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EDITOR'S NOTE: B.G. Brooks, Contributing Editor for CUBuffs.com, interviewed Jerry Quiller in July of 2010 and wrote the following column. Quiller, 69, recently passed away after fighting a long battle with multiple myeloma.)
LOUISVILLE - Jerry Quiller's ego wouldn't cover the tip of a track shoe's spike. During a nearly 40-year coaching career, it's never been about him. And that is among the characteristics, perhaps even the overriding one, which drew his runners, jumpers and throwers close to him - and has kept them there.
The past three years, he's needed all of them. His many friends, peers, former pupils and family have responded in full, in ways he might not have imagined.
The coach affectionately known as 'Q' is battling multiple myeloma, an insidious cancer that begins in plasma cells and can affect bone marrow. It has forced him to have four titanium support rods, each about a foot long, implanted midway down his back. He also has undergone a stem-cell transplant, had major radiation treatment and chemotherapy, and has routine blood draws that detail the advance and retreat of his battle.
He admittedly has been "up and down" since his illness surfaced in September 2006 while driving an ATV on a cross country course during an Army meet. Soreness in his back that didn't subside for almost two weeks concerned Quiller, who spent 13 seasons at West Point after leaving CU in 1995 after a 14-year career (two stints) with the Buffs. Doctors initially believed Quiller was suffering from spinal arthritis, but a subsequent MRI in January 2007 revealed a marble-sized malignant tumor crowding two of his vertebrae.
Two dozen radiation treatments destroyed most of the tumor, but the rods and their support system - "X-rays of the thing look like a chipmunk's playground," he says now with a laugh - were needed to alleviate the cancer's damage along his spine. The pair of vertebrae, said Quiller, resembled "sawdust."
His spirits sagged. "At that point, I was in a valley and saying, 'This isn't working, what are we doing?' Then I started getting a little better," he said.
ALL THE WHILE, THE ARMY administration was encouraging him, telling him they wanted him to remain as coach. 'Q' tried. He "started feeling pretty good" and kept at it for another year before announcing his retirement in January 2008, effective at the conclusion of that outdoor season.
Then, he and his wife (Sandy) would return to their home in Louisville. But Army didn't find a replacement for Quiller until autumn, delaying their return.
About a year later, in October 2009, the stem-cell procedure was done and he continued to undergo chemotherapy. The up-and-down ride persisted.
"Most people you talk to who have been through peaks and valleys, they kind of express it as being on a day-to-day basis - a good day, a bad day," Quiller said. "I haven't really noticed the day-by-day . . . it's more like periods of time - four or five months.
"There'll be a period where maybe things will start coming back and my blood tests will show my (cancer) markers start going in the wrong direction. In that period of time, where I'm going downhill and however long that lasts, it's a bad period. Then when (doctors) try different drugs or whatever and I'm coming out of it, then I'm on roll and coming back up.
"So, yeah, it's been a roller-coaster."
He's on an upswing now, buoyed by having been off of chemotherapy since February. Doctors have described him as being in "partial remission." Former CU track coach Don Meyers, now a Quiller lunch partner a couple a times a month or more, urged him to fortify his diet with cottage cheese and berries (antioxidants). Meyers has "always been a health nut," Quiller said, adding that his friend "probably knew more about my particular disease than I did . . .
"Coincidental or not, I started doing those (dietary) things in February and ever since, I haven't had a change in my facts and figures (cancer markers). I can't say that's the reason, but I can't say it's not . . . hey, if that's going to help ward off whatever, then that's great.
"Until somebody tells me different, I think I'm going to last for awhile. That's just how I feel. Time will tell."
His spirit doesn't surprise his family, friends and former athletes.
"He's had his challenges, but he seems to be tackling this like he'd tackle anything else - with a great attitude and doing what has to be done. He was like that as a coach," said Mike Macinko, a Boulder businessman who ran for Quiller in the late 1980s.
AT CU, QUILLER'S TEAMS WON three Big Eight Conference cross country championships and made a dozen (men and women) appearances in the NCAA Championships. He was the league's coach of the year five times and directed 19 All-Americans. In 1994, when the CU men and women cross country teams finished second and fourth, respectively, in the NCAAs, Quiller was national coach of the year.
Not surprisingly, success followed him to Army, where he was the Patriot League men's coach of the year in nine of his 13 seasons and shared a coach-of-the-year honor with his staff in 2007. Army's men won the conference outdoor championship in each of his seasons at West Point.
Macinko called Quiller "always a 'possibility' guy. When I was with the Buffs, the track team was still developing. One of the strengths that 'Q' had was taking guys who weren't all-stars in high school and turn them into something. He could make the most of what he had . . . he seemed to excel at finding people's strengths."
That characteristic, coupled with his humility and knowledge of the sport, has put him among track and field's most well-respected coaches.
"There's not this polarity - one segment of the track community that loves him and this other segment that hates him," Macinko said. "Sometimes the most well-known are the most controversial, but that's definitely not the case with him. He's just someone who has established himself as not just a good coach, not just a passionate guy about the sport, not just an advocate for clean sport - he's all those things. But he's a great guy, the kind of person you'd want as a friend anyway."
'Q' has had no shortage of support. In addition to colleagues and former athletes reaching out to him, he has heard from running icon Frank Shorter and countless others in the local and national running communities. He also draws inspiration from cancer survivors such as Lance Armstrong, who battled testicular cancer.
"Survivors are out there," Quiller said. "It's a matter of being able to cope, and my family has been very good about supporting me in that. I can still do stuff . . . go downtown, take my wife out to eat. It's never going to be back to here (holding his right hand above his head) for me, but I can get back to here (holding his hand at chest level)."
As the battle continues, Quiller, 67, remains busy. He volunteered as a coach two falls ago at the Colorado School of Mines. He mentions trying to spend time with current Buffs coach Mark Wetmore, whom Quiller hired as an assistant. He and Macinko have approached CU and Colorado State with a model of an indoor track facility that 'Q' would like to see either school construct. (He grew up in Fort Collins, is a CSU graduate and also was a graduate assistant coach there.) Quiller believes this region needs a facility that is worthy of and meets specifications for hosting national caliber track events.
He has moved past having to use a walker, mainly because a group of his former CU athletes and some who ran for him in the Colorado Track Club formulated a schedule then volunteered their daily time to try and help him get out and about.
"Some of them got the idea that 'Q' needs some exercise and we need to coach him - kind of turn the tables," Quiller said. "It was like, 'Do something positive for him instead of him always helping us.'"
