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The Hardcore Superiority Myth – Or, Why did I choose 78-90?
A lot of people have asked me why I have stretched the first wave of hardcore all the way to 89-90. It seems as if I opened a can of worms with this one which I find vaguely humorous. Some things don't ever change and one of them is a phenomenon I call "The Hardcore Superiority Myth" which has existed with Hardcore since its inception. I would like to offer my rationalization about the dates in question and also shed some light on the phenomena of "The Hardcore Superiority Myth" and why it is inherently flawed,
First, my position on why the first wave of Hardcore stretched until 1990. To do this, I need to lay down some definitions. Hardcore, because it moved so quickly and was always trying to stay one step ahead of itself was composed of a succession of what we called "scenes". These "scenes" were precise moments in time when a certain set of bands, venues, audience members and possibly even zines coalesced into something of that moment. Oftentimes, a scene would leave artefacts; The Nardcore LP on Mystic for instance, was an artefact of the Oxnard Scene which existed for a very short time in 1983-84, The Kids Will Have Their Say was an artefact of the X-Claim! Faction of the Boston Hardcore Scene in 1982.
A lot of times people who were part of a scene or a fan of a certain scene will say that Hardcore ended when their scene ended. What they are really saying is that they didn't like the music or the tone of the scenes that followed it. That's all well and good. I personally think Hardcore dried up artistically some time in 86. I don't much like the scenes that followed in 87-90, feeling that they focused too much on boy scout bullshit, metal and conservative politics.
Problem is, me personally not liking something should not be the foundation for my defining its historical cycle. Think about it this way, The Roman Empire peaked in the First and Second Centuries but Its' final collapse didn't occur until the Fifth or Sixth Century. Historians cannot just arbitrarily decide, based off of Emperors they do not like, when the Empire fell. They need to track the historical cycle all the way to its conclusion. My contention is that the hardcore cycle that first started with Out of Vogue in 1978 came to its death in New York City towards the end of 1989. Between 78 and 90 is an endless succession of scenes that all were spawned out of the scenes before them. In many instances, the motivation for spawning a new scene was one of the two variations of the Hardcore Superiority myth, but I will get to that in a second.
The Post-Victim in Pain NYHC was the end of the first wave of US Hardcore. I'm not saying a lot of it was any good. But it had all of the signifiers that were part of the original Hardcore scene; the mosh-pits, the stage-diving, the Doc Martens, the mixture of weird religious iconography that started with the Bad Brains, the flirtation with Right Wing Ideology, the boys-only crew. Sure some things had changed, the flannels had given way to hoodies but the heads were still shaved. It was all there in NYHC. And then it was over.
And yes, it had been over for a good part of the late 1980′s in most of the rest of the country. Sub Pop was already laying the ground work for Alternative Nation. Am Rep was in full swing. LA was knee-deep in glam. Texas was knee-deep in acid damage. Gillman Street was redefining the San Francisco scene with less of an emphasis on speed and aggression and more emphasis on hooks and emotion. The young punk scene of the early 1990s from Screeching Weasel to Green Day was very inspired by bands coming out of the Lookout label in San Francisco. The Gunk-Punk scene of the 1990′s was well underway and a lot of the older hardcore folks were playing rockabilly and garage punk. Some scenes just dried up and died on the vine altogether. NYC dealt their hand and folded in 89-90 and the game was officially over.
If you don't want my word for it, how about Andrew Beattie from the early 1990′s powerviolence band No Comment who stated that his band "just wanted to show that "Hardcore" was still alive yet there was no real "scene". The few bands playing this form of music in the early 1990s like No Comment were playing in a vacuum. Hardcore was considered a joke by 1990 by anyone who had grown up in any of the scenes of the 80′s. The few scattered kids who were playing it were starting something new. The motivations were different and there really wasn't much of a connection between No Comment and the scenes of the 1980s. During the 1990′s a new wave of Hardcore bands had cropped up and a new succession of scenes occurred that was almost completely independent of what had happened in the 1980s.
So Hardcore is made up of these succession of scenes and every once and a while it dries up completely before a new crop of bands, zines, venues and fans pop up with a new succession of scenes. These succession of scenes that have a defined beginning and end make up what I call "waves". The first wave of hardcore stretched from 78-90. There were thousands of scenes in that wave and the quality probably peaked in 82-83. But it didn't run out of steam until 1989-90 when it finally keeled over and died. In fact, the entire underground/college rock/independent/hardcore whatever scene of the 1980′s died in the early 1990s when Alternative Nation took over. Those of us from the 1980′s like to arrogantly think that it has been a non-stop continuum since then but it was not. There was a changing of the guard in the early 1990s. Hardcore was not exempt from this.
All of this leads me to the phenomena of The Hardcore Superiority Myth…
The Hardcore Superiority Myth consists of two variations. Variation Number One comes from the "elders" and generally goes something like this; "we had this creative, little scene full of artists which was (oftentimes) very Utopian and these younger kids showed up and turned it into some sort of knee-jerk rumpus room full of jocks." Variation Number Two comes from the "up-n-comers" and goes something like this; "the existing scene was full of poseurs and rock-n-roll wannabe's who weren't really committed, we came in and created a real scene that was ground-breaking and authentic."
What's really convenient about The Hardcore Superiority Myth is that it is infinitely applicable. So a first wave Hardcore scene could use Variation Number Two to talk about how it replaced the punk scene before it and then turn around and use Variation Number One to explain what happened when the next scene of Hardcore kids took over. The next scene can do the same thing ad infinitum. What this enables is the false impression that the scene YOU participated in was the most authentic, the ones coming before just being a build-up and the ones after being a sad aftermath. This enables the author of said story to create a dramatic arc in which their particular scene positions itself as the climactic moment and the end of Hardcore.
If you view Hardcore as a succession of scenes making up larger historical musical waves, then The Hardcore Superiority Myth allows the climactic moment to be the one you participated in or your personal favourite. It's all a bit narcissistic really and not really an accurate way to determine the history of something.

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Lisa Kleypas is a whiz at creating dark, tortured heroes with heavy amounts of baggage and issues that can't be swept away with ONE powerful bout of mad-true-love-sexin' with the heroine. No, Kleypas' heroes are soooo damaged that they require at least two or three bouts of mad-true-love-sexin'. One of the trademarks of a dark, tortured hero is that he will do anything for the heroine—even shove her away for her own good—but is often an unyielding, unbelievable, intolerable douchenozzle to everyone else. He is obsessed with the heroine: he will steal for her, kill for her, and even give up his own worthless life for her—for what good is his own life if he fails to secure her welfare? (goddamn it, that awful Percy Sledge song is playing full-blast in a loop inside my skull now.) I suppose that's all supposed to be romantic and stuff, but can you imagine being the subject of one dude's every waking thought and fantasy? He has no hobbies except a creepy habit of sitting by your bed and watching you sleep, can't talk about anything else but you, and has plotted every second of his obsessive existence around you. He dogs your every step; he's there every time you look over your shoulder, trying to touch your hair or breathe the very air you exhale. That's not romantic, that's stalkerrific! As the Bitches say in their brand-spankin' new book Beyond Heaving Bosoms:
Why is it that romance readers can tolerate any number of crazed behaviors from a romance hero, whereas if a real life dude did one-tenth of a hero's dastardly deeds […] she'd be calling 911 faster than you can say "restraining order"?
