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It would seem US President Barack Obama's first visit to Israel while in office has many important objectives, all of which risk putting Israel in a more dangerous position than it already is.
Last week we reported on speculation that Obama's visit has been timed to influence the make-up of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new coalition. The Obama White House would like to see more left-leaning parties included to make it easier to press Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians.
There is no question that restarting the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process will be on the agenda. After being appointed the new US secretary of state last week, John Kerry wasted no time phoning Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to urge a return to the negotiating table.
"President Obama is naive as anybody else in the hope that they'll be able to speed up the negotiating process," warned Israeli legal expert and former ambassador to Canada, Alan Baker. "Israel has to be very, very clear here, that just in order to look good to President Obama, or look good to the European Union at the expense of our basic rights and security is something that won't be acceptable to Israelis. That's not the criteria."
Baker told Israel Today that Netanyahu will likely be able to withstand Obama's pressure, but the degree to which he will be successful will depend on the coalition Netanyahu is able to put together in the coming weeks. Which, again, might very much be why Obama is coming now.
[A full interview with Ambassador Alan Baker will appear in the April issue of Israel Today Magazine. Don't miss it - SUBSCRIBE NOW >>]
There is also mounting speculation that Obama will tell Israel not to launch any military action against Iran's defiant nuclear program in the coming months.
Last year, Netanyahu delivered a speech before the UN General Assembly during which he identified spring 2013 as a deadline for taking action before Iran reaches a "point of no return" in its quest to attain nuclear weapons.
With Obama's recent appointment of Kerry to the State Department and Chuck Hagel to the Defense Department, he has effectively signaled to Netanyahu and Israel will not have any direct American support if it chooses to preemptively strike Iran.
Knowing full well how to play this game, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said he was ready for direct, face-to-face talks with Obama, if the American stops supporting sanctions against his country. It was the kind of gesture that would make it impossible for a liberal US government to then back military action against Iran.
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text: Florianopolis - Monica Niculescu of Romania defeated Olga Puchkova of Russia 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the final of the Brazil Tennis Cup to win her first WTA title on Saturday.Niculescu had been runner-up twice on tour before finally breaking through at the outdoor hard-court tournament in southern Brazil.The 75th-ranked Romanian broke Puchkova's serve to go up 5-4 in the final set then converted on her service game to close out the match in 1 hour, 59 minutes."It's unbelievable," Niculescu said. "This means a lot, I was so nervous and wanted to win this so much. My game was not brilliant today but it shows that in tennis if you keep fighting you can manage to win."She broke Puchkova three times to win the first set but allowed the Russian to rebound in the second with two breaks of her own, including in the final game of the set.The 109th-ranked Puchkova, who ended with six double faults, had upset top-seeded Venus Williams in three sets in Friday's semi-finals."It wasn't easy, she was in form and in good shape after beating Venus," Niculescu said of Puchkova.Niculescu, ranked as high as 28th in the world early last year, was playing in her third final on tour, and first since a loss to Williams in Luxembourg last October. The 25-year-old Romanian had also made the final in Luxembourg in 2011.Niculescu defeated seventh-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France in the semis.Puchkova, just two days younger than Niculescu, was also playing in her third final, and first since 2006. She had beaten third-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in the first round to begin her remarkable run in Brazil.Puchkova was ranked as high as 32nd in the world in 2007.

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Putting Student Award Winners on Fast Track
Coming of age in the streets and shadows of the city, what Andrew Santiago has lived with –— drugs, violence, death — is not so unusual. But thanks to his own drive and the support of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, the 21-year-old recently found an oasis, a single, rented room in Harlem — a place to study, to sleep and pursue his goal of becoming a writer.
"It's really quiet, it's mine, and I sleep. It's magic," says the soon-to-be graduate of Borough of Manhattan Community College, finally savoring a few of the things most college students take for granted: a bed of his own, safety and a good night's sleep.
Santiago and students like him are the diamonds in the rough. Bright, hardworking and the first in their family to go college, they often have little support at home and only a vague understanding of what it takes to burnish their academic careers. CUNY officials know that beyond the University's honors programs, there are other high achievers, attending senior and community colleges, who qualify to compete for prestigious scholarships. Now the University, is moving forward with new efforts to find students like Santiago and prepare them to compete for national awards.
In November, 70 CUNY administrators from programs for high-achieving students convened to exchange ideas on how to find the brightest among CUNY's many thousands across the University, match them with appropriate awards and mentor them through the rigorous application process. "There is a range of very talented students at CUNY," said James Airozo, University director of student academic awards and honors. "We've expanded our outreach efforts, and that will expand the applicant pool for scholarships." CUNY, he added, is "trying to break the assumption" that only Honors College students are eligible, as public institutions are increasingly competing against private colleges and universities in grooming students for national honors.
The Kaplan Foundation is one of a number of foundations, philanthropists and other donors who are investing heavily in high-achieving CUNY students, especially students like Santiago, who has written a play and wants to develop his creative writing skills.
Other foundations and donors are focused on creating paths for extraordinary CUNY students seeking careers in the sciences and technology.
Along with William and Linda Macaulay, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Rhodes Trust and others, Kaplan recognizes the potential of CUNY students as the University sharpens its own efforts to identify and mentor high achievers such as its newest Rhodes Scholar, David L.V. Bauer, and promote them for top awards and honors.
Airozo pointed to the case of Mark Smiley, who was admitted to CUNY through the SEEK program — which provides extra financial aid, tutoring and counseling to talented low-income students with shaky transcripts — but who won a scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to pay for medical school.
Honors counselors don't simply match students with awards. Carol Oliver, director of Hunter College's Ronald E. McNair scholars program, told colleagues at the fall meeting she has played the role of friend, mentor and even psychologist with students. She pushed a student for a month to apply to graduate school; the student felt discouraged by a low GRE score.
The student now attends Rutgers University on a full scholarship. "We have to nurture these students to help them create a balance between their academic and personal lives," Oliver said.
Andrew Santiago, too, had to be nudged to apply for the Kaplan foundation's Leadership Program. The three-year-old initiative selects small cohorts of high-potential, low-income, mostly community college students each year for intensive support, advising and leadership training — from financial assistance, to "dress for success," to preparation for transfer to a bachelor's degree program.
Kaplan currently supports 17 students, aged 18 to 33, who either attend CUNY community colleges or have transferred from CUNY to four-year colleges including Mount Holyoke, George Washington, Morehouse, Syracuse, American and NYU. The deadline is Feb. 1 for interested students to apply to join the next cohort. Information is available at http://www.kaplanedfoundation.org/klp/ApplicationInfo.htm.
Based on his 3.65 GPA and credits, Santiago had been invited by BMCC to a Kaplan informational seminar last winter. But after the meeting, "I ripped up the paperwork," he says, thinking: "what are my chances, really?" A BMCC scholarship adviser pressed him to submit his application anyway, and a Kaplan representative called Santiago for an interview. He met with foundation Director Jennifer Benn and Kaplan academic advisor Nancy Sanchez, a CUNY alumna — Kingsborough Community College and Brooklyn College — who advises and nurtures the Kaplan Scholars closely, visiting colleges with them; recommending books to expand their cultural and social horizons, bolstering their knowledge, confidence and credentials with tutoring and counseling.
"It got emotional," said Santiago of his interview. The financial assistance the foundation offered was key. "I'd be able to go to school," said Santiago, who had worked at Brooklyn day camps and after-school programs for years to support himself — the jobs a stabilizing factor even when his home life became so painful that he dropped out of Franklin D. Roosevelt High School.
"This journey to being a student," as Santiago describes it, has been fraught. "I make the really hard parts of my life bearable with comedy," he begins, sitting in the Kaplan Foundation's sleek midtown offices, where the community college students spend Fridays meeting with advisors and each other.
Santiago has plenty of material. A beloved aunt who, at 45, was "into drugs, had HIV" and "didn't wake up" on Halloween of 2005. A brother who has "always been into trouble," who did time and was shot twice, the second time with nine bullets that left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair. A drug-abusing uncle who crowded Santiago out of his room in his grandmother's Brooklyn apartment, leaving him without dependable space for studying and sleeping. A mother who went to prison soon after his birth, with whom he has a distant relationship. A father he never knew.
On the first anniversary of his aunt's death, "surrounded by all this sadness and all this pain," Santiago decided: "I have to start somewhere. I don't want to be a nobody."
He signed up for GED prep classes, and in a few months had the credential that would bring him to BMCC. "I remembered when I came home with good grades, and nobody cared," Santiago said. Now, "I was going to go to school and do it for myself, out of the love I had for my aunt."
