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Award-winning actress Holland Taylor will speak about the play "Ann," on the late Texas governor Ann Richards, at the New York Public Radio venue The Greene Space at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22. WQXR's Elliott Forrest will host the discussion about the quotable lawmaker. Tickets available online cost $10 each and include one glass of wine or beer.
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Companies cut spending plans
PUBLISHED: 29 Nov 2012 11:43:00 | UPDATED: 01 Dec 2012 02:38:28PUBLISHED: 29 Nov 2012 PRINT EDITION: 30 Nov 2012Jacob Greber Economics correspondent
The resources investment boom shows signs of faltering faster than expected, complicating the Reserve Bank of Australia's plans for an orderly transition to other sources of economic growth.
Companies have scaled back their spending plans this financial year to $173 billion from $179 billion, according to the Bureau of Statistics.
"You almost need to go back to periods like the Asian crisis or early '90s recession to see such a downgrade relative to the previous year," said Deutsche Bank Australia chief economist Adam Boyton.
"We've been arguing for three or four months that the investment boom was going to end in 2013. That means all of that contribution to growth isn't going to be there and something is going to have to fill that gap. It's not obvious what that will be."
Expectations for mining capital investment rose 2.8 per cent, manufacturing shrank 9.7 per cent and what the ABS describes as "selected other industries" – a category that includes utilities, construction and retail – advanced 5.5 per cent, the biggest gain in almost two years.
"Services-manufacturing is not positioning to fill the gap", from declines in resources, said Westpac economist Andrew Hanlan.
Treasurer Wayne Swan said the figures showed the outlook for investment remained strong but admitted Australia was not immune to global headwinds. "And we should expect investment to be lumpy going forward due to the massive scale of individual projects," he said.
The 3 per cent drop in planned spending was the second decline in the 40-year history of the survey, said UBS Australia chief economist Scott Haslem. "This raises the risk the mining capex slowdown is occurring more quickly than expected, with little sign yet that . . . the non-mining economy is growing fast enough to avoid a higher than expected rise in unemployment."
The RBA wants to spur sectors such as home construction to counter the eventual decline in resources. The central bank cut the official cash rate in October to a near-emergency low of 3.25 per cent after commodity prices tanked and BHP Billiton scrapped its $20 billion Olympic Dam expansion.
Rates were left on hold in November to see whether previous cuts of 1.5 percentage points would spur industries other than resources.
BHP is at the peak of its investment in iron ore and coal, chief executive Marius Kloppers said yesterday.
"Given capital costs, efficiencies, exchange rates and so on, it is very difficult for us to bring those projects to maturity that we will need to approve in two or three years' time in order to keep that investment cycle going," Mr Kloppers said.
Expectations the RBA will cut the cash rate to 3 per cent next week rose to 64 per cent after the planned spending data was released, from 52 per cent a day earlier. "While ongoing signs of improvement domestically suggest this may be the final cut, the weakness in today's capex outlook raises the risk they may have a little more work to do," Mr Haslem said.
Capital expenditure figures showed investment intentions this year were 4.9 per cent higher than what businesses predicted for 2011-12.
Analysts said that growth in business investment was likely to be well below the 11 per cent forecast by Treasury in October's midyear budget review.
Thursday's report showed that the scaled-back investment plans were not confined to resources.
Actual spending on equipment, machinery and buildings rose 2.8 per cent in the September quarter from the previous three months, the ABS said. Analysts expected 2 per cent.
Tuesday's RBA meeting is the last until February.
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Ten Best Video Game Songs Ever
Hotline Miami got that "primal force."
Every Monday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Miami's airwaves -- historically reserved for the musical accompaniment to bumpin', shakin', grindin', twerkin', tweakin', and getting stuck in traffic on the 836 -- are regularly seized by sounds and scores typically reserved for marines fighting aliens, plumbers fighting dragons, and wizards doing wizard shit.
The gamer behind this weekly aural occupation is University of Miami music theory and composition major Jackson Alexander Parodi, and The Warp Zone is the name of his program on the college's highly acclaimed radio station, WVUM.
So stretch your thumbs and shake some ass ... Here are the ten best video game songs ever, according to Miami's foremost Nintendo, PC, Xbox, and PlayStation music enthusiast.
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10. "Pinna Park" from Super Mario Sunshine
North American Release: August 2002
Gaming Platform: Nintendo GameCube
Jackson says: "This lovely ragtime represents an accurate cross-section of the Super Mario Sunshine world's fantasticality."
9. "Titania and Macbeth" from Star Fox 64
North American Release: July 1997
Gaming Platform: Nintendo 64
Jackson says: "This is my favorite track from this awesome N64 game. It energetically captures the beat and pulse of the level where Fox drives a Landmaster tank instead of flying his usual Arwing."
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Steak with Blue Cheese and Fries
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When it comes to steak, why mess with tradition? This classic dish is as delicious as it gets, with grilled boneless rib-eye, pungent crumbled blue cheese and shoestring french fries.
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Calories | 629 |
Total Fat | 33g |
Saturated Fat | 11g |
Cholesterol | 149mg |
Sodium | 400mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 28g |
Dietary Fiber | 0 |
Sugars | n/a |
Protein | 54g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 4
Total Time: 20 min
Prep Time: 5 min
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- 4 cup(s) frozen shoestring french-fried potatoes (from a 28-oz bag)
- 4 well-trimmed 3⁄4-in.-thick boneless beef rib-eye steaks (8 oz each)
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) pepper
- 1/2 cup(s) crumbled blue cheese
- Heat oven to 450°F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with foil (for easy cleanup) and heat a large stovetop ridged grill pan over medium heat (see Note).
- Spread frozen french fries in a single layer on baking sheets. Bake 15 minutes, or until golden and crisp.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle steaks with pepper and place on grill pan. Grill 3 minutes. Turn steaks over; scatter blue cheese on top and grill 3 minutes longer, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted from side to middle registers 140°F. Remove and let rest a few minutes (temperature will rise to 145°F for medium-rare).
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I don't like it at all.
You can turn this off in Mozilla, see: [mozilla.org...]
How long before someone finds a way to misuse this?
1. Type "about:config" the address bar. 2. Scroll down to the setting "network.prefetch-next" and set the value to "False".
Don't you love all these extra features you have to opt out of.
OK, not that I've got many pages that appear in the top spot at google...
So will the Mozilla-based browser cache the 404 response and not send a further request when the Google user does click on the top link?
Not sure; but the issue here affects all Mozilla-based browsers, as the prefetch thing is a standard "feature". Seems to have been in existence since at least 2002.
This work?
RewriteCond %{X-moz} ^prefetch [OR] RewriteRule ^.* - [F]
I'll second that. I do not like the sounds of this at all. Google is very adamant about us not causing unnecessary loads on their servers, and they think something like this is ok?
I don't like this one bit...maybe if it was still 1995 when everyone was on dial up...but exactly how much faster do already fast loading pages have to load :(
I wish this could be handled in robots.txt
Brett, are you sure about the [OR]? I think it's redundant.
a bit, but:
works too ;-)
That's amusing.
So you guys are using a background algo to analyze click behavior and only show the tag if there is a high propensity to click on the top result? Interesting.
In other news, how much you wanna bet FireFox and mozilla numbers are up next month?
More like if the search term matches the domain name, or variations of it: webmaster world,webmasterworld, web master world,webmasterworld.com
GoogleGuy: regardless of whether you're pretty sure I'll click on the top result, how do you know I want the page to be prefetched? I'm on broadband so the few ms that might be saved are irrelevant. And the times I'm likely to be on dialup are also times when I will probably need the bandwith for stuff I _definitely_ want to load.
BTW: I think prefetch can be a useful idea, but should be an optional extra for those who want / need it. A large part of the problem is not so much Google using it, but Mozilla for enabling it by default.
All kidding aside, I've been conducting a few tests and I honestly don't see a difference in load times. It appears as though Firefox is only prefetching the HTML, not the images, scripts, etc on the site. Those tend to be the slower items, not the HTML of the page itself. To me, this appears to do too little to speed up the load times and can quite possibly be exploited. I'd like to see this "feature" removed from Google ASAP.
My thoughts too.
Unless Google can control which sites it applies to, then the cookie issue is only part of it.