And that is why the hero, Kev Merripen, a savage wild child who might as well have been raised by wolves but was taken in by a kind, genteel family, does not quite work for me. He didn't rev up my engines, he didn't get my motor running. Instead, he creeped me out. He is one disturbed dude who would have wallpapered the walls of his bedroom with pictures of the heroine if he had a digital camera and could capture every second of her life. He seemed one step away from slaughtering small animals and laying them at her feet in sacrifice. *shudder* That's so not hot.
And who is the poor object of this crazy man's obsession? Why, that would be the beautiful, delicate, and sickly Winnifred Hathaway. Win belongs to a family of orphans whose parents were killed when they were young, leaving the eldest sister Amelia to care for her siblings (thankfully, she married a man with lots of money in the previous book, thus ensuring that they are merely orphans, not poor ones). Amidst their merry band of brothers and sisters, loyal servants, and one Cam Rohan (who was a total hottie in the book The Devil in Winter), is Kev Merripen, a Rom (Gypsy) which the family took in when they found him half-starved, half-dead in the woods. Merripen was raised by a particularly harsh and cruel uncle who trained him to fight other little gypsy boys to the death and wouldn't feed him if he didn't do as he was told. He has no parents because when his mother died, his white father returned to his people and just plumb-forgot all about him. When a bunch of white people ambush his camp and Merripen is injured, his tribe leaves him for dead and soon he is found by the Hathaways. Merripen, who was born to sleep under the stars, hunt his own food, and commune with nature, isn't the type to stick under a civilized roof for long. That is until—cue the angelic choir and trumpets, please—the beautiful, blond, oh-so-fragile Winnifred Hathaway walks into his bedroom like a fairy princess made out of unicorn fart and spun sugar and Lisa Frank stickers and a tube of pink glitter you can buy at Clare's and tells him to stay put because she will now take care of him. Merripen's initial reaction to Win should have raised red flags all over the place: he is struck with a compulsion to grab her and wrap his arms and legs around her so she can't get away and stroke her pretty, pretty hair, while crooning, "My precioussssssssssssss…"
Win, who must have read Wuthering Heights eleventy billion times and thought Heathcliff was the most romantic, yummilicious hero ever, is equally enamoured with Merripen. She wants to roll around in bed with him and cradle him to her chest and whisper things in his ear like everything's going to be all right and have lots of sexin' with him, but she can't. Like spun sugar and Faberge eggs and fake Barbie dolls stamped with MADE IN CHINA on their butts, Win is very breakable. When she was younger, a bout of scarlet fever struck the town and killed a bunch of people (including the wife of her brother, whose story I'm almost positive is coming up next), Win herself was afflicted and she was left with a very weak heart running low on batteries. Win's battle with scarlet fever, in fact, brings the most shiver-inducing moment of the book: a gypsy cure calls for a dose of foxglove, which Merripen serves to the dying Win, but he make an extra-large batch, so that he could take the stuff Romeo-style if the foxglove ended up killing Win instead of breaking her fever. Is that creepy or romantic? You be the judge. Because of Win's heart condition, she is not only unattainable by the likes of Merripen who has no name, no money, and has dirty, dirty gypsy hands, but now, she also cannot be sexed up lest she is crushed by the intensity of Merripen's sweet, savage, gypsy love. It is a love that can never be and everyone haz a sad. Win, who is determined to jump into bed with Merripen and be impaled upon his mighty, glistening, so gigantic-it-could-kill-you shaft, decides she will go to Paris and brave a risky medical procedure and come back all shiny and new and healthy and deserving of Merripen's shagging. Merripen begs her not to go, Win tells him she will stay if he says I LOVE YOU WINNIFRED HATHAWAY, but Merripen doesn't feel he is worthy enough to say the words let alone think them, so Win goes, and Merripen's cold, black, dead heart becomes that much colder, blacker, and deader when Win stone-cold leaves him.
Three years later, Win comes back from Paris with her handsome, debonaire, sophisticated doctor, Dr. Julian Harrow in tow (you know, that name made my sequel bait alarm go off. I was wrong. WTF?!?!). Merripen, who has been biding his time being the Hathaways' best estate manager ever and oh, sleeping with women of loose morals, is crazier than ever for Win, but doesn't believe he is good enough for her (not that he thinks anyone else is, either). He is instantly suspicious of the good doctor, acts like a damned fool deprived of his favorite toy at every opportunity, but doesn't have the balls to claim Win for his own because 1) he has dirty dirty gypsy hands 2) he has a dark super-sikreth-past that he is afraid will contaminate Win somehow, and 3) he thinks his mad-crazy-love for her will crush her like a pancake because it's, like, so super-intense, you don't even know! Bitch, please! Why don't you lock yourself up in the tower and listen to some Morrissey while cradling your Emily the Strange doll to your chest and cutting yourself from time to time just to see if you still feel. Whatever is causing the Joan Collins 'tude, deal with it. Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever, but get over it. Merripen's emo playlist spun me right round baby right round until I had to put down the book for a second or hurl. The dude had three modes: 1) brood about his unworthiness of Win 2) growl and act like a caveman when Win talks to other creatures possessing a penis 3) shove Win away because he is not worthy, oh no, so young girl, get out of my mind.
Win, for the most part, takes it all in stride. She has a good sense of humor, doesn't put up with too much of Merripen's bullshit, and is brave enough to push back from time to time. She has the determination to live her life the way she sees fit and the tenacity to go after what she wants, which doesn't happen too often in Historical Romancelandia as it is saturated by doormat heroines who allow their so-called heroes who run roughshod over them and call the shots. Considering she is supposed to be this frail, delicate thing, she REALLY wants her to get it on with her man and will do just about anything to get 'er done. It's really too bad that her character is basically overshadowed by Merripen's big pity party, since she really is very pleasant to read about. Sure, there has to be something wrong with her that she is drawn to rather than RUNNING AWAY SCREAMING FROM Merripen's demented obsession of her, but I like this heroine. I think she deserved better than to be a supporting character in her OWN ROMANCE NOVEL. But, as it is, her star is eclipsed by Merripen, and this entire book is saturated with Merripen, Merripen, Merripen. I can't believe I'm actually typing this, but I really wish that this book had more Win, more heroine-POV. Oddly enough, this book also suffered from too much Win… that is, from Merripen's POV. His thoughts about how beautiful, how delicate she is, how utterly undeserving he is of her page after page… okay, dude, I get it. Why didn't he just do them all a favor and leave, if he thought he was too dangerous and too dark and too… primal in his deep, deep desires?
