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During the 4th International Consultation on Forest Genetics and Tree Building, held in 1998 in Beijing, China, leading scientists were invited to review past achievements, to redefine the role of forest genetics and breeding in contemporary forestry, and to set priorities for future research and development. On the basis of the invited presentations, the volume summarizes the state of knowledge in various fields, such as the impact of forest management and of changing environmental conditions on genetic resources, and the value of genetic markers as indicators for adaptational potential, as well as the tasks of conservation. Detailed reports from the different continents provide a comprehensive diagnosis of the global situation of forest genetics and tree breeding research. The book offers not only an overview of contemporary trends and expected future developments, but also identifies current main problems in funding and cooperation. It may prove therefore useful not only for scientists, university lecturers and advanced students in the field of forestry, ecology and conservation biology, but also for decision makers and managers in companies and conservation organizations.
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Bishop Eddie Long, who is the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church (one of the country's largest churches), has gotten himself caught up in a HUGE sex scandal amongst some MALE members of his congregation! According to the Associated Press, the Georgia mega-church pastor "abused his spiritual authority to seduce [young men] with cars, money, clothes, jewelry, international trips and access to celebrities."
Two men, ages 20 and 21, filed lawsuits in Dekalb County alleging that Long coerced them into having sex in exchange for money, cars, cross-country (and international) trips, and more. The young men say this has been going on since they were 16 years old and are seeking a trial by jury and unspecified damages.
Long, however, denies ALL of the allegations and calls the charges brought against him not only "false," but "ugly."
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A Georgia megachurch's pastor accused of forcing young men in the congregation to have sex with him asked for patience Thursday "while we categorically deny each and every one of these ugly charges."
Bishop Eddie Long, of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, near Atlanta, said that he wanted to address the charges directly but had been advised not to by his lawyer. "Let me be clear — the charges against me and New Birth are false. I have devoted my life to helping others and these false allegations hurt me deeply," read a statement from Long. "But my faith is strong and the truth will emerge. All I ask is your patience while we categorically deny each and every one of these ugly charges. As I have done for thousands of others over decades of preaching, I ask for your prayers for me, my family and our church," Long said in the statement.
The bishop added that he would "respond to my congregation" on Sunday at the New Birth church. The statement was read by attorney Craig Gillen on the "Tom Joyner Morning Show."
Long's accusers, Anthony Flagg, 21, Maurice Robinson, 20, and Jamal Parris, 23, seek unspecified damages. The lawsuit involving Parris was filed shortly after complaints by the other two men were submitted on Tuesday in DeKalb County, Georgia. "Long has a pattern and practice of singling out a select group of young male church members and using his authority as bishop over them to ultimately bring them to engage in sexual relationships," according to the lawsuits. Other prominent Protestant pastors who have been ensnared in sex scandals include Ted Haggard, the politically influential head of a Colorado megachurch until he was felled in 2006 by allegations of an affair with a male prostitute.
Long built the church from just 300 members in 1987 to more than 25,000 today. The church, set on a campus east of Atlanta, runs a global network of ministries and businesses. It hosted the funeral in 2006 of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. The men allege that Long, an outspoken critic of gay rights, seduced them with cars, money, clothes, jewelry, international trips and access to celebrities. The suits claim many of Long's alleged victims are known in the 25,000-member church as his "Spiritual Sons," though the suits say the congregation was "likely unaware" of what allegedly took place. Robinson's and Flagg's attorney, Brenda Joy "B.J." Bernstein, said that the two men were past the legal age of consent in Georgia, which is 16, when the alleged relationships started.
As teenagers, Robinson and Flagg joined one of the church's ministries, the tuition-based Longfellows Youth Academy. The court documents say the program "purports to train young men to love, live and lead as they proceed on their 'masculine journey,'" and "seeks to create committed men of God."