All this will do IMO as webmasters is mess up our stats.
Surely Google's time would be better spent concentrating on other issues at the moment.
The prefetch feature was designed to prefetch pages from links on a page that the user requested, not what some SE *thinks* they want.
On this point, I suggest Googling for "I don't know anything about typical latency delays on the Internet, or even about the cost of DNS fetches for first-time visitors."
And, in the complaining-to-the-gas-station-attendant-about-the-price-of-gas department:
Repeat after me: the "feature" is in the browser, not in Google. Getting that straight means you can just change one config setting instead of spending the rest of your life complaining to an infinite number of websites who elect to insert this particular browser "hint" in their HTML.
Meanwhile, requests for favicon.ico continue to beat the Internet to death with no particular value added. Who do I see about that?
[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 6:25 pm (utc) on Mar. 31, 2005]
P.S. I am think to prefetch AdSense URLs too for the benefit of my users. j/k
Oh the irony! nice one. :-)
> pad logs
With Google Referrals and Mozilla agent numbers. Hence, Mozilla will falsly jump in the agent name market and Google will jump in the referral dept.
very smoooth...
'Your search - "I don't know anything about typical latency delays on the Internet, or even about the cost of DNS fetches for first-time visitors." - did not match any documents.'
;-). I don't know about typical latency delays, but for me everything's just fine as it is. "Prefetching" DNS lookups might be a nice idea though.
This is the crux of the problem: an obscure (I'd never heard of it until now) browser function (in Mozilla) with all kinds of potential for causing Things To Happen That Shouldn't, which defaults to "on", which means for the rest of my life I'll have to remember to switch this off whenever I'm using a "fresh" browser.
Thanks to Google to bringing it to my attention ;-).
I've tried running a test but my site's not cool enough to get a prefetch tag as of yet for its main identifying phrase :)
the feature is for users to prefetch pages from links on a page that they have requested and probably trust.
Unless Google can guarantee that there will be no dodgy tactics used by the site at number one for any particular search then i can see this being exploited.
(the "oh, but they requested the SERP" argument doesn't stand up)
It is not designed so a search engine can guess which link the user wants and prefetch the code!
If that was the case then the "im feeling lucky" would be the default search
or am i just missing something really useful? :o)
(I admire google for taking the initiative, i just can't see the benefit over the potential problems)
The first result on G could just happen to be adwords premium spot and G or another SE decides to prefetch this , this seems like could be used like popups were in the old days
The theory seems good but the possible abbuses make it a no go as far as i'm concerened
also as others have pointed out graphics etc. are generally the reason a page loads slow and those not prefetched sorry don't like or trust reasons for implementation
I am sure there are way more useful applications. Some gallery scripts were doing this with JavaScript even before the feature was released by Mozilla.
Remember - user experience is key. If user thinks your site is way faster then your competitor's site - they will come back to you. Read "The Need for Speed [useit.com]" by Jakob Nielsen.
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The Happiness Project: Are you happy?
Before we left for the cabin, my friend Meg dropped off a book she'd been reading, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.
I'd wanted to read it ever since I read in New York Magazine that children don't make you happy. Which didn't surprise me. When it comes to relationships, we always say, "Nobody can make you happy but yourself," yet we put that expectation on our children and then act surprised when they alone don't fulfill us.
But they sure are cute.
I wanted to read her book to find out what did make you happy. Because like the author, I am happy – I've got a wonderful husband, three adorable children, and a dog to boot – but sometimes I feel I get lost in the busyness, when what I want to do is celebrate the joy my life brings me.
One of her insights into being happy in marriage is, "Don't Expect Praise or Appreciation."
I'd been self-righteously telling myself that I did certain chores or made certain efforts "for Jamie" or "for the team." Though this sounded generous, it led to a bad result, because I sulked when Jamie didn't appreciate my efforts. — Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project
During our vacation, our 1-and-a-half-year-old got sick. While Matt was off drafting his fantasy football team with his buddies, I cleaned up puke. When I finished wiping up the floor, while comforting our toddler on my hip, I couldn't help but think Matt owed me. Big time.
I felt myself simmering. Sulking. And I saw what Rubin was saying, how much resentment sours things. Because really that's what parenting is about, being present in the moment. And sometimes the moment you get sucks but you're there. You get to be there. And that, in itself, is reward enough for me.
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this is SO true…we have to humble ourselves, let go of our pride and expectations and learn to be grateful.
I'm reading this book too! I love it so far:) Very true about being grateful for the things we didn't know we should be grateful for…like being there for your poor daughter while she's "puking". I would have felt exactly like you, and I'm trying to change that too Beautiful pictures by the way.
Ugh. So true. So very true. I have ruin too many moments by my own immature / sulking behavior. It is such a challenge to find that happiness within and to serve others with a smile and no bitterness in our heart. I work on that daily.
I'm on the waiting list for that book from the library – Person #65 last time I checked! Apparently, lots of us are looking for our 'happy' –
Speaking of, I just loved reading YOUR book – I find myself nodding my head in agreement with so very much of what you say…
I'm finding that just because things are going MY way some (ok much of) the time, doesn't mean that they aren't going ok…
xoxo -
Personally I think your husband should have been helping to wipe up the vomit but you're right … there's no point in festering over something that won't change. I've been married for 20 years and I've realized I will never change the things in my husband that drive me crazy. I'm just grateful for his good qualities.
I'd say those little ones could make anybody happy. Look at their little faces..
thanks for stopping by. Have a great day -
Oh, the hose. It is a huge attraction at our house too.
I saw the book at the book store and I was fascinated by it. Your review has interested me more. I've struggled with happiness for a long time and I've learned that it has to come from me. It is my responsiblilty to be happy not my kids or my husband. Going to put in on hold at the library right now. -
This sounds like a super book! I may have to check it out…
I look at happiness like unconditional love a mom has for her child. It's unexplainable, feels awesome, sometimes has to forgive or be forgiven, but none the less it is always there. To my daughter, I am Love. I am happiness too. Even when she refuses to go to sleep at a reasonable hour or pick up her huge messes.
I agree. That was a great message, esp. the part that the moment sucks sometimes but you're there. I feel the same way about my husband sometimes when he's doing his fantasy sport junk but then later when I'm trying to do something that I really want to do and enjoy, I know that he'll take the kids so I can concentrate.
First, thanks so much for stopping by my blog and commenting. Your children are precious. Enjoy them now, at the bat of an eye, it seems they are grown. I had a 4 and 3 yr. old when we had identical twins. I wish I hadn't felt so tired all the time and had enjoyed them more. We have a great family and I wouldn't change a thing.
I write partly to remind myself that there is SO much that is really good in life. Of course, I still have to work against my neurosis & melancholy nature but it's worth it.
Great post! I have to have that book. Thanks for share it. Going to look for it now.
This is so true. I've wanted to read her book too ever since I came across her website right before the book was published. Sounds like what she has to say is spot on. I adore my family and am so grateful to have them in my life and they are totally the most important thing. That being said, I am also grateful for my many outside interests, because it helps me stay, well, sane most of the time and it gives me opportunities to share new things with my family, if that makes any sense.
I agree that we can't always expect other people to make us happy. One of the problems that I had (still have) is that I thrive on praise and appreciation. When I don't get it I feel unappreciated. I've learn to pat my own self of the back and be happy about my accomplishments.
Omg, what an interesting way of looking at things. I sometimes resent being the one caring for all the boo boos, and fighting off all the fevers. I should start concentrating on the fact that at least "I get to be there", and that alone should make me happy.
Have a great weekend!
I love her website and it is one of my most visited. I have yet to read the book however. It is on my list with eleventybillion others.
You raise such an important point, so often it is the expectations we place on others that cause us inner turmoil. I have HUGE expectations of myself, place those same expectations on others and naturally encounter disappointment. What has to change in the equation? Only me.
What a true statement that only you can make yourself happy – cute kids definitely help though!!! Happy Labor Day!!
Found you from Follow Fridays! Please let me know how the book is, as I heard about it – but haven't read it yet……
I think puke often makes perspective hard to remember, but it does return and we do what are called to do. Motherhood is a vocation after all!
I think I'll need to read the book!


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Parasailing Regulations Get Shot Down in Broward
Back in August, a woman visiting from Connecticut fell 200 feet from the sky and perished after the harness on her parasail failed.
