowering. It changes ownership from a checkbook event into something more creative.
True, the train sketch does not become a better image when the story is added , but it does become an enriched image.
Then Jocelyn told me another story, this one linking them to the new Hotel, seen here.
The two brothers, Robert and David who own the Patonga store, have now turned it into a charming and rather up-market hotel.
Back when it was still a humble general store cum fish and chip shop, Jocelyn had asked the brothers if they'd like one of the Bakehouse pictures for their walls.
They said, "No thanks, we have some prints of the South of France which will do just fine"
The South of France for Patonga?
Anyway , the new hotel/restaurant got built and the Osborne brothers remembered the offer and decided that indeed, a local painting would be just the ticket.
But when Jocelyn saw the space, she said a lone picture will be lost. "You need a strip of panels." she told them. "I'll do figures and Robin will do landscape panels in between."
The brothers were still not sure, but Bakehouse did them some mock ups on a demountable panels, and they were happy.
Now, a long wall in the dining room glows with fishermen at work
It would be nice in my view, if those who sit below, knew this intriguing story of how these artists serve their community….
….just as a fisherman does, in his way.
Enough Art!…….
We were due for a walk, Jonty and I, and so we said goodbye to the Bakehouse gallery.
Wandering round the rocks on the point, I kept on thinking about this puzzle which is art.
I saw patterns in the rock, patterns as exciting as any painting.
Not art, though, no human had fashioned these designs, though design there was
But in photographing them, did I author them somehow as art, as my art?
Surely not! Too much of them and too little of me.
But what if I select parts of the image, suggest interpretations by my selection, what then?
This detail of the wall above, I've inverted it for example, the more to see it as a finger shape
Here, I turn the rock on it's side to see a mouth and later, a nose, also turned
You don't have to see the image below as a cello. But I've selected the shape to empower it.
Then, of course, when I find V's, I'm thrilled, as all men are.
Again, I turn what I find to make the V I want.
Now, I see a dying lion, no longer the alpha male.
What's karen doing here? Good question. She's on the back of a dinghy under a white house you'll soon see, and I like her.
At the far end of Patonga are some fishermen's cottages, beautiful in their simplicity.
Wealth has now made them impossible, either to build or, in many cases, to keep
This is where karen lives
We walk up and out of Patonga on the famous trail to Pearl beach
When we came to Patonga with Olive, I offered a tribute to the pretty place on her blog http://www.allaboutolive.com.au
I finished with an image which everyone loved, and will do so again.


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6 Interactive Sites to Create a Completely Customized Wardrobe
Customizing what you wear has never been easier.
Thanks to a handful of online custom-tailor stores, you can forget about off-the-rack purchases and become your own fashion designer. With 3D customization studios and realistic graphics, many of these sites have made it easy to digitally craft shirts and shoes from start to finish.
Once you've decided on details like style, fabric and fit, you can order your masterpiece straight to your doorstep.
Here's a roundup of six interactive sites that can bring your clothing and shoe designs to life.
1. Blank Label
Blank Label specializes in hand-cut, hand-stitched men's dress shirts and button-downs. With a wide variety of shirts to choose from, you're bound to find a style you like. Simply select a shirt from the site's latest collection, or create your own. From picking the collar type to inputting measurements, Blank Label lets you virtually design a shirt that best fits you.
If you can't decide which style to commit to, you can request a fabric swatch and Blank Label will send you free samples.
2. Bow & Drape
Bow & Drape, a women's clothing store, allows you to customize sweatshirts, crew-neck tops, turtlenecks, denim jackets and hats. Once you click the type of garment you want to personalize, you can select different colors, choose embellishments and include custom lettering.
Looking for inspiration? Bow & Drape's community gallery may spark some ideas.
3. Awl & Sundry
Awl & Sundry focuses on men's footwear that is handmade and tailored to the customer's specifications. To custom-design your shoe, you must go through a six-step process. The first step is to choose one of the five classic shoe styles, and then select its design, color and other important details.
Not sure where to start? Check out the "Get Inspired" section. Here, you can view shoes designed by the Awl & Sundry community.
4. World of Alfa
World of Alfa focuses on affordable, luxury handcrafted clothing for both men and women. But unfortunately, women only have the option to customize blouses, whereas men can design shirts, suits, pants, ties and jeans.
As you make selections in the interactive 3D design page, the site shows you a helpful, realistic graphic of your creation.
5. Shoes of Prey
Shoes of Prey offers women the opportunity to create their own unique handmade shoe. You have the option to select from the store's selection of heels, sandals and ballet flats. Once you've chosen the silhouette of your desired shoe, you can begin to customize details like material, style and color. The 3D design studio is easy to navigate, and makes mixing and matching fun.
6. Indochino
If you're looking for an affordable custom-fit suit, you may want to explore Indochino. This luxury menswear company lets you design suits, shirts, pants and more from scratch.
During the customization process, a series of questions pop up to ensure you enter all of your preferences. Once you've placed an order, it takes about four weeks for your suit to arrive.


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Check out Errrday (Tags), the latest track from Meek Mill, featuring Rick Ross which dropped on Monday, February 6th, 2012. Meek Mill's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Errrday (Tags) has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Meek Mill has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Meek Mill has on deck.
Check out Meek Mill on Erday (Prod by Cardiak)[No DJ] [Clean], featuring Rick Ross. Check out Meek Mill's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
Who else would you like to have seen on the track? What do y'all think of this joint?


