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Kathryn Findlay, the 'truly brilliant' architect who co-founded Ushida Findlay, has died aged 60
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The architect, who had been suffering from a brain tumour, was best known for her Truss Wall House in Tokyo (1993), Soft and Hairy House also in Tokyo (1994), her Poolhouse 2 in the Chilterns (2009) and, most recently, for her work on the ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower in London's 2012 Olympic Park.
The news came as the jury for the 2014 Jane Drew Prize, unaware that Findlay had died, announced she had been given the award 'for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture'.
Born in Forfar, Findlay graduated from the Architectural Association in London in 1979 before spending 20 years teaching and working in Japan, including in the offices of Arata Isozaki.
It was in Japan in 1986 that she founded Ushida Findlay Architects with her then-husband Eisaku Ushida. She became the first female academic in the department of architecture at Tokyo University and the first foreigner to teach there since Josiah Conder in the Meiji Period.
In the 1990s she made the headlines with her neo-expressionist schemes and a 'succession of wildly imaginative houses in Japan and the UK that seemed to have come from a different planet' The Guardian . The practice relocated from Japan to London in 1999 and she soon landed the vernacular-busting Poolhouse 1 in south-east England.
Despite winning the RIBA competition for Grafton New Hall with a mould-breaking, starfish-shaped country house in 2000 and having her work showcased in the Peter Cook-curated British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale two years later, the practice ran into financial problems in 2004.
She came back with Poolhouse 2 in 2009 and went on to have a hand in the Orbit tower - the unmissable red-steel viewing platform at the London 2012 Games which she delivered for Anish Kapoor and engineer Cecil Balmond.
Findlay, who found out she was ill early last year, also taught at the University of Dundee and received an RIAS Honourary fellowship in September.
Describing Findlay, the AJ's deputy editor Rory Olcayto, said: 'Kathryn was a good friend and a truly brilliant architect. One of the best. Her Japanese houses are a highpoint in British architectural achievement. She'd laugh that off though - because she was so modest, and full of good humour.
'We joked that her thatched roof pool houses, joyful buildings that effortlessly fused contemporary and medieval technologies, were future-rustic.'
He added: 'I'll miss her kind laugh most of all. My thoughts go out to her family.'
Secretary and Treasurer of RIAS, Neil Baxter, a long-term friend of Findlay, said: 'Kathryn was an extraordinarily important female architect, but in truth she was an extraordinary architect irrespective of gender.
'Her architecture was extremely innovative, special, sensitive to space and always unique. I had the great pleasure of being firstly her client - she did the fit-out of my flat in Glasgow - then as a friend from 1998. I regarded her as among my closest friends.
'She sparkled. She was life-affirming, full of enthusiasm and had amazing ideas - very often from out of left field.'
'I will miss her as a creative presence and as an inspiring friend.'
Learning of Findlay's death and her winning of the Jane Drew Prize, past winner Zaha Hadid said: 'Like myself, in the early days Kathryn struggled as a woman in architecture, but she persevered. I remember her when we were both students at the AA, she was very hard working and enthusiastic. It is shame that she is not here to receive this award personally, but it is lovely that her family get to see her honoured in this way.'
Jane Drew Prize juror Eva Jiřičná added: 'I am just so shocked. She was one of the most talented people in British architecture. Personally, it was an immense pleasure to have known her, and I hope her work will be discovered by a new generation. I hope we have assured her place in architectural history with this prize.'
Kathryn Findlay's funeral
Saturday 25th January 2014
The Chapel at Caroline Gardens, Asylum
Asylum Road, SE15 2SQ
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to Scene & Heard. Findlay was passionate about the work of this unique mentoring project that partners the children of Somers Town, Camden with professional theatre artists.
Scene & Heard
Kathryn Findlay Future Fund
Theatro Technis
26 Crowndale Road
London, NW1 1TT
0845 009 0775
Kathryn Findlay: Back with a redefined approach by Rory Olcayto (AJ 27.02.09)
Kathryn Findlay on Kathryn Findlay (interview excerpt from the AJ 07.02.13)
Why did you become an architect?
To mix poetry and pragmatism.
What is your design ethos?
Balance in the design team. Honesty in the drivers. Make the most of what's available.
Which women architects inspire you?
Christine Hawley, a brilliant teacher; Zaha Hadid's extraordinary imagination; Farshid Moussavi's self-confident ideas; Jane Wernick's inspired insight; Eva Jiřičná's ability to create jewels; Cany Ash's forthright outspokenness; Fionn Stevenson's depth of humanity.
What is your advice to aspiring female architects?
Focus and be open to possibilities – don't be put off by the aggression of others. Think things through, quietly get things done and communicate clearly, always taking into account the position of the other parties. The advantage we have as women is we are natural mediators between people and man and nature.
Why do women leave the profession?
It's very gruelling and not as financially rewarding as it should be, given the time put in. Maybe women work that out faster than men.
What would make them stay?
RIBA committees that are more accessible to a wider range of the industry and formal professional fee scales to minimise undercutting. Bargain-basement bidding puts additional pressure for diminished returns and pay.
What is the biggest challenge facing women in architecture?
Everyone in architecture is facing financial fallout. Stamina and determination pay, as long as you have the design talent to see your work through.
Obituary: Kathryn Findlay (1953-2014)
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Kathryn was a most inspiring person and brilliant architect. She was full of bright ideas right to the end. We had fun filming her in front of the Orbit during the Paralympics. What a pity she did not know about her recognition as being such a special person with the AJ Jane Drew Award, she would have been absolutely delighted.
Kathryn was my undergraduate tutor and mentor since joining the University of Dundee in 2005. She was a fantastic teacher and a true inspiration to me. She was always bursting with creative and imaginative ideas. A great loss to the profession.
Very sad indeed to have heard about the death of Kathryn Findlay. She was a very talented architect as well as a warm and generous person, always complimentary about other people's work and modest about her own, despite having made some excellent buildings. She was one of rare breed who, often at considerable cost to the progress of their careers, try to do something unique and different. In this she succeeded.
I am so shocked and saddened to learn of Kathryn's death; she was a lovely, unassuming, charming and modest woman as well as a unique and creative thinker and generally great architect. Such a role model for others too - a shining light has gone out this week in the world of architecture.
I am very sad to hear of Kathryn's passing. I had the privilege of serving on a Doolan Award jury with her and remember her great sense of fun and humour as well as an incisive questioning brain. She was a joy to know. Her death is a great loss to Architecture and to Scotland.
Shocked. I did not know she was ill but I had recently re-connected with her after many years, yet true to her affable and cheery character she never let on that she was ill. I worked with her and her ex-husband in a small tiny apartment between Gotanda and Shinagawa in Tokyo for almost two years after undergraduate school. She, the creative one, he, the technical guru, together, they were one of the most talented architects I have come across. Unfortunately, they were too far ahead of their time as Japan was not ready for their vision. Work was intense but never the center of life. She taught me humility, passion and drive with a professional perspective and not least of all, how to make proper English tea.
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Karl Wiegers is principal consultant with Process Impact, where he focuses on practical software process improvement.
Investing the time to create better requirements for a software project takes a major leap of faith, since people tend to think the extra up-front work will just delay development. That's generally true, but getting requirements right also prevents problems later that can not only delay projects but lead to their failure.
Incomplete requirements and specifications, as well as changing requirements, are a main cause of project distress. For example, the FBI abandoned its Virtual Case File case management software project in 2005, along with $170 million and 700,000 lines of code, in a large part because of poorly defined and slowly evolving design requirements, according to a scathing report by Department of Justice's Inspector General Glenn Fine. "It was a classic case of not getting the requirements sufficiently defined ... from the beginning," Fine says in the report. "And so it required a continuous redefinition of requirements that had a cascading effect on what had already been designed and produced."