This was the second parasailing death since 2007. Both accidents could have been prevented by simple measures and regulations.
See also: Woman Dies After Falling 200 Feet in Parasailing Accident
Those regulations were proposed to the County Commission by a Broward County Advisory Board. The regulation was roundly rejected.
Have fun parasailing without a safety harness, everyone! It's more exciting when the possibility of being slammed into a hotel roof by strong gusts of wind might be involved.
The committee voted 11-6 against a motion to support safety bills in the state Legislature or to impose safety standards at the county level.
"I thought it was creating a nanny state," said committee member Randolph Adams, who voted no. "Overprotection."
Well then let's apply these rules to, say, our cuts of meat. Our meat has salmonella and rat shit spread all over it. Should we still feed it to people? Pffft. Of course! To do otherwise would be OVERPROTECTION.
"It kind of blows me away," said Larry Meddock, executive director of the Water Sports Industry Association.
Admittedly, "blows me away" is a poor choice of words. But Meddock is right.
"They have a vested interest," he added.
"I think it's premature to recommend any legislation. I don't think we know enough about what the safety issues are," said Mark Ercolin, a maritime lawyer who thinks the state shouldn't rush to impose regulations.
We're no lawyer, but the safety issues seem to be people are parasailing one minute, their harness breaks for no reason, the fall down, they die. Another issue is wind, which is controlled by God, and when he gets angry he blows it at people. So there's absolutely nothing that can be done about that. So Ercolin's got us there.
"I think our board should wait until we see the actual legislation and the real ramifications," Ercolin also said. "I don't think we should just recommend something because it feels good."
Let's wait for more people to die in horrific yet totally preventable accidents. Then maybe we'll look into it, probably.
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So recently I have been wanting a new planner. I currently have the kate spade agenda for 2012 (which was free and I am thinking about framing some of the pictures in it), but I really want one that starts now and goes through 2013 (oh yeah, I also like to change planners sometimes...). I've also really been wanting one with my monogram (naturally).
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Centralia man found unfit to stand trial for wife's battery
by WILY/WRXX News Staff • June 7, 2013 • News
A Centralia man held in the Jefferson County Jail has been found unfit to stand trial for an April 22 alleged domestic battery from which his wife never recovered.
According to Jefferson County State's Attorney Doug Hoffman, 82-year old Carl P. Daniels underwent an evaluation last month due to a bonafide doubt regarding his mental fitness.
A report by St. Louis psychiatrist Dr. Angeline Stanislaus, stated that Daniels has mental issues and is not likely to regain fitness within a year to be able to stand a trial.
It was decided that Daniels will be placed in a Department of Human Services mental facility, which Hoffman says will enable Daniels to get help and will keep others safe.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, on April 22, 2013, deputies responded to a residence on north Highway 51 in Centralia on a report of a domestic dispute.
The report says they found 75-year old Sue Daniels on the floor of the residence and she had been there for an undisclosed amount of time.
Carl Daniels was taken into custody and was charged with domestic battery with bodily harm. Sue Daniels was taken to a St. Louis area hospital with injuries, but died May 2.


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Johannes Brahms – A Mini-Biography
Was Johannes Brahms a musical purist carrying on the spirit of the Baroque and Classical traditions? Or was he a stodgy conservative who resisted all change in the Western musical tradition? Indeed, Brahms was "old school" back when the old school may not have been that old, but it certainly wasn't new. He steadfastly resisted the burgeoning and sensational "Music of the Future" movement inspired by Hector Berlioz and spearheaded by such luminaries as Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner. By the mid-19th century, classical music was churning with changes that promised to unify the literary, visual, and musical arts. For Wagner, this meant voluptuous multi-layered operatic productions; for Liszt, symphonic poems with literary or visual art underpinnings. All this pointed to a glorious future for music, and indeed paved much of the way towards the radicalism of the Twentieth Century.
In the face of such progress, Brahms was fly in the proverbial ointment. His first symphony, completed in 1876, embodied the classical ideal so much it was praised as "Beethoven's Tenth". He championed Bach back when Bach's music still wasn't all that fashionable in Vienna. He concentrated on succeeding Schubert as a composer of lieder (German for songs), equaling Beethoven as a composer of symphonies, and composing gorgeous chamber music like no one. After the voices of Mendelssohn and Schumann fell silent in the mid-nineteenth century, Brahms was, as one critic put it, the "keeper of the classical flame."
Music Wars
So, I had an interesting experience today. I went to get some gas with my four year old in my backseat. And some dude was blasting rap music from his car. You could hear his speakers rattle, it was that loud. There is nothing more obnoxious than forcing your music on others at high volume. Now, normally, I would try to ignore it. But then I thought, 'Am I just going to take this? This is my country too.' And then I got angry. I thought, 'You wanna play your music loud? Fine. I can do that too.' So I opened my door and blasted WCPE the Classical Station. I set the dial to eleven and just went about my business. I couldn't match his bass, but I took over the upper registers until I could barely hear his music at all. I'm sure no one else could either. I was a little scared because I was clearly trying to be kryptonite to his noise pollution. I was obviously sticking it to him. If the dude wanted to start something, I'd have a serious problem. Fortunately, he took the hint and turned his music off completely. I was much relieved when I turned down mine in response. Before he drove off, he looked to me and didn't nod. Neither did I. That was the end of a very tense moment. And the music that cleared the air? Rachmaninoff's Caprice Bohemien, Opus 12. Gonna go buy me copy just because.
The Captive Outfielder
One of the things that kills me in literature is the joining of two antithetical ideals, usually embodied in characters sharing a strong bond such as friends, siblings or lovers. Think of the ending of the Grand Inquisitor chapter of Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov. After the intellectual Ivan's apocalyptic and tragic story of the second coming of Christ, the spiritual Alyosha kisses him, just as Jesus had done to the Grand Inquisitor who intended to execute him. Two things that shouldn't be close, but have to be.
Okay, so this pertains, not coincidentally, to one of my favorite short stories, a story that happens to involve classical music. The Captive Outfielder, written by Leonard Wibberly, was first published by the Saturday Evening Post on March 25th, 1961. You can read it here. One of Wibberly's biggest claims to fame was his 1959 satirical Cold War novel, The Mouse That Roared, which was later made into a film comedy starring Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, and Peter Sellers.
So, in The Captive Outfielder, a boy is taking violin lessons when he'd rather be playing baseball–or, really, he'd rather be failing at baseball than at the violin, since he's getting nowhere with either but is at least less awful at baseball. And his teacher being old and from Eastern Europe isn't making things any easier. You see, the old man understands nothing about American culture, and therefore knows nothing about the boy.
An Equal Music
One of the most fascinating novels about classical music I have ever read is Vikram Seth's An Equal Music, published in 1999. It's a love story featuring classical musicians (of course). It's a case of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl and prefers to raise his love to the point of cruelty rather than lose her again despite the fact that she's married and has a young son. Amid the story, there's a lot of passion, a lot of sex, a lot of picturesque European scenery, lots of deep, dark secrets, and of course, lots and lots of music.
Could you imagine a love story between classical musicians being any other way?
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn transcends music in a way no other composer does. In addition to being firmly ensconced in the canon of great composers, Mendelssohn must also be regarded as an important figure in political history and in the history of ideas.
Felix was a Jew. His grandfather, Moses Mendelssohn, who was a noted philosopher and disciple of Leibniz, promoted the humanistic idea that Jews can assimilate into Western culture and still maintain their identities. Ideas such as this led to the great Jewish Emancipation of Europe and helped establish 19th century Germany as the world leader in the arts and sciences.
By converting to Christianity and spending much of his career championing Christian music, Felix Mendelssohn embodied his grandfather's ideas of assimilation and emancipation. This led the famous German-Jewish poet Heinrich Heine to quip, "the most Jewish thing Felix Mendelssohn ever did was to become a Christian."
Romance on Three Legs (More on Glenn Gould)
In my previous post, I criticized the film 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould for being (among other things) not the best starting point for people who would like to begin appreciating the music of Glenn Gould. A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano, by Katie Hafner, on the other hand, definitely is.