At BMCC, "I did the reading, I did the work and I got good grades. It was awesome," he said. When a professor praised his first paper as "a great piece of writing" and "told me I could do this," the encouragement was a spark. Since then Santiago has embraced a variety of genres and has even had a short play produced off-off Broadway — an achievement that developed from a contact he made at the Kaplan Foundation.
Benn describes the program, which supports its Scholars for three years, as "about removing barriers ... whether they're academic or personal," enabling the students to develop academic and leadership skills in preparation for transfer to a bachelor's degree program. The transfers have so far been to private colleges, but Benn says what's most important is that a school be the "best fit" for the student.
The program's focus is on high-potential, low-income black and Hispanic students, and the financial help is substantial, says Benn, with up to $3,000 per year available for a living stipend, transportation and other expenses for those in the associate's programs; and up to $30,000 a year, including tuition and transportation, for those who have transferred to the bachelor's programs.
The funds ensure that Kaplan Scholars can focus on being "students first," Benn says. "We don't allow students to work more than 15 hours per week."
"We're all people who have come from these difficulties and obstacles and we're all trying to achieve greatness. We have so much to offer each other," says Santiago of his fellow Kaplan Scholars. They include BMCC student Nolvia Delgado, 19, of Ridgewood, Queens, who worked three jobs to help support her family before Kaplan's support enabled her to scale back to one, as a legislative assistant for a Brooklyn Assemblyman. Delgado's interests are public service and international affairs. " I possibly might be running for mayor in the long run," she says.
Norberto Taveras, 23, of Manhattan, is another Scholar whose fierce drive inspires. In 2001, he fell out of a tree, suffering a catastrophic spinal cord injury. "I was totally paralyzed in the beginning," he says, but after three surgeries and years of physical therapy, he uses a walker and has regained sensation in his lower limbs. A student at Hostos Community College, he advocates for physically challenged students and plans to become an occupational therapist.
The Scholars are encouraged to learn from each other and from anyone else they meet in the foundation's offices. Andrew Santiago met a woman working there who was in a playwriting workshop. He joined the workshop and wrote "Monkey," about the tragic consequences that can happen when an ignored child turns to his toy monkey, his imagination, for attention because "no one else was there," Santiago says. The play was staged in July at a theater on East 42nd Street.
Humor is the balm for a traumatic family history with which Santiago continues to grapple. "I've used comedy, jokes, my whole life to deal with everything else," he says, adding that he would like to write for "Saturday Night Live" some day.
"It's healing, it's therapy, it's fun," he adds. "If I can use my story to make people laugh, feel connected and less alone, I'll feel like I did my job as a writer."
For now, the Kaplan Foundation is helping him reach for a life beyond his past, to plans that include transferring next fall to a four-year college for his B.A.
"What's important about this program," he says, "is the support that they give me, that someone really cares about my education as much as I do.
"That's what I've been dying for, pleading for from my family." His Kaplan advisors, he said, are "like family when you need them to be."


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An art exhibition comprised of paintings made by Bronx artist Danilo Peguero. This exhibition is a celebration of the Bronx's rich architectural history. The show features some of the most interesting and glamorous doors that beautify and protect the heart of the unconquerable Bronx.
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Jefferson Airplane
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- Paul Kantner
- Jorma Kaukonen
- Grace Slick
A transformative voice of the psychedelic revolution.
Jefferson Airplane founder Marty Balin was a key part of the San Francisco sound and its flight from the west coast across the nation, adventurous in bold political lyricism and freewheeling live shows.
Their psychedelic music and freewheeling lifestyle made them the poster children of Sixties San Francisco.
Jefferson Airplane produced acid rock topped with lofty vocals. As experimental revolutionaries, Jefferson Airplane's career was one of hits punctuated by controversy, both from internal conflict and their own wild political views.
In terms of music and lifestyle, the Jefferson Airplane epitomized the San Francisco scene of the mid-to-late Sixties. Their heady psychedelia, combustible group dynamic and adventuresome live shows made them one of the defining bands of the era. Much like their contemporaries on the San Francisco scene—Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and the Holding Company principal among them—the Airplane evolved from roots in folk and blues to become a psychedelic powerhouse and a cornerstone of the San Francisco sound. They were the first band on that scene to play a dance concert, sign a major-label record contract (with RCA) and tour the U.S. and Europe. In addition they espoused boldly anarchistic political views and served as a force for social change, challenging the prevailing conservative mind set in "White Rabbit" and issuing a call to arms in "Volunteers." In a sense, San Francisco became the American Liverpool in the latter half of the Sixties, and Jefferson Airplane were its Beatles.
Looking for a band to play at a new San Francisco club, the Matrix, of which he was part owner, Marty Balin founded Jefferson Airplane in 1965. The lineup that released Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966) a year later consisted of singers Balin and Signe Toly Anderson, lead guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, rhythm guitarist Paul Kantner, bassist Jack Casady and drummer Skip Spence. When Anderson left to raise a family, she was replaced by the charismatic Grace Slick. Slick had been a member of The Great Society and brought with her a pair of songs—"White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love"—that would become rock classics in the Airplane's hands. Drummer Spencer Dryden replaced Spence, who went on to become one of Moby Grape's three guitarists.
The adventurous Airplane took unprecedented liberties on record and in concert. Kantner came from a folk background, Kaukonen was a blues aficionado, Casady grew up playing R&B and Dryden boasted a background in jazz training. Balin was a pop crooner, and Slick's tastes were literary and offbeat. These various strands, brought together in the heady, experimental cauldron of San Francisco in the mid-Sixties, made for an electrifying union that moved rock music a few giant steps forward. The five Jefferson Airplane albums released from 1967 to 1969—Surrealistic Pillow (1967), After Bathing at Baxter's (1967), Crown of Creation (1968), Bless Its Pointed Little Head (1969) and Volunteers (1969)—rank among the worthiest bodies of work of that or any decade.
Surrealistic Pillow (1967) yielded the Top Ten hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit," making the Airplane the most commercially successful band on the underground-oriented San Francisco scene. The album stayed on the charts for over a year and peaked at Number Three. At the same time, the group behaved unconventionally by anyone's standards. Surrealistic Pillow included surreal psychedelic raves with titles like "3/5 Mile in Ten Seconds," "She Has Funny Cars" and "Plastic Fantastic Lover." It closed with a stark, lengthy, unrehearsed and chorus-free ballad, "Comin' Back to Me," which featured "spiritual advisor" Jerry Garcia (of the Grateful Dead) on guitar.
Appearing in late 1967, after the bloom was off the flower power-themed Summer of Love, After Bathing at Baxter's caught the Airplane at a creative zenith. An uncompromising psychedelic manifesto, its songs were clustered into five "suites" that ran for up to twelve minutes. The inspired songwriting, most of it by Paul Kantner, captured the agitated yet utopian sensibility of San Francisco in the late Sixties, best expressed in this line from "Wild Tyme": "I'm doing things that haven't got a name yet." The group worked on the album from June through October of 1967, defying record company demands and deadlines. In so doing, they helped trigger a shift in sensibility that placed creative control in the hands of musicians.
Crown of Creation, which appeared in 1968, displayed an increasingly political streak and further tightened up their sound. Bless Its Pointed Little Head served as a live document, affirming Balin's later contention that "the stage performance...was the whole point of the band." In 1969 the Airplane performed at both the Woodstock and Altamont rock festivals and released their most overtly political album, Volunteers. Thereafter, the group gradually frayed under the weight of diverging viewpoints. Kaukonen and Casady paid increasing attention to their blues-based side project, Hot Tuna, while Kantner premiered the name Jefferson Starship on a 1970 side project entitled Blows Against the Empire. In 1971 the still-intact Airplane launched a custom label, Grunt, which released records by the band, its offshoots and friends. Several more Airplane albums followed, including Bark (1971) and Long John Silver (1972). In true contrarian spirit, they entitled their best-of album The Worst of Jefferson Airplane. Despite some bright spots, the group was never as vital in the Seventies as they had been in the Sixties—a not-uncommon fate for bands of their vintage.
Jefferson Airplane formally evolved into Jefferson Starship in 1974, achieving considerably more commercial success in the Seventies than the Airplane had known in the previous decade. Built around Airplane originals Kantner, Slick and Balin, the radio-minded Starship racked up fifteen Top Forty hits, including the Balin-sung "Miracles" (Number Three). Jefferson Starship actually outlasted Jefferson Airplane, though the latter group did reassemble in 1989 for a reunion album and tour. However, the Starship rubric remained the chief post-Sixties port of call for Kantner and Balin, while Kaukonen kept Hot Tuna alive and Casady bounced between both of these Airplane offshoots. In 1999 Jefferson Starship released a CD, recorded live at the Fillmore in San Francisco, that included many Airplane classics and brought the story full circle.
