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Eating More To Losing Weight- The Evolutionary Precedent Against Low Calorie Diets
Losing weight is associated with the practice of eating less and so the thought of eating more to shed those extra pounds can often sound somewhat counter-intuitive for most people. The standard weight loss paradigm is to create a negative energy balance by eating fewer calories than your body expends on a daily basis- the basic tenet of almost all popular diets. However as universal as this practice may be, anyone who has restricted their calories significantly knows that is is not only unpleasant, but that does indeed go contrary to natural human behavior. We aren't hardwired to eat less, and it would be absurd to dispute this as studies have conclusively shown that regardless of where you come from, it is in our nature to eat more rather than less when food is readily available. Often to the point where it brings about the adverse effect of making us put on more weight than we would like. Eating less sounds like the answer, but given that long term weight loss remains elusive for the overwhelming majority of the population who resort to eating less, there must be a challenge to this train of thought. Some estimate that as many as 80% of those who attempt to lose weight through conventional dieting regain the weight they lost within a year- even when exercise is included.[1,2,3] In short, eating less to lose weight has been an abysmal failure. Failures that do nothing to change the reality that over 65% of Americans over the age of twenty are overweight.[4] Failures that do nothing to stop the deaths of over a quarter of a million people annually in the United States that are directly related to the ill effects of being overweight. [5] We are the only mammals in nature, aside from domesticated animals, that do not work to obtain food. Trips to the supermarket do not approximate the energy expenditures of our hunter gatherer ancestors, nor does it approximate the energy required to stay alive in a pre-Industrial Revolution agricultural society since today there is no real link between the food we eat and the energy we expend. That said, as much as overeating is a very real problem in developed countries, hunter-gatherers, (and by extrapolation our hunter gatherer ancestors), eat far more calories than the average American while possessing physiques that most people in this part of the world would die for. The back breaking labor required for existence in an agrarian society also suggests a higher calorie intake [26] and so at no point in our time on the planet before the Industrial Revolution would eating less be a driving force. Eating more nutrient dense and minimally processed foods paired with periods of intense physical activity appears to be more in line with our evolutionary heritage than simply eating less and thus it is not surprising that elite athletes can eat anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000 kcals/day yet have little in the way of excess body fat. In this article we take a look at how eating more to lose weight with a program of intense physical exercise might be more of a natural fit for us as human beings, both behaviorally and physically as opposed to the common trend of low fat and calorie restrictive diets to lose weight. Thanks for reading and do be sure to share this article with anyone who might find it of interest.
Conventional notions of eating less to lose weight- especially within the confines of a low fat diet, fail to address three immutable facts:
- Hunter-gatherer societies have consumed high fat and high calorie diets since the Paleolithic period without concurrent weight gain to the point of obesity.[6,7,8]
- From the Paleolithic to the Neolithic period, the physical demands of staying alive created an environment of greater calorie intake to compensate for our greater energy output [9,10] thus a higher caloric intake is required.
- The processed foods that form the staple of today's diet are high in calories, but still do not always provide adequate nutrition, even among those who are obese,[12,13] while a diet of only naturally occurring meats, fruits, nuts and vegetables may require more food and more calories from fats- yet likelihood of deficiency is unlikely, and it is a path to healthy weight maintenance proven by generations of human beings.[8,11]
In this article we take a look at the idea of incorporating exercise and eating more as a viable and history proven method of weight loss employing the nutrient rich and at times calorically dense foods that have been part of our diet for millennia.
Eating More To Lose Weight- Great Physiques- High Energy Intakes
While the trappings of modern society often blurs the distinction between our current state and our ancestral heritage, we are almost genetically identical to our early hunter-gathering ancestors.[14] That said, in spite of our relatively recently acquired trappings of supermarkets and high stress jobs, we remain biologically adapted to the physical and metabolic environment of our predecessors.[6] An environment that over the course of almost 2 million years conditioned the human genome to be what it is today.[14,15,16] Ironically, as harsh as survival was for us as a species during both the Paleolithic and agriculture based Neolithic periods, archaeological discoveries show that early man had a level of lean muscle mass that was far superior to that of the average human today.[17, 20,21] With a physique more akin to that of an Olympic athlete [17] or natural bodybuilder, our ancestors were by no means the physical equals of the typical man or woman you see on city streets today. Anyone looking at a National Geographic documentary featuring the men and women of modern hunter gatherer tribes, know that the ones with access to adequate resources have similarly athletic builds and low body fat percentages, and studies confirm that the average skinfold thickness of some hunter gatherer tribe members is only half that of aged matched Americans.[18] As an aside, it is important to note that the well-toned bodies of early hunter gathers bear no resemblance whatsoever to the skinny fat 'supermodel' ideal that has become common in our society. A media promoted ideal that is in essence, a perfect example of poor health and limited athletic ability. (See my Article- The Evolutionary Argument Against Being Skinny) One that has unfortunately caused significant harm to the young women who seek to emulate it by severely restricting their calorie intake with the goal of losing weight. As widely promoted as the unhealthy skinny fat look may be, there is no denying the universal appeal of a trim and toned body on both men and women, but such physiques are not born of energy restrictive diets and do require considerable physical activity.
Eating More To Lose Weight- How Much Did Our Ancestors Eat?
The average human several hundred thousand years ago was as tall as the average citizen in an affluent society today but far more robust. [19] The hunter-gatherer lifestyle to which we as humans genetically adapted to over the course of 1.8 million years [22] required significant physical exertion, as did the physical demands of the agrarian lifestyle that followed it 10,000 years ago[22] up until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. Given the unavoidable physical work required to stay alive and procure food during the Paleolithic period, our ancestors required a high calorie intake to offset the demands of a higher energy expenditure.[23] Extrapolations from the estimated daily caloric intake of hunter-gatherer societies suggest that the taller and comparably active humans of the Paleolithic period consumed somewhere in the ballpark of 3,000 kcal a day- (averaged for both men and women.)[25,26,33] An average that is considerably higher than the current American calorie intake of 2,475 kcal/day for men and 1,833 kcal/day for women,[24] and a far cry from the 1,200-2,000 kcal/day restrictive diets that are common today in most weight loss dietary protocols. Such an intake would not bring about a concurrent gain in weight due to the fact that the average total energy expenditure was high and perhaps most importantly, given the higher resting metabolic rates of early hunter-gatherers because of their greater proportions of lean muscle tissue.[34] (See my eBook- The Role of Exercise In Fat Burning)
Eating More To Lose Weight- The Importance of A Relatively High Fat Intake
One of the main contributors to the higher calorie intake of our foraging ancestors was the higher levels of fats in their diets. Unlike most of us in affluent countries who prefer relatively lean cuts of meat, hunter-gatherer groups consume all edible parts of the animals they harvest through hunting or scavenging. This would include organ meat, bone marrow, brain and animal fat- all much higher in calories than the select cuts commonly consumed today. Without access to grains or cereals, fats are essential to maintaining life- a fact I always stress when teaching survival classes and one that I was all too aware of during my own survival trainings. Low fat cuts may look appetizing, but in the wild eating only low fat meats can be deadly. The best available estimates from modern hunter-gatherer counterparts suggest that our ancestors obtained about 35% of their calories from fats, 35% from protein and 35% from carbohydrates. Keep in mind that since all animals consumed at the time were wild, not domesticated that the level of saturated fat in their diets were lower than that of modern Westerners. In addition to wild meats, dietary choices among our ancestors were limited to minimally processed wild plants, fruits and nuts- another high fat and high calorie food which has been shown to actually promote weight loss. (Read my article on How Nuts Help You Lose Weight.) Needless to say, the hunter-gatherer diet was by no means a low-fat, low calorie affair and yet diabetes, heart disease, obesity and other diet related diseases were noticeably absent.[17,18,23] Interestingly enough, some studies suggest that today's low fat diets bring about a reduction in serum testosterone production,[35] the hormone responsible for among other things, increasing muscle mass which is the most metabolically active tissue in our bodies and thus offer a logical argument against a low calorie and low fat diet for weight loss.
