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Scholarly article that looks at the way that European set dances such as the quadrille became changed by African Americans. The article looks in detail at the quadrille tradition in the Caribbean islands as well as on the US mainland:
"It is well acknowledged that the court dances which developed in Europe from the seventeenth century onward spread to the rural areas of Europe and to the new world. What has not been properly recognized is that these dances - the quadrille, the cotillion, the contradance and the like - were taken up by Afro-Americans in North and South America and the West Indies and were modified and adapted to local cultural circumstances. ... Meanwhile, folk and rural versions of set dances and dance suites were flourishing in 19th-century America. The ex-slaves interviewed by the WPA in the 1930's show that the dances most often
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the cotillion, the waltz, and the quadrille (though the individual steps remembered for these dances seem to be strictly Afro-American - juba, buck dancing and the like).
This dance was published in Elizabeth Burchenal's Folk-Dances from Old Homelands (1922). This is the first dance iin the book, one of two American dances, along with Old Dan Tucker. (See the moving images of Burchenal leading Old Dan Tucker here.)
Burchenal's dance description says it stems from Oxford County, Maine: "This is an old-time country quadrille recorded as it is "called" by Mr. Stephen Kimball, who has played for kitchen "whangs" and barn dances in Maine for fifty years."
Note that the couples are numbered differently than in squares today. Couples 1 and 2 are the head couples, and 3 and 4 are the side couples, with couple 3 to the right of couplde 1.
Listen to Kimball's recording of the dance here.
The People's Ball Room Guide, published by musician James Scott Skinner in 1905, is a description of 19th century ballroom dances.
A website devoted to Skinner's work includes a series of videos illustrating quadrilles and Lancers set to Scottish tunes and danced in Scottish style.
Skinner himself was taught to dance by William Scott; the two men collaborated on an earlier work, A Guide To Fashionable Dancing," which collects quadrille variations from the early 1980s.
Other videos on the site illustrate country dances and other four-couple set dances such as the Eightsome Reel, a now-popular ceilidh dance that dates from the 1870s.


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CANFITPRO was Awesome!
I recently returned from the CanFitPro (Canadian Fitness Professionals) tradeshow in Toronto. In summary, it was a GREAT convention!
The show's primary attendees were personal trainers, and if you ever want to be motivated to exercise more, then I recommend you attend that show. They are a great group of highly dedicated people that I enjoyed getting to know once more. Several Go Figure customers stopped by too to say "hi" and were very excited to hear about the newly integrated Canadian EFT and credit card processing and French translation.
This year I was awarded a speaking opportunity at the event, which went so well that I was invited to speak again next year! I am very excited about the opportunity to explain the experiences I had managing and owning nine fitness clubs, and how all of the knowledge I acquired is poured into the iGo Figure club management software.
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Your home is falling apart...unless you're doing regular maintenance
"From small things, Mama, big things one day come," as the song goes. It's especially true when it comes to your house. Left unchecked, seemingly minor things (a gutter pitched the wrong way, a bit of crumbly grout) can lead to bigger and expensive issues. The good news is that, in many cases, all it takes to head off catastrophe is a little preventive maintenance. "Don't wait until it's an emergency," says This Old House master carpenter Norm Abram. "Spot-check areas around your house, preferably twice a year, in the fall and spring."
Is mold taking over behind your walls?1. YOU'RE ALLOWING MILDEW TO TAKE OVER FOUNDATION WALLS
Potential problem: Overgrown foundation plantings can channel water down exterior walls, leading to mold and sill rot. What's more, roots can work their way into foundation walls and pipes.
Fix it now: Trim shrubs yourself. Better yet, replace them with dwarf varieties that won't be a perpetual pruning headache. In many parts of the country, planting in early fall gives shrubs a head start at
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By This Old House Magazine | Healthy Living – Tue, Jan 15, 2013 3:57 PM ESTFlu-proof your homeHave a touch of the cold? Catch the flu? You probably did it to yourself...because you're gross. Truth is, even the most diligent OCD cleaners among us are likely to overlook these cesspools for ick. According to the Hygiene Council, here are the nastiest parts of every home. Get disinfecting, folks! - Elizabeth Lilly & Tabitha Sukhai
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1. Kitchen sponges. Wiping up all that spilled milk and all those cookie crumbs can add up to lots of disgusting bits lodged in the nooks and crannies of your favorite cleaning companion. If you don't want to spend on replacing your sponge every week or two, nuke it in the microwave for a few seconds or run it through a cycle in the dishwasher (along with a full load) to antibacterialize.
2. Kitchen faucets. The spout may help you wash up, but it holds on to its own fair share of yackiness. Give your kitchen faucet routine wipe downs with anti-bacterial wipes or some good- old-fashioned3 Easy Ways to Save on Your Remodel
By This Old House Magazine | At Home – Thu, Jan 10, 2013 2:16 PM ESTAmerica's most trusted home improvement brand shares tips tp help you save on your remodelThe holidays may be over, but 'tis the season for planning remodels! Homeowners everywhere are designing the homes of their dreams...and dreading the price tag. We canvassed dozens of industry pros to catalog ways you can wrestle your renovation costs back down to earth this year.
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If you can reorganize and equip your kitchen for maximum utility, you may not need to blow out the walls to gain square footage. Start by replacing space-hogging shelves with cabinet-height pullout drawers 8 inches wide, containing racks for canned goods and other items. "You're getting three or more horizontal planes where you might otherwise get only one," says Louis Smith Jr., an architect with Meier Group, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. You could easily shell out a few thousand to outfit cabinets with upgrades like dividers, pull-out pot trays, and lazy Susans, but you'll save many times that amount by skipping the addition you Read More »from 3 Easy Ways to Save on Your Remodel6 Delightful Holiday Dining Room Designs You Can DIY
By This Old House Magazine | Team Mom – Tue, Nov 27, 2012 1:10 PM ESTSteal ideas to create a gorgeous space for gathering friends and family this holiday season.
1. Festive Farmhouse Dining Room
Homey Holiday Spread
Vintage furnishings set the stage for a homey holiday spread. Here's how to re-create this welcoming feel using thrifty finds. Don't shy away from hanging wreaths indoors! The ones shown here, hung with extra-wide ribbon on the inside on windows, are also visible from the curb! See what else you need to get this look in Create a Festive Farmhouse Dining Room2. Colonial-Style Dining Room
Colonial Style
Classic American furnishings and colorful accents create a room that's equally inviting for a holiday feast or an everyday dinner. Thinking outside the box about paint colors really makes this otherwise traditional room pop! Other ideas to steal: Flank wall art with lighting sconces and add an ornate mantel.3. Rustic French Dining Room
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Warm, handcrafted materials mix with sleek factory-style finds to give this space a taste of the Gallic countryside.Thanksgiving Host Survival Guide
By This Old House Magazine | At Home – Wed, Nov 21, 2012 10:56 AM ESTDespite your best efforts to prepare, you'll probably encounter a blip or two during your family gathering. Here's how to handle the unexpected __Karen Ziga, thisoldhouse.com
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Murphy's Law states that the one day a year you use your best linens is the same day someone will knock an entire glass of red wine onto them. And onto the carpet or your favorite blouse. The key to fixing the red-wine-spill problem is speed. Immediately treat the stain. Start by blotting the stain (don't rub!) and pour cold water on it. Then, sprinkle it liberally with salt. For fabrics, it's ideal to sit the stain in a small bowl, then pour boiling water over it and let it soak until the stain is gone. If that doesn't work, steep the stain in diluted white vinegar (1 part vinegar to 2 parts water). See more in this video on removing a red wine stain from our friends at Real Simple.
