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What is the Purpose of Schooling?
On Friday (1/23/09), the Franklin Institute hosted a panel for Educon 2.1 focused around the question, "What is the Purpose of School?" Here is my video of the panelists opening statements.
The quality isn't that great. The video was taken with a Flip camera, in the dark. I used the back of a seat to stabilize the camera. Unfortunately, I ran out of space and missed most of Joel Arquillos (Executive Director of 826LA) opening statement while I was busily deleting other video.
Dr. Squyres is a professor at Cornell and the Principal Investigator for the Mars Exploration Rovers.
Prakash Nair is the Co-Founder, Fielding Nair International: Architects and Change Agents for Education
Dr. Molefi Asante is a professor of African American Studies at Temple and author of more than 60 books.
Kendall Crolius is a founding partner of The Sulevia Group.
Jeff Han is the founder of Perceptive Pixel and inventor of the multi-touch screen
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Free school supplies will be handed out Friday July 27 as part of a community project for Cameron and Willacy County.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints donated all the supplies to the community projects team.
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This private meetup group is for younger and adventurous WOMEN that identify as bisexual and/or lesbian and are single, dating, commited, and otherwise. We started this group to meet women with similar interests and who are within the 30-45 age group. We have found that we have more successful meetups since people closer in age tend to have more in common - if you're over/under a couple of years, that's ok. ;)). We're here to have some fun and connect with others who share common interests, view …
The Lesbian Social Network is the alcohol-free alternative to meeting women at the bars. Join us every Friday for games, lively discussions, special guests, exceptional events, unique theme nights, lesbian & LGBT themed movies (every 4th Friday), fun & laughter, & MORE!!! Location: 1 Voice Community Center, 725 W Indian School, Phoenix Admission: $5.00 (includes refreshments), or become a member and get in FREE! Visit the WCC website membership information and other LSN details: http://www.women …
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We are an inter-generational dance party open to all women. 99% of the women who attend Hot Flash dances are lesbian, bi- or trans-sexual and we are open to women of all sexual orientations. The main age of the women attending is between 33-48 but we welcome all women 21+ who love to dance to yesterday's and today's best music. Voted by Seattle Magazine Best of 2008 issue as the best women's dance in town, we host several dances throughout the Pacific Northwest, San Diego, and Phoenix. Dances ar …
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Calling ALL Fam in the Phoenix Valley Areas! This group is for the Lesbian sistas (and Bros too!) who are interested in having a good time, meeting new like minded Black LGBT family and participating in community! Invites to individuals that are outgoing, ambitious, and adventurous who want to enjoy and appreciate Phoenix and other surrounding cities. This group is sure to have activities that can appeal to anyone! Social activities to include: Wine Bars** Formal Galas**Tubing ** Movies ** Bal …
Our purpose is to meet together as lesbian business women and support each other in business and community.
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All women are welcome. This group caters to polyamorous/poly-curious women who want to meet other poly women who love women and who enjoy participating in fun/interesting activities or sharing with one another over a cup of coffee or tea. Regardless of your label...queer, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, curious or other, if you are interested in meeting similarly described women who practice polyamory or who are poly-curious, come join us. We are the place to find other poly women for friendship …
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We are an interactive web and events community for gay, lesbian and allied individuals and businesses. ONE Community reminds you that You Vote With Your Wallet Every Day - support businesses that support the LGBT Community. Check out our business directory here: http://ocaz.co/i60 Social memberships are FREE, join our ONE Community today for the latest news, member benefits and exclusive promotions and giveaways. Join the community organization the LGBT community is talking about: http://ocaz.c …
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Picture a favorite hang out surrounded by your friends and new aquaintances.......and now welcome to Lezfinity! Our mission is to introduce lesbian/gay couples and singles to enjoy events together that will range from dinner, movies, day trips and even weekend getaways. What will make us stand out is we're all about making amazing friends, getting together and having a great time with new fresh ideas! A perfect platform for those of you with that inspiration. The idea is to allow couples/single …
East Valley Alliance is a social group for adults who identify as part of the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual) spectrum and their friends and family. Members are people of all ages and backgrounds who live in East Valley (Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Scottsdale, A. J.) Areas who are interested in developing new friendships, participate in social activities and sharing resources to build upon a greater sense of community!
Are you a giving, caring person who loves helping others? As a spiritual being, do you love adding more LOVE and LIGHT to this world? Are you a member of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community? Or a straight ally? This group is for you! Perfect for anyone with a caring, loving spirit! The purpose is to support and encourage one another in personal growth, development of our spiritual gifts, self-love, self-acceptance, honoring our sensitivity, self-care, managing our energy, an …
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We (Karen & Michelle) are a Christian lesbian couple interested in meeting other LGBT Christians (though all are welcome). We believe that Christ is accepting of all. We understand the struggles that LGBT Christians may go through and would like to establish a social network where concerns can be discussed, life long friendships can be made and social events planned.
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Welcome to the BLUSH meetup! BLUSH is the creation of The ladies from Missing Puzzle Piece Events and the previous manager of Hot Flash Dances. We all know that Phoenix greatly lacks venues for the women in our community and we have dedicated ourselves to filling that gap. BLUSH is private events for women of the LGBT community.
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women wanting to meet other professional women to network and socialize!
