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No one is really famous in Portland. At least no one is willing to admit it. We do have artists who cut a swath across the pop-culture landscape, like filmmaker Gus Van Sant or author Chuck Palahniuk.
The same goes for bands. The globe-touring Gossip's red-hot Beth Ditto lives here, but she rarely mentions it in the slew of articles that tout her as, literally, the next big thing. The same goes for the Shins, Modest Mouse, the Dandy Warhols and Britt Daniel (of Spoon fame).
So what to make of Storm Large? Is she famous? Well, not really—at least not super-huge, Perez Hilton-fodder famous—although everyone here seems to know her. Just try walking down the street with her. Almost everyone stops to say hello, or at least shout, "STORM!" from across the street. Certainly, this paper has spilled plenty of ink on her. She was our cover girl in 2004 for "Best of Portland.'' I kept an online journal chronicling her drama-filled rise on CBS's schmaltzy Rock Star: Supernova . So what's left to write about a 38-year-old, 6-foot-something singer with big, er…feet and a strange name?
On Friday, Sept. 28, Storm Large takes what might be the biggest gamble in her career. She will make her professional theatrical debut in the most iconic of musical roles: Sally Bowles in Portland Center Stage's production of Cabaret . "For the first time in a long time, I'm scared I might not be able to do something," Large said recently. "I'm ready for this show to kick my butt."
But it's not just a gamble for Storm.
It's also a stretch for Portland Center Stage. The theater company, which went deeply in debt to renovate the Portland Armory for its new home, opened its first season in the Armory last year with West Side Story . The show was a success, selling out and extending its run.
For this production, PCS artistic director Chris Coleman has put a healthy portion of his fragile eggs in the basket of an untrained actress who's been known to suck in her abs to make it look like she has four breasts. Or to spit on fans, just one of her many charms.
And don't think for a minute this hasn't been noticed by our local community of working actors and actresses.
"When Puff Daddy does Raisin in the Sun , we're fucked," says Wendy Westerwelle about Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Broadway turn a few years back. Westerwelle, a 35-year-veteran of the Portland theater scene, is known for her zany and zaftig roles in Storefront Theater's Angry Housewives and her one-woman Sophie Tucker show. She's not exactly thrilled about the casting of an amateur by the city's (arguably) best-known theater company. "Theaters today are more interested in making money off of someone's 15 minutes of fame," says Westerwelle, who points out that there are other eminently qualified performers in Portland. "Storm's beautiful and has a lovely voice, but she's not an actress. There are plenty of trained pros in Portland who can do this part."
Storm is the first to admit Wendy might be right: This just may be the biggest mistake PCS has ever made. The very first thing Large said to Coleman after agreeing to do the role was: "I hope I don't fuck this up."
It's four weeks before opening night and Large is sweating. Not dainty-girl sweat but huge globs of man-sized perspiration that cascade down her ample shoulders. Sure it's hot, but there's something else going on. As Sally Bowles, Large must persuade her male lead to let her move in with him. After walking through the scene for what seems like hours, they get to the part where Storm begins to sing.
But she doesn't. She just stops and starts laughing.
"I'm not used to going from dialogue to singing," she says to Coleman. "It's like, 'And now I shall sing a little song for you.' " To which her director, Coleman, replies (and later recalls on his own blog): "Well, after all, it is a musical." It's not clear if Large's fellow actors—seasoned pros like Romain Fruge—are looking on with amusement or distaste.
Cabaret is itself an adaptive creature: The 1966 musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb was based on John Van Druten's play I Am a Camera —in turn an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's short-story collection Goodbye to Berlin —and later became the 1972 film starring Liza Minnelli as Sally. It tells the story of the love affair between an English cafe singer and an American writer in Berlin on the eve of the Nazis' rise to power. Coleman was eager to direct the show not just because it's a popular classic—and a sure-fire hit—but because he sees it as a parable for our times.
"It's about the price of denial. And [it's] an important piece to be confronting at this moment in our history as a country," he said at the first rehearsal. "I think there's a lot happening right now that we have all responded to with quite a bit of complacence. It resonates in odd ways."
The story revolves around the tragic life of its lead character, Sally, a coked-up, third-rate lounge singer with a penchant for sleeping with whoever will pay her bills. Music ensues.
One could argue that, despite her complete lack of acting chops, Large is perfectly suited for the role. Sexual addict, er…appetite? Check. Drug habit (at least a former one)? Check. Experience making a living as a girl singer in late-night, smoke-filled clubs? Check.
Throughout the course of the show, Sally not only deals with substance and physical abuse, but issues of abortion and same-sex attraction, subjects the openly bisexual Large has had to deal with in her own personal life, too.
"I may not know how to act Sally Bowles, but I sure know what it's like to live her life," said Storm about the "bold-face similarities" between her and Sally. "I started having sex before the eighth grade, and I was addicted to heroin by the age of 21. Usually people start doing drugs when they start playing in bands and getting into that lifestyle. The opposite was true for me. After I started writing and performing music, I got hooked on performing."
Born and raised in rural Southborough, Mass., Large graduated in 1987 from the private St. Mark's School, where Large's father, Henry, is a history and religion teacher. Although she's not a working actress, she trained as one at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, graduating with an associate's degree in 1989, and even performed in a few small indie and TV films, including Admissions (which is available on Netflix). But music was her passion.
"The worst thing about acting school was the actors," said Large at a recent taping of OPB's Live Wire! show. "I was much happier being around the punk rockers."
She spent years sweating and squirming her way across the stage at Dante's, a hellishly hued West Burnside club. Prior to that, she toured up and down the West Coast, primarily playing gigs in San Francisco. Large's adults-only act, backed by her band the Balls, featured original rock tunes mixed with covers from Olivia Newton-John, Billy Idol and Bad Brains. She dubbed her music, a pop-rock-punk mash-up, as "lounge-core." Her shows were usually packed, and she did things onstage that might make even a wild child like Britney Spears blush (including ditching essential articles of clothing). Think Bette Midler meets Karen Finley, with a dash of Lenny Bruce thrown in for good measure.
Last summer, Large became a legitimate reality-show vixen on Rock Star: Supernova , a program premised on a search for a singer to lead a super band that included Pamela Anderson's ex Tommy Lee. She didn't make it to the final round of that show, but she stole America's heart. She cut a new CD, Ladylike, Side One (she released her self-produced album in June on her label, Big Daddy Large), traveled as far as New Zealand, and even got an offer from Playboy to take it all off for $85,000. She turned it down when she realized they didn't want to talk about her music.
"I didn't want to [be another] Darva Conger," said Large, referring to the ER nurse who won big on Who Wants To Marry a Multi-Millionaire? and then bared all in the magazine.
Large, who had been going full guns since the whole Rock Star thing ended, wanted—OK, needed—a break from what she calls "the Storm Machine."
"It's really hard to do it all by yourself," said Large about the constant care and feeding a career like hers needs, including everything from lugging band equipment to selling her own CDs.
"We were generating all the momentum. Ladylike was the No. 1 seller on CD Baby for the first month out," said Large. "It's all very rewarding…but because you're doing everything yourself, including playing shows every night and promoting the CD every day…it's also to-the-bone exhausting." She says she was ready to be a "leaf in the wind," rather than "the leaf and the wind." She told her band, including her fiancé, bass player Davey Nipples, that she was going to take a break from the whole rock thing for now.
In the meantime, at a dinner party I attended last fall with Coleman, the idea of Large as Sally Bowles surfaced. Large agreed to do the show in May. And at the end of August, rehearsals for Cabaret began.