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For a carpet spill, blot first to remove as much liquid as possible. Then, make a paste of baking sodaGorgeous Built-In Storage Upgrades that Will Make Holiday Entertaining a Breeze
By This Old House Magazine | At Home – Thu, Nov 8, 2012 2:25 PM ESTBuilt-ins all-access barThe holidays are upon us. For help getting party-ready, we've assembled a portfolio of bars and servers that pack style and utility into the typical untapped spaces in a home.
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All-Access Bar. This wet bar was designed and built as part of a kitchen addition by handy homeowner and frequent entertainer Aaron Cover of San Diego, California. The doorways on either side were once dining room exterior windows, which Aaron enlarged to create easy passage between the new and old spaces. Structural posts determined the length of the bar, which he fitted with small drawers for corkscrews and other cocktail accoutrements; a double-drawer fridge for mixers under the counter on the left; and, for symmetry, a look-alike panel on the right that tilts out to access plumbing for the sink. In the upper cabinets, puck lights illuminate liquor bottles. Aaron's collection of vintage-look signs announces that this10 Pumpkin Carvings of Kids' Cartoon Favorites
By This Old House Magazine | Parenting – Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:06 PM EDTThe annual TOH Pumpkin Carving Contest is under way. (Make sure to enter your own carving creation by October 29!) Here are 10 great carvings of much-loved cartoon characters!
See ALL of the entries so far and enter the 2012 TOH Pumpkin Carving Contest1. Sulley of Monsters, Inc.
Sulley from Monsters, Inc."My theme started out as the monster sully from Monsters Inc. but ended up being just a monster. I used linoleum cutting tools that I bought for $4.99 from Hobby Lobby. The entire outside of the pumpkin is painted with acrylic paint "Cool Blue" and "Christmas Green" both by Apple Barrel bought at Walmart for about $1.35 ea. His ears are one gourd difficultly cut in half with a breadknife and gutted and glued on with hot glue, his hair is made out of an old rope I had laying around the house that I unwound and cut and individually glued onto the top of his head. His eyes are kind of 3D effect and have 2 different layers. shaved off one of those layers and painted it green to better stand out.
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By This Old House Magazine | At Home – Fri, Sep 21, 2012 2:51 PM EDTThis Old Monster House Pumpkin
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Here are the expert carvers' tips for every step of the pumpkin-carving process. Follow their advice to create a potentially award-winning pumpkin, and enter our annual Pumpkin-Carving Contest for your chance to win prizes and be featured on This Old House website. -Tabitha Sukhai, This Old House online
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Want to go traditional and carve a gourd straight from the patch? Or would you like your creation to last forever by carving a synthetic pumpkin? Whichever one you choose, make sure you consider your design or pattern when selecting a gourd. Get one large enough and in a shape that will accommodate the length and width of whatever design you're going to carve into it. And before you leave the pumpkin patch, Ryan Wickstrand of ZombiePumpkins.com recommends the following: "Make sure it can stand well on its own, and never carry a pumpkin by its stem."
If you dread seeing your hard work turn to mush-even with good care, aPeriod-Style Home Products to Suit Any Budget
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Sure, there's something to be said for splurging on marble mosaic tile or a handblown sconce shade. But nailing a vintage look doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg. To prove the point, we turned to our favorite big-box retailers, online megastores, and renovators' catalogs for low-cost look-alikes of pricey reproduction fixtures and finishes. The result? The wallet-friendly finds here and on the following pages, from a pedestal sink full of period charm to prefab wainscoting that delivers a paneled look in no time. -Danielle Blundell, This Old House magazine
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By This Old House Magazine | At Home – Wed, Sep 5, 2012 7:16 PM EDTThe know-how you need to finally make that nagging fix. Let's start with a couple of easy plumbing repairs.
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If you're going to make your own leaky or runny toilet repairs, you're going to have to learn the anatomy of the thing. For example, it's worth knowing that a refill tube replaces water in bowl after flush. If a toilet runs intermittently, check that the tube's end is above water level in the tank. Identify more parts in How to Fix a Leaky or Runny Toilet.
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Double Click!Pros: Great features. Feels nice. Pooling is great (once GSync comes, we'll need polling over 1000hz) Cons: started double clicking about a month ago. I thought I was having muscle issues and thought nothing of it until I realized it was not happening at work. I figured it might be a software issue, and started checking the web...and here I am. Seems a new mouse is in order. Bummer.... Did you find this review helpful? |
Misfunctions after just a few monthsPros: Worked great in the first few months of owning, customization was good and different lighting options made it fun to play with.. Cons: After about two months time the left mouse button has started reading my single clicks as double clicks. Turning a single click into a spas of many clicks about 80% of the time. Never had this issue with any other mouse, even cheap hand-me-downs. For the price this is listed I'm severely disappointed. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
wow broke down after 4 monthsPros: Liked the mouse a lot , did what i wanted it to UNTIL it started to double click by itself. I just read some of the reviews and it seems like the last 4 reviewers like me have been having the same issue within the same time frame???? did they design this mouse to brake DOWN after 3 months? what a garbage. Cons: I would of never left a negative review for something like this but since i noticed so many people having the same issue i decided to chime in so others dont make the same mistake. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Left button started double clicking instead of single click after 3 monthsPros: Looks, feels nice. When the left mouse button is clicked once, it double slicks instead, no it's not a setting, I was using it just fine for 3 months and it started doing it recently and I haven't made any changes. Now it just double clicks on its own 90% of the time. Extremely disappointed. Cons: A bit heavy without any weights added and takes more pressure to click than from my previous experience 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Favorite Gaming MousePros: Button Placement, Weight, Feel. I have tried 4 different gaming mice recently and this one works the best for me. I think how I handle a mouse is called a Claw grip. Because my Index finger and my middle finger can work 9 buttons and the scroll effectively and my thumb only needs to work 2 buttons. Its perfect for how I grip a mouse. The rest of its features seems pretty standard across all gaming mice these days. It does have the ability to change its weight, but I just put all the weight into it. Cons: Maybe the macro software, it does what I need it to do, but its not as nice as Razors or Logitech's. But I haven't found anything I needed to do that it couldn't. Other Thoughts: Favorite Mouse so far - what else can I say. Did you find this review helpful? |
Nice mouse, but starting to glitch out.Pros: The mouse was easy enough to get working, just install the software and plug it in. All the buttons feel good and it looks really nice as well. Scroll wheel clicks nicely. The adjustable DPI is really nice. Cons: Lighting is slightly green tinted on some lighted areas. The mouse will now randomly disconnect from my computer no matter what USB port; I've tried the mouse on my laptop. Still disconnects. The middle mouse button moves slightly when moving it left and right, making it feel lose and a little cheap. From time to time the mouse on the screen will glitch out and sometimes move the wrong way. Today it started to double-click. Other Thoughts: It was a nice mouse for 3 months before the problems show up. I'm hoping it is only a one time thing and nobody else ends up with these issue. May have to buy a new mouse soon. Did you find this review helpful? |
Feels great, if it would only workPros: Feels great. Looks great. Tons of buttons, nice features with software. Cons: I am on my second mouse now. The first one worked great for about a month but then it would start to randomly double click when I just singled clicked. Tried fixing drivers and stuff but still had the problem. Returned it and got a new one. Did you find this review helpful? |