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Our purpose is to ensure that ALL Arizonans have the right to marry who they love. We're gathering 260,000 signatures to put marriage on the ballot in 2014.
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Golfers wanted! Looking for gay professionals who have a passion for golf and want to play more often and see more courses.
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This group is for all LGBT parents & families. As same sex couples with children, we face unique challenges and sometimes need a little extra support. This is a great place to meet others who share this similar experience!
Open Doors AZ is a social activity group for gay men and women who live in the sunny state of Arizona. We are LGBTQA inclusive but the intent of our group is to focus on people ages 18-40 years old. Every week Open Doors AZ gets together to eat, play and socialize. We are about making a difference within our community. Open Doors AZ prides itself on diversity; membership is all inclusive, making it a great way to meet new people in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Open Doors AZ was founded in Dec …
We welcome you to our site and invite you to join us as we gather at local firing ranges around the valley to practice shooting, and to acquaint people new to firearms with them.
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Meet other local Gay Professionals, Men and Women. Network and Discussion with like-minded individuals about anything from coming out to politics to careers - even sports (well, maybe)!
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Are you laid back type of woman? A care free woman? Do you want to try something new? We are a group of women who want to get out & experience fun-filled events. The evolution of this group came about to make new friends and share activities with like minded women. Some activities include..breakfast brunches, visit museums, outdoor activities & exploring the world around us. We are open to individual suggestions on ideas as this group is what WE all make of it. Come out with us & try something n …
First and foremost: We are not a dating site, not a singles site, not a couples site, not an age over or under site; we are a diversified group of Greater Casa Grande citizens that enjoy getting together for various social activities, including but not limited to: monthly dinners, socials, public event activities, Texas Hold Em' parties, pot lucks, movies, festivals, community service projects, charity fundraising, tours and anything else our members can think of :). A new CGSA can attend any up …
After watching the Beverly Hills 420 mom's show; I was inspired to create a group for women only to come together and create honest, long lasting friendships around medical cannabis. I have suffered from migraines since my second pregnancy, my daughter is now 9 years old and I continue to suffer from migraines. Medical Cannabis has helped me with the pain from migraines and the symptoms associated with migraines and stress from life. To join this group you have to have a Medical Marijuana Card a …
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This is a group for Bisexual women who are having a hard time meeting other Bisexual women. I started a similar group in Tucson and met many beautiful and wonderful women. So now I am here in the Valley and intend to do the same! This group is for mainly for Bisexual women, but it's LGBTQIA friendly. EVERYONE is welcome. Let me STRESS that! I was denied from another group because of my sexuality and I felt horrible. I think that you are who you are and that should not define you. This group didn …
Toastmasters operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Through its thousands of member clubs, Toastmasters International offers a program of communication and leadership projects designed to help people learn the arts of speaking, listening, and thinking on your feet. Melrose Toastmasters serves friends and members of the LGBT community and is an open and inclusive club. We are located in Central Phoenix in the …
This is a Women's Group to promote "Nurturing your Nature" by getting out and spending time with other women in the outdoors. We do not have to limit ourselves to the outdoors, we can also enjoy indoor events and planning potlucks. Women Outdoors - Arizona is the newest region in the national organization found at Womenoutdoors.org. Come join us! And please let me know if you have any suggestions for you or others to lead! Thanks!!
Welcome to Friends with Benefits kickball! The concept of a gay kickball league in the Valley isn't a new concept but we are bringing it back to life after a dry spell. With your involvement we can grow this into something huge! While we are primarily an LGBT group we welcome anyone who is interested in having some wild crazy kickball fun to join in on the action. You'll find the usual big red balls that you'll find in other kickball leagues around the Valley, you'll find us to be a lot less str …
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OFFICE BEARERS for 2012
President Derek Mateer11 Walnut Street, Belfast BT7 1ENTelephone (028) 9028 5923
Vice-President Robert Ruddock11 main Street, Conlig, Newtownars, BT23 7PTTelephone (028) 9028 5923
Immediate Past President Keith Davey11 Walnut Street, Belfast BT7 1ENTelephone (028) 9028 5923
Honorary General Secretary Chris Wallace5 Gannett Way, Carrickfergus, BT38 7RTTelephone (028) 9336 4662
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General Purposes CommitteeT. Boyd, R. Johnston, W. Kell, W. Pierson, B Stanfield. T. Turkington
Competitions CommitteeT. Boyd, R. Johnston, J. Patterson, W. Kell, S. Mullen
Greens CommitteeA. Oliver (Convenor)J. Patterson, K. Aiken, R. Johnston, W. Pierson,W. Moreland, S. Strange, T. Boyd, A. Campbell, R. Carroll
Delegates to IBA CouncilK. Davey, A. Johnston, J. Humphreys, R. Johnston, W. Kell, E. Whitten.
Delegate to IBA Annual General MeetingS. Moran
Selection CommitteeR. McCutcheon, G. Pierpoint, S. Moran, C. Wallace, J. Humphreys.
Honoray AuditorsR. Johnston and R. Simpson
Honorary MembersW. Moreland, C. Beck, A. Murray, S. Strange, J. Higgins, L. Menabney, J. Caldwell,A, Oliver


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Why I'm Still Thinking About Gun Control
Even though it's been several months since police say James Holmes walked into a Colorado movie theatre and opened fire, killing a dozen people and injuring scores more, I'm still thinking about that horrible day…and how the debate over gun ownership rages on.
