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Playing Rock Band the other day and "Down on the Corner" came up in Party Shuffle. Is it wrong that I immediately thought of this commercial? So '80s.
Or, the kinds of games Rare made/make just weren't what was hitting after the Microsoft purchase. Even before that they were sort of headed downhill (Star Fox Adventures?)
Hilarious comic by Dorkly.com showing off how Bad Box-Art Mega Man was chosen to be in Street Fighter x Tekken.
Capcom Unveils Mega Man in Street Fighter X Tekken by Dorkly (Twitter)
Did Reebok Pumps really do anything? And, whatever happened to Dennis Rodman anyway?
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Barack Obama, Racism and The Internet: An Annotated Gallery
Surprising is just how comically stereotypical the racial stereotyping is; they would seem laughably satirical had they not come from pointless, if uncreative, hatred. (Sources given where available.)
Obama's Bling Grill
This is fairly straightforward. The kind of stuff one would expect from somebody whose entire understanding of another race comes from MTV.
Racist Grade: C-
Obama Bucks
Though Ombama Bucks have undergone great devaluation since their appearance during last year's election, they are still strong on the racism. But Obama Bucks lose points for an uncreative use of fried chicken and watermelon and a dilution of its racist appeal with the "drinking the Cool Aid" suggestion.
Racist Grade: B
Obama the Chimp
Racist Photoshopping at its most lazy. This guy can hardly be bothered to hate. He probably shows up at KKK meetings asking to borrow a hood.
Grade: D -
Obama the Witch Doctor
This widely popular work has seen heavy use during the healthcare debate. In fact, it's probably the image one will find most often on otherwise racism-free right-wing sites which implies that many conservatives don't even see it as racist. That's scary. This work is of the genre known as "Going African." Bonus points for the extra effort to get the bone through the nose. But lost points for watering down the racism with the suggestion of communism.
Racist Grade: B+
Olde English in Africa
A simply stunning display here. The artist has managed to "Go African" while at the same time tying in stereotypes about malt liquor. It's so powerful the artist hasn't even bothered to add a political message.
Grade: A
Candidate 57, Bitches
The "Pimp Obama" genre is rich. This work, otherwise known as the "NYU Student Ricky's Halloween Costume," mixes the slang and accouterments of urban stereotypes. Lost points for the stick body. Bonus for the menthol cigarettes, a rarity in a scene stuffed with fried chicken, Colt 45 and watermelons.
Racist Grade: C+
Cream of Turd
Is catfish racist? Corn? BBQ? Who knows. Collard greens and pork "rines" certainly are. But Campbell's soup? That seems like a white people food, no? Maybe the artist has seen to many Donavan McNabb and Ladanian Tomlinson commercials.
Racist Grade: C-
Lawdy, I Loves Complainin'
Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the talent. No further comment needed.
Racist Grade: A
The Trifecta
Of the many, many variations of the watermelon fried chicken, malt liquor school, this work is by far the cleanest. Bonus points for putting the fried chicken in his hand.
Racist Grade: A-
Swimming Watermelon
Easily the most playful entry, this watermelon as swim-wear shows a foundation solidly in classic racist imagery but with a flair for the surreal. Be on the lookout for this artist to be designing for Lady Gaga soon!
Racist Grade: A
The Others
A rare work where the racism is focused more on the black population as a whole with President Obama acting only as a conduit.
Racist Grade: B+
Lovers' Drinking
Good God. This is masterpiece. Lost points for Heineken though; It may be the finest beer in the world. But it was JFK's!
Racist Grade: A
Fried Chicken
For what this entry lacks in creativity and flair it makes up for with stunning lifelikeness.
Racist Grade: B
Oh, My
The piece de resistance of this little show. This work combines technical know-how with the most insidious of suggestion. One might not even be sure that is the President without a close look. Bravo, asshole.
Racist Grade: A+; Blue Ribbon
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Whitey sho is funny.
If I were black, I'd probably have a much more complicated relationship with fried chicken than I actually do (if you can call insatiable all-consuming hunger a "relationship"). Is there no end to the benefits of white priviledge?
I can tell you, it's a bitch. Every time I'm at a damn out door function with food.
"Do I eat the chicken? Do I not eat the chicken? But I want the chicken. I LIKE chicken. Oh shit…do they know I like chicken. Screw it. I'll go with the fish."
Unless it's Catfish. Then I'm SOL.
Ralph Ellison wrote about this dilemma in Invisible Man. "What a group of people we were, I thought. You could cause us the greatest humiliation just by confronting us with something we liked."
Friends Don't Let Friends Photoshop While Racist.
that was rather amazing.
The racism coming from the right fuels their pre-set antagonism to every left wing figure. They'd oppose any democratic president, but with some (not all) the extra spice of racism (and with Pelosi, sexism) pushes them over the edge into crazy land. And of course it can be cynically manipulated, as per the tea party organizers.
What confounds me more was it's manifestation on the left. Not that I thought it was free of racism or anything, far from it, but the insanity of the PUMA contingent was a little reality check of how deep denial of one's true motivations can run. Their reasons for turning away from all their professed political ideals towards any other (white) candidate than Obama grew thinner and thinner and thinner until only "yeah, you're racist" remained. They probably still think they're not racist, or crazy, or both.
Wow, I had forgotten the PUMAs. Like literally, had wiped them from my mind. HOW WEIRD WAS THAT EPISODE OF AMERICA?
I opposed the war in Iraq but couldn't march with the crazies waving Saddam's flag and holding up pictures of the American President as Hitler. No way.
So of course there is principled opposition to the current American President and it's not even partly racist.
But when you peel away any rational argument for the Republitards position (czars, birthers, tea baggers, Addison Graves Wilson and the "illegals" contretemps), then you're dealing with either a political hack who will do anything and say anything to win, or a straight racist or an ignorant bumfuck.
Or all three.
Regardless, this IS about winning, Abe. I suggest you grow a pair and get ready for the assault on the beaches. I'm with Rahm on this one. Open up the flame throwers and scorch the earth until all the Republitards have left are a few congressmen from the deep south and Sarah Palin.
It would be fascinating if the White House went all Rahm on this shit. The end of it might be ugly! But… well, cable news ratings would be huge.
It's already starting. Better get your popcorn.
"Trying to beat back a furor over whether President Obama's centerpiece initiative would subsidize health care for illegal immigrants, liberal supporters of an immigration overhaul on Monday called a main proponent of that claim a "hate group," citing its founder's ties to white supremacists and interest in racist ideas, such as eugenics."
Despite these (warlike?) fantasies the political spectrum is too well matched to have this actually happen. To those who live in heavily blue states ot cities and get all their "right" exposure from… The Awl? TPM? CNN? — it might certainly seem like conservatives are all nutcases, that's hardly the case. Furthermore, your fantasy of putting the right under the knife is made impossible by the dullness of said knife; is it just an accident that the left takes nearly as much corporate money as the right? Money likes it when we're all distracted and upset about whether Perez Hilton should shiv Carrie Prrjan or if a tea party sign is racist or not.
