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Waveguide electro-optic modulator in fused silica fabricated by femtosecond laser direct writing and thermal poling
Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 6, pp. 739-741 (2006)
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An integrated electro-optic waveguide modulator is demonstrated in bulk fused silica. A Mach–Zehnder interferometer waveguide structure is fabricated by direct writing with a femtosecond laser followed by thermal poling. A 20° electro-optic phase shift is achieved at an operating wavelength of
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(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
(230.2090) Optical devices : Electro-optical devices
(320.7160) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast technology
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Integrated Optics
Original Manuscript: August 30, 2005
Revised Manuscript: November 14, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: December 1, 2005
Guangyu Li, Kim A. Winick, Ali A. Said, Mark Dugan, and Philippe Bado, "Waveguide electro-optic modulator in fused silica fabricated by femtosecond laser direct writing and thermal poling," Opt. Lett. 31, 739-741 (2006)
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The action begins, appropriately enough, in a college classroom with Professor Whitey McCoy (Jonathan Hogan) musing over abstruse tenets of philosophy with his undergraduates. He poses questions such as "What is the value of value?" and "Who are we, and what is important to us?" Xavier "Ex" Reynolds (Charlie Hewson), a student who is clearly more concerned about passing his final exam than trying to fathom pre-Socratic philosophy, interrupts with a more concrete question: "Is this going to be on the test?" So much for philosophy. As for the test, there will be more than one over the course of the evening, most conspicuously the examination of Professor McCoy's moral character, which, in turn, has the college itself being judged for how it responds to a sexual harassment charge against a faculty member. In his non-linear play Sherman offers us a first act with a pair of scene in which the professor and student re-enact the incident as they individually remember it. Sherman doesn't try to connect the dots for our imagination, but lets the case take on a kind of sophistic argument in our minds: What did really happen at Whitey's apartment late one night during Thanksgiving break? Who seduced who? And was sex actually part of the evening, or not? Strangely, the sexual scandal gets dramatically downplayed after the early scenes. The author shifts the center of the play to the four undergraduates, who spring to life in dissolute detail. The students may be upset over Whitey's dismissal by college president Quintana Matheson (Ellen Dolan), but they are obviously more preoccupied with their own personal relationships, getting high on drugs or booze—and, oh yeah!—- graduating from college. Only Robin (Natalie Knepp), the school reporter and later valedictorian, occasionally voices her concerns about the professor's fate. Sophistry is at its best when it focuses on the three male friends, Willy (Maximillian Osinski), Igor (Ian Alda), and Ex (Charlie Hewson). Whether they are strumming guitars, trying to pick-up young women, or break-up with them, their language and antics evoke the real atmosphere of the laid-back college life of the '90s. We see J. Crew jackets (with enough pockets for a six-pack of beer), hear music from Red Hot Chili Peppers, and learn that if one's inspiration runs dry, term papers can be bought. Whitey's return in Act 2 — after the suit has been "settled" with more revelations about himself and his current status— raises the question of whether a play can be too earnest in its closing scene? Perhaps. In a return to the original premise of the play, the case of Jack v. Whitey, via the valedictorian's commencement speech about one's intergrity and "not settling" in life, Sherman seems to be using her as a stand-in for his own point of view. All things considered this new production from South Ark Stage is not new enough to escape being dated. Still, director James Warwick gets high marks for coherently gathering the loose ends and black holes in the drama and the energetic actors rate an A plus.
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An iPod playlist gone rogue?
No, it's the soundtrack of John Wallingford's developmental biology laboratory on a typically eclectic day.
"My philosophy is to make a lab a very fun place because I need my people to be here all the time," he says.
Music is a key ingredient in lab fun. It helps the students stay alive while doing painstaking bench work.
"You're going to be sitting at the microscope for 30 minutes or an hour," he says. "On a hard day you might sit at the microscope for four hours straight manipulating things. It's much more fun if there's some music playing."
Wallingford's lab researches embryonic development and it focuses on development of the neural tube from which the spine and brain are formed. That involves close work with early stage embryos.
Wallingford says the lab plays just about anything. Rock and roll is the most-played followed with county-and-western (the Willie Nelson branch) and alt-country.
"We also do a good bit of blues, bluegrass and electronic music as well as some jazz," he says.
The lab's music etiquette is pretty basic: "The record played is decided by whomever walks over and turns it on," Wallingford says. "But technically, everyone has veto power."
Check the lab's Web site for its listening list. There's also a link to the Continental Club.
With long sideburns, mustache and bushy soul patch, Wallingford would fit in on the Austin singer-songwriter circuit. He seems almost as enthusiastic about music as he is about his research.
Some of his favorites are Austin-based Hayes Carll and his album, "Trouble in Mind," (fantastic, Wallingford says) and a local group called Salesman.
The lab has been known to make music as well a listen to it."I'm graduating a student who was a guitar player, banjo player, mandolin player, singer and we had a lot of good music," Wallingford says. "I'm a hack but I like to play and it was fun to have someone who actually can play in the lab."
So blame graduation, not Yoko, for the breakup of the band.
It's been a busy spring for Wallingford and his lab.
The graduating musician, Ryan Gray, is taking his new Ph.D. to a post-doc at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Two other Ph.D.s are headed to the University of California, Berkeley and another is staying at Texas. Wallingford's lab is sending an undergraduate to Berkeley and another to Caltech.
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Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. is a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc involved principally in the manufacture of gas turbine engines and other propulsion systems. Their headquarters are currently in Reston, Virginia after a move from nearby Chantilly, Virginia and employs nearly 24,000 people in the United States and Canada.
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The UAAA was formed in 2006 in memory of the late Jim Bell – to ensure that Angling prospered in the Strathaven area. The founders – Jim Tait, Wullie Weir, John MacSkimming & Alan Irving.