An error, omission, or misunderstanding in the requirements forces developers to redo work they've done based on the incorrect requirement. Thirty percent or more of the total effort spent on most projects goes into rework, and requirement errors can consume 70% to 85% of all project rework costs, according to a 1997 study by Dean Leffingwell. Development teams often implement functionality that someone swore they needed, only to find that no one ever uses it. Techniques that can prevent this wasted effort are a solid investment.
What's To Be Gained
Good preliminary requirements help CIOs make effective business decisions regarding which projects to fund. Well defined and documented final requirements are critical to letting developers devise the most appropriate approach, estimate the effort needed to execute an iteration cycle or complete the project, incorporate changes that will deliver maximum customer value, and develop accurate test cases to verify the implemented functionality.
Putting more effort into requirements development can actually accelerate software development. At a large insurance company I worked with, increasing the front-end requirements effort from 19% to 33.6% of total effort reduced projects' overall effort and cost by an average of 4%. Another company trained its development teams on requirements engineering and implemented improved requirements practices. In a year, the share of projects that were behind schedule dropped from 21% to 12%, and the total days those projects were behind dropped from 1,738 to 518.
While no one can predict what ROI you're going to get from your investment in better requirements, consider these questions as a first step in determining payback:
- What fraction of your development effort do you expend on rework? Some rework is unavoidable and adds value, but a lot of rework is nothing but wasted effort.
- How much does a typical customer-reported defect cost your organization? A system-test defect? One of my clients spent an average of $4,200 to deal with each customer-reported defect. That was 21 times more than it cost them to discover a defect through formal inspection.
- What fraction of user-reported defects and what fraction of defects discovered through system testing stem from errors in requirements? Defect root-cause analysis is an excellent technique to gauge how much you could gain from improving quality.
- How much maintenance cost, from defect correction and unplanned enhancements, can you attribute to requirement defects such as missed requirements?
- How much could you shorten your delivery schedules if your project teams could reduce requirement defects by, say, 50%?
Practices that result in fewer requirement defects will reduce the amount of development rework your teams must perform. This provides immediate payback through reduced development costs and quicker time to market. Techniques that get your analysts and customers working closer together also lead to products that better meet customer needs and need less reworking. All of these approaches have the potential to increase customer satisfaction.


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Medical History and Physical Exam for Coronary Artery DiseaseSkip to the navigation
Exam Overview
A medical history and physical exam are always a part of evaluating a person who has symptoms of chest pain or pressure or risk factors for coronary artery disease.
During the medical history, the doctor will focus on areas such as:
- Chest pain or pressure, or other symptoms of heart disease. Your doctor will ask you to describe your symptoms. Also, he or she will want to know where any pain or pressure starts and if it spreads to other parts of your body. Your doctor will also ask when it happens. Tell your doctor about other symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting, rapid heartbeat, irregular heartbeat, or "skipped" heartbeat, along with your chest symptoms.
- Other symptoms of coronary artery disease, such as fatigue, irregular or rapid heartbeats, swelling, shortness of breath, coughing, or difficulty breathing when lying down.
- Personal health history. Your doctor will ask questions about your health and lifestyle. He or she will ask about your cholesterol levels, blood pressure, exercise habits, stress level, and other areas of your life. Tell your doctor if you smoke or if you have diabetes or any other health problems.
- Family medical history . Your doctor will want to know if one or more of your close relatives have or had early coronary artery disease. Tell your doctor if you have a family history of heart attack, heart failure, abnormal heart rhythms, sudden death, diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.
A complete physical exam will also be done. This may include:
- A blood pressure check.
- An examination for fatty deposits (xanthomas) under the skin.
- A general assessment of blood circulation. Circulation can be evaluated by checking skin color, fingernails and toenails, and pulses in several locations, including the neck, wrist, and feet.
- A funduscopic exam of the back of the eye (retina). Changes in the blood vessels in the retina give clues to the presence and severity of high blood pressure or diabetes .
- An examination of the blood
vessels of the neck by looking at them and by listening to blood flow using a
- Bulging or swollen neck veins may be a sign of heart failure .
- Changes in how the blood sounds as it flows through a narrowed artery can be heard when listening to the arteries in the neck (carotid arteries).
- Listening to the heart with a stethoscope for heart murmurs and extra heart sounds.
- Listening to the lungs for abnormal breath sounds. Soft crackling sounds (crepitations or rales) may be a sign that heart failure has caused fluid to build up in the lungs.
- An examination of the abdomen. Using a stethoscope, the doctor will listen to blood flow in the abdomen. Changes in the sounds of blood flow (bruits) may indicate a narrowed blood vessel in the abdomen. This is a sign of hardening of the arteries ( atherosclerosis ) in the large blood vessels that run through the abdomen.
- A check for swelling in the feet and legs (a sign of heart failure). Fluid buildup in the legs causes swelling (edema) and may be a sign of heart failure. To assess swelling in the legs, the doctor will press down on the skin over the lower leg bone. Edema is present if the pressure leaves a dent in the skin.
Why It Is Done
The combination of medical history, physical exam, and electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) is used to evaluate most people who have chest pain or pressure that does not have a clear cause. This combination of tests also is used to evaluate people who have chest pain or pressure that appears to be stable angina or those who are at risk for heart disease.
A medical history and physical exam may provide the following results.
A normal medical history and physical exam do not always mean that no further tests are needed.
The following are normal results:
- No risk factors for heart disease based on history
- Normal heartbeat: strong heartbeat, regular rhythm, less than 100 beats per minute but more than 50 beats per minute
- Ideal blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure is less than 120 mm Hg; diastolic blood pressure is less than 80 mm Hg.
- No signs of hardening of the arteries. All pulses are strong and equal; no abnormal sounds (bruits) are heard when listening to blood flow through blood vessels.
- No signs of an enlarged heart
- No new heart murmurs
- No signs of heart failure (swelling in the legs or feet, lung congestion)
An abnormal medical history reveals risk factors for heart disease. An abnormal medical history, physical exam, or EKG may lead to further testing, depending on how likely it is that you have heart disease. The following are abnormal results:
- History of angina symptoms that occur predictably with activity and are relieved by rest
- Abnormal heart rate or rhythm
- Abnormally high or low blood pressure
- Signs of atherosclerosis (diminished or unequal pulses in the arms or legs, abnormal sounds heard when listening to blood flow through blood vessels)
- New or changed heart murmur
- Enlarged heart
- Signs of heart failure (bulging neck veins, extra heart sounds, fluid in the lungs, fluid buildup in the abdomen, enlarged liver, or swelling in the legs and feet)
- Medical history that reveals two or more risk factors for heart disease
The decision to do further testing based on the medical history and physical exam will depend on:
- The severity of the signs of heart disease.
- How likely it is that the findings are related to heart disease.
- How likely it is that the course of heart disease can be changed based on the person's age and other factors.
An EKG usually is done whenever a heart-related problem is suspected. If the medical history and physical exam indicate that coronary artery disease is present, other tests, such as the stress echocardiography or stress thallium test, may be used.
If the medical history and physical exam suggest that the cause of chest pain or pressure is not related to the heart (such as a stomach ulcer or gastroesophageal reflux disease), other testing may be done to evaluate for other conditions. For information on the symptoms of these conditions, see the topics Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD).
What To Think About
After the medical history and physical exam, the doctor may have a better idea about whether the symptoms are caused by coronary artery disease and how severe it may be. Risk factors are an important part of deciding what further testing is needed. The history and physical exam help to guide further decisions about testing and treatment. Extensive testing is not always necessary to diagnose coronary artery disease.
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ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology
E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Martin J. Gabica, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology
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This is important for beginners. If forex is a sport, don't think of becoming a champion of the competition by setting your target to become eligible to be selected as a player in the national team.
Those who join into forex trading who want to soon become a billionaire in the first year or two, will go far. Beginners are always blinded by greed and then face some difficult consequences.
The reputation of Forex trading is often tarnished from innumerable stories about people spending their savings or falling into serious debt from it. It's not an easy profession to be a 'master' and we know that many traders do not achieve the ultimate goal.
