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Publications by Subject
Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, Cynthia E. Cohen, Roberto Gutiérrez Varea, Polly O. Walker, editors (New Village Press, 2011) is a two-volume work describing peacebuilding performances in regions beset by violence and internal conflicts. Read more.
Beyond Violence: Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland, Mari Fitzduff, November 2002. What were the processes of conflict resolution that enabled Northern Ireland to move beyond violence and agree to such a settlement? What brought the conflict to an end. More details and ordering information available at U.N. Publications."The Brandeis Initiative in Intercommunal Coexistence: A Multi-faceted Comprehensive Approach to Improving Intergroup Relations," Cynthia Cohen with Marci McPhee, in Education Programs for Improving Intergroup Relations: Theory, Research and Practice, Walter Stephan and Paul Vogt, eds., 2004. Teachers College Press
Brandeis Students on Coexistence, edited by Devika Mahadevan '00, 2000. A booklet of student writing on coexistence theory and practice reflecting a diversity of thought and experience. It is intended for a variety of audiences, including students, scholars, and practitioners interested in coexistence issues.
A Call to Conversation: Majority/Minority Relations at Brandeis University, Cynthia Cohen, March 2002. An invitation to members of the Brandeis community to listen more deeply to each others' experiences of majority/minority relationship at Brandeis.
Can Brandeis Be This Place?, Cynthia Cohen, 2000. A plan of action for building community and strengthening coexistence at Brandeis 2000-2001.
Coexistence at Brandeis: Reflections and Recommendations April 2002, Cynthia Cohen. The preliminary report from the Brandeis Initiative in Intercommunal Coexistence (BIIC) to the Brandeis community. It is intended to illuminate issues of coexistence at the university and to encourage conversation about them.
Community Histories by Youth in the Middle East (CHYME), 2004. A program in cooperation with MASAR (Jordan), Givat Haviva (Israel), and the Palestinian House of Friendship (PNA) to build capacity within a cohort of exemplary youth leaders, enabling them to design and implement cross-border community research projects.
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Complementary Approaches to Coexistence Work - Focus Paper Series, Coexistence International. With this publications series, CI examines where and how certain fields intersect with coexistence work. What challenges and opportunities exist when disciplines work together toward the common goal of a more peaceful, just world? This series illustrates the possibilities of effecting positive coexistence through cooperation among related fields.
Core Competencies for Graduate Programs in Coexistence and Conflict Work - Can We Agree?, Mari Fitzduff. A four-page brochure suggesting core competencies for graduate programs like the Slifka master's program. The publication is part of the Project on Leadership notes series conducted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Country Studies, Coexistence International. With this publication series, CI describes the state of coexistence within different countries, and compares diversity and coexistence policies from countries around the world. CI has made no attempt to assess the implementation or success of such processes, or to endorse any of the initiatives mentioned in the report. We believe, however, that the documentation of the existence and scope of such efforts can contribute to a wider understanding of the variety of approaches for addressing issues of coexistence and intergroup conflict.
"Creative Approaches to Reconciliation," Cynthia Cohen, in The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts: From War to Peace, edited by Mari Fitzduff and Christopher E. Stout. December 2005. Reproduced with permission of Greenwood Publishing Group Inc., Westport, CT.
"Education Policy in Multi-Ethnic Societies: A Review of National Policies that Promote Coexistence and Social Inclusion," Coexistence International. CI commissioned research to examine the role of education policy in promoting coexistence. The research paper examines 10 case countries: Brazil, Canada, England, Israel, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, South Africa, and the United States of America.
"Engaging with the Arts to Promote Coexistence," Cynthia Cohen, in Imagine Coexistence: Restoring Humanity After Violent Ethnic Conflict, edited by Antonia Chayes and Martha Minow, 2003.
Global Partnerships for Education, Stephanie Gerber, 2002. Brandeis faculty and students worked with partners in Haifa, Grenada, and Chelsea, Massachusetts. This project was built on one premise: coexistence between divided peoples depends not just on dialogue, but also on a shared understanding of cultural diversity.
Literary Responses to Mass Violence, 2004. A collection of the presentations made during the symposium of the same name. Selections include the work of the poets who attended the event and reflections on the themes addressed in the symposium. Authors include Ilana Rosen, Peter Dale Scott, Taha Muhammad Ali, Antjie Krog, Rachel Talshir, Yigal Schwartz, and Eugene Goodheart.
NGOs at the Table: Strategies for Influencing Policies in Areas of Conflict, Mari Fitzduff with Cheyanne Church, eds., April 2004. An examination a several NGOs, diverse in size, location, and financial means, that have successfully influenced both policy and program development in conflicts throughout the world. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.
Peace and Conflict in Africa: Reflections from an African Peacebuilder, Hizkias Asseffa, 1999.
A scholar in residence at the Ethics Center in 1999, Asseffa gave two presentations at Brandeis on coexistence issues in Africa. The following are transcripts of those talks:
Part I: Causes, Dynamics and Implications for the Emerging Global Order
Part II: Patterns of Peace and Peace Building: Lessons and Reflections (Related to this talk: An essay by Asseffa in the book Reconciliation, Justice, and Coexistence: Theory and Practice on building peace in Northern Ghana)
Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle: Democracy, Human Rights, Gender, and Development
This report documents the proceedings of the "Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle" conference held on March 15 and 16, 2007, which examined the nexus of distinct but related fields working on coexistence and peacebuilding work.
Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle: Part II
This report chronicles six problem-solving workshops that brought together theatre artists and coexistence workers in order to think creatively about a problem in a particular community or conflict region.
The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts: From War to Peace, Mari Fitzduff and Christopher Stout, eds. Greenwood Press and Praeger Publishers, December 2005.
"Working with Groups in Conflict: The Effects of Power on the Dynamics of the Group," Cynthia Cohen and Farhart Agbaria, with Marci McPhee, September 2000.
Working with Integrity: A Guidebook for Peacebuilders Asking Ethical Questions, Cynthia Cohen, 2001. A resource for people who promote coexistence and further reconciliation in historically divided communities. It is designed to engage its users in practicing an approach to ethical inquiry that is well suited to the kinds of dilemmas and questions that arise in the work of building peace. Because the document is so large, we have divided the Guidebook into smaller documents:
- Table of contents, preface, suggestions, author (11 pages)
- Unit I: Working with Integrity (55 pages)
- Unit II: Is Listening Ever Wrong? (142 pages)
Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue in an American Corporation, Dan Terris, 2005. An assessment of the ethics program at Lockheed Martin, one of the world's largest defense contractors.
"How to Teach Ethics to CEOs," Dan Terris, Boston Globe, March 20, 2005.
Working with Integrity: A Guidebook for Peacebuilders Asking Ethical Questions, Cynthia Cohen, 2001. A resource for people who promote coexistence and further reconciliation in historically divided communities. It is designed to engage its users in practicing an approach to ethical inquiry that is well suited to the kinds of dilemmas and questions that arise in the work of building peace. Because the document is so large, we have divided the Guidebook into smaller documents:
- Table of contents, preface, suggestions, author (11 pages)
- Unit I: Working with Integrity (55 pages)
- Unit II: Is Listening Ever Wrong? (142 pages)
Human Rights/Social Activism
"Human Rights Culture: The Political and Spiritual Crisis," Michael Ignatieff, January 2000. A lecture delivered during Ignatieff's residency at the Center. Contact the Center for a hard copy. Multiple copies available for classroom use.
Local Action/Global Impact: An Interactive Forum
A 44-page publication chronicling 11 of the 14 sessions that made up the February 2005 forum of the same name. Local Action/Global Impact was a five-day series of events exploring the interplay of local action and global change. The main body of the publication comes from session summaries and conclusions written by some of the over 500 undergraduate students who attended the forum.
Telling the Story: Power and Responsibility in Documenting Human Rights Violations, 2005. An online publication chronicling the September 2005 conference of the same name. Telling the Story brought together journalists, filmmakers, artists, forensic specialists, legal practitioners, and scholars to analyze the process by which human rights violations are documented and the reasons they are made public.