We hope that this site promotes the wonderful area of Avondale as much as the great fishing on the Upper Avon & Glengavel Reservoir & helps visiting anglers enjoy Fishing in Scotland.
We have tried to pack our site with lots of information about our waters & how to fish them – we have tried to put up as much news & information about the UAAA. We have included some great links to sites that are relevant to the locality of Strathaven & as many links to information that would be useful & interesting for anglers.
Please see video below on our opening day at Glengavel Reservoir 15th of March 2015.
The UAAA are members of the Scottish Anglers National Association please check out the link to find out about SANA.
One of the things SANA does is represent Game Anglers' interests to public bodies e.g. The Scottish Government – Marine Scotland – Local Government & sportscotland.
We also support Let's Tackle Cancer – you can link to there page here & donate – please check it out.
Just about everyone has been affected by Cancer in one way or another.
Lets tackle cancer was created in 2010 to raise money to help raise money for Cancer research, Marie Curie cancer care and McMillan Nurses.
To date Lets tackle cancer has raised over £35,000 including gift aid for these charities and with your help we hope to raise more.
Our Waters.
We look after and manage the fishing on Glengavel Reservoir.
On the Avon Water (River Avon) we have the fishing rights upstream from Craig Bridge on the Strathaven to Sandford / Lesmahagow Road (B7086) on the south bank (left hand side looking upstream) & from Browns Bridge on the Strathaven to Muirkirk Road (B743) both banks upstream to the source.
Please see link to UAAA River Avon Beat Map.
Please also see link for UAAA Permit – Costs & Outlets.
Browns Bridge – there is a car park down by the water here which is available for our members – please note there is an issue here with people leaving litter – it is not our members but please play your part by tidying up. The house at the bend upstream requests that you do not fish from there garden or walk through there grounds – please respect there privacy. Thank You.
Kids Go Free.
We are concerned about the future of Angling In Avondale.
To help produce future generations of Anglers we provide free season tickets to the under 13's (proof of age required).
Hatchery & Rearing Ponds.
We operate a hatchery & rearing ponds where we produce from local broodstock indigenous Brown Trout therefore not damaging the genetic integrity of the local Trout population – we believe passionately that this is the right policy for any Club stocking rivers.
Our Trout are not intensively reared – which means that they are fin perfect & look exactly like any wild trout.
We stock only to improve the local angling resource. For more info on our Hatchery & Rearing Ponds check out the link.
Check out the video kindly made for us by Vid of the River Clyde Forum.
For more Videos about the UAAA check out our Video Links Page.
Quality Fishing.
We know that our waters contain many of the bigger & best quality Brown Trout in the Avon system. We also have a recovering stock of Grayling and we ask all our anglers to return all Grayling.
Catch & Release.
The UAAA encourage responsible Catch & Release. If you want some Tips on Responsible Catch & Release click on this Link "Responsible Catch & Release Tips".
Not For Profit Organisation.
We exist only to further Angling in Avondale & as a result we hope to improve the the angling facility in the area for both locals & visitors we hope that our efforts will bring additional visitors into the area – we hope the shops & hotels in the Strathaven area will benefit. Our organisation is an expensive concern to maintain & we are keen to attract sponsorship from any local business.
We are fortunate to have had our competitions sponsored by Tarmac who quarry in the Drumclog area.
We raise most of our funding via permit sales.
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November 2002 Table of Contents
The Accommodation Principle , John J. Grosboll Editorial
In Everything Give Thanks , Anna Schultz "We need to praise God much more than we do. We are to show that we have cause for rejoicing." In Heavenly Places, 96
Remember The Sabbath Day . . . Part 3 , Benjamin S. Brown "In no case should our own business be allowed to encroach upon holy time." Patriarchs and Prophets, 296
Praise and Thanksgiving , Craig Meeker How important is thanksgiving and praise in the Christian life?
The Race to Contact the Dead, Part 2 , Cody Francis It becomes clear what the spirit is that returns to God. It is simply the life-giving force that makes the heart beat, the brain think, and the lungs breathe. It is not some conscious existence.
What About Health Reform? , Ellen G. White "He who is thoroughly convertedwill abandon every injurious habit and appetite." Testimonies, vol. 9, 113
Adventism and Spiritualism, Part 2 , John J. Grosboll If someone just gives a smooth, mild message, they are accepted by men, but they are not accepted of God.
From the Pen of Inspiration Offer Unto God Thanksgiving , Ellen G. White We should ever remember that thanksgiving is the fruit of true, willing obedience.
Restoring the Temple , Sheryle Beaudry-RN,C Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Nervous System
Nature Nugget Pelagic Tubenoses , David Arbour
Food For Life , Cathy Summers Favorite Recipes from Staff and Friends of Steps to Life
Childrens Corner- The Golden Windows , Author Unknown
Bible Study GuideDecember 17, 2002 , Steps to Life
Bible Study Guide- December 814, 2002 , Steps to Life
Bible Study Guide- December 1521, 2002 , Steps to Life
Bible Study Guide- December 2228, 2002 , Steps to Life
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I agree. You did get a small glimpse of my car at the show @0:41 of the video.. but its kind of behind my friends gti lol. I had the Tornado Red Gli with the Euro Plate RedSauce. Awesome video btw.
I agree. You did get a small glimpse of my car at the show @0:41 of the video.. but its kind of behind my friends gti lol. I had the Tornado Red Gli with the Euro Plate RedSauce. Awesome video btw.
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Great video, how long did it take you to edit that?
Originally Posted by Mk1MadnessOriginally Posted by EistreiberOriginally Posted by Tavarish
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YES, always, people are really bad at this and think it's no big deal.
Then they wonder why we start putting huge watermarks all over stuff. Obviously copyright is done as soon as the shutter is clicked, that picture is the photographers property. People don't look, but there is a little button on facebook that asks "do you own the copyrights to this image etc etc" most people don't see it and just upload. But if a photographer really wanted he could sue the **** out you for even uploading it.