Today's technology and internet allows everyone to become a trader with a few clicks on the mouse and smartphone. So many people come to this arena with no more planning and preparation than entering the lottery numbers. The result, most of the time, is that the account closes almost as soon as the account is opened. Sound familiar? Do not worry, you are not the only one, we are all there.
Yes, everyone has the same experience in forex trading, we are all lost in the beginning, we all get a lot of failures at the beginning. Of course ..., but the problem is ... the majority of us got nothing but losing all our money in bulk.
You can join many demo contest as the arena to become the best and the champion. But don't ambition to be the best for real trading. It will only make you lose a lot and more. What you should do is focus on learning to understand the market and money management, try to always be relaxed and calm. Even you can become a part time trader first before you really are able to become a profitable trader.
If you are relaxed and calm like a journey of water in the flowing river, then one day you will be in the estuary and into the ocean where a lot of fish you can get without drifting.
Do not think to be the best, because you can be the best by itself even if you do not think about it. All is just a matter of time.
Just focus on developing your skills.
Hopefully if you read this though, you have realized (like me) that the market has no place to "play around". Market approach with clear mind, focus preparation and confidence to build knowledge and understanding.
This article is especially for beginners, also for me personally. I am not a master, I just want to be a profitable trader and always be a profitable trader, I am just like you. I have a long-term goal, I have many obstacles in my journey, even once I don't have the money to pay for internet access.


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Week 13
We are closing in on the end of the session. We debate fewer and fewer bills as the list dwindles, but the bills we debate are the large, complex appropriations bills that can take many hours and even days of preparation time and then many hours to debate and work through the many amendments. The House has passed several of the appropriations bills and continues work on the rest. On each of these appropriations bills the House is adding language that will prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for confidential state employee settlements.
On Wednesday the East Marshall third grade class visited the capitol with their teachers Kris Penick, Sarah Schutt and Stephanie Campbell and several parent chaperones. It's always fun to see the kids touring the capitol.
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As I mentioned in my last newsletter we are looking at options that would make the operation of the Toledo facility more viable than just a Girls State Training School for ten to twenty students. It is critical that we cast a larger vision for the facility. On Thursday the House debated the Health and Human Services appropriations bill. This bill included the funds to maintain the facility, $788,000 which includes staffing and other expenses. I offered an amendment that called for the existing maintenance staff to remain to ensure that we had staff with specific experience of this facility.
This amendment passed. Also, there was an amendment offered that called for the re-opening of the Toledo facility as the Girls State Training School, echoing the Senate bill passed earlier in the session. I voted for this amendment because it had the potential for being a start of re-opening the facility, but I also recognized that there were several problems with the proposal.
This amendment called for the facility to accept only Juvenile Delinquent girls, limiting it to approximately a dozen students, employ a staff of 54 and require the Area Education Agency or the South Tama school district to staff and operate the high school. Clearly the proposal did not carry a large enough vision for a facility of this size, the requisite work had not been done to develop a viable proposal that would make sense for the troubled teenagers needing treatment, the taxpayers of Iowa, and the Department of Human Services that will operate the facility.
I will continue to work on an appropriate plan for the Toledo facility that includes the key stakeholders.
Bills of Note
Senate File 2310 - known as the "Social Host" bill makes it illegal for a property owner or lessee to knowingly allow an underage person to consume alcohol on the premises without the parents' consent. The bill includes fines for both the owner/lessee and the underage consumer.
House File 2462 - In an effort to ensure taxpayers know all the details related to state employee settlements, the House passed legislation to provide for increased accountability and openness. This bill forbids the use of confidentiality clauses in personnel settlement agreements for public employees. The bill also expands what is allowed to be disclosed in public employee personnel records, by making public the reason an employee is discharged, demoted, or resigns in lieu of termination. By preventing the future use of confidential settlement agreements for public employees and providing more transparency, Iowans can be confident their tax dollars are being spent appropriately. HF 2462 now goes to the Senate.
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The best way to be a healthy adult is to get off to a good start in life. Making sure your child has regular well visits with a pediatrician will go a long way toward growing into a healthy adult. Your pediatrician will help make sure your child get the vaccinations he or she needs, tracks their growth and development and can help head off many future health problems before they develop.
A pediatrician is your health partner in your child's life. They get to know your child, which helps in their development and can also help diagnose and treat when your child is sick.
Pediatricians diagnose and treat diseases in infants and children, as well as monitor the growth, development and well-being of pre-adolescents.
In conjunction with the Binghamton City School District, UHS operates school-based health centers at Franklin Elementary School and Roosevelt Elementary School.
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The staff of our school-based health centers (which includes a full-time, board certified pediatrician) works closely with school nurses and coordinates care with the child's primary care provider to ensure communication and continuity of care.
Who can get care?Care is available to all students who attend a participating school. However, for your child to be seen by center staff, an enrollment form that gives us permission to see your child must be on file. These forms must be updated each year.
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Name: Optimus_91 or my real name is Sean
Transformers fan since: 2002
Year of Birth: 1991
Primary Residence: UK
First Transformer Ever bought: I really couldn't answer that.. possibly Optimus Prime ROTF Leader Class?
First series ever paid attention to: Transformers: Armada (I watched this every morning prior to going to high school)
Favorite TF Cartoon: TF:Armada
Favorite Comic: Never had a fav comic had a liking to most of them
Least favorite TF persona/toy: I don't dislike any of the toys except maybe the cheap tacky releases of todays standards.
Top 5 Favorite Toys of all time:
1.) Gundam Phoenix gold plated 1/100 scale
2.) Any of my Japanese Anime Figma collection
3.) Optimus Prime ROTF
4.) Hot Wheels
5.) ......can't think....
Most rare TF collectible I own: I don't have anything actually rare. I own the recent 'Year of the horse' Optimus Prime and the ROTF Leader class version and DOTM Ironhide/bumblebee and sideswipe I believe. I am actually going to have a collection of vintage Optimus/Galvatron/Megatron/Starscream collection. They are my fav in terms of design and their presence on screen.
Lightning round!
Coke or Pepsi: Pepsi and Coke but more Pepsi as I near enough have a glass everyday haha
Night owl or early bird: Both.....I go to bed around 2am and get up around 8-9am haha Not by choice just can't sleep.
Autobot or Decepticon: Autobot
Others will be surprised to know that: I am planning on getting into 2d hand drawn animation/digital painted animation. I am writing a small book in relation to time travel etc and I am an avid fan of toys as when I was a child I grew up with my dad being a Star Wars fan and having a massive collection of Star Wars toys along with tv related Dinky and Corgi. Only now have I come to the conclusion that I want a massive transformers collection but I just don't know where to start. I build Japanese model kits and watch generally Japanese anime constantly. I am here for your wisdom and to share my future purchases with you all


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Opening to the public this Sunday—and to members starting today—In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States features approximately one hundred and seventy-five works by nearly fifty women artists active in North America who engaged with surrealism in their art. It is the first exhibition to present a view of surrealist art based on this body of work and to depart from canonical histories of surrealism that privilege its male practitioners and European origins. In Wonderland includes a number of Mexico's designated national treasures by Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo, and María Izquierdo. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, photography, and film by such leading figures as Dorothea Tanning, Kay Sage, and Louise Bourgeois are installed in a 1940s surrealist exhibition–inspired space along with works by many women artists whose work has remained little known—until now.
Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas (Las dos Fridas), 1939, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, © 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo courtesy Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, reproduction of Frida Kahlo governed by Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBA)
The idea for the exhibition was itself surreal—based on a chance meeting between Ilene Susan Fort, curator of American art at LACMA, and Mexico-based curator Tere Arcq at the opening of LACMA: Obras Maestras 1750–1950, an exhibition of LACMA's core American paintings collection loaned to the Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) in Mexico City in 2006. Both curators discovered their shared interest in women artists and surrealism from their respective countries, and the desire to organize an exhibition to bring them all together was born.
