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Friday, November 30, 2007
Natchitoches' new theater company, Cane River Repertory, has Magi for the holiday season; opens Dec 6
Riley's mission is to help develop and employ professional artists as well as to provide "educational opportunities for the students of LSMSA and NSU, and provide quality professional theatre to the greater Northwestern Louisiana and East Texas communities."
Louisiana School for the Math, Science and Arts is filled with the state's best and brightest youngsters. NSU has the Scholar's College as well as the regular program. Thus Riley has quite a talent pool.
She also seems aware of how to fit the theater to "the artistic heritage and economic development of the Cane River Region." She plans to build upon the recognition of Natchitoches as a cultural asset and
a tourist destination for the state of Louisiana.
Cane River Rep brings balance to the image of Natchitoches, a town that should be known for much more than its holiday lights.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Prima Tazza continues its role as art center; see works on paper by Ellen Soffer beginning Dec 3
An opening reception will be held Sat, Dec 15, from 12:00 - 2 pm, and is free and open to the public.
Prima Tazza: Mon through Fri from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sat, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
8835 Line Avenue, next to the Outback restaurant.
318 798-7862
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Cooks and other artists of the kitchen get a showcase at Artspace in the December benefit called Bake Your Art Out
Kitchen artists are asked to help Artspace by contributing recipes and the foods that result from following those recipes. The product will be publicized and sold during the Thursdat Night Trolley event. The show and sale is Thurs, Dec 20, 10 am to 8 pm.
Bonne: 673-6510
Tracye at Artspace: 673-6535
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
World class event: the Wideman Piano Competition draws solo performers to Shreveport; concerts held at Centenary College Fri, Nov 30 to Sun, Dec 2
Wideman Piano Competition contestants and Lester Senter Wilson, director of the Wideman
Originally uploaded by trudeau
The series of concerts begins Fri, Nov 30, at 10:30 am. Performances continue to 6:00 pm.
Concerts on Sat, Dec 1, are scheduled from 9:15 am to 7 pm.
Both days there is a lunch break from 12 - 2:30.
The finals, featuring 6 of the players ranked by the international group of judges, will be held Sunday afternoon, Dec 2; concert time will be announced soon.
Anderson Auditorium, Hurley Music Building, Centenary College campus.
Wideman info: 601-946-2063.
Pardon me for adding that if urbanity and erudition are what you miss as you hoe your row in Shreveport, this is one weekend when you don't have to flee. The lobby at Hurley is filled with polyglot chatter. There is a touching link between local host families and the young pianists. The performers are often vivid creatures. And their performances can be breathtaking.
More at The Times.
Monday, November 26, 2007
The Story of the Velveteen Rabbit, directed by Reagan Cassanova, at Bossier Arts Council beginning on Fri, Nov 30, 8 pm
It's a classic, magical tale of a desire to be loved. Perfect theatre show for the whole family, says the theater-wise Susman.
Reservations: 741-8310
Nov 30, Dec 1 , 7, 8 @ 8PM
Dec2 & 9 @ 2PM
East Bank Theatre at Bossier Arts Council
630 Barksdale Blvd. Bossier City, La.71111
Tickets: Adults $15.00 Seniors, Students, Active Military $13.00
Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Winks (nudge, nudge) and The Funz at Artspace, Shreveport, on Thur, Nov 29, 7:30 pm; show produced by KSCL, 91.3 fm
The Winks, from Montreal, will be stopping in Shreveport as part of their 63-date tour of North America. Their latest album, "Birthday Party," has been reviewed in Spin Magazine, and the Winks have been recorded with the New Pornographers in addition to sharing the stage with Architecture in Helsinki and They Shoot Horses Don't They?.
Handmade Winks merch.
admission tba
Moinfo: 318-869-5296.
Former Katrina-Shreveporter Steve Allen: what it's like to be back in the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans
In August they returned to their renovated home in the lake front area of the Crescent City. They recently returned to Shreveport for a weekend while Allen played the Highland Jazz and Blues Fest. Asked for an update on the rebuilding of their lives in New Orleans, he responded thusly:
Our block in Lakeview was about 75% levelled by the various owners due to flood damage and basically it's still mostly flat. On 3 sides of us the neighbors demolished their houses. Two new 2 story homes are nearing completion; they've been built to the flood plain elevation.
We have restored our ranch style one story on a slab to a better version of it's original self. Right now there we and neighbor Susan Spicer, the celebrity chef, are the only residents, but around New Years our near neighbors will be living in their new houses.
My friend and great drummer Ricky Sebastian is building a house in the Musician's Village. He is putting in his 'sweat equity', working on the houses of others and they will in turn work on his as it gets built. All the houses are identical except for the colors, which are bright and varied. There will be maybe 3 or 4 solid blocks of them with a common park and community center when they're all done, maybe a year or 2 from now.
I have been getting calls to work as a sideman in a wide assortment of groups, but haven't started anything of my own since I've been back in New Orleans.
My boys are both in Lusher, in my opinion the coolest public school in New Orleans. Very arts oriented, Chandler is in a music focused curriculum and Parker is in sports and theater a little bit. His cast from the first football game comes off next week.
There is a weekly batch of emails that comes about events in the city. It is organized by a photographer named Pat Jolly. The sheer number of things going on in New Orleans on a weekly basis is really incredible. Art openings with live bands, festivals of every kind, 2 or 3 a weekend, screenings, plays, gigs, meetings, lectures... you just have to admire the spirit of the people behind all this energetic activity. And people come out to the things too. Last weekend there was the Po Boy Preservation Festival, a new one. Packed. Ran out of food.
It is very fun here, and I can't even spell out why. It just feels good here. Our house is very cute and cozy, and I guess knowing where every screw and wire and pipe in the whole thing gives it a special 'pinch yourself' joy to it. We will stay here until forced to leave, just like last time.
Shreveport was wonderful for me these last 2 years, and it felt weird last weekend to be there cause everything is so familiar and known, but our home is really here, in New Orleans.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Young artists and designers and their exploding world: the digital pen and tablet and software options
Ordinarily a Wacom pen and drawing pad (Tokyo-based Wacom is the industry leader) are mated with Photoshop, the pro level software known for providing a galaxy of graphics-creating options. They are wielded by those creating logos, illustrations and manipulating photos.
But young creators will enjoy playing with a digital paint pad. The key to accessing one, in large part, is the software. The graphic pen will come alive with programs that are are less-costly and simpler than Photoshop.
The cost of a basic graphic tablet, Wacom's new Bamboo Small, for instance, is less than $100.
Then comes the software. Wacom pushes a bundle that includes Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (less complicated and costly than Photoshop itself), Corel Painter Essentials 3.0, and Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 GE. The package, with pen and pad, costs about $200. But it seems to me a dubious package.
Creative types in the fine arts who know their direction - whether in painting or sketching - might much more profitably choose programs such as Artrage, a full-featured painter's package for $25. Artrage gets good reviews and has a quite active forum. Mac users have another option that promises simplicity: Lineform (about$80).
There are other realms that can be explored via graphic pen, among them 3-D modeling and animation.
Established artists are certainly Not going to be interested in walking down the digital
road. But the next generation deserves keys to that highway.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Shreveport, My Sleepy Lil River Town, from piano pounder Chris McCaa, aka Professor Porkchop, and his Shreveport All-Stars
Professor Porkchop is journeyman musician-bandleader Chris McCaa. He's using a New Orleans vibe in his pseudonym, the word professor meaning a pianist in the red light district of the Crescent City. And he pounds out a Doctor John-type piano in his ode to his hometown, Shreveport.
In the background of the Shreveport video are musicians Jason Coffield, Kurt Jameson and Rick Willis. You'll find them at the Eldorado casino's Celebrity Lounge on Tuesdays, hosting a blues jam.
Says David M Green, "Our Tuesday night blues jam is a dynamic deal. First, you've got outstanding music from the Professor and the All-Stars, then you have appearances by all sorts of singers and musicians. Recently Jimmy Wooten and a couple of friends came in and sang a Marvin Gaye tune in John Mayer style and got everyone's attention."
Green says the Celeb Lounge has music 6 nights a week. Currently he recommends the country-rock, eclectic sounds of a singer named Palmer with the band 3 Chord Truth.
Next week the high-energy dance band Windstorm returns to the glamorous room. "They present one of the best shows you could imagine," says Green.