Left, versus right, Republican v. Democrat. Heck, one of our talk show hosts here at kxl carries a gun (he's licensed), and asks me almost daily if I'm going to get registered (so far I'm not). Don't expect to hear much from the White House, or Mitt Romney's campaign about this topic, after all, they both have an election to try and win in a few weeks, and taking a stance on something as controversial as gun control will cost both candidates votes.
Most polls find that as Americans, we believe we have a constitutional right to own a gun. The discussion I find myself getting into more often than not isn't whether you should be allowed to own one, it's what kind of gun should you be allowed to own? And my friends and family overseas, well, they just don't understand how easy it is for almost anyone here to legally get their hands on a weapon that can fire any type of bullet. So that's a conversation I try and steer clear of.
However, for or against, debate is healthy, and I'm glad to hear so many people still discussing this issue. But remember, it's an election year, and a topic like this is bound to stir emotions as both parties play to the extreme left and right. I hope you question what you hear, and fact check the news stories you watch on TV and read on-line. And above all, try to remember that this debate isn't going to go away just because a Republican or Democrat is in the White House. It's an issue that no single...or two term president...is likely to resolve.
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Mary Higgins Clark On Leading the St. Patrick's Parade
'My father came here with five pounds in his pocket'
"On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2011, as the parade goes up Fifth Avenue I will be thinking of the father who came over with five pounds in his pocket and who died when I was only eleven, the mother who encouraged my dreams of being a writer by treating every word I wrote as though it was scripted by the angels, the brothers I loved so dearly and lost so young, the Irish ancestors I never knew who sent their children to seek a better life knowing they might never see them again. They'll all march with me."
That is how Mary Higgins Clark, the 2011 Grand Marshal of the New York City parade, the largest in the world, wants to think about this upcoming St.Patrick's Day as she heads the grandest parade in the world.
On the morning that we meet, at her apartment overlooking Central Park, Mary Higgins Clark had just returned from a television appearance on Fox where she took questions about her new book out in April called I'll Walk Alone, a thriller based on identity theft.
"I often use song titles, or a line from a song, as my book titles," she tells me. "And I loved 'I'll Walk Alone' when I was a young teenager during the war. [The war] started when I was thirteen, I never hide my age, it's useless and unnecessary. But those four years, from the time when I was thirteen to when I was seventeen, that was one of the favorite songs. 'I'll walk alone/ because to tell you the truth/ I'll be lonely/ I don't mind being lonely/ When my heart tells me/ you are lonely too/ I'll walk alone . . .'"
On March 17, Mary will certainly not walk alone. As Grand Marshal she will lead the St. Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue on the occasion of the parade's 250th anniversary. In fact, Mary will not walk, she will ride in style, in a horse and carriage.
This is the first time in the history of the parade that the Grand Marshal will not walk the entire length of the parade route, some 40 blocks. Mary, who though she is in fine fettle at 83, told the parade committee that she just couldn't walk that far. "Look at my ankle," she says showing me her swollen ankle joint. "I broke it 50 years ago ice skating with the kids and it never healed properly. Twenty years ago I had a triple bone fusion by the doctor who invented the process, only he hadn't read his own book. It was a horrible job so I went for five years, then I had it done again."
The committee offered her a golf cart (automobiles are not allowed in the parade) but she suggested another alternative that she thought would be a tad more glamorous. "I said, why don't you get a horse and carriage? I thought it was appropriate with the 250th anniversary, and they liked the idea."
The St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City has often come under fire from gay activists who want to march under their own banner. As far as Mary is concerned, and she is not without her gay friends, the parade is about Irish pride, not gay pride.
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BINGO RESCHEDULED - November 26thHermitage PTSA is moving BINGO Night to Tuesday, November 26th, at 6 pm, so that all of our Panther families can attend College & Career Night at Glen Allen High School on Tuesday, November 12th. Colleges, universities and local businesses will all be at College and Career Night - something not to miss. BINGO will be at 6 pm on Tuesday the 26th at Hermitage. We will have great prizes, slices of pizza and drinks for sale, and babysitting provided by the Triangle Two girls, so make a night of it and bring the whole family!
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'Trudge' by Iskra Johnson
I have always had a dual creative life, one as a letterform designer and illustrator and one as a fine artist working in various media. For most of my career I had an office outside of my home for my design business, and did personal artwork in my apartment. When the dotcom boom sent studio space into the stratosphere I looked for a house.
I could never find the big uninterrupted single floor of studio space I dreamed of, so I settled on a place that had a backyard cottage and a smaller loft in the house. The thinking was that I could keep "fine art" upstairs, discreetly separated from design, which I would do in the back yard.
The house itself was a prime example of post war neo-shed architecture when I bought it. Making it functional and beautiful has taken most of my time and treasure when not doing art. Although I had misgivings about moving to a neighborhood at the edge of the city and away from the urban vibe I grew up in, the place itself has changed me in many ways and I have come to feel at home here. I think living in apartments I always felt like a tenant on the earth, and now I feel like a caretaker, (or in the spring I might even aspire to earth goddess.)
The garden is really my extended library and zone of contemplation, and where I get many of my ideas.
The chair at the side of the pond has been named The Happiness Chair, and when I sit there I have complete permission to be happy, to be courted by the next idea, and to listen to the birds.