THAT THOUGHT NEVER WAS MORE apparent than last summer at an induction ceremony of the Colorado Running Hall of Fame. Quiller was saluted by former CU miler John Lunn, who asked anyone in the audience who had been coached by Quiller to come to the stage.
After almost 20 people stepped forward, Quiller was moved. "It was thrilling . . . awe-inspiring," he told The Denver Post's John Meyer. But Lunn said the response should have been expected: "Jerry absolutely convinces athletes that everything he is doing is for their benefit. He has no ego; he never takes credit for anything."
Added Macinko, who still owns CU's 800-meter outdoor record and four of the top five times in school history in the event: "He's humble . . . the guy could win the lottery and I don't think you could get it out of him. He's also the kind of guy if he did win the lottery he probably wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. He'd probably end up giving it all to some track program."
The "Help 'Q' Get Back On His Feet" plan ran smoothly until Quiller developed numbness in his hands and feet - a reaction to the chemotherapy, he said - and curtailed the daily walking that youngest son Robb had insisted on his father doing in preparation for the stem-cell transplant last fall.
The numbness in his extremities persists. He has difficulty picking up a pen or pencil and typing. Walking makes his feet "feel like I'm on rocks or ice cubes," he said. "Doggone it, it's kind of shot a hole in the idea of 'let's go for a walk every day.' It got so that I couldn't. But we've still managed to get everybody together and go to a ball game or just visit at my place. Some good things have come out of it."
'Q' hasn't had to give up golf, and although firmly gripping clubs was a problem to be addressed, he recently played nine holes with family members. "I ride in the cart, step out, hit the ball, get back in and ride," he said. "The good thing was, I sank a few 20-foot putts."
But the numbness in his hands and feet has curtailed his driving, so Sandy or Rory - the middle of his three sons (Ryan is the oldest) who has moved back to Louisville after completing his undergraduate work and MBA at Binghamton (N.Y.) University - are his chauffeurs.
The Quillers' sons are a story unto themselves. 'Q' is baffled as to where the gene originated, but all three are accomplished pole vaulters. Reflecting on his track career, Quiller called himself a "middle of the road" decathlete, "not a superstar at anything."
"I don't think they were all that into pole vaulting, but they were sure into competing against their brothers," their father said. "If the older one could do this, then the next one was, 'By golly, I'm going to do that - plus a little more.'"
OF COURSE, IT HELPED THAT during Quiller's Army coaching stint, he had a key to the field house, which meant his three sons had access to poles and a vaulting pit almost whenever the urge hit them. And it did - very often.
Ryan, the valedictorian of his class at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as well as a Harvard graduate (PhD in physics) who now works for Raytheon in El Segundo, Calif., has vaulted 15-plus feet. Robb has cleared 16 feet (16-1), has won the America East Conference outdoor title and has two more seasons at Binghamton to duplicate (or surpass) the achievements of middle son Rory, who has set the bar the highest - literally.
Rory is hopeful of latching on at CU as a volunteer assistant coach in his specialty while he continues to train and pursue an Olympic dream. In 2008, he won his event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., with a jump of 18 feet, one half inch (he's gone 18-61/2) to become the second competitor from the America East Conference - the first male - to win a national championship.
He's under contract with Asics and knows success can help him pay the bills - and then some if he continues jumping well. His father, of course, offers guidance and encouragement.
"We were in the garden the other day and he told me, 'There's nothing wrong with chasing a dream," Rory said. "That's what I'll do; I'll chase it for a little while, probably another couple of years, and either accomplish it or know it's time to do something else.
"I know a lot of people have the same dream and I know jumpers have a certain shelf life . . . but right now it's fun to be competitive."
The chief reason Rory returned to Colorado was to be with his father and assist his mom, whom he described as "the motor of the family; she just goes." Sandy had been telephoning her sons with updates on their father's condition. Rory believed he should on hand to get the information first hand and do whatever he could.
"He's definitely made strides, but we know there's not an 'out-of-the-woods' (scenario) in this," Rory said. "I guess you could say every family has their cross to bear, but I know he's better because he's hollering at me to wake up in the morning. He's doing all the stuff a dad is supposed to do.
"Really, he's probably helping me out more than I'm helping him."
That won't come as news to anyone who knows and loves 'Q.' In the best of times or otherwise, it's never been about him.
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La Piñata: The soul of a Mexican fiesta
Published Aug 2, 2007 - (Updated Dec 11, 2012)
Featured in Vallarta Lifestyles Magazine, Summer/Fall 2007 issue.
Piñatas are the very soul of children's parties in Mexico. All youngsters wait impatiently for the moment they can try to break this model made of papier mache and metal, its belly a clay pot filled with candies. This folk art attracts not only children; adults also fall under its colorful spell when it appears at a Christmas party or even sometimes at a wedding.
The origins of the piñata go back to China, where cow-like models were covered with colored paper and eventually torn apart. The remains were burned, the ashes considered a good luck talisman. Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant and explorer, took this custom to Italy in the 12th century, where it received the name pignatta, or "pot." Europe soon adopted this custom, attributing it with religious characteristics and filling it with candies.
When the piñata came to Mexico, it was used to bring people closer to religious ceremonies, the seven points representing the seven deadly sins and the candies a symbol of divine rewards. While someone's trying to break the piñata, the accompanying chant preaches: "Hit it, strike it, don't miss your aim, because if you lose it, you lose your way."
The process of making a piñata is not easy; it's an artisan process based on the clay pot and paper set with paste. The paste is an inexpensive, homemade adhesive made with water and flour.
Josefina Castillo: My Destiny was Making Piñatas
Aquiles Serdan 325 in Emiliano Zapata is the home of Josefina Castillo and Francisco Correa, 75 and 83 years old, respectively. Josefina has been making piñatas, as well as memorial wreaths and paper flowers, for over 50 years, almost as long as she's been married to Pancho, as she lovingly calls his husband.
Josefina discovered her taste for crafts when she first took piñata-making classes. "Since I was a little girl, I knew making piñatas was my destiny … and now I teach the craft and have a diploma," she says, pointing to a framed diploma hanging on the wall.
Her left hand bears an enormous callous from the daily use of scissors, which she displays with pride, the same pride with which she displays her ability to cut paper in the air without a table or equipment. It's hard to believe that she has already suffered two strokes, and that doctors had lost all hope for her. Nonetheless, Josefina recovered and continues doing what she likes most: making piñatas.