I don't know. It's getting to the point where it's starting to bite back. It's now a moral climate where it's ok to kill people for not believing what you believe in (re:abortion). It's not so long ago AIG employee's were getting death threats.
"Money likes it when we're all distracted"
I agree and I think you'll feel the swing is on. Beck is being boycotted which is going to kill him eventually as his rage cannot be maintained (see the French thing). When the molasses big media start asking ?s like "is it racism" I think the heat is on. Christ, CNN did a whole segment today on racism and that witch doctor image at the rallies. Obama's approval numbers are climbing again. Not that we're all fine. We're not.
As for the abortion thing. Many condemned that AND it was already happening. The abortion debate is a whole other animal that, while somewhat tied to recent events, is a simmering beast that will never die.
I don't know. In my opinion it seems to be a trick of the American right(though it has been used by all extremists since the dawn of time), to create an environment where it is morally correct to murder those who disagree with you by painting them in blackest terms, and making them enemies of the state (in whatever form they currently are). I'm quite certain that those killing abortion doctors would make the case that those Doctors were unamerican, jewish, communist etc as well.
This is about using rhetoric to paint the Republitards as connected to white racism, ignorance, terroristic militia and incompetence. All of that is true and if it takes a "low brow" campaign of simplistic, exaggerated and even misleading propaganda to drive those impressions into the minds of independent voters and secure a progressive majority, then I wholeheartedly endorse it as a noble endeavor.
These wonderful pieces of photomontage aside, racists these days don't even generally think of themselves as racists. Instead they think of themselves as (bizarrely) victims of racism.
I love it when folks in the aforementioned camp level the charge of "that's just reverse racism". There's no such thing as "reverse racism", there's just "racism racism". But the semantics of the term "reverse racism" belie the very racism at the core of the argument. This notion that somehow the tables have been turned and now innocent white people are the victims of "racism" presupposes a racist grudge against white people for prior acts of racism on the part of white people. But, were it not for those prior acts, where would this perceived resentment stem from?
This fear that after 3oo years of oppression, black people might be "out to get them", seems to highlight a something of a guilty conscience on the part of people who would see themselves as oppressed. If there were truly parity between blacks and whites, as many on the right claim there is, then why would someone be afraid of being singled out and persecuted?
I couldn't have said this better myself.
Agreed. The right is rife with victim complexes… And yes, many of them are set in racism. I would add that the not that not all of my wonderful images here come from right-wing sites. For example, the pimp cup one comes from an Obama VOTER! Should racists be called out? Yes. Does the right have more racists? Sure. So… it's a numbers game?
Also, people hear "racism" and we all look for the black person. Meanwhile, many Obama supporters totally miss Asian racism when it pokes up the same way right wingers don;t see their own racism. It's not arguing for ignoring the increasingly blatant displays (the opposite: they should be focused on and broadcast because, while you'll never eliminate racists, you can certainly shine a light on them and marginalize them)… but the commonality of only seeing racism on "the other side" is infuriating.
Racists are like hipsters. We all know a bunch, but no one will admit to actually being one.
Exactly, all of you. The right are essentially the only ones who still trudge out the term "political correctness" these days because they can both play the victims and make fun of others for portraying themselves as victims. They have their cake, eat it too, and whack the empty pan upside their opponents' heads.
'a dilution of its racist appeal with the "drinking the Cool Aid" suggestion.'
No, I'm pretty sure they're saying black people like to drink Kool Aid.
mmmmmaybe. But right wing sites lately make heavy use of the cool aid man and the term "drink the cool aid" in reference to Obama's policies.
I.e. Jonestown
which i find kind of irritating, because if i drank the jonestown kool aid, i'd be dead. why does the right want to accuse me of being dead? huh?
they only want you dead above the neck, your body they can use for toil and labour.
Oh, I'm familiar with the term and its connotation.
I'm also aware of the racist stereotype that black people drink sugary drinks such as Kool Aid, Grape/Orange Soda, or Fruit Punch.
Perhaps two birds, one stone?
I was not aware of that stereotype as all my knowledge of black people comes from Boys in the Hood and they never did beverages. But yes, not only would that be "2 bird" but it also allows them to deny racism "er…. it's about Jonestown!" Genius!
I am a pedant therefore I must: it's Boyz 'n the Hood. DO YOU WANT STREET CRED OR DON'T YOU?
Good point. My interesting BoyZ n the Hood anecdote is that as a teen I drove very far to find a theater showing that movie and then watched it in a packed audience in which I was the ONLY white person. Which… ok… no big deal. But for a kid who grew up in an all white small town it was my largest to that date exposure to a black population and I admit I was… not scared… but very aware. Some may find it pititful but that kind of exposure os very important and many any kids from where I grew up don;t get it and never will and the results are.. well.. see the gallery above. But then, everyone watched the film (and clapped! Remember how important that film was at the time?!) and then we all went our merry ways to go home and try to remember that scene where Cuba Gooding makes up a story for his dad about how he lost his virginity and almost got cought because… wow….
You have street cred in my hood. Any white guy who saw Boyz 'n the Hood in an audience full of black people and admits it, is cool with me.
Not mention, this was a great post; really well thought out and of a much higher caliber than I've seen elsewhere.
Kudos from Black Folk.
It's Grape Drink, dammit. Can't afford no Kool Aid. Damn, get this shit straight.
Mostly I distrust anyone who DOESN'T like Orange Soda. Shit is dank.
Obama and Sharpton actually did eat together in Harlem, and I'm pretty sure that's a real image, am I missing the joke there?
Yes. That is the joke. It is actually posted some places, no doctoring needed (HA! HA!)
Oh. My irony meter is malfunctioning.
Oh, they're DEFINITELY saying black folks like Kool Aid. It is, after all, the champagne of quarter waters.
Gawd, I'm only now realizing it, but I haven't drank Kool-Aid since I was like, 11, and the racist connotation is most definitely why.
Anyway, trying to reason with someone who refuses to even understand themselves always sucks. You just can't ignore these people (like you could an idiot at a bar) because there are policies and lives at risk.
"Maureen Dowd pretty much called everyone opposed to Obama a racist."
Not really, she didn't. Her Sunday column was surprisingly uncatty and cogent for a change, widely noted in certain precincts of the Net. She did not do what you are saying she did. Quite specific about referring to the ugly and theatrical aspects of Obama's opposition.
I think that it ENDED that way. But when she starts:
"I've been loath to admit that the shrieking lunacy of the summer â€" the frantic efforts to paint our first black president as the Other, a foreigner, socialist, fascist, Marxist, racist, Commie, Nazi; a cad who would snuff old people; a snake who would indoctrinate kids â€" had much to do with race."
"But Wilson's shocking disrespect for the office of the president â€" no Democrat ever shouted "liar†at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq â€" convinced me: Some people just can't believe a black man is president and will never accept it."
That's all before she gets to business "targeting" her essay with any details.
Ah, I do see your point, Abe, on a second look.