Dorothea Tanning, Birthday, 1942, Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased with funds contributed by C.K. Williams II, 1999, © Dorothea Tanning Collection and Archive/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris, photo © Philadelphia Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY
The curators identified recurring themes explored by the artists in In Wonderland, such as national and self-identity, domesticity, war and politics, fascination with the occult, and much more. As these women delved into the nature of creative expression and experimentation with surrealist methods and technique, they created a mass of work that is often touching and sometimes a startlingly profound reflection on their personal lives.
Leonora Carrington, Green Tea (La dame ovale), 1942, collection of Hector Fanghanel, © 2011 Estate of Leonora Carrington/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo © 2012 Museum Associates/LACMA by Jorge Perez de Lara
In Wonderland is on view through May 6. Reserve your tickets today. Become a member to receive free tickets to In Wonderland and all specially ticketed exhibitions. For upcoming events at LACMA related to In Wonderland, keep your eye on the calendar.
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Take a hyperventilating walrus, some dingy fluorescent lights, and a pair of stilts and you've pretty much got my best copycat impression of the Cici's Pizza greeter that welcomed us to pizza binge delirium. As we walked down the condiment aisle of the local grocery store, I bellowed, "Welcome to Cici's! Thank you for coming!" I did it again as we passed the Heinz ketchup, strolled by the meats gassed with carbon dioxide, and one more time as we arrived to our final destination: the cookie dough aisle.
It was Friday night, and all we "needed" before heading home from our pizza fest was a sausage-shaped tube of enriched wheat flour, sugar, and partially hydrogenated soybean oil . . . aka Pillsbury's chocolate chip cookies.
Back then, I thought the cost of convenience was nothing more than pennies, which I was more than happy to push bit by bit into the automatic checkout machine while my husband counted floor tiles. It wasn't until about a year later – when I found my health wrecked and my body too weak to risk a pregnancy – that I realized the real cost of food.
Now, I Don't Care . . .
How many coupon gurus come on the news and show us how to get $196 in groceries for $2.33, there is no such thing as cheap food. In the long run, margarine costs more than grass-fed butter, high-fructose corn syrup costs way more than mineral-rich maple syrup, and factory-farmed meats take the bank compared to their sustainably-raised counterparts when it comes to our health.
The thing is, though, in the short term real food is more expensive. So how do we make it work? How do we eat real food on a budget? Good question! Here are some ways I've found helpful . . .
1. Make It Count
It's not necessary to make everything from scratch (unless you want to, which can be fun!). To save money, though, figure out what you spend most on and learn to make THAT. Here are some options you might want to consider replacing:
- Store bought breads – Even "healthy" breads – gluten-free or not – often contain weird additives, so chuck them and and opt instead for these gluten-free/grain-free options or a simple no-knead sourdough that takes just minutes a day.
- Quality condiments without "funny" ingredients – Organic options are very convenient, but for a price! Thing is, it's easy and affordable to make your own quick ketchup, thick and creamy mayo, ranch dressing, BBQ sauce, thousand-island dressing, strawberry freezer jam, old-fashioned relish and honey-dill mustard (Watch out, it bites! A little goes a long way).
- Any specialty ingredient you love – Convert one large bag of shredded coconut into coconut milk for smoothies, coconut flour for baking and coconut butter, or learn to make your own kombucha instead of buying the bottled stuff at Whole Foods. Addicted to Justin's organic peanut butter cups? Make these instead.
2. Get The Scoop On Farmer's Market Deals
20 pounds of organic tomatoes for $20 and a whole case of pickling cucumbers for 50% off – those are my week 1 wins after using Nourished Kitchen's tips at my local farmers market.
Jenny just happens to be the market manager at one of the best farmers markets in Colorado, so if you want the best produce for the best price this article is a must read.
3. Make Friends With The Clean 15
When it comes to deciding what's most important to buy organic, I prioritize animal products such as meat, dairy and lard the highest, and produce as second tier. From there I try to avoid the Environmental Working Group's dirty dozen, but we eat conventional produce off the clean fifteen list.
The Clean 15
- Onions (Update: Due to A.B.'s comment below I'd probably buy organic onions. Apparently they don't have a lot of pesticide residue but they ARE sprayed with toxic anti-sprouting agents after they're picked)
- Sweet corn (Note: Corn is not a vegetable – it's a grain! And some sweet corn varieties are now GMO, so it's a good idea to ask questions before purchasing.)
- Pineapples
- Avocado
- Cabbage
- Sweet Peas
- Asparagus
- Mangoes
- Eggplant
- Kiwi
- Cantaloup (domestic)
- Sweet Potatoes
- Grapfruit
- Watermelon
- Mushrooms
Note: Even if pesticides are not much of an issue, conventional produce has often been irradiated and most likely will not be labeled. For that reason, I like to buy from a source that can tell me whether or not their produce has undergone this process.
4. Plant A Garden
"If you shop at the grocery store for tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, salad greens or strawberries — and who doesn't? — then you are the perfect candidate for becoming a kitchen gardener," says Dan Shapley of The Daily Green.
"Growing your own will save you an incredible amount of money — more than $1,200 if you plant all five, according to the analysis of one Maine gardener."
Read more here.
5. Or At Least An Herb Garden!
Not only will this impart tons of flavor to simple meals, but you can also dry the extra to use year-round. MUCH more affordable than those $5 jars at the grocery store.
6. Join A CSA
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a fabulous way for you to "own shares" in a local farm. Here's how it works:
"[A] farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season." (source)
Wondering how to get the most out of your CSA? Here are 10 fabulous tips you don't want to miss!
7. Invest in Money Saving Equipment ~ A Dehydrator
One of the best ways to maximize great deals on produce is to stock up and preserve them for later. Tomatoes are dried for a zesty addition to Italian dishes later and fruits such as apples can be dried with cinnamon for a kid-friendly treat. You can also dry the herbs you grow for use in the winter, make beef jerky, yogurt, dry coconut flour, make your own soaked and dehydrated beans, grains, etc.
- How To Dehydrate Fruit: Apples, Bananas, Strawberries, Cherries . . .
- How to make beef jerky in a dehydrator
- How to make yogurt in a dehydrator
- How to make zesty oven (or dehydrator) dried tomatoes
- How to make garlic and onion powder (for half of what you'd pay at the store)
- How to dry herbs like basil, sage, thyme, dill oregano, rosemary, marjoram, lemon balm and mint
How to choose a dehydrator: My first dehydrator was a $10 garage sale find. I wanted to make sure this was a piece of equipment I would actually use before investing in something heavy duty. Sure enough, I wore out the motor in less than a year, so I began shopping around for a better one. This is the one I got. It has plastic trays which I usually line with parchment paper. Here's one that has stainless steel trays.
8. Buy Online
Thrive Market is Whole Foods meets Costco, only you don't even have to leave your house. For less than $5 a month ($59.95 annually), you can shop 3,500 of the world's best-selling natural and organic products at 25-50% below retail prices. If you've never heard of Thrive, I shared how I spent $59.85 on items that would have cost me $120.39 on Amazon here.
You can also order some things on Amazon and at other retailers. Here are a few staples to consider:
- Coconut oil – I buy mind in 5 lb increments to get the best price and split it with friends.
- Great Lakes Gelatin or Vital Proteins Gelatin (Here's why I love it, and here's how I use it)
- Unrefined Sea Salt
- (Disclosure: I believe so strongly in Thrive Market's mission to make real food affordable that my family has invested a small amount in their company. It's another way we're choosing to vote with our dollars and increase access to healthy food.)
9. Host A Real Food Playdate
For many families, the biggest challenge to making budgets work is simply getting enough food on the table without resorting to eating out.
One way to get more done without missing out on social time is to coordinate a weekly kitchen playdate with kids happily playing in another room OR helping out. Here's what you need to know to get started.
10. Make Your Own Convenience Foods
Get the hubs to watch the kids for a few hours while you prep snacks to keep in the freezer. Here are 21 healthy ideas to get you started.
