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Douglas Chismar, B.A., M. Div., Ph.D.
Program Director
American University (Philosophy; Minor - History); Ashland Theological Seminary (Theology); Ohio State University (Philosophy). Former Director of the Chowan College Center for Ethics, Murfreesboro, N.C.; Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy at Ashland University, N.C. Dissertation: "Empathy: Its Nature, Determinants, and Importance for Moral Decision-Making." Extensive record of collaborative presentations and leadership in interdisciplinary studies and ethics across the curriculum programs.
Ann H. Albritton, B.A., M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D.
Eckerd College (Humanities); University of South Florida (Art History); City University of New York (Art History); City University of New York (Modern and Contemporary Art History). Fellow, Civic Education Project, Bucharest, Romania, 1993-1995. Research: Sonia Delaunay; Contemporary Art, Latin American Art, Art of the African Diaspora, and Women Artists. Numerous catalogue essays and reviews.
Carolyn Bloomer, B.A., M.A.Ed., Ph.D.
Coordinator of Cultural Beliefs
Wichita State University (English; Minor - Art); University of Hartford Art School (Art Education); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Anthropology of Meaning). Field Research: China. Author: Principles of Visual Perception; writer for Critique: The Magazine of Graphic Design Thinking, and Adobe. Speaker: Mead Annual Report Conference; International Institute for Information Design; Poynter Institute for Media Studies. http://www.carolynbloomer.com/
Nicole Caron, B.A., M.A.
Coordinator of Writing
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA (English); Portland State University, Portland, OR (English). Ms. Caron has 10 years experience teaching composition at community colleges and universities in Oregon, Connecticut and Florida. She spent the 1990s working for and consulting with community colleges, metals manufacturing companies, and other small businesses designing and developing training programs, directing technology adoption programs, writing grants and marketing and strategic plans. Nicole also co-owned a small marketing company. Her nonfiction articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines and trade novels and trade journals. She lives with her spouse and Golden Retriever in Clearwater. Her passions include writing novels and participating in two annual writing contests: The 3 Day Novel Contest and the National Novel Writing Month contest. www.nicolecaron.com
Susan Doll, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Kent State University (Art History, Minor: Ceramics); Ohio State University (Art History); Northwestern University (Film History and Theory); Northwestern University (Film History and Theory). Previous teaching experience includes film studies at Oakton Community College, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Daley City College, and Northwestern University Extension Service. Dr. Doll is a writer and researcher for commercial DVD labels, arts organizations, and Turner Classic Movies. She is the author of Elvis for Dummies, Understanding Elvis, The Films of Elvis Presley, and Marilyn: Her Life and Legend; and co-author of Florida on Film (University Press of Florida). Susan is also author of the interactive children's book I Love Lucy; and a contributing writer for Blanche Lazzell: The Making of an American Modernist (West Virginia University Press).
Anthony Rice, B.F.A., M.F.A.
Coordinator of Art History
Virginia Commonwealth University (Fine Arts); University of North Carolina (Fine Arts). Major exhibitions: Brooklyn Museum; Smithsonian Institute; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art; High Museum of Art. Collections: King Juan Carlos of Spain; National Museum of American Art; High Museum of Art; Library of Congress. Texts illustrated: Seven Persian Fables; A Letter of Columbus. Grants: National Endowment for the Arts.
Christopher Robinson, Ph.D.
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (Cognitive Science). For the past twenty years, Dr. Robinson has pursued an integrated vision of the social sciences. As an undergraduate at New College, he studied classical languages, translated texts, wrote two young adult encyclopedias on astronomy and archaeology, and even found time to get a degree in Psychobiology. After this, he spent seven years in graduate school teaching whenever a school would give him a class, tutoring high school students, while earning his doctorate. His main research area has been the study of memory in the real world; this has included studying people's memories for recent events, reconstructing historical events based on written records, and serving as an expert witness for criminal cases. For the past ten years, Dr. Robinson has continued to integrate the social sciences by taking and teaching courses throughout these fields (such as the Psychology of Fine Art, and Psychology and Law).
Daphne Lange Rosenzweig, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Mount Holyoke College (Economic Geography; Minor - Art History, British Empire History, Political Science); Columbia University (East Asian Art & Archaeology; Minor - Far Eastern Languages & Literature); Columbia University (East Asian Art & Archaeology; Minor - Far Eastern Languages & Literature). Fulbright Fellow, National Palace Museum, Taiwan. Author of numerous books, catalogues and articles on Asian art. Book reviewer for Tibet Journal, China Review International, Journal of Asian Studies, National Gallery of Art. Fellow, Royal Asian Society-Korea and American Oriental Society. Museum exhibition curator, museum consultant; lecturer at international conferences; accredited appraiser of Asian and Islamic art. https://webspace.ringling.edu/~drosenzw/
Tim Rumage III, B.A., M.A.
Bowdoin College (Biology & Psychology); Boston University (Biology). Consultant for comprehensive environmental planning. Former director, scientific and technical illustration program, Rhode Island School of Design. Board Member, Florida House Foundation. Numerous publications. http://web.me.com/trumage/Site/Welcome.html
Robert Stanton, B.A., M.A.
Coordinator of Comparative Arts
Bates College (English); University of Cincinnati (English). Previous teaching experience: University of Cincinnati; Art Academy of Cincinnati; University of Maine at Augusta; Boston University; University of Houston-Downtown; California State Polytechnic University. Academic residencies: Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France, 1975; Visiting Scholar, American Academy in Rome, 2000 and 2007. Research: literature and the arts as expressions of significant socio-cultural and philosophical ideas. His works have been published in Theatre Annual, Text and Presentation, and Proceedings. https://webspace.ringling.edu/~rstanton/
David Steiling, M.A., Ph.D.
Coordinator of Literature
Boston University (Creative Writing & English); University of South Florida (Literature). Poet, performance artist, new vaudevillian, journalist. Currently engaged in research and writing on the literature of comics and the graphic narrative. http://webspace.ringling.edu/~dsteilin/
Ryan Van Cleave, B.A., M.A. Ph.D.
Northern Illinois University (English; Minors - Music, Philosophy); Florida State University (English); Florida State University (English). Dr. Van Cleave is the co-founder and director of C&R Press, a non-profit literary organization that publishes books from new and emerging writers and provides free community writing workshops. He is the author of five collections of poetry, has served as editor of Contemporary American Poetry: Behind the Scenes and co-editor of six other textbooks and anthologies, and is the recipient of numerous writing and publishing awards. His latest book is Unlocked (Walker Books for Young Readers, 2011), a YA novel. Dr. Van Cleave is also a frequent conference speaker on the subjects of digital culture, digital addiction, social networking and creative writing. www.ryangvancleave.com
Christopher Wilson, B.Arch., M.A., Ph.D.