PLEASE if you are going to upload a photo credit the photographer or even just use the "share" option from his/her page.
Do you want the most photos from h2oi?
have your girl wear yoga pants and stay by ur car. It will have PLENTY of photos..
thats a nice set up for doing vidoes, glad you posted that pic, neat to see some of the behind the scene stuff :-)
i like how so many get all butthurt because of this.
everyone just craves attention for some reason but the bottom line is if you build your car to get in a mag or video (or win shows) then your doing it wrong
No problem, and thank you! If you like my facebook page "bsaintmedia" I post a lot of behind the scenes stuff, from shooting to editing. And of course finished product as soon as it's online.
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1 out of 3 dubbers believes they are professional photographers !!
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I'm just getting into photography, half my posts lately have been asking recommendations for a nice camera, most people replied back about a cannon with a good lens, I've really been admiring everyone's pics. I love all the different angles on the cars, rolling shots and love the different backgrounds. All my photo projects in the past were of animals and nature, so getting into car photography is a whole new beast hahaha.
[QUOTE=Bsaint;79310625]No problem, and thank you! If you like my facebook page "bsaintmedia" I post a lot of behind the scenes stuff, from shooting to editing.
Cool ill definitely check it out!
I pretty much followed all of those steps and haven't seen one pic of my 200 yet, other then step 5 (my own pics). I guess the older Audi's don't get love like they should.
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Hey ****heads. If your car is worth being photographed, it will be. Bunch of whiney children here... "I saw people shooting my car all week, but nothing posted" blah blah blah. Yea, they may have pointed and clicked but then they threw that malarkey into photoshop and found nothing worth putting their name on. Go back to the drawing board and build something worth writing home about you entitled little kids.
You mad bro? No, you kids suck at building cars.
Originally Posted by Mk1MadnessOriginally Posted by EistreiberOriginally Posted by Tavarish
sorry man, but if this is the car you are talking about
It looks good and looks clean. There is nothing really unique about it though. Not trying to bash the car at all, but it looks fairly stock. some wheels and a conservative drop. Kind of a dime a dozen. If it drove by me it wouldn't stick out...
Obviously everyone builds their cars for other reasons, I like fairly mild looking cars and mod mine pretty mild. However that's not what photographs or video's well. Not to mention the front plate, unless it's a euro plate I almost always avoid shooting cars with front plates. It takes away from the front end like crazy. Regardless of what it says.
I understand that for sure. Exterior wise it looks like a clean old Audi, and that won't draw enough attention. The uniqueness comes with the rarity of this model as there were only 300 or so sold in the US, however that wouldn't be known by 99% of the H2Oi crowd. No big deal, and I'm not complaining about minimal pics taken of my car, I ended up finding a bunch more after that post anyway.
I, like you like a mild build (show anyway). Im more about the performance anyway. The car has ~500hp and runs 11 second quarter miles times. All with over 300k on the cluster.
It was a bit flashier then that pic for H2O also wearing staggered BBS RS-GT's and much lower (then in the pic you posted):
Thanks for responding in a mature manner (unlike the above poster)! Lol.
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No worries and I'm right there with you man, I have an LS1 swapped E36 M3 cammed and tuned to 420whp, I'm refreshing a lot of the car and trying to keep it for a long time to come so I totally understand. Mine looks fairly stock as well, doesn't have $3k wheels or crazy camber. nothing unique about mine other then the color and the swap. And I'm okay with not seeing tons of pictures of mine, I'd almost rather take my car to a cool location and shoot it myself. But just trying to share some tips and pointers to help.
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I never understand why people get so butthurt over pictures.
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Rules of Engagement: Season 4
# | Air Date | Title |
1 | Mar 01 2010 |
FlirtingJeff listens to Russell about a co-worker and finds himself in trouble. Timmy is sent to get Russell's phone from the apartment of his most recent conquest. |
2 | Mar 08 2010 |
Snoozin' for a Bruisin'When Jeff and Audrey switch sides of the bed, Jeff accidentally rolls over and clocks Audrey in the face, landing her in the hospital. |
3 | Mar 15 2010 |
Atlantic CityAudrey tries to make Jeff feel guilty for not telling her that his friend's bachelor party in Atlantic City was cancelled; however, her plan backfires when Jeff discovers… |
4 | Mar 22 2010 |
Ghost StoryAudrey is upset when Jeff reveals to her that he doesn't believe she saw her dead grandmother's ghost. Meanwhile, Russell tries to persuade Timmy not to go through… |
5 | Mar 29 2010 |
The Four PillarsTo make Audrey happy, Jeff begrudgingly agrees to see a couple's therapist. Meanwhile, Russell develops a crush on Timmy's fiance. |
6 | Apr 05 2010 |
3rd WheelUnbeknownst to Jeff, Audrey lies to her homely friend Liz that she is on Jeff's list of woman he would sleep with if Audrey wasn't around. |
7 | Apr 12 2010 |
Indian GiverAudrey is surprised by Jeff's sudden interest in her favorite reality show until she discovers the reason. Meanwhile, to Russell's delight, Timmy has second thought… |
8 | Apr 19 2010 |
Free Free TimeJeff and Audrey have trouble spending time apart after their plans don't work out. Russell finds out that Timmy is harboring some ill feelings toward him. |
9 | Apr 26 2010 |
The ScoreJeff really can't stand not knowing the score of the NY Rangers game and has to try hard to get the game off his mind while at a party for Audrey's boss. |
10 | May 03 2010 |
The SurrogateAudrey is over bearing with a potential surrogate mother for her and Jeff. Russell finds Jennifer and Adam's wedding web site and teases them about it. |
11 | May 10 2010 |
ReunionAudrey attends her high school reunion intent on proving to her former classmates how great her life is in New York City. Meanwhile, Russell accidentally ruins Timmy's di… |
12 | May 17 2010 |
HarassmentA new employee with an axe to grind against Audrey files a sexual harassment claim against her. Meanwhile, after being teased for playing cricket, Timmy challenges Jeff to a ga… |
13 | May 24 2010 |
They Do?Adam and Jennifer plan a secret wedding; however, a series of unfortunate events puts their plan in jeopardy. Meanwhile, to keep Russell and Timmy from finding out about the ce… |


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"With the benefit of hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all."