Eldorado celebrity Lounge, David Green behind the board, has music from 7 to 11 pm weeknights and from 8 pm to 1 am Fri and Sat.
And Tues nights, Green's favorite, the open blues jam with the Professor.
Eldorado's Celeb lounge: 318-220-0711.
Chris McCaa, 318-344-0499.
Musicians' Local 116: 318-222-5813.
Art auction by design students at La Tech to benefit Domestic Abuse Response Team; call to artists for donations
"We are asking local artists for art pieces that can be auctioned off in efforts of raising money for the DART. If you or anyone you know would like to offer any type of artwork, it would be greatly appreciated."
The gala is to be held on Dec 1 in Ruston. Dixon has offered to pick up art to be donated by Shreveport artists through Fri, Nov 30.
Natalie Dixon
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Downtown Shreveport rock venue Harlequin Alley was 516 Soundstage; benefit show Fri, Nov 23, 2 pm to midnight
The first show in the new space is an all-day benefit on Fri, Nov 23, says Black.
WickedTickle.com presents Orange and Black Friday, a benefit concert for Yogie and Friends Exotic Cat Sanctuary.
$7 admission, or $5 with donation of materials to be recycled such as
a cellphone or printer cartridge.
Emcee: Ronster Monster
2:00 - 3:00 Red River Rebels - North Stage
4:00 - 5:00 Retroverb (acoustic) - North Stage
5:00 - 5:30 Joanna Ballard - South Stage
5:30 - 6:00 Guest Speakers / karaoke
6:00 - 7:00 The Rock Popes - North Stage
7:00 - 7:30 Bobby and Robin Black (acoustic) - South Stage
7:30 - 8:15 BoneDance - North Stage
8:15 - 8:30 Guest Speakers
8:30 - 9:00 Ronster Monster Karaoke
9:00 - 10:00 Rockhouse - North Stage
10:00 - 10:30 Ronster Monster Karaoke - South Stage
10:30 - 11:30 South Of Heaven - North Stage
11:30 - Jam and Karaoke till midnight
More: WickedTickle.com
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Christian Simeon: After-Thanksgiving funky throwdown at Noble Savage, downtown Shreveport, 9 pm Thurs
The idea on Simeon's mind for Thurs night at the Savage is one blessed by the La Board of Health & Human Services: balance the fried turducken, oyster stuffing, creamy gravy and bottles of Merlot that have comprised your holiday repast with some hip-rolling dance.
Might it be that reggae is the perfect antidote to football and holiday eating?
Tim Marshall plays before his supper at Columbia Cafe on Wed, Nov 21
Kings Highway at Creswell Avenue
Parodies penned by Peter Pan Players' teens play on Fri & Sat, Nov 23, 24, 7 pm, Marjorie Lyons Playhouse, Shreveport
Called The Princess Chronicles, the playlets will be presented at 7 pm
on Fri and Sat at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse, Centenary College.
The author-actors are Tyler Krieg, Chelsea Renfro, Lauren Gieseke, Katherine Marak, Elissa Little, Lindsey Anderson, Sarah Ingerson, Lauren Rogers, Taylor Foss and Nick Shelton.
Also acting are Ryan Staggs, Andrew Mayfield, Zac Morgan, Caroline Paxton, Anjuni Singh, Landon Thompson, Elizabeth Ross, Sydney Bartlett, Priya Singh, Megan Jones, Emily Dillon, Alex Adams, Kathy Melancon and Trey Jackson.
$15, adults; $10, children.
(318) 868-9619.
See most of these engaging actors and actresses' photos at Shreveport Faces.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Louisiana's blossoming filmmaking community called to enter Deep South Cinematic Arts Fest, Lafayette; deadline Jan 11 for any form of moving image media in any genre
This call for entries is open to any form of moving image media in any category or genre, whether narrative or non-narrative, fiction or non-fiction, representational or abstract, video or animation.
The Festival especially welcomes works that splice good writing with experimental imagery and technique, or that reach outside the frame of any one discipline or genre.
It is open to Louisiana filmmakers as well as other media artists.
Official selections will be chosen by jury.
No entry fee is required.
Multiple submissions are acceptable.
Deadline for entry is January 11th, 2008.
Entry forms and information are available by email at: firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Event: campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, March 28-29.
Thunder. Lightning. Mountains crumble.
The festival jury is buried beneath an avalanche.
Fade to black.
Shrevester.com: John Rossitter gathers musicians to create a site for sampling and buying regional recordings
From the web site:
Why Shrevester.com?
Let's face it.
The music industry is broken.
Artists spend their lives making the soundtrack to yours, and barely get by doing so.
We know you don't want to pay for music downloads.
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free right?
Well, we made this site because we believe otherwise.
Simply put, we believe that given the opportunity to support your favorite local artists, you would be willing to pay on average $1.00 per download.
Your willingness to participate in our program would be based on your knowledge that:
1) When you buy a track from Shrevester.com 50% of that sale goes directly back to the artist.
2) Other music download services (like the one that rhymes with iTunes) often don't even pay the artist directly. They pay into a fund and artists have to hope to get a royalty
3) When you buy local music, you are supporting the musicians who enrich your lives.
So don't buy local music out of guilt, buy local music because you believe in it.
Shrevester is easy to use, in my brief experience. Quite a few of the recordings there, such as cuts from Rossiter's Photoelectric Defect, help me fill in the gaps in the local musical story.
What's more, Chris Alexander is a supporter, it seems, of Shrevester. Also a musician-producer, Alexander has his own local download sales site at whythehellnot.org. Looks like the two sites are complementary rather than threatening. Not a bad situation, eh?
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Mixed media illustration of the month: Dennis O'Bryant's capture of Mr. Don at the Grand Opening
Media: photography, paint and ink.
West Edge Artists Co-op continues to find exhibit spaces: show at Waves of Color salon has reception Sun, Nov 18, 3 pm
Waves of Color is adjacent to the Peace of Mind Center,
280 Southfield Rd
3 to 4:30 pm
Among the artists: Tony Reans, Robin Rothrock, JoAnna Littlefield
Danielle Reans, 465.7773.
Waves of Color, 861-7458.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
On the Highland Jazz and Blues Fest, the Blanc et Noir Marching Society and Shreveport
But they're not going to be mobbed. One day the Highland Fest will be the happening place to be for a few hours each year, but that's not likely to happen in 07. This fest has been building since 04. It is terribly, terribly young by Shreveport standards.
I know how they feel. When Jerry and Tarama Davenport and I inaugurated the Blanc et Noir Marching Society last year we felt like we had the tout le tout for Shreveport. We felt like Shreveporters might rush to join us in support of a second line brass band and the essence-of-Carnival spirit embodied in a marching krewe.
Unh un.
Shreveport has a wait-and-see syndrome. "Build it and they'll come" would not be the operative phrase here."Build it and they'll get interested in it just as you're about to close it down" is what I've observed.
Like the Highland fest organizers, the core group of Blanc et Noir is not going to give up.
In fact, we have a common interest today. The fest will kick off with a second line starring Daryl Williams and his red bass trombone. Williams leads the Red & Black Brass Band, the band associated with Blanc et Noir, though at this fest he is part of the Zillionaires.
Blanc et Noir appreciates the synergy. And wishes everyone success in getting involved in the pageant of the city.
The Blanc et Noir marches in the Krewe of Highland parade on Sun, Feb 3, 08.
Membership is $30.
The Columbia Park fest takes place from noon to 6 pm.
The Action Design hits the concrete apron at Big D's BBQ on Sun, Nov 18; Righteous Bucks open at 7 pm
Opening: the Skanks. Also, the Righteous Bucks.
7 pm
Nov 18
101 Common St., Shreveport
Friday, November 16, 2007
Moscow Ballet tip-toes into Strand Theater on Mon, Nov 19, employs young guest dancers as well as principal corps
Shreveport's Strand Theatre on Nov 19 at 7:30 pm, says Bobbie Fachini.
Celebrating its 15th annual USA tour, the Moscow Ballet's artists are
crossing the country in November and December, with artistic directors Anatoli Emelianov and Vladimier Trashenko leading simultaneous tours of the holiday classic.
Acclaimed for exquisite dancing and spectacular sets and costumes, critics say that Anatoli Emelianov's Great Russian Nutcracker is "dazzling."