Josefina and Pancho never stop talking while they work. He helps her with the process because "I'll be in trouble if I don't," he jokes. Currently, there are at least three other families on their street that sell piñatas, but Josefina was the first and holds a special place in the hearts of her clients, who sometimes ask for whimsical figures that have nothing to do with the typical star. "A lady just came by asking for a crab and a fish, and I'm here, ready with the paste, paper, metal and a clay pot," she asserts.
This charming couple has even taught courses on piñata making. With up to 40 pupils per session, usually only one or two possess the skills required to make piñatas. One has to be born with a special talent and manual dexterity. Josefina has that special ability, her paper flowers even having been exported for sale in a store in Pasadena, California. "I used to take boxes full of paper flowers to the post office, where they were weighed and documented so they could be shipped," she remembers with a smile.
Josefina's energy belies her age; she speaks of her three children and grandchildren with the same passion she has for making piñatas. She is proud to live in Puerto Vallarta and uses the common phrase for those born in this city: "I'm a salty paw." She continues, "We're a typical Vallartense family, and with my work I've earned recognition and even prizes at the seniors' clubs I attend. I won second place in a singing contest, and I don't even sing!" Don't miss the chance to visit Josefina and Pancho, some of the most interesting characters in the daily life of Puerto Vallarta.


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Behind three players scoring in double figures and a second half rally, the Princeton women's basketball team opened the 2012-13 campaign with a 69-59 victory over St. Joseph's Sunday in Philadelphia. With the win, the Tigers extend their regular season winning streak to 18, a streak established on Dec. 19, 2011.
Niveen Rasheed led the Tigers in the season opener, tallying 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals over 35 minutes of work. Nicole Hung made her first start since Dec. 9, 2011 and followed going 4-for-7 from the field for 12 points. Rounding out Princeton's top scorers was freshman Michelle Miller, who saw 18 minutes off the bench in her collegiate debut and had 10 points.
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Alberto Aleman Zubieta, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority
February 07, 2012 - MMH Editorial
In 2014, the Panama Canal will celebrate its centennial. It will also celebrate the opening of the expanded Panama Canal, according to Alberto Aleman Zubieta, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority.
The new locks, which are currently under construction, will expand the canal's ability to handle ships nearly three times the size of current ships – an estimated 14,000 containers versus 5,000 container capacity today – and double the throughput capacity of the canal.
More importantly, Aleman said at Tuesday's keynote address, the expanded canal and the logistics capabilities of Panama can serve as the logistics hub of the Americas. "Panama is the only port with terminals in two oceans," he said. "It is just 80 kilometers from ocean to ocean and we have more port cranes in Panama than Chile, Mexico and Brazil."
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The consensus among my friends is that it's too cold to skate, and I, after decades in Los Angeles, have heeded their warnings, secretly fearful that I'm not up to the challenge. That's me striding down a Manhattan street to the subway in an ankle-length down coat, double socks, Patagonia long underwear—three layers from neck to waistline—a hat, gloves and a scarf.
It's a shameful picture, is what I think. Toasty, practical and cowardly. I'm starting to get impatient with myself.
I've skated all my life: a frozen pond in suburban Chicago; equally frozen real estate in Ann Arbor, Michigan; various ice rinks in various cities to show my niece and then my daughter what fun it is. In Los Angeles, I turned to Rollerblades, padded out like the Michelin man to avoid breaking my wrist or elbow or knee.
When I got to New York four years ago, I decided to get back on the ice—with some trepidation, since I didn't know if the business about never forgetting how to ride a bike translated to skates. The available footwear does nothing for my confidence; the rentals at Central Park's Wollman Rink are gunboats made out of who knows what rigid, bright blue material, with blades about as sharp as a butter knife.
I made my way the short distance from the clubhouse to the rink, clinging to a railing for support. Once on the ice, I hobbled a few short steps, close enough to the wall to grab it in a pinch. I didn't need to. One lap and I knew I could manage forward motion, if not reverse; by the third or fourth lap, I'd regained my old stride, and from there it was an hour of clockwise bliss. I was even happy when the Bee Gees hit the sound system. All that matters, when you're skating, is a solid bass.
A woman of my demographic drifted by at one point and smiled the knowing smile of conscious pleasure. We were old enough to be the parents of almost everyone else on the ice and might have qualified as grandparents if we'd had a more incautious youth. And yet we skated, with something approaching grace, and probably more appreciation than many. A nice swift lap is a given when you're young. With time it becomes an accomplishment. Yes, I can do this, still.
Down the road, when I graduate from older to old, I won't skate; I imagine that at some point the fear of falling will trump the joy of circling the rink to the beat of "Boogie On Reggae Woman," and that'll be the end of it. I suppose I'll be grateful if I get to quit on my own terms, because I'm done skating and not because I've been sidelined by inevitability.
But for the moment I'm in limbo—not as brazen as my 12-year-old self, who avoided the clubhouse and cocoa until my nose, ears, fingers and toes were numb, but not as sensible as we're all bound to be, eventually. It's not a bad place to live, between oblivious and wary. I like to think that I enjoy Wollman Rink on a heightened level, that I'm having a different kind of good time than the kids who zoom past and make not falling into a team sport. I log each stride; I remember my dad on his racing skates and pick up the pace in his honor.
Which is why I'm going back out next week, no matter how cold it is. It's the ability imperative: As long as I can skate, I must.
KAREN STABINER cowrote the Family Table cookbook, teaches journalism at Columbia University and plans to buy her own skates this year.
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24hours of hard work on board Saveol and we are frustrated to have lost a couple of miles on our friends
- Sam Davies 04/05/2010 - 08:16
Time for a Monday update, whilst I'm waiting for the weather files to zap into our mailbox by Iridium satellite connection.....
We are
- Sam Davies 26/04/2010 - 07:25
Hello everybody
A quick message before I jump into my bunk for an hour.
A FUN night spinnaker reaching on board Saveol, difficult
- Sam Davies 24/04/2010 - 08:31
Hello everybody
I have just handed the helm over to Romain, after a 3-hour dawn
- Sam Davies 21/04/2010 - 08:47
Hello everyone
I have just finished the sunrise watch, with an "average" sunrise - a bit cloudy and rainy, but the skies clearing
- Sam Davies 19/04/2010 - 10:42
Hello all
What a peaceful night on board Saveol. A beautiful sunset to end
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Celebrating Chinese New Year with Broward County Libraries
Chinese horoscope
The Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the longest and one of the most important Chinese holidays celebrated during the year. In Chinese astrology, there are 12 animal signs assigned by year; 2013 is the Year of the Snake.