On a recent Sunday night, Large returned with her Cabaret castmates to Dante's for "Sinferno Cabaret," which features performances by sex workers and other nightlife habitués. Large thought it was the right place to do "research" for their roles at the Kit Kat Club, the prewar 1930s Berlin nightclub where most of Cabaret takes place—and where her castmates could see what it's like to bump and grind for a living. In front of Large and her posse of leggy showgirls and bubble-butted showboys, a lithesome dancer lit her own body on fire. Orange flames curled up her sleeve, nearly engulfing her hoodie-covered head until she extinguished them by taking off her top and then her bra, finally exposing her breasts. Following the performance, the emcee pointed toward the ceiling.
"We've got Storm Large in the house," said the emcee, signaling to the VIP balcony. "Say hi, Storm!"
Storm hustled her way downstairs and worked the room like she was running for mayor. She even hugged the girl on fire. She was in her element.
The rehearsal hall at the Armory was a different matter altogether.
"It was a bit scary to jump into the project not really knowing Storm's abilities as an actress," Coleman said. "[But] from a marketing standpoint—it was a very big deal. I knew that if we got a commitment from her, we would get a lot of attention from the community."
During his tenure at PCS, Coleman has taken the company outside its comfort zone, mounting sexed-up productions of Shakespeare. His version of Cabaret , which is based on a late-'90s production directed by Sam Mendes, is equally lewd, focusing more overtly on sex, drugs and showtunes and not solely on the anti-Semitic resonances that drove the original script. In fact, PCS is the first company outside NYC's Roundabout Theater to get the rights to this R-rated version (those under 18 need an adult to see the show).
Even though both the script and the choice of Large are risqué, neither seemed to pose a risk with Coleman's board of directors. Upon telling the man whose name is on the theater that he was thinking of hiring Large, Pearl District developer Bob Gerding replied, "OH MY GOD, can we really get her? She would be amazing! It's going to sell out!"
Ticket sales for Cabaret are indeed brisk, and they'd better be. Coleman and his crew are still digging themselves out of $8 million worth of debt they accrued when this theater company, which is celebrating its 20th season, decided to leave downtown's Newmark Theater and move to the hustle and bustle of the high-rent Brewery Blocks. That's the amount still needed to pay off their new home, a controversial theater inside a once-abandoned but now spiffed-up and eco-friendly Armory space.
Although Coleman's made his share of controversial castings (he once cast an African-American to play the drifter Hal—William Holden's role in the film version—in a production of Picnic ), this is the first time he's worked with a so-called "celebrity."
"I think it's a good thing that Storm Large is in Cabaret ," says anther Portland musical director, Greg Tamblyn, who is currently directing Ghosts of Celilo for Artists Repertory Theater (it also opens Friday). "She seems to have worked very hard and has definitely earned her shot at a chance at this. My only reservation is the part of Sally Bowles might be out of character for Storm. If people are coming to see her do her act and she takes the role of Sally seriously, her fans may be disappointed. But if they alter the part to fit Storm's act, I think the theater community will be disappointed. Then it will all come off as "come see Storm Large as Storm Large in Cabaret ," not "come see this amazing talent and voice transform into the role of Sally Bowles."
"I don't think the casting of Storm is controversial," said Coleman during a rehearsal break. "She's definitely a force of nature in rehearsals, and comes at things from a different vantage point than most of the cast. But by and large they seem to have grown very affectionate towards her."
That doesn't mean there haven't been Storm clouds.
On the second day of rehearsal, Large was introduced to a song she'd never heard before, "Maybe This Time." Large had only seen snippets of the film version before deciding to do the show. Rick Lewis, the show's musical director, gave her a bit of the song's backstory, how it debuted in the movie, how it's been forever associated with Liza Minnelli. "It's a song every gay guy does in the bathroom," said Lewis.
After struggling with a few bars, Large stopped and asked Lewis to help her out. As soon as Lewis started to sing it with her, he stopped.
"I feel stupid singing in front of you," Lewis said.
"Why?" asked Large.
"Because you're a star," said Lewis.
"I'm a fucking star who doesn't know the song!" barked Large with a grin that spread across the room.
Large told Lewis she doesn't read music and needs to hear a song before she's able to sing it. After a few valiant attempts, Large was deep into the lyrics—so much so that she started to well up. "Maybe this time...I'll win," she whispered softly as a tear started to roll down her cheek.
Dancing was another fear. "I am clumsy and dyslexic," said Large. "When I am nervous, and put on the spot, it triples. I never remember my right from my left." She credits the show's assistant choreographer, Amy Palomino, who started working with Large a few weeks before rehearsals began, for saving her ass so far.
"She's a big, loud kid," said Coleman about Large. "[I think] it's a little scary for her. She's sometimes insecure, and at one moment last week, she yelled loudly to herself: 'You're just a big rock singer! What are you doing here?'"
The biggest surprise for Coleman?
"She can both belt the shit out of 'Cabaret' [the title song] and take this very complex, dark, messed-up emotional journey. That is some very tricky acting work, and she is hitting it over the fence."
Large will not join the cast when the show moves from Portland to Rochester, N.Y., at the end of its run in November. She knows she has to get back on the road with her band if she wants her music career to continue.
So maybe Storm Large didn't go "Supernova," but the moral of this story is that she's finding her way to make her star brighter. This time out, it just happens to be as a singer in a musical. Who knows? Like the song says, "maybe this time, she'll win."
In fact, she might have already .
Coleman says this about his experience with Large: "I guess she could have shown up and been the world's worst actress, and a big diva, and a pain in the butt, but we lucked out. We're already talking. She wants to do more. I want to develop a piece with her."
Cabaret, Portland Center Stage, Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. Sept. 28-Nov. 4. $32-$48.50. Students (excluding Friday and Saturday evenings) $23.50. 18 and under (must be accompanied by an adult) $18.50.


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Samsung releases the 4.5-inch Galaxy Express smartphone
Back on November 8, Samsung announced that its Galaxy Express handset was heading for AT&T, and now a couple months later, the handset is officially available. Except for a minor hardware tweak, it looks like the same device that was announced last year, complete with nice specs and what has become Samsung's signature smartphone style. You can check out its pictures and specs after the jump.

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perfectdark1 7 years ago#11
Devhatesyou 7 years ago#12
>I think 4 was good, but the ghosts invincibility killed it in part. I hope this game isn't hard and let's me explore at my own pace. as opposed to be always being persued.
From my understanding of preview material this game will actually be worse in that regard. You won't be able to fight most if any of your pursuers and judging by the trailers they'll actually be even more relentless than anything in ANY previous horror game. In one trailer, Harry climbs a fence only to have 2 of the 3 things he was trying to get away from climb right over after he did, and they weren't slow.
I get that, but I don't want it to remain a constant throughout the game. Surely I don't mind a mode where I am always running, but if I can choose, I want a mode where I can explore at my own pace without always worrying about having to run.
Having to run won't make the game necessarily scarier either. I am afraid of having to enter rooms, look at them "with runners vision" (like in Mirror's Edge) - I mean, look at what items/passages I really need, and not notice the horror details outside a wndow (if they put them here that is).
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perfectdark1 7 years ago#14
They never said anything about an explore mode once in a while you will take pictures of areas you recognize from past silent hill games or from 1st one but you cant turn the enemies off and on, they will chase you all the way too the end so really no. I find it annoying that I cant fight them off so I can find hidden stuff which means there are no stuff like that in those areas. I rather play sh4 if I had to choose one it's a lot cheaper and well if I had to choose from this or that.
Silent hill 3 is my all time favorite though so probably just stick to whats to me perfect or close enough to perfection for a silent hill game.