Pros: lots of buttons, weighted, dpi switch Cons: absolutely 0 tech support from the company. My mouse has been disconnecting randomly but they don't care. The driver software looks like it was written in 1990. 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Gila MONSTERPros: Lots of good stuff here, makes starting a review difficult. Aesthetically and physically, I really like this mouse. The L/R buttons are a matte finish plastic that extends from the rear of the mouse. The gripping area on the sides of the mouse is covered with textured rubber. While the mouse is not entirely ambidextrous (no buttons on the right side) I like the mostly symmetrical design and overall compact size. The scroll wheel could stand to rotate a little snappier but it's still better than most mice, it clicks easily as well. Mostly the 9 small buttons all click nicely though the rear thumb button is mushier than all the others, not so much that it's extremely difficult to press but it takes some getting used to. The LED DPI indicator is easy enough to see and isn't offensively bright. Of course there's also my favorite feature, the gloriously high DPI laser sensor that's so precise it brings tears to my eyes and third eyes to my enemies. I know Genius officially markets this for MMOs because of all the nifty buttons, which is dandy, but this thing rocks the boat for shooters or anything else just as well. Cons: I am not naive. I concede the point that all of these features actually need to FIT somewhere. On the other hand, <insert expletive here> this mouse is HEAVY! Genius lists the mouse at 197g and although I have no accurate scale to measure the mouse with on my own, I am inclined to believe every last gram is definitely housed within the confines of this mouse's hard plastic shell. It's difficult to describe just how unprepared I was for how heavy this mouse is, feels like I'm pushing a refrigerator around my desk. Though it is comforting to know if, in the dead of the night, were I ever to be assaulted by ninjas I could easily destroy them all with my mouse mace. I admit when I initially freed this mouse from its box the first thing I did was open it up to make absolutely certain the weights weren't already installed, so I might rip them from their shackles and smash them into dusty aether with a vigor normally reserved for territorial gang beatings. No such luck. I can say without doubt this is the heaviest mouse I will ever own, it is beyond my comprehension that anyone might actually want to install weights to make this mouse heavier. Other Thoughts: Good old Uncle Ulysses got me this mouse and at that price this is the mouse to get, worth every penny. If Genius will patch their software to allow simultaneous X+Y on the fly sensitivity adjustment with a single button, I'd say it's worth even more. Although I really (really, really, really) want to see them iron out that software issue, I just can't take away a whole egg for that. This is no less than a 4.5 egg mouse and as they (hopefully) continue updating the software it can only get better. 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Good Feeling Mouse Update +1 more EggPros: Sturdy, adjustable weight, great button placement, Nice rubber sides, and extremely customizable DPI settings. Cons: Software A little buggy, cannot get angle snapping, enhanced pointer precision, and X-Y DPI, to work. Using the newest drivers. Also lacks auto profile switching. But nothing that is a deal breaker I guess. For what I paid for the mouse is great. Other Thoughts: LEDs in the front of the mouse maybe glitched on mines, it always has a greenish glow mixed in with lighter colors. Even the RMA was off colored I guess maybe it was natural? I cannot use a light color in the front. But I guess that not to big of a deal, I can live with it. Did you find this review helpful? |


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Selena Gomez may have just won the first round in the Battle of the Tween Queens. The multi-talented 16-year-old is reportedly dating Miley Cyrus's ex, fellow Disney star Nick Jonas.
"All I can think about is the picture," Rolling Stone deputy editor Jason Gay writes in his cover story on the Jonas Brothers. "What could it possibly be? Why would the Disney handler want to delete it? Was it Nick making out with a girl?"
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Doesn't look like gas prices and rising unemployment will be affecting Cameron Diaz anytime soon. The Cuban American actress was just named Hollywood's top-earning actress by Forbes magazine. The Shrek star raked in $50 million last year, more than any other female in Tinseltown. On the boys side, Will Smith came out on top as the country's top earning actor, banking $80 million last year alone.
Wow, that was quick. Just two weeks after the birth of Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves's son Levi Alves McConaughey, the family of three have already released their first official photos—and boy, are they beautiful. The threesome look calm, serene and content on the cover of OK! Magazine, maybe because of Levi's atypical birth (dad was spinning Brazilian beats while mom attempted to give birth naturally, without drugs). Matthew shares the details in the article accompanying the photos:
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First Lindsay Lohan on Ugly Betty, now Nicole Richie on Chuck...looks like professional behavior on set is the new 'in' thing amongst reformed It Girls. "Nicole came in and from day one was uber-professional [and] dedicated," says Zachary Levi, star of the NBC show Chuck.


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'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood and baby-daddy Gary Shirley were spotted holding hands and leaving an appointment together.
The couple, who have daughter Leah, have had their ups and downs but seem to be back on.
The couple will be traveling to LA soon to film a reunion show for 'Teen Mom.'
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The Nightmare Before Christmas Level Kit coming to LittleBigPlanet next week
LittleBigPlanet will celebrate Halloween by offering a Level Kit based on The Nightmare Before Christmas, and it's out next week. The kit will be available for both LBP 2 and LBP Vita and contains Jack, Sally and other residents of Halloween Town. The pack comes with 5 Objects, 8 Materials, 13 Decorations, 100 Stickers, 1 Interactive Music Track, 1 Sound Object, 1 Background and will run you around the $4.99 mark Come October 23. Hit up the links for more information and shots below.
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LBP Vita internship up for grabs at Tarsier Studios in Sweden
SCE UK has revealed details of a search for PlayStation's next intern. The month-long position, hosted by Swedish studio Tarsier, will be awarded to the applicant who can create "the best mini-game" using LittleBigPlanet Vita.
Thu, May 24, 2012 | 18:49 BST
Go behind the scenes with the making of LBP Vita
Sony has posted a "making-of" video for LBP Vita. The featurette basically gives you a peek behind the curtain of the game complete with footage and the developers chatting about the costumes, levels and whatnot. The game is expected to go into beta soon, with invites coming "soon," as well. Box art is below.
Wed, May 09, 2012 | 14:23 BST
Sony wants you to sign up for the LittleBigPlanet Vita beta
Sony has announced a LittleBigPlanet Beta for PS Vita, and you can sign up for a chance to participate here. The PS Blog said it's a "bit tricky" to sign up, but instructions have been posted on the site. More information on the beta test will follow at a later date.
Thu, May 24, 2012 | 18:44 BST
LittleBigPlanet franchise has over 6 million user-generated levels and games
Sony has announced more than 6 million user-generated games and levels have been uploaded onto the PlayStation Network for the LittleBigPlanet franchise. To celebrate the milestone, XDev Studio Europe posted the latest LBP newsletter on the EU PS Blog, along with a reminder for the Vita Room event happening in London from February 17 through through February 23. The event allows attendees to get hands-on time with the new device as well as LBP Vita. The new handheld launches February 22.
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Sony gamescom asset extravaganza II: Smart As, LBP2, LBP Vita, Medieval Moves, more
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It's been several years since I watched the Disney classic Pinocchio and so it's hard to remember exactly what he looks like but I'm almost certain that he and I went on a date this week. The poor little fellow just could not control himself and by the end of the night his nose was so big I offered to drop him off at Cedars for some much-needed medical attention.
Lying is a fascinating thing and watching someone do it when you know and they know they are lying is entertaining beyond measure. My son has never been much of a liar and when he does occasionally tell a lie it is so obvious that it's sometimes hard for me not to laugh. I can see the wheels in his head spinning and when he lands the big punch he is so surprised by what he just said that the shock registers on his face and it's all over.
There are different types of lying and some are actually good. If you withhold information from someone because it may hurt them it's a lie but when done with loving intentions it can be okay and women have that form of lying mastered because we protect each other and our friends and family and so even though it's a lie it can be good and by good of course I mean that lying is never really good but sometimes necessary.
The most fascinating lie is the dating lie. It's the kind of lie that you can never take back or undo. When you tell someone you are 5'10" and are really 5'7" there is no going back. When you tell someone you are divorced and then tell them you need to cancel dinner because you have a meeting about your divorce there is no going back. When you tell someone you just bought a new car then have your mom call and say she needs her car back there is no going back.