Inductees: Marty Balin (vocals; born January 30, 1943, died September 28, 2018), Jack Casady (bass; born April 13, 1944), Spencer Dryden (drums; born April 7, 1938, died January 11, 2005), Paul Kantner (vocals, guitar; March 17, 1941, died January 28, 2016), Jorma Kaukonen (guitar, vocals; born December 23, 1940), Grace Slick (vocals, keyboards, flute, recorder; born October 30, 1939).


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Zuiko Lens 11-22mm f2.8-3.5
The F2.8-3.5 brightness of this wide zoom lens is really attractive. This high-performance lens covers the zoom range of 22-44mm on a 35mm camera, and the closest focusing distance is 28cm in the entire zoom area. It can create a desirable tension in your photographs by exaggerated perspective effect.
Two glass aspherical lens elements give the high image quality with high-resolution and good contrast.
Directly compatible with E-System cameras. Compatible with Micro Four Thirds digital cameras (PEN\OM-D) through use of the MMF-2 or MMF-3 (Four Thirds Lens Adapter to Micro Four Thirds Lens Adapter). The MMF-3 is dust and splash proof for use with that type of lens on a dust and splash proof body. Note, AF performance may diminish as compared to being on an E-System body.
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Love this lens, everything about it. I wanted a super wide angle lens for my landscape and macro photography and this covers it all. Crisp, clear and the colors are perfect photos every time. I was going back and forth with the 14-54mm lens and with much research decided to buy the 11-22mm. Not sorry for one choice in the least. Distortion is very minimal if even noticed at all. Highly recommend this lens, it is so worth the money.Read More
Undeniably Still My Favorite Lens, Period!
I will simply echo Craig's review. I've owned 4 Olympic bodies since '09. Along with that I've also owned the 14-54 mm first generation and extensively played with the most beautiful 12-60 mm legend!! Oh and I was married to the 50mm. However, the 11-22 still remains in my current 2 lens kit (Along with my 75 mm 1.8!). I don't care about the size on my Omd-em5 doesn't bother me at all. The 11-22 mm is still ridiculously sharp, with this amazing "Cinematic" color rendering with minimum barreling and reasonable focus speed (1.5-2 seconds on the em5 in decent light, a bit faster on sunny days). Types of shooting, I do. Interiors. Architecture. Environmental Portraits. Photojournalistic inspired snapshots. Obviously, landscape rural and urban. Second/creative shooter at weddings. Trust me, this lens should not be limited in its capabilities. What a workhorse that was severely overlooked in its hay day. Of course no one is running out buying this with what the Pro Series m43 has. Or simply by it's size. I just had to sing praise to this lens that has been with me for 5 years strong! It's been dropped, wet, dirty and still stays true. It is my walk around. And it is good! I swear. With the technological advances in the Olympus m43 lens department (been reading the praises of the m43 Pro Series even rented the 12-40 mm for a couple of weeks) if a Pro Series 11-22 ever came to fruition? Here's my cash!! But surely that's not going to happen due to overlapping. So I'd buy another one just to have as a collector and another to replace my first love if ever its demise. Yeah it's that good! Even on a m43 body!Read More
Ideal Lens for Landscape Photography
Yeah, the 43 system is defunct but the 11-22mm was and remains one of the stars of the system. This lens covers a small range but it does so with very little distortion. It is faster than the 7-14 and much less prone to lens flare. It is reasonably sized and takes a standard 72mm filter. It is weather and dust sealed for those trips into the great out-of-doors. This is nice lens for the landscape photographer.Read More
I have had this lens for over three years now, and Love It !! I have been using it on an E-500, and it gives truely great images. Now I have started using it on an EM-5, and the results with it are even better. I really like shooting Black and White with the E-500, and the 11-22 gives me the results I am looking for. The lens shows great contrast, so I get a full range of tones in my images. Ultra wides (wider than 12 mm, or 24 mm on a 35 mm system) are great for landscapes, scenery, and skyscraper views, and interiors of homes. And if you are in a large crowd or at a sporting event, like a basketball game or a little league baseball or softball game, this lens is a great choice (as would the 7-14 or 9-18 be) This lens is the fastest of the three, and in the middle of the price range. Plus the 22 mm range is right up to "normal lens", or normal perspective, so your shooting range is from "normal" to Ultra wide"… that takes in a lot of photo situations. The results obtained with this lens makes it well worth the cost. Colors come out rich and pure, the lens is sharp and contrasty. The lens feels balanced well with the E-500, as well with the OMD EM-5 (plus adapter), and easy to use. I would recommend it to Anyone using the E-Series or OM-D EM-5 Cameras.Read More
Overall Awesome Versatility
The 11 - 22mm F/2.8-3.5 it can either give off a great wide angle shot for that wave crashing on the beach or that up close shot of a beautiful flower in the summer, this lens does have a tiny bit of distortion, not so much of the sides when in the widest focal mm but more in the stretching of the subject. I love the great glass that is built into this lens because not only is it awesome in the weather even if it is raining, but also the fact that it isn't that expensive, you are definitely getting your moneys worth on this lens.Read More


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In his series Soldiers' Inventories, photographer Thomas Atkinson showcases the change in military kits of British soldiers over the course of 1,000 years, from 11th century to most recent days. His documentary starts with the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and spans throughout twelve other combats, including battle of Waterloo and the war of Afghanistan. The shift is riveting – from daggers to iPads carried alongside guns.
To gather his artifacts, Atkinson visited living history communities which use these collectives for battle re-enactments. His displays look like neatly organized puzzles and reminds of the established military order these soldiers faced every day. Atkinson says he would spend hours aligning the gear, starting with bigger pieces and filling in the empty spaces with smaller attributes.
"It's a slow process, a bit like a game of Tetris – you place a few key items and then start to fill in the gaps. Sometimes you have to go backwards or start again because it isn't working. I wanted to arrange objects in a way which would illustrate and give clues as to what they are – objects pertaining to food are grouped together, as are items which relate to the rifles and weaponry and so on," Atkinson told DPreview.
Atkinson's retrospective unfolds a great deal about the change in our warfare. First off: development in design which is best illustrated by the shift in armour: from colourful vibrantly colored vests, to camouflage. According to Atkinson, "the fact that certain objects recur is more fascinating than the ones that evolve". Best examples of it being a spoon, helmet and something to kill the boredom with: from 16th century playing cards, to magazines and iPads. (via Wired)


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The Sinfully Decorated Bedrooms of the Vice Versa Hotel Paris
We've discussed the 7 deadly sins of decorating, debated whether it's a sin to paint over a vintage piece, and had readers chime in about hiding some of our more sinfully delightful tendencies when guests drop by. But what about (guest) bedroom decor inspired by the 7 deadly sins of wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony?
Of course it comes to no surprise it's those wonderfully uninhibited Parisians who've brought to life the seven sins into hotel room form. Interior designer Chantal Thomass is the creative mind behind each of the rooms inside the Vice Versa Hotel in Paris, choosing every sinful detail, from the beds, cabinets, bedside tables, chairs, lighting, wallpaper, fabrics, drapes, down to the artwork adorning each themed room's walls.
All the patterns within were custom designed (I'm particularly partial to the black lace inside the bathroom, shown above), with 37 rooms spread over 6 floors, including a commons breakfast room decorated in the theme of greed and an all-black steam room symbolizing the infernal abyss.
Although I'm not strongly for or against themed rooms in a home, I quite like the idea of themed rooms while staying on vacation, since part of traveling often includes a sense of fantasy...and nobody would argue this hotel is lacking in the category.
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As the final round, the Galloway Hills Rally was not a scoring round for us and my driver took the decision not to contest it, giving me a chance to dust off the 99 for another blast through the woods. Martin MacCabe, a Scottish Championship regular kindly agreed to read the notes. With a two car team bolstered by Grant Inglis in his lovely new MK2 Escort we made a good spectacle as the service barges towed us into the Rally HQ in the pretty town of Castle Douglas.
The SAAB Owners Club recognises the importance of the Motorsport heritage of the marque and provides sponsorship to those members of the club who are competing in Motorsport at various levels.
SAAB cars have been competing in motorsport since the early days of production. Many successes were achieved through drivers such as Club President, Erik Carlsson. This success continues today through Club competitors.
Club members are competing in, Historic Road Rallies, Historic Stage Rallies, Classic Runs, Sprints, Hillclimbs and many other forms of the sport.
For more information on the Club activities in Motorsport contact Richard Simpson
Click HERE for details of the Club Sponsorship Scheme.
Who is Erik Carlsson? - Click HERE to find out.