Both Sides of the Bench: New Perspectives on International Law and Human Rights, The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, 2004. Intended to serve as a resource for individuals and institutions involved in the work of the international judiciary. This book highlights the work of the Brandeis International Fellows in Human Rights, Intervention, and International Law. It also documents the themes raised in the related symposium.
Brandeis Institute for International Judges - Reports
Chronicles of the institutes at which judges from international courts and tribunals around the world reflect on the philosophical aspects and practical challenges of their work
- BIIJ 2013 - The International Rule of Law in a Human Rights Era, includes discussions on the expanding impact of human rights law on international courts and tribunals, the national impact of international human rights norms, the universality of human rights, the role of of state engagement and diplomacy in international justice, and the future of international courts and tribunals.
- BIIJ 2012 - The International Rule of Law: Coordination and Collaboration in Global Justice, features discussions on issues of concurrent jurisdiction, the impact of different judicial frameworks, the role of international courts in global politics, the place for indigenous rights, and featuring "Topics in Ethical Practice: Pre- and Post- Judicial Service Considerations for International Judges."
- BIIJ 2010 - Toward an International Rule of Law, includes discussions on defining an international rule of law, upholding fairness and accessibility in international judicial institutions, break-out group sessions, and featuring a keynote address by Patricia O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the United Nations.
- BIIJ 2009 - International Justice: Past, Present, and Future, includes discussions on the interplay of international justice and politics, international justice in a human rights era, and language and international courts, and features "Harmonizing International Politics with Fundamental Human Rights and the Rule of Law: the Kadi Judgment."
- BIIJ 2007 - Independence and Interdependence: The Delicate Balance of International Justice, featuring break-out sessions with judges from human rights, criminal, and inter-state dispute courts conferring on issues specific to their work, and "Topics in Ethical Practice: Integrity and Interdependence: the Shaping of the Judicial Persona"
- BIIJ 2006 - Complementarity and Cooperation: International Courts in a Diverse World, featuring "Justice Without Borders," by Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and "Topics in Ethical Practice: The Judiciary as a New Moral Authority?"
- BIIJ 2004 - Complementarity and Cooperation: The Challenges of International Justice, featuring "Human Dignity as a Human Right"
- BIIJ 2003 - Authority and Autonomy: Defining the Role of International and Regional Courts, featuring "International Jurisprudence: The Best and Worst of Times," the keynote address delivered by Theodore Sorensen; "Challenges Facing the New International Court"; and "Toward the Development of Ethics Guidelines for International Courts"
- BIIJ 2002 - The New International Jurisprudence: Building Legitimacy for International Courts and Tribunals, featuring "Ethical Dimensions of International Jurisprudence and Adjudication," the keynote address delivered by Hans Corell, then-U.N. Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs
The Challenges of International Criminal Justice, a report on the Colloquium for Prosecutors of International Criminal Tribunals hosted in November 2004 by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. Representatives of the ICTR, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court, and the Special Court of Sierra Leone attended the colloquium.
Distinguished Lecture in International Justice and Human Rights
- "Beyond Nuremberg: The Future of International Criminal Justice," Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein. (2013)
The Ethics Center welcomed Prince Zeid, the Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations, to campus in 2013. His speech dealt with the not only the international criminal justice system but also the processes of healing and justice and the role of law in the experiences of victims of trauma. Read more about his visit and view photos and videos here.
- "International Criminal Justice: Developments and Reflections on the Future," Hassan B. Jallow. (2009)
Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), visited the Brandeis campus in 2009. His lecture tackled the issue of the future of international criminal justice system, addressing both the potential problems along its current path and possible solutions to strengthen the system as a whole. Read more about his visit here.
The International Judge, Daniel Terris, Cesare Romano, Leigh Swigart, 2007. Based on interviews with more than 30 international judges, this book is the first comprehensive portrait of the men and women in this new global profession. To view a webcast of a panel discussion on the book at the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, click here. To listen to a discussion of the book at the American Society of International Law, click here.
"International Jurisprudence: The Best and Worst of Times," Theodore Sorensen, July 2003. The keynote address of the 2002 Brandeis Institute for International Judges, delivered in Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria.
"Justice 2018: Charting the Course," Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice, March 2008. The keynote address of the Center's 10th anniversary celebration.
The North American Judicial Colloquium
A report on the North American Judicial Colloquium, which in November 2008 brought together U.S. and Canadian judges with international judges to weigh the influence of international law on domestic courts.
The West African Judicial Colloquia. A report on two colloquia, in Dakar in 2006 and in Accra in 2007, during which international judges joined their national counterparts from around the West African region for dialogue about the increasing interconnections that exist between international and national justice. Cliquez ici pour lire la version française du rapport sur les Colloques ouest africains sur la justice, tenus à Dakar (2006) et à Accra (2007)
Advocacy for Policy Change: Brandeis students work to reform Massachusetts Law, students with "Advocacy for Policy Change" (LGLS 161b)
"Bush's America seen by foreigners as blood-sucking Dracula," Cynthia Cohen, Manchester Union Leader, September 13, 2004.
"A Fragile Democracy," Dan Terris, Sh'ma, January 2005.
"In the days after the 2004 presidential election, the news media fixed on the fact that one poll showed that 'moral values' was the principal animating the concern of 22 percent of voters in the presidential campaign..."
"Waldo Frank, Jean Toomer, and the Critique of Racial Voyeurism," Daniel Terris, in Race and the Modern Artist, eds. Jeffrey Melnick and Heather Hathaway. 2003. Available at www.Amazon.com.
"Jews and African Americans: Holding Down the Fort," Daniel Terris, pages 123-138, in Religion and Public Life in New England: Steady Habits, Changing Slowly, eds. Andrew Walsh and Mark Silk, 2004, AltaMira Press.
The Rock: Jerusalem's Sacred Space: Responses to Kanan Makiya's Novel, The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem, Sylvia Fuks Fried and Daniel Terris, eds., 2003. Authors include Zvi Ben-Dor, Eugene Goodheart, and Oleg Grabar. The publication looks beyond the current political conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians to explore the ways in which men and women of three ancient faiths have invested meanings in the city's stones.
Student Fellowship Internship Summaries
The Sorensen Fellows (formerly called the Ethics Center Student Fellows - click here for details about the name change) document the summer service projects that they conduct all over the the world.
For a complete list of publications as well as PDFs of each essay, click here.
- 2012 - Tracing Roots: Uncovering Realities Beneath the Surface
Five Sorensen Fellows write about their internship experiences in the PAX 89 class "Internship for Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies."
- 2011 - Voices in Solidarity: Six Friends Reaching for Healing Across the World
Six Sorensen Fellows write about their internship experiences in the Pax 89 class "Internship in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies".
- 2010 - Shifting Perspectives: Encountering Community in a Changing World
Six Sorensen Fellows write about their internship experiences in the Pax 89 class "Internship in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies".
- 2009 - Sustaining Hope: Six Tales of Trauma and Transformation
Five Sorensen Fellows and one Hiatt Career Center Universal World of Work Fellow write about their internship experiences.
2008 - Contrasts & Connection: Nine Students Reflect on Their Worldwide Internships
Six student fellows and three other students from the Pax 89 class "Internship in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies" present essays about their experiences.
2006 - Alone With Five Others: Dispatches from a Changing World
2004 - The Art of Coexistence: 6 Students, 4 Countries, 1,000 Questions (Cambodia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka)
2003 - Guatemala, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA
2002 - Guatemala, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA
2001 - Northern Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Sri Lanka
2000 - Grenada, Northern Ireland, South Africa
1999 - Argentina, Bosnia, China, The Gambia, Grenada, Israel
1998 - Bulgaria, Ecuador, Israel, Mozambique, Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, USA, Yugoslavia