What a thrillingly odd biography this was! Instead of having one principal, as in most biographies, A Romance on Three Legs has three: Glenn Gould, the quirky piano genius from Toronto, Verne Edquist, his meticulous near-blind piano tuner, and his beloved Steinway concert grand, CD 318.
2 Reviews of 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
In 1993, when I was in my mid-twenties I reviewed the film 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould by French Canadian director Francois Girard. In short, I hated it. I had never heard of classical pianist Glenn Gould and at that point only listened to classical music when forced to in public. I found the film disjointed, artsy-fartsy and smug. It was offensive, actually, in that it required its audience not just to be familiar with Gould but to harbor a kind of love or awe of him. Ahead to time. Like, before you entered the movie theater. And if you lacked this prerequisite, well, I'm sorry then, but you're just not qualified to appreciate this film.
The punk rock fan in me bucked hard, and I wrote a suitably obnoxious piece in which I basically put the Velvet Underground and John Coltrane on the same artistic level as Bach (whom Gould most famously interpreted) and then proceeded to bash Girard for his cultural elitism.
Like I said, I was in my mid-twenties.
Marrying Mozart
One of the sweetest classical music-related stories you can find is Marrying Mozart by Stephanie Cowell. Published in 2004, it chronicles Mozart's relationship with the sisters Weber in Mannheim and Vienna. If there is anything inside of you that can fall for a good love story, then reading this novel will make you fall, and then get up, and then fall again.
Handel vs. Hendel
I guess it can't be helped, but classical music people really take this music seriously, don't they? Not that they shouldn't, of course. But how serious is too serious? Take pronunciation, or, really, the perils of mispronunciation. If you want to come across like you know something, like you are a true classical music connoisseur, it's not enough to buy the recordings and attend the concerts. You must pronounce the names correctly as well. And that entails understanding pronunciations in, like, eight European languages, and a few east Asian ones as well. Because little in the classical world is phonetic, and spelling is not your friend. The pianist Lang Lang? No, no, that's Long Long to you and me. Charles DuToit? Well, no, silly, his first name is "Sharl". And how the heck am I supposed to pronounce the name "Chailly", anyway?
In the afterward of TRIO, his sprawling two-volume novel about the Schumanns and Brahms, author Boman Desai describes his work as a "dramatized biography." He goes on to say that "TRIO is a biography for people who hate biographies…and a novel for people who hate novels."
This is pithy and clever, but only half right. It's a work for people who love novels and biographies too. And it doesn't hurt if you love the Schumanns and Brahms as well.
The beauty of this however is that TRIO is a great way for people to grow to love the Schumanns and Brahms. Maybe even better than the music itself. It's got plot, music, politics, warfare. It's got great characters (including Liszt, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and Chopin). Without knowing anything about classical music, there's enough here to draw you in. Or, if you already love the music and know a thing or two about the principals, TRIO is so well-researched, so all-encompassing, so daring, and so deftly written that you will be pleased to read about what you do know, and your curiosity will be stoked about what you don't.


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LileSADi, cool products with attitude
I recently discover Lile SADi, a Dutch (Rotterdam based) label with super cool and contemporary products. Founded by Dinah and Sarah a few years ago, Lile SADi's collections cover graphic wallpapers and prints and wonderful kitchen and home accessories. All products are manufactured here in Europe to keep craftsmanship and individuality alive.
Dinah and Sarah recently came out with a children's collection and I so like all of the wonderful patterns and prints! So pretty and detailed and fun, and still so in style with their other work. How cute are those rabbit leggings? (Ava loves them!!)
xxx Esther
Last minute advent activity calendar
Tomorrow is the start of advent — only 25 days to go 'til Christmas! We do have an advent tradition in our family — my mum always had an advent wreath on the table with 4 candles in a circle, and one candle was lit on every Sunday in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and then a fifth candle in the centre was lit on Christmas day. But we're not accustomed to the advent calendar, the countdown calendar with 24 pockets filled with little presents or candy, counting down to Christmas day. I think this might have to do with Sinterklaas, who's in the country till the 5th, overlapping the first days of advent and overdoing, possibly, the idea of giving.
Where I love the idea of getting ready for Christmas, slowing down and focussing on togetherness and goodness, I don't really want to overflow our children with goodies after the feasts of St. Maarten (candy) and St. Nicolas (candy and presents). But I want them to experience extra warmth, fun, and also to comprehend the fact that they have a lucky position in the world.
Yesterday I spent some time working on a super last-minute advent calendar without gifts, but with ideas for fun, sweet, and genuine activities to make the weeks before Christmas extra special. I printed everything on grey card stock paper, folded and closed them with round sticky dots on which I rubbed transfer numbers beforehand. It's nothing super fancy or special at all, but the simplicity reflects what I would like our advent to be!
Maybe you would like to play along? I've made the file I used into an advent activity calendar PDF. There are 29 activities, so you can choose the ones you like best. Just download, print, cut and fold, put a number on them and hang on the wall.
Enjoy, and happy first day of advent for tomorrow!
xxx Esther
New house storage boxes from Famille Summerbelle
Famille Summerbelle just came out with these adorable house storage boxes. I just love how clever and decorative they are. Yes please for my office, which is in need of organisation!
Plus — a perfect present for the holidays, don't you think?
xxx Esther
Advent Calendars. Time to start planning!
December is still six weeks away, and I'm refusing to start thinking about Christmas just yet (I saw the Christmas decorations up on Oxford street earlier this week and it didn't seem possible! Can it really be that time of year already?!). But… I do love Advent calendars — it's one of my favourite Christmas traditions.
I saw this cool Ferm Living advent calendar (above) at Cissy Wears earlier this week and love it! (It's actually what has inspired this post.)
We have the Maileg advent calendar (as shown above) and it's a similar concept with little pockets for presents on each day. I start collecting little gifts and knick knacks around this time of year, and then come December 1st, the kids take turn unwrapping each day. It's such a fun and exciting way to celebrate the run-up to Christmas.
I also love the idea Meta wrote about, with little paper bags hanging along the stair railing. So fun and festive!
And lastly, there's the wonderful idea from Mo who wraps up christmas-themed books every year for a Christmas book Advent Calendar. Such a great idea!
Anyway, I thought I would share all these ideas now… before it's too late to prepare. The next six weeks will zip by I'm sure!
Courtney x
The Little Square Gallery — sweet snapshots in a cool frame
I'm not very organised when it comes to using my digital photos — I just take a photo, post it to Instagram, and then it disappears in a virtual cloud somewhere. Actually, it wasn't very different back when I took analog photos — instead of a virtual cloud, photos would disappear in a dusty box, waiting to be organised and glued into albums…
Friends of my parents, whose house I visited often when I was little, used to frame a selection of their photos in big collages once every year. They would choose photos of birthdays, vacations, and life in general, photos of their family, mixed with dear friends. They cut out parts of photos, circles, triangles — whatever worked — and glued them without any order or organisation. But the collages looked so cool and I loved looking at them (and finding myself in the sea of faces)!
I recently commissioned Natalie from The Little Square Gallery to print a selection of my Instagram photos. To create a moment in time, six months of snapshots, as a visual reminder of the things that happened and made us happy. The frame arrived a little while ago, and it is sitting on our new landing waiting for it's final spot. And we love it! I see it many times a day, and am reminded of those sweet moments. The children love looking at it as well. Casper is especially intrigued — every day he studies the photos and calls out all of the names of his siblings… sweet boy!
Working with Natalie was such a pleasure. She helped me pick the best photos, worked on them to make them perfect in colour, balancing light and contrast, and created a truly wonderful collage, framed beautifully in a solid wood frame. The photos are giclée printed on thick, cotton-rag fine art paper, creating a really cool floating effect that sets this collage apart! I will definitely work with Natalie again, creating more of these compilations — because I definitely like these moments in time much better in a frame, than in a virtual cloud!
xxx Esther
Home & Kids (and a house renovation!)
When we moved to Amsterdam 6 years ago, we thought we would leave after a few years, so we never ended up buying a place for ourselves. We found a nice little house for rent, in a nice little neighbourhood, with a nice little backyard which is connected to other nice little backyards by way of a romantic alleyway. So our children have direct and save access to heaps of nice little neighbouring kids! We fell in love with the house and the neighbourhood, but sadly our landlord told us a year ago that he wanted his house back. (We were also outgrowing the space since we had two more children after moving in here!) So we were preparing to move again and leave our beloved house and neighbourhood, until… our sweet 94-year-old neighbour told us she wanted to sell us her house!