Living and working in a house has definitely changed my attitude towards my work. Actual physical space has a huge effect on my dreams and ambitions. In a small back bedroom I did small studies…for slightly larger studies. Now, although I always crave MORE SPACE there is enough to get serious. A recent series of transfer prints called Werkspace addresses the idea of space itself. Since settling here I have worked on a much larger scale and shown my drawings and prints in Seattle and in national competitions. Now if I just had a dedicated spray booth, a large flatbed press, a drying rack….and more artists in the neighborhood.
I had an interesting conversation with my artist group the other night. I asked them "what I should do with my books" and they all said, 'if you can get them at the library get rid of them. Get a Kindle.'
I am still in shock.
Books are a big deal here. What happens to that scene in romances when he/she peruses the possible knight/princess's bookshelf making discreet judgment on character and worthiness?? "Quickly, he rifled through her purse and found her Kindle. Scrolling through, he was shocked to find….."
How lame is that??
What has happened in the 8 years since I've been here is that all my worlds and media have blended. I seem to use the computer and scanner and printer for everything, and I may use paint or photography or printmaking in design.
This has made for a certain amount of chaos, as supplies are strewn through both spaces, and I end up doing a lot of weeding, plant photography and birdwatching as I go from one space to the other.
Making a Living in Publishing: I feel very lucky to be able to do this
One day twenty years ago I was sitting in my studio with no work wondering what the world's worst waitress was going to do next. I said to myself "Girl, instead of sitting here chewing on your sumie brushes why don't you go upstairs to the meditation loft where you put that cushion and sit formally, so you get some spiritual credit, and call it meditating instead of brooding." After roughly twenty minutes of sitting on my zafu alternately counting my breath and thinking about my future as a child care worker, waitress or farmhand the phone rang. It was Paul Buckley at Penguin with a book title he wanted to see if I would be "interested" in doing. "Zen and the Art of Making A Living."
The book is now in its fifth printing.
About Iskra
Part of the zen of making a living is noticing which way the flow is going and swimming in that direction. Some weeks I create lettering for torrid romance covers with titles like "Irresistible" or "Desperate Measures." Other times I am at work on children's books about heroic mice or noble pigs or illustrating cookbooks. I love being part of popular culture and being the channel for many different voices.
Experimental work with ink. This kind of exploration blends the tools of fine art, printmaking and calligraphy and leads to all kinds of surprises in corporate identity work and illustration.
As principal of Iskra Design I have been working with the alphabet for many years, providing custom letterform solutions for book covers, logotypes, and package branding. In the first decade of my career I studied Asian calligraphy, haiga, T'ai Chi and sumie painting. I also have a BFA in Painting from the University of Washington. I draw much of my inspiration from the interplay between the contemplative sensibility of traditional Asian art and a more Western need for invention and uncharted agitation.
My current fine art ranges in style and media to fit my obsessions. I have a background in printmaking and have always sought the aesthetic of etching, lithography, and silk screen in my work. I love surfaces that are bitten and etched, indirect and calligraphic mark making, and subtlety. I also adore the flat screaming color of silkscreen, and the graphic qualities of stencils.
Due to early exposure to solvents I have been unable to work in a traditional printmaking studio or with traditional inks, and this has pushed me to devise my own tactics to create the look and process of printmaking without a press. I tackle a piece of paper as though it is a plate, but the "plate" becomes the final piece of art.
I got my first digital camera a year ago, and since then I have been very focused on photography and how to work with it as an "artifact." Recent work is highly experimental, and uses photos from my cellphone and Canon as its base. I am printing images onto digital grounds over other media and creating transfer prints using alcohol gel and acrylic mediums. The technology can be daunting, but when it works the immediacy of the process, from seeing to documenting to printing onto a surface — returning the image to the real physical world, is thrilling.
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***All original photography, design, art and text, are copyrighted and property of Iskra Johnson and are not to be cited, reproduced, or used elsewhere without written permission from the artist. Thank you!
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- Jennifer Manlowe, Your Memoir MentorMarch 3, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Wow, Iskra! What a rare talent you have/are and continue to cultivate. I've been wrestling with finding the common denominator within your multiple "gifts" ... I finally landed on your sense of sight. Your EYE is unrepeatable. Thank you. Please keep letting the rest of us in to your view(s) of the world.
ReplyDelete - Stephen HummelMarch 3, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Thx Maddie and Iskra,
very inspiring look at your way of life and thinking. Hi Iskra, (aka Jerry Brozowski) lost that last name a while back.
Came to this / you via Parker. A beautiful life you have. Thank you for sharing these vistas into your world. Amazing. Honored to have spent even moments in your Universe. Ahhhhhh, the Red Mountain memories and more and more. Amazing to me I had that opportunity. Now my Spirit floats in Copenhagen and isn't it good.
Namaste, Jerry


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With the end of the Cold War, a new paradigm for American foreign policy is slowly but surely emerging, says Rajan Menon, the Monroe J. Rathbone Professor of International Relations, in his new book
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Relegated to the history books is the ideologically driven rivalry of two superpowers and their competing network of alliances around the world, along with concepts such as the nuclear "balance of terror."
Those old realities have been replaced by new ones: a depleted Russia, overextended American military forces, the emergence of China and India as major powers, the rise of transnational terrorism, the problem of failed states, entrenched global poverty, and accelerating environmental degradation.
