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The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
The process of creating the Museum's collections began in 1954, immediately after its foundation as the Contemporary Art Gallery.
The content of the collections corresponds to the exhibition policy of our institution. Since its very beginnings, the MSU has exhibited and acquired artworks by those Croatian and international artists who revealed intriguing and high-quality artistic aspirations, including a new or different visual language. The Museum's collections document the beginnings and the logical evolution of certain artistic tendencies, as well as their direct or indirect impact on the production that followed. At the same time, the collections witness the topicality of Croatian artistic production in particular time periods, in their relation to the parallel currents in European and global art.
Collection of Drawings, Graphics, Prints and Art on Paper
Like the Collection of Sculpture and the Collection of Paintings, the Collection of Drawings, Graphics, Prints and Art on Paper includes materials since the early 20th and numbers 1,587 artworks. From the first half of the 20th century, the drawings of Miroslav Kraljević and Milan Steiner, as well as the Expressionist graphic art of Sergij Glumac are particularly noteworthy. The collection also includes some rare avant-garde publications, such as the Dadaist Die Kathedrale by Kurt Schwitters and the uncensored edition of Dada Tank.
Film and Video Collection
This collection includes 456 films and videos created since the 1960s.
Photography Collection
The Collection of Photography was developed at the Centre for Photography, Film, and Television (CEFFT), founded in the early 1970s at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The collection mainly contains photographs produced after the 1950s.
Media Art Collection
The core of this newly founded collection is constituted by early computer artworks that the MSU collected during the five international exhibitions entitled New Tendencies, which took place in the period from 1961-1973. The third exhibition of New Tendencies (1965) investigated the relationship between cybernetics and art, while the fourth (1968/69) was dedicated to information theory. In accordance with that, an international symposium on Computers and Visual Research took place in the same year, accompanied by the publication of the first issue of BIT international.
Sculpture Collection
The Sculpture Collection at MSU contains 561 artworks, chronologically extending back into the first half of the 20th century. Since its foundation, the Museum has been actively involved in innovative artistic developments, through both its exhibition programmes and its acquisition strategy.
Collection of Paintings
The Collection of Paintings at MSU contains more than 1200 works by Croatian and international artists, covering a broad span of time since the early 20th century. This exceptionally valuable and diversified collection has been formed gradually, often following the acquisition strategy of the Museum's predecessor, the Contemporary Art Gallery.
The Tošo Dabac Archive
The Tošo Dabac Archive comprises almost 200 thousand negatives, around 2000 artistic enlargements, valuable photography equipment, Dabac's library, and a collection of newspaper clippings, all located at the former studio of the legendary Zagreb photographer. Apart from its artistic value, the archival material has an exceptional documentary significance as a testimony to the history of Zagreb and Croatia. Tošo Dabac's photographic oeuvre has been preserved in its entirety and encompasses a broad spectrum of themes: from portraits, artworks, and photographs of urban life to landscapes and folk traditions and art.
The Kožarić Studio
Elaborating, restructuring, forgetting, gilding, incorporating into new entities, discarding, piling up... these are only some of the artistic gestures that have appeared and alternated at 12 Medulićeva Street in the last forty some years. The space has functioned as a studio in the classic sense of the word, but you would not be mistaken to see it as a peculiar platform for continuous fluctuations of energy, or at least a repository for what remains afterward. It is far from easy to establish a chronology in this chaos, and perhaps it is not even necessary. The tendency to discard one's own past, to display a kind of negligence towards it, to resort to recycling, may reveal a resistance to the solidification of the personal myth or, alternatively, the need to consecrate everyday life.
Seissel Donation
The Silvana Seissel Donation is an art collection owned by the City of Zagreb, which was given to Museum of Contemporary Art in 1993 for management purposes: preservation, maintenance, and presentation. The Museum received paintings and architectural designs from Silvana Seissel, wife of architect, urban planner, and artist Josip Seissel, also known under the pseudonym Jo Klek, according to the artist's personal wish. The donation obtained the official status of a "Donation to the City of Zagreb" and Silvana Seissel the status of a donor.