I will never fully understand the dating lie. It seems like an area of life that one should try to be honest about because if you lie and then discover that you really like that person there is no going back because you have now established yourself as a liar and as Maya Angelou says, when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
If you are reading this Pinocchio don't call me because my phone was stolen by aliens when I was abducted last night and I have moved to Alaska to become a fisherman and I'm really a man and I'm married and pregnant and going in for surgery tomorrow so I can enter the witness protection program. I'm sure you understand. Best of luck and while I don't think it will help, keep the faith.
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Here is a recap of my week. Full articles are available at www.jewishjournal.com/keepingthefatih.
1. If Aaron Carter does not get booted off of Dancing With the Stars this week I am going to have to stick my hand down my throat and remove my own kidney. Seriously. Enough. Go home Aaron and as a gift to those of us who have had to watch you for so long you should cry like a baby when you go. Thanks.
2. My son went to a party this week that ended when the police were called in. I can honestly remember when he was a baby and his bum could fit into the palm of my hand and now he is taller than me and going to huge parties. I don't l know how it happened so fast but I do know that I love this child more every single day of his life and while I'm scared of the changes I welcome the adventure.
3. I'm still on JDate and there is nothing more to say about that.
4. I went to a funeral for the lovely Bill Basch who was a survivor of the Holocaust and was reminded that we must never forget this horrible chapter in the history of the world, Jews and all who were persecuted. I encourage you to visit the USC Shoah Foundation institute at www.college.usc.edu/vhi where you can learn, donate and remember.
5. There was a shooting at Adat Yeshurun Temple in North Hollywood this week and they are still looking for the shooter. This just breaks my heart and makes me fearful for our children that this is the world in which we live. God Bless those who were injured. God Bless us all.
6. On a lighter note I learned this week that there are hundreds of condom choices and the correct amount of time to invest in condom shopping is at least 25 minutes.
7. I went on two dates this week with "Brad" from JDate. He is funny and charming and we have a really great connection and I like him a lot but he has young children, has been divorced for 5 minutes and is at a different place in his life than I am in mine and it begs the question if you make a list of things that you want and you meet someone who has a about 50% of those things do you invest and see if it can work or do you stick with what you know you want and move on?
It has been an interesting week. I'm dealing with the growing pains of my teenager, growing pains of my dating life, and growing pains of my @$$ because I was so busy this week I didn't work out everyday. I hope next week is different. Not better, just different. Shabbat Shalom and keep the faith.
October 30, 2009 | 1:23 pm
Posted by Ilana Angel
When was the last time you spent 20 minutes shopping for one thing? A couch? A car? A present? For me it was a pair of shoes. I wanted gorgeous chocolate brown high heals for my son's Bar Mitzvah and it took me about 45 minutes to find the perfect pair and it was worth every minute and every penny. I figure it's got to be something important if you are going to spend a lot of time looking for it.
Yesterday I was at Rite Aid picking up a prescription for my son's allergies and there was a line of people waiting and for the record the Rite Aid at Coldwater and Fulton always has a line and the people who work there are never smiling but I go there even though it's annoying because it is close to home and there is a Starbucks next door so if I get a cup of tea before I go in it is a little less painful.
So I'm waiting in line looking around and see that next to the register is a shelf of condoms and I never noticed how many different types of condoms there are but let me tell you something, there are a lot. I'm looking at the selection and frankly amazed at all the options when a man walks up and starts to study the choices but it was weird because he was not picking up the boxes just reading the front of the packages and he was really focused occasionally crouching down and then standing up and scratching his head.
I was in line for 15 minutes and he was looking at condoms the entire time and I was fascinated and wanted to ask him what he was thinking, what the big decision was or if he needed any help then I got to the front of the line and was disappointed because I wanted to know how long he would stay there and what he would buy so I waited a few minutes to see if he bought anything but he was still just looking and thinking.
Good for him that he is practicing safe sex, or perhaps just dreaming about the day he can practice safe sex. It's a curious thing to spend over 20 minutes looking at condoms and by curious of course I mean odd. The amount of choices I imagine would require some time and consideration but if it were me I might do my research online and then sweep in for the purchase.
To the interesting and conscientious man who spent so much time researching condoms I wish you well, commend your dedication to making sure you get the perfect item and remind you that when you utilize your purchase, keep the faith.
October 29, 2009 | 1:30 pm
Posted by Ilana Angel
May God Bless and keep close all those involved in the shooting this morning at Adat Yeshurun in North Hollywood. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you and the Jewish community as a whole.
October 28, 2009 | 1:01 pm
Posted by Ilana Angel
I am going to a funeral today and rather than blog about the struggles of my single life I would like to tell you about my friend William Basch who passed away this week at the age of 82. Bill was a Holocaust survivor who was featured in the documentary 'The Last Days' and I was blessed to know him.
Bill was in the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps in Germany and helped save Jews while working in the underground resistance movement in Hungary. In speaking of the Holocaust Bill said, "In order to survive, we must accept the responsibility of being our brothers' and sisters' keeper. Each one of us must do our share of improving our society one day at a time. We all have the ability to defeat evil in our own way."
I travelled the world with Bill and the other featured survivors from the film 'The Last Days' and I remember when we were screening the film in Washington, DC, we were getting ready to leave and I noticed there was a film poster left in the corner and Bill said we should take it with us. My son was about 6 years old at the time and a fixture around the Shoah Foudation.
Bill pulled out a pen and wrote a message on the poster to my son and signed it. He then made sure that all the survivors from the film signed it with a message to my boy. He said that one day they would be gone and my son would have the poster and know that they were all here and survived and he would have the power share their stories because he knew them.
I treasure the poster as does my son and it is incomprehensible to me that when the Nazi's marched into Hungary Bill was the same age my son is now. Bill Basch was a funny, kind and thoughtful gentleman and I will remember him always and hold him in my heart.
It is a clear and beautiful day in Los Angeles and fitting to lay this wonderful man to rest on such a day. Take a moment today to remember the history of our Jewish family. I wish you peace and health and remind you to keep the faith.
October 27, 2009 | 9:36 am
Posted by Ilana Angel
There are days when I think I am actually getting better at understanding how men think and therefore one step closer to meeting my Beshert but then something happens that blows that theory right out of the water and even though I take two steps forward I end up getting pushed four steps back and so in the end it's better to take your time with baby steps because even though it may take longer to get where you're going the setbacks will be smaller.
I decided I was going to be brave and write someone on JDate so I took an hour out of my life, did a search and sorted through the masses to find someone intriguing and yes I rejoined JDate after I said I never would but don't judge because it's a necessary evil and by evil of course I mean that it can work and if I give up I could be quitting just before I'm about to meet a great guy and I'm trying so you need to be supportive and by you I mean those who are rolling their eyes wondering why I put myself back on the hell train.
So I find someone I think is interesting and send him a note. He is divorced with kids, lives in Santa Monica, handsome, tall, looks like he's in his early 40's though he says he is 53 and he wrote about his kids in a way that was charming and kind. He really did appear to be a good guy so I send the note and he writes back right away to tell me that he is going out of town for 2 days and can we chat when he gets back. I wish him safe travels and plan on talking to him when he gets home.
Then last night I'm on JDate reading an email when I see that someone is trying to IM me and even though the name of the person looking at me is the name of the guy I wrote the day before the picture is not of the same guy. I look closely and realize that it is in fact the same guy only he has aged about 20 years and even better than that, upon closer investigation it would appear that he is now 2 inches shorter and has lost most of his hair.
I figure he posted a picture and got some attention then panicked that he was presenting himself as someone he wasn't anymore but forgot that people already saw his old profile and even though he thought better of it and came clean he now just looks creepy and I feel duped. I can totally understand the panic in putting yourself online and I get that there is stress with picking a photo and writing about yourself but I will never understand the lying because the truth always comes out in the end and isn't it better to be a little shorter, balder and older than a liar?