Queen Elizabeth II
What better time than a round-numbered anniversary (30 years ago this coming summer since I started my climb into the world of books for young readers), to ponder all those roads not taken? Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, b. 88 years ago today,
April 21, 1926, exactly, by the way, 90 years after Sam Houston,
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1. Don't we all have a drawer of file full of nonfiction book ideas, each of which at first seemed glorious? But we set them aside, figuring no editor with two market-savvy brain cells to rub together would ever buy the projects? Andrew Jackson? Too obscure!' 'Victoria, Teenaged Queen? Whose overdressed, over-privileged, eccentric grandchildren populated the thrones of Europe - and ended up blowing it up. Or, in the case of Russia's weird, shy last czarina, shot in a basement? Who cares?' 'Savvy, bosomy politician Dolley Madison? How many times do kids want to read about her saving GW's portrait?' In hindsight, I figure we humans are a story-loving species and there's always an appetite for a good story well told - and illustrated. Maybe I wish I'd followed through.
2. Speaking of which, I should have followed through with all the wisdom offered by inspiring, INK colleague, author/teacher/blogger, Vicki Cobb and learned to do video conferencing/presentations and availing myself of the MANY technological means and opportunities to make my presence known in the world in this here 21st century. ['21st century? Bah! I could pick a better century out of a hat!' I paraphrase: a quote from the good version of Sabrina, i.e. the one with Humphrey Bogart in it, the one where he says, 'I wish I were dead with my back broken.' Jeez, I can't be the only one who gets movie lines stuck in her head, can I?] You know who else has lots of good ideas on teaching/self-promotion? Katie Davis. They all make me tired. I mean, when it comes to self-promotion, doing all there is to be done, it's like what Erma Bombeck said: "Housework, if you do it right, will kill you." So, I figure, pick a few things and do them well, huh? And stick with them.
3. In further hindsight, I wish I hadn't been born into a family with such a wide streak of melancholy, backward-looking nostalgia and everybody so danged sensitive. Speaking of which, do check out this LINK. It'll take you to a story about what wonderful author Natalie Kinsey-Warnock is doing up in Vermont, encouraging young Vermonters to learn and record their families' stories, thus learning the stories of their neighborhood, their Green Mountainous state, and their nation. Did I ever tell you that my great-aunt Rebecca Amelia Brown volunteered her time to work with her eastern Pennsylvania neighbors on the Underground Railroad? Or that ancestors of mine, in the mid-1700s, made it their business to skedaddle for shelter from furious Native American raiders, in a forest stockade known as Fort Harness? Well, they did.
4. I'd have overcome my shyness and solitary nature and made myself network with other authors and illustrators in the SCBWI. So. I've re-upped my membership and we'll see.
5. I'd have updated my website more often, like, once in a while even. Offered a really snappy school visit packet, for instance and taken the time to check out other authors' sites. What works? What doesn't, so much? I'd be thinking about getting it properly, professionally redesigned if it hasn't been done since, say, Bill Clinton was in office. By golly, this - or some of this – I'm moving to the top of my TBD list.
6. Had I had the sense God gave a cuckoo clock and the discipline of HE/SHE gave a Canada Goose (quite a lot, actually, flying all that way here and there), I'd have saved ALL of the addresses of the wonderful people I've met over the years.
7. I'd have educated myself more deeply, made myself more aware of the glorious art that is being done in our world of books for young readers, really, the last great showcase for the art and craft of illustration. Should you have time and wish to treat yourself to a journey, do pay a visit to the Mazza Collection, on the campus of the University of Findlay [OH]. It is, I believe, America's largest repository of original art done for children's books.
And another thing, I'd have put more pieces on my portfolio, worked harder and more sensibly to make those with choosing power SEE it.
8. Had I to do all of this over again, I'd have begun earlier. Too soon old. Too late smart.
9. Okay, seriously, I'd have spent less time at this computer and exercised more. Spent more time outside with my dog(s), as Queen Elizabeth does.
Spent time with people in person. As Marvin Gaye (I think), once said, 'As long as you're alive, you might as well live.'My dog, Mimi.
10. Definitely, I'd have read more books, but unless I get pasted by a bus or run off the road on my way to school visits down in Pittsburg, KS, later this week, by sine lovelorn, world-weary white-tailed deer, I figure I have time.
As long as I do, I reckon I'll pull up my socks, make a list, and get down to work on all that remains to be done, taking care of that which I can control, saying 'never mind' to that which I cannot, and cultivating the wisdom to know the difference. I wish you all the same, Dear Readers.
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Illustrations, I'm realizing, are very different. They're not artifacts. They're the artists' imagined representations of time, place, events, and mood. Although they can be very precise and accurate, water colors, collages, oils, etc., don't necessarily show the reader exactly how the spur attached to the boot, say, or that the temperature was 99 degrees. They can be more atmospheric and still be valid—not just valid but also emotionally true.
I'm beginning to think of the artwork in nonfiction picture books as the visual voice of the book. And, just as I struggled to make the textual voice in The Youngest Marcher authentic, even when I wasn't quoting someone, I've been looking at illustrations for authenticity—even if they're not photographically accurate.
Here's a range of pictorial styles, in recently published and lauded picture books, from the concrete to the imagistic. (Warning: I am not an artist! These are merely my impressions.)