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The case of the Hampton Court poltergeist first came to surface back in 2003 when a security camera picked up something rather…unusual.
Hampton Court had been considered a hotbed of paranormal activity for many centuries but this footage really took the world of paranormal enthusiasts by storm!
The estate near London has been known as one of the favorite spots to throw banquets for King Henry VIII. Many famous characters linked to the former king are said to walk the long halls in the dark hours.
Before we go any further, check out the surveillance footage below…
These days the Hampton Court estate is nothing more than a typical museum which is run over strict visiting hours. There are a number of security guards on patrol over a 24 hour period.
At the time of the footage, there was no one left in the building – the museum was closed down for the remainder of the day and the estate's watchmen were on patrol.
All of a sudden, a loud banging noise rang out from one side of the building – the security officers were quick to cover the whole area but found no intruders.
They all met up in the estate's control room and decided to check the camera footage to see if they could identify any of the intruders.
The footage revealed the ghostly figure wearing a vintage costume you see in the video above. It just appears, slams a door a few times and then disappears!
This is a pretty strange one – I've heard calls of hoaxes and I've heard that the security officers involved still believe (to this day!) that this is the 'Real McCoy'.
If it is a hoax I must congratulate the guys/gals that set this up – that is one creepy looking dude!
Keep in mind that the security officers were covering every entrance and exit to Hampton Court at the time – nobody could get in or out without being spotted…
What do you think?