I know these issues are not specific to JDate it just seems worse to find them there because I would expect Jews to behave decently and perhaps that's naive and silly because we are all just people and human nature is the same but there is a certain expectation and therefore disappointment in it being a Jewish site because it just does not have to be that way and I would hope that Jewish men would be the exception to the rule which is silly because I only date Jewish men and here I am dealing with this and to be fair women do the exact same thing.
I wish my old, short, bald, lying new friend success with his search for love and I will go back to the drawing board because sometimes you just need to wipe the slate clean and start over and even though starting over can be daunting if you focus on the big picture you can laugh at the setbacks and take a baby step forward while keeping the faith.
October 26, 2009 | 12:47 pm
Posted by Ilana Angel
Recycled man called to say hello and that he was sorry he had been out of touch and that he'd like to talk to me. Te recap, we went out on 1 date 5 years ago then he recently found me on JDate and we went out on a couple of dates. He was funny and lovely and we had a great date then I never heard from him again until now 3 weeks later. Is he kidding me? It only takes a minute to call and say you are busy or something is going on in your life. You can't call 3 weeks later as if you had spoken yesterday. I should have known better than to go out with someone who voted for Bush. Twice!
I got a call last week from the girlfriend of "Richard" to let me know that she forgave him and they were living together and were going to get married. I seriously think this chick is a loon and the weirdest part is that I found myself feeling sorry for Richard. This is a nice guy who got off track due to some personal setbacks and I will never understand how a man can go online and meet a woman and date her while he has a girlfriend. To recap, I was the one he dated and I found out he had a girlfriend when she called me after seeing my number so many times on his cell phone bill. I hope Richard takes care of himself. She forgave him for cheating but he needs to forgive himself and move on. I never condone cheating and I still feel sick that I contributed to this woman's pain but she is crazy and I think this is not a normal cheating situation. I wish Richard and Crazy well and I thank God that I never crossed a line there. It's good to be a lady.
Mr. Israel has vanished. To recap, we talked on the phone for a couple of weeks because my mom was visiting and went on one date before he was leaving for Israel to visit his family for the holidays and we left it with our going out when he came back and I never heard from him again. It was never going to be a love connection but it was a nice date and we enjoyed each other's company and for him to vanish is just flakey and a reflection of him not me.
I met all three of these men on JDate. Interesting. I think it's time for a change and I'm not sure what the change is because I honestly think JDate can work I just have not figured out how to make it work for me. I'm going to think this one over and get back to you. In terms of JDate it may require more than just my keeping the faith.
October 25, 2009 | 2:25 pm
Posted by Ilana Angel
Last night started off normal enough with my son and I having dinner and talking about our plans for the evening. My son was going to a birthday party for one of his buddies so I would drop him off and head out to a work thing then have dinner with friends and pick him up at 11.
Important to note that I'm not a fan of the home where the party was and I did not want him to go at all because I worry things can get out of control when there is such lax supervision but he is almost 14 and should not miss out on stuff because of me so I put my concerns aside and let him go.
When I dropped him off I told him to text me a couple of times so I know he is okay and I realize that may be over protective but he is my only child and if he checks in I feel better and he does it even though he thinks it's lame because he knows it makes me happy and by makes me happy of course I mean that he understands that if I don't hear from him I will drive over there and he will be mortified.
He called at 10:15 to see if he could sleep over at the party and when I told him no there was a flash moment of him thinking I was the meanest mother ever but it passed and I let him know I'd be there at 11. He called back just before 11 and let me know one of his friends moms was going to bring him home so I did not need to schlep over. Score. He's coming home and all is well.
Five minutes later he walks in the front door and he is covered in blood. I of course flip out only to have him explain that it is fake and from some Halloween thing they were doing which is annoying to me but simply the funniest thing in the world to my son which is even more annoying to me.
He then tells me that the police came to shut down the party which made sense because I was wondering why he agreed to come home without a fight or begging. Turns out the birthday boy had invited about 20 kids and double turned up and the neighbors called in the cops. His first police shut down party and he's not quite 14. It's the beginning of the end.
I can remember the day he was born, the first time he told me he loved me, the time he ran away from home when I would not make macaroni and cheese for breakfast, the first time he asked me to dance, the first time his heart was broken and now he is a young man who was at a party where the police were called in. How did time go by so fast?
It's an odd day when you realize your baby is growing up. It does not matter how hard you prepare it's always going to be hard. I can see my future filled with nights at home waiting for the front door to open. It's exciting to watch him become a man and scary to watch my baby growing up. I can only trust that I have raised a decent human being and that it will all be okay if I keep the faith.
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Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson has been added to the impressive lineup of athletes scheduled to appear at Sports Collectors Expo 23 in Batavia. Jackson will join previously announced guests including Andre Reed, Steve Tasker, Mark Kelso, Floyd Little, Rodney Hampton, Daryle Lamonica, Ray Guy and Tom Flores. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Batavia Downs Casino, 8315 Park Road, Batavia. Sponsors of the show include Five Star Promotions and The Sports Corner.
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Pan Left Productions' brunch honoring artist David Tineo
by Carolyn Classen on May. 12, 2011, under Arts, Life, PoliticsMark your calendars for May 15, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to attend Pan Left Productions' 3rd Annual Brunch Just Art celebrating local artists & social justice, in honor this year of muralist/painter David Tineo. At this event David will speak about his work and there will be a sneak peek of "Solo Tineo" the new documentary about his life and work directed by Angela Soto.
Brunch will be at the lovely El Parador Mexican restaurant, 2744 E. Broadway (west of Country Club).
Pan Left Productions is an organization of artists and activists who believe in the positive use of media for social and environmental justice and social change. Pan Left amplifies progressive stories and voices by providing access to equipment and resources, increasing the capability of individuals and organizations to use and make media, and promoting equity in media distribution.
Call 520-792-9171 x 1, email firstname.lastname@example.com, go online at www.panleft.net to order tickets of $35/person or $350 for a table of 10. They are located at 631 S. 6th Avenue.
Each reservation you make enters you into a drawing to win Tineo's "Eve" pictured below. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $10 each. David will draw the lucky number for the painting.
David is famous for creating several large, colorful murals around Tucson, especially the gigantic one outside of the Tucson Museum of Art at 140 N. Main Ave. He has had several showings of his vibrant art there and elsewhere in Tucson at galleries such as Contreras Gallery, Raices Taller, Galeria Mistica.


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Biography (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
Article abstract: Baudelaire was instrumental in the transformation from a classical conception of poetry, which concentrated on the subject, to the Romantic focus on the self and presented in his own poetry a heightened sensitivity to the dark dimensions of the beautiful, which served as a consolation for his own awareness of the human inclination toward self-destruction.
Early Life
Charles Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821. His father, a member of the senate during the reign of Napoleon I, died in 1827 at the age of sixty-eight, and his mother was married to a successful career officer twenty months later. In 1830, Baudelaire entered the Collège Royal, a boarding school in Lyons, where his stepfather was stationed, and remained there until his family returned to Paris in 1836. He loathed the routine and the excessively strict code of discipline at the Collège Louis-le-Grand and was expelled in 1839. To satisfy his stepfather, who hoped that he would follow a career in law, Baudelaire continued his studies at the Collège Saint-Louis and passed the examination for his baccalaureate later that year.