Temple University (Architecture); The Architectural Association, London (Histories &d Theories of Architecture); Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Architecture). Dr. Wilson has worked professionally as an architect in Philadelphia, Berlin, and London, and is a registered architect with the Royal Institute of British Architects. He has been teaching architecture and design students at the university level since 1997, both in design studios and lecture/seminars. Dr. Wilson has presented scholarly papers at conferences in Austria, Canada, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan, and has published articles in refereed journals and chapters in edited books.
Long-term Part-time Faculty
Anamari J. Boyes, B.S., M.S.
University of Navarre, Spain (Environmental & Agricultural Biology); University of Navarre, Spain (Environmental & Agricultural Biology). Ms. Boyes' professional experience includes work as a Staff Biologist at Mote Marine Laboratory in different fields, during which time she has managed many of the laboratory duties, overseeing extensive field work operations, and collaboration with other programs at Mote Marine. For the first five years of her career, she focused on invertebrate taxonomy and sea grass ecosystems. Since then she is an HPLC specialist analyzing algae pigments, involving technical aspects of HPLC analysis, as well as posterior analysis of chromatography for the Phytoplankton Ecology Program.
Paula Brooks-Jawitz, B.S., M.S, Ph.D.
Brooklyn College (Elementary Education); University of Maryland (Reading Curriculum/Instruction); University of Maryland (Reading Curriculum/Instruction); University of Maryland (Reading Curriculum/Instruction). Adjunct in Children's Literature and Writing Books for Children. Full time Academic Resource Center reading/study skills specialist with expertise in cognitive style, mnemonics, test development, and reading comprehension. Past teaching experience includes: University of Maryland Graduate School, Co-Director University of Maryland Reading Center Summer Program, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota Campus. Field of research and publications include Mental Imagery, Text Illustrations and Children's Story Comprehension and Recall, Reading Research Quarterly and Induced Mental Imagery and the Written Language Expression of Young Children.
James Condor, B.S., M.Ed., Ph.D.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Mathematics; Minor - Computers); Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Mathematics; Minor - Education); University of South Florida (Mathematics; Minor - Computers). Teaching experience: Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL; Edison Community College, Fort Myers, FL; Lander College, Greenwood, SC; University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, PA. Dr. Condor is the author of two Critical Thinking Workbooks for Alan Bluman's Elementary Statistics textbook [McGraw-Hill], and created a complete set of instructional videos for Larson & Farber's Elementary Statistics textbook [Prentice Hall]. He is a member of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Florida Two-Year College Mathematics Association, and the Sarasota Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Dr. Condor has also presented at state and national conferences on the link between mathematics and art.
Karla Gore, B.S., M.M.A.
Western Washington University (Biology with Marine Biology emphasis); University of Washington, School of Marine Affairs (Marine Affairs). Professional experience: Instructor, NOAA Fisheries Protected Species Workshops; Fisheries Biologist/Natural Resource Management Specialist, NOAA Fisheries Service, St. Petersburg, FL; Natural Resource Management Specialist, NOAA Fisheries Service, Honolulu, HI; Outreach/Education Coordinator, NOAA Fisheries Service, Honolulu, HI.
Emily Hall, B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Mercer University, Macon, GA (Spanish); Mercer University (Environmental Science); University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Engineering Sciences); University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Engineering Sciences). Professional experience: Staff Scientist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL. Dr. Hall's experience at Mote Marine Laboratory has included the management of multiple laboratory and field analyses as crew leader for monthly red tide and Sarasota Bay water quality monitoring, and collaboration with FWRI [Fish and Wildlife Research Institute], START [Solutions To Avoid Red Tide], and Sarasota County for the research and monitoring of the relation between nutrient patterns and algal blooms.
Neil Marinovich, B.A., M.A.
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI (History); Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI (History). Master thesis: "American Industry and Finance, and German Rearmament: A Case Study of Standard Oil, DuPont and General Motors and Their Relations with Interessengemeinschaft-Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft"; a copy of the thesis is in the United States Library of Congress. Professional experience includes: Adjunct European & American History Instructor, Career Choices Center Coordinator, Manatee Community College; Career Training Advisor, Manasota Industry Council/Manatee Community College; Business Technology Instructor, Washtenaw Community College/Business-Industry Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
Christopher Nank, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Ohio University (English); Florida State University (Literature); Florida State University (Literature). Dr. Nank's teaching experience includes University of Maryland-University College, College Park, MD; Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD; Beacon College, Leesburg, FL; Florida State University, Tallahasse, FL; Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL. While teaching at Beacon College, Dr. Nank had the opportunity to work with programs created exclusively for mentoring students, many with learning disabilities and diverse cultural backgrounds, through a college-level curriculum.
Jacqueline Smith, B.A., M.A.
Florida State University (Psychology; Minor - English); University of South Florida (American Literature). Ms. Smith has been published in Studies in American Culture and American Quarterly. Adjunct in Writing.
Alison Watkins, B.A., M.F.A., Ph.D.
Agnes Scott College (Math); Bard College (Writing); Florida State University (Literature). Poet, bookmaker. Publications: The Visionary Ethics of W.B. Yeats and The Ghost Tree. Adjunct in English, Comparative Arts, and Topics in Liberal Arts. https://webspace.ringling.edu/~awatkins/
Adjunct Faculty
Linda Brant, Ph.D., M.F.A.
Texas Tech University (Ph.D. Clinical Psychology); Lesley University College of Art and Design (MFA, Visual Art). Dr. Brant is a licensed psychologist living in Orlando, Florida. She has held positions in both academic and applied settings, serving as the Coordinator of a federal grant for training Infant Toddler Developmental Specialists at the University of Central Florida, working as a staff psychologist at various hospitals and outpatient centers, teaching courses at Winthrop University and the University of Central Florida, and serving as Assistant Dean for the College of Social Sciences at the University of Phoenix. Dr. Brant's academic interests extend across the disciplines of Psychology, Human-Animal Studies and Visual Art. Her art practice explores the complexities of inter-species relationships through the mediums of sculpture and photography. She uses focused interviewing, field work and mapping techniques to explore the concept of honoring, particularly as it pertains to non-human animal life. Dr. Brant has two dogs (rescues) one of which is a certified therapy dog. www.lindabrant.net
Virginia B. DeMers, B.A., M.A.
Director of Academic Resource Center
Vassar College (Religion; Minor - Philosophy/English); University of South Florida (English Literature). Virginia is a published poet, and has 20 years experience teaching in writing, reading and study skills. In addition to teaching and literature at Ringling, she directs the Academic Resource Center, supervising all areas of academic support and arranging accommodations for students with disabilities. Her areas of interest include rhetoric and composition, literature by women and modern and contemporary poetry.
Phillippe Diederich, B.A., M.A.