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The Ohio Supreme Court will soon hear a case concerning the Short-Term Loan Act. While the case is important, the bigger issue is how lenders have devised ways to work around the act in making short-term, high-interest loans known as payday loans.
The Ohio Supreme Court will soon hear a case concerning the Short-Term Loan Act. While the case is important, the bigger issue is how lenders have devised ways to work around the act in making short-term, high-interest loans known as payday loans.
Passed in 2008, the act eliminated then-existing interest rates of 5 percent per month for payday loans, limited interest to 28 percent annually and fees to $20, and prohibited lenders from taking a security interest. A subsequent referendum provided that �all short-term lenders, including check-cashing lenders, would be subject� to the new act.
Lenders, however, never applied for licenses under the act and instead apply for licenses under the Small Loan and Second Mortgage Acts, which permit higher fees. The strategy worked until payday lender Cashland sued a borrower. Though it claimed it had made a �payday�-style loan, Cashland was licensed under the Second Mortgage Act, not the Short-Term Loan Act.
The court held that Cashland was not authorized to make the loan and disallowed the interest and fees Cashland claimed. After the decision was affirmed on appeal, Cashland appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court. The case will be heard Dec. 10.
Much is at stake. A court brief filed on behalf of Richard F. Keck, former deputy superintendent for the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions, stated that upholding the appellate court�s decision will �put billions of dollars of loans at risk.� Overturning the decision will mean the legislature�s effort to regulate payday lending accomplished nothing.
Lenders work around the Short-Term Loan Act by operating under the Small Loan and Second Mortgage Acts. In addition to higher fees, these laws permit loans to be collateralized, and so lenders are now making high-interest loans secured by auto titles. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, underwriting these loans is usually limited to a valuation of the borrower�s car. Credit checks are generally not required. LoanMax advertises that it �does not use credit scores. ... With us, your vehicle is your credit!�
Often unable to repay their loans, borrowers will repeatedly refinance their loans and find themselves on a �long-term debt treadmill.� Eugene R. King, Director of the Ohio Poverty Law Center, stated, �A 2013 study found that desperation and lack of options drive people to use payday loans. Only about 14 percent of borrowers have sufficient income to repay these loans on time.�
Not so, said Patrick Crowley, spokesman for the Ohio Consumer Lenders Association.
�Our lenders work with customers to help them repay their loans and stress a higher level of customer service to help ensure a comprehensive understanding of our financial services and payment options.�
Lenders also avoid the Short-Term Loan Act by registering as credit-service organizations. By statute, CSOs are limited to assisting with credit issues and obtaining credit but may not act as lenders. CSOs arrange for and administer high-interest loans funded by other lenders and charge additional fees. According to Linda Cook, senior attorney for the law center, a borrower�s contact is limited to the CSO.
Policy Matters Ohio reported that CSOs usually charge a 25 percent broker fee, while the third-party lenders charge interest of 25 percent and fees. A CSO $500 auto-title loan would typically cost $161 in fees and interest and be due in 30 days.
�We need to stop buying the industry�s constant argument that payday loans are only for temporary emergencies,� stated King. �If we want to promote self-sufficiency for all Ohio families, we need to get serious about controlling predatory small loans.�
Crowley sees things differently. �There will always be critics of new financial products. In our mind, customer demand is the ultimate determinant for establishing the worth and viability of a product. Without demand, a product would not exist very long. The laws of economics and behavior determine the success and value of a product.�
Short-term loans also are made by pawn brokers, who may be getting an income boost. House Bill 192 proposes to reduce the current 5 percent per month interest rate to 3 percent but also provides for an additional monthly fee of 10 percent of the value of the loan to cover various expenses. So, while a $500 loan under the current loan would cost $25 per month, the monthly cost under H.B. 192 would be $65.
If the legislature genuinely wants to control high-interest loans, then it has to come up with a more comprehensive game plan. Right now, we have a patchwork of inconsistent laws.
Jack D�Aurora is a partner with The Behal Law Group.