Between 1839 and 1841, Baudelaire lived as a sort of idle protodandy in the Latin Quarter while he tried to pursue a literary career. One of his closest friends, Ernest Praround, described him:
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Biography (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
On June 25, 1857, Baudelaire's volume of poetry Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil, 1909) went on sale. Some of its poems had been published years earlier in periodicals, but the full impact of what Baudelaire was attempting to do with verse was not felt until the collection was published as a whole. With this book Baudelaire boldly professed that it was possible for something beautiful to be a product of evil, and that so-called perverse topics, such as lesbianism, could be molded into poetic eloquence. Although Baudelaire understood that some conservative literary critics—possibly even the French government—would find parts of Flowers of Evil offensive, he was confident that ultimately vindication would be his.
Within a few weeks of the book's going on sale, Baudelaire and his publisher, the partners Auguste Poulet-Malassis and Eugène de Broise, were indicted for offending religious morality, and copies of Flowers of Evil were confiscated by the French government. In January, 1857, similar charges had been brought against Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary. After Flaubert was found innocent, the government risked another embarrassment by prosecuting Baudelaire. On August 20, 1857, Baudelaire appeared before the sixth court of the Tribunal de la...
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Biography (Critical Survey of Poetry, Second Revised Edition)
Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris on April 9, 1821. His father, Joseph-François, was of modest origin but well educated, for he attended seminary and became a priest before the Revolution. Well connected, he became preceptor to the children of the Duke of Choiseul-Praslin and, as a painter, was personally acquainted with Enlightenment figures such as Condorcet and Cabanis. After the Revolution, having left the priesthood, Joseph-François Baudelaire worked on the administrative staff of the French senate. Caroline Archenbaut-Defayis, Baudelaire's mother, was thirty-four years younger than his father. Widowed, she remarried when her son was six years old. Baudelaire's stepfather, Jacques Aupick, was a career military officer who had him placed in a series of boarding schools, first in Lyons, when the child was nine, and then in Paris, at fifteen. The choice of schools permitted Baudelaire to be near his mother as the Aupick household moved in response to the officer's promotions.
As an adolescent, Baudelaire was friendly, religious, and studious. He won prizes in Latin verse composition (one of the poems in Flowers of Evil is in Latin). He seems to have had few serious disputes with his stepfather until after obtaining the baccalauréat in 1839. After that, however, the now successful general became progressively the object of Baudelaire's dislike and even hatred. Disapproving of the young man's friends and conduct,...
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Early Life (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
Charles Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821. His father, a member of the senate during the reign of Napoleon I, died in 1827 at the age of sixty-eight, and his mother was married to a successful career officer twenty months later. In 1830, Baudelaire entered the Collège Royal, a boarding school in Lyons, where his stepfather was stationed, and remained there until his family returned to Paris in 1836. He loathed the routine and the excessively strict code of discipline at the Collège Louis-le-Grand and was expelled in 1839. To satisfy his stepfather, who hoped that he would follow a career in law, Baudelaire continued his studies at the Collège Saint-Louis and passed the examination for his baccalaureate later that year.
Between 1839 and 1841, Baudelaire lived as a sort of idle protodandy in the Latin Quarter while he tried to pursue a literary career. One of his closest friends, Ernest Praround, described him:
. . . coming down a staircase in the Baily house, slim, a low collar, an extremely long waistcoat, detached cuffs, carrying a light cane with a small gold head, walking with a supple, almost rhythmic step . . . Baudelaire had a somewhat yellow and even complexion, which had a little color on the cheekbones, a delicate beard which he didn't clip, and which did not smother his face....
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Life's Work (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
In 1846 or 1847, Baudelaire read Edgar Allan Poe and remarked, "The first time I opened a book of his, I saw, with horror and delight, not just subjects I had dreamt of, but sentences I had thought of." He began to publish translations of Poe in 1848 and was also placing some poetry in Revue de Paris, a journal edited by Théophile Gautier and other friends. In 1857, the first edition of Flowers of Evil appeared. The title was proposed by Hippolyte Babou; Baudelaire liked its suggestion that beauty could be born of evil and that the seemingly perverse could be recast into poetic grace. Baudelaire knew that the book might be considered obscene, but a critic in Le Figaro may have exceeded his expectations by saying, "The book is a hospital open to all forms of mental derangements and emotional putrefaction." The government agreed and brought an indictment which compelled the confiscation of the book on July 17, three weeks after it had gone on sale. Baudelaire was found not guilty of blasphemy at the resulting hearing, but the charge of offending public morality stood, and six poems were banned. When asked if he expected to be acquitted, Baudelaire replied, "Acquitted! I was hoping for a public apology."
The prosecution of his masterwork diminished whatever remained of an optimistic outlook, and in 1860 he published Les Paradis artificiels: Opium et haschisch (partial translation as Artificial...
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Biography (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
Along with his transoceanic double, his brother in letters Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire was the model for the nineteenth century archetype of the doomed artist, driven by an implacable destiny while struggling against his own self-destructive tendencies, an ignorant public, and a reactionary literary establishment. Underrated and misunderstood in his own time, Baudelaire—like Poe—had mythic aspects of his life that have a perverse allure that captures the imagination; but—like Poe—the perfected originality of his art, and the intensity and seriousness of his approach to his profession (which he listed as "lyric poet" on a passport application), have ultimately been recognized as the real attributes of his genius.
Baudelaire was one of the inventors of the Romantic attitude which has shaped and influenced the manner in which artists see themselves in relation to their work to this day. As Victor Brombert notes, Baudelaire's poetry defined Romantic sensibility in some of its most crucial aspects. The obsessive fascination with "erotic exoticism"; the urge to escape from the world while, in turn, being lured into its debauchery; the urge to follow the imagination to the furthest ranges of the conceivable; the sense of the artist as simultaneous victim and tyrant; the inclination toward prophetic affirmation of poetic destiny; a pervasive sense of sadness leading to strange beauty and an expression of the artist's awareness that he...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Charles-Pierre Baudelaire (bohd-LEHR) was born on April 9, 1821, in Paris, France. His father, François Baudelaire, was thirty-four years older than his mother, Caroline Dufayis. Born in 1759, François was ordained a priest prior to the French Revolution but was compelled to renounce his clerical order in 1793, the year of the most intense persecution of the clergy. François was already sixty years old at the time of his marriage to Caroline and he died in 1827 when their only child, Charles, was not yet six years old. The poet's father left him a heritage of Catholic faith that may have influenced both the moral preoccupations and the choice of imagery in Charles's later work and a financial inheritance that would come into Charles's control when he turned twenty-one. This money guaranteed the poet minimal subsistence in his adult years but became the source of a bitter dispute between him and his family.
After a year during which she devoted herself largely to her son, Caroline remarried in 1828. Her husband, Jacques Aupick, was very successful in his military career, rising eventually to the rank of general, but had virtually nothing in common with Charles, who resented Aupick's relationship with Caroline. Perhaps in rebellion against the authoritarian Aupick household, Baudelaire led an increasingly bohemian lifestyle in Paris. He had...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Charles Baudelaire's personal evolution paralleled the evolution of his language. He came to recognize within his own life the signs of his spiritual fall, and the reader learns to attach special nuances to his often-repeated images. These evocative emblems finally become complex literary symbols. Baudelaire's major achievement lay in part in the creation of this symbol vocabulary through which each object may convey much more than simply its own identity.
The corollary to Baudelaire's symbol system was to become as important as the symbol itself. He persuaded his readers to analyze meaning in a new way, a process that would become fundamental to modern poetry.
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Biography (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
In his youth, Charles Pierre Baudelaire (bohd-uh-lehr) provided the classic example of rebellion against domestic restraint, and this rebellion has been used to explain much of his adult personality. His father, an artist for whose work Baudelaire always expressed great admiration, died very early, and his mother married an army officer named Aupick, with whom the young boy was at loggerheads all through his childhood. Baudelaire was educated at the Collège Louis-le-Grand in Paris, but by 1841 the domestic situation had become so strained that his stepfather sent him on a ten-month voyage. Upon his return to France he inherited a small property. He was so extravagant, however, that his family had to have his money put in trust.