While I enjoyed this latest offering from Lisa Kleypas (frankly, I enjoy her historicals a lot more than her contemporaries), I thought this book suffered from way too much hero. Yes, I know Kleypas is famous for her heroes (Derek Craven, Justin Vallerand, and Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent come to mind) and when it all comes down to it, most romance novels are more focused on building up a swoon-worthy, dark, dangerous hero more than anything, but here is one instance where I really want to say: let's hear it FROM the girl. By the end of the book, I was so annoyed by Merripen that the big honking deus-ex-machina ending didn't even faze me and I was like, "yeah, ok… BUT OF COURSE HE IS!" I'm really looking forward to the next book in the series, though since the Hathaway brother seems to be a jolly sort of fella even with the DEAD WIFE in his past and I think I'm going to hunt down the previous book, which I didn't read because Cam didn't get paired up with
Annabelle Daisy like I wanted, but Win's sister Amelia in this book seems like the no-nonsense heroine I enjoy.
And that's all I have to say about that.
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We had a lovely day out at Wisley over half term and my mum enjoyed talking to the children about the various types of plants and trees – and remembering not to use the Latin name as it makes the children go a bit cross-eyed.
Trying to get into the spirit of things, I was desperately searching for any plant I could actually identify. (My mum has green fingers but sadly I didn't inherit any of the gardening genes).
At one point we were looking for the children's playground and one of the Wisley staff pointed to the tree-laden horizon and said "It's over there right next to the Oak Tree." I had to ask: "Which is the Oak tree?" ( I can recognise them close to, of course, but not on the horizon!) Mum rather sweetly tried to spare my embarrassment saying – "Well, it's a very unusual shape for an Oak!!" Not so unusual she and Wisley-man didn't recognise it though!
Anyway, just as we were leaving and admiring a stream gurgling alongside the footpath, I spotted some plants I not only recognised but could name.
" Ah children, do you know what those are?" I said pointing very specifically to the plants.
"Grass" said my daughter. " Reeds," countered my son.
" Yes very good but what kinds of reeds?"
Blank faces
"You must have read aout them in the Bible", I suggested. " You know – the story of Moses?"
Blank faces.
"A woman is trying to save baby Moses when the wicked King is trying to kill all the boy babies"
"Oh yes I know that story," my daughter says. I should add perhaps that they do go to a church primary school !
"And what does she use to help her? It starts with bull…" I said helpfully " Bull…"
"Bulldozers! Yes – bulldozers," they shout triumphantly.
Bulldozers? thousands of years ago. Moses was hidden in a trench dug out by bulldozers. Or bulldozers were used to fight off the King's men. Or Moses was hidden in a bulldozer. The story is definitely due for a modern makeover!
We've just watched The Curse of the Midas Box – a British fantasy adventure film starring Michael Sheen, Sam Neill, Ioann Gruffudd and Keely Hawes. It's a great thriller for an Autumn evening – tucked up on the sofa under cosy blankets with some hot chocolate and is just out on DVD!
The film opens in Victorian London, when the life of the young hero Mariah Mundi (Aneurin Barnard) is turned upside down after his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. After an encounter with the charismatic Captain Will, Mundi follows a trail of clues to the majestic Prince Regent Hotel on a remote island. There he discovers a hidden underground world of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long lost artefact with the potential to grant limitless power at a devastating supernatural cost: the Midas box. With the fate of his family (and the world) at stake, Mundi has to unravel the curse of the box – find it and stop it falling into the wrong hands!
The film hasn't had the best reviews but it has a great cast, a good plot and I rather enjoyed the adventure and the colourful labyrinthine world revealed beneath the mysterious hotel. So what did the kids think?
Alexander (8) liked the hero Mariah Mundi because he wanted to save his brother and he thought it was funny when they thought the big truck was a monster – ( although he was taken in too). He also liked the part when the Midas box turned into a life-sapping gun! He writes: It was very good! (From Alexander)
Amelie ( 10) says she liked the plot because it had lots of twists and turns! Her favourite characters were Sacha, the maid at the hotel who helps Mariah in his search for his brother and " the bad guy" Otto Luger (Sam Neill). She also liked the final scenes in the mines where children are working as slaves and everyone is looking for the Midas box.
Judging by the end of the film, there may well be a sequel, or two!
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Dog types
This afternoon we went for a walk along the canal at the top of Ladbroke Grove in what was the only sunshine of the day. The children are fascinated by the boats and what they must be like inside. As we got to the end of one mooring, Amelie spotted a rather beautiful, but slightly cautious-making, large black dog on the back of a barge.
"Awww he's so cute," she said walking up close.
"Careful," I warned pointing to the sign in the window saying Beware Guard Dogs!
It was then I noticed a man on top of the barge with some kind of power tool and so I said hello and joked that the dogs probably aren't very frigtening at all.
"No," he said "actually they are very good guard dogs." At this I seized the opportunity to find out more about life on the canal.
"The children," I said pointedly, "are very interested about what these boats are like inside – particularly how many bedrooms they have. Yes, I realised the potential dangers of my line of questioning. But I felt the kids were a suitable safety net.
Anyway he was very helpful. "This one has one at the end and another in the living room that folds away – you can get the with lots of beds it all depends on the layout."
After a short chat we said our goodbyes and as we walked away Amelie whispered to me: " Do you think that man was blind?"
I screwed up my forehead in confusion. "No, he didn't look blind did he? why do you ask that."
"You know – because of guard dogs."
If you are not with it leave a comment and I will explain further – but I am still laughing. As I pointed out, the man was using a power tool – not a wise move on the top of a boat if you can't see!
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The Lego Movie
What child does not love Lego? What parent does not remember their own experience of Lego? So The Lego Movie was always going to arouse some interest – and the demands from children that they should be taken to see it. If once was not enough, or you didn't see the Movie at the cinema (is this possible?) then the DVD is now out.
The gist of The Lego movie is this – an ordinary lego construction worker – you know like the ones in all your boxes of lego – is recruited to save the Lego universe from an evil tyrant. Why is he chosen – because he is believed to be the Special One. The tyrant, President Business, wants to glue all the lego pieces into the right places – so they can't be moved. Very clever – you know we've all been tempted after the car or plane has lost various bits and no longer looks like a model but a broken toy! Anyway I digress – if you are alive and living in Legoland clearly you do not want to be glued down and The Special One needs to save Lego World. At first the joke appears to be on Emmet – lowly construction worker – as the Special One is supposed to be a master builder and Emmet is clearly not blessed with many brains, or we assume ability to build his way out of trouble. Or is he? The thing about Lego today of course is it is all about following the instructions to build rather complex cities or fantasy worlds – so theoretically anyone can do it – even a construction worker. But the Master Builder needs to be creative too surely? These two ideas play off against each other throughout the film as we wonder whether he can possibly pull it off. As I sat down to watch the film I admit I expected to be distracted by emails and just pretend to enjoy it. In fact though it's very clever, witty and quite absorbing. In the end the joke is perhaps on us for assuming that they have made a mistake in choosing Emmet as the special one – our prejudices are the same as the most basic plastic Lego characters. There's plenty to think about, plenty of action and you will be overawed by the number of lego bricks they must have used and the work that must have gone into making the film.