The Children's Cast is from the Carol Anglin Dance Center, Inc., and includes,
Sarah Applewhite, Maisy Brocato, Bria Caldwell, Catherine Colvin, Alex Crevoiserat, Elizabeth Cush, Sheridan Graham, Mallory Johnson, Baylee Jones, Cyvanie Ramkelawan, Nina Rinaudo, Gabbi Sorensen, Sammy Stroud, Sarah Tamplin, Millicent Trimble, Devin Williams, Colin Cochran, Gracie Baukman, Zoe Collum, Sarah Jayne Driskill, Lily Herron, Caroline Irby, Claudia Kemper, Rikki G. Love, Monica Middleton, Ye-rim Noh, Bethany Pearce, Rachel Van Doren, Madison Atkinson, Madeline Belt, Savanah Bowman, Bradie Davis, Alicia Edwards, Carrigan English, Lucy Engman, Amanda Hanks,
Caitlyn Martin, Grace McKeller, Imani Powell, McKenna Reed, Vicki Stroud, Hannah Grace Taylor, Laura Tucker, Mary Claire Walker, Lilly Herron, Madisyn Parson, Camille Cucjen, Allison Hagan, Madeline Marak, Alexis Jackson, Bailey Anglin, Allison Sauls, Emily Dean, Kimi Rousseau and Hannah Grace Taylor.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Deck the Halls, Artspace, features 100 artists and artisans; opening party is Thurs, Nov 15, 5 to 8 pm
Pam Atchison, of Shreveport Regional Arts Council, says the reception for the event is 5 to 8 p.m. Thur, Nov 15. Art lovers who purchase on opening night will get a 10% discount, says Atchison.
The gathering will feature music by the Shreveport Symphony Brass Quintet.
Beginning Fri, Nov 16, Artspace will be open 10 am to 6 pm, Tues through Sat. The show continues through Dec. 29.
Also on Thurs night: the TNT Express Art Trolly runs from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm. The trolly has group tours and hands-on activities available for adults and students at $5 per person.
Upstairs at Artspace is a solo show by much-awarded painter Michael Graham. His exhibit is entitled Hot Sauce: Short Stories in 2Dimensions.
Artspace: 673-6535
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Shreveport Symphony performs scores for cinema on Sat, Nov 17, 7:30 pm, Riverview Theater
Music director Michael Butterman will feature works by film composers Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1597), Nino Rota (1911-1979), and John Williams (b. 1932).
He also features works of three art composers for film, Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), and George Gershwin (1898-1937).
Guest performers are William Ludwig, bassoonist, and Brain R. Utley, saxophone.
Pro-rated season tickets: (318) 227-TUNE (8863).
Single tickets: $10, $20, $30 and $36.
Students with ID have a special rate of $5.
Limited valet parking is $10. There are free shuttles.
Enjoy a pre-concert dinner at The Cambridge Club of Shreveport or Columbia Café benefiting the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra.
See more at shreveportsymphony.com
Monday, November 12, 2007
West Edge Artists Co-op Evening of Art: Rachel Stuart-Haas at Stone's Throw Cafe, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Fri, Nov 16
Friday, Nov 16, we're honored to bring you an art talk with painter Rachel Stuart-Haas. Her rising career has already seen major accomplishments; with an education from the Art Institute of Kansas City, she went on to pursue opportunities studying painting in France, and be part of the vibrant art world of New York City. Her work has been featured in many galleries and exhibits."
There will be time to mingle as well as a formal presentation by Rachel, showcasing her work. We're also honored to collaborate with A Stone's Throw Café for the event and are thrilled to hold the event in Rachel Stone's new location, 3033 Hilton Drive. It's inside the Roadway Inn, near the corner of I-20 and Airline.
Danielle Reans, 465.7773.
West Edge Artists' Co-op, 221.6961
A Stone's Throw Café, 221.8544
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Highland Jazz and Blues Fest: food, crafts and two stages filled with foot-stomping musicians in Columbia Park on Sat, Nov 17, noon to 6 pm
Noon to 6 pm.
And to be opened by some second lining a la Bruce Gay and the Zillionaires.
Saxy Guys
Bluebirds w/Miki Honeycutt
Howlin Henry & the Harp Tones
Dan Sanchez & The Kings of Pleasure
A. J. & The Two-Tone Blues Band
Junior, III
Pocket Change
Symphonic Jazz Summit
Professor Porkchop
Dorothy Prime & the Bluesjumpers
Photo of George Hancock by Barbara Beaird.
Norman Mailer, celeb author and journalist, was not cowed by Nixon
He also helped found the Village Voice, says the NY Times.
He sort of knew too much, did too much, talked too much. But he wrote 30 books and, says the Times, "Mr. Mailer belonged to the old literary school that regarded novel writing as a heroic enterprise undertaken by heroic characters with egos to match." Lol.
Mailer didn't fit into this century. So, at age 84, he checked out.
Academy of Children's Theater, Shreveport: Revue at 7 pm, Mon, Nov 12 to raise funds for upcoming shows
Among the shows represented in the Academy revue are "Les Miserables," "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," "Jekyll & Hyde," "Seussical," "Hairspray," "Wicked," "The Sound of Music," "Newsies," "Cabaret," "Gypsy" and "A Chorus Line."
Says Northen, "Admission is $5 per person. We're trying to make money for our upcoming production of "The Diary of Anne Frank," our spring production of "The Sound of Music," and our summer production of "Hairspray.'"
Louisiana regional literary magazine NoNO open for writing, illustration and photography submissions; deadline Nov 24
Raintree encourages, "Be creative with the subject definition. Is Armadillo Dodging a sport? What about the Happy Hour Bumper Crumpler Tag Team matches?"
Is raku firing a sport?
The summer edition assayed the subject of religion and writers used both reverence and irreverence in their explorations.
Prose pieces, fiction or non-fiction, of 500 to 1000 words will be
considered for publication. Flash fiction should be 100 words or less. Poetry is limited to thirty-six (36) lines, blank lines inclusive.
Black and white drawings up to 4" by 6" will be considered for
publication on the front cover. Graphic files must be in a "TIF" or
"GIF" format to be considered.
Contributors may submit a biography of up to 125 words.
Submissions to NoNO: email@example.com. Please include NoNO in the subject line. Those published will get a free copy.
North of New Orleans deadline: Sat, Nov 24.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Moviesauce Film Fest 08 awaits the completion of Shreveport's Robinson Film Center; deadline Feb 15, fest to be held May 30 - June 1
The good news is that the late deadline has also been extended so you can now submit entries through February 15th.
There's a script in the very birth of this tiny nation.
Howlin for Hubert in Yonkers: Buddy Flett sliding strings and singing alonside David Johansen, Levon Helm and blues legend Hubert Sumlin
The break was provided by former Shreveporter Kenny Wayne Shepherd, who produced a DVD and record called 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads. Slide player Flett is in the movie, on the record and performed on the cross-country tour.
The next step was a sort-of musical partnership with Hubert Sumlin, also featured on the 10 Days Out project. Sumlin is age 76 and a blues legend. He recorded with Howlin Wolf and his playing has influenced Clapton, Page and Hendrix, among others.
Hubert and the Bluebirds did Istanbul together and now Buddy's on the Sumlin bill in Yonkers and in NYC at Terra Blues.
Happily, Flett was in an unusually good position to dust with this broom. He recently released a solo acoustic blues record called Mississippi Sea.
Lordy, looka here: Buddy even has a myspace site. It's a good place to sample the solo record.
There's a lesson for regional artists in the Buddy Flett story. First, don't be afraid to work on your art, singlemindedly, for a few decades. Second, keep the faith. Third, have some product ready when that sweet moment arrives and you find that "there's a hole in the bottom of the Misssissippi Sea."
Friday, November 09, 2007
Wifi access for Shreveport? The biggest bang per buck might be gained by serving Highland neighborhood rather than downtown
The Times: "The purpose of the committee is to find out what the city can do and look at what other cities are doing, said Lester, who proposed creating the task force earlier this year."
Downtown wifi has become a symbol of cities' friendliness to high-tech endeavor. Example: Austin.
Downtown wifi is a glamor item, a bragging right.
In the minds of proponents, people would take their laptops to Riverview Park to read their email and blog. City of the future and all that. Have you tried reading your laptop screen outdoors in Shreveport? Rotsa ruck.
The downtown idea is sexy but empty. Let's say you're a starving artist. You can get a computer and internet connection in the Shreve Memorial Library. For a nominal fee you can get both high-speed internet and instruction in how to use it at Tipitina's Office Co-op. Build a myspace page with art and music on it and reach out to the world from Tips on Texas. If you're lucky enough to own a laptop, you can snap a bit of wifi in Artspace.