Brian Floca's illustrations in Locomotive are as precise and detailed as those in any Richard Scarry word
book. After looking at the end papers' labeled diagrams, I'd recognize a piston rod, throttle lever, and Johnson Bar anywhere! And the accuracy of those drawings tells me that every other illustration must be right also, even the water-colored elevation map of the Great Basin in the frontispiece and the sketch of a man chasing his horse, who must have been spooked by an approaching train. Floca not only conveys depth of information but he also gives the reader confidence that he knows what he's writing—and drawing—about.
Similarly, many of Melissa Sweet's illustrations, such as the medical drawings, in Jen Bryant's A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams seem to be completely accurate. Other, blurrier ones, however, appear metaphoric, which seems appropriate for a book about a man who was a poet as well as a physician. Sweet's blocky collages display a conglomeration on each page of neat facts and lyrical tone.
To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt, written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by C. F. Payne, takes the realistic cum impressionistic approach a step further. Clothing is appropriate to the times, of course, as are saddles and ten-dollar bills. Furthermore, Payne might well have drawn the faces of politicians and bystanders by copying them exactly
from contemporary sketchbooks or photographs. Today's facial recognition software could practically identify them! Yet, snow falling in the Dakota Territory looks like unnaturally soft polka-dots, and Teddy sometimes appears unrealistically eyeless behind his spectacles— appropriate for someone who was hard-of-seeing. And, in a spread of young Teddy's dream, he seems to float along with a butterfly and a polar bear. As with Sweet's illustrations, both accuracy and mood prevail.
There are many superlative nonfiction picture books I could focus on. Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keefe Painted What She Pleased, written by Amy Novesky and illustrated by Yuyi Morales, must have been particularly challenging for Morales because it needed to convey both the truth of the paintings by its artist-subject and also the mood of O'Keefe's lush surroundings.
Possibly at the furthest extreme of dispensing with concrete accuracy while maintaining recognizability might be On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by author Jennifer Berne. Most of illustrator Vladimir Radunsky's images are sweetly cartoon-like. Yet, Einstein is obvious with his brushy mustache and distracted gaze.
I'd like to round off my exploration of visuals in nonfiction picture books with Grandfather Gandhiby Arun Gandhi and my friend Bethany Hegedus and illustrated by Evan Turk. Cloth and paint collages of the Mahatma's posture and emaciated frame make him instantly recognizable, even in crowd scenes. The vivid background coloration sequence from beige to yellow to orange to red and back to beige again conveys not only India's searing heat but also young Arun's moods, from awe of his famous grandfather to anger and back, appropriately, to peace with himself and his family. Readers will sense the place, the times, and the moods without the need for photographic detail.
I'm curious to see how Vanessa Brantley-Newton, the wonderful illustrator of The Youngest Marcher, will choose to visualize its voice. Will she portray scenes of, say, jailed civil rights protesters by drawing hundreds of them packed into a cell, just the way they endured those stifling conditions? Or, will she take a more atmospheric approach?
The Youngest Marcher focuses on one of the people highlighted in We've Got a Job. While the books address the same topic, the readership is entirely different. Seeing them side-by-side will further inform me about the various ways that text and visuals can enhance each other. Check back in in January 2016 to see how she accounts for the same facts for a different audience.
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Lexi poses next to the new West Closure Pumping Station --the most powerful pump in the world. It can fill an olympic-sized swimming pool in 5 seconds. |
Here I am in front of some major sluices that keep the North Sea from flooding the lowlands. It was cold and windy with wind turbines everywhere. |
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My one day to relax was two weeks before the tulips so I settled for tiptoeing through the crocuses in the Hague. |
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This will be my last post for I.N.K. I'm taking off, so I thought I'd send a few postcards from the future, because I'm pretty excited about the places I'm going -- or planning to go, or hoping to go.
2. Smithsonian Institution
Sadly, I'm not actually going to Alaska, either. I won't be visiting virtually, either. The stories of LaVern Beier, the subject of my book Looking for Bears (Collins Big Cat, 2016), will be transporting me there in words -- and I'll be trying to take readers along by illustrating his experiences. LaVern is a bear guide -- someone who knows how to find bears and work with them. He assists scientists doing research as they tag bears with satellite transmitters or attach little cameras to their collars.
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Fast forward two years later and scheduled considering good driving conditions, I headed toward the center of Pennsylvania. My trip was filled with many fun surprises and observations.
Here are just a few of them:
Stayed in a Anna-designed house!
Anna Keichline Designed Home |
The house reminded me of the California Bungalow I owned in Long Beach California - built in 1930 - but Anna's house had a basement, a second floor, and stairs to an attic. Some details that stood out to me were a cozy breakfast nook, beautiful fireplace, hardware for drapes on french doors, arched windows and matching doorknobs.
Breakfast Nook |
Fireplace |
Hardware for Drapes |
Kitchen Patent #1,612,730 1924 |
First Floor Bathroom |
Doorknobs |
Harvey Apartments 1935 |
Decker House 1931 |
Bible Home 1916 |
Harvey House 1939 |
Model House |
Cadillac Building |
Plaza Theatre 1925 |
Plaza Theatre Ceiling Detail |
Crying Room in Back of Theatre |
Anna's Childhood Home |
Anna's Cabin in Fishermen's Paradise |
Grave Marker |
Office Where Anna Worked w/ her Father |
Historical Marker |
Anna Featured on Bellefonte Monopoly |
Book Signing in Anna K Exhibit |
Nancy and I next to Anna |
To get another perspective of Anna's life and the town of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, here's an entertaining and informative YouTube video, that I just found.
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This winter, and now thank goodness spring, I've been working by videoconference with two classrooms in Missoula, Montana, helping them with their writing projects, through iNK Think Tank's Authors on Call program, posted publicly at http://district1missoula-dorothyhinshawpatent.wikispaces.com/. At Franklin School I'm working with fourth graders, and this month they are sidelined by testing. But the third graders at Lewis and Clark School have finished their project. My book, "When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone," is their guide to writing well, and they have been working very hard at it.