I mean, I guess on the Internet we always need lolz and lists and pictures and shit like that to keep people paying attention and clicking through and not going to jerk off to whatever porn they've got open in their other tab, but I feel like the writing on the first page of this is so smart and sincere and thoughtful and that then the rhetorical appeal that it makes is undermined by the dumbass jokes and "grades" in the image gallery on the second page. Just my opinion, though.
I sort of agree actually.
It's like the movie Audition. You think you're getting a romantic drama, but what you actually have is a horror movie. The gross images are meant to impress the point upon you, and you probably have acquaintances who have seen these images in a non-ironic capacity.
I really DID (do) worry the "dumbass" jokes detract from the appeal of the fore-sincerity. But in the current media environment the battle between "show tits" to get attention for a good cause verses write a powerful essay for a good cause is… vexing. Maybe I did not make the best decision. If I were paid per page-view (or at all!), and not myself, I might just have posted your exact opinion. So… my ultimate point here is that I an torn between agreeing with your opinions on absolutes and "by any means necessary." Sadly, or at least OKly, I went with the latter.
Ooh! You know, when he filed, I was like "But the popular stuff is in the back and all the long intelligent words are up front–that's not how it's supposed to be on the Internet!"
Then I gave my mind a long, hot Silkwood shower, because I'd forgotten for a second where we are.
So, I don't think in this case it's about LOLs to keep clicking. Because by the time you've got the LOLs, well, there's nowhere else to click. So I was really please that Abe had clearly thought about this and come to the right format decision.
Also I would like to pay Abe. Everyone close your eyes and click twice!
Gawker latency. Remember it's "Be Less Stupid" not "Be Less Gawker"
I would argue there are no LOLs in this piece. The comedic commentary is a counterweight to the sheer malevolence of the racist displays. So essentially, everything balances in my opinion. I wasn't laughing, but at least I wasn't crying.
I would also like to add (because I found no place for it and I was already going Loooooooong): The left's sudden discovery of "Racism!" in the Obama kerfuffle is hard to stomach (for me, anyway) considering he lives in a city with a pro football team called the REDSKINS, which nobody, including those now throwing around racism accusations, seems to have a publishable problem with. Certainly, one wrong does not make another wrong unworthy, but it's disgustingly selective.
WHAT???? I can't believe you just threw this up. Do a little research, Abe! http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/Downloads/Political_Communication/naes/2004_03_redskins_09-24_pr.pdf
NINETY-ONE PERCENT of Native Americans are not bothered by the name of the Washington Redskins football team.
The team is named the Redskins out of respect. It's an homage to brave and fearless warriors.
You remind me of the numbnut NCAA officials who banned Native American names and icons in college football but somehow forget to ask the Seminole Tribe in Florida (never surrendered), who overwhelmingly approve of the Florida State name.
Wow. Sigerson, do you live near me and are upset with the impending Fighting Sioux retirement? I suppose the recent Texas Tech pamphlet depicting the fleeing Indian on horseback was out of respect as well? Cleveland's Chief Wahoo? Honorable. And the image of the jiving black man was one of admiration for entertaining dance talent. Maybe that study should have asked Native Americans living in the Washington area… oh yeah… right.
Abe is my new favorite person today.
Ah the relationship between US (and Canada) with their aboriginal inhabitants is fraught one, but a whole other ball of wax. It's not just the Redskins, it's the Braves, the Chiefs, the Indians ( don't forget the tomahawk chop!), Winnibagoes, Pontiacs, Cadillacs, The Blackhawks, Jeep Cherokee's etc..
But it's a very different racism. Aboriginal North Americans were defeated but never enslaved. It's their place names which predominate from Montauk to Chattanooga to Seattle. They have a very different engagement with "White America" than any other group and in many ways have been honoured by being symboligized as manliness, power, freedom etc in a way Black America never has.
I think it's pretty well-established that "Redskin" historically was a pejorative and a racial slur, so I don't think it's exactly accurate to equate it with team names that simply are the actual names of native american tribes.
I agree it is different. But it still fits into "racism" as it's being used widely recently to denote distrust of the unknown other. I would take issue that many native Americans have been "honored" with their symbolization as this only comes in the form of "savage." It's like honoring black americans by ONLY acknowledging then as great athletes or Asians as great math wizards.
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Eric, have you seen the Cleveland Indian's logo? Or the tomahawk chop the Braves fans do? Moreover, in many cases the name now, is the wrong name, eg the Tribal name "Nahanni" means "People who speak like ducks"(obviously not the name they gave themselves). Do you think the Cherokee ever got a dime from GM?
Abe, it's very interesting that they are honored that way at all. In Canada for instance you never see the Hamilton Huron, The Montreal Montegnais or the Vancouver Sto:lo. Aboriginal's are most definitely not represented in the culture or in sport. It's like the whole 500 year period of engagement bounced off the Canadian psyche except for the place names.
But this is digression.
Quick question: how many white people do you know who claim some native american ancestry? Me? A LOT. But when you ask them to self identify, they're white, good ol' home grown american white. They aren't multiracial.
My point is, native american culture, in the US at least, is treated as a prize. Because white people won back in the day, the idea is now that they are able to appropriate parts of that culture in anyway they like. This is only a little more subtle of a form of racism.
I wish I knew a wise Latina to break this all down for me.
This piece, and the commentary following it, are just so good. The best thing by far I've read on the place of race in the political climate circa mid-2009. Thanks, Abe, Choire & commenters.
What's that Chris Rock joke? "Washington Redskins? That ain't nice, that's a racial slur. It's like having a team called The New York Niggers."
But yes and all, fine piece of writing Abe. There are more nuances to all these things than people, perhaps, would like to admit, it allows for difficulty. Fantasies of purging the enemy, of fighting hatred with hatred etc., are appealingly direct and are thus doomed to failure.
Great article and responses. There is a right-wing radio jock in new england (won't say his name) who always mentions that liberals base their votes on their feelings and conservatives base their votes on facts. That statement may have seemed true where fiscal outcomes were concerned, but, I get the sense from this article, that the tide is turning.
That radio jock seems about 10 years out of date, Baboleen. These days, that level-headed, fiscally conservative New England Republican is just about extinct.
I'm very late to this. But I want to compliment Abe, too. Such a terrific piece. The Glenn Beck = The Joker bit is amazing. Dead on.
I didn't think he could looke pastier/more bloated, but I stand humbly corrected. Nice work Abe.
This was a great article and the discussion here after is great also.
I'm new to the site, but I have really enjoyed it over the past few days. And already I feel less stupid. I'm telling my friends about it.
I know. I've shaved at least 6 hours off my path to Nirvana.
This was a really excellent piece.


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Hair Colors Presets Part II and III
A lot of people liked the previous one so here they are two more presets 8D. Enjoy! (ノ・◡・)ノ♥
I finally furnished Lena and Aaron's bedroom in their new place. All I have to do now is furnish the kid's bedrooms and I can go back to actually playing the game! It feels like Lena has been pregnant forever lol.
5 Seconds of Summer perform at Key 103 Summer Live in Manchester on July 17, 2014.
Go ahead keep on making me FEEL DEPRESSED! someday you all will wake up and will see I ran away!