There are probably a lot of additional places downtown where you can get an unprotected signal. And I believe that business types all across downtown do their work through existing office wifi systems.
But I know of no such advantages in Highland. Yet it's in Highland where we can identify a significant concentration of the region's artists. In Highland we see an ethnic diversity and co-existence that might be called laudable. Fledgling businesses of Highland such the Lotus Center (illustration) and Lila's bakery would be given a pick-me-up.
Highland has historic architecture and a tradition of vitality that is preservable, in my humble opinion. WiFi would be the salt atop the gumbo of old and deserving Shreveport.
Wish there were a way to quantify the benefits of installing wifi in downtown vs giving it to my sweetheart, Highland.
Masks, dancers, music and prose of Mayan culture in El Popul Vuh at LSUS Theater, Sat, Nov 10. 7 pm
It will be held at the LSUS University Center Theater Sat, Nov 10, at 7:00 p.m.
The spectacular presentation in music, dance and prose recitation entitled "El Popul Vuh" will recount the story of Creation as imparted in the Mayan culture. Four dancers will represent the creative gods, an indigenous "grandmother" will pass on the oral tradition to the youth and a modified "Greek-style" choir will perform.
Elaborate masks and shields for the dancers have been created under the direction of artist Kelly McDade, art instructor at Bossier Parish Community College, and Zarco Guerrero, who recently visited Shreveport under the auspices of the Shreveport Regional Art Council.
Lillian Moskeland, 318-797-5137
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Folk from Chicago bands the Gunshy and Judson Claiborne presented by KSCL, Centenary College, Sat, Nov 10, 7 pm, adjacent to Turner Art Center
The latest Gunshy album is There's No Love In This War. It was inspired by letters from WWII written by the lead singer's grandfather. Singer Matt Arbogast's voice "sounds like Tom Waits in need of a cough drop," says one listener, "but it fits the ragged and raw emotions expressed in his lyrics."
The Gunshy & Judson Claiborne
Free Admission
Sat., Nov. 10 @ 7pm
Behind Turner Art Center
(Rutherford & Centenary Blvd.)
More at kscl.fm
Enter Laughing at Caddo Magnet High on Th, Nov 8, and Fri, Nov 9, at 7 pm: Krieg, Wuellner, Wood and Derozier
Tyler Krieg, Elizabeth Wuellner, Andrew Wood and Emily Derozier are the principals.
The comedy Enter Laughing is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Carl Reiner. It centers on the journey of an aspiring actor as he tries to extricate himself from protective parents and girlfriends in 1930s New York City.
Caddo Magnet High, the parish high school for the performing arts, is at 1601 Viking Drive. Tickets are $5.
Info: 221-2501
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Shreveport's Highland neighborhood remains a center for artistic energy; see work by Kathryn Usher at Jackrabbit Lounge, Meadows Museum of Art and more at the Highland Jazz & Blues Fest, Nov 17
Usher has a piece in the Jackrabbit Lounge show curated by Conchita McElwee. It is called Summer of the Dead and resulted from materials collected during her ground-breaking work in founding Shreveport Spirit Tours. If you haven't enjoyed her Red River Blog Jam, please do. It's a good way to keep up on Highland. It's a place for Usher's observations on the city as a whole. And it's home for work by an important new regional artist.
Yo Yo Ma and the New Pornographers: music interviews and free songs and concerts at the new site called NPR Music
At the top of the page is Yo Yo Ma, who talks about his favorite recordings of late. Among them he cites the New Pornographers, whose singer is Neko Case. There's a feature on Animal Collective, called "Unique, experimental, crazed."
A feature that caught my ear this week is called Project Song. In this edition, a songwriter named Stephin Merritt was sonically tracked as
he performed the piano, percussion and layered vocals of a new tune.
At NPR Music there's lots of free music: singles, concerts, interviews.
This might be the place that gets me back into buying CD's.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Dobson, Boyd and Gaston present Antigone at MLP; preview Wed, Nov 7, 7 pm
Leads are Adam Boyd and the capable Lorna Dobson.
In Gaston's version the year is 2024 and the buildings are in ruins. King Creon's power gives way to pride as he refuses proper burial to his nephew, Polyneices, for acts against the former king.
Antigone defies the King's edict against burial of Polyneices, her brother. This production asks if tragedy remains as inescapable and predictable as Sophocles has implied, says Jennifer Strange.
Preview performance: Wed, Nov 7, at 7 pm, at $3 per ticket.
Performances Nov 8 through Nov 11 are $10. Through Nov 10 shows start at 8 pm; the Nov 11 performance is at 2 pm.
Marjorie Lyons Playhouse: 318-869-5242.
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Call to artists for participation in the Northwest Louisiana Master Gardener's le Tour 08, May 3
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Deidre and Bob sing at Jayne Marie on Thurs, 6 to 9:30 pm, as well as Fri and Sat, 8 to 11 pm
"She can sing anything from Patsy Cline to Joni Mitchell to Dianna Ross to Anita Baker. She is also the female singer for Windstorm, currently the biggest draw of Shreveport/Bossier bands at local casinos," adds the analytical Flett.
"Bob Ingram is musical director, guitarist, keyboardist, and programs the drums. The sound he gets is big and totally pro. He was Production Manager at a Casino in Mississippi and has been a professional musician all over the country."
Deidre and Bob will be appearing Thurs, Fri, and Sat at Jayne Marie on Cross Lake.
Thurs 6 -9:30,
Fri & Sat 8-11pm.
Most of their repertoire can be viewed at shreveportbossierweddings.com; click on Deidre & Co.
"Deidre is a fashion statement every time she performs; her outfits and hairstyles are glamorous and seemingly limitless," adds Flett, a fellow who knows from hats and shoes.
Evangeline Trio to present concert at Anderson Auditorium, Hurley Music Building, Centenary College, Mon, Nov 12, 7:30 pm
Mon, Nov 12, at 7:30 pm, says Drummond. The performance, to be presented at Anderson Auditorium, Hurley School of Music, Centenary College, is free and open to the public.
"We are opening and closing with trios of Mozart and Saint-Saens. In between is the Duo for Violin and Cello by Kodaly," says Drummond.
Jennifer Carsillo, wife of Shreveport Symphony Music Director Michael Butterman, is a concert violinist having just returned from successful concerto and recital performances in Florida and Georgia. She is also a member of the Shreveport Symphony.
Ruth Drummond, principal cellist of the Shreveport Symphony and Shreveport Opera, also performs with the Baroque Artists of Shreveport and the Premier Quartet.
Gay Grosz, piano faculty with the Hurley School of Music, is principal pianist with the Shreveport Symphony and performs with the Baroque Artists of Shreveport.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Blanc et Noir Marching Society, Shreveport, planning to lead the Krewe of Highland parade on Sun, Feb 3, 2008; now open for membership
Blanc et Noir has no floats. Nor do we sponsor a ball. We simply hire a New Orleans second-line style brass band, put on motley costumes and face paint, and parade ahead of the Krewe of Highland Parade.
Dues for 2008 are $30 per person for adults and teens. The money goes to pay the brass band.
This is a eclectic krewe: artists, dancers, bohemians, Carnival fans and people who simply want one day a year to have a ball are equally welcome. The basic costume is an umbrella plus a decorated black and white suit. But these are themes, not rules. All costume styles are welcome.
Blanc et Noir is proud to be diverse in age, ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status.
There will be a photo shoot for The Times in early December. Our parade date is Sun, Feb 3, 2008. There will probably be a few gatherings along the way.
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Friday, November 02, 2007
Ellen Soffer, Pamela Hamilton, Roshanda Spears, Ashley Havird, Kermit Poling are Arts Fellowship awardees for 07
awards ceremony at artspace, says Pam Atchison. The awarded?
Multidisciplinary - Pamela A. Hamilton
Visual Arts - Ellen Soffer
Dance - Roshanda Spears
Literary - Ashley Mace Havird (also awarded SRAC fellowship in 2000)
Music - Kermit Poling (also awarded SRAC fellowship in 1996)
Fellowship winners get a $2000 grant. View the applications and deadline online at shrevearts.org. Previous winners are eligible, by the way, to reapply after five years.
