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If you're dead set on the Army, this may help.
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This is a discussion on Well, 1 year until I graduate within the Law Enforcement, Military & Homeland Security Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Wanted 11b, but that's a no go (color dumb). A friend suggested 31c (jokingly called it 31colorblind b/c over half the AIT unit or whatever ...
Wanted 11b, but that's a no go (color dumb). A friend suggested 31c (jokingly called it 31colorblind b/c over half the AIT unit or whatever was color dumb as well) and with that he said I would most likely be attached to a combat unit. 31C no longer exists, they merged it with like 31N or something. I will go through OCS if I get the opportunity for sure.
If you're dead set on the Army, this may help.
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Well, life as an enlisted man with a college degree is interesting to say the least, and something to consider, I can discuss the merits and pitfalls of it later with you if you want, quality of life is something to consider, OCS is a very good choice.
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buckeye, I'd be most appreciative of your input, and a sincere thankyou to everyone who has chimed in so far. More advice is always welcome.
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
No disrespect intended here.
+1 to what jarhead79 said.
It depends, as others have said, on what you want to get out of it I guess. But, before you decide, do this:
As you drive around town over the next few weeks, look around and count window stickers on the cars of veterans. Keep in mind that the Marine Corps is and always has been the smallest branch of the armed forces, employing only a few compared to the others.
You will see a few stickers from the Army, Airborne, etc. Maybe one or two from the Navy. Probably zero from the AF. But, you'll see a lot of old former Marines with the tell tale sticker on their bumper or in the back window.
There's a reason for that.
If they won't let you in, then go Airborne Ranger if you wanna learn to fight.
Depends on what you want. For high tech, USAF or NAVY.
When you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts & minds will follow. Semper Fi.
Semper Fi
"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
The Marine Corps is absolutely the proudest service. However, I've said it before and I'll say it again, "If you are trying to pick between the Marine Corps and any other branch, pick the other branch; there is only one reason to become a Marine and that is to be a Marine."
The preceding post may contain sarcasm; it's just better that way. However, it is still intended with construction and with the Love of my L-rd Y'shua.
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I was in the Navy. I was in military intell and worked with all the services in one way or another. Even foreign services, canada, britian, aussies, italians.
With the marines, I had the greatest respect for them and they were a great bunch of people. I've told myself if i could do it over again, I would go either Army or Marines. Navy in the mid 90's didn't really full fill my "militaristic" need.
the marines got that respect from the foreigners as well, they are known world wide.
thank you for your decision to serve. you won't regret it.
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The Navy and Air force have more specialty occupations as far as computer and electronic stuff also all the stuff that goes with keeping bases running what you have to ask yourself is will you do 4, 6 or 30 years and what skill you want to be able to take into the civilian job market.Army and Marines are also in there,I think the Marines have more esprit de corps than the others
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I am in the same boat as you Silent but me the choice is easy 3 gen of Airforce running thru my blood and one thing Im extremely proud of was grand dad was a Chief
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I respect that.... you should be an officer when you start.
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USMC.....helping enemies of America die for their countries since 1775
Good luck with whatever you decide, and thank you for your impending service!
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Many of you have asked what it is I want out of the military. Well I will have a BA in communication going into the military (I did things backwards I suppose), but technical skill or making myself marketable/employable while in the military is not really my main goal. My main goal is to serve my country, travel, and get paid to jump out of planes and blow stuff up (i.e. I hate desk jobs, and have always been an adrenaline junkey). This is why the AF/Navy does not really appeal to me.
I've got about 3 weeks before school starts, so I figured I'd meet with one recruiter each week and research that branch.
I appreciate all the advice!
Well, if jumping out of planes is something you are set on, Army will be a lot easier to make that happen. Most if not all of the Marine slots to Airborne school go to MARSOC.
Blowing stuff up we do get to do though, even us lowly old grunts. Also the Marines will have you travel, just to nowhere any sane person wants to go.
With a college degree and at least 4 years of active duty, you become very marketable for a whole plethora of jobs.
Fortes Fortuna Juvat
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This is an unopened case of Frank Kozik's x Kidrobots first Labbit series from 2004. Labbit is a smoking, unshaven rabbit character created by pop artist Frank Kozik in 1996. Originally premiering in Kozik's nineties rock poster art, Labbit and his signature butthole first appeared as toys in Japan in 2000 with Bounty Hunter, then were adopted by Kidrobot in 2003 who have produced over 150 variations. This beloved chain smoker is a born classic. But who cares. Labbit doesn't.
This 1" Labbit series features some of the rarest Labbits from this long running series.
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Sealed factory case of 25 boxed figures.
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Preparation Time: A few min.
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6 tbsp khus syrup
6 tsp lemon juice
6 tsp falooda seeds (sabja) (optional)
6 bottles (200 ml. each) lemonade /sprite /soda
crushed ice
1.Soak the falooda seeds in 1 1/2 teacups of water for 1 hour.
2.In a tall glass, pour 1 tablespoon of khus syrup, and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Then pour one bottle lemonade.
3.Top with the falooda seeds and crushed ice. Repeat for the remaining glasses.
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From High School to College...
Written by freshman outside hitter, Kara Lindstedt
Hi, I am Kara Lindstedt and a freshman this year from Shoreview, Minnesota. One thing that lots of people ask us freshman is "How is college volleyball different from high school volleyball?" The only answer I have been able to come up with is they are not comparable at all. Being a Division I student-athlete, it is about so much more than just being a volleyball player. We are expected to maintain good grades (with help from our academic night life, i.e. Study Tables!), strength train, and be intelligent about our opponents. Then you have the skills of volleyball which are divided into our team concepts and individual development. We have team practices, but we also have small group sessions, which are much more individually and technically focused. In high school, we had team practices and that was about it.
As a Division I student-athlete, we log more hours than just the hours we spend in the gym. For example, in order for us to know our opponents, we watch game film on them. We study the other teams we are going to play and take notes that coaches give us on things to look for or areas of their game we can take advantage of. Then you have weight training which in-season has not been too bad. We lift one or two times a week, but I have been told many stories about our spring season and I am excited (as well as a little afraid!) to experience it. From what I know the sessions will be more often with a little heavier lifting along with conditioning like running which is usually in the morning. Good thing I am a morning person! In addition to the two hour practices every day, we have our small groups where we get to work with other players in our position on position specific things.