LemonPenguin 7 years ago#15
What's Room #4? I don't remember there being a game called Room #4. Anyway, enough of the sarcasm. Why does everyone hate "Silent Hill 4: The Room"? I love that game! Okay, so it was different. That was unavoidable considering Team Silent disbanded by then. I think the Victims give it a good difficulty. I think it's creators did a good job, considering that they're not Team Silent.
LemonPenguin 7 years ago#16
Sorry for the double post, but Henry doesn't really need to understand what's going on. he may be the character you control in-game, but he matters just about as much to the story as the other Victims.
Well Henry of SH4 is more of a vessel for the player than anything (best demonstrated when in FPV mode). SH4 isn't about Henry at all - it's purely Walter Sullivan's story.
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On September 3rd, 2013, Verizon (NYSE:VZ) entered into an agreement with Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) to purchase its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless for a total consideration of $130bn. There are strong signals in the structure of this transaction which suggest that VZ will be under heavy downward pressure on closing. Broadly, my argument is that
- the existing VOD shareholders will receive a substantial amount of VZ shares as part of this transaction
- they will quickly turn around and sell the VZ shares in the open market and
- this will push VZ share prices significantly lower, giving rise to a buying opportunity.
I will articulate my logic more in detail in the article below.
1) Transaction Structure
Verizon will acquire the 45% Verizon Wireless stake from Vodafone by paying a total consideration of $130bn, which is roughly composed of $60bn in cash, $60bn in Verizon stock and $10bn of other instruments (e.g. equity stake in Italy's Vodafone, loan notes etc.). Of these proceeds, VOD plans to return to shareholders all of the $60bn in VZ stock and $24bn in cash (the remaining ~$36bn in cash will be reinvested in the business). The following summary table is based on the Vodafone investor presentation of the transaction (p.3):
I would like to focus on the VZ stock component of total consideration. To finance the transaction, VZ will issue $60bn of new stock to VOD shareholders. Given VZ's current total market capitalization of ~$137bn (as of Jan 12th, 2014), this is a significant equity offering. According to the VZ equity offer prospectus (p.32), VOD shareholders will hold between 29-31% of total VZ equity post closing, and therefore what they will do with their shares will have a significant impact on VZ's overall share price.
2) Behavior of VOD shareholders
VZ's share offering will be allocated to VOD shareholders based on their current equity holdings. A quick analysis of VOD's shareholder base by type and geography reveals the following:
VOD shareholder base: %age of outstanding stock held by investor type and geography
(Source: S&P CapitalIQ data, author's analysis)
Simplifying a bit, we can say that VOD is a stock held primarily by institutional investors, split roughly evenly between the US & Canada and Europe. It is particularly interesting at this point to analyze the European shareholder base further, since many European institutions face strict portfolio composition mandates, and may indeed be outright forbidden from holding US equities. How will they react to suddenly owning a substantial portion of VZ stock? According to my analysis thus far, these investors will cumulatively hold 45% * $60bn = $27bn of VZ stock, which will be equal to ~14% of VZ's post-transaction market capitalization.
Top 20 individual VOD investors in Europe
(Source: S&P CapitalIQ data, author's analysis)
As can be seen from the chart above, the top 20 European VOD shareholders on average only hold ~7% of their assets under management in US equities (I did not extend the analysis to the remaining ~580 institutions because of the manual nature of this analysis). Such a group of investors is highly unlikely to hold $27bn of US equities on their books as a result of a corporate transaction. A much more probable outcome is for them to unwind their position in VZ, which will lead to a massive sell-off.
3) Impact on VZ share price
I will not attempt to quantify the impact of the sell-off effect on the VZ stock price, as the many unknowns would make such an exercise futile. I will instead focus on the data points that are known to help detect a sell-off:
a) Sell-off extent: Given that 1.2-1.3bn shares will be issued by VZ as part of the transaction (VZ prospectus, p. 32), European investors would be allocated 45% * 1.2-1.3bn shares = 450-485m shares. Let's assume for a minute that all European investors will indeed proceed to sell these off. This is clearly an extreme case, but given VZ's normal daily trading volume of ~11m shares, if even a fraction of this sell-off materializes over any time period, it will be very visible through trading volumes.
b) Sell-off timing: The closing of the transaction will occur on February 24th, 2014. This is the day on which VOD shareholders will receive VZ share distribution and the day on which I will start closely watching the trend of VZ for indications of stock sell-offs. VOD is offering its shareholders a dealing service to sell VZ shares free of charge up until April 4th, 2014, so I would expect the bulk of the sell-off to have completed by then.
The forced distribution of a large quantity of VZ shares to VOD's largely Europe-focused investor base will likely trigger a substantial sell-off in VZ shares between February 24th, 2014 and April 4th, 2014. This sell-off will create a temporary distortion in the market in the form of a depressed VZ stock price. I will be watching, and in case of a sufficient drop (5-10% at minimum), initiate a long position.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Caroline Wozniacki takes time to sign autographs for the fans.
What a stadium! All players love to be here and love to play in the main stadium in front of a special crowd here at Indian Wells. It was another early day that began with Sorana Cirstea. My colleague Sven Groeneveld and I were on court with her together with her full-time coach Victor Ionita.
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Mats at the main stadium court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Hello all, The BNP Paribas Open unofficially started yesterday. The qualifying matches were going all day. The men's main draw event starts Friday, and the women's main draw event in Wednesday. Most of the main draw players do come here nearly a week before they start. Not only because it is so beautiful, but also […]
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Women's Australian Open trophy
My name is Mats Merkel, I am a 28-year-old tennis coach working on the tennis tour traveling about 25-30 weeks a year. For the past six years I have been working for the adidas player development program, a team that includes 4 coaches: Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill, Gil Reyes and me. Within this time I […]


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Congrats dude, this is awesome. Nervous/anxious to make a big step like this in your life?
Well I WAS. Ive had had the ring for around a month and I kind of felt pressured to do it and because of that I was completely over thinking it. I couldn't decide how to do it. Where. What to say. Anything... Yesterday me and my fiance got in a bad fight. It was one of those fights where you both know you love each other but you just dont know if you going to make it any further. Basically I wanted to change our relationship drastically. (Me and my girl have been "Christians" since we met, but as we have been together we have both came closer to God and I was at the point where I wanted to take all the sin out of our relationship and have a "Godly" relationship. Go ahead and laugh and make fun, it really doesn't bother me. All I have to say is if you ask for it, you will be forgiven) Well she didnt necessarily disagree with anything I said but she felt very pressured, she didn't feel like she was good enough for me, and she couldn't see that I WANTED her anymore. Well she went to work and while she was at work I calmed down and so did she but we both had no idea where we stood. I went to a family cook out while she was at work and my sister, who knew about the ring, asked me why I haven't proposed yet and I just responded with "we have been having some fights and i just want to be sure we can get through them before I do it". She responded with "It doesn't matter if your engaged, married, or just together... your gonna have your fights. Your going to have the make it or break it times but the bottom line is IF YOU LOVE HER and you are SURE you want to spend the rest of your life with her, then do it." It wasn't at the exact moment I decided I wanted to do it, it was actually later after she got off work and we were together and there was that awkwardly, dreadful silence that we both didn't know what to say. It was then that it went through my head "I dont want to lose her. I need to show her I really do love her and want to spend the rest of my years with her AND for her." So I asked her if she wanted to go to a "super secrete" place and she said sure. Well while she was getting her clothes I slipped the ring box into my pocket, drove around town to the place where we had our first date. We had a little small talk about our relationship and our feelings and I proposed to her. At the moment that I decided I was going to do it, I lost all nervousness. It was truly unbelievable. And that's my advice to everyone else, when it comes time to do it, the saying "you will know" is so TRUE.