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Line-up for the Dharma Bums reading at 846 Tex at 7 pm on Sat, Nov 3
Kevin Meaux - Walt Whitman & original material
Michael Steinberg - Jack Kerouac & Carolyn Cassady & original work
Noma Fowler-Sandlin - reading Allen Ginsberg & original work
Kevin Willey - William S. Burroughs
Charles Stein - Charles Olson
Laura Flett - Denise Levertov
Michael Harold - R. Buckminster Fuller and original work
Sara Hebert and Chris Jay - audio/visual piece inspired by female Beat Generation writers
Robert Trudeau - Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Adrienne Palmer - original work
Pam Peak - Allen Ginsberg
Michael Parker - Bob Kaufman
Steven Soffer - Jack Micheline and Tuli Kupferberg
Joanna Ballard - Joyce Johnson and Kerouac (with Michael Parker) Steve Parker - Frank O'Hara
Debbie Buchanan Engle - Anne Waldman
Uriah Oxford - Jack Kerouac
Chris Lyon and Luke Lee, videography
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Multicultural Center of the South presents an exhibit by sculptor Matt DeFord; reception Thurs, Nov 1, 5:30 pm
DeFord completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2004 at Kansas State University, Manhattan, and also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from Brigham Young University. His work has been exhibited in several locations including New Jersey, New Mexico, Kansas and Canada.
Reception 5:30 to 7 pm Thurs, Nov 1.
401 Texas
Dia de los Muertos on King's Highway: art show at Jackrabbit Lounge curated by Conchita Iglesias-McElwee; Fri, Nov 2, 8 pm
But the Jackrabbit Lounge, site of the show, is no ordinary rock bar; it's a thrift-chic mutant room. The Jackrabbit is the spawn of David Nelson's Zebra Room and the lepidal brain of manager Jen Wasson.
Please see an earlier sptBlog post on the Jackrabbit Lounge.
Angela Harris in East Texas Hot Links, LSUS Black Box Theater Nov 2, 3 and 4 at 8 pm
It's summer, 1955, in the piney woods of East Texas; local men wander into Charlesetta's Top o' the Hill Cafe almost every night for comfort, solace and companionship. Times are changing, but the Klan is still active. This night, Delmus wants to celebrate getting a new job but the other regulars are skeptical.
Costumes and lighting designed by Mary Jarzabek. Set designed by Charles Montgomery and Mary Jarzabek. Sound effects and special properties designed by Chris Pierce.
LSUS Black Box Theatre ~ Bronson Hall, #111
Nov 2, 3 & 4 at 8 p.m.
$12 in advance/$15 at the door
$8 for Students/Educators/Seniors/Military
Mature themes and language; recommended for age 13 and older.
Times writer Donecia Pea profiled the cast in a recent piece.


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Farm Fresh: Corn adds crunch to light barley salad Thursday, August 30, 2001 By Betsy Kline, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
Why sweat hot suppers in an even hotter August?
Sometimes a cool salad is just the ticket; something not too filling and light on the palate.
Not all salads are green affairs of lettuce. If you've had your fill of rabbit food, try this Barley Corn Confetti Salad. It has the wonderful toothsome chew of grain and the satisfying crunch of tiny chunks of vegetable, sweetened by fresh corn and the perky tang of Umeboshi vinegar. We had never heard of this Japanese plum vinegar before, but after tasting it, we'll be using it a lot.
If you don't want to use the Umeboshi, red wine vinegar will make a good substitute. Pearl barley will give you a different texture, but avoid quick-cooking barley, because it will be too mushy.
It takes about an hour to cook the unpearled barley, so try to do it earlier in the day when you can step out of the steamy kitchen. Microwave (3 to 4 minutes on high for two ears wrapped in a single layer of husk) or boil the corn. Mix all your ingredients and then allow the finished salad to sit in the refrigerator where the flavors can meld.
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by Ken Newquist / March 3, 2010
Good news -- Nuketown Radio Active did not see its shadow, and has emerged from its winter hiatus with an episode that looks at my new gaming room, runs down the video games I've been playing, and talks about the comic book companies you should be following on Twitter.
Getting the Show
There are several ways to get the podcast:
- Download the MP3 directly
- Subscribe to the podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically)
- Subscribe via iTunes (you need iTunes installed on your computer for this to work)
Show Notes
- Nuketown News
- Game Room rev 3
- The last two months have seen us hard at work on our 3rd floor (my game room, my wife's craft room)
- New carpet, new lights, new desks, new shelves and (hopefully) a new TV for gaming, DVD watching.
- A huge, time-consuming project but oh-so-worth-it.
- Check out the photos on Flickr.
- Game Room rev 3
- Promo: Accidental Survivors
- My Gaming Life
- Dragon Age: Origins ... continued
- Rebooted with a new character after I discovered that a town was destroyed ... taking with it two NPCs.
- Mass Effect 2
- Sequel to Bioware's SF RPG; this iteration feels more linear, and less RPG-like as it loses its inventory system (making the whole thing very Rainbow 6 like.
- Return to D&D 4E: Revenge of the Giants
- My gaming group's playing D&D 4E again thanks to Revenge of the Giants, a megamodule involving a planar threat and (of course) lots of giants.
- I reviewed the megamodule as part of The Tome podcast; the show should be up soon.
- Dragon Age: Origins ... continued
- Promo: RPG Podcasts
- Netheads
- Comic Companies on Twitter
- @darkhorsecomics Because they publish Star Wars: Legacy, gave Star Wars: KOTOR a great run & are launching a new SW title
- @marvel and @agent_m because they got the value of Twitter from the beginning and are amusing reads
- @Dc_Nation Follow for a steady stream of DC Comics news, but don't expect the robot to talk back.
- @Wildstorm The feed for the DC line that does Twitter better than its parent company.
- Comic Companies on Twitter
- Promo: SFF Audio
- Outro
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"Our responsibility as a school district is to ensure that every child in every corner of our community is provided the excellent education that they deserve." - Please read Superintendent Scheer's latest letter to the community.
KidsPak provides weekend food packs to over 600 TSD students throughout the school year.
Meetings are being held in multiple locations throughout the district.
The money for the gift cards was raised through the group's "Dine Out with Heart" program.
The team at TVHS will receive their official banner at a celebration breakfast scheduled for April 6th.
The honor was bestowed by the Colorado Congress of Foreign Languages.
This was Bill Reed Middle School's 11th year of empowering students with an opportunity to assist other children.
Students are learning the standard approach to CPR that the American Heart Association has successfully implemented in other school programs across the nation. Instructors are also teaching how to use an AED device.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM 1st/2nd Music Program
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM March Student Birthday Celebration
PARCC Testing 3rd, 4th, 5th
4:00 PM - 10:00 PM Domino's Night
Spirit Day "Twin Day"
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 17/18 Kindergarten Parent Meeting
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM K Music Program
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PARRC Testing 4th, 5th
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7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Volunteer Breakfast
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Aamir Khan's special Christmas treat
You may ask why such an experienced actor would feel the butterflies in the stomach before the release of his film. Well, the way Aamir aggressively promotes Ghajini shows that he is excited and at the same time curious. The fact is, he has taken up an action film after doing a string of romantic and offbeat films. So, the actor will be curious to know the response of the audience.
The Perfectionist has created curiosity amongst the public, especially film lovers and his fans. His eight-pack abs is something movie goers would be looking forward to see. In fact, his peculiar hairdo itself created lots of hype.
Another secret package of the film is its leading lady. Nothing much has been heard about the South Indian actress Asin, who is making debut in Bollywood through this film. It was even reported that director Murugadoss and Aamir have asked the actress to keep away from any public appearances until the film hits the theatres.
Well, everything about Ghajini sounds good as of now but its true colour will appear only when it hits the theatres. Are you ready for the Aamir's Christmas treat?


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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
My fake past rears up its ugly head again
If you've been reading this blog long enough, then you know that some nasty people in my high school had spread lies about me long long ago (if you just stumbled here, here are the back stories: "On real and made-up reputations" and "Misunderstood"). If you had known me then and if you know me now, you'd know those rumors were beyond ridiculous. That's why I never go to our high school reunions. I don't see the point of seeing useless and malicious people again.
Well, a long-lost guy classmate emailed me last night that at a recent mini-reunion, apparently I became the subject of conversation. Apparently, they discussed how I'm pregnant... again! Like, they don't even know how many pregnancies I've had. Well! Just to clear things up, this is my very very first pregnancy and because of my endometriosis, I never even thought I could become pregnant so if any of you hear that this is my nth pregnancy, please laugh your head off.