Richter Collection
The two-storey villa at 38 Vrhovac houses the collection of Vjenceslav Richter and Nada Kareš Richter, a comprehensive exhibition presenting the oeuvre of one of the most prominent Croatian artists from the 1950s and 1960s. Vjenceslav Richter and his wife, Nada Kareš Richter, donated their artworks and their family house to the city of Zagreb in 1980, with the intention of promoting research on Constructivist art and providing a place for young artists to meet, but also in order to improve cultural affairs outside the centre of Zagreb.
Benko Horvat Collection
Private art collector Benko Horvat (1875-1955) from Zagreb donated his collection to the city in 1946 and it has been managed by the Museum of Contemporary Art ever since. The collection includes 611 items, most of them archaeological finds (metal objects, glass, gemmas, and small ancient sculpture), while a minor section contains paintings and graphic art dating back to the 15th-18th centuries.
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From what I can tell of the box-art The Future Diary anime (apparently aka, Mirai Nikki) might fit onto that list as well. But it looks to be interesting enough that I've looked up literally zero spoilers regarding it. I have that, Another, and Shiki as the Halloween shows of choice this year (the last two I see you already added).
not "Halloweeny" but definately horror, I love John Carpenters The Thing
For anime there are100 Stories aka Requiem for the Darkness (It's only 13 episodes and I really liked it)Devil ManDemon City ShinjukuVampire Hunter D (two movies) Wicked CityFor movies, I always like more monstery stuffDagonEvent HorizonRe-AnimatorThe FlyThe FogThe MistIt's the Great Pumpkin Charlie BrownIf you've never seen it, you could check out the old Masters of Horror series that was done with different famous horror directors. As I recall, some episodes were very good.
Never saw Demon City, Dagon or Re-Animator. Thanks for the tips. While I think my viewing budget for the season is well spent at this point, those suggestions are totally going in my back pocket for the future!!


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Today (Jan. 4) 21 policy experts sent a letter (below) to Washington Post Board Chairman Donald Graham, requesting a meeting. Why? Because we've gotten no response to our protest letter to The Washington Post's ombudsman.
In that earlier letter we demanded an explanation for publication by the Post of an article about the U.S. federal deficit by The Fiscal Times, a "news content provider" founded and financed by Wall Street billionaire Peter G. Peterson, whose budget-cutting ideology promotes cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
The group noted that while The Fiscal Times article focused on the Peterson-promoted Conrad-Gregg budget commission—and quoted several Peterson-supported "experts"—it ignored the views of those who oppose that approach to the deficit, including a coaltion of 40 groups representing workers, women, seniors and others.
Here's our letter (sent today) demanding a meeting:
Donald E. Graham
Chairman of the Board
The Washington Post Company
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Graham.
On January 1, we contacted the Ombudsman to express our dismay at a slanted piece of journalism that ran in your newspaper and our deep concern about the Post's decision to partner in the future with the Fiscal Times, which produced the article. The Fiscal Times was created and is funded by Peter G. Peterson, who has engaged in a decades-long effort to have changes to Social Security considered under a fast-track commission which shields members of Congress from political accountability.
Consistent with Mr. Peterson's longstanding objective, the article the Post published is rife with factual errors, important omissions and significant distortions, which lead the reader to see a fast-tracked commission as sound policy and without opposition – indeed, virtually inevitable. Representative of the errors, omissions, and distortions are the following:
• The Administration has not taken a public position on a so-called fast-track commission, and we have talked to high-level advisers in the White House who have told us privately that they oppose the fast-tracking, yet the first sentence of the second full paragraph states, "President Obama has voiced support for such a plan."
• Speaker Pelosi and her staff have been clear about her opposition to a commission whose recommendations are fast tracked, yet the article implies that she has changed her position. A close reading suggests that the article seeks the reader to draw that inference, though her position, in reality, remains unchanged.
• . The article fails to report that the powerful Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, is strongly opposed to the proposal. The article obviously fails to note that Senator Baucus delivered an impassioned speech in opposition, in which he described the proposal as a plan under which Congress would "outsource its core fiscal responsibilities," and warned that "this commission and its new fast track process are truly dangerous… we would risk setting in motion some truly terrible policy…it is clear from their press release that Senators Conrad and Gregg have painted a big red target on Social Security and Medicare. That's what this commission is all about."