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Bishop Miege Chapel Renovation
Catholic high school chapel renovation creates sacred place for students
Design a renovation of a mid-century Catholic high school chapel that creates a sacred place for students in the midst of a busy and noisy typical school day.
SFS designers worked closely with Bishop Miege High School administrators to develop a design that would accommodate the current and projected student body and allow them to learn through firsthand experience how the physical environment can provide a sense of the sacred and support church rituals.
The renovated entrance provides an immediate quiet to the busy and noisy school day through sound absorbing walls, floor and ceiling. The space's darkness represents our dying to sin in baptism, while the icons of saints represent the "cloud of witnesses" offering up prayers on our behalf. Upon passing through the darkened entrance, the space explodes in scale and light. A new stained glass window contributes to the room's liturgical feel, and architect-designed furnishings complete its continuity and sense of the sacred.


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The Truro Residence is a custom home designed by ZeroEnergy DESIGN, based in Boston, MA. ZED is integrated architecture and energy consulting firm focused on green modern home design and zero energy homes and buildings. This high performance home features a super-insulated building envelope, ground (geothermal) source heat pump, and 11.7KW of solar energy on the roof. The geothermal system, coupled with radiant heating and central air, will supply the home's heating and cooling needs throughout the year. A heat recovery ventilator provides fresh air throughout the year while exchanging heat between the incoming and outgoing air steams, minimizing the energy penalty of fresh air ventilation. Since the home was designed as a vacation residence with varying occupancy, the program of the home is organized to decommission half of the home for the majority of the year to conserve energy. The home is split into two volumes – a 'Living Bar' and a 'Sleeping Bar.' The Sleeping Bar is the expansion module with numerous bedrooms and bathrooms to accommodate the entire family. The Living Bar includes the kitchen, living and dining areas, as well as a secondary master bedroom – all that the couple needs when the children are away.
A client came to ZeroEnergy Design with an interesting proposition. They wanted to commission the design of an environmentally sensible beach home on Cape Cod. The trick was that they had some unusual space requirements, a narrow lot on an environmentally sensitive site, and a magnificent west-facing view.
The client can be described as a professional couple, each in different medical fields, with a large family including grown children and grandchildren. They normally reside in downtown Boston, but plan to spend their summers and weekends on the Cape. While their Boston residence accommodates some of their children, their new beach home will be the only place that will accommodate all seven of them, including their significant others and the grandchildren, thus dictating the need for an extensive number of bedrooms. The entire family will gather over the summer and on holidays, while the couple will use the home by themselves during weekends throughout the year.
Planning for the extreme variation in occupancy was an issue the designers dealt with from the start. The home is split into a ˜Living Bar' and a ˜Sleeping Bar.' The Sleeping Bar is the expansion module with numerous bedrooms & bathrooms to accommodate the entire family. The Living Bar includes the living and dining areas, as well as a secondary master bedroom – all that the couple needs when the children are away. This programmatic zoning allows the Sleeping Bar to be shut down during the majority of the year to decrease energy use.
The site has a spectacular west-facing view of the water and sunset. The area of west-facing orientation of the glazing used to capture this view certainly isn't ideal for energy performance. The narrow lot size, combined with the client's square footage requirements and the obvious desire to be able to take in the view from the primary living space made the un-ideal orientation of the glazing unavoidable. The rest of the building envelope certainly offsets the luxury view. Silvia and Silvia of Osterville are building with double stud framing which allows a continuous layer of foam insulation (uninterrupted by studs). The geothermal system, coupled with a radiant heating system, will supply all of the heating and cooling for the year. Aside from energy efficient appliances and water heaters, ZED worked with lighting consultant Light Th!s to ensure that all of the spaces are well illuminated using energy efficient fixtures. The client also decided to minimize the home's reliance of fossil fuels. Propane is used only for cooking. There is no natural gas.
The roof sports a large solar electric array installed by NexAmp to offset energy usage through the use of net metering. A battery back-up and energy management system from GridPoint will store electricity from the solar array to ensure the basic functions of the home through blackouts without the use of a gas-powered generator. The combination the energy efficient building envelope and systems with the solar array will allow the home to produce as much energy as it uses over the course of a year!
Choices were also made to promote healthy indoor air quality. Flooring was limited to slate, bamboo, and polished concrete, while omitting any carpeting that might capture dust, mites, mold, or moisture. The rapidly renewable bamboo flooring is bound with nontoxic glues. The insulation in interior walls and floor, used for sound insulation and to improve the performance of the radiant heating system, is formaldehyde-free. An air exchange and energy recovery system will provide clean fresh air throughout the year.
Finally, the exterior finishes will allow the home to turn a traditional Cape Cod grey and blend into the dunes. The site is vegetated with indigenous plants that prevent erosion and won't require irrigation. They have been carefully selected by landscape consultant, Heimarck & Foglia.
The form of the house tapers in plan and roof planes to allow for both a demure street presence and an explosive ocean view and was inspired by the unique topography of the coastal bank. The site, the highest point in Truro, rises to an elevation of 116' before sloping down to sea level. The Foyer, positioned between the two forms, provides direct access to the ocean-front deck, satisfying the client's desire to walk right out to the beach as soon as they arrive.
Cooking and Dining
The owners love to cook and asked for a large kitchen where the family to gather. ZED thought of the kitchen as the social epicenter of the living area; the entertainment side of the generously sized kitchen island provides space for seating and access to the wine refrigerator while the functional side is all chef's business.
The dining room is adjacent to the kitchen and can open up directly to the dec.
Living and Views
The view from the living room is what really makes this home special. The glazing asymmetrically wraps and exposes the corners of the space bringing in both light and views and gives the owners and their guests unobstructed views from anywhere in the living room. The warm wood roof plane draws the eye outside while the glazing brings the horizon in, inviting the ocean—or the fog—to complete the dynamic fourth wall of the space.
Horizontal lines and orthogonal forms are traced in the bench beneath and beside the fireplace, in the linear fluorescent light fixtures and even in the horizon line in the painting above the fireplace. These horizontal reference lines continue throughout the space, extending out to the true horizon, and back in again.
Sleeping and Bathing
The breathtaking architecture continues in the master bedroom which is designed to provide privacy for the owners from the rest of the home. The angled clerestories fill the room with light while the slider provides the room its own view of Cape Cod bay.
The Bathrooms feature recycled glass tile, bluestone, and water efficient fixtures. The transom window in the masterbath introduces light from skylights in the adjacent study.
* Square Footage: 6200
* Bedrooms: 7
* Bathrooms: 8
* Chef's Kitchen, Radiant Floors, Extensive Beach-Front Decking, Private Gym, Home Theater, 2 Master Bedrooms, 2 Car Garage
* Net-Zero Energy, Photovoltaic System, Geothermal Heating and Cooling, Instantaneous Hot Water, Foam Insulation, Heat Recovery Ventilator
* Fresh Air Exchange System, Low to No Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Materials
* Permeable Driveway, Water Conserving Fixtures, Rapidly Renewable Materials, Low Maintenance Materials, Xeriscaping
Read article about the Truro Beach House in Design New England magazine.
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The mother of kidnap victim Hannah Anderson was bound, gagged and beaten to death before the killer set his home ablaze and fled with the teenager to the Northwest, according to the San Diego County medical examiner.
Christina Anderson, 44, a medical assistant, died of blunt force injury to the head with a minimum of 12 blows to her face and head, an autopsy report released Monday said.
She also had a broken arm and her throat was slashed, although the latter apparently was done after she was dead, the report said.
Christina Anderson's body was found Aug. 4 in the garage of a burned-out home in the rural San Diego County community of Boulevard owned by family friend...


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The famous Kirkgate Market on Vicar Lane, in the centre of Leeds, is one of the largest indoor markets in Europe. With hundreds of market stalls filled with fresh foods, cosmetics, clothing, music and knick-knacks, the market is a lively destination in the heart of Leeds. Locals come here to buy groceries, enjoy a cup of coffee or chat with the fishmonger.
The market was first held in 1822 at Briggate, one of Leeds' large wide shopping streets. After years of searching for a suitable location, the market finally found a permanent home in 1857 on the corner of Vicar Lane and Kirkgate. With 35 indoor stores and 44 outdoor stalls, the market immediately made a name for itself. In 1884, this is where Michael Marks opened his Penny Bazar, the little shop that would later become the world-famous chain Marks & Spencer. Today there is still a 'heritage stall' of the M&S chain, among hundreds of other colourful shops including Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food.
The success of the market was largely due to Mr Tilney, the Borough Commissioner at the time. In 1850, he had big plans for the market, envisioning a hall with international appeal, where vendors and shoppers from across the UK would gather. Inspired by the original Crystal Palace built in London's Hyde Park, the market soon became the great pride of Leeds. And it still is today, thanks to innovative contributions by architects and developers. In 1891-1895, a domed glass roof was built to connect the old building to the new section. In 1894, a refrigerated area was completed in order to process fresh fish, and in 1899 a meat market and abattoir were added.
In 1975 a fire destroyed most of the steel and glass building. There were no casualties, but merchants had to watch their hard-earned businesses go up in flames. Fortunately, the front section from 1904 and the landmark glass roof were spared, and after a few days of hard work the market reopened its doors to the public. The original vaulted structure, the stones and pinnacles at the entrance have been restored.
The market continues to be a landmark monument. The impressive Edwardian building is now on the list of 'special architecture of historic interest'. It has a Grade 1 listed building status, which the United Kingdom gives only to buildings of extraordinary historic importance.


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CSI: SOCORRO . . .. High school students enrolled at New Mexico Tech this summer in the university's "CSI: Socorro" Mini Course comb through a staged "crime scene," involving a victim (mannequin pictured in middle of group) who fell while rappelling from, or climbing to, a third-story balcony. As part of the weeklong course, students later conducted their own forensic investigation -- gathering evidence and running trace DNA analyses on diagnostic equipment provided by New Mexico Tech's biology department.