Indeed, Menon asks, why should the United States cling to Cold War-era military alliances that have been rendered superfluous, ineffective, and obsolete by a world that bears little resemblance to that of the Cold War?
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In essence, the U.S. grand strategy of containment will be supplanted by one that engages the world through fluid alignments that shift, depending on the issues at hand.
The slow-motion shift already underway casts doubt on the staying power of U.S.-led Cold War alliances, which are the focus of Menon's book.
Menon is convinced that "tectonic movements" in American grand strategy lie ahead, even though they may seem implausible now and will surely be resisted by a foreign policy establishment that remains institutionally and intellectually tied to Cold War theory and practice.
What he foresees is a subtle and slow shift from alliances to "alignments," which he describes as a "supple and creative mode of statecraft." The new strategy should be one that balances realism with principle and rests on a hardheaded awareness of real threats to American security, combined with a commitment to address global problems ranging from poverty to pollution.
"We should reduce our dependence on foreign oil as a way to reduce our profile in the Middle East and our dependence on unsavory regimes," says Menon, who advocates a focus on reducing global poverty along with an assemblage of states—including oil-rich Arab states—and organizations such as corporations, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations.
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If Roger Federer's progress to the final has shown us a magical exhibition of tennis, Rafael Nadal who was never tested en route, all but met his nemesis in compatriot Fernando Verdasco. At the end of the marathon it was but one point that separated victory from defeat. 193 points to Nadal, 192 to Verdasco.
The match which for most of the duration was a neck-to-neck affair, statistically too provided many firsts - making it not just a viewers delight but a statisti cians too. Some of the firsts - the 1st all Spanish semi final in Australian Open history, the longest match ever at the Australian Open, and the win resulted in Rafael Nadal's first ever Australian Open final.
The time it took for Nadal to squeeze out Verdasco, 5 hours and 14 minutes, is just the tip of the iceberg - a match which went to five sets, three of which were decided by tie-breaks speaks volumes for the quality of tennis that was on display. Rafa's skill that has earned him the No. 1 spot was never in doubt, but what about his opponent? - left hander, good friend, fellow Spaniard - the similarities do not end here. He shared the grit, the passion, the hunger that Nadal has always shown, and injected an element of surprise, nudged on by Lady Luck.
In the 1st set, he was more than a match for his more illustrious amigo - forced a tie-break and claimed the set with a winning volley, which was preceded by a kiss the net backhand shot which spun high into the air for what seemed like forever and while the astonished spectators looked on, dropped just over the net on Nadal's side.
In the 2nd set games went with serve, but while Verdasco won all of his with ease, Nadal had to work really hard to hold his. However in the 8th game, it was the familiar 'wear them down' Nadal who made Verdasco defend four break points. As the score moved on to 4-5 with Verdasco serving, the ball went back and forth from the back of the court producing tennis of the highest quality - two hard hitting men, firing on all cylinders - till Nadal hit a ferocious winner down the line. A point later Nadal had pocketed the set from straight under Verdasco's nose.
Nadal broke Verdasco to go 2-0 up in the third, and many a tennis fan would have predicted that this was the beginning of the end for the debutant semi-finalist. Not so, he rose to the challenge hitting winner after winner to break back, not once, but twice! But it was Nadal who had the last laugh, playing an impeccable tiebreaker to go up two sets to one.
The 4th set saw Verdasco receive some medical attention for what appeared to be calf-trouble. The match was now well into its 4th hour, however Verdasco seemed to have recovered sufficiently to push it into a tie-break, in which he annihilated the World No. 1
The final set provided more thrills to the packed stadium, and although it was well past the pumpkin hour, nobody dared move from their seats. In all fairness Nadal had the better of the exchanges in what was becoming a war of attrition. Nadal looked impervious on his own serve, dropping just 3 points in 5 service games. Verdasco meanwhile was struggling, his first serve percentage which had been in the 70s in the first four sets was loitering at 56% in the decider, and Nadal was taking full toll.
It all came to a head with Verdasco serving at 4-5 down, an identical position as the 2nd set. Two double faults in the final game, including one at match point down brought a rather anti-climatic end to a match of exceptionally high standards. Verdasco had hit an unimaginable 95 winners to Nadal's 52 yet it wasn't enough. In 5 hours and 5 sets of tennis, Nadal had made only 25 unforced errors, 5 an hour, 5 a set!
Sunday's final will see the dream match-up - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer on opposite sides of a tennis court, for the first time since that epic of a Wimbledon final, which Nadal won 9-7 in the 5th.
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OXFORD City manager Mike Ford has urged his players to learn from their mistakes after their 2-1 defeat to Harrogate Town, writes MATTHEW BRUCE.
City were beaten just once during their pre-season campaign but were punished by their clinical opponents in their opening match of the season.
"That's the harsh realities of proper league football," said Ford.
"You make a mistake, the other team scores and you're a goal down.
"They took their goals very well, we missed a couple of chances and that is the fine dividing line in football.
"It's not nice to lose the first one, but we've not got a great record on the opening day and we've always had decent seasons."
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And Ford is keen that his side, who are away to Solihull Moors tomorrow night, correct matters as soon as possible.
He added: "We had a number of these games last season where it was very tight and we didn't get the result.
"We've got to make sure that this season we get the right result.