Eckerd College (Creative Writing); New England School of Photography (Photography). An award-winning photojournalist with over fifteen years experience, Phillippe has covered news and feature assignments in the U.S. and Latin America for major national publications. He is a freelance photographer and regular contributor to The New York Times, TIME, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, Atlantic Monthly, Mother Jones, Toronto Star, Cigar Aficionado, The Village Voice, The Washington Post, Sarasota Magazine, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Gulfshore Life Magazine, and Getty Images. In 1992 he consulted the photography department at El Listin Diario, the Dominican Republic's largest daily newspaper, as it upgraded to a color digital press. Phillippe has exhibited widely in the U.S. including shows at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona, FL, the Center of Contemporary Art in Miami, FL, the Houston Art Car Museum, the State Capitol in Tallahassee, FL, the galleries at Florida Atlantic University and the El Paso Art Museum in El Paso, TX. His works are part of the permanent collection of the Southeast Museum of Photography as well as various private collections. He is the recipient of the Florida Artist Fellowship in photography. www.phillippediederich.com
Del Jacobs, B.A., M.A.
Loyola University of New Orleans (B.A. Mass Communications) and USF-Tampa (M.A. Mass Communications, M.A. Communication). Del Jacobs is the author of two books that explore cinematic representation: Interrogating the Image: Movies and The World of Film and Television and Revisioning Film Traditions: The Pseudo-Documentary and the NeoWestern. His background includes film production, promotion and exhibition, frequently tied together with critical research in recent articles such as "The Aggregate Spectator: 125 Years of Sights, Sounds and Moving Pictures" (2013, Cambridge Scholars Publishing in Media, Technology and The Imagination). A resident of Sarasota since 1976, Mr. Jacobs was owner and operator of Full Moon Productions, a local documentary film production and exhibition service that showcased issue-oriented non-fiction films. He is currently Director of Film & Media Studies at State College of Florida. Jacobs serves on the Sarasota Film Commissioner's Advisory Board, and has worked closely with the Sarasota Film Society and the Sarasota Film Festival in Educational Outreach since their inception. He currently teaches Liberal Arts courses in the critical study of cinema at Ringling College.
Annie Jakowenko, M.A., M.A.T.
Syracuse University (Theater, Speech Communication); SUNY Cortland (English). Annie has been an actor since the age of 8 and a director since she was 18. She holds Permanent New York State Certification in English/Writing and Florida Certification in ESOL and English/writing. Annie has taught at Syracuse University, SUNY Oswego and SUNY Cortland and is currently on the faculty at State College of Florida, Bradenton. Her varied experience includes writing and editing for Carrier International and the Syracuse Post Standard. She is currently writing her blog, Morobinbarrystories.com, and completing a book. She commutes to Florida from her home in New York.
Anthony Lenzo, B.A., M.A.
New College, Sarasota, FL (Philosophy and Physics); Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN (Communication). In addition to his Bachelors and Masters degrees, Anthony received Masters-level film production training at Governors State University. He trained in improv performance at Chicago's Second City and writing at the Writers' Loft. He has written and directed several short films and served as director of photography for the independent feature film Alchemy in Hyde Park. He has taught public speaking, film and mass communication at Purdue University, Moraine Valley Community College, and the Chicago Wisdom Project. In addition to teaching Film & Narrative at Ringling, he also teaches film production and screenwriting at the State College of Florida. He is a past member of Chicago Filmmakers, the Chicago Screenwriting Network and the Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group.
Heather D. Lundy, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (ABD)
University of Maryland, College Park (Art History and Archaeology); University of Illinois, Chicago (History of Art and Architecture). Heather is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from Florida State University (Visual Cultures of the Americas, Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture; Minor – Modern and Contemporary Art History). Past teaching experience: Instructor [History of Art and Criticism I; History of Art and Criticism II; Art Appreciation; Great Traditions in Mesoamerican Art and Culture], Florida State University; Instructor [Form and Idea], University of Tampa. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants. Patricia Rose Teaching Fellow, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011-2014; Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow, Yucatán, Mexico, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, and Summer 2012; FSU International Programs Fellow, London, England, Spring 2014. At present she is also a consultant for the registrar at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art cataloging their collection of Pre-Columbian art. Research Interests: Ancient Maya Architecture, Pre-Columbian Art, Modern African Art and the African Diaspora. Conferences and presentations include Knot Just a Twisted Rope: Auto-Sacrifice and the Olmec Umbilical Cord; Reconnecting the Cosmic Umbilicus in the Maya Iconographical Repertoire. She is a member of the Southeastern College Art Conference and the Association for Latin American Art.
Baila Miller, B.A., M.A.
University of Memphis. Baila Miller completed post graduate work in the area of Instruction and Curriculum Development at The University of Memphis. Through her company, Miller Music and Fine Arts Programs, she has been presenting college level courses that explore the role of literature, paintings, architecture, sculpture, cinema, and photography, as well as orchestral and operatic influences in the development of European and modern American culture. For over a decade, she has been teaching through the Sarasota Library System, The Brandeis National Committee, Pierian Spring Academy, Road Scholar, Longboat Education Center, Sarasota Bay Club, The FSU Ringling Library, Historic Spanish Point, and Art Center Sarasota.
Catherine Mougalian, M.A.T.E.S.O.L.
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA. After teaching Grammar, Reading and Conversation for two years in California community colleges, Catherine relocated to Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she taught Basic English and Advanced Writing, and also trained future English teachers in preparation for success in their classrooms. In Nagoya, Japan, Catherine had the opportunity to teach Film Studies classes, Writing, and Latin American Culture Studies.
Amy Shepherd Nance, B.A., M.F.A.
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN [English Literature/English Writing]; Columbia University, New York, NY [Fiction Writing]. Past teaching experience: Visiting Instructor of English, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL; Adjunct Instructor of English, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL; CA/T Instructor of Creative Writing, Columbia University, New York, NY; Creative Writing and Composition Teacher, Bank Street College, New York, NY; Co-Teacher and Writing Center Tutor, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN. Amy is a published author of short stories and nonfiction, including freelance articles for the 2006 Official Florida Family Vacation Guide and numerous online sites highlighting travel destinations throughout the state of Florida. She is currently completing work on a novel, Inventio.
Ania Nazarian, B.A., M.A., M.F.A.
University of Chicago; Indiana University; University of Illinois at Chicago; Indiana University. Ania is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from Indiana University. Past teaching experience: Instructor [History of Graphic Design], Indiana University; Instructor [Graphic Design I & II; Introduction to Two-dimensional Design], University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the recipient of numerous awards and grants. Conferences and presentations include Albrecht Durer's "Saint Jerome in His Study" of 1514; A Reflection of Contemporary Times, Evan F. Lilly Memorial Biennial Lecture Competition, Indiana University; The Mask as an Unresolved Self-Portrait in the Work of Witold Wojtkiewicz and Stanislaw Witkiewicz, Midwest Slavic Conference, Ohio State University. She is a member of the College Art Association.