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Getting Started
Taking a Systems Approach
Establishing Accurate Farm Zones
Fine-Tuning Management Zones
Mastering the Drainage Connection
Varying Planting Populations
Selecting the Right Hybrids
Adjusting Nitrogen Inputs
Calibrating Your Yield Monitor
Unleashing Drones
Avoiding Common Pitfalls
Tackling Weak Links
Harnessing the Power of Sensors
Safeguarding Your Data
Case Study: Scattered Acres Farm
Case Study: Joe Sullivan
Evaluating Investment Returns
By: Margy Eckelkamp, Farm Journal Media
Farmers have long known that all fields aren't created equal and that every acre in each field is not the same. Today's technology now allows producers to easily do something about it. Zone management links precision ag and agronomic practices into one seamless outcome with three key benefits: maximizing yields, improving stewardship and boosting bottom lines.
"For 20 years, we've been working to get technology in farmers' hands, and now it's time to use the data collected through this technology," explains John Fulton, associate professor and Extension specialist at Auburn University.
Using information on the natural variability in a field, rather than a superimposed grid, allows you to pave your own path. Regardless of where you are on the technology adoption curve, there are zone management techniques that can be used.
"Zone management enables you to pick the areas where can you influence a problem by applying the right agronomic practice," explains Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie, who has worked with dozens of farmers to implement and employ zone management.
Use current information. The first step is to review what you know to identify the management zones within fields. Soil characteristics, water and fertility management, hybrid selection, pest and disease profiles, and yield history all play key roles. Thankfully, most farmers have already collected a gold mine of information.
"Since 1991, we have looked at yield maps as a way for fields to tell us where to identify management zones. Now, we not only have yield maps but data available throughout the season," Ferrie says.
Hybrids have one of the largest impacts on yield, not only from field-to-field but within fields. For example, drainage issues in low-lying zones of the field could be managed by selecting a hybrid that does well in wet conditions. Other examples could include recognizing high pH and planting with a hybrid that is tolerant to those soil conditions, or identifying a corn nematode hot spot and managing it with a seed treatment.
"The data we glean from management zones helps us make an informed decision on treating a whole field when a farmer's equipment is not yet ready for variable-rate technology [VRT] or the technology to vary that input isn't on the market yet," Ferrie adds.
Gather more data. After examining hybrids, analyze soil characteristics for existing zones. Look at texture, slope, depth, organic matter, fertility, pH, drainage and hardpans.
"Any zone that you develop must respect soil type, but a lot of management zones are within the soil type," Ferrie says. "We start with soil type or soil texture, and from there the zone may be divided out due to depth of topsoil, drainage or pH issues."
Soil information can be gathered from ground-truthed government maps, soil sampling, RTK elevation maps and soil conductivity maps.
Review and verify results. "Once we identify the zones, we have to investigate what's causing those differences. One thing you'll look at is the overall soil fertility. Look for clues for what is happening," Ferrie advises.
Don't be surprised if low-yielding zones have higher fertility, he adds. "If the field has been treated uniformly for years, the poor yields have a lower removal rate. But you occasionally find that fertility is the problem, and it may be a fertility imbalance, low/high pH or micronutrient problem," he says.
Overlap layers. Factor in all possible causes for why a zone can appear.
"Farmers ask me how they can change their farm operation to maximize profit, and my answer is data. The most important data layer is the farmer's knowledge followed by the one that depicts the farm's variability," says Auburn's Fulton.
Look for ways that one influencing element impacts another.
"Drainage could be the problem, but there's a chain reaction that takes place. If you have a wet spring, which reduced emergence, caused nitrogen loss due to leaching or denitrification, and the resulting reduced stand led to increased weed problems, it would be hard to single out the factor influencing the management zone unless we were in the field the entire season to see what took place," Ferrie says.
To build confidence in your management zones, use a two-pronged approach: good-quality data and boots on the ground.
"What makes good data is being able to show spatial variability in the field," he says. "Spatial variability is any type of data that tells you where the good, bad and ugly are and the differences in the field. We are looking for repeatable differences—that's key."
It's best to have three years of good-quality data and maps.
"You have to prove that, by using multiple maps across multiple years, you can define the same zones," Ferrie says. "Some only show up in legumes, some only in grasses. A zone may only be identified in the wet years or the dry years. We need to be able to literally stack the data and it all line up."
Develop a strategy. Well-defined and verified management zones lay the foundation for VRT. As you develop the zones, it's important to make sure they match your technology and equipment.
"Management zones should be big enough that we can manage with the size of equipment we are working with. We might have pockets in the field that are too small to be applied with a 80' planter or 90' boom," Ferrie notes.
Sometimes a management zone might demand you implement a new production practice.
"In a field, we may have sand hills where blowing sand is cutting off the young corn in high winds. We could map those areas and control the wind erosion by planting cover crops on the hills," he says.
The return on investment can be measured in maximizing the placement of inputs and practices to improve bottom lines.
"I've worked with farmers who have used variable-rate population and variable-rate nitrogen and increased yields up to 15 bu. per acre on average," Ferrie says.
In the journey to implement management zones, Ferrie warns farmers about being too reliant on the tech-nology dictating your management zones. "The biggest misstep I see farmers making is allowing a computer to map management zones without input of their own experiences in the field," he notes.
The more effort you invest in verifying the management zones, the greater the payback to your bottom line.
Using zone management is a journey—not a destination—and well worth the effort. Illinois farmer Rod Wilson has been working with management zones since applying variable-rate lime in the 1970s based on soil topography maps.
"As technology developed, we overlaid soil type maps to refine management zones," Wilson says. "In 1994, we used our first yield monitor, which helped take this to the next level. Early on, though, it was frustrating to match technology and expertise to show the zones well enough to know we had something to work with."
To better understand where to look for zones, they started with the farms where they had the most experience. "Even on those older farms, we had a learning curve," he says.
It's the trials and failures of zone management that have taught him the most. "The biggest success we have had with zone management is that it has helped us manage the variability. It's provided a balance in the economics of our inputs while maximizing yields," he says.
Ten years ago, Wilson started using variable-rate population. He has three years of experience in variable-rate sidedressing of nitrogen.
Before variable-rate technology (VRT), his average population was 36,000 plants per acre; with VRT, his average population is 32,450 plants per acre. His VRT sidedress nitrogen rates increased over his previous uniform rate by 49 lb. per acre. In the past three years, using management zones and VRT has increased Wilson's yields 5 bu. to 15 bu. per acre.


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Singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne has carved her own path as a respected independent artist. After years in Nashville she relocated to California, where the she continues to earn high praise with each new album. Lynne performs her own tunes and teams up with host Feinstein on "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You."
At 2pm.
An archive performance from January 2013.


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Denmark has an extensive network of official tourist offices, where you can receive professional and friendly guidance and help planning your Danish holiday. Most tourist offices can assist with the booking of accommodation and experiences and all of them have a large selection of brochures and other sources of useful information.
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It was likely our best program yet. Click on the link below to get to the archived page.
Tonight from 9-10PM central (archives available). Panelists include Laurie Masterson, Jason Sheppard, and Jeannie Burlsworth of Secure Arkansas. Topics include the upcoming rally, sovereignty resolutions, and a "game changing" proposed change to election laws called "instant run-off voting". Also tonight, your calls.


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Threatened Sea Turtles Flown to Florida
(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- Thirty-five threatened sea turtles are safely recuperating in the Florida sunshine after they were found suffering from hypothermia in Cape Cod, Mass.
This year, a record 150 sea turtles have been rescued from the cold by the New England Aquarium Rescue Program, causing shelters in the region to run out of room.
The NOAA Fisheries Northeast Region Stranding Network teamed up with members of the Coast Guard, who flew on a C-130J aircraft from their home base in Elizabeth City, N.C., to Cape Cod, Mass., on Friday, where they picked up 35 of the turtles to transport to the sunshine state.
The turtles, which included 20 of the extremely rare Kemp's Ridley species and 15 Loggerheads, were dropped off at five wildlife recovery centers in Florida, including SeaWorld in Orlando, where they will spend the winter season recovering, according to a news release from the Coast Guard.
It's too soon to say when the animals will be able to return home, said Susan Flower, a spokeswoman for SeaWorld Orlando. The theme park's rehabilitation center is caring for 20 of the turtles.
"Our goal is always to return animals back to their natural environment," she said. "Really it just depends on how they're doing. We evaluate them, we have our team with them all the time."
The SeaWorld facility has plenty of experience working with turtles, Flower said, and has also cared for rescued manatees, birds, dolphins and pilot whales, among other marine animals.
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Uta Barth uses photography to capture her own personal dreamy moments with light, and in doing so, exposes its environmental power over our solitude and romance . . . or romance with solitude.
As a viewer, I find myself drawn to the window, the curtain, and the wall in each piece, not only because it's illuminated accordingly with sharp visceral attention, but also because I'm intrigued with how the mundane awakens. It feels childlike, reminiscient of a world without technology and other busy distractions. Ironically, or maybe not so, it also feels wise– close to death. There's drama in the little details as the hand pulls back the curtain or the camera approaches the glow. It's not so much about being a voyeur as it is about being here and being still– sharing the space where light opens into mood and reflection.
Of her work, Barth notes, "In most photographs the subject and the content are one and the same thing. My work is first and foremost about perception."
To say these pieces are only about composition: space or pattern, would be to ignore the aura around the intention of these images, which are all shot inside her home– there's a depth that resonates with an almost intrinsic documentary feeling. Unlike James Turrell, she does not appear to be mathematically immersing us in the immediate moment of light and awareness; instead, she's quoting from the lightness in her own life, and we are privy enough to bear witness.