"It's nice to have a game away to Solihull on Tuesday night to bounce back from this and it just gives us a chance to get three points on the board."
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This tutorial details how to take a number of SVGs and compile them into a single PDF.
from psutils
from ghostscript
(:source lang=bash linenum:) for i in *.svg; do
inkscape -T -P ${i%\.*}.ps $i
done && psmerge -o- *.ps | ps2pdf - output.pdf (:sourceend:)
Lines 13 use Inkscape to export all SVGs to PostScript files. The fancy ${i%\.*}
yields i
minus the .svg
so that we don't end up with .svg.ps
. The -T
switch is optional: it forces Inkscape to render text as paths; I find most programs don't render the flowText's that Inkscape uses natively well or at all.
Line 4 uses the psmerge command to merge all the PostScripts into one file. And pipes the output to...
Line 5 converts a Postscript to a PDF.
Actually, while this method "works", it isn't flawless: I was encountering problems with it adding a massive margin (like an extra inch) at the top of each page. I haven't determined why, but next is a fixed method.
(:source lang=bash linenum:) for i in *.svg; do
inkscape -T -P ${i%\.*}.ps $i
done && gs -sPAPERSIZE=letter -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=output.pdf *.ps (:sourceend:)
Lines 13 are the same as above: use Inkscape to convert the SVGs to PostScripts.
Line 4 uses ghostscript to join and convert to PDF in one step.
Another method involves using the Image Magick convert
(:source lang=bash:) convert -adjoin -page A4 *.svg output.pdf (:sourceend:)
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Lion House Gingerbread
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 cup very hot water
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9X13" baking pan with non-stick cooking spray or butter.
2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses; beat well.
3. Sift dry ingredients together and add in several additions to the creamed mixture.
4. Add hot water and carefully beat into other ingredients. The batter will be thin.
5. Bake for about 40 minutes (sometimes way less--check after about 30 minutes with toothpick to the center--do not overbake). Serve warm or cold with desired toppings--I recommend lemon curd and whipped cream, or bananas and whipped cream.
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This is so yummy. I remember having at your wedding reception!
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Driving for Turner Motorsports, Piquet had been second and third quickest during practice on Friday, where 1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve was fastest for Penske Racing in the day's first session, with ex-F1 and Champ Car racer Max Papis topping the second one for Richard Childress Racing. They will start fourth and fifth respectively in Saturday's race.
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I've known about this for some time, but I can now tell you that the fantastic Threads of Feeling exhibit, which I saw in 2010 at the Foundling Hospital Museum in London and reported on here, is going to be on show at the De Witt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, throughout 2013.
This was, as you will no doubt remember, a fantastic exhibit, detailing the range of 18th century fabric samples given as tokens by mothers and sometimes fathers of foundling children when they were accepted into the Foundling Hospital's care. These tokens were kept and preserved in the Hospital's "Billet Books". By examining them carefully it can be deduced what type of clothing would be worn by ordinary people in 18th century England. The archive of these tokens is a veritable treasure trove, as few clothes worn by ordinary people from this era survive, as, naturally, they would have been reused in various ways until they disintegrated.
The exhibit was curated by Professor John Styles, who will also curate the Colonial Williamsburg exhibition. I understand there will also be a symposium.
Professor Styles has, of course, made a special study of these fabrics in his fantastic book, The Dress of the People, which I reviewed here. He writes:
Threads of Feeling is an exhibition of the mid-eighteenth century textiles preserved in the records of London's Foundling Hospital. The exhibition was first displayed at the Foundling Museum in London in 2010-11. It will open for a year at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA in 2013. Meanwhile, it continues as an online exhibition at:http://www.threadsoffeeling.com/
So..if you live in North America and were frustrated by the exhibit being only in London you will now have your chance to see this thought-provoking exhibit. When I have more details of dates etc I will, of course, let you know.
The Threads of Feeling exhibiton which has been so deservedly successful and which is nearing the end ff its run at the Foundling Hospital, is now available to view online. My review of the exhibit can be accessed here.
If you go here you will be taken to a slide show, accompanied by a soundtrack of 18th century ballads which helps put the contents of the slides into context. Each slide shows in great detail a piece of ribbon or fabric, one of the tokens which were kept in the Billet Books of the Foundling Museum and which were deposited by the mothers of the babies, just in case they were ever in a position to be able to return to retrieve their child and needed to identify it. Details of the fabric are also listed.
The quality of the photographs is stunning and every detail of the fabric can be seen. Do access it, especially if you have no hope of going to see the exhibit before it closes on the 6th March
John Styles the Curator of the wonderful Threads of Feeling exhibition currently to be seen at the Foundling Museum, and which I reviewed here, is going to give a talk about the exhibit, together with a questions and answer session at the Foundling Musuem, on Wednesday 2nd February from 7.30p.m till 8p.m.
This promises to be a fabulous event, as John is not only the curator of the exhibit but the author of the magnificent book, The Dress of the People which I reviewed here and which, in part, examined in detail the tokens of fabrics left in the billet books of the Foundling Hospital by the poor and disadvantaged of the 18th century. You can see an example of one above. The collection of fabrics is therefore the most complete collection of 18th century working class fabrics in the UK. Examining the collection gives amazing insights into how the poor actually dressed. So, if you have ever wondered how Jane Austen's characters such as Fanny's Prices morther and her servant Rebecca from Mansfield Park dressed in Portsmouth , or how Nurse Rooke in Persuasion was attitred, then this is the talk (and book) for you.