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Ten Reasons
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Carl Golden, 8/1/2012 [
Romney Tax Return Issue Won't Go Away
Romney Tax Return Issue Won't Go Away
By Carl Golden
In the summer and fall of 1993, I served as press secretary for the gubernatorial campaign of Christie Todd Whitman of New Jersey.Anyone who was around then will recall the issue --- virtually the only issue --- that year was the $2.8 billion income and sales tax increase signed into law three years previously by Gov. Jim Florio.
But, just as Mitt Romney has been knocked off balance and off message by demands he release more than 10 years of his personal income tax returns, the Whitman campaign was thrust into the center of political and media turmoil after the candidate and her husband released three years of returns but withheld one year.
That one year became the focus of the Florio campaign and from reporters who'd heard enough about tax increases and demanded to know what was in the return the Whitmans refused to release.
Her campaign consultant was Ed Rollins, a battle-hardened veteran of political battles, including serving as President Reagan's campaign manager in 1984.
Rollins and I spent untold hours discussing the media clamor for the missing return, a clamor stoked daily by Florio's consultant, James Carville, a personal friend of Rollins. Carville was absolutely manic about the tax return, taking to talk radio and seizing every opportunity to suggest to reporters that refusing to disclose it meant the Whitmans were hiding something embarrassing and harmful to her campaign.
Rollins and I understood the missing return was dominating the debate; Rollins' experience told him it would continue to dog Whitman while I took the telephone calls each day demanding an explanation for why the return was being kept secret.
The issue we wanted --- Florio's tax increases --- was in danger of being swept aside by a refusal to release one tax return.
Romney confronts the same problem.President Obama's campaign continues to challenge him, feeding into the President's campaign narrative that Romney amassed his fortune as head of the private equity firm Bain Capital where he bankrupted companies, cost thousands of American jobs and shipped others overseas all the while suggesting that his millions in profits went into Swiss or other offshore bank accounts to avoid paying income tax in the United States.
Obama has tied the two together and dared Romney to untie them by releasing the last decade's worth of tax returns.
The Republican has resisted, arguing that his returns from 2010 and 2011 are sufficient to let the American people know that he is a successful businessman and that he's paid his fair share of taxes.
He's losing the argument, though, just as Whitman, Rollins and I were losing it 19 years ago.Voter distrust of politicians runs deep and, propelled by heated campaign rhetoric, the "something to hide" argument finds a receptive audience, particularly when the debates involves loaded phrases like "Swiss bank accounts" or "tax havens in the Caymans" --- code words for tax cheat.
Leading Republicans, editorial writers, and even the conservative Bible National Review have urged Romney to release the returns, but to no avail.While Romney may hope that delay will make the issue fade, the life it's taken on can only be extinguished by public disclosure.Media appetites are whetted, not satisfied, by being denied information it wants.
Obama, his surrogates and the Super Pacs supporting him will continue to relentlessly drive the issue.It turns the debate to what they want and keeps it away from what they don't want, just as the Florio campaign attempted in 1993.
The Whitmans ultimately recognized the peril of maintaining the no-release posture.The return was disclosed, revealing a one- time income spike. It turned out to be a dud, generating a one day story and disappearing.It was accomplished early enough in the process that Whitman could redirect the campaign debate to Florio's record, his tax increases and her proposal to cut income tax rates.
If Romney hopes to make headway attacking Obama's less than stellar stewardship of the American economy, he must put the tax return issue to rest; to, as consultants are fond of saying, "stop the bleeding."
Whitman defeated Florio in 1993 by an exceptionally thin margin of some 27,000 votes, becoming the first female Governor in the state's history.How many of those were influenced by the release of the disputed tax return is impossible to divine.And, there was no desire to find out.
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Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country, boasting a unique cultural heritage, and apart from a short five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy… it has never been colonised. Looking back, the history is so entrenched, the last emperor, Haile Selassie claimed descent from Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. In the present, Addis Ababa is the seat of the African union, base for the Economic Commission for Africa and often referred to as "the political capital" of Africa. Whilst looking ahead, Ethiopia is beginning to take a surprising leadership stance… in the arena of Big Data.
Ethiopia is on course to build Africa's most comprehensive disaster and risk management database. The aim is to gather enough information to help reduce future suffering caused by the slew of natural disasters that have plagued the region since time immemorial. To date, they've carried out 100,000 household interviews and is set to have completed a detailed risk profile for all its 750 districts by 2015.
Tadesse Bekele, Deputy Director in Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector of the Ministry of Agriculture explained at 4th Africa Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in February: "I would encourage all countries in Africa to follow Ethiopia's example in developing in-depth information systems based on nationwide risk profiling of disaster-affected communities. It is important to get out of the vicious circle of managing from crisis to crisis."
Ethiopia may be poor and its recent history may have been characterised by war, famine and hardship. However, it is utilising the data it has at its disposal and building more, in order to help combat future problems. The LEAP food security early warning tool converts agro-meteorological data into food production estimates and quantifies the money needed to scale up productivity.
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As Mathewos Hunde, the Director of the Early Warning & Response Directorate under the Disaster Risk Management & Food Security Sector of the Ministry of Agriculture in Ethiopia, told the World Food Programme: "We can say that Ethiopia is two steps ahead compared to other countries, we have a leadership role considering our early response to risks and in understanding the root causes of them."
Addis Ababa: Embassies, Spas & International Hub
The country is now firmly on the global hit list for investment and rejuvenation, especially from within the Middle East. The Africa Global Business Forum held in Dubai at the start of May attracted more than 3500 delegates, whilst a few weeks' later, on May 13 the Dubai Chamber (which organised the event) opened its first African representative office in Ethiopia.
The government is also investing heavily in development. This creates jobs and builds the infrastructure necessary for progress. Within the capital especially, this is manifesting itself in the most unlikely ways. In 2007, Tia Goldberg described Addis Abba as 'the spa capital of Africa' due to a marked increase in massage parlours, beauticians and day spas springing up around the city. It also has the highest number of embassies in the world after New York, Washington and London, whilst a film from Trip Adviser released in March pulls together images of what the various construction projects will look like once complete.
"Ethiopia is the fifth largest economy in Africa and poised to become the third largest in the next 10 years. The country's economy is mainly based on agriculture. This sector accounts for about 45% of GDP and 85% of total employment. Ethiopia offers a highly accessible market for UAE businesses seeking expansion into Africa," said H.E. Buamim, Director General of Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, when he opened the office.
Asfaw Alemayehu, a businessman who moved to Ethiopia from the US four years' ago told me over the phone from Addis that in the past multi-nationals "did not see Ethiopia as an attractive country." Now they are starting to differentiate it from its more developed neighbour Kenya and are finally beginning to look for "a long term strategy to target the country."
The problem with Ethiopia for outsiders however, is that it is unique and cannot be fully compared to any other African country. It was independent for centuries, under communist rule for two decades, and then plummeted into war and an extremely publicised famine (even those who weren't born remember Live Aid). Now it is emerging, but unlike neighbouring Kenya, "the private sector is in its infancy." Alemayehu believes that this makes now a good time to invest in Ethiopia but is wary of European and US companies' "unrealistic expectations." He was keen to stress that Asian and Middle Eastern companies are far more prepared to work with the local business culture rather than trying to enforce their own value system.
External organisations are already beginning to move in. This February, professional services firm, Deloitte announced the opening of its first Ethiopia office. And IBM, which has had a long term focus on East Africa - although centred on Kenya - started working on mounting its market share in the country in November. This has caused some scepticism from detractors however, as many infrastructure projects for private and public institutions are already underway. Hanli Wood of IBM's CEWA Business Partner Organisation was undeterred and said: "I don't think we are too late for infrastructure solutions. There are a lot of investments opportunities. With these investments, you need technology. Today, without technology, cell phones, the internet, one is a man on an island."
Technology is crucial to the entire African development story. Dr Debretsion Gebremichael, Deputy Prime Minister of the Information and Communication Technology Ministry of Ethiopia provided a summary of the current situation during the opening ceremony of last December's ICT Entrepreneurship Conference. In this he said the country has 18 million mobile subscribers, 3.4 million of which use their mobile phone subscription to access the internet. The wireless network connectivity across the country is pretty strong and currently stands at 73% although the ministry hopes to hit 45 million subscribers by the end of next year. Although, according to a recent report by Neilsen, Ethiopian consumers are still rated as 'simple' (compared to 'savvy' or 'selective') based on low media penetration across both digital and print.
Tradition vs. Modernity: Salt, Coffee & Fresh Flowers
Ethiopia has the second largest population on the African continent and Index Mundi records that 64% are 24 or under. Yet to Henok Assefa of the Invest Ethiopia blog, the "least understood and appreciated [factor for development] is its location in the middle of the economic world." Assefa stresses that 30% of the World's containerised cargo passes through the red sea.
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"Ethiopia is also roughly equidistant from all the major G7 & BRICS economies, making Addis Ababa an emerging major air transport hub for Africa and the Middle East. Easy to see these advantages materialised partly in the fast growing horticulture sector, which is earning more than $200 million a year in exports and likely to surpass a billion in a few years' time."
Bizarrely fresh cut flowers are now the country's third-largest export earner and this was never a traditional industry, but simply started by a group of Indian companies a few years back and taken off. As Henok Assefa writes: "The impending and transformative potential of Ethiopia lies in low cost labour-intensive light manufacturing industries, which may allow it to tap into the world's massive and lucrative consumer products supply chains."
There are still a high volume of traditional industries at large which meet this criteria, but sit at some odds with modern developments. In a recent article for Reuters, Siegfried Modola describes how traditional salt traders trek through the desert with camels and caravans to "pursue this centuries-old trade in 'white gold'". Now however, many are wary of the new roads being built and worry that accessibility will mean big companies' stealing their work.
As Abdullah Ali Noor, a chief and clan leader's son in Hamad-Ile, on the salt desert's edge explained, "Most of the people who live here are dependent on the salt caravans, so we are not happy with prospective salt companies that try to set up base here. Everything has to be initiated from the community. We prefer to stick with the old ways."
Then there is coffee. Ethiopia is Africa's biggest coffee producer and the drink has an ingrained cultural significance. The ritualised coffee drinking ceremony takes over an hour and involves roasting, preparing and drinking three presses of coffee in a communal setting. Yet in the latest modern development, this week the first privately owned African laboratory opened in Addis, certified by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA).
Mr. Marty Curtis, a Coffee Quality Institute Instructor explained why this is progress, "By having its laboratory certified, METAD is at the start of a huge project." And the inclusion of an externally certified laboratory will contribute to the development of the country's coffee industry by building buyers' trust on the quality of Ethiopian coffee.
All the evidence suggests that Ethiopia is leveraging technology to move beyond the images of famine and Live Aid… and back to its own proud historic past. This is lineage of King Solomon, driven by plenty of superlative coffee… with a bit of data and fresh flowers thrown into the mix for good measure.
Can $79 Billion Build a Private Sector From the Ground Up? IDG Connect looks at transitioning Ethiopia, and discusses the potential within this blossoming country.
We're interested in connecting with professionals on the ground in Ethiopia. Please drop Kathryn a note if you would like to chat.