Favourite moments for me were: when Emmett uses his head to attach a wheel to the vehicle to get away from the ( bad) cops; the fact that they can build a get away vehicle, that flies;the fact they can change the shape and type of vehicle they are in while it is moving – of course they can, it's Lego!
There are moments when it feels a bit like an advert to encourage kids to pester for more lego and a particular collection : " this is Middle Zealand" followed by a list of all the characters that live there. But for the most part you are drawn into the action. And this reminder of Lego-you-can-buy and this-is-all-just-a story-boys-and-girls provokes an ironic smile, rather than irritation that the brand is being pushed down your throat. At the end it's fair to say the children were delighted; they did not ask me to buy them any more Lego; and they still sing the theme tune : "Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team.." There are worse things for an 8 and 10 year old to sing!
If you want a view that's more down with the kids then this is what they thought in their own words and with their own typos:
"I thought that was very funny and cool! I liked the best style best and the evil guy. my favourite part is when bad cop says hi to his parents and then the evil guy glues them to the floor. Another favourite part is when everything collapses in the builders world and everyone has to be in chains. I like the idea of having a double sofa that Emmett invents and I hope in the future that you could actually buy it in a shop. I like it when it goes into real life with the dad and the son.
I like the song "everything is awesome,".Lol! It's very Catchy and has a great tune like any good song. This film I think is for all the family to enjoy and love! I would definitely rate this a 4 and a half star maybe even a 5! Great film!"
Amelie, aged 10
And from my son:
"I think that the lego movie is very funny when the pirate turns into a photocopier and the robots print their butts on the face or him and suddenly he turns back to normal again and knocks them out. Lol. I liked how the man upstairs was the father how at the end the little sisters lego comes and says, "we-have-come-to-destroy-you" and when batman said its not like a huge boat is going to come and save us and a giant boat came out of nowhere to rescue them, haha. that lovely review was written by Alexander the person who is 8 and wants to be a footballer when he grows up."
I was sent the DVD for review by Suppose.com
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Children become artists at the National Portrait Gallery
We had a fantastic afternoon at the National Portrait Gallery over the Summer. It's not somewhere I would have instantly thought of as being good for taking kids – more somewhere I hung out in my younger days whether I was looking for inspiration as photography student or having lunch with a girlfriend in the rather cool downstairs cafe. However, these days they are extremely kid friendly and have lots of family activities scheduled, especially during school holidays. We went along for one of the timed sessions but didn't get in as it was rather popular (top tip – be early if you want to do a specific activity and check out their website for times). But clever old NPG had a drop in session running at the same time so you could go into the gallery – find a painting or photograph that inspired you and turn it into a poster. All the art materials were provided and the slightly unsmiley security guards were actually fine with the children sitting on the floor and drawing. It was a great way of getting them to really engage with what they were looking at (of course, being children they decided they didn't like drawing people, which was a fantastic revelation in a portrait gallery , but the day was saved as they found some dogs to draw instead!). The children loved it and took it very seriously and despite rather being under everyone's feet a lovely old gentleman made my day when he said "I wish my mother had brought me to something like this when I was a child." It was so nice not to be made to feel that the children were actually rather a nuisance in a " grown up place" - and I have to admit lovely to feel as a parent maybe I was doing something right for a change!! Whoever, you were. Thank you.
There are lots more activities planned for half term – everything is free but some events require tickets which are handed out an hour before the session starts. Check out what's on here. I for one will be back with my budding Picassos – and in the meantime I've already got tickets for the Virginia Woolf exhibition which is on for anther month.
Openhouse London
What a fantastic scheme Openhouse London is. More than 800 buildings and spaces of architectural interest are open to the public over one weekend each year – for free. They might be newly built or Victorian homes modernised by 21st century architects; or Georgian townhouses furnished as they would have been 200 years ago. They could be church towers or commercial buildings or construction sites like Crossrail. Some are often open to the public but use this weekend to allow people in without paying- others are private homes, normally not for the public gaze. It's organised by boroughs so you can find places close to home – or go further afield. This year we stuck to places around W11 – from the interior workings of the organ at St John's Church on Ladbroke Grove to private houses in Elgin Crescent, Leamington Road Villas and Westbourne Park Road. They were all inspiring. Can't wait til next year!
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Arts and crafts at Leighton House
Fabulous afternoon at Leighton House in Holland Park. It's an extraordinary house with a Moorish partially tiled interior and a fountain – inside! But today it was their first annual Summer Fete with a range of children's crafts on offer: lino-block printing , book making and woodcuts, paper mosaics and the chance to make simple Victorian toys from paper including windmills and thaumatropes. Course you know what a thaumatrope is: circle of paper with a bird one side and a cage on the other and you spin it, now the bird is inside the cage! Easy to make when you know how and lots of fun. In fact the whole thing was lots of fun. Volunteers from the William Morris Society, The Charles Dickens Society, Benjamin Franklin's House in Westminster and the Ragged School Museum were among those running the crafts. Everything was free and you were even encouraged to bring your own picnic as there was no food or drink – or anything in fact – on sale. The whole day was totally devoid of pester power – it was brilliant. The only way to spend money was to go inside the house and we will definitely be back another day to do that (again) . I really hope they will repeat the day next year – keep a look out for it. The Ragged School Museum in Tower Hamlets has free activities for the under 12s on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the Summer Holidays between 10 and 5pm so you haven't missed out on your chance to find out more about Victorian crafts – and education. And all the other organisations mentioned have plenty going on so check them out. Nope wasn't paid to write this, in fact, they didn't even know I was there!
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The two-year project that goes by the name of Peter John Ramos apparently is nearing an end for the Washington Wizards.
"Peter is not in our plans as we move forward," coach Eddie Jordan said after practice yesterday at Verizon Center. "I'm looking at other guys. He's continuing to work, and he's getting his extra workouts in after practice and before games. But right now he's not in my plans."
The Wizards selected the 7-foot-3, 290-pound Ramos with the 32nd overall pick in the 2004 draft. Ramos appeared in just six games with the Wizards over the last two seasons, all as a rookie. He spent most of last season in the NBA Development League with the now-defunct Roanoke Dazzle.
Ramos averaged 14.9 points and 7.7 rebounds for the Dazzle. He can't be reassigned to the development league because he is a third-year player. The Wizards called him up twice last season, but he did not appear in any games.