• The article omits the fact that the AARP is on the public record in opposition of the fast-track commission, but rather implies otherwise by including at the conclusion of the lengthy story some tepid, relatively-narrow concerns of a spokesman for the AARP .
• .The article omits the fact that the AARP sent a letter to Congressional leaders stating the AARP's unequivocal opposition. It also omits the fact that the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations sent a letter representing 27 national aging organizations. The article further omits that a letter signed by over 40 national organizations, including the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Common Cause, NAACP, NOW, and SEIU, was sent in opposition. Also, omitted was the fact of a letter from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, an organization representing millions of members. Obviously the article provided no quotes from the letters, all of which are posted online.
• No academics or policy analysts are quoted in the story with the exception of the executive director of the Concord Coalition. The story fails to disclose that the founding President of the Concord Coalition is Mr. Peterson, a longtime advocate of the commission that was the focus of the story (and to repeat, the founder and financial backer of the Fiscal Times, which produced the story).
Every error, commission and omission in the article is in support of the objectives of Mr. Peterson. By printing the article, the Washington Post has let itself be used by that powerful individual who is now able to influence policy not just through opinion pieces but through what purports to be objective news.
Of greater concern to us than the one story is the Post's announced partnership with Mr. Peterson's enterprise and the plans to publish other articles, as objective news stories, from that biased source. The Post's highly respected imprimatur is likely to cause local papers to print these biased pieces, as well.
We respectfully request that you meet with a delegation of the undersigned so that we can further discuss our concerns in person. To facilitate the arrangement of the meeting, the contact information of the first signatory appears at the end of this letter
Nancy J. Altman, co-director of project to protect and improve America's economic security
Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
Merton C. Bernstein, Coles Professor of Law Emeritus, Washington University
Robert H. Binstock, Professor of Aging, Health, and Society, Case Western Reserve University
Suzanne Blouin, retired, Office of Communications, Social Security Administration
Barbara Burt, Executive Director, Frances Perkins Center
Dale Coberly, co-author of the Northwest Plan to restore Social Security to balance
Nancy Dapper, Executive Director, Western & Central WA Chapter, Alzheimer's Association
Patricia E. Dilley, Professor of Law, University of Florida
Stephen Gorin Professor, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Lori L. Hansen, former member, Social Security Advisory Board
Roger Hickey, Co-Director, Campaign for America's Future
Karen Holden, Emeritus Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-
Eric Kingson Professor, Syracuse University School of Social Work
Robert Kuttner, Founding Co-Editor, American Prospect
Theodore Marmor, Professor Emeritus, Yale University
Gerald A. McIntyre, National Senior Citizens Law Center
Lawrence Mishel, President, Economic Policy Institute
Steve Regenstreif, Director, AFSCME Retirees
Maya Rockeymoore, President, Global Policy Solutions
Max J. Skidmore, University of Missouri Curators' Professor of Political Science, Thomas Jefferson Fellow, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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There has been a lot of talk about SOPA and PIPA leading up to the conference, and now during. One of my conference roommates, Lauren Bradley, pointed out this Tweet that is pretty hilarious:
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Clearly, there is some inner turmoil in dealing with these vendors professionally, and having good relationships with them for our libraries and in general, yet if they are supporting something you (or I, I do) oppose such as SOPA, then what is our professional obligation versus personal ethics? This last Wednesday was a blackout day in solidarity of protest for SOPA. ALA made commentary via the website, and librarian projects such as Radical Reference and In the Library with the Lead Pipe went black for the day. I even blacked out Librarian Wardrobe.
Now that we're physically at the conference, though (or, those of us who are here), what can we do to not have the cognitive dissonance of being so vocal on the internet battleground, but feeling politely silent at the conference? For starters, Andy Woodworth at Agnostic Maybe made an *amazing* color-coded guide to the exhibit hall. Amazing, really! So you know which vendors to complain to and/or avoid. I'd say this extends to the parties, too. I had RSVP'd to the Elsevier Dessert Reception but now decided I'm not going to go. Some of the ALA Think Tankers are going to go and protest while there. I guess it goes either way it's kind of like if you don't go and they see there are significantly fewer people there then maybe they'll realize our collective voice is pretty strong. At the same time, if we don't go to these things and actually verbalize our opposition, what will actually come of it? They could just think we aren't showing up because of unrelated reasons.