11. Stock Your Pantry
Beans are a great way to add bulk to meals, but if you're an idealist like me you want them properly soaked. Problem is, I often forget to take them out the night before to get the process started. Meal planning is one way to help, but an even simpler way is to have them ready to throw into the crockpot using this time-saving trick. Not sure what to do once they're prepped? The bean recipe in this post is my family's favorite.
12. Add Grass-fed Beef Gelatin Into Your Diet
It's an inexpensive protein supplement! Here's where you can buy it.
13. Make A Meal Plan
It helps reduce waste and prevents those "what's for dinner???" panic attacks at 4:55 pm (which, of course, usually end up with either scrambled eggs for dinner or an expensive meal out). Here are some tips to get you started, or you can save your afternoon and subscribe to Real Plans for as little as $1.50 a week.
If you're not familiar with it, Real Plans was created by my real-life friend Emily of Holistic Squid. It's an interactive service that allows you to select which recipes you want from an extensive menu of paleo and traditional options, then customize them with ingredient additions/subtractions as needed. Then, when you have your meal plan just the way you want it, Real Plans creates a complete shopping list that you can pull up on your smart phone at the grocery store.
Click here to learn more about Real Plans
14. Invest In Money Saving Equipment: A Freezer
They pay for themselves and can store baked goods, dairy, meat, fruits and veggies, herbs and more!
15. Keep Your Freezer Stocked With Meals . . .
For the days when things just don't work out, it's pretty handy to have a backup or two. That's why whenever I make freezable meals like chili, tortilla soup or Mexican-style beans I make a double batch and freeze half.
If you need more ideas, this grain-free freezer ecookbook from Health Home & Happiness is awesome. Rather than requiring one long 10-12 hour cooking day, there are 5 sections that take 2-3 hours each so bulk cooking can be spread out over a weekend, a week of nap times, evenings, or whatever. When you wrap up you'll have 22 breakfasts, 10 lunches, 16 dinners, 28 snacks/sides and 8 desserts.
This principle works well for refrigerated foods, too. Just this week I made a double batch of the batter for these cinnamon apple rings so we could have them two days in a row without much fuss.
16. Do A "No Spend" Challenge
For one week give yourself "a personal "fridge and pantry cleanout" challenge to use every last item in the fridge, freezer(s), pantry, and storage shed until [you] can see the back of them." Daddypotamus and I do this sometimes when we have an unexpected car repair or something come up. Our budget is usually fine without the challenge, but it makes me feel better.
17. Buy Direct From Your Farmer or Rancher
Back in Texas, I bought 1/8 of a cow for an average price of $5.50 per pound. This included more expensive cuts like ribeyes and New York Strips, which sold at my local Whole Foods for $16-$19/lb. The savings was huge, and since there was no middle man the rancher got to keep more of his hard-earned cash.
18. Join A Co-Op (Or Form One!)
. . . And use your collective buying power to purchase in bulk at a lower price.
19. Help Out At A Farm or Farmer's Market
If you have little ones that can help, this is a GREAT way to teach them about sustainable agriculture and the value of food. Farmers often show their appreciation with big boxes of extra produce and other goodies.
20. Be The Leftover Queen
It's a great way to throw together quick-and-easy lunches while reducing food waste.
21. Always Go Grocery Shopping With A List
Preferably organized by where things are found in the store 🙂
22. Never Go To The Grocery Store For One Item
Okay, I don't really mean **never"" – but there are two advantages of not going. First, it is way too easy to pick up a "few extra" things and blow the budget. By waiting until the next scheduled shopping day you can see your purchases alongside the other things you need and prioritize if you're over budget. Second, running out of something is an opportunity for discovery at home. A few months ago I ran out of coconut oil, so I started using pastured lard on my face as a moisturizer. Best. Stuff. Ever.
23. Get Friendly With Betty The Neighborhood Crockpot
She is seriously one of my best friends, yall . . . and she wants to be yours, too! Give her tough (but affordable) cuts of meat like top round, veggies that need to be used quickly and some spices and VOILA! You've got a hearty stew without even messing up your kitchen!!
24. Make Your Own Fermented Foods
Save on probiotic supplements and increase the nutrient profile of your foods, which further reduces the need for supplementation. Since recipes on the internet can be hit or miss, you might prefer a trusty guide to help you get started. Here are a couple of good ones:
- The Complete Idiot's Guide To Fermenting Foods – I am reading this right now and I LOVE it! Every week I rush home from the farmers market and look up recipes to use with my newest finds.
- Real Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food With Live Cultures In Your Home Kitchen
25. Make the most of "cheap" foods like broths, carrots, bananas and beans
- For example, use leftover chicken bones to make nourishing bone broth
- Whip up this spicy carrot salad
- Make and freeze these banana walnut muffins (if the cost of walnuts is an issue omit them – the muffins will still be great!)
- Or try these refried beans for breakfast!
What did I miss? Share your tips for eating real food on a budget below!
(And of course, if you know a mama who is trying to save on groceries please pass this along!)
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The Myanmar protests against raised oil prices continue on. At this time, the latest update is that government soldiers have responded with violent and fatal retaliation (just like one expect from a Communist dictatorship).
Michelle Malkin has a collection of updates, including on the shot dead Japanese reporter Kenji Nagai. Video of that, small photos.
But that's not what this post is mainly about. It just serves as a stark contrast and a reminder of another ongoing protest marred by violence in South East Asia.
Religious followers in Myanmar protest the government's policies that they disagree with by holding peace marches. The government army responds with a violent crackdown, which is met with non-violence and utter pacifism.
Meanwhile, religious followers in Southern Thailand protest the government's policies that they disagree with by launching a brutal campaign of terror, extortion, torture, murder and mutilation. The government army responds with both retribution and reconciliation, which is met with even more, ever-escalating violence.
We in Malaysia occasionally read/hear about the troubles in Pattani in our local mainstream news. A schoolteacher maimed here, a few soldiers killed there, a couple of monks and a mosque preacher murdered…
But it is so different when you actually see what the Pattani 'insurgents' actually do to their victims. There is a very good reason why such people are called 'terrorists' – their methods are intentionally designed to cause as much fear, horror and panic as possible.
Anyone who does not support or comply with the terrorists is brutally murdered – perhaps tortured first, and the body hatefully disfigured after death. Through such intimidation, the local populace are cowed into submission – whether or not they agree with the goals and secession demands of the terror-mongers.
School teachers, pacifist Buddhist monks, local ulamas, mothers going to the market – it doesn;t matter who the victims are to these monsters. Their lust for evil and power far overwhelm their shallow facade and excuse of religious righteousness and government unfairness.
The Pattani rebels are nothing more than the usual gangsters, criminals and serial murderers. Nothing justifies their hateful, sadistic, despicable actions. They would likely kill their own families in their depravity. And then gleefully record their evil on their handphones.
Below follow several photos of the South Thailand insurgency terrorism victims. Be warned, although I have censored the most gory parts, they are still very extreme.
Scroll down to view the horrors perpatrated just beyond our very borders. How long before they export this barbaric madness to Malaysia, such a short hop away?
The following photos are sourced from Zombietime.com. The uncensored versions and more photos can be found there. The photos were apparently sent in by a Malaysian – perhaps a news team member, which would explain how he/she got the photos that we consumers never see.
Zombietime is much respected as a truthful source by bloggers worldwide. I mention and reference his journalistic efforts several times in my own blog, in All Your Fakes Are Belong to Us, Flat Fatima will Make Your News Stories Become The Truth!, and especially Malaysiakini: Are US News Agencies Biased Against Palestine?.
But if you think the Pattani murderers are horrifying and filled with the blackest of all evil… Then you haven't seen The Jawa Report's photos of a young Taliban child dressed in battle gear cutting off someone's head.
Just the same as what was done to Nick Berg and Jack Hensley and Shosei Koda and Kenneth Bigley and Paul Marshall Johnson Jr and Seif Adnan Kanaan and Eugene Armstrong and Kim Sun-il and Thomas Tucker and Kristian Menchaca, Theo van Gogh, and of course, Daniel Pearl.