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The garage is full and I don't have a shed, so this is the best I could do.
I've hidden a table and four chairs, two lounge chairs, two birdbaths, several large pots, a small bench, and other decorative garden items under that tarp.
It was windy as all get out when I tied that tarp down so I feel pretty confident that the tarp is tied down enough that it won't go flying off in the middle of winter.
There is nothing worse than seeing the tarp covering summer fly off in the wintertime, leaving it all exposed to the ice and snow. Summertime garden stuff does not like wintertime, at all.
I posted a few years ago that I always think of The Beverly Hillbillies when I tie that tarp down over all that stuff. I even wrote some lyrics to their theme song, which looking back on them, aren't all that bad.
Come listen to a story about a gardener like me,
A gardener who happens to be in good ol' 5b,
Now one day I'm gardening and I see a bit of frost
And then the plants succumbed and I was lost.
Cold that is, wintertime, Indiana snow.
Well the first thing you know I'm running around
Pulling all the annuals up out of the ground
They said the indoors is the place I oughta be
So I loaded up the patio and moved some plants indoors.
Sunroom, that is.
Blooming plants, forced bulbs.
The Wintertime Gardeners!
Well, okay, I agree, those lyrics aren't all that good either.
Anyway, I've reached the point of fall clean up where if we had a big snow storm I wouldn't be panicking and running around like the sky is falling. I still have some stuff to do, but I feel like there will be time to do it before the snow really flies around here.
It's a good point to be at, just ask any gardener in good ol' 5b.