So what vendors have you spoken to, who support SOPA? What are you doing to fight against this crap? Do you think going to the party and protesting or not going by silent protest is more effective?


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"I have a fryer on both coasts," she tells me solemnly, her eyes twinkling. "I really couldn't live without them."
Deep within the elegant bowels of New York's famed International Culinary Center (home of L'Ecole, the restaurant of the French Culinary Institute), Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen is getting primped and prepped for her big kitchen debut while discussing the finer points of fried junk food. The petite bundle of energy seems unaware of her own beauty, completely swept up in the excitement of a highly choreographed shoot filled with epicurean surprises and the potential for a long-awaited foray into culinary super stardom.
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At 26, Teigen is probably most famous for her bikini-baring spreads, high-wattage relationship (she's engaged to singer John Legend) and her goofy sense of humor. A Twitter darling in her own right, this Utah native turned pin-up girl isn't afraid to tweet the ridiculous ("He went to Jared" was her cheeky response following news of her engagement), but at the heart of it all is a serious love affair with eating and cooking that stretches back to her teen years.
"I always wanted to go to culinary school," the bubbly brunette explains. "But then my father took a look at the price. After that, I let my interest die down a little bit. It wasn't until I was in a position to really appreciate the time and dedication it takes to commit to it as career that I started rethinking my future."
Teigen candidly admits that modeling was never her ultimate goal, but having the opportunity to travel and meet many a food legend along the way only continued to peak her culinary appetite. "That was my dream. [John and I] get to do all sorts of fun, amazing red carpets and stuff, but he senses that I really shut down. But I get so nervous when I get brought back to meet a chef -- more so than Beyoncé or someone like that."
The hustle and bustle of a busy kitchen and being in the presence of such talent made her realize that she needed to be a part of that world -- hence the launch of her popular food blog, So Delushious. Food porn at its most pure with the literature to back it up, Teigen's online musing provide a glossy image of her world travels as well as recipes and personal anecdotes. Naturally, she's had her share of strange food throughout her adventures.
"My mom is Thai, and loves to take us to those night bazaars in Thailand, and I've had fried ant salad there before," she offers nonchalantly. The look of disgust on my face quickly leads to a peal of laughter. "It doesn't really taste like anything," Teigen insists as her smile widens. "It's just like crunchy protein."
Fearless food consumption may seem contradictory to her day job, but as I quickly learn, not all models prefer to subsist on a steady diet of cigarettes and champagne. "A lot of girls you see on the runway, they don't really have a passion [for eating]," she clarifies. "But the ones of us who have it, we're pretty proud of it and we love it. Genevieve Morton, one of my fellow Sports Illustrated girls, also loves food and loves to cook. But we're lucky because we're of a different breed. We get to eat and not feel ashamed about it because a little extra curve is good for us."
If curves are good, then so is a down-to-earth attitude and lack of guile. Teigen is the kind of on-screen personality that has no problem making fun of herself if it makes you laugh OR makes for good television in the process. Following a special on the Cooking Channel called Cookies & Cocktails this past December, I can safely say that even after a mere hour that it's clear that it works. Although she has certainly dabbled in some of the priciest haute cuisine the world has to offer, this is one girl that's totally relatable. "A lot of times you look at people and think, 'They must never fail!' Ina [ Garten] and Giada [ De Laurentiis] are perfect," she exclaims. "But I'm the kind of person that posts picture on my blog when I mess up."
While rumors continue to swirl that Teigen is quite possibly being groomed for a long-term TV project, right now all this culinary star-in-the-making can think about is her impending wedding. She squirms in her seat at the mention of the word "fiancé," turning a pretty shade of pink when teased about her sudden loss for words. "It's too new," she protests as she rolls her eyes. "I'm not giving up 'boyfriend' yet!"
Not surprisingly, when talk of the wedding menu arises, she immediately perks up as suggestions are tossed around about food and (more importantly) drinks. "I want everybody drunk," she deadpans. "A cocktail session before the ceremony, and in between the ceremony and reception as well."
In Chrissy Teigen's world, humor is a key ingredient to her recipe for her success. But ultimately the road ahead will need to be filled with delicious mix of food, fun, learning and love to make it a truly worthwhile proposition for both her and her fans alike.