SuEllen Rader Regonini, B.S., A.S., M.Ed., Ph.D. (ABD)
Ohio State University (Medical Communication); International Academy of Design & Technology (Graphic Design/Multimedia Programming); University of South Florida (Instructional Technology, Applied Cultural Anthropology). Ms. Regonini is a scholar of media and economic anthropology, focusing on the entertainment industry and maker cultures. Her dissertation is an ethnography of entrepreneurial popular media fans and their creative, social and technological practices as they relate to the formation of various forms of capital within their in-person and online communities, as well as the entertainment industry. She has presented extensively on the rise of fandom-based philanthropies, creative practices of science fiction fandoms, and research methodologies for studying online communities. She has taught studio courses in Photoshop, graphic design, interactive media programming and design, and web design at IADT and the University of Tampa, visual literacy and intercultural communications at UT, and introductory anthropology and cross-cultural anthropology courses at USF. She is also a digital fine artist, and has shown her Photoshop-based works in shows at Ringling and elsewhere in Florida.
Robyn M. Rocklein, B.A., M.A., D.M.A.
University of Arizona (Music); University of Arizona (Music); Arizona State University (Music). Dr. Rocklein is a professional musician, scholar, and teacher of music, communications, and history, with her primary area of expertise concerning the artistic adaptations of women of antiquity in ancient Greek drama and mythology. Her secondary area of expertise is the late 19th Century Shadow Theatre of the Chat Noir. Accordingly, Dr. Rocklein's research not only explores the music indicative of this period in France but also the fine art and literary expressions of how this early cabaret music influenced patrons of the cabaret such as Henri Rivière, Claude Debussy, and Paul Verlaine. Her teaching background includes courses on history, English, intelligence operations, and criminal justice, for the Department of Defense and Cochise College, and courses on music at the University of Arizona and at Arizona State University. She has presented original research findings and guest lectured for the College Music Society, the University of Leeds (UK), the University of Utah Department of Languages and Literature, and the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. In addition to her academic endeavors, she is an award winning mezzo soprano and has appeared as a soloist in England, Germany, and Austria, as well as throughout the US. She moved from Arizona to Florida in December 2012.
Elinor Rogosin, B.A., M.A.
University of Pennsylvania (English; Minor - Dance); Columbia University, Teachers College (English). Teaching experience: University of South Florida Academy for Lifelong Learning; the Berlitz Language Schools, Santa Monica, CA, and New York [ESL]; New York Public High Schools [English]; New York University School of Continuing Education. Elinor's past professional experience includes work as an Independent Radio Producer/Interviewer with NYC's WBAI-FM's program Dance Focus, and as a journalist for various publications, including Longboat Observer, Dance Magazine, and Dance Scholars Newsletter. Her public relations has included the American Choreography Awards [Los Angeles, CA], Marcel Dekker, Inc. [NYC], Capezio Ballet Makers [NYC], and the International Committee for The Dance Library of Israel [NYC]. She is the author of The Dance Makers: Conversations with American Choreographers. Elinor is currently working on a memoir, Chasing Love: A Mother's Journey.
Matthew Seguin, B.S., M.S.
University of Florida (Wildlife Ecology and Conservation); University of Central Florida (Biology). Matt is the husbandry supervisor (aquarium biologist) at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, FL. He has previously held biologist positions with the Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo), Sea World Orlando, Discovery Cove, and The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. He has lectured at the University of Central Florida, Santa Fe College, and The Oregon Coast Community College on the subject of fish and invertebrate husbandry and regularly works with the Mote Marine Laboratory education department helping to develop curriculum and speaking to various groups on current environmental issues and research being performed at the lab. He moved to Sarasota in 2008.
Carol Sparrow, B.M., M.M.
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (Vocal Performance); University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (Vocal Performance). Carol Sparrow has led a very active career as an international opera singer, performing leading roles with major houses and orchestras to critical and popular acclaim. She is known for her portrayals of Eboli, Santuzza, Brangaene, Azucena, Komponist, Musetta, and, perhaps most famously, the title role of Carmen. She has been engaged by the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Komische Opera Berlin, Staatstheater St. Gallen, Opera de Belles Artes (Mexico), Netherlands Radio Orchestra, and many regional opera companies across the United States.
Fiona Stewart, M.A., Ph.D.
Goldsmiths College, London, UK (Cultural Studies); York University, Toronto, Canada (Humanities). Dr. Stewart's research interests revolve around the development of cultural and intellectual modernism in late 19th/early 20th century Europe within its socio-political milieu. Her work focuses on cultural resistance and transformation, while paying particular attention to issues of race and gender. Her doctoral dissertation examined the work of little-known Hungarian poet, illustrator and philosopher Anna Lesznai and the development of aesthetic modernism in Hungary at the fin-de-siecle.
Brian Tyler, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (ABD)
Washington University (Anthropology; Minor – History); Louisiana State University (Anthropology); University of Florida (Anthropology). Brian's past research and employment includes work in a number of fields within anthropology, including primatology, archaeology, forensic anthropology, and medical anthropology. His dissertation research is concerned with the nature of social suffering in rural Guatemalan refugee communities following the end of the civil war, and how memories of a traumatic past intersect in the present with feelings about endemic poverty, political and institutional marginalization, and ongoing post-conflict violence. Brian has previously taught courses in anthropology at Louisiana State University, Florida State University, the University of Florida, and Hillsborough Community College. He is a member of the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Applied Anthropology, the Society of Psychological Anthropology, and Lambda Alpha.
Eleanor Wachs, B.A., Ph.D.
Hunter College (English Literature; Minor - Education); Indiana University (Philosophy). Dr. Wachs is a professional folklorist, writer and teacher and has taught folklore, writing, literature and anthropology at universities in the Greater Boston area, including Brown, U-Massachusetts-Boston, and MIT. She is currently the President of Florida Cultural Resources, a non-profit group dedicated to bringing folk art to the public. She is also President-Elect of the Florida Folklore Society, an academic organization in which professional folklorists present their research interests. Dr. Wachs has taught writing for several years, has been a museum curator, a grants administrator, and a technical writer in the software industry. Her background in writing includes academic publications, writing for the public sector and the software industry. She moved from Boston to Sarasota in 2003.
Heather R. White, Ph.D.
Princeton University (Religion). Dr. White is a historian of religion and sexuality in the twentieth century United States. She also teaches courses in religion and gender studies at New College of Florida and is currently finishing revisions to a book, titled Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights.
Ginna L. Wilkerson, B.F.A., M.Ed., Ph.D.
Texas Christian University (Dance), University of Florida (English Education), University of Aberdeen (Creative Writing – Poetry) Dr. Wilkerson began her career as a dance instructor and choreographer, later studying Comparative Literature and working as an instructor and academic advisor. She has been teaching composition in higher education for the past ten years, and her collection of poetry, Odd Remains, was recently published.