A beheaded motorcyclist. A threatening warning note was found on the body, you can see it and the translation at Zombietime.
The removed head left near the body. Gruesome…
A soldier after the terrorists had their way with him. I forget, which is the merciless, inhuman organization of oppression again? The Thai government?
Brutalized dead body, probably of a monk, found in a house in a very unnatural position.
A tiny censor box to blot out the gore from a victim left on the train tracks to be run over… But that doesn't stop you from realizing "Oh **** where's the rest of the body?!"
Worst of the lot – the viciously defiled body of a monk, so gory and heartless that basically the entire photo had to be censored to post it on my blog.
Again, go to Zombietime.com for the uncensored versions and a few other pics. And again, if you think the above is really bad, you need to see the uncensored photo proof at The Jawa Report of jihadis leading a young boy to hack off a victim's head.
There has to be a stronger word of condemnation for such than EVIL.
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Borrowed trouble
By Lady Liberty
I like to read, and I also like to watch movies. Because I like doing both of those things so much, I'm happy to encourage others to enjoy them, too.
I have a lot (okay, I have more than a lot) of books, and I have a few of my favorite movies on DVD. Although I'm fairly careful of these books and movies because I value them so much, I have been known to loan those I recommend to good friends. After all, if you can't trust a good friend, who can you trust?
Earlier this week, I was in a foul mood after having had to write a check. No, it wasn't for an extortionate utility bill, nor was it a payment on something I didn't really want or need. Instead it represented the amount it cost me to replace several books and DVDs that had not been returned to me by a so-called friend despite her ongoing promises (ongoing without results for about nine months now).
In reality, I should have known what was coming concerning this particular friend. I'd loaned her books in the past that had been returned to me somewhat the worse for wear; I'd also asked for books to be returned that she couldn't immediately lay hands on because she'd loaned them in turn to her own friends without my knowledge or permission. I'd seen DVDs stacked on the floor at her house where the cats chewed on the plastic cases and where people could easily trip or step on them. Once, I'd had to take her to task for loaning an expensive collector's edition DVD set to someone I didn't personally trust any further than I could pick him up and throw him.
Still, she was a good friend, and so I forgave her her faults. Despite misgivings, and because forgiveness means just that, I continued on occasion to loan her books or movies. No more. Fool me once — or a dozen times — shame on you. Fool me twice — or a dozen times — shame on me. Just to cement the lesson learned, I had to pay for it with both an unpleasant end to a longtime friendship and the check I mailed a week ago.
Not everyone is irresponsible though I sadly assume that most people are since so many turn out to be. I still have a couple of good friends to whom I occasionally loan books and movies; to date, all have been returned promptly and all have been in good condition (frankly, if they weren't, these friends are of the responsible sort that would immediately offer to replace them with new — and while I probably wouldn't accept their offer if the damages were beyond their control, it's awfully nice to know that the offer would almost certainly be made). But I regret that the circle of those I trust with such relatively small things as books and DVDs has become so small itself.
Meanwhile, my own losses pale in comparison to those suffered by a friend of mine in recent days. A so-called friend had been care taking some household goods for him, and when he came to collect those goods, they were gone. A flurry of accusations and excuses ensued, but the bottom line is that my friend lost many dollars worth of goods with little hope of their return or any recompense. Even more valuable, he lost all of his trust and doubtless the relationship as well with someone who had previously been considered a good friend.
When I borrow things from people, I try to treat them as I'd hope they'd treat the things they might borrow from me. I don't let the cats chew on them (while the cats are pretty much spoiled beyond control, they've not yet learned to open cupboard doors); I don't hand them off to other people. I don't mistreat them (I'll never forget a book returned to me without comment that had obviously been dropped into the bathtub, nor will I soon get over a beautiful necklace that was given back — I kid you not — as loose beads in a box). I wouldn't even ask about replacing something if I damaged it badly. I'd just replace it.
The definition of borrowing is simple enough: it's when you enjoy the use of something you don't own. Now you may have to pay for that privilege through a form of borrowing known as "renting" or "leasing." You might barter instead via some kind of temporary exchange of goods or services. But if you don't outright buy or trade for something, it's borrowed; if it must eventually revert to the care of somebody else, it's borrowed; and it would behoove you to care for it until its return.
Some Americans are under the mistaken assumption that they "own" their freedom. While it's certainly true that their unalienable rights are theirs, both personally and collectively, the freedom that ensures they can exercise those rights was really bought and paid for by others. And the truth is that, even if they've paid some of the purchase price themselves, it's still not theirs to do with as they will.
As far back as the 13th Century, men fought for freedom; the Magna Charta enshrined the notion that their freedom was theirs and that the government had no right to interfere. In the late 1700's, a group of revolutionaries fought against the unreasoning curbs on freedom by a King and won. Referencing the Magna Charta, they fashioned a Constitution and a Bill of Rights that belongs to no man because it's effectively owned by all of them.
Over the course of the years, Americans have fought and died for freedom. But the reality of it is that they weren't so much fighting for themselves as they were for themselves and their posterity. Freedom, like some other things, is only momentarily meaningful if it's not passed on. So it's perfectly legitimate to suggest that the freedom you and I enjoy today (such as it is) is freedom we're only using until we can pass it on to the next generation.
When our generation was charged with the administration of our country, we were able to speak freely (with a very few notable and thankfully momentary exceptions). Today, political correctness has already resulted in provisions for the deterrence and punishment of "hate speech," and misplaced (and frankly misnamed) patriotism threatens political speech ranging from association to flag burning (certainly you're aware of the FBI monitoring of various anti-war groups and of the Senate's push to amend the Constitution itself to outlaw flag desecration).
When our generation was handed the reins of the country, we were able to order guns via mail orders. But because of the actions of one irresponsible man (conspiracy theories aside for the moment), the assassination of John F. Kennedy (followed by those of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.) put a stop to the freedom of the rest of the population from being able to buy firearms so simply. Boys (and often girls too) looked forward to receiving their first guns, and when they did, they were taught safety and responsibility that ensured they'd enjoy target practice and hunting; today, such recent all American traditions are looked upon as "redneck" at best, and oftentimes viewed as just plain wrong.
When our generation was given the care of American liberties, searches required warrants. But because of the federal government's unbending "war on drugs," various warrantless searches (more commonly called "sobriety checkpoints") are common; because of the federal government's claims of defense in the "war on terror," our e-mails, phone calls, Internet habits, and banking transactions have been monitored, sorted, data-mined, and who knows what else.
When our generation took over from the generation before us, our justice system relied on the crucial proviso that we were innocent 'til proven guilty. Today, the merest accusation of child abuse or drug use is enough that those so accused are often forced to prove their innocence before the courts will set them free — and even then, most find their reputations irredeemably damaged among their neighbors and associates. In the past, men and women were arrested on charges, and held on charges, and tried on charges, and then jailed or released; today, men are even now being held without any charges at all.
When our generation took hold of powers of government, privacy had been ruled a basic right by courts which determined our bedrooms were sacrosanct and our medical privacy inviolate. Today, privacy is assailed at every street corner by ubiquitous cameras in the name of "safety," and in every home with the "war on terror's" arsenal that permits searches and worse without cause, or even the knowledge of the person being searched that a search has been conducted. Data theft is rampant largely because data collection is rampant; medical privacy is virtually non-existent thanks to federal regulations which claim to protect privacy but which in realty offer broad-based exceptions to rules that were previously just fine as they were.
We're bad borrowers. We're returning freedoms to the next generation that, after our use, have been damaged almost beyond repair. The broken strands of liberty have only haphazardly been collected up and, in the little container to which we've relegated real freedom, could likely not even be used to put together the whole of the original Bill of Rights the first generation of Americans believed that all were entitled to own merely by virtue of birth. Adding insult to already grievous injury, we're failing to pass on some freedoms at all. And worst of all, many of our children are sanguine about the loss because we've effectively taught them that they "have nothing to hide," or that some sacrifices of freedom are necessary for our security, all the while hiding from them the very real truth that, throughout history, the loss of freedom proves very real and very long term while the security gained is temporary at best.