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930 images of Expo 2012 in less than 4 minutes!
Across from one of the entrances at this year's world's fair (Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea) was an almost hidden reminder of the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair: the "it's a small world" theme from the Pepsi/UNICEF Pavilion.
Here's our video highlighting Expo 2012's Lotte Pavilion. It features a ride that could be described as the balloon ride version of Disney's "Soarin'" attraction.Lotte is a big entertainment/food/drink/retail company in Korea.
Expo 2012's France Pavilion was certainly one of the more visually unique pavilions at Yeosu's world's fair.
The DJ Dance Show at the Big-O, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea
The Marine Robot Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea
The Big-O Nighttime Spectacular at Expo 2012, the world's fair held in Yeosu, South Korea.
The Climate and Environment Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea
Expo 2005's mascots Kiccoro and Morizzo in a display in the Japan Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea
The Sudan Pavilion at Expo 2012 still showed the pre-2011 borders before South Sudan became independent.
Not all nations in Expo 2012's Atlantic Ocean Joint Pavilion were connected to the Atlantic Ocean more than another ocean. Presumably, space was limited in the Indian Ocean Joint Pavilion. Even the Comorros, a nation IN the Indian Ocean was in this pavilion.
Timor-Leste, being a new country, can claim a 100% participation rate at world's fairs. They've been at both Shanghai's Expo 2010 and Yeosu's Expo 2012. Few countries can claim this.
Nauru is one of the few countries that can have a map showing every building in the country, Expo 2012's Pacific Ocean Joint Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea
The Sweden Pavilion, Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea
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Why won't you talk to me?
Why won't you just talk to me?
There's a universe inside your head
Constellations of the things you left unsaid
Talk to me
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Speak for yourself, dhummass!
Speak for yourself, dhummass!
Actually, I don't mind if you smoke in public so long as I get to farrt in your face.
Her favorite was the one about a guy named spartacus who had a microscopic peenis. She needed a microscope to find it.
Why should you be allowed to make others miserable in a public space? Anti smoking laws protect people from others. Is it ok if my dogs piddle on your lawn, or should I be legally obliged to clean up the mess?
Yes, teabagger, violence is your code.
'Nazis'??? You got me there on this one.
Beowolfe fashions himself as some kind of wiseman, rather than the court jester.
True. Relative to the ignorance here, however, anyone is a genius.
Just leave voluntarily.
Wall Street is bankrupting the nation, along with the military so calling these progressive is about as opposite of reality as you get. Remember what OWS was about? Are you a lover of the 1%ers who have pillaged the economy? One only needs to look at who has the wealth and who has the poverty to know who the pillagers of the public wealth are.


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The Texas Rangers lost a games last night to the Twins, and I was a little upset at the way it all went down in the bottom of the ninth inning. First there was the blown call by the third base umpire, then there was the bobble by Joakim Soria which ended a game that should have been won by the Texas Rangers 3-2. As I mulled over what happened last night and thought more about it, I realized that more went wrong than just the bottom of the ninth to make the Texas Rangers lose the game like they did.
It's easy to blame the umpire crew after a loss like last night, and it was pretty obvious that Eduardo Nunez went outside the baseline, and while I know that the safe play is going to first, Adrian Beltre had the ball with the runner right there next to him and the tag seemed like a no brainer.
The Texas Rangers had Alex Rios to third with no outs in the top of the ninth and couldn't score him. I know many people are not fans of the sac bunt in most situations, me included, and with the way Chris Gimenez has been hitting the ball, I think a bunt in that situation was a very bad idea. You can't leave insurance runs on third and expect to win consistently.
Joakim Soria ended the game with his error, and he will make that play nine times out of ten. Remember, Donnie Murphy was robbed of a three run home run earlier in the game that would have been the difference, along with getting Rios home in the ninth.
All in all, this game was just one of 162, but it was one I hope we don't see repeated very often this season. Lost in the shuffle is the fact that Scott Baker came out and did a really good job of giving the Texas Rangers a chance to win, and that is really all we can ask from the Texas Rangers starters. Hopefully, the Texas Rangers bounce back tonight and Joe Saunders can accomplish what Baker did last night.


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Hamvention Sunday -The Long Road Home – Dayton 2009 post 8 17 - May - 2009Posted by k9zw in Amateur Radio, Dayton Hamvention, Hamvention, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled.
Tags: Contest University, Dayton Hamvention, Hamvention, K9ZW, K9ZW Just Rambled
Finishing packing up and reading for the trip home.
Spent some time on Google Map and the wide swing around Chicago idea looks to add more miles than we can possibly make up on just trading better roads for shorter miles. Thinking we will do it anyway, as hours of looking at 10 ft high roadside soundwalls lacks a lot of traveler's appeal.
Staying at the Crown Plaza where our three functions were (Contest University, SWODXA DX Dinner and Contest Dinner) certainly has improved my experience, but at a cost.
The Hara Arena is a disaster. I saw one ham down in a serious trip & fall due, and during a forum say a ham drop from the lack of ventilation. Ceiling tiles so stained that they have turned shades of blackish-green with the mold that has taken hold abound. The remote Salem Mall parking lot will need a forester to clear the trees overgrowing parts of the lot if it is to be kept in use.
Sorry Ohio, but if the Hara was in my home state it is doubtful it could open to the public without being brought up to code. One wonders how they are able to insure it fir public use as it is, or maybe one should wonder what sort of insurance they do have?
Having basically completed my Contest University cycle of getting educated enough to get up to speed, I will be reflecting on if Dayton 2010 is in my personal cards, or if I will do something else. It may be time to do a Winter Escape to a warm weather show or perhaps catch one of the overseas shows.
In the Internet World an investment of 1/4 the time I've spent traveling for Dayton 2009 alone could get me up to speed on new products and offers. Most of the major vendors extend their "Dayton Special Offers" to their Internet sales for the duration of the show.
Perhaps if I was an avid Flea-Market person, or had a presentation to make, or had a product to promote.
Of course if any of my son's want to experience a future Dayton I'll be on it, as what father wouldn't be!
Maybe it is the melancholy of hitting the road knowing that with the next morning I will be back in a busy work schedule is hitting me, but I can't keep from wondering if my eldest son Tom KC9JGD wasn't along if I would have pulled out after Friday touring the show floor?
More Dayton thoughts – more thoughts….
- 1. Jeff, KE9V - 17 - May - 2009
Glad you survived the ordeal and wishing you safe travels for the journey home.
Hara Arena is certainly showing her age, but then, what public building that old isn't?
I first attended Hamvention at Hara Arena in 1977, and took Brenda as a date since we only attended on Saturday. Can you imagine bringing a "date" to the Hamvention? Since that time, Brenda and I have been married almost thirty-one years – so the building is indeed an old one.
It has done more than double duty as a hockey arena and rock and roll venue and the family that owns it would have loved to have sold it years ago when real estate was still a good investment and that was a hot-growing part of town. But they didn't and now real estate has hit the skids.