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Former Maine Game Warden Advocates Alien FishSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sun, 06/11/2006 - 07:08.
This from George Smith, executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine: "SAM opposes the use of splake in Maine waters and has tried every way possible to eliminate them, including advocating for their elimination in the deliberations of
Scientists Discover Crater from Meteor that could have wiped out 90 percent of Earths speciesSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sun, 06/11/2006 - 07:06.
Protective falcon brings risk to river crossingSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sat, 06/10/2006 - 07:04.
Mentored youth will hunt antlered deer Mentored youth will hunt antlered deerSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sat, 06/10/2006 - 07:00.
Anyone else have a problem with this? Kids under 12 running around the woods with rifles? Is there such a thing as being too young to hunt even when "supervised." http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/23283
ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER IS LAST WASTE DUMP State Pocked by Thousands of Hazardous Waste Sites with Little MonitoringSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sat, 06/10/2006 - 06:52.
TRIBE MEMBERS HAVE LONG HISTORY OF GAME VIOLATIONS Seattle City Council Poised to Cede White River Game Management to MuckleshooSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sat, 06/10/2006 - 06:49.
GORE COULD CAUSE GLOBAL BORINGSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sat, 06/10/2006 - 06:43.
Alaska Gold Mine Threatens Pristine Waters, WildernessSubmitted by Ted Williams on Sat, 06/10/2006 - 06:39.
More on Maine SplakeSubmitted by Ted Williams on Fri, 06/09/2006 - 07:09.
Folks Kevin, thank you for stepping up. Kevin and several Dud Dean Angling Society members have done some great research in regard to SPK reproduction and back-crossing. I have seen what they have collected and it is compelling. They have also been in contact
The Recreational Trails ProgramSubmitted by Ted Williams on Fri, 06/09/2006 - 07:08.
The Recreational Trails Program has long been a favorite of the motorized recreation community with the BlueRibbon Coalition being amongst the oldest and most visible supporter for what was originally an American Recreation Coalition legislative initiative.

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4/10 in Yankee History
The red-letter days…
1998: The largest regular season crowd ever at the post-renovation
original Stadium (56,717) look on as Tino Martinez leads the Yankees to
an historic 17-13 win over the A's. Martinez had 3 hits' including a
double and HR' 5 RBI' and 4 runs. The teams combine for a Yankee
Stadium record with 30 runs' topping the old record of 28 set on June
3' 1933. The Yankees' 17 runs are the most in a home opener since 1955.
1913: President Woodrow Wilson' who receives a gold pass from Ban
Johnson' throws out the first ball at Washington's home opener at
National Park against New York. Under new manager Frank Chance' the New
Yorkers are playing their first regular season game as Yankees.
New York starter George McConnell' 8-12 last year as a 35-year-old
rookie' allows just 6 hits but loses to Walter Johnson 2-1. Danny
Moeller drives in both Nat runs with a single. After giving up an
unearned run in the first' Johnson begins a string of shutout innings
that will reach a record 55 2/3 before the St. Louis Browns score in
the 4th on May 14th. Johnson scatters 8 hits today' including one by 1B
Charlie Sterrett. Regular first sacker Hal Chase' though left-handed'
fills in at second base for injured player/manager Frank Chance.
On other 10ths of April…
1982: The Yankees trade relief pitcher Ron Davis and minor leaguers
Paul Boris and Greg Gagne to the Twins for veteran infielder Roy
Smalley. Gagne hit .270 and .297 over the past two seasons at
1980: At Arlington Stadium' Jon Matlack and Ron Guidry both pitch
shutout ball for 9 innings before being lifted. In the 12th' Goose
Gossage relieves with Mickey Rivers on 3rd and Richie Zisk at the
plate. His first pitch is wild, allowing Rivers to score the game's
only run. Gossage also lost the '78 Opener when Zisk took him deep in
the 9th. Each team manages just 4 hits in the contest with Bob Watson
and Bob Sundberg each collecting three of them
1969: Frank Howard bangs a pair of homers' giving him 4 in 3 games' in
the Senators 9-6 win over the Yankees. Fritz Peterson gives up 10 hits
and 6 runs in taking the loss. For the Yanks' Frank Fernandez hits a pair of
homers' one a grand slam.
1968: In New York' just 15'744 Yankee faithful show up for the home opener with California. Poet Marianne Moore tosses out the
first ball and rookie catcher Frank Fernandez catches it.
then belts a home run off George Brunet for the margin of victory, as
Mel Stottlemyre gets the win' 1-0. Fernandez has one of three hits off
Brunet' while Stottlemyre allows just four hits. This is one of four
shutouts (out of ten games) pitched on Opening Day.
1963: The Yankees follow an 8-2 opening day victory yesterday with a
5-3 victory today at Kansas City. The 45*F weather takes its toll' as
Yankee starter Bill Stafford leaves in the 7th inning with a twinge in
his right arm' and will never be quite the same. Mickey Mantle homers
but pulls a muscle in his last at bat that he will re-injure on the
13th' sidelining him for 2 weeks.
1962: At the Stadium' Mickey Mantle' Roger Maris' and Moose Skowron'
the three Yankees who combined for 143 homers last season' hit Opening
Day blasts to propel New York to a come-from-behind 7-6 win over
Baltimore. Moose's shot is a two-run job to dead center that he legs
out for an inside-the -park homer' while Mantle hits his in the 8th
inning to tie the game' Maris hits a 3-run shot in the 5th. Johnny
Temple' in his first game for the O's' has three hits' including a
homer. Starters Billy Hoeft and Whitey Ford are gone after six innings'
and the win goes to Ralph Terry' while Hal Brown takes the loss.
1946: Bob Watson, 1b-DH for the 1980-81 Yankees, and general manager of the team in 1996-97, is born. Happy 64th, Bob!
1940: In an exhibition game in Ashland' KY' the Yankees collect only 2
hits off Max Macon and Newt Kimball but beat the Dodgers' 7-6. The
scoring comes in the 4th on a Red Rolfe single' 4 walks' and 2 errors'
and in the 6th on Babe Dahlgren's solo home run. The Yanks do lose Jake
Powell' who suffers a cerebral concussion in an outfield collision.
Powell will play just 12 games this season.
Red Rolfe
1934: Author and historian David Halberstam is born. Halberstam was
also a Yankee fan who penned excellent accounts of the 1949 pennant
race ('Summer of '49) and the 1964 World Series (October, 1964). He
died in 2007, age 73.
1928: The Brooklyn Robins beat the Yankees' 7-2' to earn a split in
their 4 game series. The World Champions end their exhibition season
with a 6-14 record' going 3-10 against major-league competition.