Baudelaire became intimately acquainted with Henri Delacroix and several other painters. Since he himself was not without artistic talent, his first two books were criticisms of art. His writings on painting established his reputation as the most insightful French art critic of his time. Because he had learned English as a child, he came under the influence of writers not generally known in France. The most important of these was Edgar Allan Poe, whose work he encountered in 1846 or 1847. Through Baudelaire's translations of Poe's short stories, the American writer became better known and had a greater effect in France...
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Biography (Poetry for Students)
Charles Pierre Baudelaire was born on April 9, 1821, in Paris, France. His father, Joseph-François Baudelaire, had been ordained as a priest, but left the priesthood during the French Revolution (1789–1799) and worked as a tutor, giving him connections with high levels of French aristocracy. He was sixty years old when he met and married Baudelaire's mother, Caroline Archimbaut-Dufays, who was twenty-six. Baudelaire was six when his father died. For a short time, his mother showered him with affection, but the following year she married Jacques Aupick, a military man who eventually rose through the ranks of the military to become an ambassador and then a senator. Aupick was strict with his stepson, sending him away to military school, where Baudelaire began a lifelong struggle against authority.
Baudelaire was expelled from high school in 1839, though he received his degree later that year. He soon decided that he would be a writer, although his parents pressured him to study law. He enrolled in a law school in Paris, but while there he spent his time with artists and bohemians. He developed an addiction to opium and contracted syphilis, of which he was to die years later.
When he turned twenty-one, Baudelaire inherited a large sum from his father's estate, but went through it quickly, immersing himself in a bizarre, satanic lifestyle until his mother had to step in and have a guardian appointed for his money. He wrote sporadically. His...
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The Black Diamond Beta Light Shelter provides a tent-size space out of the rain at less weight than most bivy sacks.
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I had a similar design tent from MSR....
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I had a similar design tent from MSR. really liked it but it was plagued with a probelm with the waterproofing impregnation in the fabric. One side felt like it was covered with honey. tried the variety of fixes such as warm soap and water, talcum powder etc. but stickiness always returned. Anyone experience that probelm with this tent?
Does the shelter come with the guy lines...
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Does the shelter come with the guy lines as shown in the picture?
Josh Chapman
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Hey Ryan,
Unfortunately not, just the attachment points.
Teton Crest Trail - up on Death Canyon Shelf
jared stanley
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April 2012.
does the betalight come with seam sealer...
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does the betalight come with seam sealer goo? If not, should I go with Mcnett's seam grip or some other silicone sealer. I'd also like to know the process of what I'm in for in terms of time spent sealing seams, etc. Thanks!!
Arthur Debowski
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It does not come with it but I would use Seam Grip by McNett. Do the seam sealing in a dry clean environment free of hair, dust, and dirt. if you take your time and go over it carefully it shouldn't take too long. I've always seem sealed both sides to get good coverage of the stitching but you can likely just do the inside and see how your results turn out.
Roger Ault
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I think I would use Sil-net sealer from McNett since this is a sil-nylon shelter. Seam Grip is fantastic stuff and I always keep some handy but Sil-Net is made specifically for the sil-nylon. Wht take chances?
camping in the tablelands in King's Canyon NP in the Sierra
Jared Stanley
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awesome sunset getting ready to call it a day.
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Awesome picture! How did the setup for this tarp work during a storm or higher winds?
great for camping on snow
Jared Stanley
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this is awesome for skiing on overnighters:
dig a pit, get the edges buried, this thing is bomb-proof.
packs down super small & light
ample room for one person, haven't tried w 2 yet, i'll report next week.
jared stanley
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took it on the Teton Crest Trail in April, 4 nights w 2 ppl, awesome.
im looking for a solid camp tarp or shelter...
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im looking for a solid camp tarp or shelter that is versitile enough to be used on expeditions lasting up to eighty days. I have been looking at the mega light and was looking for peoples opinions regarding the beta light vs the mega light.
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Well, both the Mega and the Beta light are for lightweight backpacking, by expedition, do you mean just a long time out there or camping at high elevations in high winds, rain/cold/snow? If so, get a four season tent. As far as the amount of time you spend out there, both will last long, neither are disposable or anything, and both are the same durability at 30 denier rated fabric. I guess my best suggestion would be to add on items that could make this essentially a 3 season tent in case things do turn nasty- 80 days is a long time with out a floor. Check out the BD Mega or Beta Bug,Floor to accessorize this thing. If you have 2 or more people, split these items up. Hope this helped.
I'm looking for a lightweight but full...
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I'm looking for a lightweight but full protection shelter for thru-hiking the Colorado Trail this July with my wife and our dog. Would this fit us and our lightweight gear comfortably for 30 days?
Jason Fox
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This might not be a great solution, with 2 adults and a dog you'll likely want more usable space, notice the support poles, my advice get a Hilleberg Nallo 3 or Nallo 2 GT. The extra weight won't be too much between 2 packs and you'll love the the extra space, superior construction and materials, vestibule and ease of use that are hallmarks of Hilleberg. A bit more expensive but worth every. have used my Nallo 2 with two dogs on the PCT and would never get anything else but a Hilleberg if you plan on living in a tent for several weeks
bugs begone bygod!
vince vogel
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If you all are looking for a cheap and lite bug shield go to your local army surplus. They sell a netting that hangs over a cot. I take this netting and made two grumet holes were the hiking poles goes up and holds the tent. Lay your netting down and then lay tent over and then when you raise your tent with the poles the whole kit and kabbodle will raise. I have used it all along the AT- and in May i walked across Scotland with there no seeums.
Beta Light -- indispensable tent replacement
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The beta light should be the shelter of choice for those that travel with trekking/ski poles. I have used mine for 4 years with 50+ days per year. It is light, weatherproof (as long as you take the time to seam seal it well with syl-nylon seam seal), compressable, and very secure. I have used this thing in winter, summer, high winds (Mt. Rainier) and the only place where I wish I had a tent is when there are bugs (you can combine with the beta bug, but then it's nearly as heavy as my tent).
Pluses -- wickedly light, easy to setup, and well designed
Minuses -- If you are base-camping, you must collapse your shelter to use your poles each day. Must be carefully seam-sealed.
Top class engineering
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Don't expect this to be better than a fully enclosed tent with a good fly sheet for weather protection...but considering how light it is, anyone considering it, is weight conscious and therefore in my opinion for a 2 man shelter in its weight range it can't be beaten. It fills the little niche right between a classic A-frame open ended tarp and a lightweight 2-man tent.
Great but,
david rogers
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This is a great shelter. I love how light and compact it is, and that is stows away easily. my only two complaints are that it needs factory taped seams instead of seam grip. Also the trekking poles in the middle get in the way when your getting busy in the woods with you partner. I would recommend bringing some guy-line with you for tying the tent up to a tree or something, then you can get rid of the annoying poles in you and your partners way.
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As of yet, factory taping is impossible with silnylon. Thus the seam goo that you apply yourself.
But, yeah, it would be nice. Someday they'll figure it out.
Do you know if this is the tent seen in...
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Do you know if this is the tent seen in "Real Simple" magazine this month?
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It certainly is however with childlike adornments added. Here's the link:http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1731223-2,00.html
why does it look like theres a floor in...
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why does it look like theres a floor in the picture?
david rogers
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because you can buy a floor to go with it dummy
Spring Ski Shelter of Choice
C Johnson
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Great for spring skiing trips with just a partner. It's light, imminently packable and can handle a surprising amount of weather.
If you've got more than 2 people total the megalight is right for you.