While everyone clamors for the convention to be moved to a more suitable venue, the reality is that the show is probably no longer large enough to afford three days in a major indoor convention center. And it probably never will be again.
The days of the large amateur radio hamfest are waning for many of the reasons that you have pointed out – it just makes no economic sense to travel to a three-day show to purchase what could easily be bought online.
Dayton Hamvention is rapidly disappearing and one day all we will have left are the memories of a grander time. I'm glad that you got a chance to experience it with your Son as we never know when that fateful announcement will come that the Dayton Hamvention is no more.
And all hams should be able to say that they did it at least one time!
73 es thanks for the reports and updates from Hamvention 2009.
Jeff, KE9V
- 2. AD7MI - 17 - May - 2009
Steve – I really enjoyed your Hamvention posts… I think you had the best blog coverage out there. Although I am not an avid contester, Contest U sounds really interesting. Does Scott, NE1RD, have any 100 lbs DXpeditions planned in the near future? I will be very curious to get your impressions of the CW Machine. Glad to hear you had a great Hamvention and a safe trip.
73 Scott AD7MI
- 3. Fred, N8DV - 20 - May - 2009
Hi Steve, I too attended yet another Hamvention. I have been going since 1983. I think the end is in sight for Hara Arena as the venue for the Hamvention. There are other exhibition sites in better shape than Hara. In 2007, the attendance was just over 17,000 I will be surprised if it breaks that number. Aww, the 30,000 plus days are gone. I would like to have seen more vendors but I image the tanking economy has hit hard. With the exception of the big three, Icom, Kenwood and Yaseu, not many more vendors. Oh well, there is always next year.
- 4. Paul - 23 - May - 2009
Contrary to the nay-sayers attendance this year was good.
Paul who posted this, you need to leave your call sign before your comment will post.
As a reminder the discussions in comments need to be attributed by at least call sign. However good your thoughts this isn't the place for anonymous postings.
BTW I don't think I've mentioned attendance levels, only quality levels. Attendance (volume) in the lack of alternatives other than not attending a show is difficult to interpret, specially with opportunity costs, fuel costs and other factors.
Email me or add another comment Paul with your call sign & I will get your thought out comment posted.
- 5. Kuby N6JSX - 31 - May - 2009
Steve nice to see you enslaved your son into carrying your load…. Your Contesting skills paid off well at W1AW/8. Next year drop by the QTH before migrating back toooo da frozen tundra…. Or better bring the XYL so our XYL's can do whatever – I'm sure they will not HAM it up!.
Even though Dayton 2008 had the best WX I'd ever seen the overall attendance was down in 2008. 2009 was much better attended both in the swap area and vendors, but still not as good as I've seen in the 2000's. Saturday's rain didn't help as many flew the coup quickly making Sunday a dud.


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The yoga guru, however, did not rule out forming his own party, saying, "wait for three-four month things would be clear."
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In two World Bank reports—the Annual Review of Development Effectiveness and the Annual Report on Portfolio Performance—evaluators presented the institution's Board of Executive Directors the results for operations that exited the Bank's portfolio in fiscal years 96 to 97 (FY96-97), as well as for the 1,766 active projects from FY1997.
The Bank typically judges the projects it supports as "satisfactory" only if they meet a very ambitious set of objectives—including both development impact and an economic rate of return of 10 percent or above. Even given this tough standard, this year's evaluation reports conclude that the Bank may reach the goal of 75 percent satisfactory ratings for its operations by the year 2000 and that a longer-term goal of 80 percent or higher is feasible.
The Bank must stay the course to realize the full benefits of its Portfolio Improvement Program launched in April 1996. There was consensus that operational work must concentrate on four areas: focusing attention on high priority problem areas; improving the quality of project supervision; raising the quality of monitoring and evaluation; and enhancing the quality of new projects proposed for financing.
The Annual Review of Development Effectiveness produced by the independent Operations Evaluation Department (OED) looks at the Bank's completed projects. Data for FY96 show that 71 percent of projects had satisfactory outcomes, compared with an average of 67 percent from FY90-95. Initial results for FY97 indicate a share of satisfactory outcomes as high as 76 percent.
The proportion of Bank projects with satisfactory borrower performance increased to 71 percent in FY96 and to 74 percent for the FY97 sample from an average of 65 percent in FY90-95.
The study also found that overall Bank performance was satisfactory for 74 percent of operations in FY96 and 77 percent in the FY97 sample.
According to OED, the proportion of projects with high or substantial institutional development impact increased to 39 percent in FY96-97 from an average 30 percent in FY90-95. While the number of projects rated as having likely sustainability inched upward to 48 percent in FY96 from 46 percent in FY90-95, the overall picture is sobering: it is uncertain that the benefits of about half of all Bank operations will be sustained over the longer run. Ensuring institutional development and sustainability are therefore in the forefront of the Bank's management objectives.
The Annual Report on Portfolio Performance, produced by the Quality Assurance Group (QAG) looks at on-going projects. The study shows a consistent improvement in active projects, due in large part to better working relationships between operational staff and borrowers. The report predicts that this trend will continue as the Bank aggressively focuses on correcting high priority problem areas and as project managers step up the quality of project supervision.
The Bank's portfolio in FY97 comprised 1,766 operations, with a total of $141 billion. While the number of operations remained essentially unchanged, total commitments decreased by nearly $2.4 billion during the year. In real terms, commitments declined more sharply, continuing the downward trend experienced during the past several years; since FY92, the decline has been nearly 10 percent. Total loan disbursements in FY97, however, rose for a third year in a row to a record $20 billion.
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Jesus Christ.
Green giant sweat pants and a light blue even more giant t-shirt.
I can't take it.
(I don't want to hear shit about "oh he was a kid leave him alone!". No excuse!)
(LOOK AT HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION. he's like "that's right bitches, Josh Hutcherson has arrived" such a tiny little child. and his hair…what is that bullshit? So glad he grew up)
I laughed so hard when I read this!!
OMG he looks ADORABLE ♥
This was the 90's. Calm ur shit. He was a backstreet boyz wanna-be. Let it be.
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'Life and Death in Assisted Living' – Investigative Project Premieres
Posted By Steve Mencher On July 29, 2013 @ 11:51 am In Bulletin Today,Take Care | Comments Disabled
If you have a loved one in assisted living – or see that possibility on the horizon – this week brings some essential TV viewing and reading.
"Life and Death in Assisted Living" is an investigative journalism project with several public faces: a powerful television documentary [1] (premiering July 30 on the PBS series Frontline); a four-part, deeply reported web presentation (starting July 29 at ProPublica.org [2]); and an online chat with correspondent A.C. Thompson and two of the documentary's subjects on July 31 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Here's a preview of the documentary:[3]
To prepare these reports, writers and producers from Frontline and the Pulitzer Prize-winning ProPublica spent more than a year delving into the assisted living industry, with particular attention to Seattle-based Emeritus Senior Living – the largest company in the field.