Then you just have the differences in your team. Your high school team is made up of people who live in the same area so they are basically on the team based on geography. Here at Green Bay we all (some more than others) are from different areas, which makes our practices way more intense than high school because everyone on this team is here for a reason - they are good at volleyball. You also spend soooo much time with each other, so your teammates really do become family - "Ohana". In high school, you may not be friends with all your teammates, but here I enjoy all of my teammates because during preseason I got to know each one of them not only as my teammate but as my friend. Each of us chose to come to UW-Green Bay, so we automatically have that as a common bond. Then you have the long bus rides to our conference matches which just add to all the bonding time, nothing like a 10-hour bus ride to add to the stories!
Making that leap from high school to college volleyball has been a big change in every aspect of the game. I always knew the game was going to be faster, but it has been all the little things that I never really thought about until I actually was going through it all. But I feel good about the commitment I have made to play Division I volleyball - having a teamroom we can call home, a team you can call family, not to mention the feeling of putting on that jersey and knowing, the wait and stress about choosing a college was totally worth it because I can't see myself at any other school!


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- Cupcakes:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons orange zest
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- Frosting:
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- Pinch of salt
Nutrition Information
- calories 378
- fat 17 g
- satfat 10 g
- protein 3 g
- carbohydrate 55 g
- fiber 1 g
- cholesterol 77 mg
- sodium 133 mg
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
Make cupcakes: In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter, sugar and orange zest until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Scrape down sides of bowl. Beat in half of flour mixture, until just combined. Beat in buttermilk and orange juice, then beat in remaining flour mixture until just combined (do not overmix).
Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake until light golden brown and a toothpick inserted in center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool cupcakes in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan to rack to cool completely.
Make frosting: Beat butter, vanilla and milk together with an electric mixer until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Gradually add confectioners' sugar and beat on medium speed until combined. Raise speed to high and beat until fluffy and easy to spread, about 5 minutes. Frost cupcakes and serve.


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New streaming radio gains traction in Seattle; Ballard venues onboard
The concert industry has taken a giant step forward with a new streaming radio station that provides a platform where musicians can share their music.
DeliRadio is a three-year-old startup based in Emeryville, Calif. They went live in September of 2011 and now they have over 13,000 bands from all over the world active in their system.
Local venues like the High Dive, Sunset Tavern, Nectar Lounge and Tractor Tavern have adopted DeliRadio, donning their own streaming stations online.
So how does it work? Participating bands that play at the venue appear in the audio stream. At no charge, musicians submit tracks or entire albums to the station for listeners to hear. Some artists upload entire collections. The stations also post their entire music line up for the month. By starting a free account, listeners can save tracks and musicians they like. Moreover, listeners also get updates for when their favorite musicians are playing at local venues.
"Artists control their presence on the radio and that's unique compared to other radio sources. They can always go in and delete music or add it as they go. Their whole persona is in their hands," said CEO of DeliRadio, Wayne Skeen.
DeliRadio aggregates all the local shows happening in the area from all participating venues and musicians, and listeners have a broad overview of the shows scheduled. Listeners can either listen to one artist or expand their
listening experience to encompass all the bands playing in Seattle.
So what the big deal? DeliRadio brings together the tour date information that other sources like JamBase provide, and combine it with the aggregation capacity of Spotify; however it's gears to bands that normally would not be heard.
Furthermore, DeliRadio recently launched an app that provides streaming wherever you are and adds a social media element where avatars appear next to bands friends like.
"Instead of playing music from the past by artists that are dead, we are playing current, mostly unheard music by bands from around the country and even the world. If you want, you can plug into the local scene in London
and hear the bands that play there."
"It's really hard for bands to get their music out there and on the other side of the equation, it's hard for audiences to know what the scene is like or how bands sound. …The radio stations let listeners hear the bands and then they can decide if they want to go to the show."
Skeen said that this unique step transforms the way people approach going to live shows especially at a local level. More over, he said its tuning people into a niche environment unheard by mainstream sources.
"What's happening at the Tractor Tavern and other venues is reality. It's real music made by real bands. Top 40 is a different deal entirely. … There is a lot more niche and local music out there and they have a need for a forum. We give listens a feel for them before they buy tickets to a show."
Skeen said that through exposing listeners to bands before they buy tickets should increase ticket sales along with overall band exposure. However, he also said its contingent on the way the individual venues promote their radio station.
Any increase in ticket sales is good news for musicians, especially after a survey released in August of 2013 reported it being the primary mode of income for musicians. Right Chord Music partnered with Farida Guitars to
find out the most viable source of income for musicians. They surveyed over 200 musicians from the United Kingdom, Australia and the US. Two thirds of the musicians were unsigned with a label or independent. The results showed that over one-half, 52 percent, reported paid live shows as the primary source of income. Digital download sales at 13 percent and CD sales at12 percent were other leading sources of income.
That's great for bands and venues, but DeliRadio needs to make an income too. Rather than charging venues for embedding and branding their radio players, DeliRadio hopes to sell sponsorship ads for each radio station. Ads will stick to around 7 seconds and be heard every 10 to 15 minutes.
"To us it makes sense that someone should sponsor Tractor Tavern Radio. Rather than having 60 different advertisers we think it makes a lot more sense to have one, which means more listening time and less interruptions."
Ryan Leyva, Production Coordinator for Tractor Tavern said that they recently signed on with DeliRadio and that it's too soon to tell if there has been an increase in tickets sales.
"I think its great idea. It's a new wave radio that auto-populates with local and national bands that would not be heard otherwise, " said Leyva.
"I think its something people will put on at home or at work. I know I'm one of them. It's pretty new thing, and it will be interested to see how it grows."
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i'm going to jamaica in a couple of weeks and wondered what you guys have done to bring liquor and beer back. is it best to bring it in your checked bag or to ship it home?
I don't really plan on bringing any beer back, but was planning on bringing some fine jamaican rum back...like 5-6 liters if possible. i'm going with a group of people, but don't want to have to rely on waiting until after customs to get my rum back....
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If you bring it in yourself, they will most likely charge customs taxes. Get others to carry some through, and you will probably not have to declare.
Picked up a six pack of Stoudts Karnival Kolsch
It's fine, not fantastic.
Attended Kate Day at The Portsmouth Brewery. Best RIS I've ever had (or beer for that matter).
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Really good
Really Really Good.
Like having brandy before dinner, beer with dinner, and coffee after dinner all at once. Probably the most complex and delicious tasting beer I have ever had. Very slow drinking though.
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Last week's selection... it's pretty tasty.
Just picked up a bottle of Jester King's Black Metal Imperial Stout. Great new brewery out of Austin. Already did a collab with Mikkeller as well.
Will drink it this weekend. I also picked up some New Belgium Le Terroir.
Had some Victory Golden Monkey. Was pretty good!!
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just picked up what is likely the last 4pk of Founders KBS in town..yay!