She bought the house when it was being built in 1953, and had lived there ever since. First with her family, then alone after her three children left the house and her husband passed away. Until, at the end of last year, she lost her eyesight, broke her hip, and had to move to an elderly home. She loved her house, and wanted another family to love it as much as she did. And this is why she decided to sell it to us. So sweet!
We've been renovating the house for a few months now, and hope to move in later this summer. It's such a big job and so exciting — it's the first house we have ever owned! We've been designing, selecting materials, fittings, tiles… and of course I've been secretly looking around for some new 'details' as well. ; )
Home and Kids is one of our shop members and I particularly like their style. I found the black metal wire lamp in the photo above in their shop, and am so in love with it! I can't wait to see it in our new house, but for now it looks perfect on that vintage side table next to our couch. I also am eying this mirror for our toilet, these wire trays and baskets for my new office (!!), and this Paris pillow for the couch.
There is also a wonderful children's decor and gift selection, where you can't go wrong with finding presents, toys, or other desirable little things like these cool Amy & Ivor mocassins that have Casper's name on them.
In fact, I'm going to place a little order immediately, as sale is now on!
(Oh, in case you are interested — here are a few photos of our house renovation…)
Jim Flora wonderful wallpaper
Jim Flora (1914-1998) was a mid-century artist known for his album covers and some fabulous children's books (The Day the Cow Sneezed, for example), and his illustrations are truly wonderful. Recently, a series of wallpaper was brought out in cooperation with Flora's estate, all using the original art and illustrations from his archival music images, paintings and abstract designs.
I just love these wallpapers! Jim Flora's illustrations may date from around 70 years ago, but all of these wallpapers feel so incredibly fresh and modern… Also, they are sweet and playful, but wouldn't be misplaced in rooms for bigger children (adults even). I'm contemplating getting the instruments wallpaper above for Pim's room. I'm sure he would love that!
xxx Esther
Armadillo & Co handmade rugs
Our friend, Jodie Fried, who longtime readers might remember from the Angawandi Charity Project or even before that, from the Bholu brand of quirky soft toys, is a woman of many talents (and apparently many successful business ideas!). She recently started a new company called Armadillo & Co which offers a stylish selection of handmade, natural rugs. She works with traditional artisans in India who specialise in varying weaving techniques, and they only use natural fibres like wool, jute, cotton and hemp. Being a mother, she not only offers a gorgeous selection of rugs for your home, but also a lovely and vibrant children's collection as well.
She very kindly sent me one of her rugs for the girls' bedroom so that we could see and feel the quality of the rugs, and it is the perfect addition to their bedroom. The colours are perfect in there (see photos of their room below)! Don't you think it looks like it should be paired with the print on the fireplace mantel, the print on the left?
Armadillo & Co is an Australian-based company, but you can now find a selection of the children's rugs from Nubie here in the UK, including the Daisy Weave rug in the girls' bedroom.
x Courtney
Upside down plants!
Plants in your interior must be back in fashion! I see them everywhere (we've been pinning plants on our Pinterest board too if you're interested). I'm really enjoying the greens that I've been collecting in our home — it just makes things look so nice and 'fresh'.
One of the new additions I got for our house recently is this fun upside down 'Skyplanter' from Boskke. I love the concept behind it, and it is so amazing to witness that plants really like to grow this way! You can see a list of plants that especially love to live in the Boskke planter here. Amazing, don't you think?
xxx Esther
Beautifully designed Little Quote Jars, by Make History!
Ava will be four in less than two weeks! I can't believe my baby girl is getting so big so fast… She went through a huge growth spurt the last half year, both physically and intellectually, and she's rapidly developing into a little school girl. Sweet!
I love having conversations with her. She's talking so maturely at times, but at the same time keeps making adorable grammatical mistakes, or is combining two words into one (my favourite Ava word at the moment is 'clapplause' — which she requests every night after she's finished her plate).
Make History!, the company we know from the gorgeous Time Capsules, has recently come up with another beautifully designed product, the Little Quote Jar. A simple glass jar with an oversized cork top, with enough space to hold the (included) notebooks and pencil, and a slot in the top to 'post' your quote. I'm loving it! It permanently lives on our table, in close reach to us all, so we can immediately write down all the funny things we say. (And it looks beautiful!)
xxx Esther
PS I loved reading Joanna's post of the sweet things her son Toby says. Toby is the exact same age as Ava!
Darling, luxurious blankets from Sture & Folke
Karin Stenmarck is a Swedish designer living in Switzerland, who makes her collection of Sture & Folke blankets entirely by hand, using only the most high quality materials like Liberty fabrics, cotton velvet and natural linen. Her blankets are really beautiful; they are the kind of baby product that you just love to keep around in your house — baby, or not! The toddler comforter has a wonderful, generous size (I use it as a lap blanket myself all the time), and the different little ribbons on the front are not only stylish decoration, they are also great for babies who love to play with them.
xxx Esther
Sweet wall hooks from Luez Design and Play
Luez Design and Play is a small New York-based design agency which is all about fun and simple design. The designer, Laura Rodriguez, creates products that appeal to both children and adults, and that will continue to add character to your home as your family grows. I love this little House Wall Hook, an adorable little decor piece by itself, but a useful hook at the same time. It is available in three pretty colours, and comes beautifully wrapped in a cardboard box, which includes screws and plugs to hang it. It would make such a cute gift (for a housewarming maybe?).
All items from Luez Design and Play are designed with love in New York City, and made with love in the USA.
xxx Esther
Five second rule
In my house, one of the first rules my children will quote is the famous 'five second rule'. It is the rule that, if any food has fallen on the floor in the kitchen, it can possibly still be eaten f it is picked up very quickly. (They learned very quickly that the five second rule did not apply to the lovely streets and boulevards of Paris!)
I always thought the five second rule was a complete myth and just a good excuse for tired parents not to have to go fetch yet another cookie or throw away a sandwich with just one bite in it, but turns out I was possibly wrong. Scientist at a British University have found proof that the five second rule could actually be true! I love it!
Now I am wondering, is the five second rule just a European thing? Or even maybe just an English thing?
– Emilie
Sur ton Mur — affordable art prints
Montreal based company Sur Ton Mur offers a lovely collection of affordable art prints by some of Quebec's best children's books illustrators. The selection is carefully curated, of high quality, and very diverse thanks to the different techniques and styles of the illustrators.
All Sur Ton Mur artwork is signed (and, if applicable, numbered) by the artist. So if you like the prints above, make sure you pick them up quickly!
They would make wonderful additions to any little kid's room, wouldn't they? (Plus, there's a great selection of prints for adults too!)
xxx Esther
Spring is here! Say it with pillows.
Because yesterday was the (official) first day of spring, I finally finished a little project I have been working on… Pillows! I used mixed techniques to put words on them — embroidery, appliqué, and painting with textile paint. I especially enjoyed the embroidery work — it's been a long time since I did embroidery, and I forgot how much fun it is!
Happy spring everyone!!
Bring spring inside!
Spring is around the corner! And very literally so — my neighbours pruned their trees last week and I brought some of the branches in. And look! The forsythia, cherry blossom and magnolia are so pretty. (And Ava also pruned the neighbours' flowers, oops!)
xxx Esther
Playtime Paris standout: April Eleven
Every gorgeous object in the stand of April Eleven is not only designed, but also entirely handmade by the sweet owner and designer Charline herself. We loved the no-nonsense design, the usability of the objects, the beautiful fabrics, and above all, that gorgeous little baby swing.
xxx Esther
My house tour featured on Houzz
The lovely Lauren from Houzz asked to pop over a few weeks ago to take some photos of our home and do a little interview about our house renovation project. She and photographer, Noah Darnell, stopped by just as we were serving pancakes, the kiddos still in their pyjamas. They snapped these photos before taking photos of the rest of the house, and I love that they captured the Saturday pancake ritual in our home. (Usually I am in my pyjamas too, of course! But still!)