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Through the academy, Robinson and Flagg formed closer relationships with Long and, the documents allege, the nature of those relationships crossed the line into impropriety. On a 2008 trip to New Zealand for Robinson's 19th birthday, the suit claims Long engaged in oral sex with him, and that after the getaway, Long "regularly engaged in sexual touching and other sexual acts" with him. It also claims Long regularly gave him cash, paid his college tuition and attempted to "engage in sexual relations" with Robinson during a May grief counseling session after the death of Robinson's best friend.
Flagg's lawsuit states that Long arranged for him to move out of his mother's home so he could provide him with further spiritual guidance. The suit says Flagg's mother believed it would provide "stability and more opportunity to learn and grow with such an important spiritual mentor in her son's life." But the lawsuit alleges that Long started sleeping in the same bed as Flagg, and "engaged in sexual massages" with him. It says Long "then increased the sexual contact" to include oral sex. Flagg also allegedly traveled with Long; the suit claims that Long and Flagg shared a bedroom on overnight trips and "engaged in intimate sexual contact" which included "kissing, massaging, masturbating … and oral sexual contact."
Stance against homosexuality
Bernstein told reporters after the filing that Long "would use biblical stories to talk about how important it was to follow your leader," but that he also claimed "that the acts that he was engaged in were not necessarily meaning that he was a homosexual or that either of them was." The claims run counter to the public persona of the married pastor.
The Spring 2007 issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Intelligence Report" included a profile of Long as part of a larger report on black church leaders "who have joined the historically white-dominated Christian Right movement against homosexuality and homosexuals." When asked about a possible motive for the accusations, Gillen referred to a break-in at Long's office in June.
Bernstein said Robinson is indeed facing a criminal burglary charge in the June incident, but she noted that he returned the stolen items, which she said included an iPad and some jewelry. She said she expects Long and his attorneys to use the incident to paint the defendants as "bad" boys. "And yet, as bad as it is, if it weren't for that act, I don't know if we would know about this [the alleged acts]. Because this young man exploded and he started to talk to his friends and realized he wasn't the only one," Bernstein said. "That Bishop Long had other 'Spiritual Sons' who had this other relationship with him. And it made him angry and confused and it combusted, and lashing out at the bishop in the only way possible," she said.
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Denise Merrill, a Democrat, told members of the Government Administration and Elections Committee on Monday that Connecticut's voters are "being deprived of a valuable convenience." She notes how 38 other jurisdictions already permit voters to cast a ballot early.
Lawmakers are considering several bills that would allow voting before Election Day. One is a resolution for a state constitutional amendment that would remove the language limiting voting to one day.
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Owning our story and loving ourselves through the process is the bravest thing we'll ever do.
- Brené Brown.
I once had a long- kept secret. I didn't reveal it to my mom, to my best friends, or to anyone. I didn't share it because that would make it real, and I was in denial. I felt very alone in my struggle. But it was real, and it was truly exhausting containing it. Eventually my secret was exposed. I was exposed. And you know what? It was good thing.
No more hiding.
I was free.
Since that time, I have learned to share more of myself - the good, the bad, the ugly. It was so freeing that I would never have to uphold the facade of perfection again. Oddly, as much as I felt a little more broken - at the same time, I felt more WHOLE. So much so that it got me thinking about how much to share, with whom, why, and can everyone handle our vulnerability?
I guess the answer is yes, no, maybe, and it depends.
I am a huge fan of the work of Brené Brown, who has one of the most watched TED talks ever on vulnerability. She is also the author of several books, including Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection, and she speaks of the vulnerability paradox as: "The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness."
Vulnerability is a big theme in my life. I think about it a lot. It takes a lot of courage and can be scary - but it is the only way to be truly connected to ourselves and others. One of the hardest things I had to admit recently that I was feeling lonely. Despite having friends that I see on a regular basis, there just wasn't always enough time for the deep and meaningful conversations that I crave. I was missing my mom. And my husband was distracted. We both were - trying to be parents to three kids and making time for the things we are passionate about. I wasn't ready to own up to this quite yet. But when I did finally admit it (with my therapist's help), I felt relieved. I even remembered how much I like being alone (just not all the time).