Photographs by: Spencer Wohlrab
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With Congress back from recess Sept. 2, the Senate is expected to take up the fiscal year 2004 agricultural appropriations bill. Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley has said he will try to attach his payment limit amendment to it or other legislation.
If that wasn't enough to give growers heartburn, the Commission on the Application of Payment Limits to Agriculture is expected to release its report in mid- to late September.
Commission members, nominated by the chairmen of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees and the secretary of agriculture, are not required to make recommendations on payment limits, but their report could help stoke the debate on a Grassley amendment.
Several senators, including Ag Committee chairman Thad Cochran and Sen. Grassley and House members will be traveling to Cancun for the ministerial conference on the Doha Round of the WTO Sept. 10-14.
Three weeks ago, U.S. and European negotiators announced they had reached a framework agreement in which the United States apparently offered to give up U.S. export credit programs that have helped sell American cotton and rice overseas.
Many have speculated about what might happen in Cancun, but, given U.S. negotiators seeming predisposition "to give away the store" to achieve an agreement, cotton and rice farmers have reason to be worried
On Sept. 18, the U.S. Trade Representative's office will conduct its annual hearing on China's compliance with its WTO commitments. Cotton leaders are expected to express displeasure at the lack of progress China has made on its new quality restrictions on cotton imports and the tariff rate quotas required in its WTO.
The hearing should also provide some clues on whether the tougher talk coming out of the administration on Chinese trade issues in recent days is just talk or a sign it is finally willing to go to the mat for U.S. farmers.
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman reportedly delivered a strong warning to the Chinese Agriculture Minister on Aug. 25 that the United States would not tolerate China's new restrictions on soybean imports.
The ag minister reportedly said "there wasn't any problem," meaning either the secretary's message didn't register or Mr. Du was trying to put a good face on the meeting.
On another issue, the National Cotton Council is circulating a letter asking the administration to approve the textile industry's China safeguard petitions. The petitions ask for quota reductions on three categories of Chinese imports that have flooded the U.S. market.
And the WTO could make a ruling in September on Brazil's complaints that U.S. farm programs have damaged its cotton industry.
Most observers don't expect Congress to finish all 13 appropriations bills by the fiscal year's end Sept. 30, which means many legislative issues, including payment limits, could spill over into October.


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Extra Points: Athleticism has Louisiana Tech's Patton turning heads
Philadelphia, PA – If football were played in shorts and an Under Armour compression shirt, Louisiana Tech wide receiver Quinton Patton would be making plans to be in Times Square on April 25 as a surefire first- round pick in the NFL Draft.
Pads remain in the equation, however, and "The General" still needs to rise above knocks on his hands, along with his versatility and the level of competition he played against on the college level.
Although Patton is part of a deep class of receivers, he seems to have settled in as one of the better prospects after the "big three," Tennessee's Cordarrelle Patterson, Cal's Keenan Allen and West Virginia slot star Tavon Austin.
The 6-foot, 202-pound Patton certainly has the physical gifts of a first- rounder, running a 4.43-second 40-yard dash and impressing with a 37-inch vertical leap at his pro day earlier this week.
"The expectation was to come in and compete, and I did a little better than my (NFL Scouting) Combine numbers," Patton told the Shreveport Times after his workout.
Patton has slowly climbed most draft boards, passing every test since the college season ended. He had a solid week of practice at the Senior Bowl, a strong combine showing and has now erased doubts about his speed to stretch the field.
"I don't say surprised," Patton said when asked about sneaking up on people as a top-tier prospect. "Came a little bit under the radar. But that's what I like. Turning people's heads."
Patton's short-area quickness is impressive and he'll arrive in the NFL as an above-average route runner with solid ball skills. On the other hand, he needs to become more consistent catching the ball and blocking down the field.
"Like every (receiver), I can still catch the ball better. "I will say that I'm not the best blocker," Patton said. "But at the end of the day, I just make plays. No matter what it is doing, I'm going to give 110 percent every down, every minute of the game."
He balked, however, at the versatility concerns stemming from the way he was used formationally by the Bulldogs, only lining up outside the numbers to the right.