There is no formal Branch currently in operation (largely as a result of the sheer geographical spread of members across this area) and therefore no regular meetings.
Where possible, there is usually an SOC 'presence' at gatherings across the region organised by other clubs, motor museums or advertised on web forums (principally UKSaabs).
The dates known so far for 2017 at which we aim to be represented are:
Should anyone wish to hook up with other Saab enthusiasts in the North of Scotland please contact:
Derek Darnell
Come and join us and chat with like minded individuals about all things Saab. We are a small but friendly group and is run by it's members for its members
Meeting dates: 2nd Sunday of the month, between 12 noon and 4 pm.
Please check the SOC Event calendar, to confirm dates.
Meeting location: Halfway House, on the A127, Brentwood, CM13 3LL, (Off the east bound slip Road, Brentwood and Orsett A128 turn off).
Hope to see you there.
Special Events
Summer BBQ @ Halfway House.
Sunday 14th July. 12pm - 4pm Food served @ 1pm.
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Adults : £15.00, Children under 12 years old. £10.00
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Charity: We proudly support the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance.
NEXT MEETING: Sunday 9 June 2019 - Halfway House, A127, Brentwood.
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Three Lipscomb track and field athletes will represent the university at the NCAA East Preliminary Round May 24-26 in Jacksonville, Fla. Sophomores Tucker Peabody and Dani Walker and freshman Kendra Lobley will be on the track and hungry for marks that propel them on to June's NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
Walker and Lobley are the first-ever female national qualifiers for Lipscomb track and field, while Peabody is the first qualifier for the men in the Division I era.
"We've had another terrific season, with huge improvements, and today's announcement was the topping on the cake," said Lipscomb head coach Bill Taylor. "We were nearly positive Kendra had made it in the steeplechase. We thought Tucker was on the outside looking in, and we didn't really have much hope that Dani was going to make it in. To get all three into the preliminary round of the national championships was a terrific surprise and maybe the biggest moment in program history. It is certainly the biggest moment in the NCAA I era for the program.
"Kendra, Dani and Tucker have worked so hard and really deserve this opportunity. It is well deserved."
Lobley ranked the highest among the trio, with her gold-medal steeple performance at the Atlantic Sun Championships (10:32.97s) ranking her 49th in the region. She is fifth in the East among freshmen in the steeple.
The March 21 A-Sun Runner of the Week, Lobley was ranked in the top-five nationally in the 5000m run earlier this season and won the gold in that event at the A-Sun Championships. She was A-Sun Freshman of the Year, the first Lipscomb athlete to claim that award.
Walker won the A-Sun Runner of the Week honor for May 9 for her school-record 5K run of 16:38.53s at the Oxy Invitational. That run ranks her 83rd in the region prior to the preliminary round.
She picked up two silver medals at the A-Sun Championships, in the 1500m run (4:34.66s) and the 4x400m relay (3:50.26s).
Peabody earned four medals at the A-Sun championships, with two gold (200m dash, 4x400m relay) and two bronze (100m, 4x100m) medals going into his trophy case. His 21.14s 200m mark earned him the A-Sun gold and qualified him for the Preliminary Round.
A two-time A-Sun Runner of the Week honoree, Peabody was also named to the A-Sun Academic All-Conference team during outdoor season.
"These kids have come so far," Taylor said. "Dani is a sophomore. Coming out of high school her 5K PR was 19:45; she's lowered that by over three minutes. Kendra is a freshman and lowered her 5K by more than three minutes before her amazing steeplechase run, and she fell down in the middle (of the steeple). In two seasons, Tucker has lowered his 200m personal-best by nearly a full second! These are kids who have bought into the system, that work their guts out, and who are flourishing in our unique environment. It's awesome to see them rewarded like this.
"This is also a sign of the future. I've been telling everyone that we will be a national power in cross country and track. And each year we get dramatically better. This is the next step and we have a lot more steps to go. We have the best college environment and the most positive and close team environment in the nation. We are ranked at the top of the nation in academics every year. We develop our athletes better than almost any program in the nation and we are a rising power. It's such an exciting time to be at Lipscomb and to be a part of the cross country and track teams!"
Check LipscombSports.com for all the Lipscomb cross country and track and field news, and be sure to like us on Facebook (Lipscomb-university XC-track) and follow us on Twitter (@LipscombUTrack).


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Did you hear? That eating nuts will make your nuts grow big and strong? To be clear: I mean eating nut-nuts—not like NUTS. Like walnuts! Not crotch-nuts. I am not saying that you should go out under cover of night and devour human testicles to absorb their powers. Do not do that. Not only is it rude, it will have zero effect on your sperms (anyone who tells you otherwise is a warlock). Crunchy meaty walnuts, on the other hand, are apparently superfood for your junk. So devour away! (And please, stop going to that warlock for medical advice.)
Eat nuts for your nut-health—it seems too perfect to be true (should I also drink some rhinoceros-horn tea to grow my dong?). But according to a study in Biology of Reproduction, researchers have linked walnut consumption with all sorts of "improved semen parameters":
Robbins and colleagues set out to explore whether adding walnuts to a Western-style diet would improve semen quality. They randomized 117 healthy men ages 21 to 35 (mean age 25) with no known history of infertility to add 75 grams of whole-shelled walnuts a day to their usual diet or to continue their usual eating habits while avoiding tree nuts.
The walnuts were supplied by the California Walnut Commission, which provided funding for the study.
...Sperm parameters improved in the group that consumed walnuts (but not in the control group), resulting in significantly better sperm vitality, motility, and morphology.
Super-sperms. Nutty, morphy super-sperms. You know, I always feel a little bit bad for walnuts, since they are bitter and gross—clearly the worst of the mainstream nuts (EVEN YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE, WALNUT COMMISSION). So it's nice to see them getting some good press. You go, walnuts.
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The temperature outside approached freezing, but it wasn�t just the chill in the air that cooled Kinston High�s bats Monday at Grainger Stadium.
The temperature outside approached freezing, but it wasn�t just the chill in the air that cooled Kinston High�s bats Monday at Grainger Stadium.
South Lenoir�s Will Graves was the culprit, scattering just four hits and fanning eight over seven sterling innings, as the Blue Devils� offense erupted late for a 10-3 victory over their county rivals.
�Will threw the ball very well,� SL coach David Combs said. �He kept his pitches down and did a great job with his fastball. He didn�t have to throw a breaking pitch until the third inning.�
The Vikings kept the game close, trailing 3-0 entering the sixth, but were undermined by seven errors leading to six unearned runs. The Vikings also hurt their own cause with five wild pitches.
�We�re a young team with a lot of unrealized potential,� Kinston coach Michael Ellsworth said. �That being said, we still have to do a better job of the routine things, like catching and throwing the ball.�
The Devils finally broke the game open with a six-run top of the sixth.
Although another Kinston error figured prominently in the inning, the Blue Devils (1-1) also pounded out six hits, including triples by Grant Tyndall and Trint Turner and two-run single by Noah Stroud.
�We were trying to pull everything in the first few innings,� Combs said. �In the sixth inning we finally started making some adjustments and it paid off.�
Graves was only in real trouble once, the fifth when Kinston (0-2) placed runners at second and third with one out.
After Combs visited the mound, Kinston�s Octavius Howell was then mowed down at the plate on an infield grounder, and Will Deters bounced out to second to end the threat.
�When I went to the mound, I told Will just to relax and keep doing the same things he�d been doing all game,� Combs said. �He settled down and got the job done. It was a big moment.�
How big a moment? Ellsworth felt like it might have been the turning point of the game.
�The game was still close (3-0) and we could have really put some pressure on them with a couple of runs in that situation,� Ellsworth said. �The momentum really turned against us after that.�
Kinston pitcher Taishu McLawhorn deserved a better fate. He surrendered just four hits and struck out three before tiring in the sixth.
SL�s Tyndall drove home a run in the first with an RBI single, but solo runs tallied by the Devils in the third and fifth came without benefit of a hit.
Kinston reached Graves for three unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh, highlighted by Deters� single that scored Robert Blake.
Kinston visits Jones Senior today while SL will host rival North Lenoir on Wednesday.
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People generally like animals and don't like to see them hurt. The reaction to a couple of egregious local cases of cruelty to animals this year is an example.
People generally like animals and don't like to see them hurt. The reaction to a couple of egregious local cases of cruelty to animals this year is an example.
Note that we used the word "generally." Appropriating two of Robert Louis Stevenson's most memorable characters, is there an Edward Hyde inside every Henry Jekyll, ready to do the unthinkable when no one is looking?
We can't credibly use that broad a brush, but the results of an experiment by a Clemson University student provide strong evidence that there are an awful lot of Mr. Hydes in circulation, especially behind the wheel of vehicles.