Eating More & Losing Weight- Understanding Ancestral Energy Expenditure
The higher calorie expenditure of our hunter-gatherer ancestors was dictated primarily by their searches for food. Studies of hunter-gatherer tribes show what we assume to be a Paleolithic rhythm- with men hunting taking place one to four times a week on nonconsecutive days and women gathering food every two to three days. [27] Overall, the pattern for foraging involves days of intense physical exercise alternating with days of rest and lighter activity.[27] Other labor intensive activities included tool making, butchering, cooking, clothing preparation, carrying water and firewood as well as the exertions associated with moving camp sites from time to time. Dance based rituals that lasted for several hours several times a week were also significant sources of energy expenditure as was child care. In hunter-gatherer societies, infants are carried by their mothers or other members of the tribe either on their backs or in sling like devices with the average child being carried for 681 miles during its first two years of life.[28]
While this may sound like an impressive distance- it should be noted that the average distance covered by some hunter-gatherers averages an astonishing 252 miles a month.[25] Indeed from an evolutionary perspective today's recommended physical activity requirements of 11/kcal/kg/day of bodyweight seem paltry by comparison as they are less than half the levels of energy expended by hunter-gatherers.[25] As modern foraging tribes have been observed expending as much as 24.7 kcal/kg/day. Given that we are so genetically close to our pre-agricultural ancestors it would appear that each of us is physically capable of far more than we think and that the performance of many high athletes may not necessarily be that far out of reach of the average person if they were conditioned over time and from a very young age.
Eating More to Lose Weight- Building Muscle As The Great Leveling Factor
It goes without saying that it would be impractical in our times to expect the average person to devote such huge amounts of physical activity to their daily routines. The time requirements for such levels of daily exertion would be impossible given today's hectic schedules, however as physically demanding as the activities of ancestors may have been, they lack the efficiency of physical exercise afforded to us by the tenets of modern physiology and what's most important is not the amount of exercise performed, but the amount of lean muscle mass carried by the individual in conjunction with a relatively stable diet. [25] With high intensity training for example, we can reduce body fat and increase lean muscle mass with minimal time expenditures.[29,30,31,32] Such training paradigms, however require higher calorie intakes to support the intense physical activity and concurrent increases in lean muscle mass- which would bring about an increase in resting metabolic rates.
Thus to get the most out of the incorporation of intense muscle building exercise into your daily routine you must eat more to lose weight.
We have established that there may be a strong genetically programmed precedent for us as a species to thrive in a metabolic environment of high energy expenditure and output. One that severely contradicts the low fat and low calorie dietary approaches which appears to offer only short term weight loss at best, as it fails miserably as a long term solution.[1,2,3] Such eating practices are far removed from what our evolutionary past suggests and the perhaps this accounts for its general failure in the general population. Losing weight is by no means a natural part of the human experience as it is only fairly recently that obesity has become a problem for us as a species given the overabundance of food, the lack of physical labor required to obtain it and the strong marketing towards over-consumption. However, if we can learn anything from both hunter-gatherer examples and the examples of the many athletes whose calorie intakes exceed or equal that of most individuals who are overweight it might be that ideally we are designed to eat more to lose weight with the inclusion of intense physical activity. Such activity necessitates higher calorie intakes, not only to offset the energy demands created by such intense forms of exercise but also to support increases in lean muscle mass. There is one other important factor that leans towards eating more to lose weight and that is the very nature of the foods required for optimum health and performance.
Eating More To Lose Weight- More Food Does Not Always Equate To Weight Gain
Using myself as an example, I consume on average anywhere from 3,000 to 3,500 kcal/day depending on my activity levels with all of my calories coming from minimally processed or completely natural foods. I weigh considerably more than most at my current weight of 212lbs and my body fat is estimated at this time to be at or about 7% or lower. My food intake is considerable, as I eat six to seven meals a day and I never had a problem maintaining a low body fat percentage eating as much food as I do. I don't drink milk, protein shakes or juices of any kind- just water- which necessitates that I get all my calories solid foods only. I eat eggs and chicken- which costs a considerable amount unfortunately these days to get truly free range and non corn fed birds. I eat meat of some form every day as well, with a strong preference for leaner wild meats like bison, venison or grass fed and free range beef, goat or lamb. I eat fish every day- a wide range of wild caught fish that changes almost every day, but I tend to mostly eat the fishes that I grew up with in the West Indies as opposed to cold water fishes that are here in the temperate zones- unless I catch it myself. I don't eat regular wheat products but I do eat oats, rices, roots and tubers as my carbohydrate sources (ground provisions- we call them back home) and of course fruits and nuts. It's without question quite a lot of food- but it is what I need to keep increasing my strength and muscle mass while maintaining a very low body fat. Without my exercise program, or muscle mass such a diet would only make me fat- but it should be noted that for the past 23 years I have never trained more than three times a week for no more than 10-20 minutes per workout. High intensity training workouts that are brutally intense, but mercifully short form the foundation of all my accomplishments as a natural bodybuilder and most importantly it allowed me the ability to always have the time to train. Even over the past two decades that have seen me become a parent to five, working two jobs and now as an independent business owner that probably does far more than he should. The bottom line is that quality trumps quantity and at the end of the day consistency and sustainability are the most important aspects of any training program.
Overeating is indeed a problem for many today and it would be both unfair and irresponsible to brand calls to eat less as being without merit. Nutritional guidelines are not written for advanced athletes but rather for the sedentary majority of the population and they must take into consideration the foods that said population regularly consumes when recommendations are made. That being said, eating less processed foods are always a good idea, especially for those who are relatively inactive, but given the fact that we may very well have a genetic predisposition towards eating more as a lasting artifact of our earlier days of existence when we were more active, attempts to circumvent this inherent tendency may always be doomed to failure. Instead, the ideal may be to embrace of the idea of eating more and incorporating resistance exercise with the goal of building muscle, which over time can help increase resting metabolism and allow you to eat more but still keep your weight down.