We may fear being judged or being truly seen - warts and all. In my experience, I have found that I was my own worst critic, and if someone else is judging me harshly, they usually have their own unresolved issues. When I have found myself in that place of judging others and I look into my own heart, I often realize that it is place of growth for me. As it turns out, the judgments we expect to receive from others are actually coming from within. It's our own soul work to be done.
For me, whether or not I share pieces of me, is a gut feeling. It has helped me guide who I want in my life. If I feel called to share of myself, I will. I tend to avoid people who don't show up as their "real" selves. But if something is holding me back, I have learned to listen more closely to my intuition. It has saved me from what is called a "vulnerability hangover." Those moments when you are just kicking yourself for oversharing with the wrong person at the wrong time.
Recently, I attended a spiritual workshop in NYC as a stepping stone in becoming a spiritual teacher. So many of the women and a handful of men shared their stories. But I could not make myself get up and talk. Using my voice in public is a place of fear for me. As I looked further into my reluctance, I realized I was not in a place of giving - of being vulnerable. This weekend, I was there to receive and to listen. Besides it was a big group (over 300 people), and I wasn't even sure what I wanted to share. I did walk with away with some regret, because I know most of my connections have begun as I share more and more of myself.
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As much as I didn't feel like sharing, I also didn't want to take up too much time with my story. I was playing small and not feeling all that worthy. I questioned everything. "How would I be received? What if my story is boring? (It's not). I thought I might be judged - and the space I was in this weekend, I couldn't risk it. But hearing other's stories, I was reminded of a person's total beauty in expressing vulnerability. Seeing and appreciating another's humanness unites us all. It's healing.
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There are always a thousand reasons to not feel good enough.
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What does a bucket of black paint poured onto a wall and a giant cube full of 200 gallons of velvety black ink have in common? At Miami Art Museum, these and other sensory-numbing works are part of a modest but intriguing exhibition critical of the institutional white cube.
"Space as Medium" explores the evolution of artistic practices directly addressing the walls, floors, and ceilings of the physical spaces where they're installed.
The group show includes works by William Anastasi, Lynda Benglis, Tom Burr, Eugenio Espinoza, Ryan Gander, Katharina Grosse, Wade Guyton, Nicolas Lobo, Charles Ray, and Rachel Whiteread.
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"Space as Medium" and "Carlos Bunga: Metamorphosis": Through February 28. Miami Art Museum, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami; 305-375-3000; miamiartmuseum.org. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.
It's the type of exhibit that typically provokes heated theoretical debate while leaving the average viewer dashing for the exit and feeling like the victim of an egghead's scam.
Indeed, Lynda Benglis's untitled 1968 sculpture, concocted from pigmented polyurethane foam, looks more like a jumbo melted ice-cream cone than a radical work for its time.
The artist is a pioneer of Process Art and among those who first used the floor to directly display work. Her oozing, poured sculpture/paintings have unmoored viewers from traditional notions of experiencing art on a pristine white wall.
Likewise, William Anastasi's gallon of high-gloss enamel paint might leave spectators dazed. A founder of minimalist and conceptual art, he subtly splits the gallery space by simply pouring the tarry black contents of a paint can from the juncture where the ceiling meets a wall, allowing it to cascade in a thin streak until it pools on the floor. The artist did so to inject the chaos of everyday life into the hallowed confines of the contemporary art environment.
MAM associate curator René Morales, who organized the show, has written an erudite essay elaborating the fertile theoretical background behind the 13 works on view. He notes that during the past 50 years, artists associated with Minimalism, Institutional Critique, Process Art, and other tendencies created works that specifically question how space is used.
"The goal of this exhibition is to draw upon the rich ideas that those artists developed while exploring in-depth some of the ways in which their underlying premises were later questioned, reconfigured, and eventually redeployed," he writes.