I wish I could laugh my head off. I used to be able to. But now that I'm going to have a kid, I don't want some stranger telling him that his mom had many pregnancies or had a wild past. It's okay if it were true but since it isn't, it's just cruel.
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Those people... hindi nila naiisip na pwedeng mangyari yan sa mga anak nila no. before I do something, I step back and think, "Wait, is this something that I want somebody to do to my kid (kahit wala pa akong anak) or brothers? How would I feel? What would they feel?"
Some people, they have a lot of spare time on their hands. And a lot of meanness, too.ano ba naman yan. grabe can't believe na may mga taong ganyan. if they don't have any nice things to say diba, just don't say anything. bakit kaya gustong-gusto ng mga tao pag-usapan ang buhay ng ibang tao no? weird, ang sarap sabihan ng "get a life people!!" hahaha :D
frances! i gave birth na! hahaha :D don't stress over that noh, it's not worth it. baka mapano pa kayo ni jellybean. keep safe always.Rachel, haaaaaay, sinabi mo! Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. So siguro kaya nila ako pinag-uusapan kasi wish lang nila na pag-usuapan din sila. Kais di sila interesting enough para pag-usapan!!! =P
Elsa, wag naman... Really bad case of LBM lang!
Chuboink!!! Andyan na si Nathalie!!!
Askmewhats, don't get mad na =) I know. They're so... high school. Got stuck there! Ahahaha!
Teeyah, I think what they gain from it is the ugly pleasure of tearing down other people to make themselves look good in their own eyes. Sad. I feel better na! =)I can pretty relate to what you wrote Frances. But in my case, I was being tongue lashed by a girl who thinks she's like God. Of course, it is indeed hurtful and cruel but then one thing keeps me strong:
Most of what's being said about you by other people doesn't really say about who you are. It says more about who THEY are--unconsciously.People talk a lot of crap....you don't have to see these people, thank God. You have a good life, a good job, a good husband and now you're having a child. You have to just try to tune these people out but at least you can see that they're objectively not inhibiting you or affecting your life in anyway, except for the fact that they help you shun bad company.
ReplyDeleteWhen i was in highschool i really felt the same way (even college and law school).. that I wished that someone, somewhere in the world understood how i feel... it was you all along. rumors about me circulated, too, that i considered transferring. i fret the same things would surface out once i have child. i don't care about me.. it's really what my children would think of me that i'm scared of..
haii.. i just wish my some part of my past remain where it should be, the past.
i admire you though for keeping it strong... :)Glaiza, Crickette, Hypermom... AMEN!
WendyB, you're so funny! But sarcasm, sadly, is alien to Filipinos. If I say that, I am sure he'll spread that around!!!
NeuroChiq, McLaren, you're right. What gets me is high school is like a gazillion years ago. I had to be reminded about who these people were ("Who's that again? What did she look like?"). So it's kinda weird that they haven't moved on. Sad.
Shen, but that's the thing--that isn't your past! It's just something that evil people created. It's not true!I was also a victim of ugly rumors made by malicious people. I actually found out that a heterosexual guy started it. Parang locker room talk and he exaggerated things. Males can be vicious gossips. Don't worry about your child finding out bad things about you from other people. I can tell you're a nurturing person and I know someday your child won't think anything that bad can possibly be true about his mom.


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They are the most unlikely couple in showbiz, but Millie Mackintosh and Professor Green have announced they are engaged.
The Made in Chelsea star broke the news that the 29-year-old rapper had proposed to her on Twitter, posting a photo of her engagement ring and tweeting: "At my favourite restaurant in the whole wide world and then…If I could scream loud enough for the whole world to hear I would."
Professor Green, 29, whose real name is Stephen Manderson, said he'd been celebrating by going on a shopping spree in Paris, while his 23-year-old future bride admitted on Twitter that she was nursing a headache after too much champagne.
Green also tweeted: "If the response to my next album could be this warm and wonderful that'd be great, thanks :) x"
Camilla "Millie" Mackintosh, whose great-great grandfather invented Quality Street, has been dating the rapper from Hackney, East London since December 2011.
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THE prices of hydrocarbons, minerals and agricultural commodities have been on a veritable roller-coaster. While commodity prices are always more variable than those for manufactured goods and services, commodity markets over the past five years have seen extraordinary, almost unprecedented, volatility.
Countries that specialise in the export of oil, copper, iron ore, wheat, coffee, or other commodities have been booming, but they are highly vulnerable. US dollar commodity prices could plunge at any time, as a result of a new recession, an increase in real interest rates in the United States, fluctuations in climate, or random sector-specific factors.
Countries that have outstanding debt in US dollars or other foreign currencies are especially vulnerable. If their export revenues were to plunge relative to their debt-service obligations, the result could be crises reminiscent of Latin America's in 1982 or the Asian and Russian currency crises of 1997-1998.
Many developing countries have made progress since the 1990s in shifting from US dollar-denominated debt toward foreign direct investment and other types of capital inflows, or in paying down their liabilities altogether. But some commodity exporters still seek ways to borrow that won't expose them to excessive risk.
Commodity bonds may offer a neat way to circumvent these risks. Exporters of any particular commodity should issue debt that is denominated in terms of the price of that commodity, rather than in dollars or any other currency. Jamaica, for example, would issue aluminum bonds; Nigeria would issue oil bonds; Sierra Leone would issue iron-ore bonds; and Mongolia would issue copper bonds. Investors would be able to buy Guatemala's coffee bonds, Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa bonds, Liberia's rubber bonds, Mali's cotton bonds; and Ghana's gold bonds.
The advantage of such bonds is that in the event of a decline in the world price of the underlying commodity, the debt-to-export ratio need not rise. The cost of debt service adjusts automatically, without the severe disruption that results from loss of confidence, crisis, debt restructuring, and so forth.
The idea is not new. So, why has it not been tried before? When one asks finance ministers in commodity-exporting debtor countries, they frequently reply that they fear insufficient demand for commodity bonds.
That is a surprising proposition, given that commodity bonds have an obvious latent market, rooted in real economic fundamentals. After all, steel companies have an inherent need to hedge against fluctuations in the price of iron ore, just as airlines and utilities have an inherent need to hedge against fluctuations in the price of oil.
Each of these commodities is an important input for major corporations. Surely there is at least as much natural demand for commodity bonds as there is for credit-default swaps and some of the bizarrely complicated derivatives now traded.
It takes liquidity to make a market successful, and it can be difficult to get a new one started until it achieves a certain critical mass. The problem may be that there are not many investors who want to take a long position on oil and Nigerian credit risk simultaneously.
A multilateral agency such as the World Bank could play a critical role in launching a market in commodity bonds. The fit would be particularly good in those countries where the bank is already lending money.
Here is how it would work. Instead of denominating a loan to Nigeria in terms of dollars, the bank would denominate it in terms of the price of oil and lay off its exposure to the world oil price by issuing that same quantity of bonds denominated in oil.
If the bank lends to several oil-exporting countries, the market for oil bonds that it creates would be that much larger and more liquid. This pooling function would be particularly important in cases where there are different grades or varieties of the product (as with oil or coffee), and where prices can diverge enough to make an important difference to the exporters.
An alternative for some commodity exporters is to hedge their risk by selling on the futures market. But an important disadvantage of derivatives is their short maturity. A West African country with newly discovered oil reserves needs to finance exploration, drilling, and pipeline construction, which means that it needs to hedge at a horizon of 10-20 years, not 90 days.
Another disadvantage of derivatives is that they require a high degree of sophistication, technical and political. In the event of an increase in a commodity's price, a finance minister who has done a perfect job of hedging export-price risk on the futures market will suddenly be accused of having gambled away the national patrimony. This principal-agent problem is much diminished in the case of commodity bonds.
If the international financial wizards can get together and act on this idea now, commodity exporters might be able to avoid calamity the next time the world price of their product takes a plunge. The World Bank should take up the cause.
Jeffrey Frankel is professor of capital formation and growth at Harvard University. Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2011.


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IRVINE â" Last season, Shelby Barkley had to watch the fourth quarter of Riverside Poly's loss in the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 girls water polo championship from the bench after she picked up her third exclusion of the match.
Barkley made amends for last season's disappointing finish, as she scored a pair of fourth-quarter goals to spearhead Poly to a 15-10 victory over Downey Warren in this year's championship.