Flower Power from Ithaca brewing, omg this stuff is so floral and hoppy. One of the best super hoppy beers I've evr had, almost knocks DFH 90 min off my #1 slot.
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toured Dogfish Head in Milton yesterday, it was a good time.
the four beers on the sampling line were:
Midas Touch:
personally wasn't a fan of this one tasted very mainstream american to me, nothing special
raison d'etre
i've drank this before and it's a very smooth easy to drink beer but full of flavor i wasn't upset about sampling it again
Burton's Baton
not my first time for this either, full of flavor, very hoppy, very complex, the 90 Min mixed with the english strong ale is an extremely good pair
and saving the best for last
Palo Santo Marron
liked it so much i'm sampling another now
Best one I've had recently... I've had a couple in the last few weeks:
My new favorite sour. It is a lot like Eric's Ale but more fruity sort of notes of strawberry and peaches
Champagne like and very nice
Great Rye IPA and very hoppy. Really cool new brewery out of Austin
21st Amendment Monk's Blood
Brooklyn Blast IIPA
DFH Aprihop
Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti
Just went to Stoudt's Brewery and had thier Double IPA fresh off the tap goodness
Then went to Barley Creek Brewery the next day Rescue IPA my favorite when I'm home
Two days later went to Bethlem Brew Works and had some hoppy beer there, forgot the name though
Right now in the fridge i got Terrapin Hopsecutioner awesome!
@Restidentevol, I hate you, haha. That is a crazy good looking stock you got there.
I picked up some Le Terroir as well but haven't cracked it open yet. Looking forward to it.
I had a bottle of Deschutes Once a Decade Jubel 2010 in my closet that I forgot about. Man, that is good stuff. Wish I had picked up a couple more...
It is annoying. Half of the stuff in there can belong to the other sub-forums.
I haven't had anything great to drink lately. I had a Palm Red a few weeks ago. Was pretty tasty. http://www.palm.be/en/
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somehow I missed it... oh well.
New Glarus just came out with a DIPA..pretty tasty, need a few more to give it real critique
I had two different La Trappe Quad Baroques today.
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Terrapin Moo-Hoo (Chocolate Milk-Stout)
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I bought a six-pack of Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat.
I think it is awful. Chapel had said it tastes like Fruity Pebbles. I had to see if he was right. He was right. It tastes like drinking a box of this:
Now what do I do with the five remaining bottles?
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Pearl Jam - Hartford 10 | Soundgarden - Mansfield 11 | Chris Cornell - Torrington 11 | Rush - Bridgeport 12 | Soundgarden - NYC 13 | Soundgarden - Wallingford 13 | Pearl Jam - Worcester 13 | Chris Cornell - New Haven 13 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hartford 14 | Steely Dan - Wallingford 2014
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Will be a year to remember for him, I'm sure!
Isn't Pluto Rxing on Apr 15?
I have this full moon exactly conjunct my DC. All my angles will be hit in April.
Uranus will exactly square my MC about a week before the cross. Pluto will be conjunct my MC at the Apr 22 Grand Cardinal Cross, opposing Jupiter on the IC.
Hmmm...Mer/Uranus will be trine my Venus and square my MC on the eclipse. Saturn will also be Rxing within a degree of my Neptune/SN.
I am trying not to read into it, but I know it'll be a heck of a month for me, to say the least.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
My birthday is the 16th April so it's in my Solar return too so I'm thinking it's going to be a major year for me! Also Mars and Mercury are on the angles..Mars is on my SR Midheaven and on my natal Asc...and SR Mercury is on my SR IC.
The good thing is that the moon forms a grand trine in water which I think is a nice combo with the grand cross.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
anyone else out there, who'll have the eclipse straight on their ascendant...?your thoughts and plans about it?
april 14th will be a delicate date for me so I might be conditioned...
thank you for sharing
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Yes, I have this eclipse on my 24 Aries Asc, conjunct my Aries South Node!! I have gone back in time to check what events transpired the last time I had a full moon eclipse there and it was in October 1995. I got married that month. From what I remember, though, it was not exactly on the angles of my chart, but I was having a nodal return just like I am now. In a few days, Retrograde Mars (ruler of my Asc) will be hitting my North Node, so I expect a "trigger" to happen, which will give me an idea of what's coming. I completed my contract with my employer on Thursday, with no other employment opportunities banging on the door, so the decks are cleared.
My MC is 13 Cap.... so the grand square plus the eclipse means that *something's* going to happen.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
For once, these grand crosses with Uranus and Pluto are not hitting my chart. In August 2010, there was a horrible Grand Cross involving Uranus, Pluto, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and the moon which all sat directly on top of my AC, MC, DC and IC. I was wiped out. My life is sooooooo different now. And to top it off, Neptune was squaring my moon at the same time. The good thing, and the reason I'm writing, is that in hindsight, I've survived and am probably better for it all. Always keep your faith...
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@dog8818:interesting..we may be experiencing opposite issues in a specific area,because my south node is at 0 libra.both axis (asc/desc and the nodal one) are on aries-libra.In 1995 I took part in the examination which would give me my job and thus freedom from an enslaving family,it' s one meaningful event but to me it's a lot.now things have heatened up fast, because I'm called once again to sustain a broken family, and I must dramatically draw boundaries to protect my own life,still lacking love and affection I need.
I was wondering, if this all is going to hit my asc,opposing the saturn-venus conjunction(ooops, I casually forgot to mention), it could bring in some other trigger for changes I need to make in my life,starting with the persona I communicate to others,the people-pleaser....
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After months of gleaning information , I found this particular sentence pop unpleasantly more often then I could ignore. is this something worth doing a statistic for ? it was like there were certain risk to produced illustrations for LEC. just curious.
Fall of the house of Usher, with only part of the books signed by Alice Neel (1985)
Szyk did not sign his last LEC book "Arabian nights Entertainments"
She did not pass away, but Mariette Lydis irritated George Macy exceedingly in 1948/9 by going away before he could get her signature on any copies of The Turn of the Screw. As he explained in the Monthly Letter: "we have lost touch with her. We have as a result been unable to get her to place her signature upon the colophon pages: a possibly-pleasing step which we usually take with those of our books illustrated by artists who refrain from dying, or disappearing, while we are reproducing their drawings."
Prometheus Bound & Prometheus Unbound - John Farleigh
John Brown's Body - John Steuart Curry
Physiology of Taste - Sylvain Sauvage
The Revolt of the Angels - Pierre Watrin
Turn of the Screw - Mariette Lydis
The Masque of Comus and The Airs - Edmund Dulac
The History of Zadig - Sylvain Sauvage
An American Tragedy left unsigned by Ronald Marsh.