Ramos, who left Verizon Center quickly after yesterday's workout, didn't appear in either of the Wizards' two games this preseason. Ramos and injured forward Darius Songaila (back) remain the only Wizards players who haven't played in the preseason.
Meanwhile, the Wizards appear to be seriously considering 6-foot-10, 285-pound James Lang.
Lang, who lost 30 pounds over the summer after a stress fracture to his left foot last season, played slightly more than 14 minutes Wednesday in the Wizards' 87-86 loss to the Chicago Bulls. He finished with six points and four rebounds.
Last season, Lang signed three 10-day contracts, two with the Atlanta Hawks and one with the Toronto Raptors. Selected by the New Orleans Hornets out of Central Park Birmingham (Ala.) High School with the 48th overall pick in the 2003 draft, Lang appeared in 32 games last season with the NBDL's Arkansas RimRockers, where he averaged 8.3 points and 5.0 rebounds.
He attracted the attention of vice president of player personnel development Milt Newton last season and received an invite to the Wizards' camp.
Lang, 22, still is working his way into shape, but he plays with confidence and has heard encouraging words from Jordan.
"Coach told me that I have an opportunity to make the team," Lang said. "I worked hard to get the weight off this summer — I did a boot camp in San Francisco — and I'm just thankful that the Wizards invited me to camp."
Lang said the stress fracture was made worse because he played on it without knowing the damage he had done. That's when he put on the extra weight.
Meanwhile, Jordan likes what he sees of second-year guard Donell Taylor.
"He's been very active," Jordan said. "He gives us good speed, great quickness, length, great ball pressure. He can keep people in front of him and he is athletic. He rebounds, blocks shots."
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Tag Archives: Writers Football
Article about Israeli writers in La Repubblica
An article in La Repubblica, Italy, by Marco mathieu, about the current generation of Israeli writers and about the Israel writers football team, which lost to Italy in the final of the Haifa International Tournament in June, 4:1. … Get to know more
Piece on Haifa Writers Tournament in The Forward
A short piece on the Haifa Writers leagues tournament featuring Germany, Italy and Israel. Published in the Jewish Daily Forward. Read article >>>
Haaretz on the Haifa Writers football tournament
Haaretz published a story on the Haifa International Writers league football tournament, that kicked off yesterday with a draw between Israel and Germany. Read article >>>
Writers Football tournament in Haifa, June 2012
The Israeli Writers Football team will host a tournament in the city of Haifa, between 10-12 June 2012. The other participants will be the writers football teams of Germany and Italy. All the games and event will take place in … Get to know more
England V Israel: Writers Football in London
The Israel writers football national team will be playing England on Sunday 28 February 2010, as part of the London Jewish Book Week. All the details of the game and the accompanying event are in the official JBW program: >>> … Get to know more
Preview to Jewish Book Week on Jewish Cronicle
"Cousins Assaf Gavron, an Israeli sci-fi award winner, and Jeremy Gavron, author of The Book of Israel, are not only both novelists…" Jewish Chronicle, London. Read full article >>>
Ultimate XI on the NYT soccer blog
"My team is all-Israeli, with a heavy emphasis on late-'70s/early-'80s players and specifically those playing for the club Beitar Jerusalem — that's right, my team since I was a young man." Read full article >>>
Writers Football Tournament, By Jeremy Gavron
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Musa Okwonga on the Writers Football tournament
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Word Association Football – Nir Baram in Haarez on the writers tournament
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The Global Game on the Writers tournament
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Videos from Writers Football International tournament in Israel
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Writers Football in the German Press
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Israel Writers Team trip to Germany
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For more than a century, art and Laguna Beach have been inseparable. Today, 250 permanent artists reside here, complemented by hundreds who visit year round. Inspira-tion is everywhere from the glorious weather, seven miles of pristine beachfront, intimate coves, protected marine life and the vast canyon wilderness to a hip and cultured community. Located between Los Angeles and San Diego, this nine-square-mile oasis is a 30-minute ride from John Wayne Airport. But it's the artists who give the city its heartbeat, helped along by 70 public art pieces.
With three million yearly visitors to satisfy, Laguna Beach, ranks up there with top summertime art festivals. A showstopper is the nine-week Saw-dust Art Festival that encourages visitors to purchase and mingle with the local artists.
Capitalizing on the abundance of the city's artistic talent, a new, year-round program of art workshops is presented by the Festival and the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau. Every Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and for two hours, the Sawdust Studio Art Classes allow students to design a unique art piece, in just one session, to wear or to share. Cost is $95 per person with supplies included. Private lessons or custom group classes also available throughout the week or on weekends with advance notice. Agent commission is 10%.
Professional art instructors oversee all classes. A sampling includes Sawdust artist Linda Ames who helps students create a contemporary sterling silver wire formed bracelet made from semi-precious stones and beads. Sushi plates with Klai Brown can be decorated with a simple quote or a pattern. Ceramicist Walter Reiss enjoys 37 years of experience that he shares with students making an individual teapot. Or take away a personalized porcelain wind chime with the help of Sawdust artist Robert Jones. Classes are held at the original Sawdust site on the Laguna Canyon Road, minutes from downtown. Call 949-497-0517. www.sawdustartfestival.org/studio
"We are thrilled to collaborate with the Sawdust Art Festival in the art classes as it brings a consistent, year-round, interactive art experience for visitors. The Laguna Beach brand incorporates everything about the arts and through programs like this we can continue to spread the word and encourage visitors to add this to their itinerary," said Judith Bijlani, Executive Director for the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau.
Although the art workshops can be taken independently, several Laguna Beach properties offer new packages that include the classes.
Lodging Packages Include Art Classes
The Surf & Sand Resort "Laguna Art Escape" package includes one night in a Deluxe guestroom; complimentary parking and resort fee; champagne art tour via town car or limo beginning with a Sawdust Studio Art Class followed by an art "tasting" at two of Laguna Beach's finest galleries, plus a nightcap of chocolate and wine parings at the resort's on-site Splashes Restaurant. Surf & Sand Resort is a member of Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and a holder of AAA's Four-Diamond Award. All 154 guest rooms and 16 suites offer spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, as does the intimate Aquaterra Spa. This offer is available December 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011. Price is $955, plus tax, double occupancy, and includes an art class for two. Available Friday and Saturdays only. Some restrictions may apply. Agent commission is 10% on room revenue. Call 888-869-7569 and mention "Laguna Art Escape." www.surfandsandresort.com
Clients can relax and express their creative tendencies at Sunset Cove Villas, located in the heart of the city, close to the beach and art galleries. Stay three nights, Thursday through Sunday, and receive the fourth night free from December 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011(black out dates are December 20, 2010 through January 2, 2011). The package includes two admissions for Sawdust Studio Art Classes. A stay in one of Sunset Cove Villas' eight luxury beach villas also includes private beach access, a key-card gated entrance, free private garage parking, Wi-Fi, laundry room, outdoor beach, deck lounges and no resort fees. Agent commission is 10%. Call 888.845.5271. www.sunsetcove.com
At Casa Laguna Inn & Spa, its "Passion for Art" package includes a Deluxe Ocean View Room, breakfast in bed, two Sawdust Studio Art Classes and two passes to the Laguna Art Museum. The special $829 price is based on double occupancy (taxes extra) and for two consecutive nights from December 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011. Cannot be applied to prior bookings; must be paid in full at time of booking; absolutely no refunds; all standard policies apply including cancellation window and fees. Art classes must be selected at time of the booking and can either be two classes for one person or one class each for two people. Offer subject to availability; cannot be used in conjunction with any other special or discount.