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- Jeff Skogmo: Chief Ranger & Head Marshall 3 yrs
- Darwin Lindsey: Grounds Superintendent - 3 yrs.
- Karrin Hawkins: Timing, pairing & scoring - 3 yrs.
- Becky DePree: Timing, pairing & scoring - 3 yrs.
- Linda Moses: Rules - 2 yrs.
- Terry Moores III of River Falls, WI, formerly of St. Paul is back playing in the championship flight after a 34 year absence. Moores encouraged by his brother Scot to head to Detroit Lakes and enter the 78th Pine to Palm. In 1973 he lost to Bill VonWald in the fourth round. He was runner-up here in 1974, losing to Bill VonWald for the second time in the finals 1 up and also was medalist firing rounds of 72-67-139.
In 1976, he captured medalist honors for the second time here with rounds of 69-70-139. Now, 34 years later, Moores returns to the Pine to Palm and qualifies for championship flight with rounds of 73-74-147 but lost his first match to Sean Barrett of Mahtomedi 3 & 2. This put him in consolation championship and has won his first three matches as of today and he is in the consolation championship semi-final today.
Moores attended the University of Houston before transferring to the University of Minnesota. He was co-captain of the Gopher golf team with Joel Goldstrand and graduated in 1972. He is semi-retired and his business is in investment planning called Moore's Asset Management. A medalist twice at the Resorters. I asked him his favorite resort course and said, "the Pine to Palm by far". Being 56 years old, he could play in the Senior division but the way he is playing, says he plans to stick with the championship flight.


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Blac Chyna Arrested and Charged With Drug Possession
Not only was Blac Chyna arrested today, according to TMZ, she was also charged with possession of drugs. Blac Chyna was on her way to London when she began screaming at a flight attendant when she was boarding a connecting flight out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Friday.
Witnesses said that Blac Chyna seemed extremely intoxicated and was acting "like a drunken fool", calling the flight attendent a "nasty a$$ b!tch".
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Jet's Recorder Indicates Crew Error Caused Crash Pilot Made Wrong Turn Moments Before Crashing Into Colombian Mountain, Data Indicate
Fri., Dec. 29, 1995
A preliminary report on the crash of American Airlines Flight 965 indicates the crew apparently made a wrong turn during the flight's final approach to the Cali airport.
The crew apparently made the turn because it misinterpreted a controller's instructions to report when the plane approached a navigational aid outside the city, said a Colombian Civil Aviation official. Seconds later, the crew debated whether to turn the plane back, and tried unsuccessfully to get back on course.
"The pilot made a mistake" in deciding to make the turn, the official said.
However, the exact cause of the Dec. 20 crash that killed 160 people likely will not be determined for months.
Flight data released Thursday ruled out terrorism and mechanical failure, and American Airlines suggested human error was a factor.
Moments after the crew tried to correct the plane's course, alarms blared in the cockpit. The crew increased engine power and lifted the plane's nose, according to the data released. But the speed brakes located on the wings had already been activated for the descent, and they remained in an extended position until the end of the recording.
The brakes apparently hampered the plane's ability to gain altitude.
American Airlines issued a statement Thursday saying it was "saddened that human error on the part of our people may have contributed to the accident.
"The accident reminds us that aviation, while not inherently dangerous, is terribly unforgiving of any inattention to detail."
The findings could strengthen the claims of victims' families who plan to sue American Airlines.
"If you hit a known mountain, that is pretty severe negligence," said Aaron Podhurst, a Miami lawyer representing some of the relatives. Podhurst said in a telephone interview from Miami that he plans to file lawsuits in federal court there next week.
In Washington, David Hinson, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, said the FAA was reviewing American Airlines' "operating procedures and training programs to see whether changes would build an even greater margin of safety."
The transcript of the discussion among crew members in the cockpit during the flight's final seconds was not released. Colombia's civil aviation authority did not say why.


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After spending five years working for the federal government then retiring from the Army after 25 years of service as Lieutenant Colonel, continuing to serve was high on my list of things to do when I retired 10 years ago in 2003. I found out about Operation Stand Down Nashville while volunteering at one of the Annual Events with Women Veterans of America Chapter 20 and after learning about the mission of serving honorably discharged veterans especially homeless veterans, I was ready to give more of my time, talent, and treasure to such a worthy organization. I've been on the board for over four years and I am the one being blessed by my association with an organization filled with dedicated veteran employees, staff, and board members providing a hand-up to our most deserving in our community. I serve on two other boards of directors and their work is very important, too but the difference we make in the lives of veterans at Operation Stand Down, Nashville is exceptional. Serving those who have already given their all to our nation is truly an honor. Our Executive Director, Bill Burleigh and our Deputy Director, Mary Ross are the most dedicated individuals I have had the privilege of serving with as a member of the board. They always but the mission and goals of OSDN first which is taking care of our veterans. This is absolutely the best non-profit anywhere working to help our veterans
Great organization serving honorably discharged veterans. Number served annually far exceeds Wounded Warrior's work. Hard working, effective, and dedicated group of individuals who for too long have operated below the radar. It's time for some well deserved public recognition.
I am the wife of a soldier and a mother of a soldier and know first hand the sacrifices that our veterans have made for the citizens of the United States of America. Sometimes veterans need a "hand up". That is what Operation Stand Down provides. The organization is very professionally and efficiently ran by a team of veterans. The services Operation Stand Down provides is making a tremendous impact on veterans that need assistance. I am honored to give my time and resources to assist this organization.


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Capping the break-up of BMW AG's troubled Rover Group, Ford Motor Co. has agreed to acquire Land Rover for $2.9 billion. The announcement came barely a day after BMW sold the core of its unprofitable British subsidiary to a new venture capital company, Alchemy Partners, for an undisclosed sum. Alchemy will rename the operations the MG Car Company. BMW, meanwhile, will keep just one piece of Rover, the pint-sized Mini car, which will be re-launched roughly a year from now.
As for Land Rover, the respected manufacturer of high-end sport-utility vehicles will become part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group, along with Jaguar, Volvo, Aston Martin, Lincoln and Mercury. BMW's decision to divest itself of Rover was long anticipated. Ford's bid to buy Land Rover wasn't. TheCarConnection.com Publisher TCC Team met with Ford CEO Jac Nasser to discuss the deal.
TCC: What's the logic behind this acquisition?
NASSER: It's driven, essentially, by several imperatives: strong brands, consumer focus, and our goal of strengthening our position in the sport-utility and light-truck segment. Complimentary to that, it can help make sure the Premier Automotive Group has products it needs for growth. We already have a good stable…but this opportunity came up and it fits quite well in almost every regard. It is an opportunity that could return good shareholder value in the long-term, more for us than for BMW.