Morales staged the exhibit as an intergenerational dialogue among those who developed these practices and those who continue advancing the premises today.
Fred Sandback uses barely perceptible media. Two sections of thin black acrylic yarn arranged delicately on a corner section of wall suggest a sense of concrete volume that elicits a stunning perceptual head fake. His lengths of yarn, arranged in counterpoised L shapes with a faint space between them, cast a delicate shadow against the wall, upending one's sense of depth. The simple yet elegant untitled piece originally dates from 1975 and has been re-created for the show.
Rachel Whiteread's 1995-1996 Untitled (Plaster Table) and Tom Burr's 2002 Coffee Table (Smoked) are displayed across from one another. They evoke plain geometric forms that pummel the starch out of stuff-shirted criticism by the likes of Clement Greenberg, who asserted that minimalist sculpture "would, upon engaging with real space, become indistinguishable from furniture."
Whiteread's crate-size sculpture consists of a cast taken from the space underneath a long dining table and has a raw surface. In stark contrast, Burr's pair of "nesting tables" are highly polished and look like they were ordered out of an Ikea catalogue.
Katharina Grosse hijacks painting from its traditional institutional support via an untitled 2009 site-specific installation that swallows up its own section of the museum. A gargantuan mound of soil sits as if freshly spilled off a dump truck onto the gallery floor. The surrounding walls, along with her sprawling pile of dirt, are painted a hallucinogenic wash of orange, purple, yellow, and green. The effect is that of a dystopian landscape or a dangerous toxic spill and brings to mind a hothouse of unbridled experimentation.
For his part, Charles Ray's Ink Box (1986), a steel cube filled to the brim with printer's ink, is a ringer for the drab cubes made famous by artists such as Donald Judd. The exception is that Ray has filled his box with the fluid many people have used to soak the pages of art history books in an effort to blot out the past.
As one walks through this thoughtful exhibit, it becomes clear Morales has deftly tied the modest array of works together with a tidy Ariadne's thread. It's a cranium-challenging show, but it delivers a sucker punch to those with the curiosity to give it a fair shot.
In an adjacent gallery, MAM is presenting "Carlos Bunga: Metamorphosis," marking the Portuguese artist's first U.S. solo show.
Bunga's large-scale installations mine the ongoing tensions between architecture and urban space. Two sprawling structures made of cardboard and packing tape are freighted with an unruly DIY veneer.
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His pair of site-specific works fuels all types of references, ranging from Brazilian favelas to the B-52's "Love Shack" to the makeshift shantytowns Miami's homeless construct under local bridges.
The artist worked for several weeks, covering the museum walls with corrugated cardboard and erecting faulty cardboard beams.
After completing his structures and painting them in muted rust, mango, turquoise, and salmon shades, Bunga tore into them in a cathartic final act to uncover the hidden layers underneath.
It's an effort to reveal traces of the dispossessed and unseen, successfully bringing into the museum the stark realities of the harsh life on nearby streets.


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John: You have wonderfully made my point by cheering speeches and words instead of actions. There is a real opportunity now. The Lebanese–even, a couple of hours ago, thousands of Lebanese in Paris–are demonstrating against Hezbollah and Syria and Iran. The Saudis and the Egyptians have publicly criticized Hezbollah, and for the first time in human memory have not blindly condemned Israel.
They are taking a risk here, hoping that we will understand the gravity of the moment and the dimensions of the opportunity. The great opportunity, and indeed the just consequence of the attack against Israel, is to bring down Assad along with destroying Hezbollah. That must be the mission. There are many Syrians who are ready to act, but the first step toward the removal of Assad is for the president and the secretary of state to call for regime change in Syria.
The hard work on the ground belongs to the Israelis, and you are right to say we have done well to support them rhetorically. But we have to after Assad, and we have not done that. Perhaps this is due to my own ignorance; it may be going on behind the scenes (not movie scenes, the real ones). I hope so. But I don't see it. I don't see or hear our leaders condemning the Syrians and the Iranians, aside from the original White House statement (in direct conflict with the statement from the State Dept, let's not forget) holding Syria and Iran responsible. Okay, so they're responsible. And then?