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Award-winning comedian Jon Stewart has banned Hugh Grant from "The Daily Show."
The funnyman and long-time host has revealed the British actor was his most unpleasant guest – and he will not be inviting him back.
He made the announcement during an interview with fellow comedian Stephen Colbert at the Montclair Film Festival in New Jersey last week, after opening up about his 2009 encounter with Grant, who was booked on the show to promote his film "Did You Hear About the Morgans?"
Stewart recalled, "He's giving everyone s— the whole time, and he's a big pain in the ass."
The comedian was particularly upset when the movie star criticized the movie clip Stewart showed as the actor walked out onstage in the studio.
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The comic then told Colbert he would "never" have Grant back on his show.
Hearing he'd been banned from "The Daily Show," Grant attempted to make amends via Twitter.com, writing, "Turns out my inner crab got the better of me with TV producer in 09. Unforgivable. J Stewart correct to give me kicking."


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Curtis Brainard of CJR's Observatory blog (1/29/10) complains about the lack of coverage of what he calls "Glaciergate":
Almost two weeks ago, the Sunday Times, a British newspaper, "broke" the story that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had made significant errors in its 2007 report on the impacts of global warming....
The report stated that there was a very high likelihood that glaciers in the Himalayas would disappear by 2035 if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate. Three days after the Times published its article, the IPCC essentially admitted that this was an error (while glaciers in the region are melting, they are unlikely to vanish that quickly) and apologized (pdf) for the "poorly substantiated" claim.
In the days after the story first broke, the New York Times and the Washington Post each ran one print article about the Himalayan glaciers error. The Christian Science Monitor, now published online, produced one piece, and the Associated Press and Bloomberg sent a couple of articles over the wire.
Unfortunately, that's about it. Meanwhile, outlets in the U.K., India and Australia have been eating the American media's lunch, churning out reams of commentary and analysis. Journalists in the U.S. should take immediate steps to redress that oversight.
But the New York Times never reported the IPCC's claim that the Himalayan glaciers would be gone by 2035 before publishing the debunking article. The Washington Post mentioned it in a story (11/22/09) that focused on the Indian environmental minister's rejection of the claim. The Christian Science Monitor had one piece (11/5/99) on melting Himalayan glaciers that quoted a source saying "the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 is very high"--but this was not a quote from the IPCC report, which wouldn't appear for another eight years, but from the International Commission on Snow and Ice, which was part of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences.
None of these papers, then, thought that the IPCC's statement that the Himalayan glaciers would likely melt by 2035 was in itself worth mentioning, let alone basing a story around. So how much effort should the same papers spend reporting on the withdrawal of this claim? That depends on whether you think melting glaciers, or scientific misstatements about melting glaciers, are the bigger threat to humanity.
You see the same emphasis on science process trivia over the actual phenomena scientists are studying in a British Guardian story headlined "Leaked Climate Change Emails Scientist 'Hid' Data Flaws" (2/1/10), which is no doubt getting a lot of U.S. traffic today via a link from Drudge. In the fifth paragraph, the story reveals that contrary to the implication of the headline and subhead ("Key study by East Anglia professor Phil Jones was based on suspect figures"), the story actually has no bearing on the reality of climate change:
The revelations on the inadequacies of the 1990 paper do not undermine the case that humans are causing climate change, and other studies have produced similar findings. But they do call into question the probity of some climate change science.
And how do they do that, exactly?
Wang was cleared of scientific fraud by his university, but new information brought to light today indicates at least one senior colleague had serious concerns about the affair.
So essentially this story reveals that before a scientist was cleared of suspicions of scientific wrongdoing, he was suspected of scientific wrongdoing. Stop the presses!
That a respectable paper like the Guardian would trumpet this as an important scoop--and that a media watchdog like CJR would be calling for more in this vein--is a testimony to how deeply the "Climategate" hackers have distorted the discussion over the most important environmental issue of our lifetimes. See the brand-new issue of Extra!: "'Climategate' Overshadows Copenhagen: Media Regress to the Bad Old Days of False Balance" (2/10) by Julie Hollar.