In our first videoconference, I talked to them about the importance of beginning a story with something mysterious or exciting, with a beginning, middle, and end, just like a little story in itself. Each student is writing about a member of the deer family. Here is Oliver's first paragraph:
"Imagine walking through the woods. You see something with fangs. A lion? A wolf? A sabertooth tiger? No. It is a musk deer, the only deer with fangs."
Another student wrote:
"On an early foggy morning you can hear distant clanking in the air. As the fog clears you can see two kudu. You come closer and can that their horns are interlocking. They are pulling and tugging but can't get separated."
In our second videoconference, students were able to read their beginning paragraphs to me, and I gave them specific advice on how to improve the writing. When an author makes suggestions, the students accept them very easily, while sometimes if it's a parent or teacher making suggestions they aren't as willing to make the changes.
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Thanks to my occasional INK book reviews, I sometimes get presents from publishers. Opening an envelope from Chronicle and seeing JOSEPHINE by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by ChristianRobinson, nearly took my breath away. When I began reading it, I had to sit down to still my heart. Which is rather counterproductive because Powell's book is all about dancing! It's a gorgeous book, with text, artwork, design perfectly matched. As a biographer, I'm delighted to see it expand the genre of picture book biography. To learn more about the genesis of Josephine, I asked author Patricia Hruby Powell – a professional dancer herself – a few questions.
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker breaks a lot of boundaries. It is a 104-page picture book biography divided into chapters, 3800 words long – way beyond usual picture book length. Is this the length and format that you had in mind before you began writing?
This book is so rich and multi-layered. It's the story of one African American woman's life. It's the story of the racial climate of the U.S. vs. Europe. It's the story of the evolution of an artist. What drew you to JB? Any dark nights of the soul along the way?
You're a dancer, so you have a deep understanding of body and rhythm. Did you dance while you were writing this?
For a pitch-perfect trailer of Josephine by illustrator/animator Christian Robinson, click here
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It's pretty impressive to see how many different ways nonfiction authors can present the very same subject matter or the very same people in their books. To get the gist, today I thought it might be fun to compare some examples of books on the same topic--mostly (but not entirely) by our own INK authors and illustrators. I'll be brief, I promise.
So how about starting with our foremost founding father, George Washington himself. Each of these 3 authors has come up with entirely different hooks to pique your interest, so a young audience could get a pretty well-rounded view of our guy by checking out these true tales.
First up is The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution by Jim Murphy. His hook is to focus on Washington's growth as a leader, obviously leading up to the famous crossing of the Delaware on Christmas in 1776. He's used some very interesting artwork from the period to enhance the tale.
Next comes an entirely different take on George from Marfe Ferguson Delano. Her book, Master George's People, tells the story of George's slaves at Mount Vernon, and she has collaborated with a photographer who shot pictures of reenactors on the scene.
And this one is (ahem) my version. George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides shows how there are two sides to every story. I got to meet George Washington and King George III and paint their pictures myself.
OK, on to the second set. In one way or another, the next 3 books are all based upon Charles Darwin and his Theory of Evolution. Let's start with Steve Jenkins' handsome book Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution. With a nod to Darwin, Steve has created a series of stunning collages along with fairly minimal text in order to focus on the history of all the plants and animals on the planet.
And here's yet another nod to Deb Heiligman for her celebrated true tale of romance between two folks with opposite views of the world. Despite Emma's firm belief in the Bible's version of life on earth, she and Charles enjoy a warm and loving marriage.
Mine again. What Darwin Saw: The Journey that Changed the World, tells about Darwin's great adventures as a young guy while traveling around the world. We're on board In this colorful graphic novel as he picks up the clues that lead to his Theory of Evolution and then does the experiments that prove it.
And here's series number 3. Apparently these authors and illustrators were hard at work at the very same time on three very different picture books about the very same person; her name is Wangari Maathai, and she won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing Kenya's trees back to life after most of them had disappeared.
The artwork in all three books is outstanding, and each version is truly unique. The writing styles vary enormously too. I strongly recommend that you look at them side by side to prove that there's more than one way to skin a cat.
Planting the Trees of Kenya was written and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola.
Wangari's Trees of Peace was written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter.
And Mama Miti was written by Donna Jo Napoli and illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
I'd bet anything that these folks didn't know they were creating books about the same person until all 3 versions were finally published....writing and illustrating books is a solo occupation if there ever was one.
OK, that's it--though we could easily go on and on. Here's hoping that if any kids examine a whole series of books on the same topic written and illustrated in such different ways, they can come up with some unique new versions of their own....and have some fun at the same time.
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After reading Bausum's Unraveling Freedom, they can visit the page for that book and click on the "political cartoons" link to begin an interactive session about decoding political cartoons, using six cartoons from World War I.
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Today I'm giving my slot to Sarah S. Brannen, the uber-talented illustrator of Feathers: Not Just for Flying.
Birds and feathers go together, like trees and leaves, like stars and the sky."
It had me at hello. I read the first sentence of the manuscript that would become Feathers: Not Just for Flying, and I wanted to illustrate it more than any book that had come my way before. I love drawing natural things like rocks, moss, bones, or feathers, but I hadn't yet had the opportunity to illustrate the things I do best in a children's book.
Several years went by before I was able to start; Melissa had to finish the book and get a contract for it, and the publisher, Charlesbridge, had to find me—I was eagerly waiting to be found—and spend some more time finalizing details. At last, in the fall of 2011, it was time to start sketching.
Although I had been wanting to illustrate this book for years, once I read the manuscript over a few times, I realized that it was going to be an unusual challenge. Each bird discussed had two separate pieces of text, which had to be presented separately. I was convinced that I couldn't illustrate a book about feathers without drawing actual feathers, but because of the text, it was clear that each illustration would also need to show the bird doing the action described.