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on February 7, 2014 - 12:01 AM
Black baseball star is finally getting props
I read with great interest Eva Doyle's excellent article about Frank Grant, an African-American baseball star who played for the Buffalo Bisons and is now properly enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. I was amazed to discover that Grant grew up in my hometown of Pittsfield, Mass. Pittsfield is a sports hotbed that has sent several players to the major leagues, and they have become sports heroes and role models for Pittsfield youth.
As a boy, I was told of the exploits of the Pittsfield Graylocks, Grant's team, but not a word was said about Grant, who now must be considered Pittsfield's most distinguished athlete. Grant had been tragically erased from sports history, becoming, to use Ralph Ellison's metaphor, an "invisible man."
I want to thank Doyle for helping to restore Grant to full visibility, where he can now serve as one of our country's sports heroes.
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Joan Danziger (born 1934 New York City) is an American sculptor.
Danziger grew up in Queens.[2] She graduated from Cornell University with a B.F.A., and studied at the Art Students League, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
Her work has been shown at the Morris Museum, Rutgers University, and the New Jersey State Museum. Her work is in: the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[3] the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Susquehanna Art Museum.[4]
She lives in Washington, D.C.
- 2008 "Joan Danziger: Mythic Landscapes: Recent Sculptures" Osuna Art, Bethesda, Maryland[5]
- 2013 Joan Danziger, Inside the Underworld: Beetle Magic[6] November 3 through December 16, 2013
- Elaine A. King (July–August 2009). "The Emblematic World of Joan Danziger". Sculpture Magazine.
- ^ "Joan Danziger". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ http://studioneptune.com/2011/04/now-in-my-garden-theres-this-magical-band/#more-1412
- ^ http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=6208
- ^ http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/c_jdanzi.htm?phpMyAdmin=rx8QRmkftsxKCJORMPMdrElzfme
- ^ Michael O'Sullivan (May 2, 2008). "Fantasies With a Subtle Edge". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Inside the Underworld: Beetle Magic". Katzen Arts Center. American University. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
External links[edit]
- Ree and Jun Kaneko, Sculptress Joan Danzinger
- October Gathering, 2001, by Joan Danziger, The Sculpture Foundation


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Just in time for the holiday break, a period when students typically apply for scholarships, The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation has launched an online program that provides incoming and current students an easier way to discover and apply for donor-funded scholarships.
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The University of Southern Mississippi will usher in the holiday season with the annual "Lighting the Way of the Holidays" and "Songfest" celebrations in early December.
A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®), will arrive on Monday, Dec. 1, to examine all aspects of the University of Southern Mississippi Police Department policy and procedures, management, operations and support services, Chief of Police Robert N. Hopkins announced today.
For six years, graduate students and professors at The University of Southern Mississippi have worked hand-in-hand with the staff at DuBard School for Language Disorders to bring music education to students with language disorders.
For the second time in the past three years, The University of Southern Mississippi has won the Donor Challenge sponsored by the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency (MORA). Chuck Stinson, director of marketing and media relations for MORA, presented a $500 donation and Donor Challenge trophy to Dianne Coleman, assistant to the dean in the College of Health, during a special ceremony held Friday, Nov. 21. College of Health ambassadors guided Southern Miss to the Donor Challenge win. The challenge is a form of college outreach that promotes the need for organ, eye and tissue donation. During the five-week challenge period, Southern Miss accounted for more donor designation than the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University combined. (Photo by Van Arnold, University Communications)
The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation recently completed two special fundraising initiatives that resulted in gifts totaling more than $2.25 million toward the campaigns.
The DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a fundraising campaign that netted approximately $1.17 million. The Moffitt Health Center Campaign, launched to help provide a new student health services facility on the Southern Miss Hattiesburg campus, raised approximately $1.08 million.
Overall winners of the Blueprint Mississippi Social Business Challenge at The University of Southern Mississippi included, from left, Ashley Edwards; Andrew Young; Thomas Kern; Kaitlin Horon; Gabriel Idakwo; and team advisor Dr. Chad Miller. The students in the College of Business were members of "Team Creative Economy - Growing the Film Industry in Mississippi." The competition was held Nov. 17 at the Ogletree Alumni House. Gov. Phil Bryant, the Mississippi Economic Council, and the Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) developed the Social Business Challenge and invited teams of students from the state's public universities to compete in devising a creative solution and develop a business plan to address one of Mississippi's biggest issues. "Team Creative Economy" will represent Southern Miss in the state competition at the State Capitol in Jackson next March. (University Communications photo by David Tisdale)
Michael Mason and Kevin Smathers were honored as the 2014 Boardman Distinguished Alumni of the Year by the College of Business at The University of Southern Mississippi during the annual Honors Banquet held on Nov. 20 at the Thad Cochran Center.
The DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi is currently enrolling for an after-school program to serve young struggling readers. The Language Enhancement and Achievement Program (LEAP) is designed for elementary students with challenges in reading, spelling and written language, who may or may not have a diagnosis of dyslexia.
Dr. Jerry R. Alliston, coordinator for Community Inclusion and Volunteer Services, at The University of Southern Mississippi's Institute for Disability Studies (IDS), was elected to the board of directors for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) during the organization's 2014 annual conference in Washington D.C.
A research consortia led by The University of Southern Mississippi has been awarded $11 million by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) to conduct scientific studies of the impacts of oil, dispersed oil and dispersant on the Gulf's ecosystem and public health.
Jean Jones, vice president and community development coordinator for Trustmark Bank, was presented the 2014 Housing Initiative Partner of the Year Award by The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) at the fall meeting of the IDS Housing Advisory Council on Oct. 29.
Mississippi Home of Your Own (HOYO) will sponsor a free, one-day homebuyer education workshop Saturday, Dec. 6, for residents with and without disabilities in Hinds and surrounding counties.
Missy Schraeder, speech language pathologist with the DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi, has received an Innovator Award as an Outstanding Educator in a College or University from the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC).
The University of Southern Mississippi will host renowned trombonist Joseph Alessi, for two performances on Sunday, Nov. 23 and Monday, Nov. 24 at Bennett Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.
The University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach will host Diversity Week Nov. 17-20. The schedule of events will highlight the diverse Southern Miss community, and all students, faculty and staff are invited to participate.
The Hattiesburg community will be treated to a pair of concerts next week by two University of Southern Mississippi bands. Both events will take place at Bennett Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus.
The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) will hold a free fair housing workshop on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. at the Institute for Disability Studies on the Southern Miss Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach.
Students representing several teams at The University of Southern Mississippi will tackle one of the state's more pressing problems as part of the "Blueprint Mississippi Social Business Challenge" set for Monday, Nov. 17 on the Hattiesburg campus.
The words "military-friendly" represent more than a catch-phrase or snazzy label to Maj. Gen. Jeff Hammond (U.S. Army Ret.) and The University of Southern Mississippi. The designation serves as a guiding light for the University's new Center for Military Veterans, Service Members and Families.
With assistance from The University of Southern Mississippi Foundation, the Center has launched an annual fundraising initiative designed to help expand awareness of the program's services. The fundraiser will be held each year to coincide with the national Veterans Day holiday (Nov. 11).
Students from Mississippi Public Universities across the state are preparing to unveil their ideas for solving Mississippi's most pressing problems and helping reach the goals established by Blueprint Mississippi. Beginning tomorrow, student teams will compete in competitions held on campus. The winning team from each campus will advance to the state competition, which will be held in Jackson in March.
The Children's Center for Communication and Development at The University of Southern Mississippi has been recognized by the Continuing Education Board (CEB) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) as an ASHA Approved Continuing Education Provider.
The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Civic Chorale will present "Songs of Thanksgiving" on Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. on the Gulf Park Campus in Long Beach.