Assisted living [5] is viewed here through several lenses, starting with an overview of an industry governed by a patchwork of local regulations. While nursing homes [6] – for patients who need significant amounts of skilled nursing care – are subject to a variety of federal and state regulations [7], there are no national standards for assisted living facilities.
Based on thousands of documents gathered in six states -California, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas – the series shares the intimate, personal stories of families devastated by the deaths of loved ones in assisted living.
The story of Joan Boice becomes the connecting thread in both the print and broadcast versions of this exposé, and it's a chilling tale of a woman who entered the "memory care unit" of an Emeritus assisted living facility in Auburn, Calif., with worsening dementia [8] and a litany of other physical problems.
She arrived in September 2008 and died five months later from untreated bedsores and other medical issues that her family contends were caused by severe neglect.
The family sued. Given an offer to settle for $3 million with the proviso that they remain silent, they carried their case through to trial, where a jury awarded them $22.9 million in punitive damages. Emeritus is appealing.
On camera and in print, company officials are given the opportunity to respond to allegations that they have repeatedly broken the law by ignoring regulations about thorough pre-admission exams. The executives maintain that employees who frequently complained about insufficient staffing and were interviewed for the project are merely disgruntled. And they contest assertions that an internal, company-wide admonition to "close the back door" meant that any resident, however sick, was to be retained, whether or not proper care was available.
Many families exploring assisted-living arrangements already face difficult decisions about how to get or give the best possible care. This investigative project isn't likely to make things any easier.
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[1] television documentary: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/life-and-death-in-assisted-living/
[2] July 29 at ProPublica.org: http://www.propublica.org/special/life-and-death-in-assisted-living
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[5] Assisted living: http://www.aarp.org/relationships/caregiving-resource-center/info-09-2010/ho_assisted_living_weighing_the_options.html?intcmp=AE-BLIL-DOTORG
[6] nursing homes: http://www.aarp.org/home-family/caregiving/info-05-2012/caregiving-resource-center-asking-right-questions.html
[7] federal and state regulations: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/GuidanceforLawsAndRegulations/index.html?redirect=/guidanceforlawsandregulations/
[8] dementia: http://blog.aarp.org/2013/07/09/more-proof-that-an-active-brain-slows-dementia/?intcmp=AE-BLIL-BL
[9] Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses to Do CPR: http://blog.aarp.org/2013/03/04/woman-dies-after-nurse-refuses-to-do-cpr/?intcmp=AE-ENDART1-BL-REL
[10] Assisted Living: Weighing the Options: http://www.aarp.org/relationships/caregiving-resource-center/info-09-2010/ho_assisted_living_weighing_the_options.html?intcmp=AE-ENDART2-BL-BOS
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We fell in love at Marwood's ss14 press day last week.
The trend for multi-bracelets hasn't escaped the "Directioners", spotted en masse at the 1D film premier in London, This Is Us.
Lost for 25 years, the classic Aussie sunglasses are back! Sunskis celebrate their iconic style with polarized lenses in vibrant colours, launching at this years Orlando Surf Expo
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Craft is all around us, giving pleasure as well as serving a function. It is inspirational as well as useful. It is the best representation of who we are as a culture. Craft is democratic -- broad enough to accommodate anyone who makes something or appreciates the handmade. In short, craft is us.
Our mission is to document and advance original handcrafted work through programs in all media, accessible to all. We are dedicated to the exploration, preservation and celebration of craft, the work of the hand, and their impact on our nations cultural heritage.
Carol Sauvion, Executive Director, Craft In America, Inc.
CRAFT IN AMERICA, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to promote and advance original handcrafted work, through educational programs in all media. The CRAFT IN AMERICA multi-faceted project includes a TV Documentary Series, Exhibition, Illustrated book and Craft in America Center. For additional information on CRAFT IN AMERICA and to find out more about up-coming projects please contact us.
Yvonne Bell
Bell is the Director of Development at Center Theatre Group. Before Center Theatre Group, she led successful fundraising campaigns for local cultural institutions including The Museum of Contemporary Art and the California Science Center. In addition to raising millions of dollars to operate and endow major cultural institutions in our community, Bell has maintained a steadfast commitment to cultivating the next generation of non-profit managers.
Carolyn Benesh
Carolyn is coeditor and copublisher of Ornament Magazine, printed five times a year. Originally started as The Bead Journal, the magazine increased its focus to contemporary, ethnographic, and ancient personal adornment in 1979. She has written and edited articles on craft, lectured at museums and conferences, and served as a juror at major craft shows. She has also studied the modern craft movement.
Corinna Cotsen, Secretary
Fundraiser, artist, architect and collector
Board of Trustees, Craft and Folk Art Museum
Susan A Grode, President
Partner and Co-Chair of Entertainment & Media Practice
Susan concentrates her law practice in entertainment, intellectual property, media licensing and merchandising law, counseling and representing domestic and international motion picture studios, film and television production and distribution companies and entrepreneurs, Video on Demand companies, digital and interactive game companies and distributors, as well as book and comic book publishing, toy and Internet content companies and theater and arts institutions. Ms. Grode is recognized as one of the leading authorities on domestic and international animation, having represented major motion picture and animation studios and creators of "The Simpsons," "Futurama," and "SpongeBob," among many others.
Lloyd Herman
During his 25 year employment at the Smithsonian Institution, Lloyd Herman was the founding Director of the national craft museum of the US, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, from 1971-1986. He has continued to curate exhibitions on craft and design topics, lectured on American crafts and juried numerous art competitions. In recent years he has led craft tours in other countries and lectures regularly on contemporary glass art for Road Scholar programs in Seattle.
Lois Jecklin
Since 2005, Lois Jecklin has been personal manager for composer/conductor Bright Sheng, whom she represented as part of her roster while president and owner of Jecklin Associates, an artist management and representation firm doing business worldwide from 1988 to 2004. From 1990 to 2004, she also served as assistant to the director of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation, New York City, placing the winners of their international competition with presenting organizations throughout the U.S. In 1973, at the invitation of Deere & Co. and the Quad City Arts Council, she helped to found Visiting Artists Inc., an Iowa/Illinois multidisciplinary arts presenting organization, and served as its' President and CEO until 1988.
Beverly Maloof
Beverly is a craft admirer and collector. One of Sam Maloof's earliest clients, she was married to Sam in July 2001 until his death in May 2009. She was a Real Estate Broker and owner of a residential real estate brokerage for 24 years. She has been on many boards of trustees, including the Sam & Alfred Maloof Foundation for the Arts & Crafts, the Botanic Garden Advisory Board, and the Textile Museum Advisory Council.
Jane Milosch
In April 2008, Jane Milosch, curator at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, was appointed to the acting position of Senior Program Officer for the Arts, in the Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture (OUSHAC), Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., to work with Under Secretary Richard Kurin on pan-Institutional art programs and initiatives. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Munich, Germany, where she has also worked as a managing editor for Prestel art books. Milosch began her museum career in 1990 at the Detroit Institute of the Arts in the Department of 20th-century Art.