It might be sad, but friendships end. Sometimes, they end in very real anger and resentment because one of the friends betrays the other. But no matter the extent of your loss when a friendship is over, and no matter your own pain or frustrations, consider the far greater misdeed of our failure to return freedom in its original condition to those who next inherit it from us. Can you even begin to imagine the pain, frustration, and entirely justified anger of our posterity for what we're doing — and not doing — today?
Yes, I still have a couple of friends who are good borrowers, and I hope that I'm a good borrower, too. And yes, there are still those in America who take their temporary responsibility for the long term freedom of this country seriously. But unless those few work as hard as they can to stop loaning the care of freedom to the bad borrowers, then there's going to be little left for any of us to pass on. It's up to each of us if we want to be thought of as the kind of person who would blithely return a flood-damaged book or a broken necklace, or if we're going to step up to our responsibilities and make good on what we've broken and preserve all that we've not.
Lady Liberty, a senior writer for ESR, is a graphic designer and pro-freedom activist currently residing in the Midwest. More of her writings and other political and educational information is available on her web site, Lady Liberty's Constitution Clearing House, at http://www.ladylibrty.com. E-mail Lady Liberty at email@example.com.
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Coming Soon: A Moviegoer's Guide to February
If this past January proved anything, it's that the movies weren't nearly as bad as those from previous years. Unfortunately, I highly doubt the same will be true of February's line-up when all is said and done. Though there are certainly a couple movies to look forward to (including the latest John McClane adventure and only the second rom-zom-com in existence), the pickings are even slimmer and less promising than last month.
Who: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich and Rob Corddry
What: After a zombie named R saves Julie from an attack, they form a relationship that sets in motion a series of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
When: February 1st
Why: If there's one movie that I'm actually looking forward to this February, it's the big screen adaptation of Isaac Marion's clever YA novel. Director Jonathan Levine has already tackled some pretty ballsy material between "The Wackness" and "50/50," but this is probably his most adventurous and challenging project yet, if only because the subject matter is about as outside-the-box as you can get. Vampires are one thing (and though the "Twilight" comparisons are inevitable, they're completely unwarranted), but the idea of doing a romantic comedy where a zombie falls in love with a human is ripe for exactly the kind of dark humor that "Warm Bodies" will hopefully deliver in spades.
Who: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa and Christian Slater
What: After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington D.C. detective team up to bring down their common enemy.
When: February 1st
Why: Arnold Schwarzenegger may be back to reclaim his action hero title, but Sylvester Stallone never gave it up, and though his latest movie doesn't look very good, you have to respect the guy for grinding away all these years. Though director Walter Hill has made his share of fun buddy action films (including "48 Hours" and its sequel), that formula has been run so far into the ground that only a dinosaur like him would think it's still relevant. It's always nice to see Sung Kang getting work, because he's probably one of the best Asian-American actors in the business, but if the cheesy dialogue from the trailer is any indication, "Bullet to the Head" is destined for the Wal-Mart bargain bin.
Who: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Amanda Peet and Morris Chestnut
What: When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the deceptively harmless-looking thief.
When: February 8th
Why: Jason Bateman reteams with "Horrible Bosses" director Seth Gordon for a new film co-starring Hollywood It Girl Melissa McCarthy. On paper, "Identity Thief" sounds like it should be comedy gold, but go watch the trailer again and count how many times you laughed. Did you get zero too? It's not entirely surprising considering the film was written by the same guy behind a trio of spoof movies and "RocketMan," but I've come to expect better from Bateman. McCarthy, on the other hand, continues to overact the only way she knows how, and though some people seem to find her funny, I'm not one of them. In other words, unless you're a fan, you can probably wait for it to hit home video.
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Saturdays were tedious because there were always chores which didn't actually take that long but after lunch (which I always enjoyed with Grandmother) I had to go to the beauty parlor.
As a kid I didn't mind but when I got to be 14 or 15 I had other things to prepare for. Of course, many of my friends who were boys would go swimming on summer afternoons and most of us who were girls would sit and watch. Even with swimming caps our hair would get wet and "go back" so we stood or sat on the sidelines. The crazy thing about all that was if there was a dance at the Phillis Wheatley Y you also couldn't "slow drag" because the boys would be sweaty against your face and your hair would get wet and "go back." It goes without saying that we were not allowed to slow drag.


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Topic: Macworld
Editorial: Apple's move to ARM is possible because most users want power more than compatibility
06/21/2019, 09:06 am
What was once at least a concern and often the barrier that stopped Mac sales, cross-platform software compatibility is now mostly irrelevant to the wider user base -- and we all stand to benefit.
August 6, 1997 -- The day Apple and Microsoft made peace
08/06/2018, 10:08 am
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs came together 21 years ago, when Microsoft agreed to invest $150 million in Apple stock. The deal shocked Apple purists, but it helped put Apple on a firm footing for a few reasons -- and made its historic run possible in the second Steve Jobs era.
IDG cancels Macworld/iWorld 2015 conference, says show 'going on hiatus'
10/14/2014, 01:10 pm
On the heels of last month's cancelation of Macworld's print magazine, IDG announced on Tuesday that the long running 2015 Macworld/iWorld conference, formerly known as the Macworld Expo, has also been canceled, marking the end of an era.
Macworld/iWorld moves to late March
04/02/2013, 11:04 am
Next year will see the annual Macworld/iWorld expo moving to a new date and location, as the expo's organizers seek to balance attendee requests and the realities of putting on a large show.
Hands on: Goal Zero's portable chargers
02/04/2013, 01:02 pm
There are always a few solar charging products at the Macworld expo, and the 2013 show was no exception. Some of the companies have come and gone, but Goal Zero has continued to expand its charging products.
Hands on: PowerTrekk portable fuel cell charger
02/04/2013, 01:02 pm
MyFC made headlines two years ago when it unveiled a portable fuel cell charger, the PowerTrekk, however the promise of a spring 2012 release has now turned into a spring 2013 target.
Briefly: CrazyTalk 7 app uses audio and text to automatically animate faces
02/03/2013, 03:02 am
Like the others, I was drawn by the visual of a Pembroke Welsh Corgi on the screen, its jaw moving in time with pre-recorded speech, welcoming me to the CrazyTalk booth at Macworld.
Flint mobile payment system replaces card readers with iPhone's camera
02/03/2013, 03:02 am
Mobile payment solutions company Flint looks to take on established names in the segment with its new app, which eschews magnetic card readers for a unique camera-based image-recognition system.
Double Robotics leverages Apple's iPad with Double remote telepresence robot
02/03/2013, 03:02 am
A necessary byproduct of living in the future � as we do � appears to be the occasional bit of tech that is simultaneously very cool and remarkably impractical. Normally retailing for $2,500, and requiring the investment of at least another $500 to function, Double Robotics' Double telepresence robot fits squarely into that category. It is pretty fun to watch, though.
First look: Boinx Software's iStopMotion 2
02/02/2013, 08:02 pm
Boinx Software's iStopMotion 2 stands above most of the rest at this year's Macworld/iWorld as a fun and well realized leveraging of the iPad's technology.
SNL's Fred Armisen talks Steve Jobs, love of tech at Macworld
02/02/2013, 12:02 am
In an interview with Forbes after his Macworld/iWorld keynote on Friday, comedic actor Fred Armisen shared a story about meeting late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, and gave his feelings on how technology affects his work.
Corning's super-strong Thunderbolt and USB 'Optical Cables' deliver data over 100-meter spans
02/02/2013, 12:02 am
Electronics are often delicate things, eliciting gasping dread when knocked off a table by an elbow or falling into a beer glass from between clumsy fingers. That's why it's refreshing to see a Macworld exhibitor that's willing to put their product through an old-school torture test to delight the passersby, as Corning was with its new optical cables.