There has to be a "then." And it has to be aimed at the total destruction of Hizbollah and the downfall of the regime in Damascus.
Otherwise, it will all rewind. There will be no semblance of a strong, free, and independent Lebanon, and the next time around things will be much worse. You will see more and more Iranian missiles, in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as in Israel. It's a war, not a debate.
On the many wonderful things that would likely follow the fall of Assad, I'll try to get something for Monday's NRO.


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by Susan Sanders, Community Relations Director
Each organization, business, or family has many parts, all of which play a different role to contribute to success or fulfillment of their purpose. It can even be said of the human body that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Not everyone is a hand, but without the brain, muscles, digestive system, etc. the hand couldn't function.
It's the same way with Hospice of Marshall County – Shepherd's Cove. Hospice care is based on a team concept with social workers, nurses, home care aides, medical director, administrative staff, donors, volunteers, chaplains, and support staff making up the whole organization dedicated to providing, with a servant's heart, compassionate end-of-life care to families when they need it most.
Each month as we have our Thrift Shoppe Team meeting, I try to share with the group how their efforts make a difference in a hospice patient's life. Proceeds from the sales at the Thrift Shoppe allow us to care for those who have no insurance coverage or other reimbursement method. As the work they do at the Shoppe is hard work, done in cold, rain, heat and even dirty environments, my goal is to encourage them by sharing the stories of the rest of the team's ministry of providing comfort care to those living with a life-limiting illness.
My goal … encourage them. What never fails, however, is that they encourage and inspire me! There are stories after stories of how their heart sets them apart.
One of our regular customers, Mrs. Shirley often tells us that if we don't see her at the Thrift Shoppe, we need to find out what has happened to her as she lives alone with no family in this area. Week before last, she didn't show up. This was very unusual as she shops with us twice a week, regular as clockwork. When she didn't show up the 2nd day, our staff started hunting her. She was so grateful when we called her. She had wrecked her car and is currently unable to get out. I can imagine how it made her day that someone cared enough to go that extra mile. Our team members were concerned about her.
Another regular customer has been absent as she is undergoing chemo treatment. Our Thrift Shoppe employees are keeping in touch with her family while she is out of town for treatment. As we were talking about these customers who are important to us, one of the team members involved in donation pickups talked about how many times people are donating items of family members they have lost and just want to chat about them. It is an emotional journey for the family and our staff members. While we may not have known their loved one personally, it blesses our heart for them to share with us. and while the team members working in the Thrift Shoppe may not have been the ones providing the hands-on physical care for their loved one, their work at the Shoppe allows the rest of the team to continue with our business of ministry.
While the whole of Hospice of Marshall County is greater than any of our parts, it is true that for each of us, our heart sets us apart!


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The Problem With Violence
By Martin Luther King
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. You may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars." MLK (Dr. Martin Luther King)


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€200k valuation of counterfeit clothing disputed in court
A MAN accused of running a counterfeiting clothes operation in Portlaoise has been sent forward to the circuit court, as the district court judge has refused jurisdiction due to the seriousness of the offence.
Zahid Chaudry, with an address at 20 Castle Drive, Kilminchy, Portlaoise, faced one charge of copying a work, and two charges of the unauthorised use of a trademark. The offences were committed at his home address on December 9, 2011.
The case had previously been adjourned for Judge Catherine Staines to decide on jurisdiction. Garda evidence estimated that the value of the goods seized was around €200,000, but at last week's court defence for Chaudry argued that the garda estimate was based on the potential loss of full priced goods.
Defence claimed that the actual value could only be attributed to the garments seized and not the brand stickers, which meant that Chaudry had a case of circa €70,000 to answer to.