The Year of the Snake is meant for steady progress, attention to detail, focus and discipline. The Snake is the sixth sign of the Chinese Zodiac, and is the most enigmatic, intuitive, introspective, refined and collected of the signs. People born in the Year of the Snake are said to be thoughtful, wise, rational and mysterious as well as attractive and money-minded, quite a total package (yes, we're looking at you, super-serpent Brad Pitt). Ancient Chinese wisdom also says a snake in the house is a good omen because it means that your family will not starve. (Whether this is folklore or an invitation to enjoy a bite of cobra fillet is up to interpretation.)
In general, the year 2013 will be a time of optimism and enthusiasm for new innovations and progress – the perfect time to visit your library for Year of the Snake celebrations, classes, movies, books and more.
Say It In ChineseThe most common Chinese ways of saying Happy New Year are Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) and Gong Hay Fat Choy (Cantonese). Even though the pronunciations are a little different, both are written the same way in Chinese characters. Interested in learning how to speak more Chinese? Check out Broward County Library's online language resources, which offer free language classes to anyone with a Broward County Library card. You can select from four different programs.
Broward County Library also has an extensive collection of books and resources in Chinese in a wide variety of genres including fiction, bestsellers, nonfiction, children's books and more. Browse our catalog or visit your local Broward County Library location and ask a reference librarian for assistance.
Free Classes in Feng Shui
Feng shui is an ancient Chinese art designed to help you improve your life personally and professionally. The Chinese believe that your environment has a large effect on you mentally and your physical well-being. When you are unbalanced in your life, you open yourself up to negative emotions and illness. However, when you are balanced in your life, you open yourself up to greater wealth and health. Much of what is utilized in feng shui is interior decorating designed to align your home or office with the various elements of the universe and create harmony in your life based upon your specific personal requirements. Take a free online course in feng shui at www.broward.org/library - all you need to enroll for this non-credit class is your Broward County Library card number and the phone number that is attached to it. While you're there, check out the hundreds of other free classes available.
Celebrate Chinese New Year with Broward County Libraries
February 5 – Chinese New Year Celebration: Kids and tweens literary adventures, book talk, reading aloud and craft, ages 6-11, from 5 to 5:45 p.m., Hollywood LibraryFebruary 6 – Gung Hay Fat Choy! Celebrate Chinese New Year, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Jan Moran Collier City Learning Library February 9 – Chinese New Year Craft; visit the Youth Services area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Imperial Point LibraryFebruary 9 – Chinese Lion Dance followed by Paper Folding by the Coral Springs Chinese Cultural Association, from 2 to 3 p.m., Northwest Regional LibraryFebruary 11 – Winners of the "Name the Dragon" Contest will be announced, from 2:30 to 3 p.m., Cyber-Commons, 1st floor, Main Library February 16 – Chinese Paper Folding, ages 5-11, from 2 to 3 p.m., North Regional/Broward College Library
Chinese New Year (DVD – Children's)
Chinese New Year Crafts, by Karen E. Bledsoe (Children's)
Encyclopedia of Chinese Culture, edited by Edward L. Davis
The Imperial Guide to Feng Shi and Chinese Astrology: The Only Authentic Translation from the Original Chinese, by Thomas F. Aylward
Moonbeams, Dragon Boats and Dumplings: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes, by Leslie Swartz
Paper Crafts for Chinese New Year, by Randel McGee
Why Rat Comes First: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac, Retold by Clara Yen (Children's)


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Women's Wednesday - Bike Camps & Beer
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Author, Cheri Felix rides Fruita
Oh my god. I wanna be who my bike mechanic thinks I am. I wanna be that young chick who is rad and who is fearless and who bombs down and off anything that is put in front of her. But and this is has taken me a long time to admit, I'm not. I'm not sure I ever was. I think I've always had a healthy bit of fear but some fearlessness too. Not in the way that people wanted to grab their camera when I was around but in a "That lightning probably won't hit me…" kind of way. And oh yeah, when I say my bike mechanic I don't mean to say he's my personal mechanic. He's just my favorite mechanic.
Anyhoo, back to me and my dream life. The one where I am cool and fast and flying. If I'm honest I'm not sure I ever had it in me to be that fearless girl. I've always liked a fast downhill. Perhaps an unhealthy affection at times but going over big rocks and man-made bridges (the kind they have at downhill bike parks that a beginning but no end), well that kind of freaks me out. And now in my 40's with my newish ACL (I know I know. I've got to stop bringing it up) and three kids, I've got a bit more caution in my blood.
But I know that fearlessness does not equal rad. I can be rad riding on a creek path. So, what's a girl to do? Stay the course? Or maybe just take a course. There's a mountain bike camp called the Trek Dirt Series that I'm eyeing for the fall and as far as I can tell it's the perfect combination of girls, grit, grime and bikes. Add all that up and chase it with a beer or two and I'd call that a happy ending. The Trek Dirt Series offers tailored skill developmental sessions. That means there's a spot for you. And you. And you. Beginners and advanced riders and everything in between will find a home. So that settles the question many of us ask ourselves, "Will I fit in?" The Trek Dirt Series has been putting on camps for a decade so I'm bettin' they've got what I need and perhaps for you too.
Listen I'm not gonna lie to you. There is no magic pill when it comes to mountain biking. If there is, l'd like to buy one. But a camp is one of the best ways to increase your skill level (and your confidence) and for some that can mean getting comfortable with clipping out on an uphill and for others that can mean going over obstacles. I've done a few camps and guided trips. I always come away stronger both in body and mind. I always come away with knowing a bit more about what I'm made of. And I always come away a bit closer to that rad chick I want to be. And that is like the credit card commercial; priceless.
See you there!
Trek Dirt Series http://www.dirtseries.com/
Fruita Camp: September 21-22


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Meeting of the Focal Points of the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coordination Mechanism on UNCSD, ECLAC
14 Dec 2010 - 14 Dec 2010This meeting took place with the focal points of agencies of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) in order to discuss preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20). Apart from representatives from nine agencies of the RCM, representatives also attended from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), the Latin America and Caribbean Office of the UN Regional Development Center (UNCRD) and the World Mechanism for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UCCD). The objectives of the meeting were to exchange information about preparatory processes of each agency in the lead-up to Rio+20; exchange expectations for Rio+20 results and positions regarding the themes of the conference (green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development); and explore possibilities for joint activities.