And I wanted to add another set of illustrations. The similes in the book compare feathers to blankets, cushions, matador capes, fishing sinkers, etc.; I felt that it would be necessary to illustrate some of the things a young child might not be familiar with, like a matador.
I did a lot of research to find images of birds doing the things discussed in the text. I had been picking up feathers for over three years, hoping against hope that I would someday illustrate this book. I had to spend a lot of time identifying them, and figure out how to get feathers from some of the more unusual birds. A rosy-faced lovebird owner in Iceland sent me some feathers from her pet. A scientist in New York and a nature photographer in Australia sent me high-resolution photos of the club-winged manakin and the sandgrouse, respectively. The red-tailed hawk was easy… I was mowing the lawn one day and found a wing feather in the grass next to my house.
After all the research, the art went quickly and it was a delight. I loved drawing the feathers.
Along the way, someone mentioned to me that it was illegal to possess wild bird feathers. I didn't believe them. But I told Melissa, and we looked into it, and discovered that under the terms of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty, it is illegal to possess feathers from a long list of native American birds. (It is legal to possess feathers of non-native species like peacocks, lovebirds, and mute swans; domestic fowl like turkeys are also okay).
I learned to draw feathers where I found them, and I've actually done a series of drawings of feathers on rocks, or sand, which turned out to add an interesting layer to the art.
However, the whole idea of the book was to encourage children to make a scrapbook of natural things, to study and learn. Obviously we couldn't recommend that children engage in an illegal activity! The publisher talked to the Department of Fish and Wildlife and was told that although enforcing this aspect of the act was not a high priority, that it is illegal to possess the feathers of any bird on the list.
It may sound absurd, but when the law was enacted, many species were threatened by the fashion of wearing bird wings and feathers in hats, and egg collecting was very popular. Although picking up a feather a bird has dropped doesn't harm the bird, there is no way to prove where you got a feather once it's in your possession. So it does make sense, once you think about it.
Ultimately, it was decided to remove the tape which showed the feathers being mounted in the book. The scrapbook look remains, and the illustrations of the feathers accompany the illustrations rather than being intrinsically part of them. We had a slight story idea that was cut—there had been an illustration of a child holding the scrapbook on the original title page, and it was dropped.
It was a long, labor-intensive, complicated process, and the book was published over five years after I first saw the manuscript and fell in love with it. I'm very proud of how it turned out, and I can't wait to share it with the world.
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My sons went to a Quaker school, and every time they left meeting for worship they sang, As we leave this friendly place, and that's the song that's going through my head right now. I spent about half an hour trying to find a recording for you, but I can't.* I need a (Quaker) librarian to help me. (See below re librarians.)
I.N.K. has been a great place to hang around these past few years. I've learned so much from all of the other writers, from the teachers and librarians who've commented, and from writing my own posts.
So I thought I'd share with you some--no, not everything, of course--of what I've learned and give you some places to visit in the absence of I.N.K. Though I hope Linda will keep the blog up so people can dip into the archives.
1.Nobody knows kids like teachers. Stating the obvious, but I'm amazed by how much teachers know about children, about human nature, about different kinds of learning, about what works and what doesn't. One of my favorite blogs is There's A Book For That, written by a woman who must be one of the best teachers ever. Carrie Gelson teaches a class made up of 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders in Vancouver. She's a great fan of nonfiction, of books, and, clearly, of children. I kind of want to pretend I'm 9 and go sit in her class.
2.Nobody knows books and research like librarians. Soapbox time. Every time I visit a school I am bowled over by how much librarians know. Which book to put in which kids' hands. Better than any Amazon formula, "If you liked Those Rebels John and Tom, you will probably like A Home for Mr. Emerson and Handel, Who Knew What He Liked." Ditto independent booksellers!
And whenever I need research help, no amount of futzing around on the internet will be better than asking a librarian. One hour of futzing around on the internet is worth 270 seconds with a librarian. There's nobody like a librarian and there's nobody like Betsy Bird. Visit her blog Fuse8 whenever you can. You won't be sorry! And there are so many more. In fact, HERE is a compendium of the best librarian blogs!
3. Nobody knows writing like authors. Except when we're stalled or stuck or terrified. Then we go read what other authors have to say. I'm sort of addicted to the Paris Review interviews. If you go here you'll see Geoff Dyer saying all kinds of interesting things about nonfiction and how one can bend it and still have it be nonfiction! I've talked about John McPhee's interview before on I.N.K. in a piece I wrote about letting content dictate form. I intend to be addicted to the DRAFT column in the New York Times as soon as I'm done with my W.I.P. Check it out. It's a wealth of information--writers writing about writing.
4. There's nothing like having friends who do what you do. There are so many great authors on I.N.K. Great people. Having this blog has been like having a nation-wide support group. Teachers have the faculty room. Librarians have the water cooler. Writers can get lonely. Thanks to all you I.N.K. folks for hanging around the virtual coffee machine with me. Someone please pass the cookies. And while you're at it, please add to my list of what you've learned, and where we should hang out next.
*Ok, I found a recording. It's a real school singing it, and it's rough, but it brought a tear to my eye.
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I have a pretty extensive collection of advertising-related books, and the news that Jerry Della Femina's "From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor" is back in print jogged my memory a bit.
One of the best books I've ever read, and one of the most useful, is a book from 1987 called "That's Our New Ad Campaign?" from Dick Wasserman, a copywriter for many agencies of yore. It's long out of print, but if you can snag a used copy, you should.
If ever a book needed an update and a re-release, it's Wasserman's. It's all about the common concerns, arguments, rebuttals, and everything else associated with what happens when agencies present work to clients. Best of all, it's written with clients as its primary intended audience, although anyone in the ad business can learn something from it.