âThese are tears of joy and happiness this year,â Barkley said. âLast year, the tears were those of frustration. None of us wanted to have to experience that again.â
Warren (23-10) scored the opening goal of the fourth quarter to draw even with a little more than six minutes left in the match.
âWe knew they wouldn't just go away,â Poly coach Mike Cardey said. âThey kept battling back. We just had to find a way to answer back.â
And that's exactly what Poly did, scoring five consecutive goals to close Saturday morning's match at Woollett Aquatics Center.
Barkley helped the Bears regain the lead with 5:43 remaining when she scored on a power play. Poly (27-5) turned the ball over on the next possession, but Barkley pounced and swiped the ball from the goalkeeper. She scored again to extend the lead to 12-10.
Jacqueline Bywater scored on a penalty shot about one minute later, and Lauren Bywater added another goal with three minutes to go. Jacqueline Bywater capped the run with a goal at the 1:41 mark.
The victory was a satisfying career finish for the squad's six seniors.
âIt's a sad feeling in that this was the last match we'll play together,â Julie Swieca said. âBut it feels great going out as the champions.â
Poly caught a break when Kayla Casas, Warren's top scorer, got her third exclusion with two minutes left in the third quarter, forcing her to the bench for the rest of the match. Casas scored nine goals in the semifinals, but she had only two Saturday.
Warren was held scoreless over the final six minutes and missed an opportunity to stop Poly's momentum when it went a man up midway through the fourth quarter. Stephany Velazquez fired a shot at the cage, but Keana Eldridge came up with the field block.
Goalkeeper Madelynn Knust had two saves during the final minutes to help secure the win. Knust finished with eight saves.
Eldridge was a standout with superb 2-meter defense. She cut off Warren's interior offense and also finished with three field blocks.
âThat's what I'm known for,â Eldridge said of her defense. âThe key is having faith that everyone else is doing their job on defense.â
Barkley, Swieca and the Bywater sisters all finished with three goals. Sara Dempsey scored twice, and Eldridge added one goal.
âThat's the kind of balanced attack that we've had all season long,â Cardey said. âIt's what made us a difficult team to play defense against.â


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By Melanie Kahl
Designers are privileged to work within a fascinating collision of fields at a time when the conversation could not be more pertinent. The intersection of design and education is ripe for exploration –– its metaphors, roles, spaces, and philosophies. These worlds have a lot to learn from one another.
The design field covers the gamut of industries in art and science of making ideas, mindsets, and methodologies tangible. And the education world comprises a collection of formal and informal institutions focused on cultivating and refining skills and knowledge. In our ever-accelerating and complex world, the fields of education and design are a powerful combination.
Bringing ideas to life is inherently empowering. And solving design problems with a community or team and seeing their immediate impact is that much more compelling. This simple and powerful act of creation is where we will begin our exploration recasting the role of students, teachers, parents, and education leaders as designers.
In fact, the classroom is a strong platform on which to tap into the principles of design practice: what can the classroom learn from the studio, and maybe more importantly, what can education stakeholders––students, teachers, parents, activists, entrepreneurs –- learn from the role of the designer? How does recasting one's role transform the way one approaches problems, teams, and one's own practice?
In this series, we will explore what it means to export various lenses of design in learning settings. From empowerment to empathy and iteration to co-creation–– how might we better illuminate this fertile intersection of design and learning?
Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller, co-founders of Project H Design, launched Studio H, a "design/build" curriculum to spark student-driven community development through real-world projects in rural North Carolina and Berkeley, California. In the Bertie, North Carolina program, students designed and built parts of their own school and other important structures in the community. In Berkeley, Studio H is headquartered at and integrated into both the learning and community at Realm Charter School.
"I started Project H out of a frustration with the design world and then serendipitously discovered that a lot of the things that I felt were lost in my own design practice could be really interesting inserted into a public education classroom," she said.
Pilloton, who gave a compelling TED talk about her work in North Carolina, said that in her experience working with youth both urban and rural, there is a common thread – the power of design to be a transformative personal learning experience.
"The biggest thing that design gives students is this amazing sense of possibility," she said. "Especially at an age in high school when you're starting to feel bogged down––by family, college, friends, peer pressure, grades – you name it– it is a time when things feel heavy on your shoulders. Design opens different doors. We saw this in students in Bertie –- this wide-eyed look in seeing a chicken coop come to life, or being at the opening ceremony of a farmers' market that they designed and built for their community –- there is this amazing sense that everything and anything is possible.
Alex Gilliam of Public Workshop knows what it takes to be a "cheerleader of possibility" — it's written in his mission statement. Public Workshop is empowering teens through design across the U.S. — from its home base in Philadelphia to the Bronxto the neighborhoods of Chicago. This summer, Gilliam partnered with Demoiselle 2 Femme, a holistic young women's empowerment program on Chicago's South Side, to create a Community Design Leadership Boot Camp. A 'doing' camp, this design-build workshop focused on active learning, with the premise that young adults are strong agents of change in their community. After two weeks, countless community interviews and interventions, a spontaneous sidewalk fundraiser on a corner more known for drug deals than lemonade stands, and countless exchanges with curious passersby –– a whimsical, colorful playspace was born.
"It's about that ownership. When you're building something, the fact that it's tangible and visible and that you can see a direct manifestation of your efforts is huge," Gilliam said. "It is cataclysmically different. Their sense of self efficacy and power was through the roof. They develop a new swagger, but also a tenacity that they didn't have."
In Gilliam's and Pilloton's work to activate teens, we discover that the magic of design in a learning setting is empowerment. "At the most basic level, when you are not specifically trying to churn out designers, [design thinking and design] is really about empowerment," Gilliam said. Empowerment emanates from the dynamic pairing of possibility and agency, ownership and impact, and the right tools and critical thought to make it all happen.
This process of seeing possibility and acting upon it is a central concept in critical and engaged pedagogy. It is easy to get excited about the novelty of design and designers in an education setting. But in many ways, the intersection of design and learning is more natural than novel. It illuminates the innately empowering and democratic power that is true learning. In a time when critical and constructive educational theories are threatened, our attention to design thinking in the classroom is crucial.
The sense of possibility and efficacy that student designers feel, "that is priceless," says Pilloton. From a designer who finds herself in the classroom, it's the point: "If I can provide that [sense of possibility] to every student that comes through our doors, then I think I will have done my job."
Melanie Kahl is a learning and design strategist with The Third Teacher+ team, a learning design consultancy at Cannon Design. She also acts as a communication architect, experience designer, and organizational and policy specialist. Melanie is particularly interested in the ways in which the design of learning programs and places can act as a catalyst for community development. Her writing has appeared in FastCo Design, American School & University, and The Creativity Post.
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We have a surprise for you: Summer Sweet Treats Healthy Recipes!
Several of you requested recipes from our delightful kitchen, and guess what? This month, Chef Mario is happy to share his culinary wonders. Since we love you so much, here's not only one but two delicious recipes for you to cook at home!
Yes! Two new projects to enjoy with your families and loved ones this summer time. And since sweet treats in moderation are proven to help balance out anxiety and worries, we have chosen both the recipe for the gluten-free flaxseed cookies, and the delicious chocolate muffins recipe for all of those cacao true lovers! Plus we are going to share with you some of the benefits flaxseed and chocolate has to offer to your body.
Chocolate Muffins Recipe (serves 10)
2 cups Flour
1 cup Milk
1 cup Cocoa Powder
2 Eggs
18g Baking powder
½ cup Vegetable oil
¾ cup Sugar
Chopped pecans to taste for toping
Preparation Method:
Preheat oven to 350°C
Mix it all ingredients together
Pour the dough on a cupcake tray
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes
Gluten-free Flaxseed Cookies
Ingredients (for 13 cookies):
250g of butter
3 cups cornmeal
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ cup flaxseed
Preparation Method:
Preheat oven to 350°C
Pour all ingredients together in a large bowl and mix until you get a thick dough
Grease a baking tray: we recommend using coconut oil on paper towels and rub the tray until
Drop by large spoonfuls onto tray
Bake for about 10 min or until edges are nicely browned.
Flaxseeds help lower risks of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.
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Chocolate is made from plants. It contains lots of antioxidants that slow down process of aging.