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Holiday Gelatin Salad RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 package (.3 ounce) sugar-free lemon gelatin
- 1 package (.3 ounce) sugar-free strawberry gelatin
- 1 package (.3 ounce) sugar-free cherry gelatin
- 1-3/4 cups boiling water
- 1 can (20 ounces) unsweetened crushed pineapple
- 1 can (14 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce
- 1 medium navel orange, peeled and sectioned
- 3/4 cup reduced-fat whipped topping
- 1/4 cup fat-free sour cream
- In a large bowl, dissolve the gelatins in boiling water. Drain pineapple, reserving juice in a 2-cup measuring cup; add enough cold water to measure 2 cups. Stir into gelatin mixture.
- Place the pineapple, cranberry sauce and orange in a food processor; cover and pulse until blended. Stir into gelatin mixture. Transfer to an 8-cup ring mold coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate until firm.
- In a small bowl, combine whipped topping and sour cream. Unmold gelatin; serve with topping. Yield: 12 servings (3/4 cup topping).
Reviews for Holiday Gelatin Salad
"My husband is a Type 1 diabetic, & there's no way I could serve him this dish with the regular canned cranberry sauce. Way too much sugar in it. I make my own cranberry sauce with Splenda or Stevia, so I substituted my homemade cranberry sauce for this jello salad, as other reviewers also did. If you use the crushed pineapple in it's own juice, the sugar content combined with the homemade cranberry sauce, is fairly low & more suitable for a diabetic, IMO. I also poured the mixture into a pretty glass bowl instead of using a mold. A good recipe with the modification of homemade cranberry sauce with Splenda or Stevia instead of canned. Thanks for sharing your recipe."
"While this sounds delicious, it's the carb equivalent of half a meal for a diabetic. To make it lower carb, make your own cranberry sauce with Splenda,. Also check the labels on the fat free sour cream and whipped topping. Most fat free or reduced fat products add sugar when they reduce the fat. I hope this is helpful."
"I use whole cranberries and oranges with sugar free orange and raspberry jellos, with chopped pecans. My guys don't like celery so I drop that as well. Add a little splenda to the Jello while it is still hot if the berries are really tart. I top with a little fat free cool whip for the ones who worry about the fat and not the calories. I could eat this three times a day if it only lasted long enough. 5 stars."
"I grew up on a recipe similar to this one. Instead of the cranberry sauce my mother ground up whole cranberries, put in chopped celery, walnuts and used mandarin oranges instead of an orange."


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ZF-9005: Add Information about saving resource plugins in the registry
I did not found a hint in the docs that some of the resource plugins are stored in the registry. So I stored them myself in it, e.g. Zend_Translate with key 'translate' - so it available twice in the registry...
This was confusing to me and causes some discussion in the german zfforum.de: http://www.zfforum.de/showthread.php?p=46707
Translate, locale and navigation (maybe others) are stored in the registry when using the resource plugins. So a hint in the docs would be great i think..
It was decided not to mention the registry options for _Navigation since that is not the preferred way of storing it. The bit on the locale plugin was added on trunk, and documentation on the translate plugin will follow soon.


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Now Available on Veritas
This program is now available on Veritas, a site that offers veterinarians, veterinary technicians and others in the veterinary profession with web-based, peer-reviewed continuing education courses utilizing the latest advances in online teaching technologies.
Veritas is a partnership between the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, and Zoetis. Veritas combines the Universities' expertise in medicine and teaching, with Zoetis' information delivery and customer service know-how.


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NAVIGON questions and answers
If you drive using NAVIGON, you'll want the exact details. How to download updates, for example, or install additional maps or services, or how NAVIGON FreshMaps works. You'll find manuals, downloads and answers to your questions here.
Select a topic, or enter a keyword to restrict your selection.
- What is the device ID? Where can I find it and what do I need it for?
The Device-ID is a code which comprises up to 37 characters (letters and numbers). It is calculated from the software and the hardware components on which the software is installed. The Device-ID is only required if software has been installed which needs to be activated (enabled) before it can be used.This entry was last updated on: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:48 PM
When you start the software for the first time after installing it, the system goes through a short activation process. In the second step of this process the Device-ID is shown on the display. Make a note of the Device-ID. It is required for activation along with the serial number of the software. The individual steps required for activation are described in the activation process.


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ZF-7029: Zend_Service_Amazon_S3 - Incorrect IP address matching in createBucket method
The regular expression used by the createBucket method to detect an IP address is incorrect. The period characters in the regular expression are not escaped causing detection of one or more numeric digits followed by any character.
createBucket detects a match and throws an exception when passed the bucket name bf6a1588-48ce-4900-9a62-7d08eab1a02f
Possible Solutions:
The current regular expression should have period characters escaped like so: (\d+).(\d+).(\d+).(\d+)
Use a much more complex regular expression to detect all 4 numbers in the IP address are in the range 0..255: (25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?).(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?).(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?).(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)
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Bringing the original sounds of Latin Soul, Funk, Boogaloo & Salsa to Miami
The famed Latin music label Fania Records will be showcasing its music during the 2012 Art Basel weeklong event in Miami. The Armada Fania Club & Pop-Up Store is a four night event slated for PAX Miami and will feature eight top DJs from Miami, Boston and NYC, who will be playing the original and remix sounds the label that is often referred to as the "Motown" of Latin music.
An alternative to the "laser & smoke" events held in the Miami at this time, the Armada Fania will bring together the best components of Latin music, "música para bailar," combined with a Pop-Up store for attendees to buy Fania merchandise ranging from CDs to T-Shirts. In addition to the music, the Armada Fania will feature the LIVE art of Santiago, a New York based pin up/portrait artist.
Armada Fania Club & Pop-Up Store Line Up:
Dec. 5th: Bobbito Garcia (aka Kool Bob Love) & The Brass King
Dec. 6th : Rice & Beans Sound System
Dec. 7th : Whiskey Barons & Mr. Pauer
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Perforated privacy panel (also optional) is as functional as it is attractive. Durable laminate tabletops feature a vertical steel column support to provide added stability for computer components.
Durable 7/8" thick, high-pressure laminate tabletops resist scuffs and stains. Side supports and center cross-brace for added stability. System ready with grommets for wire management. Easy assembly.