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Professional athletes and prospective pro athletes are primary candidates for disability insurance coverage. Many elite college football, basketball, baseball and hockey players who will likely turn pro and sign big contracts take advantage of the NCAA's Exceptional Student-Athlete Disability Insurance Program (or secure private DI policies) to protect their potential future earnings against the possibility of a career-ending injury.
Read Chris Lack's feature, "How do high-priced athletes protect themselves after the final buzzer sounds?"
Here is a list of professional athletes who we hope had good DI policies, because each one of them suffered a career-ending injury while competing.
Joe Theismann
Two-time Super Bowl champ Joe Theismann served all of his 11 years in the NFL as quarterback for the Washington Redskins. His career came to a widely witnessed and abrupt end in 1985 during an ABC Monday Night Football game against the New York Giants after a hit by linebacker Lawrence Taylor very obviously broke both bones in his lower right leg. Many people still can't bear to watch the replay.
Next: Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett
Star centerfielder Kirby Puckett played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Minnesota Twins. In 1995, Puckett suffered a broken jaw when he was hit by an errant fastball. He tried to rehab in the minors, but was diagnosed with glaucoma in 1996 and was forced to retire after three failed surgeries to repair his vision. He died in 2006.
Next: Dave Dravecky
Dave Dravecky
In 1989, San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky rallied back to The Show in inspirational fashion after a cancerous tumor was removed from his pitching arm in 1988. In his first game he pitched eight solid innings and notched what would be his last victory on the mound. Five days later, his humerus bone snapped in two while throwing a pitch in the sixth inning against the Expos, thus ending his seven-year career. He broke his arm a second time later that year celebrating the Giants' pennant-clinching win, and a doctor examining his X-rays noticed a mass in his arm. Cancer had returned, and his arm was amputated two years later. Dravecky is now a motivational speaker.
Next: Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo, a center for the Houston Rockets, blocked more shots in his 18-year NBA career than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and was a four-time Defensive Player of the Year (who also speaks nine languages and is known for his humanitarian efforts). But in the second game of the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs — the oldest player in the league at the time — Mutumbo suffered a knee injury that forced him into retirement. After the game, he said, "It's over for me for my career."
Next: Michael Irvin
Michael Irvin
During the fifth game of the 1999 season, Dallas Cowboys superstar wide receiver Michael "The Playmaker" Irvin went head-first into the field after a tackle by Philadelphia Eagles defensive back Tim Hauck. Irvin suffered a non-life-threatening cervical spinal cord injury that ended his Hall-of-Fame 11-year playing career. Notorious Eagles fans cheered as he was carted off the field, which Irvin later said he accepted because he'd been "killing them for 10 years."
Next: Tony Saunders
Tony Saunders
Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher Tony Saunders – the first player ever selected by the team during the 1997 MLB expansion draft – broke a bone in his arm while throwing a pitch against the Texas Rangers in 1999. At the time of the incident, "a pin drop could be heard" inside the Rays' home Tropicana Field. Saunders came back a year later and broke his arm again on a rehab assignment, forcing him to retire in 2000 at the age of 26. He attempted a short-lived comeback five years later.
Next: Keith Primeau
Keith Primeau
After sixteen years in the NHL, hockey star Keith Primeau was no stranger to concussions. But nine games into the 2005-2006 season as a center for the Philadelphia Flyers, Primeau suffered yet another one. He was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome and announced his retirement a few days later. The ever-growing list of hockey players suffering from post-concussion syndrome has emerged as a major storyline in the NHL today, as the injury is increasingly recognized as a serious injury that can have lifelong and irreparable effects on the brain.
Next: Yao Ming
Yao Ming
Yao Ming's 14-year career in the NBA included a lot of highlights and a lot of injuries. The Chinese superstar only missed two games during his first three years in the NBA. In his last six years, he missed 250 games due to injury. His retirement in 2011, where he cited recurring foot and ankle injuries, sparked more than 1.2 million comments on the Chinese social-networking site Sina Weibo. Shaquille O'Neal said, "If he didn't have those injuries he could've been up there in the top five centers to ever play the game."
Next: Troy Aikman
Troy Aikman
In his 12-year career as quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, Troy Aikman suffered 10 known concussions. The final one that ended his career came in 2000 on a hit by Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington. Aikman announced his retirement during the 2001 offseason after failing to get picked up by another team. He ended his career as the Cowboys' all-time leading passer (32,942 yards).
Next: David Busst
David Busst
David Busst was a defender for England's Coventry City when a collision with two Manchester United opponents in 1996 ended his soccer career in its fifth year. The horrific collision resulted in the same exact injury Joe Theismann suffered—compound fracture to both bones in his right leg. The match had to be delayed for some time while blood was cleaned off the grass. Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel vomited on the pitch upon seeing the injury, which was so severe that Busst's leg was almost amputated. The injury is often cited as one of the worst in the history of the game.
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Building a Career in Taiwan: An Interview with Jesús TraperoPosted by Helena Trapero • Tuesday, April 26. 2011 • Category: Crossing Cultures
Jesús from Madrid, Spain, is a true devotee of everything Chinese. When he, with the help of a government grant, finally went to experience life among the Chinese people in Taiwan, he got hooked to the culture and now plans to build his career there. From starting out as a language student to working for national radio and lecturing at universities, in the five years since he made the move he never regretted his decision. Not least due to the high demand of native language teachers in Taiwan his future looks very promising. The enthusiasm he expressed in our interview will be an inspiration for many.
(c) by Jesús Trapero Sandoval
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From July 19-23, ACT Alumni, Matthew Mazzotta ('09) and Amanda Moore ('11) travel in a Trolley from Syracuse, NY to Decatur, Nebraska, as part of Mazzotta's public art project, RURAL LEGENDS.
RURAL LEGENDS is a storytelling venue inspired by a real 'tall tale' from the town of Decatur, Nebraska (population c. 450). Housed in a trolley, RURAL LEGENDS, will feature Decatur's legends told by members of the community. The project was initiated through discussions with the people of the town, many of whom referenced a Trolley as part of Decatur's history. Through further research, it was discovered that the Trolley never existed in reality, rather a superimposed image of a Trolley appeared on an historic postcard of Decatur as part of a marketing scheme to attract visitors to the town.
RURAL LEGENDS aims to turn fiction into reality, by transplanting a trolley into the center of town. This trolley will become a stationary story-telling venue. The Decatur Museum will curate a regular program of storytelling events centered on the town's legends.
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RURAL LEGENDS is made possible through BYWAY OF ART, an art project, under development since summer 2014, which aims to create four unique community-specific permanent public artworks for four small rural towns in North East Nebraska. This work is a collaborative effort of the Center for Rural Affairs, artist Matthew Mazzotta, and the communities of Decatur, Macy, Lyons, Oakland, Nebraska. RURAL LEGENDS is made possible by Art Place America.
During the summer of 2015, BYWAY OF ART is listening to the concerns and ideas of local folks, researching opportunities, and working with city councils to create four town-wide community-specific public art projects for the people of Decatur, Lyons, Macy and Oakland, NE. BYWAY of OF ART aims to help these small towns move forward through the development of stronger communication and experience amongst residents.
(above) Mazzotta drives the Trolley for the first time.