When the hit Broadway musical "Mary Poppins" takes flight, she will be supported by some of the best hoofers in the area. The University of Southern Mississippi's Dixie Darlings will bring their exceptional dance skills to the grand reopening of the Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium, Feb. 26 – March 1, 2015.
The Southern Miss School of Music, in partnership with Forrest General Hospital, is pleased to present this exceptional cast and welcome the Dixie Darlings to the Poppins family. Tickets for the production go on sale Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Dr. John Wooton, director of percussion studies at The University of Southern Mississippi, and pianist Dr. Sam Bruton, professor of philosophy and religion at Southern Miss, present their project "Caribbean Collective" in concert Sunday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Thirsty Hippo in downtown Hattiesburg.
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Blundell's Evisu Action
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When Pamela Blundell joined Evisu's design team as women's wear designer for Evisu Donna last year, she did her research.
After meeting with Hidehiko Yamane, the founder and owner of Evisu, Blundell spent time trawling the streets of Japan and rummaging through the label's design archives.
"Yamane-san was truly inspiring," said Blundell, who last worked on the British label Copperwheat Blundell and still operates out of London. "I wanted to keep the line very Evisu, so it was important to look at what they have done with the label and where they're taking it now. I used that as my foundation."
Evisu Donna was set up in 1999 to complete the development of the label as a full fashion range and not just a jeans brand. It now has 170 accounts worldwide and this year is expected to generate sales between $2 million and $3 million at retail.
Blundell's debut collection for fall-winter 2003 stays true to Evisu's roots, but offers a lot more than baggy indigo denim branded with the trademark seagull logo. She explained that there were three elements to the collection: Evisu history, Japanese culture and street influence.
The result is a mix of geisha with a heavy serving of urban London.
"I see Evisu Donna as a person," said Blundell. "She's a young Japanese girl who has just arrived in London. All the time, I'm thinking about what she would wear and how she would customize her look and throw it all together. I try to work that into my designs."
There are also quirky references to British tweed and fishingwear. The latter idea comes straight from "Evisu," the name of the Japanese Buddhist god of money who is portrayed with a fish and fishing rod.
Evisu Donna fall-winter, which was shown in Milan during fashion week, features low-slung pants in hunting-breeches styles or with billowing sides like riding uniforms. Others are military-inspired, with camouflage prints, drawstring details or tied ankles. Shirts and jackets in the line feature epaulettes and oversized pockets. The collection also includes sexy, low-cut, double-breasted tweed waistcoats. The group includes pleater herringbone skirts as well as straight denim styles.
Although the Evisu logo adorns everything, it's a miniature version, in candy pink instead of the usual milky cream.
The line shows Eastern influence in the form of bright red and black Japanese-inspired tops; large, hooded blouson jackets, and silk ribbon-tied corsets, in a print that Blundell lifted from an antique kimono.
Teamed with gloves, flat caps and pearls, the collection has a sassy chic feel to it, which Blundell explained is largely due to the cut: "Above all, the clothes have to be flattering, although some of the styles are baggy, it still has to hang off the butt in that just-right kind of way.
"I introduced new cuts on the jeans, I dropped the waists and made the legs tighter by having zips on the back of legs to gather the jean in," she explained. Drainpipe styles are tapered at the ankle to elongate the leg and are worn with heels for a chic-urban look.
Although Evisu Donna has a young appeal, Blundell doesn't want the line to be pigeonholed into an age bracket.
"It's not so much about this age or that, it's more about appealing to someone young in spirit," she said.
There are 26 doors in Japan, including an Evisu Donna store; 49 each in the U.K. and U.S.; 38 doors in the Netherlands, and eight in France.
Although plans for her second collection are still being sketched, tried and tested, this time around Blundell is staying closer to home for inspiration.
"I love to people-watch from my office window in Soho, I can spend hours just looking at how people dress."
— Sarah Harris
Tarrant Cuts Loss
Tarrant Apparel Group, a maker of private label casual apparel, said its losses narrowed in the first quarter as it tightened operations to offset slower consumer spending.
The Los Angeles-based firm said for the three months ended March 31, its losses slimmed to $3.9 million, or 24 cents a diluted share, from a loss of $6.6 million, or 42 cents, including the cumulative effect of an accounting change. Excluding the change, the year-ago loss was $1.7 million, or 11 cents. Net sales increased 20.8 percent to $78.7 million from $65.2 million, primarily reflecting $10.9 million additional sales attributed to United Apparel Ventures LLC, which was established in July 2001.
"Our seasonally slowest first quarter was impacted by continued slow consumer spending patterns, which caused our retail customers to order more conservatively," Gerard Guez, chairman and chief executive, said in a statement. "We continue to work with our customers to provide the rapid turnaround and high-quality product they expect from Tarrant while also maintaining a tight focus on reducing overhead expenses and streamlining our operating processes."
In addition, he said the company is developing several initiatives to enhance long-term growth potential and add diversification to its revenue stream. Specifically, he said it is focused upon maximizing the year-round capacity utilization of its facilities in Mexico, developing and licensing private brands and developing global distribution for these branded products.
"We believe that building our private brand business will be a key driver of topline growth and we are encouraged by the positive momentum we have gained with our American Rag private brand, which is on track to debut in approximately 100 select Federated stores this summer," Guez said.
As reported, Tarrant acquired half of the voting rights and slightly less of the equity of American Rag CIE II, owners of the American Rag label, in April.
Looking ahead, Guez said, based on the investments and strategic initiatives being undertaken, he is anticipating the company will generate income for the full year.
— Jennifer Weitzman
Calvin's Gallery Moment
Denim is the inspiration and the substance of pieces of art that are to go on exhibit at three Calvin Klein stores overseas starting Saturday. It's a program called "Denim as Art" and is intended to showcase the work of emerging European artists at two stores in Spain and one in the United Arab Emirates.
A store in Barcelona will house a mixed-media piece called "Denim as the Container of Energy and Life" by Ferdinando Farina; the Bilbao unit will show a pop-art collage called "History of Jeans" by Paolo Robaudi and "How Deep is the Ocean" by Antonio Ribatti, and in Dubai the company will show a deconstructed pair of jeans called "Denim Art for Calvin Klein" by Diana Da Ros.
The pieces are to remain on exhibit through June 30.
FRX Expands
A year after jumping into the women's denim game with a line of high-end jeans, FRX Clothing is starting to hedge its bets by expanding into nondenim looks, as well as a men's line. It's becoming a common move as companies react to the slowdown in consumer enthusiasm for the basic fabric, which has commanded the fashion spotlight for several seasons.
Yet Michael Suozzi, vice president of the New York-based line, contends the move isn't just a reaction to market conditions.
"I don't know that it was so much preparing for a shakeout as it was a move to set ourselves apart," he said. "You don't want to have one dimension."
Guy Kinberg, the company's president, said he'd initially planned to expand the product offering and pointed out that's why he named the line FRX Clothing and not FRX Jeans.
"When we first came out we had to focus on denim because we needed to establish the brand," he said.
Many jeans brands have started to bolster their lines with standard twill pants and corduroys, often subjected to the same washes, sanding and treatments seen in jeans lines. FRX isn't taking that route, but instead is offering more cleaned-up twill looks.
Suozzi said if the consumer is looking to buy something other than jeans, it doesn't make sense to offer an alternative look that's too similar. "The thinking here is diversifying the wardrobe," he said.
In addition to basic twill pants, the fall line includes a style called the "Champola," which is fitted with drawstrings on the inside of the legs, allowing the wearer to adjust the pants' length while wearing them.
The company sold $1 million worth of goods last year after it started shipping in July and expects to do $3 million to $4 million in sales of women's products this year, according to Suozzi. He expects a men's line, launching for fall, to bring in an additional $600,000 to $700,000 in revenue. He said that denim still represents about 80 percent of the bottoms sales volume. The line also includes skirts and knit tops.