Steven Poster, ASC
Steven is a cinematographer with over fifty film credits including Donnie Darko, Stuart Little 2 and The Box. He is also a photographer. He is the President of the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600 of the I.A.T.S.E., a 6000-member national labor organization. He is a member of the Motion Picture Academy, a judge on its Nicholl Foundation Fellowship, and on its Public Presentation Committee. He is a past president of the American Society of Cinematographers, the oldest professional organization in the motion picture business, and was on the Board of the International Documentary Association.
Susan Koblin Schear, Treasurer
Susan is an educator, speaker, consultant, and leader. She founded the company, ARTISIN®, LLC, in 1995 to offer comprehensive business development and management services for the arts and culture. An active board trustee, Ms. Schear is the treasurer and an involved committees member of CERF (Craft Emergency Relief Fund). She serves on several committees including chair of the steering committee for the Arts and Business Council of New York (ABC/NY), National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) New York. She is also a member of several cultural and business-networking organizations.
Cathleen Collins
Consultant to Craft in America, attorney, fundraiser
- Former President of the Board of Trustees, Wildwood School
- Trustee, Foundation of the State Bar of California
Lani Duke
- Former arts administrator- NEA, CA Confederation of the Arts, J. Paul Getty Trust
- Founding director of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts
- Directed LA Times' Reading by 9 child literacy initiative
- Trustee of American Craft Council
Pat Courtney Gold
- Fiber artist and basket maker
- Wasco Nation, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, OR
- NEA Heritage Fellowship, 2007
Steven L. Grafe, Ph.D.
Curator, Maryhill Museum of Art
Karin Higa
- Senior Curator of Art at JANM
Eudorah Moore
- Former Director of the California Design Exhibitions
- Former Craft Administrator for the National Endowment for the Arts
- Former Design Curator for the Pasadena Museum of Art
Ann Ruhr Pifer
owner of The Grand Hand Gallery
Cynthia Sears
-Board Member, Bainbridge Island Community Endowment
-Vice President, Port Townsend Film Festival
-Founder and Chairman, Island Treasure Award Program
-Consultant, Local non-profit Arts and Humanities Organizations
Hidde Van Duym, Ph.D.
Arts administrator and consultant
Carol Sauvion, Executive Director
Carol is the creator and Executive Producer of Craft in America, the documentary series celebrating American craft and the artists who bring it to life. She is also the Executive Director of the Craft in America non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and advance original handcrafted work through educational programs in all media. Craft is Sauvions lifelong passion. For the past thirty years she has been the director of Freehand, her Los Angeles gallery specializing in functional craft.
Patricia Bischetti, Producer
Patricia has produced and supervised productions for networks including PBS, Discovery, TBS, TCM, CNN, National Geographic, Lifetime and Showtime. Projects include the Craft in America series, The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing, Participant Productions' The World According to Sesame Street, Discovery's Black Sky: The Race for Space, CNN's Soldiers of Peace: A Children's Crusade and Emmy-nominated Dying to Tell the Story, TCM's Emmy-nominated Cary Grant: A Class Apart and American Masters documentaries Gene Kelly, George Cukor, and Bob Newhart. As Executive Producer at Big Buddha Baba Productions, she produced interactive media and experience design projects and brought those skills to the re-design of the Craft in America website and creation of the new Study Center.
Rosey Guthrie, Producer
Rosey has had a diverse twenty-year background in media production, distribution and outreach. As V. P. of First Light Video Publishing from 1988 to 1996, she created marketing and distribution plans for a catalog of over two hundred educational films, serving as Associate Producer on over fifteen of these productions. From 1997 to 2003 she was V. P. of Panavision Remote Systems. In 2003 she returned to filmmaking as Producer on "Breaking the Maya Code" which aired on PBS/NOVA. As Associate Producer of Craft in America, Rosey has worked on development, fundraising, production and outreach of the various projects, including the documentary series, Study Center and exhibitions.
Denise Kang, Associate Producer
Denise has worked on every aspect of the Craft in America project since she joined the organization in 2006. Denise maintains the website, is the IT department, works on many aspects of the production and is in charge of all the archives.
Judy Hing, Controller
Judy comes to the Craft in America project with over a decade of experience in gallery administration and accounting, with a great understanding of craft, and with relationships with hundreds of craft artists. An accomplished jewelry artist herself, she brings a special precision to her work in production accounting.
Emily-Rose Wagner, Assistant Editor
Emily-Rose is a graduate of Hampshire College and currently works as a video artist and photographer in Los Angeles. Emily-Rose's video work has been featured on ITVS Television, at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, Actual Size Gallery, as well as the Echo Park Film Center. In 2008, Emily-Rose directed, filmed, and produced "Home", a documentary about the importance of the public library to the homeless community in Downtown Los Angeles. "Home" received the "Best Short" award at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival. In addition to continuing her personal artistic endeavors, Emily-Rose operates as the Assistant Editor and Production Assistant for Craft in America.
Beverly Feldman, Production Coordinator
Emily Zaiden Center Director
Before coming to Craft in America, Emily was a research editor for Architectural Digest and she has consulted for private collectors and institutions focusing on post-1850 decorative arts, material culture, architecture and design. After completing her graduate studies at the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture, she became Research Associate to the Decorative Arts department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has published articles, contributed to exhibition catalogues, and lectured on both American and International decorative arts topics.
Steve Fenton, Founding Creative Director (2001-2010)
For more than 30 years, Steve Fenton worked in the advertising and marketing communications industry. In 2001, Steve became creative director for the Craft in America project. He was instrumental in developing the programs treatment, and identifying the themes and content of the series. Steve also wrote the text for the website and co-authored the companion book entitled Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects. Steve passed away on August 12, 2010 and will be missed.
Major funding for Craft In America was generously provided by:
Lillian & Jon Lovelace
LL Brownrigg
Cynthia Lovelace Sears & Frank Buxton
Helen & Peter Bing
Stolaroff Foundation
Windgate Charitable Foundation
Sheri & Les Biller Family Foundation
Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation
Craft In America thanks its many partners.
The SERVICE episode which documents craft in the military and the power of the handmade to inspire, motivate, and heal - premieres on PBS starting November 2, 2014. Check your local listings for broadcast times on PBS and PBS HD. Or bring the DVD home. All episodes can be viewed on PBS.org or on the PBS iphone/ipad app.
Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists & Objects - A Random House Publication available through your local bookseller or online at amazon.com or barnes&noble.com. The first book of its kind, with 320 pages and over 400 color photographs. Meet the Writers and Learn More.
Craft in America brings artists and objects to your computer and to museums across the country. To explore hundreds of handmade objects in the Virtual Exhibition, visit the Exhibition page to find out more about museum exhibitions like the Golden State of Craft: California 1960-1985, that ran from Sept 25, 2011 to January 8, 2012.
If you're a teacher, craft should be part of your program. Download lesson plans that can educate, involve, and inform students about how craft plays a role in their lives. Visit the Educators Area
Here, in one place, youll find extensive archives over a thousand books and hundreds of instructional videos for serious research or casual study. Plus scores of objects featured in the Craft in America documentaries.