Nathan Weaver has long been interested in animals and conservation, and turned his attention to the plight of the box turtle, which is prevalent throughout the Southeast (and is no stranger to these parts).
The slow, shelled reptile's numbers have declined over the last half-century, to the point where at least one variety is endangered and others are threatened. A major reason is car vs. turtle confrontations on roadways, which cars invariably win.
Weaver, seeking input on how to solve that problem, placed a realistic-looking rubber turtle in a busy road near the Clemson campus. He then ducked out of sight to see the results — which left him shocked.
In an hour's time, seven cars swerved and deliberately hit the "turtle." Others tried, but missed.
Weaver tried the same experiment a week later, using a residential street. The second car that passed literally swerved over the center line to crush the "turtle." And at the end of the experiment, as Weaver moved to retrieve the "turtle" only a few feet away, another car swerved to administer a coup de grace.
A professor at another university, commenting on the story, called it an example of the "dark side of human nature."
He said that dark side leads people to do things, without thinking, that seem fun at the time. (We can think of a lot more stimulating and enjoyable activities than playing turtle tag with a car.)
Digging deeper, the professor said some people feel compelled to prove the superiority of the human species through such actions. (A box turtle isn't exactly a worthy opponent for that test; we can only imagine the number of bootlegger's turns that would result if drivers encountered black bears or mountain lions.)
We're sure some drivers who hit turtles do so accidentally, and feel terribly about it. The creatures are so slow, they basically are defenseless when they crawl onto a roadway.
However, this goes beyond the welfare of genus Terrapene. Who's to say that drivers who get their jollies from deliberately crushing turtles wouldn't at some point feel brave enough to do the same to other animals — or things that, at speed, look like animals?
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One of the largest wilderness areas in Norway!
The Blåfjella-Skjækerfjella National park is one of the largest national parks in Norway. Here you can experience humid and majestic "fairytale" woods and high alpine mountains. The area is known for it's many vulnerable species (Bears - Ursus arctos, Wolverine - Gulo gulo, wolf and Lynx)
The possibilities for hunting and fishing are endless! To enter the national park, drive east, towards Lierne on RV 74, turn right at Trongen, or continue to Gosen at Lifjell.


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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Rand Paul and Guantanamo Roundup
Clarifying Rand's Position on Guantanamo
After expressing my concern about Rand Paul's statements regarding Guantanamo, I got a message yesterday from Rand Paul 2010 spokesman Chris Hightower (whom I know personally and for whom I can vouch as a really great guy). He wrote to clarify Rand's position, and I've posted his clarifications to the Daily Paul here.
RJ's response to Rand's recent comments
"Rand, please reconsider your position on this issue. It is clear to me that now that you are the front runner some neo-cons have infiltrated your inner circle and tricked you with a false dichotomy choice to say that we either try the Guantanamo prisoners in civilian courts or hold them indefinitely in Gitmo. My fellow Patriots, even the greatest General commits errors in the rage of battle. Please give Rand an opportunity to retract these comments and clarify his position. Such is the size and scope of our legal errors prosecuting the "War on Terror" that they are nearly insurmountable. But if we will return to our founding principles, codified in the Constitution, the Spirit of the Founders will light our way." (full article)
Disagrees with Rand's Position. Still Supports Him.
"The mess of Guantanamo wouldn't have happened if we'd had a Rand Paul in the senate to force formal declaration at the time. (And yes. ONE Senator does have a lot more clout then one House Rep. Especially in an evenly divided Congress, I have no doubt a principled Senator could force the issue.) So when Rand Paul wins the US Senate race, he will be HANDS DOWN the most Small Government, non-interventionist individual in the US Senate." (full article)
This is what the Establishment wants
"Please, this is what the establishment wants. Divide and concur. Please don't let them succeed.
Trey Grayson attacked Rand on the issue because he knew it would be divisive. Trey new Paul either had to say one thing, and make the people of Kentucky very unhappy, or say another thing and cause problems in much of his national base.
Please read the two articles I've put together. This is definitely a very well orchestrated event by the Trey Grayson camp. And Rand, being a little green to the political process simply had trouble with handling it." (full thread)
Rand Paul and Gitmo Radio Show
Last night I did a radio show exclusively about this issue and talked with two callers about Guantanamo Bay. You can listen to the whole thing here.
5 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 21, 2009 at 8:10 PM
A. Hightower's response did not answer the question. It avoided it. It's a simple question that deserves a simple answer.
B. The reality is, there has been no official declaration of war, nor will there be, even if Rand was in the Senate today. Therefore, military tribunals do not apply to these criminals.
C. A bunch of military lawyers have quit over Guantanamo because of issues and concerns with fairness, objectivity, etc. Check it out.
D. Have you read the WSJ article? He can't even give a direct answer to a war that is open-ended and brutally expensive. Actually, if he truly believes it is an unconstitutional war (not formally declared), then we should leave immediately, right? And he's made overtures to Sarah Palin, whose foreign policy is completely antithetical to the constitutional conservative position?
I smell politician here.
- AnonymousNovember 23, 2009 at 10:08 AM
I believe Rand Paul is another manuevering politician and my impression is he is not in this because he believes deeply in libertarian principles -- he's in this for more selfish reasons. It makes no difference to me who his father is, he must prove himself apart from his father, who has spent a lifetime proving and demonstrating his character. Rand is a sell out on the prisoner/detainee issue and a few other issues as well.ReplyDelete
We can argue about the issue of Guantanamo bay and honestly because of all the legal and moral ambiguity (which there shouldn't have been in the first place, and which Dr. Paul would have acted to prevent had he been in the Senate), I am grappling with the issues myself.ReplyDelete
But I do not for a second doubt that Rand Paul is not in this for selfish reasons. I live an hour away and have met with him and worked with his associates even before he was willing to make a run.
I know and witnessed first hand how hesitant he was to do so and how much he didn't want it- how much we had to really push a reluctant family man and small business owner to take advantage of what we saw as a great opportunity to help the cause.
So please, please, please reconsider your opinion of his motives and integrity even if you disagree with his position on this issue or his political strategy in Kentucky.
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Did you say you'd vouch for Chris Hightower??ReplyDelete
Oh really....
Absolutely. And still do. I- like Rand Paul (who knew Chris even better then me)- have never heard a racist thing come out of Hightower's mouth, and I don't believe there's a single racist bone in his body. He's a good man. Someone else left a racist comment on his Myspace (which he simply hasn't looked at for years), something that he cannot control.ReplyDelete


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New Turf at War Memorial Stadium Finished
The new playing surface on Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium was recently completed. It features more of the traditional school colors of brown and "gameday" gold, as well as a new image of Wyoming's Teton Mountains in the end zones.
Installation of the new surface took just under three weeks from beginning to end.
The traditional element of Wyoming's iconic "Steamboat" symbol of a bucking horse and rider has also returned at midfield in brown, outlined in white and gameday gold.
The Jonah Field name will continue as to adorn Wyoming football's playing surface to commemorate the generous donations to UW Athletics by Mick and Susie McMurry and John and Mari Ann Martin and their families.
The field includes over 750,000 pounds of crushed rubber to provide cushioning to the playing surface. The various elements of the field were manufactured in Georgia and then sewn together as the field was installed.
The cost of the new field was $500,000 that came from self-generated dollars. No state funds were used in the project. They saved nearly $500,000 thanks to the excellent condition of the base that was already in place from the installation of Wyoming's original field turf surface back in the summer of 2005.


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Looking like Tara Reid, Michael Lohan's baby momma-to-be Kate Major showed off her growing pierced baby bump by rockin' a maternity bikini at the beach in L.A. on Wednesday.
Lindsay's future sibling's mama is in the first trimester of her pregnancy.
It seems Dina won't be the only mutha in the Lohan fam for long.
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I'm Dying Up Here is a brand new drama on Showtime centered around a comedy club in 1970's LA. The show premieres on Showtime this Sunday, June 4th at 10:00 PM ET/PT.
In preparation for the series' inaugural episode, CBS Local's Matt Weiss spoke with Oscar Award winner Melissa Leo to discuss her role, working with executive producer Jim Carrey and much more.
MW- Hi Melissa!
ML- Hi Matt!
MW- You star in the new Showtime series I'm Dying Up Here as Goldie, who runs a prominent comedy club in 1970's LA that serves as a launching pad for new comics. What can you tell us about the story of the show?