And John Austen did not sign The Faerie Queene, but didn't do much on it before his passing. Oh, and of course Rackham did not sign The Wind in the Willows.
(Edited for iPhone typos!)
5) In Pierre Watrin's case, he didn't die before publicatin; he just wasn't involved with Revolt's US edition by the George Macy Company (they licensed the pictures from a French publisher).
Willem de Kooning hadn't passed away, but he wasn't present.
In the early 1940s Macy generously commissioned the ageing, ill and impoverished Frederic Dorr Steele to redraw all his original Sherlock Holmes illustrations and provide new ones for those stories he had not illustrated before. Sadly, Steele died before completion. The final eight-volume LEC Holmes therefore included existing artwork by some of the best-known canonical illustrators - and the books were unsigned.
Although the published collection was not the "Complete Steele" that Macy had intended, it did include those drawings FDS had managed to finish. So technically he qualifies as a "passed away before publication" illustrator.
Had he survived to both complete the project and put his signature to the copies, what a whiz-bang bonanza that would be for dealers and resellers today!
Edited to correct the number of volumes in the set as published.
The sherlock Holmes series was eight volumes, not seven. Three volumes were published in 1950, three more in 1951, then two in 1952. All remain unsigned.
>11 leccol: You're right, of course, Don. I took the figure from Bill Majure's Collector's Guide, which attributes only two volumes to the Later Adventures set. I should have cross-checked with at least one other source. Slovenly research.
It's a little strange that Macy didn't have have the SH series signed by W. A. Dwiggens who planned the whole series. Personally, I would have liked Sherlock Holmes' signature addended by Dr. Watson.
In addition to the books already mentioned, the following are, to the best of my knowledge, unsigned by the illustrator:
The Cricket on the Hearth--Thomson had done these many years earlier for a different publication that never came to pass,
Punch and Judy--the color sketches Cruickshank had done over a half century earlier had never been published before,
Les fleurs du mal 1940--signed by neither Epstein (why?) nor Rodin, who had died many years before,
The Pilgrim's Progress--Blake was also long since departed,
The Rose and the Ring--as had Thackery,
The Physiology of Taste--M. Sauvage died just months earlier,
Don Quixote (1950), Travels in Arabia Deserta, The Three Musketeers (1953)--somewhat of a puzzle why Edy Legrand, who was still very much alive, did not sign these,
Sense and Sensibility--Miss Sewell died the same year the book was issued, though whether she was alive in time to sign it before it was issued but too ill to do so, or had already passed away, I'm not sure.
Edited: Of course Ken had already noted The Physiology of Taste and the Salome with Beardsley's illustrations is obviously without his signature.
Lynd Ward Beowulf?
The Shakespeare set
>15 parchment1:
Of course! And the Alice books with Tenniel's works. (Any others?)
Origin of Species
A Woman's Life
Peter Ibbetson
I've often regreted not having the signatures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the 1950 - 1952 eight-volume Sherlock Holmes series. If Macy couldn't have done a deal with Holmes and Watson, he could have tried to get Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
>14 Django6924: Robert, it was probably illness rather than decease that prevented Helen Sewell from signing Sense and Sensibility. It was the fifth book of its series, which would make it the LEC's January 1957 choice and according to the New York Times she died on 24 February 1957 after a long illness. So strictly speaking she didn't "pass away before publication". (But I wouldn't be so pedantic as to suggest excluding her!)
Her NYT obituary, incidentally, has one of those wonderfully precise, almost brutal, subheads that our British newspapers can never quite match:
Artist Whose Work Appeared
in 60 Children's Books Dies
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I too was surprised by Edy Legrand's not having signed Arabia Deserta. The Monthly Letter doesn't draw attention to this omission (as the ML for The Turn of the Screw very firmly does). I wondered if the reason might be that the colophon is on the verso of the last page of the book's index, not on the recto of its own separate page. But a random trawl through about 20 LECs brought up another three signed colophons on the verso of a printed leaf, so position alone wasn't a convincing explanation.
But what the ML did say was that Legrand preferred living in Morocco to Paris, returning to the latter only in summer (perhaps passing Mariette Lydis going in the opposite direction!). Arabia Deserta was a winter book (the Monthly Letter is dated 30 January 1953) – could it be that Legrand wasn't prepared to leave his Rabat home for an overseas signing session and that the LEC wasn't prepared to face the expense (and risk) of taking the necessary material to Morocco?
All of which makes me realise I don't know what is involved in the signing session for a book. At what point in the production stage does it happen? Arabia Deserta, for example, was composed and printed in Baltimore, and the sheets were then shipped to New York for the illustrations to be added (and possibly for the book to be bound, but that isn't made explicit). If Legrand had been willing to travel, when exactly would Macy have needed to bring him over?
As well as The Rose and the Ring Fritz Kredel did not get to sign Slovenly Peter or the 1951 The Life of King Henry the Fifth as he did not originate the illustrations – a shame really; the skills he exercised in re-creating them deserved acknowledgment.
(And it might have been a kind gesture to allow the young Jeanyee Wong to sign Arabia Deserta in the absence of Legrand – her calligraphy and cartography make a major contribution to the book's success.)
featherwate, you have brought up an issue that has sorely vexed me for years. I have researched to no avail the exact mechanics of how the signatures were appended to the volumes. In the case of the designer being the signer--Bruce Rogers and W.A. Dwiggins, for example, we'd definitely expect them to be in at the finish, so to speak. But the signatures of the illustrators is another matter. So many of the illustrators lived in different places than where the books were printed. Were the colophons removed from 1500 stacks of unbound sheets and sent to wherever the illustrator resided? They certainly wouldn't have sent the books once bound. Still, what a chore getting those signed pages back and collated in all the copies before binding.
If anyone has definite knowledge of the signing procedure, your sharing of such would be greatly appreciated.
Your "definite knowledge" makes me a little hesitant to write, but I believe that it must have been different at different times.
As discussed on this forum about half a year ago, there is evidence in both Masereel's Notre Dame and in Sight and Touch, that the signed sheets were sent to the illustrators and then inserted into the books.
I'm pretty sure that the Chinese handled Confucius, the Japanese Kwaidan and the Soviets Anna Karenina themselves, without even informing the club about exactly how the signing was executed.
In the case of Valenti Angelo "illuminating" his books, it's rather likely that he signed the sheets at the same time.
I wonder how this book, listed on abe, was signed?:
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>22 parchment1: Hilarious! They might want to mention that it's the illustrator or the book's designer that signed, not Peter, James, and John etc.