If you would like to see photos of our home on Houzz and read about our renovation, you can click here. Thank you Houzz for the feature!
x Courtney
(All photos by Noah Darnell)
XL angels by Jurianne Matter
Jurianne Matter is a Dutch designer and I'm a big fan of her work. The clever ways she uses paper and patterns is just wonderful! These XL angels are new in her collection and are such a lovely way to decorate your house for the holidays.
If you don't know Jurianne's work yet, check out the rest of her designs here — the pop up posters are so beautiful, and many of her other products make cute little gifts to pop in the mail for far away friends… (All available through Bijzonder Mooi.)
xxx Esther
Christmas crackers from Toast
Our Christmas is a bit of a cultural melting pot. One of my brothers lives in Germany, the other in Ireland, my parents are based in Italy and we arrive from France. Of course we all like to bring along some traditions from all of our countries, so we have these hilarious meals where we start off with foie gras which we drink with German Sekt (sparkling wine) and finish up with mince pies and panatone topped off with a good port. The stilton lands on the cheese plate beside the parmesan and there are furious debates about whether Scottish oatcakes taste like sawdust and should never be eaten with gorgonzola or if this is the best fusion food ever.
One of the traditions I do miss from my time in London are Christmas crackers, which are really hard to get in France, not to mention Germany or Italy. They are so much fun to pop! Thanks to the wonderful world wide web, I have started ordering them online form the UK. This year I have decided on the Toast Christmas Crackers which come filled with a little hat, an old recipe and a little gift. Don't they look lovely?
– Emilie


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Hikaru no Go Book 21
Posted in Manga Reviews on October 29, 2010 by Johannastory by Yumi Hotta; art by Takeshi Obata; adaptation by Naoko Amemiya
published by Viz; $9.99 US
The young players began preparing for the upcoming international tournament in Book 20, playing matches to determine who will represent Japan. The game begun between Kiyoharu and Hikaru started in shocking fashion, with non-traditional moves on both sides. Kiyoharu has fearless energy, and Hikaru responds in kind. We were left at a cliffhanger, wondering which of the two would win and thus secure a spot on the team.
Of course, we're shown the outcome here. Along the way, I found myself feeling sorry for Ochi, the bespectacled player with a bowl cut and an inflated opinion of himself. He wants attention, but his skill alone won't draw the notice he craves when Akira is already a pro and Hikaru has the desire and creativity. He's so mean and curmudgeonly, even at such a young age, because he feels overlooked. If he spent some time facing outwards, helping others instead of focusing only on himself, then attention would come back to him in proportion. But there's no one to give him that lesson. However, because he's so self-confident, he can't stand to be doubted, and it's his over-developed sense of honor that provides a surprise changeup to the team.
One of the adult observers captures a key point of the series, why it's so enjoyable to watch these young competitors, while explaining why they may be threats even to seasoned professional players:
Adults know their limits and learn to work with them. Kids don't know what their limits are, so they'll try anything. Combine that with serious skill, talent, and focus…
And I had a unique insight into why youth is both potential and threat. I was also reminded why I wish I still had the energy of those times — combined with the experience of adulthood, that would be unstoppable. Unfortunately, by the time you have one, you've lost the other. Youngsters don't realize (or aren't stymied by) the potential risks of trying new things.
Once the team is assembled, it's time to face off against the Korean and Chinese team. But first, Akira and Hikaru take time for some practice matches against each other. That's the second lesson I took away from this volume, that having a good rival, someone who challenges you even though you disagree, is an excellent way to keep yourself sharp and improve your skills.
I barely noticed, while reading, how much Hikaru has grown up since I started reading about him — and that includes visually. He's no longer a little boy, but a young man. He's still cute, but a bit more gangly. I'm very impressed by Obata's linework, and the detail in the backgrounds of all the go cafes and tournament rooms. I also liked Hikaru learning enough about differing circumstances to appreciate the support his mother gives him in his competitive struggles.
In one way, though, he's still young, and that's demonstrated by his demonstration of pride, similar to Ochi. Hikaru is all fired up about the tournament because one of the Korean players is thought to have insulted a famous historical Japanese go scholar. That's a distinct contrast to Akira's father. One of the best living players, he's retired and traveling to other countries to compete on an amateur level — the game's the important thing to him, you see, not history or rankings or location or national pride. He's seeking the perfect game, remembering the echoes of his play against Sai. (The publisher provided a review copy.)
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"I barely noticed, while reading, how much Hikaru has grown up since I started reading about him — and that includes visually. He's no longer a little boy, but a young man. He's still cute, but a bit more gangly."
It surprised me a lot when they took him from being a boy to making him look more adult. I believe I most distinctly noticed the change when he took his little trip, which makes sense. In a way that was like the turning point in his maturity.
One thing I dislike about this series is how easily characters from the beginning seemed to become so disposable. I would have liked to have seen a few of his school friends be in the wourld of Go in some way. Whether it's just supporting him or attempting to enter the world as a player. The character I think I liked the most was the one that played both Go and Shoji, I really liked him.
[…] the final tournament! As set up in the previous volume, Hikaru and two other Japanese players — his long-time rival and inspiration Akira Toya and a […]
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No bag, No problem…
The submitter wrote: "how to fix the vacuum cleaner". Well I guess they fixed it but it looks like it might be time to get a new one. All you need is one mishap and what a mess you will have. Good temporary fix however!
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Before reading the caption, it looked like they were using the vacuum as a blower for a fireplace insert
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January 10th, 2011
I ran out of vac bags about 15 years ago and I cut the bag, emptied the trash and duct taped it back shut.
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Along the shores of Lake Superior is a castle in Minnesota, and almost 40 years ago the historic Glensheen was bequeathed to the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
A castle in Minnesota
UMD's historic mansion continues to draw visitors
By Pauline Oo
July 18, 2006
Yes, it's true. There is a castle in Minnesota, and it belongs to the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Glensheen, aka the historic Congdon estate, is a 7.6-acre, 39-room mansion complete with a landscaped garden that's perched on the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth. It was built in 1905 for the family of Chester Congdon, a lawyer who wanted a home that would reflect the family's English heritage.
The property is modeled after English estates of the early 17th century. The name "Glensheen" is derived from two words: "glen," which means a secluded narrow valley, and "Sheen," the village in Surrey, England, where the Congdon family had its roots.
Located at 3300 London Road in Duluth, Glensheen comprises more than seven acres of manicured landscapes with formal gardens, a carriage house and carriage collection, boathouse, clay tennis court, and gardener's cottage. The estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Places--which means that it's protected from state and federal projects that might adversely affect it; it has appeared on A&E's Home Video series America's Castles; and it was the backdrop for Patty Duke's 1972 thriller You'll like My Mother.
Glensheen was bequeathed to the University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD), in 1968 after the death of Elisabeth, the last Congdon child to live there (see sidebar). Since that time, more than two million people have visited the estate, which is a self-supporting organization that relies on revenue from ticket sales, donations, and events.
"To this day, the property closely resembles the way it looked when the Congdon family first moved in," says Lori Melton, Gleensheen marketing director. "The majority of the furnishings are original to the time the estate was first occupied."
When Glensheen first opened for tours, visitors were only allowed on the first and lower levels. Now the second and third floors and attic are open. The mansion showcases exotic woods, rich textiles, and beautiful art glass, as well as the finest intact collection of Arts and Crafts furnishings in the Midwest on the third floor and attic. (If you look closely enough in the attic, you'll find a 1908 issue of National Geographic and a 1913 copy of The Chicago Sunday Tribune.) Tours last approximately 75 minutes.
Docents have been an essential part of Glensheen's tours since day one. They are animated and they really know their stuff. On a recent tour, a docent explained with great detail the symbolism behind the pineapples and lion head carvings throughout the house--in short, the pineapples signify hospitality and the lion heads royalty. Also, ask about the fragrance in the den, and a fascinating story unfolds. Basically, someone treated the walls with lemon and cyprus oils to give the wood a driftwood-like appearance.
Woodwork dominates the Glensheen study room.
Several of the docents who started in 1979, like Mary Pat Higgins, are still volunteering and speak of the Congdons as if they were family.
"Glensheen is like my second home," says Higgins, "I feel very protective of Glensheen, it holds a lot of memories for me, and I want to preserve it for generations to come."
Glensheen is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. from May 27 to mid-October. Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for seniors, and $7 for children ages 6-12 (5 and under are free). Family and grounds passes are also available for $35 and $5, respectively. Parking is free.