Betamid light
JD Bkpkr
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This is a great shelter if you use Trekking poles. This works for me. The Sil Nylon is a great material and is extremely weather resistant. However, in extremely wet environemnts condensation forms and will drip on you a bit, but it really is nothing when there is a monsoon outside and you are dry inside. It is roomy and light which makes it near perfect. I have sewn bug netting around the bottom and it is well worth the couple of extra ounces. All around it is my favorite backpacking shelter to date and I've had it for more than a year. Oh... Silnet is a must for the seams.


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Two women recently sat down with ABC 4 Utah to share their very personal stories of how their push for perfection left them depressed and fighting for their lives.
Two women. Different ages, different backgrounds. And although they're almost strangers, they're united with a common problem and now share a common goal.
Together, they founded a Utah chapter of Project Heal, a national, non-profit organization helping women with eating disorders get the treatment they need.
For Ali Hougnou, a self described perfectionist, her struggle with an eating disorder started as a kid.
"I was the girl who would eat lunch in the nurses office because I was teased so often," Hougnou recalls.
Bullied for her weight, Hougnou made the choice to lose it. But as time passed, losing weight wasn't enough. Ali had something to prove.
"To be recognized as the girl who looked good and who had such self control really became such an addiction for me," Hougnou said. "It became like, let me show you what I can do and let me show you how little I can eat."
Samantha Hope has a similar struggle, but it started differently from Ali's.
"I'm a mom and I have four kids."
Samantha had just given birth to her third baby when her doctor told her she was keeping an eye on her weight.
"At the end of our appointment she says, 'I'm watching you for an eating disorder' and I just kinda laughed and thought, what, she's crazy," Hope says.
But soon Samantha saw herself wasting away.
"I noticed how obsessed I was getting with stepping on the scale."
Both women were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by going without food for long periods of time. A disorder common in Utah according to local mental health experts.
"About two percent of women in Utah have a diagnosed eating disorder. That's significantly higher than the national average."
It's four times higher than the national average according to Tera Lensegrav-Benson, a clinical psychologist practicing in Utah.
"Given that it's the most deadly mental illness, it's really a public problem," Lensegrav-Benson says.
A problem amplified by stick like figures shown in magazines, movies, and seen on television.
"That's probably the biggest thing that concerns me, that my daughter or other girls that are vulnerable to developing eating disorders would see examples in women that are based on appearance rather than identity based on who they are and who they want to be and what they want to accomplish," says Lensegrav-Benson.
Samantha says that's hard for a mom with very little time to herself.
"When I first went to the center they talked about self care, i'm like i'm a mom,there's no time for me."
But she says taking that time has helped her fight the urge to starve herself.
"I've been able to work up to a point where I can recognize it and move past it."
Ali has done the same. After a short relapse in December last year, she finally set out for long-term success.
"It was the first time ever on an outpatient basis that I was able to pick myself up and say I don't want to do this anymore."
Now, as a unified front, the two women have slowly come to accept their imperfections and are making a difference one meal at a time.
"We missed snack time," they say jokingly together.
Treatment for eating disorders can be expensive with costs ranging $30,000 or more per month. That's why Ali and Samantha brought Project Heal to Utah. It's one of 20 chapters nationwide offering help to people in need. For more information visit Project Heal on Facebook.


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18 comments:
- newpetite said...
Aww.. sweet pictures!
- May 18, 2012 at 4:13 PM
- PetiteLittleGirl said...
Awww...baby K is getting cuter every day =) Have a great weekend, Yvonne! Enjoy the beautiful weather.
- May 18, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Life Happens said...
The picture of Kaylee sleeping in her walker is too precious. And the one with her holding the camera...she is starting to follow in her mama's footsteps!
- May 18, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- christine said...
Future photographer right there!!
- May 18, 2012 at 9:26 PM
- stephanie thy. said...
you have such a wonderful and happy little family
- May 18, 2012 at 11:51 PM
- Jasmine of ❤AdamAlexMommy❤ said...
hey, yvonne! hope you had a great week! seeing pictures of your family is so heartwarming. such a beautiful and happy family. i always feel a positive vibe, and what a good-looking family! seeing photos of little kaylee is always a treat. :) have a lovely wknd!! :)
- May 19, 2012 at 8:06 AM
- Anna @ IHOD said...
I am glad Kaylee is getting familiar with the camera;)
Love seeing little peaks into your world on instagram!
Have a great weekend!
Anna - May 19, 2012 at 8:38 PM
- Camille said...
Very lovely photos! How long have you been into photography? I am working on getting into it.
Cheers!! - May 20, 2012 at 2:57 PM
- Lynn {hearted girl} said...
Kaylee really does rock the shades, just like her beautiful momma! awe, i really adore recaps like this, such fun! i gotta try that bucks drink, sounds tasty good. happy Sunday wishes Yvonne. ♥
- May 20, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Annie said...
These pics are SO cute, and that frappuccino looks ahhh mazing :)
The Other Side of Gray - May 21, 2012 at 8:27 AM
- Nelah said...
Adorable set of photos. A photo of Kaylee falling asleep is priceless and she handles a camera like a pro. Watch out mama!
- May 21, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- SewPetiteGal said...
We have that same little car! Kaylee looks so serious and contemplative with your camera - we may have a little photographer in our midst :)
- May 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Bravoe Runway said...
I think my loyalty to t-mobile has run out...they're not going to have the iphone anytime soon and let's be honest the android just doesn't have as many cool apps as iphone! Love the big aviators and fedora on kaylee!
- May 21, 2012 at 1:12 PM
- Mariel Torres said...
that one with kaylee asleep melted my heart as well. she is just too darn cute! Oh, and you have a fashionista for a daughter... that one with the fedora? STUNNING.
- May 21, 2012 at 1:31 PM
- The Pretty Pinhead said...
Great photos- Kaylee is precious!
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The Pretty Pinhead - May 22, 2012 at 1:30 AM
- lisacng said...
K in the fedora, in the sunshine, that outfit -- so so cute! She's so pretty, for reals! Can't wait to see what the stock photography was! Did it include your daughter??
- May 22, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- Jo said...
Seriously? You even take such good photos on your phone? No fair. I also want that artistic photography eye. Do you use instagram or photoshop to edit the pictures? I love the overexposed sunlight shot and oh Kaylee looks so cute handling the huge DSLR. - May 22, 2012 at 4:25 PM
- jenny said...
you have such a beautiful family! and you're so talented and creative that even your phone photos look incredible!
- May 22, 2012 at 4:37 PM
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The final rule for nutrition standards in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program was released Jan. 26. It brings a new pattern to plan menus for school meals, which align with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010. Being in compliance with the new standards will qualify schools for an additional 6 cents for every reimbursable lunch (free, reduced and paid) starting Oct. 1, 2012.
Under the new meal pattern, students at the secondary level are served a minimum of two ounces of meat/meat alternate per day with a weekly limit of 12 ounces, two ounces of bread/grain with 10-12 ounces equivalent for the weekly total, one cup of fruit, one cup of vegetables and a milk. There also is a minimum and maximum calorie limit of 750-850 kcal per meal, along with requirements for different categories of vegetables to be served per week, such as dark green, dark orange/red and a legume every week. The new meal pattern requires students to take a minimum of half a cup of fruit or vegetables along with two other full components to count as a reimbursable meal.
Many students are complaining nationwide that they are not getting enough to eat from the school lunch being provided. The school lunch is meant to meet one-third of the daily requirement for total calories, and at 750-850 this is right on target. Recommended calories for a 14- to 18-year-old is 1,800 for a sedentary individual and 2,400 for an active teen. One problem here is that students are not taking advantage of all of the food they are being offered. Eating a balanced meal with many fruits and vegetables is something that many will have to get used to over time.
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