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Celestron NexStar 130SLT Telescope
The NexStar 130SLT Refractor by Celestron International is a great intermediate telescope . While the Celestron NexStar 130SLT may take a bit longer to learn and need some set-up or adjustments, its excellent optics and robust features will allow an enthusiast to grow into the hobby. Using a lens system to produce images, this Celestron NexStar 130SLT refractor is a great portable telescope for night lunar, planetary, star and daytime terrestrial observation. This NexStar 130SLT is also a computerized telescope, which is ideal for deep sky views and provides GoTo Efficiency. Locate and track stars and objects in the sky, so long as you are able to provide the alignment coordinates.Features & Benefits:
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The 130 SLT comes with a fully computerized hand control. The computerized hand control gives you the ability to automatically slew to any of its 4,000+ objects, including over 600 galaxies, 300 clusters and dozens of beautiful binary stars. With its pre-assembled, adjustable steel tripod, the NexStar 130 SLT can be up and ready to use in a matter of minutes. Our new SkyAlign alignment technology and the included StarPointer Finderscope with a red LED, makes aligning a breeze.
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Whether you're walking Park City's Main Street, squeezing onto the bus, or taking a seat at the theater, you're constantly around people from all over the world at Sundance Film Festival—and you're bound to eavesdrop.
We want to hear what they're saying, too! Let us know, and we might feature it in one of these posts. We'll also keep our ears open for quotes to share and mix in what we hear with what you hear.
To share, just include the quote you hear in a Tweet, whether if it's funny, gross, stupid or amazing, with this hashtag: #overheardatsundance
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Fun flick Friday: Friends With Kids
Written by: P&N March 09 2012 Last week we got the chance to catch a sneak peek of the new film Friends With Kids, an independent comedy that takes a humorous and sincere look at how having children affects friendships … Continue reading
Spreading the love to the pets after the baby barged into their life
Written by: Christopher March 09 2012 I love my dog, Summit, and I usually think my cat, Crosby, is okay too. I call them my "boys", and Summit knows me as "Daddy" and Emily as "Mommy". Before we had Everett, … Continue reading
Let's hear it for the boys
Written by: Lauren March 08 2012 Recognize that rug? We used the same one in a different palette for last week's neutral nursery inspiration. I really liked it in both fashions though, so today, we'll be using the more colorful … Continue reading
The link between weaning and depression
Many women—estimated by experts to be anywhere from 10 to 21 percent of mothers in the U.S.—suffer from postpartum depression. Researchers, health professionals, and the media in recent years have been giving more attention to the depression so many women … Continue reading
Yours, mine, ours
Written by: Rachel March 08 2012 When Rosie was born, we were living in a much smaller house than the one we live in today, so when it came to doubling up the kids in one room there wasn't really … Continue reading
kiinde kozii
Written by: Rachel March 07 2012 I had the pleasure of meeting one of the creators of the kiinde kozii last year, and was impressed with his product even before Ihad the chance to try it out myself. Both he … Continue reading
kiinde kozii
Written by: Rachel March 07 2012 I had the pleasure of meeting one of the creators of the kiinde kozii last year, and was impressed with his product even before Ihad the chance to try it out myself. Both he … Continue reading
Win It: Evenflo Journey 200 Travel System
Written by: P&N March 07 2012 Inspired by the colorful marks that often end up on the walls of a family home, Evenflo created a new fashion for its latest travel system. Crayon Scribbles is a vibrant and whimsical design … Continue reading
Just in case you needed another reason why working at home is awesome
Written by: Christopher March 07 2012 I love being self-employed and being able to work at home. I am sure I never really needed to write an entire column to convince you it is a sweet deal if you can … Continue reading
Reaching out
Written by: Suzanna March 07 2012 Being a mom, I think that just about everything my little guy does is adorable, but there are a few things that Jacob does that warm my heart quicker than anything else in the … Continue reading
Spring for chevron
Written by: Lauren March 06 2012 Have you hopped on the chevron bandwagon? We're all aboard here at the P&N offices. The cheerful zigzags are practically impossible to pass up, especially considering they work on anything and anyone. Moms-to-be can … Continue reading
What you should know about newborn screening
Written by: P&N March 06 2012 Jill Levy-Fisch, President of the Save Babies Through Screening Foundation joins us today to share her knowledge about screening for newborns and the important information all parents should know about getting their babies tested. … Continue reading
Wink Shapewear Nurse N Blast tank top
Written by: Suzanna March 05 2012 Since giving birth to my little guy four months ago, I've done my best to get my body back into its prepregnancy shape. After months of nursing, exercise and a healthy—okay, mostly healthy—diet, the … Continue reading
To grandmother's house you go
Written by: P&N March 05 2012 Visiting relatives is trickier once an infant joins your traveling party. Here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (aap.org) for getting around safely with a baby: By airplane During descent, encourage … Continue reading
Third time's the cloth
Written by: Rachel March 05 2012 I'm going to step outside my normal pensive, nostalgic and sometimes ridiculous posts to make a confession: neither of my children ever wore cloth diapers. Iknow this is not as shocking a revelation as, … Continue reading
Overwhelming love: The birth of Kian
Written by: Leah March 05 2012 It was just a year ago that I discovered I was pregnant for the third time. I was a proud mama of two young boys, then 4 and 2. But this pregnancy was different. … Continue reading
To bumper or not to bumper
Written by: Suzanna March 05 2012 When you have a baby, there are lots of major decisions that you make about the long-term well-being of your child—to immunize or not, to breastfeed or not, to put that picture showing your … Continue reading
Prenatal surprise party
Imagine it's your birthday. You walk into a dark room and get the shock of your life when you flip on the lights to find a room full of people standing there ready to celebrate. The scenario isn't unlike pregnancy, … Continue reading
Shift into neutral
Written by: Lauren March 02 2012 I have a couple expectant friends and family members who decided to wait until their new additions were born to find out whether a baby boy or baby girl would be joining their clans. … Continue reading
February Photo of the Month—the winner!