"The offense was so potent I didn't have to change positions," Patton explained. "In junior college (Coffeyville Community College in Kansas), I always played the slot receiver, to the left and to the right. At Louisiana Tech for some reason, I just played outside to the right. So I had the best of both worlds."
Meanwhile, the jump from Louisiana Tech to the NFL is certainly a significant one, but Patton isn't concerned and can point to a ridiculous 21-catch, four- touchdown performance against Texas A&M, one of the top college teams in the country last year, as evidence he belongs.
"I can play with the best of them," Patton said. "Everybody says I got the exposure off the Texas A&M game, but last year I played against of the best defensive backs in the draft. I really don't care what people say. I'm just a ballplayer."
Asked to compare his game with an accomplished NFL player, Patton came up with the name Chad Johnson.
"I watch all of them. Mostly all the big names. But my favorite one is Chad Johnson, not Chad Ochocinco," Patton said. "He was just so smooth coming out of his routes and breaks. For a period of time, he would catch anything and everything thrown his way."
Interestingly enough Johnson, a six-time Pro Bowl selection with Cincinnati, might even foreshadow where Patton eventually lands in the upcoming draft. Chad was a second-rounder, taken 36th overall by the Bengals in the 2001 NFL Draft,
Right now Patton looks locked in with Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins and Southern Cal's Robert Woods as receivers in the mix to be late first-round picks or early second-round selections.
Patton already has had personal visits with nearly a dozen NFL teams and the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers thought enough of him that they took him out to dinner on Wednesday night after he was done impressing scouts in Ruston, La.
"It gives me the utmost confidence," Patton said of all the attention. "I'm a confident person, confident in my abilities that God has given me."
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2. - Tavon Austin, West Virginia
3. - Keenan Allen, California
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8. - Aaron Dobson, Marshall
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A fired-up Republican freshman class – closing in on its 100th day in office this week -- gave House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio a club to use in tough talks last week over a government shutdown, but they also delivered a surprising degree of flexibility, when needed.
Before Congress's smackdown over FY 2011 funding, reviews of the 87-member class almost all painted the same portrait: The freshmen are tea partyers. The freshmen seek to cut government spending at all costs. The freshmen hold the speaker "hostage" and would drive the legislative process off a cliff, rather than compromise their principles, Democrats said.
With a shutdown looming, many GOP freshmen reinforced the idea that they are here precisely to shake things up. Quipped freshman Rep. Allen West (R) of Florida: "Why would I want to compromise with the incompetent, inept people who got us into this fiscal situation in the first place? And you can quote me exactly on that."
But interviews and an analysis of voting patterns in the new Congress suggest that the Republican freshman class is more diverse and pragmatic than its reputation allows.
Only 14 joined the 57-member House Tea Party Caucus, for instance. And only 33 voted for the starkest deficit-reduction plan yet forwarded in Congress – an amendment that would have returned federal spending to fiscal year 2006 levels. Moreover, GOP freshmen have sided with Democrats to block budget cuts to firefighters, the National Labor Relations Board, and renewable energy programs.
As negotiations over FY 2011 funding heated up, 21 freshmen broke with leadership on March 15 to refuse to back another stop-gap measure to avoid a government shutdown. It was time, they said, for a deal for the full year – or a fight. The measure passed, with help from Democrats. But when Speaker Boehner asked for his caucus's support for yet another stop-gap measure on Friday, all but two freshmen switched course to back him.
"I don't want to turn every skirmish into the war," says freshman Rep. Bill Huizenga (R) of Michigan, one of the 21 who backed Boehner's call for one last short-term measure.
Many freshmen credit the willingness of the GOP leadership team to reach out and listen to their concerns. All the debate and votes over FY 2011 spending gave freshmen a voice.
"If you let people speak, and listen to them, things don't explode," says freshman Rep. Tim Griffin (R) of Arkansas.
"A lot of people give us credit for lots of things, but we have been very spread out on our voting," says Rep. Kristi Noem (R) of South Dakota, a farmer, rancher, and former assistant majority leader of the South Dakota House.
In an unusual move, Speaker John Boehner tapped her to be one of two liaisons to GOP leadership from the freshmen class.
It's not easy representing her class, she adds: "But what we all agree on is that we should cut spending."