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Three Days Grace Break 20-Year-Old Rock Record
Plus watch an exclusive performance of the record-breaking "Infra-Red"
Three Days Grace's chart-topping "Infra-Red" has been dominating mainstream rock with its punchy riffs and catchy chorus.
Related: EXCLUSIVE: Three Days Grace Text Each Other Just Like You and Your Friends
The song also caused a record-breaking feat for the Canadian rockers. Three Days Grace is now the band with the most No. 1 mainstream rock singles, landing their 14th with "Infra-Red."
The song broke a record previously held by Van Halen since 1998. Three Days Grace has been racking up hits towards this accomplishment since the early 2000s, starting with "I Hate Everything About You." The dark songs that fit perfectly on radio continued with tracks such as "Animal I Have Become," "Pain," and "Never Too Late."
In our exclusive performance series, the band delivered a stripped-down version of "Infra-Red." Watch the stunning rendition of the song below:


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As well as the acoustic analysis and measurement tools in the basic DATS Toolbox package, there are three options in the DATS software that are designed to measure and acoustic data – the Acoustic Analysis Suite, the Psychoacoustics Analysis Suite and the DATS Sound Mapping Software.
Acoustic Analysis Suite
The suite covers a wide range of acoustic s.
- 1/N Octave filters can be used with either time signals or narrow band spectral data.
- Sound Power Analysis allows the measurement of sound power using either sound intensity probes or microphones according to the international standards ISO3744, ISO3745 and ISO9614-1.
- Sound Level Meter function provides a number of analyses that mimic the operation of a simple sound level meter.
- Transmission Loss functions are automated measurement and analysis procedures for determining the effectiveness of either panels for room acoustics or pipes for exhaust mufflers.
- Room Acoustics Reverberation Time T60 and Total Absorption functions use the noise source switch-off method. The T60 determination is based on a practical measurement with a decay in the room of less than 60dB.
- Two-Microphone Impedance Measurement Tube, (B&K Type 4206), is a completely scripted measurement procedure for guiding the user in making an accurate measurement of the acoustic properties of small material samples, it complies with ISO10534 and ANSI E1050.
Psychoacoustics Analysis Suite
In simple terms, psychoacoustics is the study of the relationship between the physical measures of sound, amplitude and frequency and the human perception of them. The DATS Psychoacoustics Analysis Suite provides a host of functions for the objective description of subjective sounds.
Hearing is not purely wave propagation from one medium to another, it is a sensory and perceptual event. When a person hears a sound, it arrives at the ear as a wave travelling through the air, but within the ear it is transformed into neural signals by a number of mechanisms. These nerve pulses then travel to the brain where they are perceived. Hence for many problems in acoustics it is advantageous to take into account not just the mechanics of the environment, but also the fact that both the ear and the brain are involved in a person's listening experience.
Human hearing can be compared to a spectrum analyzer – the ear resolves the spectral content of the pressure wave. This even includes phase information, which provides a significant part of the directional sensation of sound.
One good example of the power of psychoacoustics is listening to crackly, hiss-filled, vinyl records; the listener soon stops noticing the background noise, and enjoys the music, despite the presence of the hiss in the audible sound. A listener who does this often appears to forget about the noise altogether and may not be able to tell after listening if there was noise present. This effect is called psychoacoustical masking.
Sound Mapping Software
The DATS Sound Mapping software package consists of two main parts:
The first is the sound pressure mapping software. This measures sound pressure from a grid of microphones or from several measurements using a single microphone. The measurements are then used to create a two-dimensional map of the sound emitted by the test piece. The mapping information can be overlaid on a picture of the test item to allow better visualization of the data.
The second is sound power mapping, which uses a sound intensity probe to measure sound intensity at a series of grid points across a test piece. Again, a color or contour map can be created to allow visualization of the sound fields.
A complete suite of acoustic tools from sound meter to sound maps
- 1/N Octave Filters
- Sound Power
- Sound Intensity
- Sound Level Meter
- Transmission Loss
- Room Acoustics
- Two Microphone Impedance Tubes
- Loudness
- Sharpness
- Roughness
- Fluctuation Strength
- Prominence Ratio
- Sound Power Mapping (Intensity)
- Sound Mapping (Sound Pressure)
- Graphical Mapping Overlays
- Color & Contour Mapping
- Full Grid / Model Editor
Download datasheet
The software includes…
Sound Quality Metrics
- AI Versus Time
- Loudness (Zwicker) (ISO532B)
- Loudness by Stevens (ISO532A)
- Loudness Versus Time
- Nth Octave RMS Versus Time
- Speech Articulation Index (ANSI S3.5 1969)
- Speech Articulation Index (Vehicle Biased)
- Composite Rating Performance Value
- High Frequency Factor
- Preferred Speech Interference Level
- Spectral Balance
Sound Power
- Sound Power from Sound Pressure (ISO3744, ISO3745)
- Sound Power from Sound Intensity (ISO9614-1)
Sound Level Meter
- rms S time constant
- rms F time constant
- rms I time constant (peak)
- rms selectable time constant
- Leq with S time constant
- Leq with F time constant
- Leq with I time constant (peak)
- Leq with selectable time constant
- LN Measure with S time constant
- LN Measure with F time constant
- LN Measure with selectable time constant
- SEL with S time constant
- SEL with F time constant
- SEL with selectable time constant
- Nth Octave
- Nth Octave RMS Output
- Nth Octave Filter
- Third Octave
- Microphone Calibration
- Spectrum Weighting (A,B,C,D)
- Sound Intensity
- Difference dB Signals
- A, B or C Weight Time Signal
- Impedance Tube Reflection
- Impedance Tube Absorption
- Reverberation Times
- Transmission Loss through panels
- Transmission Loss through pipes
- Loudness
- Sharpness
- Roughness
- Fluctuation Strength
- Tonality
- Prominence Ratio
Prominence Standards
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Noise From The Underground – Case Study
The customer needs to check whether noise and vibration from an underground train line is going to cause a nuisance in a new multi- storey housing block. A sophisticated triaxial accelrometer is connected to a Prosig P8000, which is used to capture the data.Read more