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I haven't been baking much in our dorm-sized sublet. The Barbie scaled toy that pretends it's an oven (my lasagna pan- never mind my cookie sheets- won't fit) is totally, weirdly cattywampus. Pie plates slide to the rear and flip backwards like pancakes. And trying to fetch potatoes that have rolled off the back of the rack is often a futile act proving hazardous to your fingertips. I'm a slow learner. I burned myself twice. But I'm still smiling. For two reasons.
1. We found an apartment we love. I can walk to the beach. And the Santa Monica Farmers Market. And the Third Street theaters and shops and bookstore and cafes. Walk! As in, no car necessary. There isn't room to set up a painting studio (space is but a luxury so close to the beach) but. There is a brand new kitchen. With a shiny spankin' new stove. Virgin territory. Untouched by heinous proteins. This will be my first gluten-free kitchen, ever. We move in November first.
2. Then there is Tuesday. The premiere of The Canyon at Grauman's Chinese Theater. The first time we will see Steve's script on the silver screen. Larger than life. Edited to the director's vision. Am I excited? Of course. Am I nervous? Affirmative. Will it be the movie we dreamed of? Maybe it will and maybe it won't. The one thing I know for sure about movies is that film making is a magical, unpredictable process.
I read my husband's scripts with intricate emotions threaded with awe. It takes guts to start over- at any age. Following your dream (especially at mid-life) isn't some gauzy pie in the sky back-lit experience. Magical thinking has no place in it. Or faith. It's more about toughness and tenacity. And even that sounds too romantic.
The thing about big dreams is you have to get real. You have to face down your fear. You have to shed outworn habits and assumptions. You have to decide what is worth doing. And do it. And work at it. And work some more. This entails risk. On all kinds of levels.
A successful painter who made his living as an artist for two decades, Steve started reading screenplays and flirted with the idea of writing a script. But the thing is, it's rare to make a living as a painter- ninety-nine percent of painters never earn more than the cost of materials. And here he was, paying the mortgage with his art. The pressure he felt was to keep at it, keep painting, keep the momentum. Because everybody knows, once you got it you don't screw with momentum.
But then he had a dream.
In his dream a little boy (wearing the same striped shirt he wore as a child) handed Steve a silver key. The key opened a treasure box containing words on paper. It doesn't get any more Jungian than that. I knew then painting wasn't enough for him. I knew then he had to write. What the soul needs is a mysterious thing. And so it goes. I bought him script software as a gift. That was twelve years ago.
He writes now daily. I line edit late drafts. I help with research. I examine female characters and dialogue with a woman's perspective. We talk about structure, subtext and reveals over bowls of butternut soup. An odd synchronicity is afoot. I used to live in Hollywood- many, many moons ago. I did a little production work and continuity on independent film projects. I tried on the role of script girl. I loved it. But I didn't possess the drive to stick with it. I didn't have a true sense of self in my twenties, you see. I couldn't hear my own voice. I didn't feel authentic. And so I left. I moved back to the east coast of my childhood. And lived another life.
Decades later, here I sit. In a Santa Monica apartment. Sipping yerba mate and reading over script changes on Steve's newest project, Killer Smile. I am hearing an Irish lilt in my head, picturing scenes that will soon spark to life thanks to producers, a director and cinematographer, casting director, actors, costume designer, wardrobe supervisor, art director, set decorator, location scout, sound engineers, camera assistants, focus pullers, boom operators, stunt men and women, grips, gaffer, a special effects team, composer, music supervisor, film editor, production managers and caterers. It all starts with words on paper.
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Karina's Gluten-Free Pumpkin Waffles
Originally published October 2008.
For the pumpkin season- a waffle. I'm experimenting with grains higher in protein than your average gluten-free flour mix, but if you'd rather use your favorite gluten-free blend or wheat-free waffle and pancake slash baking mix, please feel free. You'll need 2 to 2 and 2/3 cups flour or baking and pancake mix.
Whisk together your dry ingredients in a mixing bowl:
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1 cup organic buckwheat flour
1/3 cup millet flour
1/3 cup tapioca starch (this adds a bit of crispness to the waffle)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
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4 tablespoons light olive oil
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When I poured my first two waffles I had not yet added the tapioca starch; I was trying to create a whole grain waffle and was snubbing starches in my formula. The result was, Meh. They were soft and fell apart. When I added the tapioca starch the waffles turned out perfectly.I made mine vegan and egg-free, so the addition of tapioca may have helped replace the eggs, even with my Ener-G Egg Replacer. I'm noting this to myself- with egg-free baking, tapioca seems to be a starch that helps keep the vegan baked good intact, and adds texture.Those of you who use eggs- if you try this recipe with eggs and choose not to include the tapioca starch, please leave a note in Comments and share with fellow readers: what worked, didn't work.Gluten-free waffles are finicky and affected by humidity and flour choices. Adjust batter as you go- adding more liquid if it thickens too much; more flour if it becomes too runny.Check out my recipe for Savory Waffles (for sandwiches, panini and bread crumbs).
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As you may have seen in my introductory thread, I'm new to this. I've only considered myself buddhist for ~2 days now and I've been doing much reading to basically learn where to start learning. Much to my personal disappointment I've not managed to find the information I've been looking for. Perhaps this comes as a result of not having a conveniently located meditation group, temple, or monastery. Hopefully you all can help to guide me a little bit, I'm particularly interested in the opinions of those who run meditation groups or even live at a monastery right now.
Firstly, I have no real simple way to find a teacher that I can regularly have access to. This means I essentially have to teach myself to meditate properly, how to chant, or doing any of these other things that are perhaps best taught in person. I actually haven't even discerned the reason chanting is so important, or when it should be done, and what chants should be done on each day, etc., etc., You can easily see how I am missing on many small cultural things (and in the case of meditation a BIG thing) that would help to guide me on the path to nibbana (sp?).
Aside from that, but still related to it, is the subject of the shrine. Is there any kind of a guide on how one should set up a shrine, and what one should include, what trappings it should have, and other details? Why should one have a shrine, and what function does it serve in the daily routine of a buddhist?
Further delving into the topic of meditation, for the advanced meditators here would you feel comfortable learning to meditate based off of only reading online/books? I've read much material on the theory, but almost all of this material says I should find a teacher. There is a possibility that I can go to a monastery near me called Bhavana Society, but that is likely months away and I would like to get started.
I realize that I am asking about a lot of things that may seem trivial, or unimportant, but I view these kinds of trappings as kinds of training wheels, if you will. Basically, I do not want to create the foundation of my practice out of ill knowledge and so I turn to you for your guidance on this matter. If you can think of an area where a beginner may have questions, I undoubtedly have them.
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Did you know...?
That the first edition of the Amber tournament had rapid and blitz games, and blitz was changed for blindfold starting from the second edition? That players like Ivanchuk, Kramnik and Topalov always ask for a bulletin after the round? That Peter and Sofi Leko are very good in table football?