TCC: Why would it be a better value for you than BMW?
NASSER: I think BMW could have been very successful over time. But their strategy now seems clear. They want to focus on their core brand. They have limited resources and whenever you allocate your resources outside your core, you may miss an opportunity within your core strategy. It would have been difficult for BMW to compete, in the long-term, with a base of 200,000 off-road vehicles. On the other hand, we already have 1 million, and that gives us economy of scale.
TCC: Regarding that issue of core strength, some critics feel you could have better spent this money upgrading your troubled European operations. Is that a valid issue?
NASSER: I don't understand that at all. This will help Europe by giving them a better marketing presence. Also, you have to look at what your areas of strengths are, and what opportunities this gives us. We clearly have strength in marketing off-road vehicles, and in our premier brands. So, I think (the acquisition) is totally on track to build our strengths, while at the same time, transforming our weaknesses. It's not diverting resources from Europe at all.
TCC: Did you consider the acquisition of the entire Rover Group, not just Land Rover?
NASSER It was clearly available. We never say never, and look at everything, but if you used the adjective, "seriously," did we seriously consider it? Not really.
TCC: This acquisition comes at a time when oil prices are skyrocketing, and some folks fear that could have an impact on light truck sales. Isn't that a concern?
NASSER: When you look at the Land Rover products, the natural inclination is for people to think of (the big, fuel-hungry) Range Rover. But they also have the Freelander, Discovery and Defender. The Freelander is the size of our Escape, so they have fuel-efficient off-roaders, as well. So, though they are at the premier end of our business, they are not all at the larger end of our (lineup). We have a pretty good view of their products, and it's a strong line-up. There are great opportunities for growth for them.


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Directions + Parking + Local Info
Goldsboro, North Carolina, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base are located just 45 minutes from Raleigh and just over an hour from Wilmington, Fayetteville, and points east and west. Whether you're coming for the day or plan to stay all weekend, plan ahead!
Parking | Accommodations | Dining + Attractions
Maps & Schedule
688 South Oak Forrest Road, Goldsboro, NC 27534 (35.354364, -77.945815)
Oak Forest Gate (Main parking area):
- From the North: Highways 13 and 117 - Take 70 bypass east, turn right on Oak Forest Road.
- From the West: Highway 70 - Take 70 bypass, turn right on to Oak Forest Road.
- From the South: Highways 13 and 117 - Take 70 bypass, turn right on to Oak Forest Road.
- From the East: Highway 70 - Take 70 bypass, turn left on to Oak Forest Road.
Berkeley Gate (Secondary Parking Area):
1022 Wright Brothers Ave, Goldsboro, NC 27534 (35.367041, -77.957089)
- From the North: Highway 13 runs directly into the Berkeley Boulevard gate. Those coming via Highway 117 north should take Highway 70 bypass east to Berkeley Blvd.
- From the South: Highways 13 and 117 - Take 70 bypass,turn right on to Berkeley Blvd.
- From the West: Highway 70 - Take 70 bypass, turn right on to Berkeley Blvd.
- From the East: Highway 70 - Take 70 bypass, turn left on to Berkeley Blvd.
Distinguished Visitor Parking
McColpin Road, Goldsboro, NC 27531 (35.344935, -77.957346)
Traffic Updates
For traffic updates tune into 1610 AM. The Wayne County Sheriffs' Department helicopter crew will provide real-time traffic flow updates for guests' situational awareness on 1610AM.
Entering the Base
Please pay attention to all Air Show signs and the directions of event personnel who will help guide you to and from the Air Show.
The Oak Forest and Berkeley Gates will be open to the public May 20-21 at 8 a.m. The Oak Forest Gate will be open to inbound traffic until 2 p.m. The Berkley Gate will be open to inbound traffic until 6 p.m.
Parking On Base
Parking areas will be divided by color and letter. Shuttles will stop in each color zone every 20-30 minutes. The larger color zones will have bleachers and port-a-johns available for guest use.
Handicap accessible parking areas will also be available. Individuals requesting handicapped parking must have state-approved handicapped placards.
Parking Off Base
For spectators choosing to park off base, there will be parking areas available near Greenwood Middle School and Meadow Lane Elementary School. Spectators parking off base at these locations will proceed through a pedestrian gate on to the base and will be able to either walk to the event or take an on-base shuttle.
Wait times and Congestion
With more than 100,000 visitors expected at the Air Show, it's important for everyone to come prepared and to be patient. Pack a cooler with water and snacks to leave in your car for when you return to leave and expect to wait 30-60 minutes to get off of the installation. Our parking managers are working hard to plan for increased flow and to move cars quickly, but SJAFB isn't designed for massive crowds. It's designed for security and safety, so bear with us as we try to get everyone safely in and out of the show.
Wayne County offers everything from choice hotels to outdoor campsites. Book yours ASAP for the best rates and availability.
Dining + Attractions
There are plenty of concessions on site at the Air Show, but if you plan to come the night prior, stay an extra day, or want to pick up breakfast or dinner on your way, our dining options are excellent. Because of the potential for heavy traffic, we recommend packing snacks in the car, being patient, and stopping for food before you hit the road to let the traffic level out. OR, better yet, stay overnight and enjoy what Wayne County has to offer.
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When it comes to debt collection in France you can exert a certain amount of pressure in-house, but if your debtor can't or wont pay then you need an agent that can act in your best interests. At Safe Collections we have our very own Entente Cordiale with a leading debt recovery law firm in Paris that perfectly places us to recover your unpaid export invoices.
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They have a multinational client base and our main contact has been a member of the Paris Bar for more than a decade and the Quebec Bar since 2012.
Like in the UK debt collection in France consists of two main phases, amicable collection and if that is unsuccessful legal action.
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Amicable collection of a debt in France is conducted by our lawyer on a no collection = no commission basis. They will contact your debtor by post and email with a strongly worded demand and then continue to pursue the debtor for payment by telephone. This provides a risk free option for debt recovery as your company will only be charged if our lawyer successfully recovers your invoice value. As with all of our international debt collection affiliates our partner has no up-front fees and no abortive or hidden fees payable if the claim is not collected.
This gives our client base a risk free option for the recovery of commercial debt in France as you will only ever be invoiced if payment is secured.
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AIM Editor Roger Aronoff spoke in place of former editor and publisher of The New Republic, Martin Peretz, who cancelled due to illness. Aronoff talked about Obama's Middle East Illusions, pointing out how Obama's actions toward Israel had actually set back any chances for a successful negotiation between Israel and the Palestinians. Aronoff argued that contrary to the claims of the administration, Obama's policies have resulted in a Middle East that was far less stable than when he took office, and many of his claims of success are not borne out by the facts.