– Lowers risks of heart disease
– Stimulates endorphin production
– Contains serotonin, a natural antidepressant
– Contains theobromine, caffeine and other stimulants
– It's so freaking yummy
Well there you go, now you know how to cook those delights. The only thing you can't take home is the unique feeling of eating them in our beach front restaurant. Next time you visit Xinalani, take a cooking class.
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I contacted Frank Leontitsis after my father's death in January of 2011. My father had very little in the way of worldly goods, but he did have a house, a car, some savings and bills that would need attending to when he was gone. During what turned out to be one of my last visits, Dad and I visited a lawyer and drew up a standard will--I was made executor (I had stayed closer than my other siblings) and my siblings were all part of the will. It seemed pretty cut and dried. After my father passed, and all of the funeral arrangements had been taken care of, I started contacting various entities about winding down my fathers "estate". I quickly found out that my "will" was nothing more than paper and I needed help so I contacted the lawyer who drew up the will and he failed to call me back. Feeling nervous about being the executor of the will I thought "how can I find out what's going on?" And, I live out of state. So, I went on-line and looked for lawyers who work with Estate Planning near where my dad had lived and found Frank Leontitsis. I called Frank and started talking about my issues and Frank talked to me for almost an hour and gave me wonderful advice and direction about how to proceed. One of the issues was the fact that no one was taking the will as proof of my executorship...., what was I supposed to do? Frank and I talked about what it would mean for me to hire him as my attorney in this case, how long it might take to get things settled and the fact that if I just let everything go, that eventually, the state of Florida would step in and figure things out...again, there was so little money involved and so many hassles to take care of--did I really want to take that on? I could just walk away. (I should note that during my past visits my dad and I had gone through all his personal belongings and we had presented to the other family members what mementos he wanted them to have.) My brothers and sisters told me to just let it go, but I just had a feeling that I needed to "see things through", so I hired Frank to help me through the murky mess that is "not very well planned estate-planning." The first thing Frank found out was that my will had been superseded by another will that included my dad's caregiver! That was now the "real" will. And I was still the Personal Representative! First, Frank and I explored the reality that my dad had put his caregiver, and his wife, on the will and Frank advised me to talk to an Elder Abuse lawyer just in case we might be able to get the will voided. After that discussion I decided it would be too hard to fight that battle from St Louis, and the caregiver had been a friend of Dads, so the water got very murky. After that Frank and I tackled the issues of the estate with vigor with Frank handling the details, explaining the law to me and helping me through this terrible time. Frank went out of his way, on many occasions, to help me through this. I recall one instance where Frank called the reverse mortgage company (don't ask) explaining to them that in the state of Florida I WAS the executor of the will, even though it's called Personal Representative. Frank helped me find someone to help me sell my dad's reverse mortgaged house (even though he was not hired for the real estate portion on this will.) Frank also took care of finding my dad's car, which went missing, and found a fantastic car dealership who would buy it for the estate....And Frank even had to deal with the "caregiver", the unsavory fellow that caused 99% of my problems! I get choked up just thinking about it. Frank was wonderful. He helped me through the enormous amount of paperwork, kept me sane when things got held up in court or with banks and negotiated bills down for me. I was glad when it was all over, and I couldn't have done any of it without Frank.


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Dag is lamb spotting. There! There!
Eddi is taking it easy after the day's work.
One of the cats purring in it's usual matter.
And somebody peeking around the corner :)
More of my country house flowers doing good in the windows.
And a carnation bud that fell off a bigger bouquet made it into bloom.
Yes, it is ineed amazing how much stuff you can drop into a watering can...
So did my sun flowers as well.
And a bunch of other flowers that had seemingly died once this summer already.
We'll basically only come here in the weekends now and I pretty much have every weekend booked (shows and such) until November (it'll be a lot of back-and-forth coming up, uh) so these will just get to take care of themselves from now on.


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d-i-y minimalist planters made of file cabinets
Now that we have a terrace with a fatso view, we've been looking at minimalist planter options and found this image of a cool one at Houzz: a four cabinet file cabinet with drawers removed, turned on its back. It is one of a series of file cabinet planters made by Minimis and has a pricetag of nearly $800. Yikes! So we poked around for other options and found several people had the same idea. Check out this d-i-y before-and-after we found at Pretty Shiny Things:
The boxes are lined with plywood…
Faye at You Are the River took a slightly different approach; she discovered that "all you really need to make a file cabinet into a planter is a piece of wood cut to fit the open bottom. I also drilled holes in what will be the new bottom so water can properly drain"
…and gives some interesting trial-and-error-won info about painting them (white didn't work)…(Click here for how-to spray paint a file cabinet – basically sand, prime, spray paint with the toughtest paint you can find). We like her idea of elevating one or two on concrete block…
They looks as good as high end ones!
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Right now, two bays of parking are available on the west side of the South Lot in front of Wells Fargo Sports Complex. Once the contractor is able to pull his equipment in closer to the Engineering Building site, another bay of parking will open in this lot, for an addition of roughly 60 more spaces. Pictured at left is the expected status for this parking lot and construction site throughout this winter. Illustration provided by Facilities. Click here for a larger version.
Meanwhile, an analysis of spaces within the fenced area in the North Lot behind GHH shows that moving all this gear will open up 104 spaces. The new shuttle stop in this lot will take up four spots, and cutting the curb will eat two more. But an additional 30 parking spots will be available outside of the fenced area as Facilities continues to relocate its equipment to allow more parking in this lot.


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Flags row masks failure to tackle the real issues
While politicians obsess over emblems where are the campaigns to highlight child poverty and the crisis in the economy, asks Micheal Martin
I have come to Twitter relatively recently. I can't claim to be a convert yet, but I can see its usefulness as a way to get instant feedback and get a quick sense for how the people who use it feel about breaking news.
One example was last Monday night, when I took to the platform to share an initial view on the appalling scenes emerging from Belfast after the City Council vote on the flying of the Union flag.
My tweet was fairly straightforward: "The news coming out of Belfast this pm is depressing. Northern political and news agenda taken over by a dispute over when to fly a flag."
In response, I got a lot of supportive messages, but what struck me most was the tone of much of the criticism that was coming from Belfast. It was summed up best by one correspondent who took my message as confirmation that I wanted to raise the British flag over the city hall in my native Cork.
It's clearly an idiotic assertion to make to a life long member of Ireland's republican party, but for me it summed up a problem which has been developing over recent years and one I've been trying to draw attention to over the last 12 months. It's also a problem which I think has come to the fore in a sickening and depressing way on the streets of Belfast over the course of the last week.
The problem as I see it is this — if politics is not demonstrably and tangibly about making people's quality of life better in Northern Ireland, politics very quickly reverts to being about flags, emblems, parades and all the things that have defined public life for far too many people for far too long.
If loyalist gangs are able to burn the offices of political opponents, issue death threats, close schools early and cause economic havoc in the run-up to Christmas without sanction, all ostensibly in support of a proposition from unionist parties that was democratically defeated in Belfast City Council, there's something very seriously wrong within the leadership of unionism.
Similarly, if republican politics in the North has not evolved beyond the point where a change in the timetable for flying a British flag and the naming of playgrounds are celebrated as major victories, it should raise serious question marks over what leadership is being given and how much serious thought is going into defining republicanism in a post-GFA world.
That is of course unless, at some level, it suits the dominant leadership of unionist and nationalist blocks for a society and its media and its political establishment to continue to be seized by images and rhetoric of flags and emblems.
Is it entirely unreasonable to worry that arguments about flags and emblems are tacitly encouraged as a distraction from the fact that politicians are not delivering on issues that make a difference to the quality of people's lives? Those who are interested in politics wonder where are campaigns highlighting the fact Northern Ireland suffers unforgivably high levels of child poverty and economic inactivity?
At home in Cork, my wife and I have friends who run a small Irish crafts business. It's a precarious enough existence, but their income each year is essentially earned in the few weeks running up to Christmas. I thought of them on Sunday when I heard that the excellent Continental Market was forced to close for a time the previous day. How many families are quietly and helplessly seeing their livelihoods being threatened as this failure of politics continues?
When the Fianna Fail leader expresses an opinion on what is happening in this part of Ireland, predictable and equally bogus criticism follows from both of the dominant political parties in Stormont.
Hopefully, this time, both blocs will look past who is making the argument and consider instead what is being said — can they look at what has happened and ask themselves, is this really what the peace process was designed to deliver?
Micheal Martin TD is the leader of Fianna Fail
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