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LG Optimus F5 and F7 smartphones now official with LTE and Jelly Bean
Based on this morning's leak, you already knew that LG's smartphone lineup was about to become more diversified, but now we're able to share concrete details of the Optimus F5 and F7, which will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress. As the naming scheme suggests, the Optimus F7 is the larger of the two with a 4.7-inch (312ppi) True HD IPS display, a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU, an 8-megapixel primary camera, 2GB RAM and a 2,540mAh battery. Meanwhile, the Optimus F5 will be targeted at those who prefer a more compact smartphone, as it wields a 4.3-inch (256ppi) IPS display, a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, a 5-megapixel primary camera, 1GB RAM and a 2,150mAh battery.
Common among both devices are Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), support for LG's QSlide and Live Zooming software features, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing shooter, 8GB built-in storage, microSD support and LTE connectivity. The Optimus F5 will come to market first in Europe during the second quarter, which is to be followed by the Optimus F7 "in select markets." Sadly, pricing has yet to be announced for either smartphone. For those curious, we've included the complete list of known specs after the break.
Filed under: Cellphones, LG
Read more http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/lg-optimus-f5-and-f7-official/


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Iowa Chapter of HiMSS Reception
February 21, 5:00pm, EST - 6:45pm, EST
Commvault-MP1 Booth # 1703, 1808
Orange County Convention Center
9800 International Dr.
Orlando, FL 32819
Join the Iowa Chapter of HIMSS for their chapter reception at HIMSS17. Commvault has graciously agreed to host our chapter reception at their booth on the exhibitor floor.
Please RSVP to let us know you will be coming!


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Dr Carl Hunter formerly served as an officer with the Green Jackets, and is now the managing director of Coltraco Ultrasonics. He travels extensively in Asia, and is a member of the RSAA.
Politics used to dominate Bangladesh. Politics and corruption, or politics, corruption and poverty, or was it politics, corruption, poverty and indentured labour? Continue reading


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Check out my new Kit!! I love peacocks and had several pictures I have taken over the years. Those photos inspired this scrapbooking kit. It includes 25 12×12 backgrounds, 5 frames, 23 elements, Scriptural Word Art, and a complete Alphabet.
I am excited to offer this fun kit! This kit is for Personal use, Scrap for Others, or Scrap for hire, and can be found in any of the Moore Blessings Stores. See the links below the preview.


text: The existing kitchen at the Hennepin County Home School was costly to maintain, difficult to keep clean, and presented barriers to observation of resident workers by staff. The goal of the remodeling project was to upgrade the food preparation and serving systems, replace deteriorated finishes and equipment, meet current codes and standards, and open up the kitchen for improved supervision. The project was completed in February 2000 for a construction cost of $612,000.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384329692727378622.post8431384311333914872..comments2020-10-22T08:53:33.322-04:00Comments on On Second Scoop: Ice Cream Reviews: Ben & Jerry's That's My Jam Core Ice CreamDubba Scoopshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-384329692727378622.post-63490101200186092612019-06-24T20:11:50.538-04:002019-06-24T20:11:50.538-04:00Gonna have to agree with Jason Reed. I am upset th...Gonna have to agree with Jason Reed. I am upset that they got rid of this one. That raspberry core was very good! Dustin firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-384329692727378622.post-15131428824186916892017-01-27T23:24:23.281-05:002017-01-27T23:24:23.281-05:00This is my favorite core flavor. Who cares the cho...This is my favorite core flavor. Who cares the chocolate side doesnt have chips? You get chips in the other side so not having chips gives you variety. You get your chips and est them too so to speak. You also should try a little raspberry a little jam and a little chocolat in your spoonful.

But alas, B&J have discontinued this flavor. So disappointed right now...Jason Reedhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-384329692727378622.post-61857050433671791532014-04-22T00:56:48.358-04:002014-04-22T00:56:48.358-04:00I was finding myself sort of wishing that the rasp...I was finding myself sort of wishing that the raspberry side was peanut butter ... or that the core of this one was peanut butter so that it would be a play on a pb & j... but then I realized that would be too similar to the peanut butter and chocolate one. I agree - the chips should be on both sides. It did grow on me by the end and I might get it again. Jhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-384329692727378622.post-69081760268773430032014-03-26T16:29:47.199-04:002014-03-26T16:29:47.199-04:00yeah, i called out a few of the "news" s...yeah, i called out a few of the "news" sites for proclaiming the awesomeness of these products without even trying them. they just want the site traffic (and ad revenue), they have little regard for the ice cream lovers of the world.Dubba Scoopshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-384329692727378622.post-82664914590871283752014-03-26T09:36:25.935-04:002014-03-26T09:36:25.935-04:00What's interesting is I've only seen one s...What's interesting is I've only seen one single above-average review of the Core flavors, and it was a blog that simply called all 4 flavors "mind-blowingly good" so I question if the person actually tried them all or not. All the subpar reviews (not just from this site) have swayed me, so I'm not sure I'll try any of these unless they're on sale. I feel like the last handful of B&J flavors have fallen way short .email@example.com