Did you know...
- ...that the tournament has reached its 18th edition and Melody Amber herself will turn 18 in August this year?
- ...that the first edition had rapid and blitz games, and blitz was changed for blindfold starting from the second edition?
- ...that the blindfold games have always been played with computers, but during the first few years with desktop computers?
- ...that none of the players brought a second to Nice?
- ...that most of the players brought family to Nice (Aronian both of his parents, Karjakin his father, Topalov his girlfriend and brother...)?
- ...that Ivan Cheparinov arrived in Nice yesterday and doesn't want to be treated as a second?
- ...that Peter and Sofi Leko are very good at table football?
- ...that Loek van Wely will arrive as a guest in Nice tomorrow, and is mostly looking forward to beating Peter and Sofi at table football?
- ...that Vassily Ivanchuk has watched all of our videos, and really likes them?
- ...that every now and then your editor-in-chief still can't belief he's kibitzing moves together with John Nunn and Ljubomir Ljubojevic?
- ...that Ivanchuk has watched all of our videos, and really likes them?
- ...that we're sorry for repeating that one but think it's the coolest thing ever?
- ...that breakfast in the hotel is till 10:30 AM?
- ...that Anand and Ivanchuk usually arrive around 10:25?
- ...that Carlsen hasn't shown up for breakfast at all?
- ...that players like Ivanchuk, Kramnik and Topalov always ask for a bulletin after the round?
- ...that Peter Leko is thinking of buying a new computer for his opening preparation?
- ...that he really likes the Mac Book Pros that Macauley and yours truly are working on, but agrees they might be more useful for other things?
- ...that Anand didn't want to say anything about whether he used his Bonn preparation for his games against Kramnik today?
- ...that Kramnik immediately admitted that he was outprepared again?
- ...that Anand continued the nonsense by declaring that he hadn't prepared for his rapid game but instead preferred to watch Carlsen-Topalov in his hotel room?
- ...that Topalov wanted to see the Anand-Kramnik blindfold game just before he had to play himself, "to get in a good mood"?
- ...that we think we've spent enough time on the theme "Amber preparation" now?
- ... that we're looking forward to writing articles in regular format again?
vosuram, of course I agree. And since I participated in the discussion, I am not just a chess nerd but at least also interested in breakfast and women :) . Same goes for Peter Doggers who wrote the article in the first place ... :) .
But bernd, for photos of Topalov's girlfriend you may have to check on Chessbase - this time they can truly claim that they were made and displayed "on popular demand".
And another observation: So far this discussion thread seems to have a record number of smileys ... .
Lajos Arpad
5 years 9 months ago
@bernd: I was never sure wether Topalov's girlfriend looks like Danailov or Cheparinov... Maybe both. I thought he is gay, i was really surprised to read about his girlfriend.
@Thomas: Actually, not everything is turning around a disck
Well I already read Topalov speaking about his girlfriend over a year ago in an interview, when he brought a super cool binary watch to Corus and said it was a Christmas present from her. And it´s not the first tournament she attends, she was also with him at the Champions League in Vitoria, Spain in November 2007 that I know of, and who knows maybe somewhere else (now I´m looking like the total gossipy one but well I´m a girl AND I have a good memory). Let Magnus Carlsen enjoy his dad while he can, mine is already whining about my going abroad for graduate studies.
@ vosuram You know it´s good that you mentioned chesspro.ru because I think they have some great articles and reports sometimes, for example their pictorial reports are usually very extensive and nice, and they have interesting original stories like the one you posted. It would be great if you could translate the most interesting ones for the non-Russian speakers :)
Interesting that breakfast and Topalov's girlfriend got more comments than opening preparation :).
@ Chessgirl: I once had a similar breakfast on St. Lucia, a Caribbean island - lots of fresh fruit (rather than juices) on a nice shady terrace under palmtrees. And sometimes I also enjoy English breakfast while travelling, but would never prepare it myself ... . Anyway, as I am not a morning person, maybe my favorite breakfast is called brunch (though 10:30AM is acceptable) :).
And maybe the interest in Topalov's girlfriend is partly because she was mentioned for the first time (unless I missed something, not that I really care). Whereas for several other top players (Anand, Kramnik, Leko) there have been pictures on the Web of their "ex-girlfriends" [wives] ... . Any info about Magnus Carlsen???
@ chessgirl: I always imagined Topalov's girlfriend to look somewhat like Silvio Danailov :-D
The real fear is that, even if being a girl, she could be as ugly as them...
(trying to help the smily-nonsense atmosfere) :-)
BTW Peter... It seems you're going to widen topics of chessvibes, aren't you? There are many things which could be potentially interesting for non-Russians chess lovers as well :) Lev Psakhis role in the Indian chess school uprise? Guena Sosonko's chess, love and chess love stories (http://chesspro.ru/opinion/sosonko3.shtml, http://chesspro.ru/opinion/sosonko4.shtml, etc.)?.. Need someone to translate :) ?
"…that Vassily Ivanchuk has watched all of our videos, and really likes them?"
"…that Ivanchuk has watched all of our videos, and really likes them?"
double entry :) but cool
the cat
5 years 9 months ago
read again, dude!
Carlsen should be forfeited for being late at breakfast :)
BTW, when does Kramnik usually arrive?
…that breakfast in the hotel is till 10:30 AM?
…that Anand and Ivanchuk usually arrive around 10:25?
I infere from this that Anand and Ivanchuk really like the breakfast given at the hotel :)
By the way, I´m thinking about buying a MacBool myself! I´m sick with all the Windows virus issues and it´s a really good laptop.
P.S. I liked the format of this article :)
can we have photos of Topalov's girlfriend ?
ChessGirl, maybe the French breakfast isn't worth getting up "early" for ? At least that's my own impression from French hotels [but I have never stayed in one with five stars] :)
5 years 9 months ago
…that Loek van Wely will arrive as a guest in Nice tomorrow, and is mostly looking forward to beating Peter and Sofi with table football?
surely you meant AT table football not WITH. At would mean they play against each other... with means he murders him by slamming the table on his head... big difference.
But I like this format of article cool tidbits for a quick read.
I never doubt how gentle and diplomatic Anand is... Remember the draw agreement in the cage?
The breakfast is excellent; @Thomas haven't seen Kramnik there either; @CAL|Daniel thx corrected
@ bernd: If his girlfriend isn´t as pretty as yours (real or imaginary), will you feel better about yourself? ;)
@Thomas: Some people are just enthusiastic about breakfast. I count myself among those, it´s my favorite meal! Then you have people like my sister: Everytime we´re going on a family trip, the first thing she asks is whether the hotel has breakfast buffet or not :) . I can tell you that my best hotel breakfast EVER was in Cairo, in a hotel called Simiramis. They had bottles and bottles of natural juice made from many different fruits, and all the varieties of all the kinds of breakfasts in the world! Really, it was like a dream come true.