Roger Aronoff is the Editor of Accuracy in Media. He has worked as a journalist, TV producer, director, writer and distributor. He also hosts AIM's "Take AIM" show on BlogTalkRadio. Roger joined AIM in May of 1997 and has written, produced and directed award-winning documentaries including Confronting Iraq: Conflict and Hope, The Clinton Legacy and TWA 800: The Search for the Truth. He wrote for the Jewish Herald Voice for more than 20 years. In 2008, Aronoff produced, directed and co-wrote an award-winning documentary that aired on many PBS stations called "Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neoconservatism." In 2009 he produced a weekly public affairs show on PBS called "Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg."
Obamanation: A Day of Truth
Accuracy in Media Conference 9/21/2012
Speaker: Roger Aronoff
"Obama's Middle East Illusions"
Transcribed by J. C. Hendershot & Bethany Stotts
ROGER ARONOFF: I think you'll agree, that was quite a speech. It's been quite a morning so far, and I think it's just given you a taste of what you're going to see the rest of the day.
I want to just make a couple of housekeeping points. At this time, the person who was going to be speaking was Martin Peretz; it was based on an article I had seen about him, an interview with him about a month ago in The Wall Street Journal, sort of talking about how he was, for many, many years the Editor and Publisher of The New Republic; taught at Harvard for 40 years; generally thought of as a liberal Democrat; who had come out very strongly against [Barack] Obama and the Democrats over their foreign policy, particularly as it had to do with Israel. But he notified us a couple days ago he got ill while traveling and, regretfully, couldn't be here. It's worth it to Google it, and find that article—it comes up near the top—so I'm going to talk a little about that in a minute, but I have sort of a couple housekeeping things.
At 11:30 to 1:30, lunch will be served out here, but you can't bring lunch into this room. But we have the TV monitors out there so you can watch on that while you're eating for a few minutes, but we're going to keep on going with the speakers right on through. John Fund will be here pretty soon. I'm going to talk here for a few minutes, and try to get us back on our tight schedule, but the other thing I just want to say is, I want to thank the AIM staff individually, the people who are helping us—Deb Lambert; Mal Kline; A.J. Cooke; Don [Irvine]; Cliff [Kincaid]; Mercedes Amaya; Melissa Barnhart, who has, from long-distance, been coordinating with the speakers, and done a fabulous job—as a matter of fact she just texted me a few minutes ago that it looks great on the webcast, and sounds good, so we're glad to hear that. And with that I want to make a few comments.
When we look at the Obama administration's claims that they have had such a successful foreign policy, and they call this a great strength of theirs—and this is what Martin Peretz was addressing—that Obama came to power promising to restore America's political and moral standing, and the U.N.'s political and moral standing in the world, but look at what's happened. Yes, you know, I'll give him credit for getting bin Laden, but the way they've handled it has not been so attractive, going to the Hollywood people so that they put the film [Zero Dark Thirty] that's been made about it off past the election, but any theater you go to you see the previews now. You know, "spiking the football" is a term that's been often used about what they've done, and it's obviously offended a lot of Navy SEALs and people who were really involved in this—they feel that it has been exploited politically.
But a couple other things that I've observed recently.
One thing is, Mitt Romney has been hammered recently for a couple of things that were considered "gaffes." One is, he said, "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel," and another he said is that "Until the Palestinians change their position, there's not going to be peace between those two countries." Both these things were treated as horrible gaffes—how could he say these things? Well, they both happen to be quite true: Ask any Israeli what the capital of their country is. It is Jerusalem. We have this interesting development at the recent Democratic Convention where they took that out of their platform, the term "Jerusalem." They took the reference to Hamas being a terrorist organization out. Once this became a subject of comment on the news, mainly in the conservative universe, they tried clumsily putting it back in—and you saw how democratic they were: Their own rules required a two-thirds vote to put it back in, and by the third time Mayor Villaraigosa decided he heard two-thirds of the people saying "Aye" and so they put it back in. But look—what has happened? I'll just do a quick survey of what's happened in the Middle East.
When Obama came to power, the first thing he did was demand that Israel stop building their settlements—any natural development or anything. This was something that even the Palestinians weren't asking, but, finally, [Benjamin] Netanyahu agreed to a ten-month moratorium. Finally, in the tenth month, the Palestinians came to the table, and Netanyahu and the Israelis didn't want to extend that anymore. Then you had the incident where Joe Biden shows up in Jerusalem the same day that it was announced that one of the steps in the process of building more housing units in Jerusalem was taking place, and this was treated as this huge show of disrespect for the administration. Then later came the call by Obama that we need to start negotiations based on the 1967 borders. What he's done, whether he knew it or not, was make peace between these two entities farther apart than ever before. Plus, in addition, three times since 2000 the Palestinians have—all they've had to do was say "Yes," and they could have had a homeland agreed to by Israel. A lot of people weren't happy with many of the aspects of it, but it was there. Today, with Hamas controlling Gaza—Hamas, which was spawned by the Muslim Brotherhood and financed by Iran—you know there's no chance a deal that was available before is going to be happening now. So you've got that.
You look at the situation with Iran. Have we really isolated them, and made them feel that they cannot go forward? Well, they seem to be going forward and enriching their uranium, going right ahead with their plans. Are they isolated? Well, just last week, or a couple weeks ago, we had 120 nations going there, the Non-Aligned Movement, coming to Tehran for a meeting—including Ban Ki-moon, the head of the U.N.—so they don't appear very diplomatically isolated, either. We know they're getting out around the sanctions. Israel is very concerned. Nobody wants to see this war, but what's what's better, what's worse? Do we want a situation where Iran has nuclear weapons? It's really not just for Israel—for the United States and all the countries in the region it would be a disaster. How is this going to be stopped?
And then let's look at Egypt, and the inconsistency in the way this administration has sort of dealt with these things. Egypt: When the turmoil started back in January, 2011, the U.S. Ambassador there, Frank Wisner, basically said that Mubarak must stay, and Hillary Clinton endorsed him, but as things went on we sort of switched sides, pulled out the rug from under Mubarak, and helped defeat him. At the time the Muslim Brotherhood assured us they weren't going to be running for President, and there were many people over here, commentators, who were saying, "Oh, don't worry about them, they're a very moderate group now." Well, if we know their history—you're going to learn a lot more about that later today from Andy McCarthy and Frank Gaffney, and I think you'll understand by the end of this day the dangers that they pose on so many levels—and the extent that they have made their reach in this country, it's a very frightening development.