ML- The story in our show is that there is kind of a gateway to the biggest chance a comic had in the early 70's and that would be the Johnny Carson Show. The gateway at that moment, in our story, is through Goldie's stage and this was related to a true story, the notion that Mitzi Shore's comedy club was a gateway to that possibility. I think we've ratcheted that up some and Goldie is THE aficionado in Los Angeles at that time and Johnny Carson's bookers know it so they come to her club to find comics. They come to her club to find comics because she is not easy on the comics, it's not a game to her, it's life or death. She doesn't let anybody on her stage that isn't funny. She has a small venue for them downstairs to get funny, or funnier, which serves as a practice place. She understands something that I have heard from many comics – you don't know if your material works until you take it out and try it.
MW- I know that they're two different realms but do you think that experience is comparable to the experience of someone who is starting out in acting?
ML- No, I don't know, an actor's life is a hard knock life but goodness a comedians life – blahhh (laughs). That's a hard life and we've had so many wonderful comics, Jim Carrey himself, who are really wonderful actors as well as being comics and that sense of 'well couldn't you take me seriously one day.' I've worked with Robin Williams and he did some of the best work I've ever seen from any actor but when you mention Robin Williams to people they think about his funny stuff because he was so excellent at that. Not everybody can be excellent at funny.
MW- Speaking of Jim Carrey, he's an executive producer on the show, what's it been like working with him? Is he just high-energy all the time?
ML- You would think he would be a high-energy guy but that's the persona you see, that's his act. Jim Carrey is a gentle, sweet, darling, caring man. Just the other day out in Los Angeles I saw him give a beautiful speech to open our premiere out there and it's gentle and it's wry wit. I think that's been one of the many, many pleasures of being involved in this show is a chance to get to know Jim a little bit and find out what a beautiful human being he is.
MW- On a personal note, he's one of my all-time favorite actors so that's really great to hear.
ML- I think that usually when people have somebody that they take to their heart the way people take Jim to their heart; I think generally that's pretty much the marker of someone who, if you actually met them would be a really decent human being. I think if you get a stinky kind of feeling about people that might be because that's who they really are.
MW- You've done a whole bunch of roles on television, you've been in so many movies, is there a difference in your approach when you start to take on a character in a movie vs on a television show?
ML- Well the difference there is that in a film you know the beginning, the middle and the end. You know the arc of the character. In television you rarely know anything about where your character will be heading until two days before you shoot the episode when you receive the script. There's a constant sort of learning about the character and in television back in the day a lot of the actors were very fond of going 'oh well my character would never do that.' I long ago took the challenge to go 'OK, well maybe I thought my character wouldn't do that, but how do I get her to do it now that it's been written for her?' By that way, rather than negating what was written I try to collate information about her into the character I've already built. Just like living live, being a character on television you get to grow and change and that's a very interesting challenge and a delight.
MW- Sounds like the key to being successful in television is adaptability then?
ML- Television you have to be willing to adapt. It moves too fast to do it any other way.
MW- I have one last question for you and I'm going to put you on the spot with this one. Can you describe the new show in five words or less right now?
MW- Beautiful, that's perfect, five words on the dot. Thanks for your time today Melissa and good luck with the new show!
ML- Thank you so much!
I'm Dying Up Here premieres on Sunday, June 4th at 10:00 PM ET/PT on Showtime. Check your local listings for more information.


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Bard College announces the appointment of esteemed writer Anne Carson as Visiting Distinguished Writer in Residence. Carson, who joins the faculty in fall 2014, will teach courses in classical studies and in written arts through the Division of Languages and Literature. Anne Carson, a classics scholar, poet, essayist, critic, and translator, has won international acclaim across genres. She was twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; was honored with the 1996 Lannan Award and the 1997 Pushcart Prize, both for poetry; and was named a MacArthur "Genius" Fellow in 2000.
The Aston Magna Music Festival's 2014 season celebrates 16th–19th century music—and premieres a new work—on five Friday evenings from June 20 to July 18. Artistic Director Daniel Stepner directs the nation's longest-running early music festival, featuring some of the most prominent artists in the field performing on period instruments.
Bard's Fisher Center presents The Bard College Conservatory of Music Orchestra, conducted by music director Leon Botstein and featuring pianist Peter Serkin. The program, which takes place on Sunday, May 18 at 3 p.m. in the Sosnoff Theater, includes Bohuslav Martinů's Memorial to Lidice for orchestra and Thunderbolt; Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major; and Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3.
On April 4, Bard College Professor in the Arts Neil Gaiman and Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman took the stage at the Fisher Center for a historic conversation about cartooning and writing, working across artistic mediums, friendship, identity, and more.
Hudson Valley Balinese Gamelan Orchestras will host their annual spring concert on Friday May 9, at Bard College's Olin Auditorium, with gamelans Giri Mekar and Chandra Kanchana. The program, featuring Balinese music and dance, begins at 8 p.m. Guest artists for this concert include Dr. Pete Steele from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Gamelan Dharmaswara, renowned Balinese dancer Shoko Yamamuro, and artistic director Professor Pak I. Nyoman Suadin, and a cast of over 40 students and community members.
Bard College junior Nyesha Maughn has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship in the amount of $2,500 to study at Dankook University in Yongin, South Korea, this summer. The economics major will take classes in Korean language and international law, as well as teaching English. "I have always wanted to study abroad," she says. "I have dreamed of going to South Korea. With the Gilman Scholarship I will be able to do both this summer. I am incredibly grateful to the Gilman Scholarship Program for funding my study abroad experience."
Bard College has been awarded a three-year $500,000 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to assemble a microscopy suite consisting of four lasers, two optical microscopes, and two scanning probe microscopes to enhance undergraduate science programs. The new science equipment builds upon Bard's recent capital investment in a scanning electron microscope and will reside in the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation, which opened in the fall of 2007 to house the College's biology, computer science, and chemistry programs. This high standard of scientific equipment provides undergraduate students with enriched training opportunities in testing experimental hypotheses and conducting inquiry-based research, while allowing faculty to do research critical for advancement in their respective fields.
Human rights scholars from the Bard network of institutions gathered at Bard College Berlin April 25–27 for a workshop on "Human Rights in the New International Context." Faculty from Bard College, Al-Quds Bard in the West Bank, Bard College Berlin, European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Smolny College of St. Petersburg State University in Russia participated. The workshop featured both public panels and private meetings for faculty presentations and collaboration.
Citizen Science is an innovative program for all first-year students at Bard. Through three weeks of intensive study during January intersession, students develop a core understanding of both the conduct and the content of science. This foundation allows them as citizens to grapple with the ever-increasing number of national and global issues influenced by science.
Jazz musician and Bard MFA music/sound faculty member Matana Roberts is one of the inaugural recipients of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Impact Awards. The new awards are part of the Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards, a special, 10-year initiative to support artists with flexible, multiyear funding in response to financial challenges that are specific to the performing arts. Doris Duke Impact Award recipients receive $80,000. Since commencing in April 2012, the program has awarded a total of $18.1 million to artists in the fields of jazz, dance and theater.
Reviving important but neglected operas is one of the ways the Bard SummerScape festival has established itself as "a hotbed of intellectual and aesthetic adventure" (New York Times), and this year's immersion in "Schubert and His World"—culminating in the 25th-anniversary season of the Bard Music Festival—is no exception. To enrich its exploration of the roots of Austro-German Romanticism, Bard presents Euryanthe (1823) by Schubert's contemporary Carl Maria von Weber, marking the opera's first American revival in 100 years. Programming also includes semi-staged productions of Schubert's Fierrabras and Die Verschworenen, and Von Suppé's operetta Franz Schubert.
Bard alumni/ae Sean Colonna '12, Thomas "Parker" Hatley '13, and Molly McFadden MFA '12 have been awarded 2014–2015 Fulbright Scholarships. Colonna and McFadden will be working in Germany, Colonna teaching English and McFadden investigating current movements in the field of art and disabilities. Hatley has been selected for an English Teaching Assistant Award to Mexico.
Bard College will hold its one hundred fifty-fourth commencement on Saturday, May 24, 2014. At the commencement ceremony, Bard President Leon Botstein will confer 465 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2014 and 180 graduate degrees. The program, which begins at 2:30 p.m. in the commencement tent on the Seth Goldfine Memorial Rugby Field, will include the presentation of honorary doctoral degrees. The commencement address will be given by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi will receive an honorary doctor of laws. Honorary degrees will also be awarded to theater director Anne D. Bogart '74, Judaic scholar Jacob Neusner, philanthropist Jacqueline Novogratz, economist Henry Rosovsky, and humanitarian Darren Walker.
The Bard Free Press, the college's student newspaper, has won two New York Press Association awards in the 2013 Better Newspaper Contest. Among college newspapers, the Free Press received first place for design and second place for feature story. The judges awarding the design prize said of the publication, "Brilliant design and layout. It felt like reading art. ... Not traditional by any means but that is what makes it so remarkable. It is a format that a young person could pick up and engage/relate with, and that demographic is obviously highly important in the future landscape of print publications."