Built in the 1920s as a private residence, this property is now used as an artists' refuge and admired for its special vantage point of California's seacoast. The retreat's villa setting is complete with manicured grounds adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. Agent commission is 10%. Contact 800-233-0449. www.casalaguna.com
Stay two nights at the 28-room Art Hotel Laguna Beach and one guest receives a complimentary Sawdust Studio Art Class. The property is away from the city center but on the Art Trolley line, close to Crystal Cove State Park and across from Crescent Bay Point Park. Offer valid December 1, 2010 through May 21, 2011. Thursday and Sunday nightly rate is $146; Friday and Saturday nightly rate is $156; taxes extra. A light continental breakfast is available in the lobby. Agent commission is 10%. Refer to the "Sawdust Studio Art Class Special." Contact 877-363-7227. www.arthotellagunabeach.com
Laguna Cliffs Inn is a coastal California boutique Inn located one block from spectacular Heisler Park that has picnic benches, a Cliff Walk and is directly above several North Laguna Beaches. It's possible to see Catalina Island using free telescopes. The Inn has an open-air garden courtyard and is near galleries, boutiques and cafes. Guestrooms are decorated in wood tones and warm colors with a small wall kitchenette with microwave. A daily "European breakfast and snack basket" is placed in each guestroom.
The two-night "Sawdust Art Studio" package offers two class passes, a local artist souvenir gift, a "Taste of Village Laguna" $50 lunch or dinner certificate and a local pastry dessert certificate. Package price is $499, double occupancy, plus tax, and based on availability December 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011. Agent commission is 10%. Contact 800-297-0007. www.lagunacliffsinn.com
Free Art Walk for Visitors
Forty member galleries, lodging establishments and the City of Laguna sponsor the year-round "First Thursdays Art Walk" that takes place from 6-9 p.m. in venues along the Pacific Coast Highway, downtown and the Laguna Canyon Road. It's free and complemented with artists' demonstrations, wine, nibbles, music, dance and more. A free tram stops at participating galleries. Map supplied. Contact 949-683-6871. www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com
The Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau is top notch, open seven days for walk-in visitors and centrally located at 381 Forest Avenue. It wins awards for marketing campaigns and, recently, an Emmy and Telly Award for its "Tidepool Scene" DVD that is free for the asking. Contact 949-715-4405 or 949-497-9229.
Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau, www.lagunabeachinfo.com


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Minini L, Wattam-Bell J, 2005, "Contour interpolation in the dorsal visual system: Accurate grasping with Kanizsa squares" Perception 34 ECVP Abstract Supplement
Contour interpolation in the dorsal visual system: Accurate grasping with Kanizsa squares
L Minini, J Wattam-Bell
In agreement with the two-visual-systems hypothesis (Goodale and Milner, 1992 Trends in Neurosciences 15 20 - 25), several investigators have found that a number of visual illusions do affect perception to a greater extent than action. These findings are in agreement with the proposal that the ventral and dorsal visual systems independently mediate visual processing for perception and object-directed action, respectively, and that the latter processes the absolute, retinally specified, metrics of the target. More recently Dyde and Milner (2002 Experimental Brain Research 144 518 - 527) proposed that visual illusions that are largely processed in areas that precede the anatomical chiasm between the two systems should affect both perception and action. We tested this claim by measuring whether the scaling of grip aperture in grasps with Kanizsa illusory contours, a phenomenon thought to be modulated by early visual cortex (Peterhans and von der Heydt, 1989 Journal of Neuroscience 9 1749 - 1763), is accurate. A comparison of the maximum grip apertures from grasps with 3-D, 2-D-luminance-defined, 2-D-Kanizsa, and 2-D-control stimuli revealed significantly larger apertures for the 3-D condition, but, crucially, no differences between any of the other conditions. Differences between grasps with the 3-D and 2-D stimuli could be accounted for by the additional haptic feedback available from 3-D targets. More notably, however, grasps with the Kanizsa or control stimuli were as accurate as with the luminance-defined stimuli, clearly suggesting that information about the interpolated contours was available to the dorsal pathway. These results are in agreement with the claim that the dorsal visual system does not process only the retinally specified properties of the target, but that it can use other signals when these are generated in early visual cortex.
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"The Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics of Decision Making: Implications for Mediation" Set for November 13
Mediation is a system with processes designed to help disputants make the best decisions based on open access to information, full understanding of the interests of each other, and careful consideration of potential outcomes. However, disputants' decision making often defies explanation, begging for better ways to analyze and understand its mechanisms. Research efforts targeting decision making may range widely from the inner workings of an individual's brain to broad statistical models of social trends that influence voting behavior.
Together the speakers bring both the macro and microanalytical view to the study of human decision making. Their research helps us better understand the values and mechanisms underpinning individual and social decisions, as well as uncover how the crafting of appropriate systems and policies may bring about better decision making.
The November 13 program—presented by the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Center for Civic Mediation—will feature Professor Antonio Rangel, Neuroscience and Economics, California Institute of Technology; Professor Jonathan N. Katz, Social Science and Statistics, California Institute of Technology; and moderator Max Factor III, Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, and past president of the Southern California Mediation Association.
Sponsors include The Rutter Group, Richard Chernick and JAMS, Max Factor III, Steven W. Paul, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, William B. Fitzgerald, and Hon. Haley J. Fromholz (ret.). Additional sponsorships are available.
Program information. The event will be held on November 13, 2012, at the downtown offices of Jones Day LLP, 555 S. Flower Avenue, Los Angeles, and will be preceded by a wine and hors d'oeuvres reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. Proceeds of the event will benefit Center for Civic Mediation community and youth peer mediation programs. For more information and reservations, contact Anita Almonte at (213) 896-6537 or register online.


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Interview: Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe Talks Her Beauty Look for Skyfall and Graphic Eye Makeup
Mon, 19 November 2012 10:18AM
The other morning I found myself waiting in a hotel foyer before being ushered upstairs to interview actress Bérénice Marlohe, who plays Sévérine in the new James Bond movie Skyfall. Before I entered the room I was reminded by the publicist that we weren't allowed to take photos. And I could totally understand – I mean, we all know what we look and feel like after a long-haul flight. So needless to say, I didn't know what to expect before I walked in.