I am hoping to go to this (she said frantically re-arranging dates in her diary) and of course if I do get there I will report back to you in full. But I do hope others of you can go: if you go here you can access all the booking details .
BBC World News has produced a beautiful and moving film of the exhibit, which I wrote about here . The film included footage of the remains of teh hospital in Brunswick Square and details the history of the Foundling Hospital.
Interviews with Professor John Styles and Lars Tharpp are inlcuded and there is the very moving and sad story of a recent inmate.
Go here to acess it ( hopefully all over the world).And above are some photographs of the exhibition that I've not published here before.
Good news for fans of the Foundling Hospital tokens in the US. The wonderful Threads of Feeling exhibition catalogue written by the curator of the exhibit, John Styles, is now available to purchase in the US direct from Burnley and Trowbridge, making considerable savings on mail order costs. . Go here to order it: you won't regret it ;0
I visited this exhibit on Wednesday, which is being held at the Foundling Museum in Brunswick Square until the 6th March, 2011. Brunswick Square was the home of the original London Foundling Hospital, a ground- breakingly original institution which cared for abandoned and illegitimate children who would otherwise have been left in the gutters to die. Founded in 1739, though the original building no longer exists in Brunswick Square, the foundation still performs sterling work in the form of the charity Coram,named after the Hospital's founder, Thomas Coram.(More on the museum and the Hospital when I next post)
The children were deposited at the hospital by their desperate mothers (and,in an echo of Harriet Smith's experience at Mrs Goddard's school in Emma, sometimes by their fathers). Their parents knew that their child, once accepted, would have been given the best possible start in life (though the infant mortality rates were still alarmingly high even for this section of society).
The Hospital tried, ab initio, to keep the most detailed records of the babies in its care. The billets, or registration documents which recorded the admission of a child to the hospital, often contained a token left with the hospital by the mother as a meansof identifying her child should her circumstances improve and she could attempt to reclaim her child. In reality few managed to do this: between 1741 and 1760 only 152 children were reclaimed out of the 16,282 admitted to the institution's care.
The tokens were sometimes tiny items of little worth:
But they could also take the form of a piece of fabric-a cap, or sleeve of a babies dress, or a piece of fabric from a gown owned by the mother. And it was the discovery of these fabric token which intrigued Professor John Styles. He realised that it was an invaluable archive of working class fabrics and clothes, from which it was possible to make deductions about the type of clothing worn by the poor of the mid 18th century. Clothing of the poorest in society, is rarely, if ever, preserved. Worn till threadbare then used as rags, very little survives in clothing collections. So the archive of swatches of fabric collected in the ledgers of the Foundling Hospital Museum was in fact a mine of information awaiting discovery and interpretation. And this is what the exhibition, Threads of Feeling, curated by Professor Styles sets out to do.
Housed in the basement exhibition area of the Museum, the billet ledgers are displayed in block display cases, the reverse sides of which are decorated with large-scale reproductions of some of the pages of the ledgers…
together with comprehensive explanatory notes…whilst the other side of the cases
provides detailed note on all the fabric tokens in the exhibit ( there are over 6o tokens on display)
The billets and tokens are divided into different sections: ribbons- the love token of many a girl who had been taken "advantage of" and succumbed to the charms of some swain at a fair. This flowered silver ribbon had attached to it a slip of paper with the inscription"This Silver Ribbon is desired to be preserved as the child's mark for distinction"
Baby clothes-here is an example of a cockade made from silvered cotton dating from 1751. Emma Woodhouse, you will recall drew her nephew George wearing such an ornament(more on this in a later post) in Chapter 6 of Emma;
Here is my sketch of the fourth, who was a baby. I took him, as he was sleeping on the sofa, and it is as strong a likeness of his cockade as you would wish to see. He had nestled down his head most conveniently. That's very like. I am rather proud of little George. The corner of the sofa is very good….
And this is a baby's cap made of the linen material traditionally used for diapers, dating from 1753,a quite pathetically moving piece of clothing.
Some mothers left scraps of needlework-some fine, some basic,but all most probably worked by themselves. Above is a piece of a sampler-that piece of work undertaken to prove above all that the child who had worked it was a "good", industrious,religious soul- dating from 1759 which accompanied a boy into the care of the hospital.
Contrasting with the last token is this crudely sewn piece of blanket,edged in blanket stitch.
A lot of mothers donated tiny scraps of fabric printed with buds, birds, acorns or other symbols of new life. This tny scrap shows a multicoloured flower. The scrap of paper accompanying it reads:
Florella Burney Born June 19th 1758. In the Parish of St Anns SoHo.Not Baptiz'd, pray Let particulare Care be taken'en off this Child As it will be called for again…
This tiny but colourful piece of fabric was used as a template for a piece of clothing inspired by the exhibit. On the First Floor of the Museum, this outfit was on show:
It, in its turn, was inspired by the print The Female Orators by John Collet of 1768, showing street sellers in action.
The main character wears a short bedgown made of material with a sprigged pattern, possibly printed onto a cream or yellow linen ground.
Close-up of the spotted fabric…..
Close-up of Florella….and below, a close up of the bright red underskirt…which all goes to prove, as Professor Styles assets here and in his book, The Dress of the People that clothes for the poor of the 18th century were not monochrome and dull. They were as vibrant as any high street copy of couture clothes we see/buy today.