But 1987 was a long time ago in the ad business, and the book naturally feels dated. Does anyone know what happened to Dick Wasserman? Is he still alive? (It's possible he may not be, and a quick Google search doesn't give me a lot of recent info.) 'Cause this book could be updated for today's world–and be valuable as hell for a legion of new ad folks.
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Owem Hamilton - Unregistered April 27, 2013 2:20 PM I wonder why they changed supplier in the first place as everything worked properly before, I assume it was to save money but the FIA should have done their homework before giving the contract to another company. 5 agree 0 disagree
prof-x - Unregistered April 27, 2013 7:06 PM sounds more like a software issue than the actual telemetry itself, assuming the interface on the cars is the same regardless of the supplier. Would be interesting to know how they mesh together the radios and how the units hop from radio to radio, if thats even the case. I am assuming they have a real time link the whole race, at least for uploading data to the pitwall, downloading the data is probably where it's failing, ... loose speculation. 0 agree 3 disagree
107SS2009 April 27, 2013 9:58 PM Since 2012 the FIA telemetry link between race control and the cars which controls the marshalling system (cockpit warning lights), DRS override, GPS data, pit to car/car to pit radio amongst others is standard and in real time. Reply Report abuse 1 agree 0 disagree
Yak - Unregistered April 29, 2013 2:21 AM Owem Hamilton - I'm guessing with things being re-worked a fair bit with the new ECUs and new cars coming in next year, they took on whoever said they could do it for the least amount of money. If 2013 was pretty much a continuation of 2012, I imagine the supplier would have stayed the same. I would suspect that beside the threat of losing the contract, they're also being financially penalised for not performing to the required level. 0 agree 0 disagree
gaza - Unregistered April 29, 2013 9:03 PM another case of wot aint broke don't fix it 0 agree 0 disagree


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A Foundation's Innovative Grant Program Supports Unconventional Health-Care Solutions
The Pioneer Portfolio is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) innovation arm, committed to harnessing the pipeline of emerging ideas to serve the social good. Since 2004, Pioneer has awarded more than $120 million in grants to explore and promote unconventional solutions to tough problems in health and health care. This article provides an overview of the Pioneer Portfolio, its aims, and its work.
Highlights from the Pioneer Portfolio:
- Project ECHO uses online videoconferencing to link primary care health teams in rural areas to specialists in an effort to treat complex conditions.
- OpenNotes made doctors' notes available to an experiment including 19,000 patients to explore whether access to these notes affected their involvement in their care. As a result, more patients said they were more likely to take their medicines as prescribed.
- Health Games Research explores whether digital games that carry health lessons actually change behavior.
Brian Quinn, Pioneer Portfolio team director, notes that Pioneer Portfolio projects are marked by their ability to affect transformational change. They work to identify and explore new issues and approaches; accelerate progress on issues and approaches that have significant potential to create breakthroughs in health and health care; and support projects that use original, unconventional, or cross-sectoral approaches to create transformative change. RWJF's Pioneer Portfolio works to address the big problems facing health care, and to do so with big solutions.
RWJF staff members discuss the types of projects Pioneer supports and the ideas that may have the potential to transform health and health care.
New on Pioneering Ideas blog
- Opening the Care Conversation through OpenNotes May 4, 2015
- No Time to Waste in Battle to Regulate E-cigarettes April 28, 2015
- We Went to Oxford and Got Schooled in Primary Care April 23, 2015
- Q&A with Pau Gasol: The NBA All-Star's Health Advocacy Off-the-Court April 20, 2015
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Frank "Big Thunder" Loring, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890
Contributed by Abbe Museum
Frank Loring is pictured here, with unidentified boy, sitting by boat shed just west of the Bar Harbor steamboat wharf, around 1890. Loring would rent out canoes to rusticators, or take them out on guided canoe trips around Frenchman's Bay.
While Loring was a many of many talents, entertainer, medicine man and hunter to name a few, he also spent many summers renting canoes to rusticators, often with himself or his son Mitchell as paddler and guide.
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- Title: Frank "Big Thunder" Loring, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890
- Creator: Bryant Bradley
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Town: Bar Harbor
- County: Hancock
- State: ME
- Media: stereoview
- Dimensions (cm): 8.5 x 17
- Collection: Private Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Red Garlic Soup
c.1997, M.S. Milliken & S. Feniger, all rights reserved
- 2 pounds chicken bones
- 1 onion, quartered
- 1 head garlic plus 6 cloves, minced and 3 cloves, halved
- 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 pound cured Spanish ham, or prosciutto, diced
- 1 tomato, seeded and diced
- 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
- 6 very thin slices country bread
- 8 cumin seeds
- 8 saffron threads
- 6 eggs (optional)
Prepare the chicken stock by combining the chicken bones, onion, and garlic head in a large pot. Add enough water to cover, about 1 gallon, and bring to a boil. Skim and discard foam that rises to the top. Reduce to a simmer and cook, uncovered, about 1 hour, periodically skimming foam from the top. If liquid is evaporating too rapidly, add a cup or two of water. Strain by lifting liquid out with a ladle. Discard the onion and garlic, and set aside to cool. Reserve 2 quarts for the soup, and save the extra for another use. (It will keep in the refrigerator up to 5 days).
Heat the 1/4 cup olive oil in a large saucepan, add the 6 cloves minced garlic, and saute until golden. Add the cured ham, and saute for a minute. Add the tomato and paprika, and saute briefly, then add the reserved chicken stock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.Meanwhile, toast the bread, rub half a clove of the remaining 3 garlic cloves over each piece, and drizzle with the remaining olive oil. With a mortar and pestle, pound the leftover garlic halves, cumin seeds, and saffron. Stir paste into the simmering soup, and add the bread, breaking it up a bit.
If using eggs, break the eggs into the simmering soup and poach them until set, but yolks still soft. Serve soup immediately, ladling it into warm earthenware bowls.
c.1997, M.S. Milliken & S. Feniger, all rights reserved
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