On the jeans side, the company also has developed aggressive alternate washes as a way of highlighting nonstretch bottoms.
"We found that we were shipping more stretch fabrics than rigid and found that if we wanted to sell nonstretch fabrics, we had to do something special," he said.
— Scott Malone
Isaacs Sees Red
The maker of Marithé & François Girbaud jeans in the U.S., I.C. Isaacs & Co., blamed declining sales for its slip into the red in the first quarter.
The New York-based company reported a $642,000 net loss, which comes out to 6 cents a diluted share, in the quarter ended March 31, compared with net income of $1.6 million, or 21 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales were down 17.9 percent to $16.5 million. The company also said sales to off-price retailers crimped margins.
"The first quarter of 2003 continued to be a difficult time for the company and the U.S. retail environment," said chairman Staffan Ahrenberg. But, he added, "The company is proceeding with its plan to become more efficient in delivering its product to the marketplace."


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27 January 2016 - 03:42 PMI recently received and finished reading Emanuele Sica's Mussolini's Army in the French Riviera. The book was published as part of the University of Illinois Press's The History of Military Occupation series. Sica offers an examination the Italian involvement in France after the June 1940 surrender during WW2 war, first addressing the Italian demilitarized zone, then later the Italian occupation zone. I would rank it as a specialist's book, offering a chronology of events and some details, but understanding it was an introduction to a complex topic more than a definitive work. A major theme is his challenge to the idea that the occupation was shaped more by 'Italiani Brava Gente' rather than polices and goals set by the Italian government. After I finished the book, I wondered if the Italian occupation had any real impact on the war. I would need to answer no. Besides the added strain on the Regio Esercito to garrison the area, the occupation had little real impact, if any on the war.
In his introduction, Sica states that his analysis will examine the occupation at three different levels; as historical sociology rather than using a purely national framework; the structural effects of occupation on the occupied society's environmental and living conditions; and the face-to-face interactions between occupiers and occupied peoples (pg 9). All three levels would include a compare/contrast between the Italian occupation of France, the German occupation of France, and the Italian occupation of the Balkans. While this sounds good, its usefulness was mixed. Sica didn't do as much of this compare/contrast as he could have; the reader requires a decent background on the other two military occupations to fully understand the context; and the long-term effects of the points compared weren't offered to the reader (how well did the different/similar approaches work in German occupied France and Italian occupied Balkans). One topic where the compare/contrast worked well is when Sica shows that the Italians could be ruthless, using their occupation of the Balkans to illustrate this point. This reinforces his theme that that it was conditions, polices, and cultural similarities, more than 'Italiani Brava Gente', that shaped the nature of the occupation in France. This was a good point to highlight.
Sica does a good job in addressing the various aspects of the occupation using his three levels. He provides plenty of examples to support his points/comments. focus areas. These comments are well cited and endnoted, offering the reader a good 'first look' at the occupation. I wanted more of this type of detail. The endnotes are well worth reading.
What Sica brings to the reader is that the Italian occupation wasn't a story about the armed resistance to the occupiers, but the legal battles waged between the Italian and Vichy governments and the simultaneous internal conflict between the Regio Esercito and the Commissione Italiana per l'Armistizo con la Francia (CIAF). Treaties, laws, and regulations were the weapons of choice, not arrests, round-ups, executions and the like. The first Italian soldier's death due to partisan activity was on 27 April 1943, a surprising bit of information that contrasts sharply to the popular understanding of the French resistance. While there were earlier attacks, Sica documents that many of them were vendettas against individuals more that organized resistance. The similarities of the French and Italian peoples in terms of religion, culture, society, etc., combined with a careful/controlled use of regulations made this occupation distinctly different from others in Europe. Sica does provide some information on the Italian internment camps, including the harsh conditions and the sometimes arbitrary arrests that put people in the camps. The escape by French Jews from the Free Zone or from the German Occupation area into the Italian zone and their protection by the Italian occupation is another interesting point in this story. In all, the Italian long-term goals are examined, with discussions on how efficiently they were implemented and whether they were effective in achieving their objectives.
The negatives for me included the lack of hard information provided on garrison size, locations, equipment, etc. There was little discussion of repartitions, the push by Italy to gain access to French military equipment, or Italian demands on the French economic system. Given my interest is mainly military, I wanted a lot more on the activities of the military units. The November 1942 'invasion' itself is addressed only with a very broad brush and the Italian involvement in the attempt to seize the French fleet is barely mentioned. The 1940 invasion and the results of the September 1943 surrender also lack detailed discussion. This is not a military history but more of a political/social history. Nothing wrong with this, just that any readers desiring a purely military examination of the occupation will be disappointed.
There was a lot of research supporting the book. For me, the bibliography, cites, and endnotes (66 pages for the latter) were the added spice to the book, adding detail and pointing out areas for further research. The maps were okay, the main issue was the lack of a clear map laying the location of the three lines detailed in the armistice. I have to refer to my copy of L'occupazione italiana dei territori metropolitan francesi (1940-1943) to clearly see these demarcations.
This is a niche area and this is the only book I am aware of in English that addresses this niche. If you have a strong desire to learn about this area of WW2 history, then I recommend this book. If you have a casual interest, then finding a library with the book is a better bet. If your focus is mainly military or you are a general WW2 reader, then I would recommend you should pass.
If you are a dedicated historian/researcher of the Italian involvement in the 2GM, then you should read this book.
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Italo-Greek War: First Phase 28 Oct-Early Nov 1940
04 November 2015 - 02:43 PMThe following maps are from, the Hellenic Staff history of the war. These maps depict the theater of operations and the Italian offensive.
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Italy And The Historiography Of The 2Gm
23 October 2015 - 07:17 PMI have been involved in a recent discussion here on Comando Supremo that touched on how history is written, revisionism, and biases. What I am providing here is a discussion of my basic thoughts on the historiography of the Italy military in the 2GM and how I approach my research. Others are more than welcome to discuss what I have posted and offer their own thoughts on Italy and the history of the war.
A little background. My research in the Italy military began in the early 70s and focused primarily on the Italian Navy (RM). By the late 70s my interests expanded to include the Italian Army (RE) and I pretty much purchased any book or sources I could in English. By the early 80s it became clear that any serious research needed to be done using Italian sources. By the end of the 80s I was collecting the Italian officials, an effort that still continues to this day. Added to those basic works are books in English, German and French that touch upon wartime Italy. So what are my conclusions about the historiography of the RE's involvement in the 2GM?
1. That at the strategic/overview level, the Italian efforts are fairly depicted. One cannot escape the realization that Italy's wartime military effort was marginal and many of the operations/campaigns had serious flaws in planning, resourcing, and execution. Italy lacked achievable strategic goals that could be won by war.
2. That the reasons normally given for 1 above in English sources tend to be wrong, misrepresented, or overly generalized. For example, a reason given all too often for Italian failure is the lack of fighting spirit of the soldiers, when in fact a closer examination demonstrates soldiers fighting bravely with inferior equipment and/or training.
3. That Italy's successes tend to be downplayed or omitted. This is partly due in some part to lack of significance of those successes. Ariete's success at Bir el Gubi in November 1941 ultimately didn't affect the outcome of Crusader. Part of this is also due to Allied biases. The fact that the Battle of Bir el Gubi doesn't get a detailed tactical when other battles due is partially due to bias.
4. While the bulk of RE equipment was serviceable, too often it was overmatched by the Allies (either in capability, quantity, or both). For example, the 47/32 cc gun was a good weapon in 1940, but couldn't counter the use of Matilda IIs employed by the UK. The authorization of the 47/32 cc in Italian units was less than the A/T gun authorizations in comparable Allied units.