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Graça Paz • Atelier XT
Graça has an inspiration refrigerator! A first for the Inspiration Boards Blog, though not for the Inspiration Boards group.
Can you tell us about some of the things you display for inspiration?
For me, my biggest inspiration is what I want to accomplish, so I have cut-outs of magazines, colours, photos that inspire me, my kids' drawings, my husband's drawings, fabrics, poems, etc. I don't call it an inspiration board, but a "visions board".
Who or what is inspiring you right now?
What is really inspiring me now is my future new life, the change from the city to the country. That inspires me a lot. Also this colour — oil blue, birds, Stacy Kent music, and Japanese interiors editions, Paola Navone and Li Edelkoort (always inspire me a lot).
What do you do to "refill the well"?
First I have an inspiration afternoon. I take many of my magazines and spend the entire afternoon taking notes, details, photos, etc!
How do you come up with your next idea?
The next idea is always in my mind. I'm always having next ideas, but I don't have the time to make them all! When I start a work I'm already thinking about the next one! And unfortunately I'm not like Geninne, sometimes I begin the next one before finishing the one I'm making!!! I can't resist! That's not good!
Tell us a little bit about your blog and your business.
My work and business is handmade furniture and acessories atelier! Everything is made by us from unique pieces (some of them!) and we work as a couple!
My blog is the window I don't have (yet). I always feel frustrated when I leave something at a store or at a client's house because they have a different approach to my idea. When I understand that, I make my site a window, the place where I can show my complete image and concept! It's very important in our work.
How long have you been making your art? How did you start?
I studied arts in a Portuguese school, and then I studied fashion design. I worked in an interiors shop for five years, then I started my own atelier.
My work is a therapy to me. After we married, we started working together and created our atelier, first in our balcony, then many other places, and finally where we are now. We will have a big atelier near our future house in the country.
I always have had a true passion for interior design. That is my greatest passion. I love to create objects and furniture, because that is a kind of work that gives me freedom to create without being directed by someone. It is only us and our ideas. I always draw, but I really began my creative process when I went to study for an art degree in school. It was a very good experience, and now I miss not going further. I would love to study for another degree, and one day when my kids grow older I'm going to learn to play cello! I never stop creating, even when I'm on vacation!
How do you keep things fresh?
I keep things fresh by making many kinds of art — paintings, dolls — making many different things is a very good exercise. It makes us rest and at the same time work with our head in a completely different way. I used to think that I must concentrate on something, but today I'm not that certain! I walk on the beach, too, which is also very good for my head — and my ideas!
Have you ever been stuck creatively? How did you get past it?
Every artist has bad times in the creative process. Today I don't have that so much because I'm constantly working, but when I do I usually don't persist. I stop and go to make my "domesticities" for awhile and that is very good for a rest. Then I try again later!
What do you do to keep yourself motivated and avoid burn-out?
My perfect day, to be honest, is when I take the day off, and when I go in a shop to see or buy something I find myself thinking, "How can I do that much better at home instead of buying it"! That is an awesome sensation! It really is! After that I come home full of ideas.
What are some of your current projects?
This year was a very bad year to me in a personal way, but I've worked so much more than any other year. I have so many ideas! My biggest plan at the moment is my house. That involves my new atelier, a bigger one only for me and another for Xitó. That is going to be very important for our work, giving us the possibility of accepting more work because we have the place to do it. Decorating the whole house, exhibiting during 2008, and opening my own store in a very good place.
Which of your projects are you the most proud of?
I must say my new house. It was my most important project because we have so much at risk. Our entire life is going to change completely. I can't say I'm prepared! It's going to be one day at a time. After that, my paintings are my most important project, and I need to study if I want to do better!
Do you have any advice for the many people who are inspired by you?
My advice is to never to take advantage of other artists' ideas! Never COPY!
What activity inspires you?
The activity that inspires me the most is, without a doubt, traveling. And when I'm not traveling, I travel sitting with a pile of my magazines or sitting at the computer to discover new artists. When I do, I feel happy!
What place inspires you?
The beach and a vision of Iceland — snow has a strange influence on me, it makes me feel quiet! Also, the Tate Modern is a very inspirational place. I love to be surrounded by art. When I went to London for ten days I went to the Tate four of the days.
What other artists have influenced your work?
I don't feel that my work has been influenced in a direct way by other artists, but there are some that I see myself in their work and that I feel can make me a "rich" person — Jasper Morrison's work, Paola Navone's work, Hopper paintings, Isabelle de Borchegrave for her creativity, Andre Letria the Portuguese illustrator, Yves Talaron's work, Eric Satie's music, and Bossa nova music ...
What art and/or craft blogs, websites, and/or books do you enjoy?
It's difficult to list sites because there are so many...
Marie Christophe
Karin Eriksson
Petit Pan
Hut up
Nathalie Lete
rock scissor paper
Some blogs...
Geninne's Art Blog
print & pattern
Books I'm reading...
The Gentle Art of Domesticity
I'm also reading a book about VASTU HOME.
Do you remember something that really inspired you back in the beginning?
Yes, I must say Paola Navone has inspired me right from the beginning. Her concept in furniture and decoration — simple, plain, and with that special touch. Also the over-sized pieces — ! I love her work!
What's your favorite thing in your studio and/or house?
In my house it's not a place but a moment – an hour of the day that the sea that I see from my window turns silver.
In the world, I expect to visit many more places but for now I must say this beach near from my future house, one of the things that moves us to change our life and our home.
Graça's website
Graça's flickr
Graça's Etsy shop
Graça's DaWanda shop
Graça's blog
11 comments:
- xt said...
i´m toutched-!what a beautiful interview!thank you so mutch Lori!
- January 17, 2008 at 3:08 PM
- hippyxic said...
i´ve loved, loved this interview is really Graça speacking!!!!!i´m a great lover of her work and friendship*****
- January 17, 2008 at 3:30 PM
- meg said...
thank you for this! i love learning more about how other people are inspired and what their process is. beautiful photos, too.
- January 17, 2008 at 4:05 PM
- Geninne said...
I LOVE this awesome lady! It was great to read this interview and get to know Graça a little more. Can she be more fabulous??? I think not! Graça I wish you the best in this new adventure. I know your new home will be awesome in every way, and I can't wait to see what you do when the place is done. A BIG hug for (((((((you)))))))
Lori, this blog is such an inspiration! I've loved every single interview & I'm glad you're back to start 2008 with Graça :) Hugs!
- January 17, 2008 at 9:04 PM
- Friederike! said...
...a woman and artist that seems to have 48 hours days and the energy of a whole bunch of people :o) I´m so looking forward to meet her one day...
- January 18, 2008 at 10:25 AM
- Lori Pickert said...
thank you so much, graça, for your interview - and your patience!! :^)
best wishes for you & your family in 2008 - and in your new home!
- January 18, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Lori Pickert said...
thank you so much, juliana, meg, and geninne - i love reading about these different artists' inspirations, too. it never fails to inspire me! we have some interesting interviews coming up, more crafters & artists but also some creative types who do very different work! should be fun!
friederike!, thank you for visiting!
- January 18, 2008 at 3:14 PM
- Lu! said...
Great interview and really inspiring paintings :)
- January 21, 2008 at 7:24 AM
- Laura said...
So lovely! Thanks for sharing a peek into peoples' creative process.
- January 24, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- Lori Pickert said...
thank you, lu! and laura - i've got some incredible interviews in the pipeline - can't wait to share them with you! :^D
- January 25, 2008 at 9:29 AM
- xt said...
Thanks for all this wonderfull coments!I didn´t expect so mutch!thank you all
- January 26, 2008 at 1:46 PM


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text: Austin Irving's current exhibit, Portals, at Curio by AFN truly lives up to its name. Her pictures taken on medium and large format cameras seem like entranceways to secret headquarters or the opening images to an epic film. And no piece emitted that cinematic feeling more, then one taken right in the middle of a natural cave formation that was mounted onto a light-box. The color and shading of the rocks, which was amplified by the backlight, made the work seem 3 dimensional. It was almost like you could walk inside of the piece and hear the water actually dripping from the stalactites onto the floor. My advice is to start collecting Austin's work now, before it's totally out of reach.


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And speaking of Werner Herzog, as I all too often do, I was, of course aware of his "Minnesota Declaration" which contains the line "Tourism is sin, and travel on foot virtue." It's a good line but it had never really occurred to me to wonder why Herzog was in Minnesota or what he was doing there. Well, it appears he was at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, on April 30th 1999, speaking about "Lessons Of Darkness," which is one of the most compelling documentaries I've ever seen, showing the ruined, and often burning, oil fields of Kuwait, ignited in the wake of the first Gulf War.
In that Minnesota Declaration Herzog also says, "Filmmakers of Cinema Verité resemble tourists who take pictures amid ancient ruins of facts." I guess I don't think taking pictures of ruins is exactly the worst thing in the world. In Minneapolis I walked through Mill Ruins Park on the banks of the Mississippi. The ruins belong to a flour mill that burned in 1991, having been abandoned some twenty odd years earlier: other buildings nearby are also abandoned but appear to be in fairly good shape.
Like a lot of people, I'm attracted to ruin, and I certainly enjoyed the sight of the ruined (and now carefully preserved) mill - they've turned it into a museum – but in fact I didn't take any photographs of the burned out mill. It seemed too obvious. I photographed the abandoned but intact Gold Medal Flour elevators instead, but I don't know if that would buy me anything in Mr. Herzog's eyes.
I wonder if he would agree with W.S. Gilbert (as in "and Sullivan") who wrote, "There's a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic"? I'm guessing probably not.