And you look at Libya. "Leading from behind" is the term that, I believe it was Ryan Lizza, writing in The New Yorker, reporting on the way it was described to him, this policy. The fact is, this was the British and the French that led this, and when the U.S. saw it was inevitable, they got on board. The whole point was, President Obama assured everyone that there was no intent for regime change, it was just about protecting the city of Benghazi and the people with a no-fly zone. Yet the bombing persisted. No declaration from Congress. It went on, and it looked like, "Okay, well, that was pretty easy. Got rid of Gaddafi, who would mind that?" But now we see what's there: It's a weak government. We see the rise, again of al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood. We see how this whole episode unfolded. Clearly a terrorist act, well-planned, against our embassy; they had advance notice. Why was this guy—Christopher Stevens, the ambassador—why didn't he have better security? Why didn't they get him out of the country? CNN has been doing a very good job over the last few days on [Anderson Cooper 360°], talking about this, really pointing out the failings of this administration in protecting our embassies. Of course, this whole claim—and Pat talked about it quite a bit—that this was all about this film ["Innocence of Muslims"] and there's nothing—you know, they're not upset with the U.S. government, and these were demonstrations that came out of that, rather than the obvious: It was 9/11, it was the anniversary. We see what's going on there.
Look at the policies in Syria. This is another example. When we started bombing in Libya, President Obama got up and basically said, "Look, we don't stand by while people are being slaughtered." Now look at Syria: 20,000 people since then have been slaughtered. Where is the U.S. leadership—because Russia and China won't allow the U.N. resolutions to go through on this to really do something? There's an absence of leadership there. It's weakness. It's creating—as Pat Caddell described, there's twenty of our embassies under siege around the world. It's horrifying. It's frightening. The media just wants to look away. They don't want to pretend that Obama's anything but a great foreign policy President who has brought us respect, and brought our standing back in the world, when I think it's quite clear that that is not the case.
And again, the Romney team and the Republicans need to challenge him on this. It's not going to come from the media. That's one interesting thing about this political season, that you do have this situation where it's not just the media, there's a lot of Super PACs—I mean, I consider MSNBC to be a Super PAC for the Democratic Party and for Obama, but they're getting a message through. So there's a lot of things going around the media to get these messages out. But look: These are very tense and difficult times. No one knows what's going to happen, if this is going to spread, if it's going to be contained, but Syria is now with Iran in Syria, with Iran in Iraq.
That's another thing: Obama takes credit for having ended the war in Iraq. Now, if you followed it, you know there was the status of forces agreement put into place by the Bush administration before. The time that we were set to leave was set, and Obama's military people recommended keeping 10,000 troops or so there. There were reports that he wouldn't even return the calls that he was getting from the Iraqis, and failed to negotiate a deal where we could keep the troops there to preserve what we had fought for for all these years, whether you agreed with it or not. And now you see more and more turmoil in Iraq as a result.
Afghanistan? Look what's happening there. I mean, our whole mission left is to train the Afghan police and military so that they can stand up the government against the Taliban, but what's happened over and over and over this year are these attacks by their police and military on us, to the point where we've stopped, now, the training missions, which is the whole policy over there now. But—yet—we're slated to stay there until the end of 2014? Is this all political? Or is there a real strategy there?
Anyway, I'll be happy to take a few questions now, and then we're going to get back on schedule. I see John Fund has arrived. We'll get on with him in just a couple minutes, but I'll be happy to take a couple questions in the meantime.
Any? All right. Okay?
AUDIENCE MEMBER 1: I know Susan Rice was on TV Sunday saying that the attacks in Benghazi were not a terrorist attack. Now it's coming out that they are changing that message. Who do you give credit for getting the administration to change their tune on this one?
ARONOFF: It almost seemed accidental. When this gentleman [Matthew] Olsen from the National Counterterrorism Center was speaking before a Senate committee headed by Senator [Joe] Lieberman, he said it was an act of terrorism. Then, with Jay Carney, they followed up and said, "Well, obviously, it was an act of terrorism" after that. They've sort of been denying it all along. Before it was just a "spontaneous demonstration," that "a few bad apples," you know, "got out of hand." So it should be a huge embarrassment but instead look the media wants to talk about [Mitt] Romney's latest gaffe about 47%—that was from a four-month-old tape. So they're not—like Pat said, the media is totally—they've chosen sides. They don't want to focus on anything like that, that would make the administration look like they're being dishonest, that they're failing, that their policy is failing. They need to get him through this next election.
AUDIENCE MEMBER 2: Back to Syria. As I understand it, the Alawites are in power [unintelligible] remain the minority. Do you foresee any kind of resolution to that situation that also preserves the existence of the Alawites?
ARONOFF: You know, you've got to be a fool to try to predict what's going to happen there now. With Iran's involvement, with the West totally refusing to step into it, with [Bashar] Assad showing no signs of even considering leaving or stopping—I don't know. This could be—if you remember there, was a civil war in Lebanon that lasted for fifteen years, from 1975 to 1990. I was there one month before it broke out, and I remember just what a gorgeous place it was. I was in Damascus the same trip, and it just—you know, it's heartbreaking to see what's happening to these people. But look: Syria—it's hard to pick a side there that we can pull for as far as a good outcome. I mean, the Iranians are helping the Syrians, but the other side that's gonna come to power—is it al-Qaeda? Is it a Muslim Brotherhood force? I don't know what the good outcome is, but you would like to see just the horrible bloodshed stopped somehow, even if it's more places where people can go as refugees and all that—some safe zones—but other than that, it's really not good.
But anyway, I want to thank you. I'm going to stop there so we can try to get back on track. Is Debbie here? Okay. Then I'm gonna go ahead and introduce our next guest.


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Slumdog's Dev Patel Joins Shyamalan's The Last Airbender
by Alex Billington
February 1, 2009
We're not that excited for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, but that's because we're not fans of the Nickelodeon show. However, this news may kick things up a notch. Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel, who picked up the Ensemble prize at the SAG Awards, will replace Jesse McCartney as the evil prince Zuko. "Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts," Shyamalan said. Patel was "already one of the guys I was interested in. Then I saw Slumdog Millionaire, and the kid just grew in my eyes." You and me both!
Besides Patel, none of the other actors have changed from the original announcement. Noah Ringer, a 12-year-old first-time actor from Texas, will take on the lead role as Aang. Twilight star Jackson Rathbone will play Aang's friend Sokka, while Nicola Peltz will star as his sister Katara. Jessica Jade Andres will play the Earth Kingdom's rep named Suki. Shyamalan has found a very young cast for his film. Production is slated to begin in mid-March in Greenland, which seems like quite the odd place to shoot. Shyamalan is still planning to develop a trilogy of Airbender films, with this first one hitting theaters on July 2nd, 2010.
Given I've only ever seen Patel in one film, it's hard to truly judge whether his presence can add a lot to a project. But for some reason, I'm excited to see him involved in The Last Airbender, if only to add a bit more experience, and age, to the rather young and otherwise unimpressive cast so far. I doubt he will make (or break) the film, but I know I'm a bit more interested now that I know he's involved. Thoughts?