5. The RE wasn't equipped for mobile warfare. The lack of mobility of the Italian formations basically insured significant losses when the enemy prevailed.
6. Senior leadership was generally marginal to poor and didn't improve much over the course of the war.
There are quite a few exceptions to each of these points (except #1), but never enough to change the overall understanding. Regardless of how distorted a stereotype might be, there is always a grain of truth somewhere in it.
So what can be done? We can better explain why things happened without trying to 'wish away' that they happened. Large numbers of Italian soldiers did surrender to Allied forces during the war. We can clear away the distortions by presenting a better understanding of why it happened.
In the discussion I mentioned at the beginning of this post, the point being debated is whether Italy 'won', stalemated, or 'lost' the Greek campaign. For me, stating Italy won 'wishes away' the very real failures of this campaign. After all, if you achieve victory, then the cost was worth it. But that only works if you actually gain the benefits you fought for. Stating Italy won also 'wishes away' the German intervention that actually secured that 'victory'. Without that involvement, Italy might not have 'won'. Furthermore, the German involvement needed for victory was the main reason why Italy didn't achieve any of it pre-campaign goals.
Just some thoughts for others to ponder.
Pista! Jeff
Set Of Italian Greek Officials For Sale
17 October 2015 - 05:48 PMI am selling a set of Mario Montanari's La campagna di grecia published in 1980. This is the definitive history of the Regio Esercito during the Greek campaign.
This is a extra set (I am keeping one set) that has been in my library for years. Books are written in Italian. The set is soft-bound (as originally published, no hardback edition were ever printed). An abridged one volume reprint (~879 pages) titled L'Esercito Italiano nella campagna di Grecia was published in 1991. As you can see, more than half the material was cut.
Tomo I - Testo (narrative) 965 pages. Detailed presentation of the campaign from prewar planning to the fall of Greece in April 1941. Crete is not covered as the Italian Army didn't truly participate.
Tomo II - Documenti (documents) 1024 pages. 336 document including orders, memorandums, transcripts of meetings, etc.
Tomo III - Schizzi e fotografie (maps and photgraphs) 266 pages. 176 maps and sketches, many of them folding. 52 pages of photographs include some aerial and panoramic photos (several of the latter are folding).
No markings or underlines, etc. in the first two volumes. The third volume has pen & ink corrections based on the errata corrige sheet from the USSME. These are the only markings in the volume. A Xerox copy of the errata will be provided. There is normal edge wear. No missing or torn pages.
Price is 210 priority shipped in CONUS. $200 plus actual postage for overseas (shipping is likely to be in the $60-70 range for Europe). Condition is as seen in the attached picture. More pictures on request.
Pista! Jeff
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Greek Army Oob 1940
02 October 2015 - 07:41 PMI have posted an OOB for the Hellenic Army under OBs on the main page. If you have any new information to share and and/or spot some errors, please post yoiur comments here. As always, please provide a cite for your information.
I am working on similar document for the Italian Army as well as OBs for April 1941.
Pista! Jeff
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fredleander28 Jul 2015 - 07:44Hi, Jeff - I've posted some thoughts on the Forum Administration thread about eventual future action (firstly, to "get together" and discuss it) to develop this website. Being a Moderator, would you care to look at my posting and eventually comment? I hate to see how this website is deteriorating. I'm also somewhat disappointed on the lack of reaction from Frederick, the owner o...
fredleander13 Jul 2015 - 08:22Hi, Jeff - I have just posted on the Forum Administration thread.
Hunter06 Dec 2011 - 23:23Email sent. Can you link me to the thread you are speaking of?
Jim H17 Jan 2011 - 22:21This is just your personal wall that people can write you messages and you can answer. Members of the forum can read and write here. There is a PM feature on the left side "Send me a message" I'll call you in about 1 1/2 hours.
Jeff Leser13 Jan 2011 - 20:17Jim
Okay, I am new at this. Does this replace the PM or is this something new?
Jim H13 Jan 2011 - 01:32Jeff. Just sending you a personal comment on your profile section. Just another feature.
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Andrew Breitbart resigned from the GOProud Advisory Board this weekend. I wrote about GOProud's retaliatory outing of Governor Perry's Chief Pollster and how this really ended up outing them - and their bigotry and Leftism - last Friday here at RedState. I had hoped to leave it at that because I'm not fond of beating dead horses; it gets kind of icky and messy and I'm a girl. However, GOProud just keeps doubling down on the jackass, as do their apologists, and their lame attempts at excuses must be refuted.
See, there is a dirty little secret about a strain found in some GOP circles. People are so desperate to be all 'I heart my gays! I'm not like those redneck rubes!" that they will immediately jump to be 'allies', warranted or not. Because, 'hip and enlightened.' I have no such qualms. I'm a 40 year old broad who embroiders for fun and watches reality shows un-ironically. I drink Miller Lite beer from a bottle. I wear aprons, for cripes sake. Clearly, I don't care much about being hip or enlightened; in fact, I've seen nothing to convince me that either is a good thing.
While some think it's being all super cool and allies-y and 'friends of the gays', it's the exact opposite. It's the same as 'some of my best friends are black'. Some of it is silly wanting to be cool stuff, as Stuff White People Like so hilariously explains. But even when it's sad, little desperate coolness-craving, it is still totally NOT being "a friend of the gays." It's ridiculous to claim 'friend of the gays' when defending the insistence - and enforcement - that if you are gay you must hold certain beliefs. It is the opposite of helping gay people when you condone and excuse those who seek to force them into conformity and who will punish them for the crime of not believing their orientation is indivisibly linked to their politics/beliefs.
It is also absolutely bigoted.
This is the bigotry and the lefty tactics that those who are desperately spinning for GOProud are perpetuating. And some of the spinning is just absurd.
You see, some are claiming that some people already knew that Governor Perry's pollster was gay (even though that still hasn't been confirmed nor denied - and shouldn't be. It's nobody's business). See, it wasn't an outing-0uting! SOME people - like Chris Barron and Jimmy LaSalvia of GOProud, conveniently - already knew. No big whoop! It was just a sorta outing. Sheesh, people!
First, I don't know who they spoke with other than members of GOProud's advisory board, but I heard from several D.C. based consultants who have known and worked with Governor Perry's pollster for years and never knew his sexual orientation. One long-time Republican political consultant who has worked with Fabrizio said:
"We've worked with him before and he's outstanding. And...I had NO IDEA he was gay and had never heard it anywhere. It IS an outing. And it's nobody's business. Period."
Second, Jimmy LaSalvia admitted to the outing himself, before issuing false claims of 'oh, we didn't know he wasn't out-out!'. When asked by a radio host to come on the air to clarify his revolting F-word tweet aimed at Fabrizio, LaSalvia chose not to by replying that what he'd said already said enough and he didn't want to play in the 'outing sandbox'. Huh. That's weird. How could it be an outing sandbox if no one was being outed?
Third, while the outing is reprehensible and vile, even if one wants to fool themselves into believing it wasn't a purposeful outing, the reasons for the contemptible F-word slur and the tactics involved in everything that occurred thereafter are right out of the Lefty playbook. I mean, right from the start GOProud showed they were not a conservative organization. One of their 'we are the victims! Totally not our fault' excuses is that the press called them up asking about a gay man working for Governor Perry while he ran an 'anti-gay' ad. A conservative organization would have said a) the man's sexual orientation has nothing to do with his job nor his political beliefs. Every person is an individual. and b) while we may not agree with the ad, since we supported the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', it is not 'anti-gay'. People can disagree with things like same-sex marriage or the repeal of DADT and not be painted as anti-gay H8Rs!!