Let me paint the picture: Bérénice was sitting upright in a high-backed, Victorian-esque armchair, clad in a black, floor-length lace and embroidered gown shot through with dazzling golden threads, her hair set in chocolate curls rippling down her shoulder, her eyes awash in fabulous purple eyeshadow, winged out at the sides.
She was beyond elegant; more like regal. Breathtaking.
Image: Sony Pictures
As we began talking, not only was she so warm and welcoming that I instantly wanted her to become my fabulous French best friend, but it was evident how intensely passionate she was about her role and acting in general, as well as the influence her makeup (and nails) had on her getting into character.
Here, the beautiful French-Cambodian Bérénice and I talked all about her makeup for Skyfall, as well as her incredible beauty looks on the red carpet …
PRIMPED: Welcome to Australia, and congratulations on Skyfall – we loved the film! Can you tell us a little bit about how you felt when you landed the role of Sévérine?
Bérénice Marlohe: Thank you so much! It was actually a happy and peaceful moment, because I have felt very connected with the Bond universe since I was a kid. The first one I saw was View To Kill when I was 12, and it is a world of fantasy and imagination, with all of the invisible cars and gadgets. You feel like a child when you see them, so I felt so happy to be a part of it.
PRIMPED: Did you pick up any makeup tips Naomi Donne, the makeup artist you worked with in Skyfall?
BM: Naomi tried several different foundations on me before finding a light and beautiful colour. She then used it to show me how to do sculpting and contouring, which works to create and enhance exotic Asian cheekbones.
Image: Sony Pictures
(Primpers, we know smoking isn't cool, but we just wanted you to see the nails)
PRIMPED: In Skyfall you had an almost Asian-inspired beauty look, particularly in the casino scene. Did this inspire you to get into character?
BM: Definitely. I wanted to have those strong eyes, because I also base my beauty inspiration – among other things – on a dragon, so I wanted to look dark and dangerous. Most of all it was the nails – I really loved them. They were like weapons, long and shaped almost like a dragon nail. I felt that it helped me so much, with my gestures and getting into character. I felt like I was inhabiting this dragon and animal, so the makeup, the hair, the nails and that dress, too, helped me get into the character of Sévérine.
PRIMPED: Speaking of nails, you wore the new OPI Skyfall collection in this scene. You wore Skyfall, a chocolate-maroon as the main colour, teamed with GoldenEye, a glitzy gold. Do you like experimenting with your nails?
BM: I love to! I love to explore different characters, so when I wear white or neutral colours, I feel calmer and then when I wear red or dark red I feel more like femme fatale character. I once went through a stage of wearing black, which was to connect with my instinct. Nails are so much a part of makeup, to get into character. And it's also a way to express yourself.
PRIMPED: Before you became an actress you were pianist and painter. Does your artistic talent and creativity play a part in the graphic eye makeup we've seen wearing on the red carpet recently?
BM: When I paint, I love to draw the faces because this is when you capture the personality of people, and I find the eyes so fascinating. I love to work with shadows and the light, using colours like orange and red, and this is what I then love to put in my own makeup. I always say to the makeup artists, 'Please put some orange and colours on me!' because I have a strong sense of what I love to paint, and the same goes for my makeup.
PRIMPED: You also undertook extra training and worked with firearms in preparation for the film. What was that like, and what role does exercise play in your day-to-day life?
BM: I didn't actually have to do the training for Skyfall, but I forced myself into it and running because I really love food, and if I listened to myself I would just eat all the time! I wanted to be able to get into the dress I wore in the casino scene, which was actually made a few months before. To me it was kind of like getting ready to wear wedding dress! I'm crazy about nature. I love to run in nature as far as possible, which wasn't as easy in Paris, and I also enjoy hiking.
PRIMPED: When it comes to Bond girls over the last 50 years, do you think there is a signature beauty look?
BM: When I think of Bond girls over the years, I think of very womanly, beautiful makeup. It's very glamorous with dark eyes and lips, or beautiful skin. It's not overdone, it's just fresh and beautiful.
PRIMPED: Do you have a favourite?
BM: Yes! Famke Janssen in GoldenEye. She was hilarious and brilliant! I loved it.
PRIMPED: You are of French and Cambodian heritage. Does this influence your style and beauty choices?
BM: I have a specific ways that I love to do my eye makeup, and you have to adapt with the shape of them. While sometimes makeup artist use eyeshadow on the outside of the eyes for European eyes, on the contrary I like to put it on the inside, too, so it balances it out. When it comes to fashion, I love really Asian silhouettes. It reminds me of the Film noir era, where the shapes were worn very close to the body, like Sophia Loren. Not too short, just very beautiful and feminine.
PRIMPED: When it comes to your personal beauty, what products would we find in your makeup bag?
BM: I love kohl, usually in a dark black shade. Also eyeshadow, like reds, greens and browns, and mascara. They would be the basics that I always have on me.
PRIMPED: How important is skincare to you? Does it play a big part in your beauty routine?
BM: The first steps is always to clean my skin, this is the most important part. And then I use a hydrating water or tonic, and finish with lots of moisturiser.
PRIMPED: You had a shower scene with Daniel Craig in Skyfall. What beauty products would we find in your shower?
BM: You would definitely find a scrub. I love a scrub that smells of coconut and cacao with sugar and natural oils. And recently I have started using virgin coconut oil, which smells so good, it's almost like cake! It is so good for your skin. I love using natural products.
PRIMPED: Who is your beauty icon?
BM: I love Gena Rowlands, but for her beauty as well as her acting skills. And I think Brigitte Bardot is beautiful because she is so fresh faced, which is part of her charm. Of course, she is also so beautiful, but she has this pure face and was so full of life in her films. To me that is what makes her beautiful.
PRIMPED: Do you have a signature scent?
BM: Actually, it's not a perfume, but I love coconuts and the scent, so at the moment I'm just using a coconut oil because I love that so much.
PRIMPED: Can I show you some our favourite red carpet looks and get you to talk them through with us?
BM: Of course!
I really like to change the traditional makeup looks, like using eyeshadow below the lower lash line and in the inner corners. I'm inspired by makeup in the desert, which I find very beautiful, and I love to use kohl to create a cat eye. I base a lot of my eye makeup looks on the cat eye. And I really love shades of red and orange to mix with brown or green to give an added depth.
Sometimes it's better to accentuate only the eyes, but it depends on what shades you are wearing on the lips. Although when you find the right balance, it works. But I think it also depends on the colours you are wearing, the shapes of your eye makeup and also your mood. I think it can work!
Like nails and makeup and you can explore different characters with your hair. Play with it! But this dress, particularly because it was so sleek yet it had this beautiful neckline like a sculpture, you can wear your hair up so you see the line of the dress and also the neck of the woman, which is beautiful also.