The Bard College Photography Program announces that senior Max Gavrich is the first winner of the college's Lugo Land Prize. The award allows a graduating Bard photography major the opportunity to travel to the northern Italian city of Lugo to produce a new body of work. The student will be flown to Italy, receive room and board, and be aided in the development and production of a project of their devising in the town. Working with a designer in Lugo, the student will also make a limited-edition artist's book. The award provides an outstanding opportunity for the winner to continue his or her photographic practice after graduating from Bard.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, President of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, announced today that Bard College student and sociology major Karimah Shabazz '15, from Atlanta, Georgia, has won a prestigious 2014 Truman Scholarship, which awards up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school, and makes available leadership development activity and special opportunities for internships and employment with the federal government.
As Earth Day approaches, Bard College is celebrating successful participation in the 14th annual RecycleMania Competition. Bard took first place in the Food Service Organics (or composting) category, keeping thousands of pounds of food scraps out of the landfill over the course of the eight-week competition. Led by Bard's student EcoReps and the Bard Office of Sustainability, the college competed against 460 other institutions, representing more than 5.3 million students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The EcoReps created a robust program for this year's competition, including sustainability pledges, a recycled clothing fashion show, trash audits, and an upcycling craft night. This is the third time Bard has won the Organics category of the competition. Visit Website
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College presents Giuseppe Verdi's monumental work Messa da Requiem, April 25–26. This beloved sacred oratorio will be performed by a full orchestra and more than 100 singers in the acoustically superb Sosnoff Theater. The program is conducted by Leon Botstein, music director, with James Bagwell, chorus master, and features members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, Longy Conservatory Orchestra and the Longy Chorale, Bard College Chamber Singers, and Bard Festival Chorale.
Josh Hodge '14 has successfully navigated the rigorous five-year, dual-degree program required by the Bard College Conservatory of Music while also competing as a varsity athlete for the college. Hodge is the principal bassoonist in the Conservatory Orchestra. He's also been the captain of the men's swimming team for two years and is running track this spring. Now, as he looks forward to graduate school in the fall, he reflects on his time at Bard.
This year the college began offering the Bard Entrance Examination as an alternative to the traditional admission process. This rigorous exam requires four essays of 2,500 words each, putting applicants' writing and thinking to the test rather than relying on measures such as academic record. Of 50 applicants, 17 were admitted by this new method, bringing a talented group of students to the college as part of the class of 2018 from a range of academic backgrounds. "The verdict is that it provided a really wonderful opportunity for kids," says Director of Admission Mary Backlund. "Universally, they enjoyed it, they learned a lot, and that was the purpose. It exists as an example of the risks we're willing to take but also the intention that the application should be about students' capacity to think." (New York Times)
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and Live Arts Bard present Joanna Kotze's dance production, it happened it had happened it is happening it will happen on Friday, April 18. Joanna Kotze is the recipient of the 2013 "Bessie" Award for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer. Full of refreshing, imaginative physicality and delightfully unexpected humanity, this work earned her that recognition. Three dynamic movers—Kotze, Stuart Singer, and Netta Yerushalmy—create a study in contrasts that leaves room for uncertainty between ideas of the known and the unknown.
Debate about public funding for inmate education begs the question "What is prison for?" How can incarceration better serve as rehabilitation, not only as punishment? This article features the Bard Prison Initiative as a privately funded college program for inmates that inspired New York governor Cuomo's push for state funding. (New York Times)
Bard MFA Music/Sound faculty member Matana Roberts has been named as a recipient of the distinguished Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, which carries a prize of $75,000. Every year five mid-career, risk-taking artists in the categories of dance, film/video, music, theater, and visual arts are each selected to receive an award from the foundation. "Visionary composer, avant-garde saxophonist, and sound artist Matana Roberts was chosen as the winner in Music for her charismatic, powerful renderings of sound," says awards director Irene Borger. On May 9, the recipients will receive their awards at a private celebratory luncheon at the Herb Alpert Foundation in Santa Monica, California.
On Friday, April 4, the recently founded Bard Debate Union branch at Eastern New York Correctional Facility hosted its first competitive intercollegiate debate. This new team, composed of students in the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), welcomed the award-winning West Point Debate Team for a debate and discussion on whether the federal government should fund a high-speed rail network. The debate occurred in front of an audience of more than 50 people, including faculty and staff from Bard and West Point, Eastern staff, BPI administrators, and nearly 40 Bard students based at Eastern. After thoughtful and passionate debate, the judges sided with the Bard team, which argued against the resolution to fund high-speed rail. This debate represented the culmination of a year of training for the new team, served as a capstone to the 10th year of the Bard Debate Union, and marked the continuation of close cooperation between the Debate Union and the Bard–West Point Exchange.
Norman Manea survived a Nazi concentration camp in Ukraine and a communist dictatorship in his native Romania. Through his experiences, he learned a language of subversion that sets apart his impressive body of work. (Daily Beast)
Bard College students have won two 2014 Davis Projects for Peace Awards, which provide $10,000 in funding for proposed projects. Lia Soorenian '14 (from Glendale, California), won a Davis award for her project, "Sustainable Apiculture: Community Empowerment Through Local Economies." She will travel to the village of Lichke in Armenia, where mining is the primary industry, to promote sustainable development through beekeeping. Ameer Shalabi '16 (from Mas'ha in the West Bank), Zelda Bas '16 (from Paris, France), and Harrison Liddle '14 (from Miami, Florida) have together won a Davis award in support of the Bard Palestinian Youth Initiative (BPYI). Every year, 20 Bard College students with BPYI travel to Mas'ha, where they partner with the local community to run children's summer camps and community service projects, teach English classes, and engage in cultural discourse.
From April 9 to 10, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College will gather top policymakers, economists, and analysts at the 23rd Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the U.S. and World Economies to discuss the progress of the recovery from the global financial crisis and address both financial reform and prosperity, drawing from Minsky's work on financial instability and his proposal for achieving full employment. The conference, "Stabilizing Financial Systems for Growth and Full Employment," is being organized by the Levy Institute with support from the Ford Foundation, and will take place at the National Press Club, in Washington D.C.
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College presents the American Symphony Orchestra on Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. The program includes Johann Strauss Jr.'s Emperor Waltz, Accelerations, and On the Beautiful Blue Danube; Julius Conus's Violin Concerto, featuring Zhi Ma '15, violin; and Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 2. The concert will be conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. There will be a special preconcert talk by Alexander Bonus, assistant professor of music at Bard College, beginning at 7 p.m.
The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) has been invited to attend the annual First Lady's Luncheon in Washington, D.C. on May 1. The bipartisan Congressional Club hosts this annual event, which honors the First Lady and includes congressional spouses and guests. BPI distinguished fellow Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, BPI director of development Laura Liebman, and BPI and Bard College alumna Erica Mateo '10 will represent the Bard Prison Initiative as guests of Randy Florke (long-term partner of New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney) and Gwen Walz (wife of Minnesota Congressman Tim Walz). The evening before the luncheon, BPI's representatives will also attend an event hosted by Chairman Xavier Becerra. Florke and Walz, friends of BPI, are advocates for providing higher education programs in prisons in order to increase post-release employment and lower recidivism.
On Thursday, April 10, the Written Arts Program at Bard College presents a reading by Rikki Ducornet (Bard '64). A poet, fiction writer, and visual artist, Ducornet's many books include the recent novels Netsuke, Gazelle, The Fan-Maker's Inquisition, and Phosphor in Dreamland. Publisher's Weekly said of her story collection The Complete Butcher's Tales: "[It's] told in prose of such beauty that one can't help silently mouthing the words. Fluid, studied, almost overripe, it is also intensely visual."
Bard College Berlin has expanded its educational offerings with a new B.A. in economics, politics, and social thought. This interdisciplinary program will begin in the fall of 2014. In keeping with the college's approach to liberal arts, the four-year English-language degree situates the study of foundational economics within the history of human cultural change and reflection. The new professorship in this program will be held by Martin Binder, whose research interests include behavioral and normative economics, and especially subjective well-being, or happiness.
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) presents the exhibitions Deviance Credits and Footnotes opening on April 13. Deviance Credits comprises 13 exhibitions and projects curated by second-year students in the graduate program in curatorial studies and contemporary art. Brought together in one exhibition, each gallery presents innovative approaches to contemporary art and exhibition making with over 35 artists, many of whom have created works specifically for the context of the Hessel Museum. The artworks selected for Footnotes are housed in the CCS Bard Hessel Museum, but their representations, meanings, and contexts exceed their physical locality. This exhibition spatially contextualizes artworks by rethinking the relationship between title, text, and footnote. Footnotes is co-curated by the class of 2015 M.A. candidates. Both exhibitions will be on view through May 25.