An installation by Annabel Lewis of the ribbon suppliers V V Rouleaux was also on display.
It began in the roof space of the stairwell of the museum just behind the bust of Handel,an original patron of the Foundling Hospital.
and hung down the stairwell…
right down to the ground floor….
….where it surrounded the statue of a foundling.
The Florella fabric is on sale in the Museum shop
I bought some as a memento….
A wonderful way to remember this fine exhibit.
If you can't make it to the exhibit then I recommend you buy the catalogue that accompanies the exhibition which is available by mail order from Paul Holberton Publishing, all the details here. And if you want to read more on the subject then I can highly recommend Professor Styles' book, The Dress of the People.
I should like to express my sincere thanks to professor John Styles for all his help in arranging for me to take photographs of the exhibition to share with you, and also to the Staff of the Foundling Museum for all their kindness.
This is a marvellous, thought provoking, once in a lifetime exhibit and experience. I can't praise it highly enough. Go and see it: you will not regret it.
And a note to all frontier type re-enactors reading this post: thanks for visiting. Your comments have been very educational ;)
Yesterday, I had great fun at Kelmarsh Hall's second annual Country House Book Day.
Kelmarsh Hall, in Northamptonshire, is a beautiful, small Georgian house,designed by Gibbs and Smith of Warwick, and has much in common stylistically and in size with its near neighbour Cottesbrooke Hall.
It is surrounded by parkland
a lake
the parish church
intimate gardens
and a walled kitchen garden in the process of being restored.
In addition to the fine surroundings yesterdays Book Day provided entertainment about houses and gardens with lectures being given by leading garden writers and historians to small but rapt audiences.
Amid these beautiful and fitting surroundings I went to listen to Amanda Vickery give her talk Out of the Closet: Love Power and Houses in the Eighteenth Century. It was as ever a virtuoso performance from Professor Vickery, author of the very interesting and rightly lauded book, BehindClosed Doors, and The Gentleman's Daughter. She gave a talk full of riveting information and good humour. She told us about the universal need for a home,and what this need says about us and about those who lived in the past ; how difficult it is to write about the home of the poor or even the middling sort for unlike the homes of the elite, few homes or artefacts from these classes survive into the 21st century; how responsibility for the different areas of a home were delegated between the sexes and how lack of a home was considered degrading for both spinsters and bachelors, those poor unmarried souls who had failed to achieve that most desirable consumer object-a home of one's own. She also discussed the concept of taste as defined in the 18th century and how this was viewed by the differing classes, ranging from the elite to the shopkeepers who supplied consumer goods to all classes. In all it was a marvellous bravura performance, totally enjoyable and very informative. If only all history lecturers were like this as my teenage daughter wistfully remarked at the conclusion to Professor Vickery's talk. Ah yes…if only….
If you go here you can downlad a podcast of a similar lecture Professor Vickery gave, the 2008 HarperCollins History lecture: I don't think you need ITunes in order to play it, so I do hope many of you who cannot physically get to hear Professor Vickery talk will do this as it will give you a very good idea of her good humoured and intensely interesting style.
After the lecture I had the opportunity to take tea with Professor Vickery and amongst other matters of important Austen-related gossip, she told me that she had been commissioned by the BBC to make a three-part television series based on Behind Closed Doors .I won't give away details here but you can be assured that when more information is available I will pass it on.
Quit unexpectedly, I also met Professor Vickery's husband, John Styles,Research Professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire and author of one of my favourite books, The Dress of the People.
If you go here (and scroll almost to the bottom of the page)you can listen to a short podcast by Professor Styles about the Foundling Hospital and its collection of textiles which formed a great part of the evidence he used in his book to decode the types of fabrics worn by the ordinary and the poor in the eighteenthcentury. I understand that he is going to be curating an exhibition of these textiles soon,which will be held in Bloomsbury Square, London at the Corum Foundation's Founding Hospital Museum. I will of course let you know more details about this exhibit when they become available.
In all it was a wonderful day (and the English summer weather was kind for once!) and I am glad for this opportunity to share it with you.


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Gunn's own winter wonderland
Original post made on Dec 20, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007, 2:19 PM
Comments (9)
on Dec 20, 2007 at 8:56 am
Rich Palo Alto kids
on Dec 20, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Is that a bad thing to be rich...?
on Dec 20, 2007 at 6:07 pm
on Dec 20, 2007 at 7:49 pm
I'm glad the Gunn students had fun. However, don't many of those same students demand a lowering of the carbon footprint? How much carbon was used to transport that snow?
on Dec 20, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Who cares about carbon footprint its Christmas, light up you fireplaces have a good time, who let scrooge out?
There is a great forum on global warming here Web Link
real fresh insights
on Dec 20, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Why so ignorant and negative Joe?
on Dec 20, 2007 at 9:55 pm
yes gunn is very enviromentally aware and kids make a big effort to be green but seriously, you can't expect them to not do something because it involves a motor vehicle.
on Dec 21, 2007 at 3:56 pm
we can all relax global warming has stopped see this article from the New Statesman Web Link
on Dec 29, 2007 at 12:39 pm
First of all, it's not "Global Warming". It's "Global Climate Change", and it very much is real. Do some reading, buddy.
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