Also shared among the 87 is the insistence that the voter mandate that sent them to Congress was a mandate to change how Washington works.
"The American people sent us here because they wanted change in Washington," says Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R) of Indiana, the owner of a farm-trucking company, who served eight years as a state legislator. "We have to stick to our principles and do what the American people want."
Since coming to Washington, the freshmen have faced a blizzard of votes on issues ranging from the repeal of health-care reform to historic cuts across vast areas of domestic spending – all while assembling a congressional staff and still learning to navigate the Capitol's underground tunnels. Like newcomers before them, they're stunned by the pace of the work, but also at how long it takes to make changes.
"Speed is fast, but nothing changes," says freshman Rep. Tim Scott (R) of South Carolina, commenting on what he has learned in his first three months in Congress.
While their impact on the House is formidable by the numbers – they comprise one-fifth of the House and more than one-third of House Republicans – the freshmen are still on a learning curve. More than half have no previous legislative experience, and more than one-third have never held political office.
Many freshmen note with surprise that the Senate can ignore House votes on issues ranging from the repeal of health-care reform to spending cuts. The spending bill to fund the balance of this fiscal year, which the House spent days crafting and amending, for example, was at first summarily dismissed by the Senate.
"It's frustrating that we can't get the Senate to respond," says freshman Rep. James Lankford (R) of Oklahoma, whose previous experience includes a mastery of biblical languages and 14 years directing programs for the nation's largest Baptist youth camp.
He says that he is aware of the criticism that the freshmen don't understand the ways of Washington, especially the art of compromise, but says that the nation's fiscal situation is so extreme that strong measures are needed.
"Some people define compromise as, 'I sacrifice my principles,' " he says. He's alarmed that "the Senate won't consider cutting $62 billion," despite the fact that estimates of the budget shortfall for the current fiscal year have increased more than $250 billion since he arrived Jan. 5.
"We're off here in uncharted territory," he adds.
To reach a budget deal, House Republican leaders initially proposed $32 billion in spending cuts – the most dramatic cut in domestic discretionary spending since-World War II. But party conservatives, including most freshmen, pushed to roll back spending to pre-Obama levels – a campaign pledge – by cutting $62 billion. That spending bill passed Feb. 19 by a vote of 235 to 189, with all GOP freshmen voting in favor.
But the GOP freshmen splintered over whether to cut spending further still. Over the opposition of most Republican Party leaders, 60 of 87 freshmen backed an amendment to cut an additional $22 billion in spending for FY 2011 – slashing funding for the legislative branch by 11 percent and cutting 5.5 percent across the-board for most other nondefense spending. The measure failed, 147 to 281, with 92 Republicans and all Democrats voting in opposition.
An amendment for more-severe cuts, which would have brought spending back to FY 2006 levels, received only 33 freshman votes. The measure failed with 93 "yes" votes, meaning that freshmen did not support it any more or less than other Republicans.
Other amendments to the House budget bill also offered a more nuanced portrait of House freshmen.
•Thirty GOP freshmen broke with the majority of their party to increase funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program by $298 million.
•Twenty-four GOP freshmen voted to preserve post-9/11 firefighter-hiring grants.
•In a move that surprised labor activists, 25 GOP freshmen voted with Democrats to block a tea party-led amendment to strike $233.4 million in funding for salaries and expenses at the National Labor Relations Board, which investigates unfair labor practices.
•Breaking with many conservatives in their own ranks, 36 GOP freshmen opposed an amendment that would have cut $70 million from the Department of Energy's renewable-energy programs.
These expressions of partisan independence were possible because, in many cases, House Speaker Boehner has not leaned on members of the Republican caucus to vote as a unified bloc.
"The hardest part about all the amendments was that they came so many at a time," said freshman Rep. Mike Kelly (R) of Pennsylvania, who voted to protect funding on all these items, after consulting the needs of his district. "Trying to research them and come up with what we thought was best for the district – that's the hard part."
A car dealer in Butler, Pa., Mr. Kelly opted to run for Congress in 2009 after the Obama administration's Auto Task Force announced plans to shut down more than 1,900 dealerships, including Mike Kelly Chevrolet-Cadillac Inc. The freshmen are bringing a lot of practical experience to the table, he says.