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My recent posts have been focusing on books that have been handed down from one generation to the next, books that allow us to see evidence of the social transactions of books and the links they forge between family members. But we wouldn't be able to see that evidence if the books themselves weren't in such good shape to begin with.
The photo above is of one of my favorite books, and I mean that in a very material sense, not a textual sense: I love this particular book because it was my father's when he was a boy. I remember it sitting on his bookshelves in our house, and him telling me how fond he was of Robert Louis Stevenson. I've never actually read Kidnapped. And I'm not going to be able to read this copy. It's so fragile that the front cover came right off as I removed it from my bookshelf this afternoon. I'm not actually sure what year it was published–it was part of the Giant Junior Classics series, but there is no date on the book itself, and though my father was clearly young when he signed it, he didn't date his inscription. I could read a different copy, of course. It wouldn't be too hard to track one down, even another Giant Junior Classics issue. But it wouldn't be the same, I don't think. What I love about this book is knowing that he loved it when he was a child, and that he loved it enough to save it. Not being able to read this book doesn't make me any less fond of it.
It does, however, make me keenly aware of how unlikely it is that my children will have this book on their shelves, or their children. Or to have it someday be auctioned off at Sotheby's, as Frances Wolfreston's books were. That's okay, really. I don't think it's valuable to anyone other than me. There are plenty of mid-twentieth-century books that future readers and scholars and grandchildren could wish had stayed in good enough shape to hang on to. We're lucky that earlier books were made of comparatively sturdy stuff.
In my earlier posts about the Frances Wolfreston books and other books, I have been focused entirely on the material and social presences of books–how books are made, how they circulate between users. I have not dwelt on some of the other important aspects of books, including the emotional attachments that readers and owners form to them and with them. But I don't want to underplay the intangibles of books, either. My father's copy of Kidnapped is important because of those intangibles. And it is those intangibles that I share with my son when we read Charlotte's Web together. We actually each have our own: my childhood copy is on the right, only $1.25, and his is on the left, just released as a "major motion picture."
I was traveling while we were reading the book, so I bought him his own copy and took mine with me, so we could read it together over the phone. And because the book is still published by HarperCollins, we could read copies that were nearly identical, page for page. When we were on separated by hundreds of miles, being able to read together–to turn the pages at the same time and to look at the same Garth Williams drawings–made us feel as if we were sitting next to each other, reading our bedtime story. That closeness was possible through the material conditions and history of copyrights, publishing companies, printing processes, and marketing. But it was made possible first by the power not only of E.B. White's story, but of the very act of reading together. That's one of the amazing things about books and readings to which my posts in this blog have not always paid tribute. It's a hard thing to quantify, certainly, and hard even to put into words. But my relationship to books that I've been discussing here reminds me that the Chaucer that passed from Dorothy Egerton's hands to Anne Vernon's to Frances Wolfreston's isn't just a volume of paper in which readers inscribed their names. It's a book they sat with, and returned to, and passed on to others.
I've been negligent in posting recently, and this post has not dwelt at all on early modern books. But I'll be back up to speed again soon, with more posts on early books and book history. In the meantime, happy reading.


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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. had one chance to save a singer Thursday
After a harsh week of criticism, the contestants step it up with songs from the movies
The contestants face the music following a tough week that left the judges laying down some harsh critiques
"You guys get the raw Majesty," contestant Majesty Rose told PEOPLE after a harsh critique by the judges
Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and George Strait will also take the stage April 6
Girls rule week one as Emily Piriz, Majesty Rose and Jessica Meuse give standout performances
His feedback can sometimes be harsh but the Top 13 finalists tell PEOPLE they appreciate the new judge's honesty
A few early favorites win America's vote, while Jena Irene, C.J. Harris and Kristen O'Connor earn the judges' wildcard spots
Rocker Caleb Johnson, country singer C.J. Harris and shy band geek Alex Preston deliver noteworthy performances
The first live performance show features more harsh cuts as another five contestants are axed and the Top 10 Girls perform
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Topics: Marketplace, Health Costs
Apr 02, 2012
By a three-to-one vote, regulators approved Express Scripts' plan to purchase Medco, ending an eight-month inquiry into whether the deal would stifle competition in the pharmacy benefits industry.
Bloomberg: Express Scripts, Medco Win Approval For $29 Billion Deal
Express Scripts Inc. (ESRX)'s $29.1 billion bid for rival drug benefit manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. (MHS) won unconditional approval from U.S. antitrust regulators, clearing the way for the biggest manager of prescription-drug benefits for corporate and government clients. The FTC's decision, which was approved by a three-to-one vote of the commissioners, enables St. Louis-based Express Scripts to complete the purchase of Medco of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. The FTC said its eight-month investigation "revealed a competitive market for pharmacy benefit management services characterized by numerous, vigorous competitors who are expanding and winning business from traditional market leaders," in an e-mailed statement (Forden and Bliss, 4/2).
The New York Times: FTC Approves Express Scripts-Medco Deal
Regulators have given their blessing for Express Scripts to buy Medco Health Solutions, the final hurdle in a $29 billion deal that has created the nation's largest pharmacy benefits provider. The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-1 to approve the acquisition on Monday, ending an eight-month inquiry into whether the deal would stifle competition in the pharmacy benefits industry. The agency's approval marks the closing of one of the largest deals of 2011, and one that was subjected to a bevy of antitrust concerns (Roose, 4/2).
The Hill: Federal Regulators Approve Pharmacy Benefit Manager Merger Despite Congressional Objections
Federal antitrust regulators on Monday approved a $29 billion merger creating the nation's largest manager of prescription drug benefits despite widespread congressional objections. Express Scripts and Medco Health Solutions immediately announced the completion of their merger after the Federal Trade Commission gave its approval. More than 80 members of Congress, lobbied by pharmacies in their districts, have weighed in against the merger and raised concerns that it could lead to fewer choices for consumers (Pecquet, 4/2).
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Raspberry Pie Fries It was a wonderful snowy weekend here perfect for baking.I was in the local shop the other day with our oldest granddaughter and we saw a pie mold for Pie Fries. I thought, "do I really need a mold for that?" The answer is below! What You Need I Pre-made refrigerator pie …
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Mini Pear Tarts
Sometimes the best recipes are also the easiest. This one is made with just a few ingredients..I had some fresh pears from a recent trip to the market and a can of Pillsbury crescent rolls. I made some pear tarts. My sweet husband ate his with whipped topping far to quickly for me to photograph.giggle. So just …
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Total 0% fat free Greek yoghurt with blueberry
81p (47.6p per 100g)
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All natural. Vegetarian Society approved. Fat free authentic Greek yoghurt with blueberry
Strained Yoghurt (80%) ^Pasteurised Skimmed Cow's Milk, Live Active Yoghurt Cultures (L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, L. Acidophilus, Bifidus, L. Casei)], Blueberry Fruit Preparation (20%) (Blueberries 40%, Sugar, Corn Starch, Natural Flavours, Lemon Juice Concentrate)
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