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Artists John Oliver
John Oliver studied composition with John Adams at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (California, USA), with Stephen Chatman at UBC (BMus, 1982), with John Rea and Bruce Mather at McGill University (DMus, 1993), and privately with Phillipe Boesmans (Brussels, Belgium). His works have been performed in North America, Europe and Mexico. John Oliver has written two operas that integrate traditional and electronic instruments. He has received numerous awards, including the Grand Prize at the 8th CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers in 1988 and the City of Varese Prize at the 11th Luigi Russolo Competition in 1989, both for El Reposo del Fuego (1987). John Oliver is a member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) and as Associate Member of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC).
John Oliver
Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), 1959
Residence: Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
- Composer
- Performer (guitar)
Associated groups
On the web
Main releases
Earsay / ES 15001 / 2015
Earsay / ES 12001 / 2012
Earsay / ES 00001 / 2000
Earsay / ES 98004 / 1998
Société nouvelle d'enregistrement / SNE 556 / 1989
Earsay / ES 13001 / 2013
Earsay / ES 05001 / 2005
Various artists
Earsay / ES 98001 / 1998
Various artists
Earsay / ES 98005 / 1998
Various artists
empreintes DIGITALes / IMED 9004, IMED 9604, IMED 9604_NUM / 1990, 1996
In the press
David Fujino, The Live Music Report, January 15, 2007The most engaging compositions this evening were surely those with a clear sense of form […] something which open-eared audiences intuitively respond to.
Rien à voir II - Music for Loudspeakers
Understand — it's an evening of electroacoustic music.
At centre stage there's a chair and table. A box sitting on the table emits a pinpoint red light. Cables sprawl from the box onto the floor and lead off stage.
Both the stage and the audience sit in the dark, for there's nothing to see, and there are no musicians on the stage.
The sound technician, Paul Hodge, stands with his control boards and monitors in the middle of the audience. Hodge will end up being as much a performer as each of the composers who work at his side to control and alter their pre-recorded electroacoustic music, music which is not produced by musical instruments.
For its part, the audience has comfortably huddled together in the centre of their rows in order to sit in a sound universe produced by four strategically placed speakers. The audience sits, waiting for 'playback.'
Ann Southam's Fluke Sound (1989), with its mysterious, late night mood, was a composition of measured and well-placed sounds recorded from three Revox open reel track tape recorders and two Synthi AKS voltage control synthesizers. Southam's piece was largely characterized by a ringing telephone sound that continually rang and rang as a connecting motif through the criss-cross and layered waves of new sound that kept dropping in and later faded out entirely. The 'fluke' in the title refers to the lucky coincidence of making a new composition by putting two separate compositions together.
The historical part of electroacoustic music was beautifully represented by György Ligeti's pioneering pieces, Glissandi (1957) and Artikulation (1958). This 'historical' reference does not mean to say that the recently departed Ligeti (1923-2006) is anything but startling, original, and always exciting to listen to. Glissandi — with its opening sensual sound like a steel guitar glide — is a beautifully imagined exploration of all manner of glissandi — the short, long, burpey, and longer. Artikulation is all about the tissue of sound that results when new sound elements meet. It starts with the sound of huge water gurgles as they mutate into electronic droplets and then become highly animated, electronic atmospheres.
Meanwhile, the symphonic dimension (or the grand gesture) of electroacoustic music was represented by Gilles Gobeil's often exciting and occasionally nervous-making Ombres, espaces, silences… (2005) and by Robert Normandeau's more intellectually planned out (or so it seemed) composition, Palimpseste (2005, 06).
Palimpseste — with its recorded and manipulated vocal sounds — was crafted by Normandeau into five sections, each with a different rhythm, timbre, dynamic, emotional quality, and space. At times it was unclear when the piece was finished, but what touched the audience was the audible scope and ambition of this inter-layered composition, whereas Ombres, espaces, silences… by Gobeil — which started with a loud wind storm and a vast scale 'THX sound' — grew dramatically and surely into a true 'cinema of the ear.' 'Cinema of the ear' is Normandeau's phrase to describe his composition Palimpseste, but to these ears, 'cinema of the ear' better describes Ombres, espaces, silences…. Notable were its quick jabs of violence and loud cosmic door slams; plus its adventurous mixing of tones with noise in startlingly forceful ways that made Gobeil's composition stand out as one of the more expressive compositions played this evening. The sounds seemed to emanate from deep space.
John Oliver's Nylong Symphony (excerpt 2005) was a composition of electroacoustic music with a solo guitarist, Oliver himself, on stage. A drone established itself — and over and against it, Oliver played Flamenco and Middle Eastern styled passages, then he moved into an extended sequence where he rapidly ping-pong-ed single notes inside a vibrating framework that was like a suspended Flamenco guitar strum. While playing his guitar, Oliver was kept busy looking back and forth between the music on his stand and the computer screen, but despite all this activity, the music increasingly began to sound the same.
The most engaging compositions this evening were surely those with a clear sense of form — a holistic sense of form, perhaps, but nonetheless a sense of form — something which open-eared audiences intuitively respond to.
[January 13, 2007, Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto]
alcides lanza will be in Rosario (Argentina) on May 5 to 8, 2007 to present a master class of Canadian-Argentinian electroacoustic music. The programme notably includes works by Wende Bartley, Gilles Gobeil, and John Oliver.…Friday, April 27, 2007 / General
Alternate Visions, an "augmented" opera by John Oliver using state-of-the-art technology, will be presented on May 1 — 5, 2007 at Usine C, in Montréal. The music of Chants libres's 12th production is signed by John Oliver, the libretto by G…Wednesday, April 4, 2007 / In concert
New Music Concerts will present its second "Rien à voir" concert on January 13, 2007 at the Isabel Bader Theatre (Toronto, Canada). The concert will feature the works Ombres, espaces, silences… by Gilles Gobeil, an excerpt of Nylong Symphon…Monday, December 18, 2006 / In concert