To learn more about the estate and events that are regularly held there, visit Glensheen.
Hear Lori Melton discuss Glensheen's unique qualities.
Historical buildings at the U There are 13 buildings on the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Armory, Nicholson Hall, Burton Hall, Pattee Hall, Pillsbury Hall, Eddy Hall, Shevlin Hall, Folwell Hall, Wesbrook Hall, Jones Hall, Wulling Hall, and Eastcliff, the residence of University of Minnesota presidents. To learn more about historic U buildings, visit University Services. Additionally, at the heart of the Morris campus is a 42-acre historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district encompasses the former West Central School of Agriculture and Experiment Station, a boarding high school and research facility that opened in 1910. Visit UMM.


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I hope it's not inappropriate to revive this ancient thread. It struck a chord with me because the OP had a h/w setup almost identical to mine, and asked very clearly the very same questions I have been struggling to answer via Google for nearly 4 months now. It would seem that if these questions could be answered anywhere, this would be the place, but it's unclear that he ever received satisfaction either, nor can I find anywhere else where these questions are answered unequivocally.
I too have a Gigabyte Socket AM2+, GA-MA78GPM-DS2H, AMD780G with HD3200 IGP + 128Mb Sideport memory, 4 GB RAM but with an AMD 505E CPU(my goal was to minimize power draw, temp. and fan noise and everything I read led me to believe this would be plenty powerful enough for what I wanted to do). I have a single 640GB internal HDD(I also have a 750GB eSATA external that I haven't even gotten around to hooking up yet). I have a couple of tuner cards, one Hauppauge HVR-1600, and one Pinnacle 800i. My interest is in using this as a PVR and DVD player primarily, no interest in gaming. I also want to be able to run play videos through Firefox. I have a 42-inch 1080P television and wish to playback SD and HD smoothly without artifacts at up to 1920x1080 resolution through the HDMI.
I'm running a 9.04 Mythbuntu installation with upgrades to Catalyst 9.8(with trials of virtually every version in between). I ran an early version of the open source ATI drivers briefly but the performance was unbearably slow. Of course I'm not sure I had it configured properly, and for that matter the same goes for the proprietary drivers. I'm pretty much happy with the audio setup after some struggles. I get audio and video through HDMI using mythtv, Firefox, mplayer, and vlc. However, the video performance is unacceptable(lots of jerkiness), very inconsistent, and furthermore very unstable. I've read hundreds(if not thousands) of related posts at this and other sites. I've tried dozens of configuration changes and numerous software versions. What I'm wondering is whether I'm on a wild goose chase. I haven't seen anyone come right out and say so in so many words.
In short, before I start asking more narrow and focused questions and providing more details about my exact current s/w versions and symptoms, etc. I would first like some answers to the following, preferably from someone with direct experience with a somewhat similar configuration (at a minimum the onboard HD3200 GPU which I believe is the biggest issue).
1. Do I have a prayer of accomplishing my goals with my current hardware and the best linux-based distribution software currently available, period? With all the posts I've read on this and other sites, the best answer I can seem to find is a definite maybe, followed by a seemingly endless cycle of "try this, try that", and "wait for the next version of XXX".
2. Being optimistic for the moment that my goals are theoretically possible, am I more likely to get there taking the proprietary or open source route, and in either case which configuration options are the keys to success? I would at least try to limit the universe of options that I experiment with to those that stand a chance of working.
I got involved in this whole endeavor expecting a challenge. In fact that was a big part of the attraction. I thought I might learn a bit in the process. However, here lately I'm beginning to think I should just change my name to Sisyphus.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.


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Wharf victims rejoice at Libyan uprising
Victims of the 1996 bombing of South Quay have spoken out in support of the Libyan rebels' invasion of Tripoli.
The support team for those injured in the IRA explosion had previously visited Benghazi - the headquarters of the rebels - to show their support for the group opposed to Colonel Gaddafi's regime.
Docklands Victims Association's spokesman Jonathan Ganesh said: "It is a great day for the people of Libya and all within the international community who have suffered due to Gaddafi's brutality.
"We could not just stand by and watch Gaddafi kill other innocent people in Libya as we are only too aware of the pain he has caused within the UK due to his unprecedented support of the IRA terrorism that killed countless innocent people."
Gaddafi's regime supplied the semtex for the explosion at South Quay which killed two shop workers and injured dozens more Wharf workers.
The Libyan rebels uprising reached the country's capital city at the weekend.


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Interview with Kim Krizan, Oscar Nominee & New Comic Writer
- Posted by Johanna on February 7, 2008 at 9:48 pm
- Category: Comic News
Boom! Studios is re-launching Zombie Tales as a monthly ongoing anthology series starting in April. (I enjoyed some of the earlier issues.) It's 24 pages for $3.99, with two alternate covers, and can be ordered with Diamond code FEB08 3579 or FEB08 3580.
In the first issue, Kim Krizan joins noted comic horror writers Steve Niles and Joe R. Lansdale. Although new to comics, she's an Academy Award nominee for screenwriting for Before Sunset. At Boom!'s invite, I asked her a few questions about her debut.
What made you decide to try writing comics?
Well, a story is a story, no matter what medium. Ross Richie over at Boom! Studios basically told me flat out I was going write something for them, which I thought was cute. Then he said he wanted me to write about zombies. A long silence ensued. My lower lip quivered and I believe I shed a tear. Do I look like a fourteen year-old boy? Am I interested in zombies? But then he told me I could do anything I wanted. Telling a writer who's been bound and gagged in the film world that they can do anything they want is like waving a red flag in front of a bull.
How have you changed your style and/or process for comics?
It felt to me that in writing a comic my process became wild, fast, and sharp — while in a script or book I would be slow, laborious, and careful. The medium did seem to dictate another approach, and it was fun to write. Both film scripts and comic scripts are written for visual media, but I had to consider the importance of things like the turning of a page as an opportunity to add tension. I very easily and naturally put in violent imagery which was rather satisfying. Chip read it and said, "Wow, this gives me the creeps!" and said I was good with horror. Well, I don't watch horror films. Driving in LA is enough horror for me.
[Chip is Chip Mosher, Boom!'s Marketing & Sales Director and Kim's husband.]
What can you tell us about your story in Zombie Tales?
I took the assignment to write about zombies as an opportunity to explore some issues that are of great concern to me. The image of the living dead is a great metaphor.
How did you get the slot? Did being married to the company's marketing guy help? :)
The casting couch routine. All aspiring comic book writers should try it.
You were Academy Award-nominated for your co-writing on the screenplay for Before Sunset, but your only other screenwriting credit is that film's predecessor. What else have you been working on?
I've written a number of scripts and all are optioned. I'm finishing my first book. I'm teaching screenwriting and creative writing at UCLA.
Ross, Mark Waid, and I have discussed doing another comic, but it's on the QT and very hush-hush.
Did you really play the teacher in Dazed and Confused responsible for speaking my favorite line of the film, the one about celebrating "a bunch of slave-owning aristocratic white males [who] didn't want to pay their taxes"?
Yes, that was me. It seems like that line is a favorite for a lot of people and it was fun to say. I created a bit of a backstory for the character — she was sort of a little Bolshevik, wasn't she?
Johanna here. My thanks to Kim for taking the time and to Chip for setting this up. I'm the furthest thing from being a zombie fan, but I'm intrigued to see how Kim's story turns out and what issues she's exploring. I appreciate the way she's bringing experience from other media to comics while considering the unique needs of that medium.
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- Blog@Newsarama » Creator Q&A: Kim Krizan Says:
February 8, 2008 at 12:24 PM[…] post is mainly for my wife, who loves Kim Krizan's movies … Johanna Draper Carlson has an interview up with Krizan, who wrote the movies Before Sunset and Before Sunrise. She has a story in […]
- Ross Richie Says:
February 8, 2008 at 1:25 PMThat's what Z TALES is really all about, at least to me. Get some vets in there like Niles and Lansdale (some of my favorites, of course) and mix in some new blood that have an intriguing angle and something original to say.
Ya gotta mix it up!
-R - Jonathan Baylis Says:
February 15, 2008 at 1:21 PMI would love to submit a completed 6-page Zombie comic for this anthology.