Skyfall will hit in cinemas on November 22nd.
So, Primpers, isn't she fabulous?
Has she tempted you to try the graphic eye makeup trend that we've seen on the red carpet lately?
Which of her eye makeup looks was your favourite?
Hayley x
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- The storm clouds gathered quickly. In the span of two plays -- a safety and a kick return for a touchdown -- Kentucky went from being up a point at Arkansas to down by eight with less than 12 minutes to play on Saturday.
It's a sequence the Wildcats have seen played over and over for much of their history, watching helplessly as another step toward respectability vanished in the final minutes.
But these Wildcats say they're different. In the fourth quarter against the Razorbacks, they tried to prove it. Standing in the huddle after falling behind, wide receiver Steve Johnson looked at quarterback Andre Woodson and knew the game was far from over.
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"You look at our schedule, that's what's tough," said wide receiver Keenan Burton. "You look at a situation where you beat Arkansas, and you say 'well, it's a great thing you beat Louisville.' It's a great thing, but you turn your head and look at the schedule and you're like 'We've got no time."'
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The Music Education study abroad trips are something that I strongly encourage younger music education majors to take part in when they become seniors (either in hours or by years). I was lucky enough to be able to participate in both the trip to Austria in 2012 and Hungary in 2013and I can honestly say these trips have changed me as a music educator and as a person in general for the better.
Every other year, the trips alternate between Austria and Hungary and both trips have extremely different curriculum covered beforehand as well as overall experience and feel. The Austria trip is called "Orff in Context". As you may be able to imagine from the title of the course, the purpose of the class is to study the Orff Method of music education in the country of its origin. In the weeks before the trip we were required to learn some basic German phrases, study art pieces that we would see in Austria while visiting some amazing museums, learn the History of Austria (at least as much as you can in 7 weeks), the life and work of Carl Orff, and studied in depth music that we would see performed live while visiting. All of these parts were essential to being able to truly appreciate and understand the country we were going to visit and the Educator whose methods we were trying to learn and understand. When we arrived in Austria, we first stayed in Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart and the location of the Orff Institute. We had a few full days of workshops with instructors at the Orff Institute. The experience was more participating and seeing firsthand how the Orff method worked rather than observing them teaching children; it was exhausting but worthwhile. While in Salzburg we attended a mass at one of the oldest cathedrals in the city, went on the Sound of Music tour, and went to the top of a mountain overlooking Salzburg. We had lots of free time on the trip to explore the city and see things such as Mozart's birthplace and where he lived and died. After a few days we left Salzburg to go to Vienna. It was truly incredible. While there we attended the State Opera and saw Mozart's requiem in a cathedral on period instruments. One of the neat aspects of the trip is each student on the trip was expected to research and give a presentation on all the famous buildings, places, monuments, and other things that we toured. This gave each student an opportunity to become an expert on something and being able to teach their peers. Austria overall was very scenic, and serene and flawless. Hungary, although equally amazing was the complete opposite.
Hungary suffered until very recently under communist rule and you can tell through the faces and the attitudes of the people as well as how the cities and country looks. However, this almost makes the trip more fascinating. This trip is called "Kodaly in Context" and the course structure is very similar to "Orff in Context". You learn basic Hungarian phrases (and in Hungary it is essential due to the fact that English is not as commonly spoken), the history of Hungary (which intertwines nicely with Austrian history), the life and work of Zoltan Kodaly, Sight singing, and the in depth study of music that we would see performed while there. We started off our trip in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. We started out with general tours of the city and getting a better grasp of the history we had learned. Again, each student was assigned a "tour stop" to research and present. After a day or two, we went to Kecskemet, a small town about an hour and a half south of Budapest where Kodaly was born. This is where the Kodaly institute was located. The Kodaly institute is similar to a college. It is most commonly famous for their master's program training students how to masterfully teach Kodaly. We went to many workshops while there, but most of our time was spent observing amazing teachers at work with actual students in Hungarian schools. Everything was in Hungarian, but with basic music knowledge you could tell what was going on. It was awe inspiring that such amazing music and perfection could come from children at such a young age. We were lucky enough to see a rehearsal and a performance of a choir made up of middle school aged girls, and it was by far the best choir I have ever heard in my life. After a couple days, we returned to Budapest and were lucky enough to be able to see Hary Janos, an opera by Kodaly in the newly renovated Erkel Theater and see the Budapest Festival Orchestra play some amazing works. This was the trip that spoke the most to me and in December I will be applying to attend the Kodaly Institute.
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The Lees-McRae College men's track and field team is picked to finish third at the 2012 Conference Carolinas Championships, announced league officials Thursday with the release of the preseason coaches' poll. The Bobcats return a
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Lord Richard Attenborough was a titan of the British film industry, with a career that spanned over six decades. Indeed, if he knew how many people only knew of him through Jurassic Park, he would probably be disappointed. Attenborough's crowning achievement was making his dream of bringing Mahatma Gandhi's life to the big screen come true, but before that, he was already an established star in front of the camera.
By the late 1940s, Attenborough was already an established star in his native Britain. But he really became known to American audiences when he appeared in 1963's The Great Escape, a thrilling World War II POW film that paired him with Steve McQueen. In that film, although their goals were the same - escape the prison - they often clashed, disagreeing with how to go about it.
Three years later, Attenborough and McQueen teamed up again for Robert Wise's new action epic, The Sand Pebbles, the director's follow-up to The Sound of Music. Based on the novel by Richard McKenna, The Sand Pebbles focuses on an obscure part of history (for Westerners) between the two World Wars in China. The country is torn apart by the ongoing civil war and natives are not happy that Western boats are patrolling their rivers.
McQueen is our eyes and ears to this part of history as Jake Holman, an engineer assigned by the Navy to the USS San Pablo. While the captain of the gunboat is never happy with Holman from the moment he steps aboard, he does find one friend - Frenchy, played by Attenborough. It's a very different role from The Great Escape, as Frenchy is actually more of a romantic character. His own story runs parallel to Holman's, as he falls in love with an educated Chinese woman stuck working as a prostitute. Holman ends up marrying her and swims off secretly at night to be with her.
While I still have many more Attenborough films left to see, this is one of his great performances. That he was not nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor is one of the great crimes in cinema history. He gives the audience a sense of hope that, even when everyone else around you hates what you stand for, you can still find a friend. McQueen is the audience in The Sand Pebbles and Attenborough is our friend. He gives McQueen's character something to really fight for in the final act of this incredible epic.
The Sand Pebbles, a name that refers to the nickname the men on the San Pablo gave themselves, is a 1960s relic, running exactly three hours and including an overture and intermission. But it is still a film classic. Not only does it feature McQueen's best performance (it was the only time he was nominated for an Oscar), but Attenborough gives one of his best as well.
Attenborough may be remembered best for directing Gandhi or appearing in Jurassic Park, but his roles as a younger man are definitely just as important, if not more so.