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Following a 2016 tomato trial on Rebelski and Mountain Fresh Plus, three farms conducted replicated variety trials in their high tunnels on Big Beef, Rebelski, and Big Dena. Each farmer planted two tomato varieties inside a high tunnel in a randomized, paired trial. Farmer-researchers for this trial were: Tim Landgraf (One Step at a Time Gardens in Kanawha), Lee Matteson and Rose Schick (Lee's Greens in Nevada), and Mark Quee (Scattergood Farm at Scattergood Friends School in West Branch). Spacing, mulch, trellis style, and planting date were determined by farm, and described in Table 2. Plants for the trial were started indoors and transplanted to the high tunnel (in-ground).
November 20, 2017
In a Nutshell
• Six farmers compared three broccoli
varieties, Belstar, Gypsy and Imperial,
to determine which produces better
during summer months (harvest July –
Sept.) in Iowa.
Key Findings
• Imperial had the highest yields at four
of six farms, followed by Gypsy and
• At three farms, Imperial had statistically
higher yields than the other
• Plant spacing differed by farm, but
average yield per area was 0.28 lb/ft2
for Imperial, followed by Gypsy (0.27
lb/ ft2), and Belstar (0.22 lb/ft2)
• Following the indications of the data,
most farmers strongly preferred Imperial
as their summer broccoli variety.
December 7, 2016
Growing tomatoes in the high tunnel gives farmers an early jump on the tomato market, and can help protect the plants from some environmental stressors. Two farmers (Tim Landgraf at One Step at a Time Gardens and Mark Quee at Scattergood Friends School) conducted replicated variety trials in high tunnels of two determinate tomato varieties, Mountain […]
December 2, 2016
Two farms conducted replicated
variety trials in high tunnels of two determinate
tomato varieties, Mountain
Fresh Plus and Rebelski.
Key Findings
• Yield at both farms was lower than
yields reported in other published high
tunnel variety trials.
• Rebelski yield was higher at Landgraf's,
with 1.4 lb/plant difference.
• Rebelski yield was also higher at
Quee's, with 2.1 lb/plant difference.
November 22, 2016
• This project tested the effect on
over-wintered garlic yield of planting
date and two mulching strategies:
companion-seeded oat cover crop vs.
straw mulch.
• Farmer-cooperator Mark Quee planted
garlic in September with a companion
oat cover crop (oat residue following
winterkill intended to serve as mulch).
Garlic planted in October was mulched
with straw.
Key Findings
• September-planted garlic had higher
yield than October-planted, but pervasive
rot in several areas of the field
may have impacted results.
November 18, 2016
In a Nutshell
• Fifteen farms participated in fruit and
vegetable production recordkeeping
to date.
• The purpose of the project was to
create Iowa-specific production
histories for:
• producers to have baseline
• the advancement of crop
insurance options,
• and to provide information about
typical Iowa production for
• Actual yields exceeded FSA-NAP
yield estimates for most crop
May 10, 2016
Registration is now open for the 2016 Practical Farmers CSA Workshop Retreat, February 5 – 6, at the Pilgrim Heights Retreat Center in Montour. Attendees will be divided into an "Experienced" group (at least three years experience managing a CSA) and an "Exploratory" group (those in their first years or new to CSA management).
December 28, 2015
Five farmers compared two bell pepper varieties, Olympus and Revolution, to determine which produces better in Iowa's climate. Each farm planted four randomized pairs of research plots, each pair with 10-20 plants of each variety.
December 21, 2015
In a Nutshell
• Five farmers compared two bell pepper
varieties, Olympus and Revolution,
to determine which produces better in
Iowa's climate.
• Each farm planted four randomized
pairs of research plots, each pair with
10-20 plants of each variety.
Key Findings
• Pepper yield was significantly different
by farm, but treatment (variety) also
had a significant effect on yield. Revolution
yield was significantly higher
than Olympus when all farms were
analyzed together.
• Revolution produced more pounds
and number of peppers per ft2 and
per plant than Olympus at three of
five farms. The remaining two farms
saw no difference in yield between the
• Average plant yield of green bell peppers
across all farms was 4.3 lb/plant
for Revolution and 4.03 lb/plant for
• Plant spacing was different by farm,
but end-of-season yield for green bell
peppers ranged from 1.82 – 2.66 lb/ft2.
December 7, 2015
Cover crops can do great things for soil health, but who has the time or money to use them? Tom Ruggieri and Mark Quee do! During this farminar, these two vegetable farmers will share how they integrate cover crops into their production planning and farm goals, and discuss species, equipment, establishment and termination.
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Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey File for Divorce
Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:43:02
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It's O-V-E-R for Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey.
The TV host and singer has filed for divorce from that diva we all know and love as Mimi.
Cannon and Carey split last year after several years of marriage, several vow renewals and after having their twins aka Dem Babies. Reports suggest that the they have a pre-nup in place that forbids either from talking about the other publicly or hefty fines will be imposed.
Yikes. How did it all go wrong for these two?!
Team Nick Cannon or Team Mimi in this split?
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Wendy Sandler, Director
Education: PhD in linguistics, University of Texas – Austin (1987)
Wendy Sandler is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Haifa and Founding Director of the Sign Language Research Lab there. She has developed models of sign language phonology and prosody that exploit general linguistic principles to reveal both the similarities and the differences in natural languages in two modalities. More recently, her work has turned to the emergence of new sign languages and ways in which the body is recruited to manifest increasingly complex linguistic form within a community of signers. Sandler has authored or co-authored three books on sign language: Phonological Representation of the Sign (Foris); A Language in Space: The Story of Israeli Sign Language co-authored with Irit Meir (Hebrew version: University of Haifa Press; English version: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates/Taylor Francis); and Sign Language and Linguistic Universals, coauthored with Diane Lillo-Martin (Cambridge University Press). Wendy Sandler is currently conducting a multi-disciplinary research project, The Grammar of the Body, supported by the European Research Council.
Research Statement
Humans are the only species with language, and we have two kinds: spoken and signed. Scientists have much to learn from this embarrassment of riches. The question it poses propelled me into a career of research, and has sustained my interest ever since: How can humans 'do' language in the visual modality?
My work has focused primarily on the aspects of language that seem the most remote from one another in sign and speech: phonology and prosody. Phonology is the study of the meaningless sounds that make words, while prosody organizes and connects parts of utterances, interpreting their meaning through intonation and rhythm. Are the building blocks of words in sign language equivalent to sounds? Can facial expression, which accompanies all language, be recruited to perform the specific linguistic functions in sign language that intonation does in speech?
Through linguistic analyses of these systems, I have been able to identify surprising similarities but also particular differences. The similarities confirm that certain properties of language are universal, while the differences, attributed to physical modality, challenge the universal status of others.
In recent years I have had the opportunity to study a newly emerging sign language in the Bedouin village of Al-Sayyid, with my colleagues Mark Aronoff, Irit Meir, and Carol Padden. Through this research, we have been able to watch as the use of the hands, face, and body for language gradually leads to conventionalization, systematicity, and complexity of linguistic form. Inspired by the use of the body in manifesting the linguistic structure of sign languages, my current wide-ranging research project is exploring The Grammar of the Body as a reflection of the property of compositionality in language and its emergence.