Is there a submission process one can go through?
Jonathan - Johanna Says:
February 15, 2008 at 4:41 PMThe contact page at the Boom! site says "we can not accept unsolicited submissions." So it looks like the answer is unfortunately no.
- Jonathan Baylis Says:
February 15, 2008 at 5:17 PMAh yes, somehow I missed that. Maybe I'll send a Valentine to Mark Waid then.


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I went up to Paris to take part in a NTA teacher training weekend. I am the president of NTAFS which represents the American teacher training organisation headed by Kelly Gellette, and together with my team, Véronique Quint NTA director for France and our new treasurer Karine Casanove and secretary Patrice Chollet we helped with the administrative tasks, leaving trainer Robert Wanstreet Director NTA for Southern Europe to lead candidates through the 4 levels of the training programme.
The programme consists of a theoretical explanation of the technique, steps and terms used in our dance form, followed by practical demonstrations and execution of the material. Several people took the written and practical exams corresponding to each level. It was an intense and tiring weekend, but the people went away satisfied with the experience. Thanks also goes to Annie Briand regional director for the Parisian area and Muriel of AVEP who hosted the event.
NTA is well established in France and NTAFS now organises the administrative tasks, translates the technical manual, translates articles from the newsletter and organises a convention where instructors can get together and exchange experiences.


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Why does it seem like America is getting crazier with each passing year? It has become glaringly apparent that very deep corruption has taken root in our society from the lowest levels of society all the way up to the highest levels of society. In fact, some of the worst behavior of all is being exhibited by those that are supposed to be "examples" for our young people – politicians, bankers, lawyers, CEOs, etc.
As we enter 2013, the American people are greedy, selfish, boastful, proud, arrogant, disrespectful, ungrateful, materialistic, unforgiving, without self-control and they are completely and totally addicted to entertainment. They believe that America will always be "the greatest nation on earth" just because of who we are, and they believe that the rest of the world should look up to us as a bright, shining example of everything that is good in the world.
Meanwhile, we lead the world in a large number of negative categories and our society is decaying right in front of our eyes. It reminds me of what happened during the waning days of the Roman Empire. The Romans just assumed that Rome would always be dominant forever, and they became extremely complacent and extraordinarily decadent. We all know how that turned out, and at this point things are not looking good for America either.
So where do we go from here?
Well, it might help to ask ourselves a few questions as another year begins.
The following are 25 "why questions" for you to ponder as we enter 2013
- Why did the New York Times (the most read newspaper in the country) publish an article by a Georgetown University professor entitled "Let's Give Up On The Constitution"? What kind of message are they trying to send by publishing that trash?
- Why is the U.S. government actively supporting and giving aid to Syrian rebels that are beheading Christians? Just the other day, Syrian rebels beheaded one Christian man and fed his body to dogs. The man that they killed had recently been married and was expecting his first child.
- Why is the U.S. military sending troops to 35 different African nations in 2013? Can we really afford to be the police of the world
- Why does California keep doing such stupid things? On January 1st, more than 800 new laws (most of them ridiculous) go into effect in the state.
- Why is so much U.S. real estate being bought up by China? Chinese citizens purchased one out of every ten homes that were sold in the state of California in 2011.
- Why is Texas Governor Rick Perry resurrecting the Trans-Texas Corridor project? Does he honestly believe that nobody will notice?
- Why is the mainstream media ignoring the fact that the percentage of Americans that are against a ban of handguns is at an all-time high?
- Why is the mainstream media ignoring a recent theater shooting that was stopped by a man with a gun?
- Why do celebrities that claim to be "anti-gun" constantly make movies that are absolutely brimming with gun violence?
- Why is genetically-modified rice that has human genes in it being grown in Kansas?
- Why is the Obama administration working so hard to "force Christians to act against their faith"?
- Why was a surveillance drone hovering over the Vikings-Packers game at the Metrodome on Sunday?
- Why did the U.S. government ask the Mexican government to help them increase participation in the U.S. food stamp program?
- Why does the U.S. government have a website that teaches immigrants how to sign up for welfare programs once they arrive in the United States?
- If "terrorists" are the threat we are all supposed to be worried about, then why is the U.S. government spending gigantic mountains of money to watch and monitor Americans? Today, the American people are the most surveilled people in the history of the world. Why is this happening? What will our society eventually look like if we keep going down this path?
- Why is the mainstream media being so quiet about the giant sinkholes that are opening up all over the world?
- Why have volcanic activity and earthquake activity along the Ring of Fire increased so dramatically as we approach 2013?
- Why are Protestants losing political power so rapidly in America today?
- Why does the Obama administration seem so determined to reduce the size of the U.S. strategic nuclear arsenal?
- Why don't more Americans know about the population control agenda of the global elite?
- Why are so many workers claiming Social Security disability? Back in 1967, there were about 41 workers for every person on Social Security disability. Today, there are only about 16 workers for every person on Social Security disability.
- Why do 77,000 federal employees earn more money than the governors of their own states do?
- Why does it cost American taxpayers more than a billion dollars to take care of the Obamas each year?
- Why is Hillary Clinton the most admired woman in America?
- Why is Barack Obama the most admired man in America?
Do you have any why questions to add to this list?
If so, please feel free to post a comment with your suggestions below…
13 Responses to "25 Reasons to Ask Why? As We Enter 2013"
Totally agree…there could be more like sending troops around the world and making more enemies than friends plus making more problems for others too…
Just one answer. Control.
Perhaps another pertinent question might be
Why are we the most disliked nation in the world? -
why does obama have a peace prize?
why are the politicians working so hard to destroy our constitution not getting impeached? including obama?
in response to question about forcing christians to go against their faith to pay for the health care coverage of various birth control of their employees….why do they think their religious and moral beliefs are more precious, right, or important than the religious and moral beliefs or personal preferences of their employees who in almost all businesses will far outnumber the number of employers and CEOs working there?
Because it's their business and they have a right to uphold their moral beliefs in their own business. They are not harming anyone by not giving out abortions-induced drugs.
I have 2 questions to add after reading this: why does it matter what religion a person has that gets beheaded? Is that the only way Americans would get shocked?
Why is education quality falling rapidly and being replaced with pop-culture garbage and corporate propaganda ?
Agreed !
Why is population control bad?
…because that means that they are going to find ways to kill us off! They aren't trying to help control the future population, but to get rid of us living right now. That means that me, you, your family, and loved ones could be killed of for no reason at all except for being alive.


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In June 2013, for my 16th Year, I will participate in an event to benefit the S.F. AIDS Foundation called AIDSLifeCycle. Each year, I bike 575 miles (from S.F to L.A, CA.). And, I complete the ride knowing I did the right thing.
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After fourteen, 545 mile bike rides from San Francisco to Los Angeles with the AIDSLifecycle / AIDS Ride Event, I've realized that life has become "routine."
Therefore, I have decided to "step out of the box" and throw something into the mix.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel and watch as road cyclist, Tony Eason (not the football player) puts on his new balance minimus and trains to become a San Francisco marathon runner.
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The presence of Oprah at the AIDS/Lifecycle 2013 Closing Ceremonies would not only fuel the hearts of the 2,500 cycling philanthropists & 400 volunteer crew members – it would present a platform to continue promoting self empowerment; flattening ignorance; and providing education as a prominent African American Woman in the African American Community.
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- Tony Looks like the bruised right hip is still somewhat painful BUT I am now at 95% recovery. So tomorrow, it's back to the marathon training. Haven't ran in 2 weeks so, let's see tomorrow what the future has in store etc. ….
Looks like the bruised right hip is still somewhat painful BUT I am now at 95% recovery. So tomorrow, it's back to the marathon training. Haven't ran in 2 weeks so, let's see tomorrow what the future has in store etc. ….
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Thrilling Adventure Hour #103: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, "Murder In His Place"
By Katie Levine on February 4, 2013
Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada and Busy Philipps as the Red Plains Rider. Also starring Mark Gagliardi; Craig Cackowski as Felton; Linda Cardellini as Rebecca Rose Rushmore; David Anders as Chicky Sullivan; Joshua Malina as the Barkeep; and Merrin Dungey as the Barkeep's wife.
Recorded September 8, 2012.