Seagate's pocketable, self-powered Wireless Plus HDD streams content to multiple iOS devices
02/01/2013, 09:02 pm
I never really thought I'd ever see people lining up to check out a wireless hard drive under under glass, on display like the Hope Diamond. Then again, I never thought I'd see a man wearing an Abe Lincoln costume and a steampunk arm-mounted email machine concept. I saw both at Macworld.
Belkin's Thunderstorm speaker dock brings room-filling audio to iPad
02/01/2013, 08:02 pm
In showing off their wares, companies sometimes put product reps in odd positions, but mild sensory deprivation isn't terribly common. So it was novel to find myself in a soundproof booth with a Belkin representative, checking out the Thunderstorm. "I have no idea what's been going on outside this room all day," he admitted to me before starting the demo.
Fujitsu's ScanSnap iX500 digitizes 25 double-sided docs per minute; wins a Best of Show
02/01/2013, 08:02 pm
The straightforward demonstrations you see at Macworld are sometimes the best. No long pitch or hard sale, just a quick demo of a scanner zipping through a few pages and automatically transmitting documents to an iPad.
HP trying to mend ties with Apple customers while demoing new gear at Macworld
02/01/2013, 03:02 pm
"What's your impression of the relationship between HP and Apple?" the Hewlett-Packard representative asked. "Because I'll bet you it's probably five years out of date."
Ashton Kutcher on Steve Jobs biopic: 'This was done with the utmost love, admiration, and respect'
01/31/2013, 04:01 pm
The 29th annual Macworld conference kicked off today at the Moscone Center in San Francisco with Macworld GM Paul Kent interviewing Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad, stars of the Steve Jobs biopic JOBS. The two actors talked about the roles they took on, with Kutcher surprising the crowd with some serious Apple nerd cred.
Interview: Macworld/iWorld GM Paul Kent on the event's evolution post-Apple
01/31/2013, 02:01 pm
In years past, Macworld was the year's defining event for the Mac community, an event blessed by Apple's presence. Since Apple stopped attending Macworld, the show has lived on, evolved, and even taken on a new name.
Microsoft announces 2012 CES will be its last
12/21/2011, 02:12 pm
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, at which its CEO Steve Ballmer will give the keynote address, will be the last show the company attends.
Macworld Expo mirrors Apple's product shift with new 'iWorld' name
10/25/2011, 03:10 pm
Next year's Macworld Expo, set to kick off Jan. 26, 2012, will carry a new name for the first time, "Macworld|iWorld," to reflect the importance of Apple's i-products like the iPhone and iPad.


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MONTREAL - Sports photographers and writers here and around the world were stunned Sunday to learn that Montreal-based Reuters photographer Shaun Best, 43, had died Saturday night, apparently of a heart attack.
Best had just finished dinner with other photographers covering the Canadian Grand Prix and was driving home with his longtime partner, Gazette copy editor Denise Duguay, when he had the attack.
As soon as word got out that Best had died, Twitter was alive with tweets about him.
"Media here at Canadian Grand Prix rocked by the death of photographer Shaun Best" is how QMI columnist Terry Jones, who was covering the Formula One race, put it.
"He came out of Winnipeg and saw the world with his camera," said Mike Blake, a Reuters colleague. "He was friends with all photographers on the circuit, including those he competed with," said Blake, en route to San Diego.
"It's a sad day for all of us."
Steve Keating, a Toronto-based Reuters sportswriter, had talked to Best on Saturday about covering the Stanley Cup finals. "We were deciding whether we would drive down today (Sunday, for Game 6 in Boston) after the F1 race or wait and go Monday. He said, 'Let me check the weather and I'll get back to you.' "
Photographer Fred Greenslade of Portage la Prairie, who knew Best at university and at the Winnipeg Sun, said he was "an outstanding photographer" with a knack for getting it right. "He always knew what newspapers wanted. He knew how to edit, knew what the story was, and knew the right picture to send on the wire, all the time."
Remarkably, he picked up these skills on his own, but with help from friends. "He was completely self-taught," Duguay, who met Best while she was at the Sun, recalled.
Best loved the camera and started freelancing for the Sun at age 17 while still in high school. He went on to study general arts at the University of Manitoba but dropped out to pursue his photographic career.
He got a lot of help along the way from seasoned pros, and never forgetting their role in his career development, "repaid the favours he received in spades," Duguay said.
Best was always ready to teach and help out fellow photographers following a similar route, she recalled. "He loved what he did," Duguay said. "He was incredibly generous. He taught himself photography and computers and then taught anybody else who wanted to know, and that included me and colleagues all over the world.
As a staff photographer, Best was what Duguay called "a stalwart" on the Reuters sports events team. Hockey and golf were his specialties.
His parents, Shirley and Rick Best, and Duguay were planning for a funeral in Winnipeg, with a memorial service in Montreal. He is also survived by his brother Mike Best.
Shaun Best's corneas, heart valves and skin were donated for use in transplants.


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Beaver Falls, PA – It has already been a memorable athletic season for Geneva College. The women′s volleyball team has already set the school record for victories in a season and the football team has its sights on finishing strong and watching one of its own rewrite the record books. Adriane Blake will finish her volleyball career with the most kills per game in school history. Gerard Muschette is looking to become Geneva′s all-time leading rusher. Both were honored on Wednesday for the work they did on the court and on the field a week ago. Muschette was named the NCCAA football co-player of the week for the third time this fall while Blake was named the volleyball co-player of the week for the second time in 2010.
The senior outside hitter led her team to a perfect 3-0 record last week with victories over Saint Vincent, Grove City and Westminster. In the process, the Golden Tornadoes improved to 26-5 on the season and broke the single season record for victories that has stood since 1986. She also helped Geneva complete its first undefeated season at home in school history with a perfect 8-0 mark. Blake posted 5.3 kills per game with a .309 hitting percentage. She continues to lead the PAC Conference in kills per game and closed out the regular season as Geneva′s all-time leader in kills per game. She also posted 3.7 digs and 0.8 blocks per game in Geneva′s perfect week.
Muschette continues to rewrite the Geneva College record book. In Geneva′s 34-20 victory over Thiel on Saturday, Muschette broke the single game record with 302 yards rushing on 30 carries. He also scored four touchdowns and broke the career mark with 44 touchdowns in his career. Trailing 6-0 at halftime, Geneva exploded behind Muschette′s 250 second half rushing yards to put 34 points on the board. Muschette scored on runs of 7, 12, 24 and 70 yards to surpass the all-time mark. With one game left on Geneva′s schedule, Muschette is just 108 yards shy of breaking the all-time rushing mark of 3,809 yards.
Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva College′s philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).
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The San Diego-based aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will participate in the Rim of the Pacific military exercise this summer before the ship relocates to Japan, Navy leaders said Wednesday.
The world's largest maritime warfare exercise is hosted biennially in June and July in Honolulu by U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet. This year, China is among 23 nations expected to attend, making RIMPAC "bigger than it's ever been probably," said Vice Adm. Kenneth Floyd, commander of Third Fleet.
Floyd was asked during a maritime strategy panel session at the three-day WEST 2014 conference at the San Diego Convention Center whether budgetary constraints would make RIMPAC 2014 a shadow of previous years.
Details of who is bringing what among international participants will be announced soon after the lineup is finalized in April, he said.
In 2012, 22 countries attended, a 50 percent increase from two years before. Russia was a player for the first time. China, which is engaged in territorial disputes with Japan and several other American allies in the Pacific, wasn't invited.
China sent a small contingent to observe the exercise in 1998 but this is the first time its troops and ships are expected to participate.
"For us it's an opportunity to build trust and confidence with the partners that we will work with when we're out there. To that extent, having the Chinese participate is very valuable to us," Floyd said.
As previously announced, the Ronald Reagan is scheduled to change home ports in summer 2015 to Yokosuka, Japan, replacing the George Washington as the only U.S. flattop permanently stationed outside the United States.
The George Washington is being recalled to Virginia for an overhaul. Except for repair work, the Ronald Reagan has been based in San Diego since 2004, the year after it was commissioned.


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