>20 Django6924:
A glimpse of the signing process from Ward Ritchie, the printer of Nigger of the Narcissus illustrated by Millard Sheets:
The book was eventually finished and we were able to maneuver Millard over to the shop for two days to sign all of the colophon pages, as each copy of a Limited Editions book is autographed by the artist.
>24 featherwate: Was he ill at the time of signing? If they had to "maneuver" him, perhaps he was immobilized.
>25 andrewsd: Ha! it does sound like that doesn't it? In fact the opposite was true. He was one of those bundles of manic creative energy who fizz off in all directions - illustrator, painter in several media, building designer, mosaicist, war artist, muralist (google "Notre Dame Touchdown Jesus" for the best-known example), printmaker and teacher (his art school employed him to teach watercolours while he was still a student). When he met the Macys they were very taken with him and commissioned him to do The Beach at Falesa for the LEC. Millard's current enthusiasm was silk-screening and he proposed that Falesa should be the first book so illustrated, with the illustrations being printed by some of his students. Excitement all round. Millard went off happy. The book was pencilled into the LEC schedule. The printers set up the type. .
Three years later...
The trouble was that unless he started work immediately - in which case he would finish it with incredible speed - he tended to go back to one of his other on-the-go projects or get interested in a new one. Basically he was an Oklahoman - jist one of those guys who cain't say no. By the time Millard finally came up with the goods George Macy, sadly, was dead. As I don't have the LEC Falesa and its Monthly Letter isn't in the Dropbox yet I don't know if it was in the end illustrated by silk-screening.
Despite this experience, Helen Macy was persuaded to commission Millard for The Nigger of the Narcissus. This time the printer didn't set up the type. Once again time dragged by. There were anguished phonecalls. Suddenly Millard submitted his full-page colour illustrations. They were accepted! The printer set up the type!
There were problems with the b&w illustrations...
Eventually the book was ready. Clearly the printer then had to employ all his guile (or possibly chloroform or threats of sending round large men in Ray-Bans and a bulge under one arm-pit) to root Mr Sheets in one spot for two whole days of signing.
I do think the results were worth it, though. The book is one of my favourites.
My new word for the day - "mosaicist".
Interesting and entertaining story, many thanks.
>26 featherwate: Fascinating story! Thanks for filling me in. I've been enjoying the Sheets wikipedia page. Definitely a man of diverse talents.
>26 featherwate:
The illustrations were reproduced by, according to the ML, "running the basic color with letterpress plates, from which Millard Sheets will make overlays for supplemental colors." It doesn't come out and say they are silkscreened, but they look like silkscreened art and are really beautifully reproduced--as is the entire book with some of the best typography in a post-Macy LEC and lovely paper with a pronounced deckle edge.
Incidentally, featherwate, Sheets was partially immobilized during the period he worked on Falesa--during that period he had an appendectomy, and was for several weeks locked in an isolation booth--not a victim of McCarthy witch hunts, but as an expert advisor on the notorious quiz show "The $64,000 Question," to a jockey who claimed to be, and apparently was, an expert on art history. Sheets legacy is omnipresent in my town, Pasadena, which has several of his murals (including the one he did for my bank which I used to see every week--when I had a regular paycheck to deposit!), and a substantial collection of his fine art and that of his Chouinard students at the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art. In addition to the LECs he did, I also have one of his watercolors. In a few weeks I will be going to the LA County Fair, where the building which houses the art exhibits he once organized to promote California artists is now officially the Millard Sheets Center for the Arts.
'The Beach at Falesa' is one of my favorite. I like the illustration better then the one on 'The Nigger of the Narcissus'. it was also the first unaltered printing as the author wrote it.
>29 Django6924: Robert, thank you for rounding out the portrait of Millard Sheets - he was obviously a great character and even Ward Ritchie, from whose oral memoirs I drew most of my information - liked and admired him despite the frustrations of working with him.
How extraordinary to be able to walk into your local bank (or post office or town hall) and still see a work of art by a major American artist (and congratulations on owning a Sheets watercolor).
I'm continually amazed by the high public profile of many of the LEC illustrators: Sheets, obviously, but also Covarrubias, Marsh, Varnum Poor, Elise (under her various names), Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry... I suppose much (most?) of this came about through a combination of the Regionalism movement and the murals and mosaics of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) - kickstarted apparently by a lawyer in the US Treasury; I can't imagine he's ever had an equivalent in the UK Treasury!
The $64,000 show used to cause quite a stir over here, too. If you won a British quiz show you thought yourself lucky to go home with a basket of groceries or a pony (£25). But even these were not to be sneezed in the austerity 1950s.
One of my favourite murals is a post WW2 one, Benton's Achelous and Hercules, a fabulous powerful crazy re-telling of Greek myth via El Greco and the Midwest (I'm afraid shortening it from 22 feet long to six inches may a little reduce its impact):
What's truly wonderful about it is that it was a private commission for a Kansas City women's clothing store, whose president's only stipulation was that it should be reasonably decorous; since it remained in place for nearly 40 years he obviously never noticed the boy with the horn just right of centre:
Either his customers were equally unobservant - or had a robust sense of humour.
I saw that mural many times when I was a boy, and never noticed the Freudian implications of the bugle boy (probably being more drawn to the imposing façade of the lady in blue), but it was fascinating, many years later when I acquired the Heritage Press, and then the LEC, of Green Grow the Lilacs to see the hat-waving cowpoke in the background almost duplicated in a gorgeous black and white lithograph.
In addition to the regional artists you mentioned, must be added the one who did the very finest illustrations of the lot--Grant Wood, whose Main Street illustrations are, in my opine, perfect.
featherwate, have you see the murals Curry did for the Kansas Statehouse? My parents took me to the Statehouse when I was about 10, and I remember being haunted by them, especially by the crazed John Brown in the mural "The Tragic Prelude":
Crazed as he was, he had the gift of prophecy when, in his last letter, he wrote ""I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."
Except that he's riding a mule in the mural! But it's a great image, as is the John Ford-esque double-spread of the dance. I even like the colophon roundel. Another one for the wishlist.
I've seen some reproductions of Curry's murals tho' not this particular one (I can imagine its effect on a sensitive 10-year-old's mind!). Are his illustrations for the LEC as effective? I've been wary of buying it because Francis Meynell designed it and I don't always find his work sympathetic. In fact it's sometimes plain fussy (pardon my oxymoron).
Sadly, though there are many felicities--especially the frontispiece of John Brown praying, and the double spread of the line of blue-coated Yankees advancing through the wheat field at Gettysburg--none of the illustrations match the manic power of this mural (which was so powerful the good legislators of Kansas wanted it painted over, and retiring in disgust Curry never finished or signed the 8 planned murals).