Written by: P&N March 02 2012 Another month has come and gone, and the baby-adorableness just keeps rolling in!Here's this month's crop of cuties. Congratulations to Nicole B. of Clive, IA and her peek-a-boo sweetie, who will be receiving a … Continue reading
"Why are you so sad?": Exploring the reasons Everett cries
Written by: Christopher March 02 2012 I've bragged in the column how my son is easygoing. This doesn't mean he never cries. He can let out pterodactyl-like screams that would scare away bears. When Everett does cry, he does an … Continue reading
March freebies
Written by: P&N March 01 2012 Here at P&N, it's no secret that we love to shower our readers with fabulous freebies. And during the month of March, we'll be doing just that. In addition to our weekly giveaways posted … Continue reading
Movin' on up (to the Big Sis side)
Written by: Rachel March 01 2012 For some reason, be it for better or for worse of me, Ihave a much harder time imagining Rosie as a big sibling than I did Noah-before-Rosie. Maybe it's because Noah was born an … Continue reading
Just One You Travel Swing
Written by: Claire February 29 2012 Immediately, we were surprised by how sturdy the
Bright Starts Pretty in Pink Bounce-a-Bout
Written by: Karen February 29 2012 The Bright Starts Pretty in Pink Bounce-A-Bout was a great addition to our home and has provided many hours of entertainment for our daughter! Not only is it visibly attractive, it also offers a … Continue reading


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This theme can only be used in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows RT 8.1, Windows RT, and in Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions.


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The good news My husband has adopted a low-fat, high-fiber diet.
The bad news My husband has adopted a low-fat, high-fiber diet.
As a man matures, he may develop interests in areas he's previously balked at, teased you about or both. And this transformation, like a chef-grade, forged-steel kitchen knife, is double edged. Why, after 30 years of marriage and eating oodles of noodles, is my husband suddenly obsessed with chopping, grinding, peeling and sautéing? I think it stems from his last doctor visit, at which the internist put a scare into him about carbs, calories and cholesterol.
The result At 56, Mark has become a label-reading zealot. I once left him on his own in the canned-goods section while I went off to select produce, only to come back and find him lecturing a small crowd of eager females about the empty promises of "low fat" and "fat free." Can this be the same guy who mocked my whole-wheat, high-fiber baking phase with "Oh no. Cookies made with twigs"?
Plus Since discovering the kitchen, he has judged it unacceptably lacking in amenities. When the stove died, he insisted on replacing it with a top-of-the-line behemoth. It's his baby. Then he decided baby needed new pots and pans. (That set I'd been cooking with for decades? Something about "uneven heat.")
I'm glad my husband is taking better care of himself. I must confess, the man can cook—and I can read a magazine while he chops and parboils, even if I do have to live through his postgame commentary ("I dunno, maybe next time less cumin?"). What does have me a little concerned: The other day I saw him eyeballing my glue gun after watching She's Crafty. Who is this guy? And what has he done with my husband?
Mel Miskimen is the author of Cop's Kid: A Milwaukee Memoir
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"Look back, Mama. What were your favorite clothes?" I asked her this year. She's 95, and we had come back from a luncheon with her birthday club. She'd finally decided on wine-colored wool pants instead of gray ones—"I don't want monotony"—a gray sweater with a touch of sparkle, pearls and a black cape. I'd fussed a bit because our ride was waiting while she chose her handkerchief. "Are you ready?" I'd asked when she finally slipped a white lace-trimmed one into her purse. "Have you put on cologne?" she answered. I had not and so I did. Then we were both ready.
And now we were home again, lounging in the living room.
"What were your favorite clothes?" I asked.
"My evening dresses," was her answer. This surprised me a bit. She'd loved hats: I'd anticipated total recall of millinery triumphs in sisal or felt. (I'd been in awe of a cream-colored Tastee Freez swirl of a hat with a black veil.)
"Short or long evening dresses?"
"What was the difference?"
"The short ones were flip and flirty."
"And the long ones?"
She laughed and put one hand to her forehead, fingers arranged in a classic heroine-about-to-swoon pose. "Beware my foolish heart," she drawled.
The night is like a lovely tune / Beware, my foolish heart . . .
That ballad appeared in 1949, when my mother was 33 and I was three; I like to imagine my parents moving onto the dance floor as the orchestra took a sumptuous lyric plunge into its opening notes.
"My Foolish Heart"; "Lush Life"; "Stardust"; "Misty"; "Sophisticated Lady"
. . . I heard these songs over and over on our record player. And of course that urbane salty blues that hailed our city:
Goin' to Chicago / Sorry but I can't take you.
Those proud Chicago department stores we shopped in! Marshall Field and Chas. A. Stevens, both designed by D.H. Burnham & Co., whose lead architect ruled the 1893 World's Fair. Carson, Pirie, Scott, designed by Louis H. Sullivan, master builder of the skyscraper. Mighty structures of granite and terra-cotta, arrogantly eclectic with their modernist lines and Renaissance flourishes. Sitting in the city's commercial center, the downtown Loop, those late 19th- and early 20th-century department stores were the first to turn sensory bombardment into an art. Self-contained ancestors of the mall, they put forth counter after counter of lipsticks, powders, perfumes; candies; cases filled with gloves (wrist length, midarm, lined, unlined, cotton, suede, kid, white, cream, black, tan)—and we haven't even reached the ground-floor escalators.
For my sister and me, bourgeois girls of the 1950s and early '60s, "shopping" was an intricately plotted expedition with our mother as leader and guide. She showed us what to look for and what to pass by. She directed the gaze.
Marshall Field, whereour mother took us to sit on Santa's knee at Christmas.
Marshall Field's 28 Shop, where Mother told her mother, "You really shouldn't smoke here," and her mother answered, "As much as I pay for these clothes, I'll do what I want."
Marshall Field, wheremy father's Aunt Nancy passed for white to work as a saleswoman in the 1920s.
Saks and Bonwit Teller, smaller stores, were more exclusive and less accessible, located as they were on the posh Near North Side rather than the "O come, all ye consumers" Loop. Mother didn't take us there before 1960. As Negroes, we had to secure our place downtown before we ventured north.
Every month a coffee-table-size Voguearrived at our house. Every month I devoured it. The models were starting to be known by name. My favorite was red-haired Suzy Parker: tall and lissome, with a face that was a perfect assemblage of curves (the lips, the eyebrows) and lines (the nose, the cheekbones). Whether wearing the designs of the grand Europeans—Dior, Givenchy, Madame Grès—or the Americans with the alliterative names—Norman Norell, Bill Blass—the models were muses and fetish objects, sumptuous offerings on the altar of feminine glamour.
And I worshipped offerings to feminine glamour, in magazines, movies and life. The clothes; the lingerie; the array of handkerchiefs, some lace trimmed, some initialed; pocketbooks of leather and alligator, bearing their own mirrors and coin purses; peau de soie clutch bags for evening or small beaded ones with handles that just slipped over your wrist.
I learned to accept the verbotens, too. One day I came down in a red blouse and a purple-and-white flowered skirt; I was sent right back upstairs to change. You don't wear certain colors together, especially loud ones. Denim is for weekend play and summer camp. Little girls don't wear nail polish. Little girls wear white socks with their Mary Janes.