"A lot of what's standard practice here would never work in the outside world," he says. "People don't trust their government because the Congress has packaged too many bad things and sold them with good things. My feeling is: If it's so good, why doesn't it stand on its own?"
But he says that he's open to compromise on what to cut and how quickly to do it.
"We're going to cut the size of government, we're going to reduce spending, we're going to start to get this deficit under control," he says. But it has to be done with care. "I should probably lose another 30 or 40 pounds, but I can't do it by this weekend."
Still, many freshmen insist that the fights to come on the FY 2012 budget and raising the national debt limit will be tougher, and a government shutdown harder to avoid.
"If we can't get people [in the Senate] to change their mentality when we're at the edge of a cliff, so be it," says Congressman Stutzman, the former Indiana state legislator. "The government is going to shut down sooner or later. [Without cuts], the government is going to implode. We can make changes now, or the natural laws of economics are going to make them for us."
Many freshmen report that they are getting heat from constituents on the glacial pace of change in Washington.
"When I'm back home, tea party folks are telling me: 'You're not doing enough and doing it fast enough,' " says Rep. Blake Farenthold (R) of Texas, a lawyer and former disc jockey who owns a computer consulting firm. "I've got to be able to go home and look at the folks who voted for me and say: 'I got the best deal for you that I could.' "


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Let cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours.
Spread brownies with frosting mixture. Just before serving, roughly crush the remaining candy canes, and sprinkle over frosted brownies. Enjoy!
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2 cups diced Fuji apples
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray (butter flavored, if available).
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Bake until golden brown, 10 - 12 minutes.
Sprinkle with crushed graham crackers, and let slightly cool, about 10 minutes.
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Three Weeks to Jamboree: Interviewing Family
Countdown to Jamboree in Burbank, California – Family Interview edition. Rise and shine early Sunday morning, June 13 at Jamboree and learn some good info about interviewing family. I'll be leading two sessions – one on the skills of an interviewer, the second on the skills of an audio engineer. This week at Family Oral History Using Digital Tools I'll be discussing different ways to come up with good questions to ask your family member when you sit down to interview him or her.
"I'm going to interview my Uncle Al. What do I ask?"
I get asked this question—a lot. What do you ask someone that you're going to visit?
I'll get more into the specifics of strategies of how to come up with questions to ask, but for now, I'll give you a few tips on attitude.
Your job as an interviewer is to elicit information and stories from the other person. Period. The rest is just details.
All the pointers I'll be offering are consistent with your job as story eliciter. (not to be confused with Story Elixer, though perhaps you want your questions to act as a kind of story elixer) The job is to elicit stories. I'll tell you more about different ways to do that.
Your attitude should be one of curiosity and non-judgement. (Being non-judgemental is especially important if you're interviewing a family member).
Hat tip to Kim Leatherdale whose advice was included in a podcast by Greg Lawrence at Lifetime Memories and Stories. Kim mentions this at the 5:45 mark. Kim Leatherdale is a therapist (specialist in interpersonal relationships. I'll be sharing another thing or two from her over the next few days). It's important, when you interview family members, to establish and cultivate trust with the other person.
How do you do that?
The big game plan: Your job is to elicit stories.
When you think of sitting down with your relative, cultivate inside yourself an attitude of curiosity and non-judgement.
You do that by asking open-ended questions. Those are questions with an answer that is story, explanation, expopunding. A closed question is either for very specific infromation, or for the yes or no answer.
Compare these two questions:
- When you were a child, did your family take vacations ?
- What kind of vacations did your family take when you were a child?
The first question is a closed question. Did you…? leads to Yes I did; no I did not. Informative, but not enlightening.
What kind of…? leaves things very open, giving the person the opportunity to answer any way s/he likes. I can almost hear the answer beginning with "Well, my family used to go to….." and that leads to "My favorite vacation was…."
Open ended questions begin with these words:
- Who
- Where
- How
- When
- What
The next time, I'll talk about the big exception to the Magic Question Words. I'll talk about when not to use Why.
Until then, have you had any excellent experiences interviewing family members? What kinds of underlying attitude did you have that contributed to the success of that particular interview?
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on May 23, 2010 in
• Do it: Learn How
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