Although I like the binding design of John Brown's Body, and the overall level of the illustrations is the highest Curry ever achieved in his work for Macy, the real disappointment for me is the typography! Meynell chose Monotype Walbaum Medium, which has a heavy, even somewhat graceless appearance on the page. The very white, smooth-finish paper, manufactured to Sir Francis' specifications "to look like a contemporary Swedish paper" only seems to accentuate this leadenness. It is one of the least popular of the LECs from that period, and Fine copies are available at much lower prices than one would think for the last work by one of the three greatest Midwest regionalists. (I'm sure the lack of Curry's signature is the main reason for the low prices.)
Incidentally, it's somewhat ironic in view of my feelings about the typography of the book, that included with my Monthly Letter, there is a 6-page booklet "What a Typographer Does To/For/With a Book"--being the contents of a letter from Meynell to Macy detailing the plans for John Brown's Body.
Thank you. Not a priority purchase, then!
Obviously a definite case of what the typographer does to a book...
> 34
Robert, have you uploaded the pamphlet on Typography to the Dropbox folder yet? If not, it sounds like a prime candidate.
I'm familiar with the John Brown mural as the cover art for the self-titled first album(1974) from the progressive rock band Kansas. It is quite an eye-grabber, and I wonder how many album sales were due to that factor.
Perhaps a solution to the problem of "passed away before publication" would have been to do like a very professional looking book club does right now. They just presented a new book as: "Signed, selected and illustrated by Quentin Blake". I just wonder what the book would have been like if he had passed away between signing and selecting?
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That fellow has had his share of problems in addition to guns. What about "The man my mother was living with"? ? Did that experience add to his being afraid, on and on and on.
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That fellow has had his share of problems in addition to guns. What about "The man my mother was living with"? ? Did that experience add to his being afraid, on and on and on.
The man his mother was living with sat on the porch with a handgun waiting for trouble. Norm's only contact with a gun scared him to death. So it's only natural that he wants to abolish the 2A and forbid millions of law abiding citizens from protecting themselves and owning guns. Norm's a moron!!!
Why? Easy. The Supreme Court won't allow it...........NOW. That will however change in a few short years.
What msgt/ret said and if stopping the verbal turmoil thus stopping future problems then we could reduce the number of lawyers lol
I hope he plans to issue every civilian a(n) LEO for EDC before the repeal.
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I frankly don't much care what the founders had to say.
He also thinks Yemen is in Africa.Quote:
The nation just behind us? Yemen, the land of a failed state and apocalyptic anarchy. The African nation has 55 firearms for every 100 people, according to statistics gathered by the United Nations.
For the most part it's people like his client that we are trying to protect ourselves from. He's going to have a gun, why take ours away so he has a free playing field. What a MAROON!
It seems to me from his blog that he's the attorney representing the guy who murdered the other guy. So all he's doing is setting up a defense - my poor client isn't to blame; it's the evil gun that thrust itself into his hands and then maliciously fired a lethal bullet into the head of the victim... oh yeah, and he had eaten a lot of Twinkies.
Right after eliminating the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press ????
"I got in my share of fistfights as a kid, and I've been angry enough to kill on more than one occasion. But, to date, I've never shot at another human being. I expect to die without ever having fired a shot in anger."
I think this was a very telling part of his story. He can't control his own anger, so he assumes we won't be able to either. His fear that a gun will make him do something bad, turns into his "knowledge" that guns will cause others to do bad things to. It is his own inadequacies that drive his fear of the 2A, not any rational evaluation of facts and reality.


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text: Miami is the biggest threat to the Pistons, and the reason is that we don't match up well with them. Basketball(as all sports) is a game of matchups, and Shaq is the one player that we have no answer for. Indy for some reason, isn't bothered by him, but he gives us fits. Wade wasn't a matchup that would kill us last year, but this year, he will be better, and may pose an even greater mismatch. The team approach only takes you so far, and if the two stars have talent of sufficient level around them, they can take out a team. The only problem for Miami is how long will it take to develop the chemistry with their role players required to challenge the Pistons. Peyton will do better than most think, but White Chocolate is useless, in my opinion. The real wild cards are Posey & Walker. Walker is very underrated, and has developed an inside game that is quite effective. I give Walker tremendous credit, because it's rare that an outside player ever develops an inside game, it usually goes the other way, or straight downhill. Who's the biggest threat to the Pistons? Miami, without a doubt.


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Other Cadillac Engines Discussion, Swap 429 with chevolet engine in Cadillac Engine Discussion; Hello there, I live in Holland (Europe) so sorry for the English. I own a Calais from 1965 with a ...
Swap 429 with chevolet engine
Hello there,
I live in Holland (Europe) so sorry for the English.
I own a Calais from 1965 with a 429ci and the th400 automatic gearbox.
it is hard to get engine parts and the are very expensive in Holland. Because my engine is not working fine I want to swap the engine with a Chevrolet engine because the are cheaper over here and there are a lot of spare part and performance parts for that.
Is it possible to swap the engine and leave the th400 ?
what do I need to do this, can someone please tel me how to do this swap an please send me pictures if you have them.
if it is not possible please tell me what engine to use in a 65 Calais with a th400
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Re: Swap 429 with chevolet engine
The bolt pattern on your TH400 is different than Chevy. I believe there are adapters available to use your 400 with a Chevy though. Maybe an online search would turn up a source. The other alternative is a TH400 made for a Chevy, but the tail shaft length would have to be the same as yours.
The 400 came in three tail shaft lengths, 4", 9", and 13".
The next alternative would be using a Buick, Pontiac, or Oldsmobile engine, which has the bolt pattern to match your 400.
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thnx steeybill
I have a other question about those Buick, Pontiac and Oldsmobile engine, do the fit right in ?
the gearbox will stay on place so that is good but will the engine connect to the gearbox or do I have to change the engine room ?
do you know witch engine types to use ?


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A second ad released by Microsoft explains how the company built the smartphone for the movielover, the single dad, the music mentor, the foodlover, the socializer, working mom, tomboy and the playmaker to name just a few. We have to say that the screen looks very sharp and colorful on both ads. It surely has something to do with that amazing pixel density on the high end Windows Phone 8 models like the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X.
While the new Windows 8 models look great on television, is there that one killer app on the platform that will have smartphone owners dumping their Android handset or Apple iPhone for one of the new Windows Phone 8 models?