That's enough guys. Grow up.
5 years 9 months ago
The fact that Topalov said that it made him feel good to see Kramnik loose to Anand in the blinfoldgame, makes him even more sick then i thought he was.
@Castro: Not necessarily ... . A few years ago 'someone' made a GM rather mad with a comment on another Dutch chess forum, something like this: "How come such an ugly guy has such a good-looking girlfriend?" I will not reveal either name - the blogger has a rating well above 2000, but no GM title ... . To avoid misunderstandings, it is noone from the Chessvibes team - and it's not me either because I don't fit the above description.
Peter Doggers (today 9.10) has a point, though !
I think that in order for people to post such kind of comments, which are anyway stupidly superficial no matter where they come from, the blogger should be made to post a picture of himself. It´s funny for me to see people calling Danailov or Cheparinov ugly since the latter looks quite good to me... I´d like to see you! :)
And please let´s switch on the "on topic" mode again, or Peter will ban us!
(P.S. I miss Manu :) )
Yes, the point maybe be recognizing we were only joking, as one can admit one could also be the victim of such a joke.
Sure, I dont know these (great , Danailov included!) GMs personaly, but we're chating, and they are "public persons", and there is no insult, unless taking it seriously, in which case I'd explain exactly for myself and ask imediate public excuses. Are you calm, now? :-)
The answer I gave Thomas/Peter can serve to show you my opinion, but I'll add two things.
One is that I agree, but maybe not about the "stupidly" adjectivation (can you see why? :-) ). Moreover, even when I use it that fact: It is mainly subjective.
Other is that I also agree! If I was to put here my picture, the site would have to close.
And what about Danailov? Could we still mok him as ugly because he's not so "quite good"?
Oh the oportunities!
You don't really get the point, do you? I'm sick and tired of such silly discussions here about people being ugly or not or whatever. Please.
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Christin Baker (left) trains on Tuesday for Sunday's marathon with her wife, Rep. Deborah Mell (right), who underwent a double mastectomy two months ago after being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. | Photo by Don Moseley
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Sometimes we run for fun.
Sometimes we do it to help a cause.
But sometimes, in difficult times, we run as a declaration that nothing will stop us.
So it is with state Rep. Deborah Mell of Chicago, who is running in Sunday's Chicago Marathon despite the fact that just two months ago, diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, she underwent a double mastectomy and has been slowly recovering ever since.
At 44, she is slim, athletic and determined. Even so, going 26.2 miles is a grueling test for the healthiest among us. Going that distance only eight weeks after having both breasts removed is another matter.
In the beginning of her training, before this summer's devastating diagnosis, she was doing it for the joy of the challenge. And as a vehicle to raise funds for her church, All Saints Episcopal in Lake View.
It was in that church a year ago that Mell and her longtime partner, Christin Baker, had their wedding in a ceremony attended by family and friends.
That gathering, as I look back at it now, offered up a visual list of the immense challenges Mell has already confronted in her life.
There was her father, Dick Mell, the powerful alderman of the 33rd Ward, who, in 2004, tearfully told reporters — just after Deborah's arrest in a demonstration outside City Hall — how proud he was of his daughter for fighting for gay rights. And how he wished he had come to the fight sooner himself.
Also in church that day was her uncharacteristically subdued brother-in-law, former governor Rod Blagojevich, with his wife, Patti, and their daughters. He had not yet been sentenced to federal prison. Deborah and her brother, Rich, had been in court for both of his trials, often with their arms around their sister.
And remembered on that wedding day was the late Margaret Mell, Deborah's mother, who had battled breast cancer twice before a rare brain disease claimed her life.
On Tuesday morning, along the running path where she and Christin train, Deborah talked about how she could hear her mother's voice in the decision to go directly to a double mastectomy rather than choose a less radical course.
"My Mom, she was giving me advice, really," she said.
Deborah Mell and Christin Baker have been together across all of the calamities the Mell clan has faced, affirming the old saying that what doesn't kill you can actually make you stronger.
"This latest thing that happened to me . . . it was really interesting because I think it made me a better person," Deborah said. "Because you don't know what people are going through day-to-day when you see them. You don't know. Like I had like these tubes coming out and I was walking around in the grocery store. And everywhere you go, you don't know what people's experiences are. Or where they are at in their stage of life. So it gives me a little more compassion."
Will she finish Sunday's race? Mell hopes so. But she understands that equal parts of persistence and hope will carry every runner along what is always an uncertain path.


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Vettel, who moved to within four points of the Championship lead when he claimed his third win of the season last time out in Japan, posted a 1:38.832 on Friday afternoon.
That put the German a mere 0.032s up on Webber while Vettel's main rival and Championship leader Fernando Alonso was third. However, he was three-tenths off the pace.
Practice Two got underway in near perfect conditions with the track temperature up to 30'C as Lewis Hamilton posted the afternoon's first lap time, a 1:41.841.
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Schumacher was the first into the 1:39s but his reign was short-lived as World Champion Sebastian Vettel jumped to the front while his team-mate Mark Webber sandwiched the Mercedes driver.
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Perez's session came to an end just before the halfway stage as the 22-year-old, having complained of DRS issues, stopped on the side of the track with a hydraulic problem.
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Governor Cuomo said he is staying out of the fight for control of the state Senate. Nearly one week after Election Day, we still do not know which party will be in the majority next year. The two races that are still too close to call, are part of the problem. But, whoever ends up in charge, things will likely be very different in Albany in January. Zack Fink reports.
NEW YORK CITY -- In the state Senate, both Republicans and Democrats would likely need a coalition with the breakaway Independent Democratic Caucus, or IDC in order to govern. That's true even though some races haven't been decided. The IDC has four members including their leader Jeff Klein. Sources say at this point, Klein is more likely to side with the Republicans over the Democrats.
"You have some races that aren't decided yet, so literally they are still counting ballots in some races and those races could tip the balance one way or the other. If that doesnt happen then you also have these shifting alliances among the senate. There are different factions if you will," said Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Democrats Malcolm Smith, and the newly elected Senator-elect Simcha Felder haven't ruled out joining a Republican Majority Government. If that happens, Democrats would be on the sidelines. However, analysts say in that scenario, current Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos would be weakened, potentially giving the Governor more influence over the senate chamber. And with the Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal looming over Assembly Democrats, the Governor could even have more reach into that chamber.
"You've got an extraordinarily strong government right now, both operationally in terms of his political capital, but yes he gets even more capital. He's got leverage vis-a-vis Shelly, leverage vis-a-vis Dean," said Doug Muzzio, Baruch College.
Allies of the Governor say he will benefit, no matter what happens.
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