They did neither. Instead, they demonized Governor Perry as an anti-gay hater and went so far as to call him Un-American (Gee, when have I heard that before? Perhaps from Nancy Pelosi and Senator Reid in regards to the Tea Party and the town hall meetings prior to the passage of Obamacare?) They then employed the tactics of shaming and of personal destruction to punish Fabrizio for daring - DARING - to work for a man who did not agree with their agenda and for being a 'f**gots who line their pockets with checks from anti-gay homophobes while throwing the rest of us under the bus".
How dare he? He's gay (allegedly) so he must think the exact same way we do. And if he doesn't, we'll make damn sure he knows he's punished for not conforming. And, well, we'll throw HIM under the bus. We'll then blame him for 'not keeping it secret well enough.' No really. They did:
if Tony Fabrizio wanted it to be a secret that he was gay he probably should have done a better job of letting other people know it was supposed to be a secret.
If he was outed-outed or not doesn't change GOProud's intent nor the fact that they are enforcing conformity by blackmail and/or punishment. They demanded Fabrizio resign. They demonized him and his boss. They are still blaming him for what they did (classic victim mentality; it's nothing we did wrong. It's everyone else). Because they disagreed with something his boss said. Because, gay. Andrew Breitbart had it right; he resigned because he knows that we should not and cannot accept such behavior. He could not in good conscience remain a part of such an organization, as he notes in his resignation letter, printed at The Daily Caller:
I have a zero tolerance attitude toward the intentional infliction of vocational and family harm by divulging the details of an individual's sexual orientation as a weapon of political destruction. As an "Advisory Board member" I was not consulted on this extreme and punitive act. Clearly, there are more productive means to debate controversial ideas and settle conflicts. Therefore, I cannot in good conscience stand with GOProud. I still stand by gay conservatives who boldly and in the face of much criticism from many fronts fight for limited government, lower taxes, a strong national defense as well as the other core conservative principles.
We cannot and should not ever condone the vile Leftist tactic of 'Conform or you shall be punished!' It is no different at all than how the Left insists that all African-Americans or all women or all Hispanics think the same. Nor is it different from how they seek to treat some with preferential treatment - excusing any and all bad behavior - because they know that encouraging and enabling a victim mentality means more control for them while they treat the 'victims' like pets who must obey their behavioral rules. Identity politics - race based, gender based, orientation based, whichever - is their bread and butter. It's how they control and force conformity. It is, quite frankly, political correctness Totalitarianism. And they will blackmail and personally destroy if that is threatened, in order to keep the collective masses in line.
We would not accept this from a woman's group who maybe sometimes threw in some talk about fiscal responsibility. We wouldn't accept it if they then also constantly railed against any female politician - or a female employee of said politician - and called her a 'gender traitor' because she spoke out as pro-life. We wouldn't accept an African-American man being called an Uncle Tom if he worked for a politician who was against affirmative action. Why on earth would we accept it in this case?
And if we do, that is the very definition of bigotry. If that's the new conservatism, then no thank you.


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What community leaders are saying about gangs in Greeley:
"It seems like every time something happens, we react instead of being proactive." -- Art Terrazas, chairman of the Greeley Youth Gang Intervention program, who has worked with gang members for years
"Gangs are like cancer. It goes into remission, but eventually it's going to come back. So when it goes into remission, we think we solved it, but it never gets solved and rears its ugly head like it did in Greeley. It never goes away." -- Bryan Wright, former principal at Greeley West High School
"A man stands alone. If someone is willing to involve you in criminal activity or beat you up to prove their love to you, that's not real love." -- Ontika Porter, mother of Christopher Hale, who is serving eight years in prison for a series of gang-related robberies he was involved in June 2008
"I'd hope the city fathers and administrators of the police department always remain cognizant that gangs will be there. I think the gang issue, not the gang problem, has remained on the front burners for so long, it will be a long time before residents here forget that lesson (of denying it). Nobody will be able to control the next upswing in gang violence." -- Mike Prill, Greeley gang detective
"The gangs mean more to them than their families. I could say anything about mom or dad, and they may get upset, but If I said something bad about their gang, they'd attack me. That's how serious it is." -- Larry Botnick, clinical social worker, professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, who has worked with youths in gangs for 26 years
"Every gangster has a soul. God looks beyond the sinful activity and sees a broken spirit. The answer for Greeley's growing gang problem is Jesus. No man can fix the problem, but God will use men and women to communicate and demonstrate His love for them. ... The answer is not to run from it, or accept it as a total loss. The answer is to ask the Lord how we as Christians, and as a community, can serve them and share with them a new hope." -- Amos Olivarez, executive pastor, New Hope Christian Fellowship, Greeley
"Some of these guys want to be loved. One person told me one time, 'I don't know you, but the way you talk to these guys, I never had that. I wanted my mom to scold me, watch over me and say don't do that. Come back home. I never got that.' Some of the guys never had that." -- Sister Margo Preciado, a Weld County Jail chaplain who runs a Bible study with jail inmates
"I want to have this idealistic mentality that we can save every child who walks through our doors. You know along the way you're going to lose some, but you look at examples who have made it through. For us, probably two-thirds of our part-time staff were club members in these clubs and broke out of neighborhoods and are all now students at UNC. ... At end of the day, it's the kid's choice. Do I choose to in some ways go against the grain when the neighborhood is riddled with gangs, or do I just follow, because that's what they think is the easier path?" -- Greg Kimbrough, chief professional officer with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Weld County
"Every one of these kids is the responsibility of this community. Until everybody feels this same deep mission to make a difference for every student, no matter what parents or the house looks like, that we will do whatever it takes to make it happen, (things won't change). It can't just be about the schools needing to do more. We only have them 7 percent of the time." -- Ranelle Lang, Greeley-Evans School District 6 superintendent
"Sometimes where people go wrong is when they treat gangs like it's a disease or therapeutic issue. It's not, it's a symptom. Our approach is always trying to uncover some of the things that happen in (a) young person's life prior to gang involvement. How do we re-instill some of those values that were there before they got into gangs?" -- Tracy Durant, owner of Step By Step Youth Services, University of Denver adjunct professor and ex-gang member
"An after-school program is one way, not the way. It's one way. Those parents who are still in the work force who have to work until 5-6-7 at night, the hours of void that kids have, that's an impressionable time and they need to be in some form of structure." -- Rev. Leon Kelly, founder and executive director of Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives, the oldest anti-gang program in Denver
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It's that time again.
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When it comes to goulash recipes, you don't want anything too complicated. Goulash is one of those dishes to make when you're feeling lazy and just want something comforting, which is why this recipe for the World's Easiest Hungarian Goulash is perfect. With minimal steps and prep work, this recipe for goulash is one of the simplest we've seen. You'll love the taste of the finished product and you're sure to appreciate how easy this dish is to throw together... even at the last minute.
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- 1/4 pound lean ground beef
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- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/4 cup canned whole tomatoes, smashed
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2 teaspoons prepared mustard (or 1 tsp. dry mustard)
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- salt and pepper, to taste
- hot sauce, to taste
- 1 cup pasta
Brown beef until it is cooked through.
While cooking the beef, cook the onions and garlic in the oil until they are almost brown.
When the beef and onion-garlic mixture are both cooked through, add together and saute for a minute or so.
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If you are looking for Sloppy Joes served over pasta, this is a 4 or 5 star recipe. If you are looking for Hungarian Goulash, this is not the recipe for you. This is not Hungarian Goulash! There is nothing Hungarian about it. But serve this recipe over toasted buns and you have a tasty and quick meal.
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If you are serving this on buns, don't add the pasta; just serve the meat mixture. Quite tasty.
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