I longed to be a perfect girl, and if a girl lacked perfect prettiness—which I did—then the verbotens were a route to compensatory perfection. I also accepted them because they came from my mother, whose appearance and manner I found both authoritative and deeply pleasing. Her crisp Claudette Colbert hairdo; her five-foot-three-inch frame, trim and shapely but not skinny; her smooth beige-brown skin. She was witty, lively and chic. So were her friends. I loved how they looked in their suits and silk shirtwaists, their furs and smart hats. I loved how they carried themselves at luncheons and parties and when they took us to plays or concerts. I loved the quick comments and judgments they flung out. They were in full command.
And yet they were almost entirely absent from the main stage of feminine glamour, from Vogue, from Harper'sBazaar, from Lifeand Look, from television, from movies. Race had decreed it so.
How did I register the fact that everyone who mattered in this vast beauty-and-fashion complex was white? Not until the 1960s did models of color start making their presence felt. Headline, 1962: Gordon Parks—a Negro!—shoots a Life spread titled "Swirl of Bright Hues: New Styles Shown by Negro Models, a Band of Beautiful Pioneers." Headline, 1966: Donyale Luna, who describes herself as Irish, Mexican and Afro-Egyptian, becomes the first Negro model to make the cover of British Vogue.
The beauty-and-fashion complex has so many ways to enchant and to maim. It invents styles and standards that create impossible longings. You want something—some feature, some body part, some look or aura—you do not have and will not ever have.
Those cheekbones, which make the thought of a skull erotic.
Those tapering fingers, which gloves cling to.
That sleek neck, that long torso, those sculptured legs.
The delicate whimsy of Audrey Hepburn.
The sultry lushness of Elizabeth Taylor.
The country club sangfroid of Grace Kelly.
Begin with those impossibilities of biology and affect. Then add the racial one: No! You cannot ever be white like these idols of feminine perfection. Let that final impossibility reproach and taunt you.
Nevertheless, a separate world of Negro beauty and glamour did exist. Every month a coffee-table-size Ebonyarrived at our house. Every month I studied its cream, beige, tan, buff, brown, sepia and (rarely) ebony models. Every month I read its tales of people like us who achieved against all odds and carried the race forward.
My favorite model was Dorothea Towles. She'd gone to college (as we were expected to do); she'd married a dentist (we were supposed to marry professionals); she'd decided to follow her sister (who was studying to be a concert pianist) to Paris. And there she'd fulfilled our wild secret fantasies of Josephine Baker crossed with Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face: She'd become a model, first at the House of Dior, then at Schiaparelli and Balmain.
I admired her, I envied her, but I didn't worship her as I worshipped Suzy Parker. Dorothea was in Ebony, not Vogue. My white friends didn't know who she was. Diana Vreeland didn't have to know or care.
Did Dorothea turn her back on her people? Certainly not! In 1954 she returned to the U.S. and barnstormed the country with a trunk of her own haute couture clothes, organizing all-black fashion shows for all-black sororities and charities. Jetloved to chronicle her flamboyant doings: "Model Dorothea Towles created a sensation when she strolled into a white fur shop in Birmingham and asked to rent $10,000 worth of furs for the Alpha Kappa Alpha fashion show."
Please note that Dorothea Towles returned to America the year the Supreme Court decreed segregation illegal in public schools. Separate but equal was being challenged on all fronts. And four years later, my mother's friend Eunice Johnson took up that challenge, expanding on what Dorothea had begun. Her husband, John H. Johnson, published Negro Digest, Ebonyand Jet, and it was Eunice who had given Ebonyits bold, pre–Black Power name. Now she launched the Ebony Fashion Fair, a touring fashion show inspired by Dorothea's but grander. Eunice didn't use her own clothes. She'd attend the top shows in Paris, Milan and New York, sit in the front row beside the white editors and buy clothes. She'd go in search of young black designers and buy clothes. Then, thanks to Eunice, cream, beige, tan, buff, brown, sepia and (eventually) ebony models would stride and sashay down hotel runways in city after city, wearing the designer clothes she'd supplied for their colored/Negro/black/African-American audiences. It was spectacular.
We were not wholly equal, of course; the white world was still dominant. It had made the rules that excluded us; now it altered those rules to include a few of us. Politics was changing the culture and the marketplace; the aesthetics of fashion and glamour were changing, too. But we had been there all along. Before they noticed or acknowledged us, we were there.
I often look through the clothes my mother has given me over the years. I cherish the Pauline Trigère brushed-wool, funnel-shaped coat, beige with thin stripes of pale mauve, white and lilac blue. I feel like a craft object when I enclose my body in this coat. And I feel vindicated, too, because Trigère was the first top American designer to use a black model regularly.
Brava, Madame Trigère! Still, the piece I most love is Mother's gold brocade cocktail dress with matching jacket, designed by Malcolm Starr. The dress is sleeveless, with a nipped waist and a skirt just wide enough for a feminist to walk in without mincing her steps. The jacket is trimmed with gold braid; so is the skirt's front panel.
It's "flip and flirty," as my mother prescribed. It's crisp yet splendid. It makes me feel I've put on not just a dress but made-to-order armor.
My mother's armor.
Armor that helped shield me from exclusion.
Armor that shielded me from -inferiority.
MARGO JEFFERSON is a Pulitzer Prize–winning critic and the author of On Michael Jackson. She teaches in the writing program at Columbia University.
From What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most, edited by Elizabeth Benedict, published by Algonquin Books, Spring 2013.
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My very earliest memory is from when I was about five. I don't know why our earliest memories are usually frightening ones, but I remember getting caught in a barbed wire fence when I was five years old. I still have the scar from that. I was totally trapped like an animal – the more I pulled, the more I tore myself apart. That's my very earliest memory.
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My wife knows full well that she's raised three children – two daughters and me. Because even though I'm all grown up now, 58 years old, I am still a child at heart. I still love to have fun. I am anything but a workaholic. I work really, really hard, but when I am not working, I am really not working.
So anything outdoors, I am all over it. I love to fish, especially in the ocean. I love to hunt. I love camping. I love hiking.
I don't love golf. I used to caddy, and I know how to play golf, but I play it so poorly that all it does is make me mad.
I live on a little ranch with a lot of Ponderosa Pines, so I love clearing brush and chopping trees.
I play some sports. Every Friday that I'm in the office, I play racquetball with a bunch of guys.
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