Representative publications:
- Sandler, Wendy. (2017). The challenge of sign language phonology. Annual review of Linguistics, 43-63
- Sandler, Wendy (to appear). What Comes First in Language Emergence? In N. Enfield (Ed.). Dependencies in Language: On the Casual Ontology of Linguistic Systems. Language Science Press, Studies in Diversity Linguistics Series.
- Sandler, Wendy, Aronoff, Mark, Padden, Carol & Meir, Irit. (2014). Language emergence. In J. Sindell, P. Kockelman & N. Enfield (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of linguistic anthropology (pp. 250-284). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Sandler, Wendy. (2012). Dedicated gestures in the emergence of sign language. Gesture 12/3, 265-307.
- Sandler, Wendy, Aronoff, Mark, Meir, Irit, Padden, Carol. (2011). The Gradual Emergence of Phonological Form in a New Language. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 29, 503-543.
- Sandler,Wendy. (2010). The phonology of movement in sign language. In Blackwell companion to phonology, Marc van Oostendorp, Colin Ewen, Keren Rice, and Elizabeth Hume (Eds.), Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 577–603.
- Sandler, Wendy. (2010). The uniformity and diversity of language: Evidence from sign language. Response to Evans and Levinson. Lingua, 120(12), 2727-2732.
- Sandler, Wendy. (2010). Prosody and syntax in sign languages. Transactions of the Philological Society 108:3. 298-328.
- Sandler, Wendy. (2009). Symbiotic symbolization by hand and mouth in sign language. Semiotica 174 (1/4), 241-275
- Sandler, Wendy (2006). Phonology, Phonetics, and the Nondominant Hand. In Papers in Laboratory Phonology: Varieties of Phonological Competence, Louis Goldstein, D.H. Whalen, and Catherine Best (Eds.), 185-212. Berlin: Mouton-de Gruyter.
- Nespor, Marina, and Sandler, Wendy (1999). Prosodic Phonology in Israeli Sign Language. Language and Speech, 42 (2&3), 143-176.
Presentation about sign language for a general audience:
- Sandler, Wendy. (February 6, 2017). What sign language can tell us about human language. The Israel Academy of Sciences Conference on Languages.


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Gorham Manufacturing Company Erik Magnussen
Cubic Coffee Service
Erik Magnussen, designer
Danish, 1884-1961
Gorham Manufacturing Company, manufacturer
American, 1831-
Cubic Coffee Service, 1927
Silver with gilding and ivory
24.1 x 54.6 x 34 cm (9 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches) (overall)
The Gorham Collection. Gift of Textron Inc. 1991.126.488
Selected Works
Edited ByWoolsey, Ann, ed.
Publisher & DateMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 2008
TypeMonographs and Collections
Other publications
Gordon, John Stuart. "A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950". New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011.
Kirkham, Pat and Susan Weber. "History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000". New York: Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, 2013.
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf. Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 2010.
Artists' Ideas, Materials, and Process
About the work
In 1925, Erik Magnussen, a Danish silversmith, was hired as a designer for Gorham, the Providence-based silver manufacturing company, to develop modern styles to add to their traditional silverware lines. In a radical departure from the soft, curving lines, surface ornamentation, and nostalgic feel of the Colonial Revival styles that dominated Gorham's production and American furniture and decorative arts in the 1920s, Magnussen created the Cubic coffee service two years after his hire. Handmade coffee service sets, first acquired by wealthier buyers and later available to middle class users, had been popular for use during social gatherings since the 18th century. Magnussen designed the surface and forms to evoke bright lights and city living while preserving the functional coffee service popular with American consumers. The angular shapes and varied colors of the piece are reminiscent of paintings by Cubist painters such as Pablo Picasso and abstract works by leading modern artists like Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian. Unlike other designers at Gorham who would pass on their designs to be made by artisans, Magnussen both designed and executed this work himself.
Founded in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1831, Gorham Manufacturing Company specialized in products made from silver. For the first 20 years of its existence, the company produced small household wares, such as spoons, forks, thimbles and combs. Technological innovations, starting with the steam-powered drop-press, allowed mechanized production of flatware utensils; the subsequent growth of the silver market in New England, the United States, and beyond fueled the company's expansion. From 1850 to 1940, the heyday of American silver manufacturing, Gorham was the largest maker of sterling silverwares in the world. As advanced technology brought down the cost of manufacturing silverware, more people in New England and other parts of America found themselves in a position to affordably purchase silver for regular use in their homes. Gorham and other silver company flatware that had previously been luxury items for the wealthy became more commonplace.
Discussion Questions
Discuss how the form of this coffee service reflects light. What geometric shapes are visible? What do the reflections remind you of? The triangles that form this set are made from both gilt and oxidized silver, creating different colors and effects. How does this treatment contribute to the overall work?
Discuss Magnussen's decision to design the shape of the tray the way he did. What is the effect of the pointed edge? How does this decision relate to the overall impression of the coffee service?
Ask students to compare Cubic coffee service with a coffee and tea set made by the Gorham Company 40 years earlier, in 1886. Consider the shapes, surfaces, and the function of the different containers included in each set. What type of person might have purchased the service from 1886? The service from 1927?
Show the Cubist painting Seated Woman with a Book (ca. 1910) by Pablo Picasso next to Cubic coffee service. What similarities in terms of shapes and color do you notice? What do these two objects tell us about the 1910s in France? The 1920s in America?
The design process requires that the designer carefully consider the needs and habits of likely users in order to develop an appealing product. While fulfilling its intended use to hold and serve coffee, the coffee service also pushes the limits of function and stands out as an interesting example of the Cubist style. To understand how the designer has been inventive with the basic requirements of a coffee service, ask students to list all the functional parts of the set (e.g., the handles, spout, lid, tray, etc.). Next, beside each part, write a description of the liberties the designer took in terms of form, detail, color, and other qualities.
To encourage them to think about the essential parts of their container, ask them to sketch from the Cubic coffee service first, paying attention to the different parts such as the handles, the spout, and the lid. Then ask students to design a vessel that can be used at a social event to hold a warm beverage. They can start by brainstorming the type of event, drink, and possible participants.
To explore the object as a functional coffee service, have your students write a skit about a party in which the guests are served coffee from the Gorham service. Working in groups of three or four, they should describe the setting, the reason the characters have gathered, and the dialogue between them.
Magnussen's coffee service was produced by a company that started small and local and over time achieved national and international recognition. Its success was tied to factors such as the availability of highly skilled designers and craftsmen recently immigrated to the United States as well as to technical innovations. What are some companies near where you live that have produced aesthetically interesting, functional objects? Ask students to research the history of a local company and some of its products.
Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. Gorham Silver 1831–1981. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1982.


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