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There is much debate about which cloud operating system or platform will win and that current proprietary clouds will capture the majority of the mindshare and revenue. There are also questions of whether OpenStack is mature or secure enough for the enterprise. Join Monty Taylor, HP Distinguished Technologist and OpenStack board member, as he debunks these theories and shows how OpenStack is not only on the right track from an innovation and technology standpoint but also from a customer and market perspective. In the $80 billion cloud computing market, there will be more than one winner, and Monty will illustrate how OpenStack is one of those. He will also discuss what the organization and its key contributors must do to move the software forward and achieve this market success, such as interoperability, upgradability and other enterprise-grade functionality.
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Network Abstraction at Different Layers of the Stack
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The Nikko hotel stood at the foot of this hill; and the time of the year was May.
And then the Japanese proverb says, "Who has not seen Nikko cannot say beautiful."
From Nikko we returned to Yokohama and thence by steamer to Kobe.
We left Nikko this morning; a hot, moist, quiet, lovely morning.
The Japanese proverb in substance runs: "Do not use the word 'magnificent' until you have seen Nikko."
"We will come to Nikko itself another day," the colonel said.
Nikko homes are similar to those seen in other sections of Japan—small, one-story frame buildings, with paper-square doors.
As for the blood, they wiped it up and said no more about it; and that is the story of Nikko Bridge.
As, for instance, when Shodo Shonin in his wanderings came here and "opened up" the mountains of Nikko.
The cryptomerias of the Nikko road were as children to the giants that overshadowed us here.


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• Deep thoughts about tech trends toward cyborg status
• Individualism at risk in networked, connected society
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From iRobot to Battlestar Galactica, audiences have been intrigued with the possibility of machines becoming human. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is one of the emerging technologies we are struggling to regulate wisely. But what about humans becoming machines? Or at least more machine-like? In today's episode, John Danaher, a lecturer in law at the National University of Ireland, in Galway, delves into philosophical issues of technology. One way to picture the direction many people feel we're heading with prosthetics, implants, nanotechnology, etc. is to recall The Borg of Star Trek. Dr. Danaher recapped who The Borg was to introduce some of the trends happening in the real world. Members of The Borg were enemies encountered throughout Star Trek history. They were organic beings fused with technology and assimilated into a super-being, a collective mind. A central concern seems to be that what we know as being human is changing. John explains why this is so scary.But in addition to concerns about becoming cyborgs, another aspect of Borg-likeness is the increasing connectivity between beings, which suppresses individuality as our viewpoints become more homogenous. Dr. Danaher discusses what aspects of networking, surveillance and big data might be leading to the creation of a Borg-like society and how risk-based thinking (striving to avoid even highly unlikely events with relatively minor consequences) might be an intellectual mechanism making our society more Borg-like.Key to one's level of concern are one's convictions regarding human origins. If the human was created "as is," as a sacred entity meant to have one permanent constitution upon which our moral and spiritual capacities depend, then alteration is utterly unacceptable. If one views current humanity as a stage in an evolving natural world, perhaps regulation, or at least guidance, is an opportunity to avoid catastrophe and aim for higher things.Dr. J recommended the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (ieet.org) as a marvelous central point from which to explore the questions dealt with on this episode.
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SLIDESHOW: Ballard High School gets ready to wow audiences with 'Sound of Music'
For the past couple of weeks, the Ballard High School "Playermakers" theatre group has been working out the kinks on their upcoming production of "The Sound of Music," which opens on Thursday, Feb. 28, with a special gala.
If it's one thing that the students and parents can be proud of, it's that the play is a self-made production. BHS theatre teacher and director Shawn Riley said there was very little outside involvement in the production and that he himself only sits back and helps direct the proceedings. But the acting, music, singing, sets, lighting and tech, even the stage managing is all done by students.
"It's a huge sense of community and pride," Riley said. "And it gets stressful and we get irritated with each other, but that's all part of the experience."
In the two times that the Ballard News-Tribune visited last week, and with just a two-day gap between each visit, the group of students had already visibly improved, perfecting pitch, harmony, cues, blocking, lighting and, of course, acting. It bodes well for what is sure to be a special production done by a talented group of students, who, including the students in the orchestra and choir, have won numerous awards and recognitions.
While it's the third time that Riley has done the show, it will be the first time Ballard High School theatre has performed it. And, as one of America's most beloved film musicals, there's just an inkling of pressure on the students.
"I think one thing to be careful of with the show is that everyone loves the movie," Riley said. The version that BHS will be performing is based on the original stage production of Sound of Music, which will have different scenes, he said.
When asked whether he thought their version of the play would disappoint fans of the film, Riley was unfazed. "No, not at all," he answered. He explained that people are usually pleasantly surprised by seeing something they didn't expect.
Senior Natalia Roberts Buceta, who will be playing the lead role of Maria Rainer, is enthusiastic about the play.
"I'm really excited for it. I think it'll be great," she said. "I feel like it's so well known that there's an air of expectation for this musical. But it's been fun."
For Buceta, who has been in musicals for the past three years now, said they have never done anything quite so traditional or big as the Sound of Music, so she has had some getting used to the role of Rainer.
"I think she's a very fun character, but she's very naïve … she's quite complex … it's sort of a work in progress trying to break down that character and portray her on stage," she said.
Likewise, fellow senior Frances Steelquist, who mostly has experience as a singer, has been working to perfect her performance.
"This is my first experience in any kind of acting," Steelquist said. "It's great working with the director and the other students. They're just really supportive, and for me as a first time it's very fulfilling."
For Steelquist, playing the part of Mother Abbot is a dream come true. Ever since she saw Sound of Music as a child, she had always wanted to play her, she said.
"I've always admired the power she has, I feel very honored to play her," she said. "She's very complex, which is weird since she doesn't have a name. It really takes a lot of power to play her. Refined power."
When it comes to actually acting on the stage, rather than just preparing or rehearsing, Buceta had a hard time putting her finger on how, exactly, she turned into Maria Rainier.
"I feel like when I'm up on stage, it's sort of a feeling I get," she said. "I become kind of one with the character."
Likely, it's the same kind of experience the other students will have as they attempt to tackle the world-famous musical.
At Thursday's gala, there will be an extra treat: Duane Chase, who played Kurt von Trapp in the original movie, and Glee guitarist Derik Nelson will be present to talk about their lives and careers.
The Sound of Music opens February 28 at 7:30. Performances are also on March 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 at 7:30 p.m. Sing-A-Long performance on March 10 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and Senior Citizens. Purchase now at www.showtix4U.com. All performances at Earl Kelly Performing Arts Center, Ballard High School.
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The young Egyptian actress Nelly Karim will star in a new Arab drama series "Hodoo' Nesbi" (Proportional Quietness).