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Al Gore and WWF unite to promote business solutions for forest conservation in the Heart of Borneo
Posted on 09 January 2011
More than 600 hundred Indonesian government and business leaders joined former US Vice President and Nobel Laureate, Al Gore and WWF Indonesia's CEO, Dr. Efransjah at a gala dinner to celebrate the United Nation's International Year of the Forest and to discuss the role of business in finding forest solutions to the challenge of climate change.Jakarta, Indonesia - More than 600 hundred Indonesian government and business leaders joined former US Vice President and Nobel Laureate, Al Gore and WWF Indonesia's CEO, Dr. Efransjah at a gala dinner to celebrate the United Nation's International Year of the Forest and to discuss the role of business in finding forest solutions to the challenge of climate change.
Co-hosted by the Republic of Indonesia's House of Regional Representatives (DPD), WWF-Indonesia and Global Initiatives (GI), the dinner was part of the 2011 Business for Environment (B4E) Forest Dialogue - the forerunner to the world's leading international conference for business-driven action for the environment -the B4E Global Summit, organised by GI and scheduled for 27 - 29 April, 2011, in Jakarta.
As one of the world's most influential voices on the environment and climate change, Mr. Gore delivered an exclusive keynote address sharing his vision for the role of forests in a sustainable future.
"The beginning of the U.N. International Year of the Forests is the perfect time to have the impressive collaboration that this dinner and forthcoming B4E gathering between the business community, government leaders and NGOs represents," he said.
He went to outline the huge advantage for Indonesia to become the regional leader in the pursuit of a green economy in partnership with business.
"This may not be the easy choice today, but history will show that it is the right choice, morally, economically and environmentally," he said.
Heart of Borneo - Green Business Network
WWF marked the event by launching a new initiative called the Heart of Borneo - Green Business Network (HoB-GBN). This network aims to get business engaged in delivering the Heart of Borneo Declaration, made by the governments of Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia in 2007, to conserve and sustainably manage the 22 million hectare of trans-boundary forests called Heart of Borneo.
WWF's CEO, Dr Efransjah said: "we know the commitments under the Heart of Borneo Declaration cannot be achieved without the support of the private sector. Tonight, we highlight solutions for involving business in green growth and offer then a range of tools to help them to do that."
Business Solutions in the Heart of Borneo: Report
A report also launched by WWF on the night found that only 54% of businesses in the HoB had heard of the Tri-lateral government agreement - the 'Heart of Borneo Declaration - but that once they found out more information, many were willing to be involved and felt that business, as well as government, would have an important role to play.
"That's why we're launching the Green Business Network, to support business that wants to be part of the solution to climate change and environmental damage, not part of the problem," said Dr Efransjah.
The report, 'Business Solutions: Delivering the HoB Declaration' was prepared for WWF with project assistance by international business consultants, PwC, and focused on engaging with businesses in the HoB. The firm's global Sustainability and Climate Change team, including environmental specialists from the firm's Indonesia, Malaysia and the UK offices conducted research and analysis with 84 businesses in the region.
Malcolm Preston, global leader of Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC said:
"The report demonstrates that early progress has been made in realising the Heart of Borneo vision. Without business engagement, however, sustainable economic development will be an uphill struggle. This is about working with business to build capacity and include them in a green growth economy, rather than excluding them, so that everyone in the area benefits."
In 2011, the United Nations' International Year of Forests, mean the eyes of the world will be on Indonesia as one the most forest rich nation on the planet and business will also be under the spotlight for their role in saving the remaining globally significant tropical rainforests. WWF hopes that HoB-GBN initiative helps to ensure that this is not a year of just further discussion of the problems but a real chance to start delivering solutions.
For more information about the Green Business Network please contact:
Nazir Foead, Corporate Engagement Director – WWF Indonesia.
Tel +62 8119917857. Email: email@example.com
Katie Stafford – Corporate Engagement Strategy Leader with WWF's Heart of Borneo Initiative
Tel +62 8111806948. Email: email@example.com
For general media enquires on the Heart of Borneo Green Business Network:
Christopher Greenwood, Int. Communications Manager, Heart of Borneo Initaitive, WWF
Tel: +60 128281214 E-mail: email@example.com
For more information about the Al Gore (B4E) Forest Dialogue and Dinner, please contact:
Devy Suradji, WWF-Indonesia Marketing and Communication Director, firstname.lastname@example.com
Tony Gourlay, Global Initiative Chief Executive Officer, firstname.lastname@example.com
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2011 Business for Environment (B4E) Forest Dialogue
Former VP Gore was also joined at the gala dinner, held the Shangri-La Hotel, by speakers: Irman Gusman (Chairman of the Indonesian House of Regional Representatives), El-Mustafa Benlamlih (Resident Coordinator for the United Nations) and Gita Wirjawan (Chairman of the Indonesian National Investment Board-BKPM).
Deforestation and Climate Change Deforestation is responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions and the vast forests of Indonesia can play a vital role in the fight against global warming. Indonesia has the opportunity to be a world leader in the pursuit of a low carbon growth economy which both conserves large areas of forest and ensures only sustainable development of remaining forest reserves. With initiatives such as REDD+, payment for eco-system services (PES) and carbon trading, the global community is increasingly willing to make financial contributions towards a sustainable future for Indonesia's forests. This Forest Dialogue marks Indonesia's first steps during the International Year of Forests to further explore these issues.
WWF's Heart of Borneo Initiative and its Green Business Network
WWF's Heart of Borneo Initiative was established to support the three governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam in their development of the Heart of Borneo Declaration. The Green Business Network (GBN) and the Business Solutions report were developed with support from international consultancy PWC.
The International Year of Forests 2011
The International Year of Forests 2011 is the United Nations' global platform to celebrate people's action to sustainably manage the world's forests. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
Global Initiatives
Global Initiatives promotes partnership solutions to global challenges through a portfolio of international events, television programmes and media projects. These initiatives bring together world leaders, CEOs, media and NGOs to advance multi-stakeholder action on some of the greatest challenges facing the world.
WWF- Indonesia
WWF as an international conservation organization in the world with the support of more than 5 million members faces a high challenge in implementing conservation programs and the challenges of encouraging environmentally friendly practices in the corporate world. WWF recognizes that support from all parties, both government, society and especially from companies operating in Indonesia is extremely necessary. So the partnerships with all parties are expected to reduce pressure on natural resources that are already in an alarming condition. WWF's unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science should be able to bridge the conservation and corporate needs, involves action at every level from local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature. Please visit www.wwf.or.id


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You can now easily pull up a full list of every periodical the library currently subscribes to as well as those in our bound journals and storage sections. From our library homepage, choose Subject from the search drop-down menu and type periodicals in the search box.
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There are three ways to distribute and run Java programs.
Each distribution method is slightly different and has its advantages and disadvantages. The OSP Collection distributes its programs primarily as compiled stand-alone Java applications. These application run like any other program if a Java Virtual Machine (VM) has been installed on the client computer's operating system. Running an OSP simulation as an application is simple and reliable because the program has complete access to local resources using file (security) permissions that are set by the user or by a local system administrator. The file containing the Java program is downloaded and placed in a directory on a local computer. Users should be able to double-click on the file to execute the program.
Other websites or curriculum developers may adopt a different distribution mechanism and additional pages in this section show how Open Source Physics programs can be distributed as applets and using Web Start.
A classical-physics model of helium consisting of two electrons in a 1/r potential well and interacting through a 1/r potential.
Example: Download the classical helium simulation and run the mech_helium.jar file. See an Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods by Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik and Wolfgang Christian Chapter 5 page 139 for a discussion of this model.
Jar Files
Ready to run OSP models are packaged in a Java archive (jar) file such as osp_demo.jar of osp_guide.jar. These jar files contain compiled code, resources such a images and data files, and a manifest containing startup instructions. Most operating systems with graphical user interfaces allow a user to double click on a jar file to execute the program whose name is specified in the jar's manifest.
Users may also execute a jar file from within a console (terminal) although it is unlikely that students will want to deal with the complexities of command-line syntax. For example, the osp_demo.jar file can be executed by entering:
java -jar osp_demo.jar
Although a jar file can contain many Java programs, only one program can be designated as the jar file's main program. This main program is specified in a text file within the jar known as a manifest. There are ways to override the manifest and thereby execute other programs within a jar but a more convenient approach is to use the Launcher program. Launcher is a Java program that is designed to execute (launch) other Java programs. We use Launcher to organize and distribute collections of ready-to-use programs, documentation, and curricular material in a single easily modifiable package. (See the Curriculum section for a more complete description of Launcher and Launch Builder.)
These resources provide computational models of physical systems. They are each focused on a very specific system and can be used for in-class or out-of-class demonstrations or exercises. They are meant to be building blocks for learning activities.