Learn more about Deviance Credits and Footnotes.
On Monday, April 7, Michael Cunningham—the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours, By Nightfall, Flesh and Blood, and other books—will read from his work at Bard College. Cunningham will be introduced by novelist and Bard literature professor Bradford Morrow. The reading, presented as part of Morrow's Innovative Contemporary Fiction Reading Series, takes place at 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. It is free and open to the public; no reservations are required.
Bard College has earned 2013 Tree Campus USA recognition, from Tree Campus USA, a national program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota. The program honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. To be eligible for the award, colleges and universities must establish a tree advisory committee, have a campus tree-care plan, dedicate annual funding for its campus tree program, host an Arbor Day observance, and sponsor student service-learning projects. This year's Arbor Day tree planting at Bard will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 25, at the Bertelsmann Campus Center.
Live Arts Bard (LAB) is a partnership between the Theater and Performance Program and the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. As its acronym suggests, Live Arts Bard is a laboratory for new performance. Each year LAB will provide residencies for individual artists, or groups of collaborators, in theater, performance, dance, live arts, and allied art forms. Its aim is to develop a fertile and nurturing community of visiting artists and students, who work side by side to generate projects and new creative methodologies.
Bard College President Leon Botstein and Pomona College President David Oxtoby will discuss "The Future of Liberal Arts" in a live and interactive global conversation on Google+ Hangout, on Thursday, April 3, from 6:30 to 7 p.m. EST. Presidents Botstein and Oxtoby and will address the impacts of technology and globalization on higher education and dispel some of the myths about career opportunities for liberal arts students. Participants may submit questions in advance or during the conversation by joining the Google+ Hangout or via email. Use the hashtag #futureofliberalarts on Google+ and Twitter to join the conversation.
The John Ashbery Poetry Series at Bard College presents Brenda Coultas and Ann Lauterbach reading from their work, with an introduction by Michael Ives. The program takes place on Thursday, April 3, at 6 p.m. in Bard Hall, and is free and open to the public.
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Fannie May Launches Artisan Chocolates
Chicago icon Fannie May, now a subsidiary of 1-800-Flowers.com Inc., aligns with famed pastry chef and chocolatier Norman Love to launch FM Artisan by Norman Love, an ultra-premium line of chocolates packaged inside artfully designed gift boxes. The handcrafted chocolates are available in unique flavors and vibrant colors and designs, making each piece an edible work of art.
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Model 5100HD gas analyzer is capable of dual stream analysis and can measure any two combinations of water vapor, methane, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and oxygen in process or flue gas. The standard version has its sample cell heated to a maximum of 100 °C. The instrument is set up to perform all-digital implementation of wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS).


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A couple of weeks ago I put up a teaser that I would tell you about our crazy PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) experience when we went for Miles' MRI of his eyes. (He needed the MRI to check for suspected tumors and degenerative nerve disorders that could be causing his eyelids to be so droopy) But the experience traumatized me so much, that I really wasn't ready to talk about it until now. I now completely understand how sometimes parents who parent trauma end up experiencing PTSD themselves. Watching our children have these types of experiences is both horrifying and haunting.
I guess that before I start, I should give a little bit of background about Miles and his PTSD. I know that lots of you may not even know what PTSD is. PTSD is a disabling anxiety disorder in which a person relives a traumatic event (abuse, combat, abandonment, natural disasters) as though it is currently happening. Kind of like a flashback. The most common way you may have heard of this is with soldiers coming home from war- like the sound of a helicopter making a Vietnam vet think that he is right back in the jungle fighting for his life.
We are learning what kinds of things trigger Miles. Normally, we try at all costs to avoid those triggers like the plague, but sometimes they just can't be helped. The day that we went to have the MRI, several triggers collided to create the perfect storm. It was if Miles slipped into this alternate universe and we could not "unstick" him from that flight or fright mode that put him right back in Africa just trying to survive. It was the worst day we've had since Miles has been home. Here's a little sample about what a day in the life of parenting trauma looks like...
For the MRI, Miles was not allowed to eat after midnight the night before. Hunger is Miles' top PTSD trigger. He can not even remotely begin to get hungry or he dissolves into a violent little puddle that is ready to do mortal combat just to get a bite to eat. His MRI appointment was not until 1pm, so that was an extremely long time for the little guy to be hungry. He stood in front of the kitchen cabinet and screamed bloody murder. He punched, kicked, tried to off his brother and sister, and beat his head against the cabinet. There was no reasoning with him. He looked at me like I was the enemy for witholding food from him. He came at me like a lion several times. He begged, he pleaded... and then he shut down. He just gave up. He became overwhelmed with how an empty belly felt and he became so gripped with fear that he just became unfuntional.
The second thing that happened is that we took him to the hospital. Because Miles has been so sickly (malaria, TB, exteme malnutrition, crazy blood levels etc.) he's had to have a lot of medical testing. He knows that a lot of times this is painful and takes a long time. He recognizes the front of a doctor's office or hospital and immediately loses it. He threw himself down on the blacktop of the parking lot and refused to move. Despite the fact that the child at 2 1/2 years old only weighs 20 pounds, he can make himself feel like a 50 pound sack of potatoes. Couple that with the hunger, and I had to drag him by his arms into the hospital because if I tried to pick him up, he went into complete kung-fu mode. Unfortunately, you can't reason with a child that young that he needs to have the testing and that it is actually for his own good.
After dragging him in by his arms, the woman who took Miles back to his room was African American. Miles is scared to death African American women. The darker a woman is, the more terrified he is. When he first came home and we were around black women, he would shake and throw fits. He's gotten a little better about it recently. He now just closes his eyes when he's around black women. He doesn't do any of this with African American men or other black children- just women. So we are led to believe that there is some underlying trauma or abuse that he is not able to verbalize and that causes him to panic around black women.
So not only was Miles hungry and at the doctor, but he was being looked after by a gorgeous black woman. It all just proved to be too much and Miles went on a rampage more severe than anything I've ever seen. He started beating his head on the concrete wall over and over again. He climbed up on a chair and threw himself off. He was shrieking and screaming. He was clawing at his skin. He had no regard for the pain he was inflicting on himself. All he knew to do to deal with how overwhelming the situation was was to hurt himself. By this point, several nurses came in to try to help us. I tried several times to pick him up and help him get control of himself. He wouldn't even let me get within a few feet of him. I thought that maybe it was just because we have had kind of a tumultuous relationship that he just didn't want me. He never wants me when he's hurting. So I explained our attatchment issues briefly to the nurses (who were very understanding) and asked them if they could try to hold Miles and calm him down so that he would quit hurting himself. One of the nurses walked over to him. He let her get a lot closer than I'd been able to. She bent down while talking to him very calmly and for a split second, I thought that he was going to let her pick him up. Instead, that tiny little boy reared his arm back and punch her right in the nose with a crazy amount of force for a child his size. I think that it caught her off guard and she stepped back holding her nose. Miles took the fury to another level.
Finally, the nurses had to come into the room with strips of blankets and they cornered him and wrapped him up tight with the blankets with his arms confined down to his sides- like a straight jacket. Then they gave him a tranquilizer and an amnesiac. It didn't take him long at that point to be knocked out, so they took him back for the MRI.
When they came in to wrap him up- I just had to walk out of the room. I couldn't take watching my son like that. The only words I can think to describe him in that state is to say that it was like watching a caged animal. His reactions were so primal. It was so heartbreaking because I know that in his former life ( most likely in the 16 months before he got to the orphanage) he probably had to act like that or watch other people act like that just to survive. I saw those nurses walk in with those blankets and tranqualizers and I couldn't help but flash forward 20 years. I could see my Miles as a grown up being sedated and institutionalized- and it strengthened my resolve to do everything I can to help my child heal. It still blows my mind how much damage can happen to a child psychologically when they are abandoned at such a young age. That loss and the fear that it invokes manifests itself in some strange ways.
Miraculously, they found that anatomically everything is okay with his eyes- no tumors and no nerve disorders. There is still some vision testing that needs to be done, but we are holding off on it for the time being. Blessedly, the amnesiac they gave Miles did its job and he came out of the MRI not remembering a thing. I can't help but wish there was something that he could be given to help him forget those first two years of life…
Thankfully, most days are not like this and most manifestations of his trauma are not this severe. Luckily, the days like this are coming less and less. And when Miles gets in a rut, he doesn't stay there as long as he used to. There are miles to go, but I see so much progress. There is hope.
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