The series is written by Syrian Khaled Khalifeh and directed by Tunisian Shawqi Al Majri, and it will be aired on "ART" satellite channels during the upcoming Ramadan season.
The series stars Egyptians Nelly Karim and Karim Kojak, and Syrians Abed Fahed and Qamar Khalaf. Palestinian Nadine Salameh, Pierre Dagharm from Lebanon, and Nadirah Emran from Jordan also star in the series, along with a number of Iraqi actors.
According to the London daily Elaph, the story of the new drama series "Hodoo's Nesbi" is about journalists in Iraq during current crises and fall of the Sadam's regime and their lives prior to that.
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Baja Fish Tacos
Andrea's wine pick: There's nothing like the lively character of a French Sancerre--made from sauvignon blanc grapes--to complement the bright flavors in the fish tacos. Look for Domaine Reverdy-Ducroux Sancerre Beauroy 2004, $17.
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- Yield: Makes 4 servings (serving size: 2 tacos)
Good to KnowUnlike beef tacos, fish and chicken tacos are low in saturated fat. Choose fat-free sour cream instead of reduced fat. Avocados are a great source of monunsaturated fats, which are heart-healthy.
- Cooking spray
- 3/4 pound mahi mahi or other firm white fish fillets
- 2 teaspoons fajita seasoning
- 2 cups presliced green cabbage (about 6 ounces)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 8 (6-inch) corn tortillas
- 2 1/2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream, divided (optional)
- 1/2 avocado, pitted and diced
- Bottled salsa
- Lime wedges
1. Lightly spray grill rack with nonstick cooking spray, and preheat grill.
2. Sprinkle both sides of fish with fajita seasoning, gently pressing into flesh. Grill fish 3-4 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Flake into pieces with a fork; keep warm.
3. In a small bowl, mix together cabbage, lime juice, salt, and cilantro.
4. Wrap the tortillas in paper towels, and microwave 1 minute on HIGH or until they're warm.
5. Place taco ingredients on the table for assembly. Spread each tortilla with 1 teaspoon of sour cream, if desired, and top with fish, cabbage mixture, and avocado. Serve with salsa and lime wedges on the side.
Nutrition Information
- Calories per serving: 235
- Fat per serving: 6g
- Saturated fat per serving: 1g
- Monounsaturated fat per serving: 3g
- Polyunsaturated fat per serving: 1g
- Protein per serving: 20g
- Carbohydrate per serving: 28g
- Fiber per serving: 6g
- Cholesterol per serving: 62mg
- Iron per serving: 2mg
- Sodium per serving: 507mg
- Calcium per serving: 75mg


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The social conscience of the modern dance world
Horton relaxing after rehearsal with Sondra Orans, left, and Joyce Trisler.
One of the first choreographers to have a racially integrated dance company, Lester Horton (1906–1953) developed a series of movement exercises that have now been codified as the Horton technique. He also introduced modern dance to the West Coast: His Dance Theater in West Hollywood was the first modern dance venue for performance and teaching in Los Angeles.
The Indiana native's introduction to dance might have occurred with a Denishawn performance, a touring Wild West show with Native American dancing or Anna Pavlova's company, depending on what story he chose to tell. (Horton had a flair for the dramatic.) After briefly studying ballet, he teamed up with director Clara Bates to choreograph, star in and design the costumes for The Song of Hiawatha, which put him on the dance map while still a teenager. A short stint with Japanese dancer Michio Ito led to the formation of the first of Horton's several dance companies, the Dance Repertory Group.
As a choreographer, Horton was known for broaching unusual topics, like political strife and multiculturalism. He welcomed Alvin Ailey, Bella Lewitzky, James Truitte, Joyce Trisler and Carmen de Lavallade, among others, into his fold, all of whom would go on to create their own work. Today, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is most famously rooted in his technique.
Essentials of Horton technique include:
• FORTIFICATIONS: 17 movement studies (such as the Achilles stretch and lunge stretch), designed to strengthen and stretch the muscles; each targets a specific body part or quality of movement.
• LATERAL T: Hallmark movement of Horton technique; correct execution of this movement resembles the letter T. While standing on one leg, tilt torso 90 degrees, extending opposite leg for counterbalance.
• DIMENSIONAL TONUS: Also known as the "yawn stretch," this combination includes parts of all 17 fortifications and acts as a warm-up summary, with ascents, descents and dramatic directional changes.
Horton introduced a new genre of performance: the choreodrama, which skillfully intertwined dance movement and theater. Though his choreography is seldom performed today, notable works include:
- Salome (1934): Based on Oscar Wilde's salacious play of the same name, this piece exists in at least six different versions—Horton liked to keep it fresh.
- Le Sacre du Printemps (1937): Horton's rendition of Nijinsky's original work, set to Stravinsky's music, was the first the West Coast had seen of this iconic piece at its Hollywood Bowl premiere.
- The Beloved (1948): Horton's inspiration for this duet came from a newspaper article in which a man bludgeoned his wife to death with a Bible.
Horton (with drumstick in hand) leading a group of dancers, including Bella Lewitzky in the air.
After Horton's death, the Lester Horton Dance Theater in West Hollywood continued to exist for seven more years. When Ailey moved to New York in 1954, several dancers followed him, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, rooted in Horton's style, was soon born. Companies and schools that utilize Horton technique include:
• Alonzo King LINES Dance Center
• The Ailey School
• Philadanco
• Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
• Dallas Black Dance Theatre
• Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Lester Horton: Modern Dance Pioneer, by Larry Warren, Dance Horizons/Princeton Book Company, 1991
"Lester Horton," by Janice LaPointe-Crump, Dance Teacher, February 2006
"Technique: The Hows of Horton," by Rachel Straus, Dance Magazine, February 2007
"Technique: Ana Marie Forsythe: How I teach Horton's lateral T," by Jenny Dalzell, Dance Teacher, September 2011
Lester Horton Technique: The Warm-Up, dir. Jeanne Suggs. Kultur International Films, 2005 (DVD)
The Dance Technique of Lester Horton: An Advanced Beginners Class, with Ana Marie Forsythe and Marjorie B. Perces, Dance Spotlight, 2006 (DVD)
Dance Heritage Coalition: "America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: the First 100": danceheritage.org
Kennedy Center's "Explore the Arts Online": kennedy-center.org/explorer
Top photo by Bob Willoughby, courtesy of Dance Magazine archives; Lineage photos courtesy of Dance Magazine archives, courtesy of Ailey archives, by John Dady, courtesy of Dance Magazine archives; bottom photo courtesy of Dance Magazine archives