Judge Staines ruled that it was still not a minor offence and she refused jurisdiction. The matter was put back to February 14 for a book of evidence to be served.


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Well known for his monumental works in the Sinai, Tibesti, and North Atlas deserts among others, his quest for the extraordinary has led this artist to interest himself in the history of games and the objects originating from them. For over forty years, he has accumulated playing cards and games in general and, as a passionate collector, has shared the fruits of his research on their historical, as well as fun and social dimensions in four volumes. Concerning more precisely the history of Tarot cards, recent research in the museums in Avignon, center of the Christian
world during the 14 th century, has led him to propose a new approach to their origin, supported by numerous elements rarely taken into account until now. Derived from works that he devoted to playing cards in their considerable diversity, the following texts come especially from «Sublimes Cartes à Jouer» (Editions du Félin, 2007) and «Les Très Beaux Objets du Jeu» (Editions Face&Dos, 2014)
Despite what is said, despite what is written, we know NOTHING about the origin of tarot cards. Art historians who have focused on the subject are the Italians who, understanding that they could not reach back to the original source, preoccupied themselves with what they had at hand, that is to say essentially the Visconti Tarot cards (2 nd quarter of the
15 th century) and a few other scattered cards. I am speaking here of art historians, very specialized and who, quickly
abandoning research that seemed to them in vain, assumed that since these cards were in Italy (and for good reason, since they had been made for the Visconti families and the Este families), they could only have been invented by painters from the region. Therefore, the Tarot was a game of Northern Italy, and their focus should be on discovering the authors of these cards. So they began by studying and comparing the techniques of different painters, without much regard for the
eminently gothic influence these illuminations revealed. The first half of the 20 th century thus saw assertions, denials and nullifications. Then, after the battle of possible authors' names, there was the war of dates, all carefully followed by question marks since there was no possible conclusion. Thereby, as a result everything became Italian despite non resolved enigmas and certain incoherencies.
No one seems to have done a global study to solve the mystery; not on painting in the Middle Ages, but on illumination and miniatures.
I think the time has come to open a new field for reflection.
Avignon was, in the 14 th century, from 1305 to 1403, the center of Europe and the Christian world, the seat of the Popes and multiple cardinals and courtesans. This city had attracted a great number of artists from Flanders, Ile de France, Spain, Moselle, Northern Italy, England and beyond, without forgetting the Parisian miniaturists. Avignon was a city of the Comtat Venaissin and was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Thousands of drawings, sketches, in black, in bistre or in colour were accumulated over nearly a century.
But now, a paradox, this cosmopolitan city, teeming with artists, luring pilgrims, artisans, bankers ; where Provençal was spoken, Parisian or French, and Florentine, plus Latin of course, was emptied of all its riches. So one should not be surprised by the unbelievable absence of any trace of playing cards, since everything had practically disappeared except the buildings and their frescos.
At the time numerous symbolic elements and images of allegorical figures circulated, intended for a mainly illiterate people. The lives of saints, Jesus, Marie, but also vignettes for educational purposes, from the antique and Christian world. In Provence, they were called nahipi, and also ybes or ybys, like the naïbis for children in Italy, which afterwards became naipes in Spain. Among all these images, there are those that were added in certain card games, thus creating the Tarot's trump cards. There was a choice : a sheet
was found ( end of the 15 th century ) with fifty images (Fig. 1) on which one finds, along with those that are the Tarot's trump cards, Logic, Rhetoric, Theology, Misery, Time, Prudence, Charity, Hope, Reason, Melancholy, and also Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Apollo, Calliope, etc., that could have been in the place of Temperance, the World, the Lovers, the Tower, Strength, the Moon, the Sun… etc. One must read Christine de Pisan, Martin Le Franc and up to Le Cœur d'Amour Epris by René d'Anjou (King René), where we find, besides Temperance, Strength, Fortune, in other words all the known trump cards, Virtue,Reason, Hope, Melancholy, Vice, Idleness, Love, Chastity, all elements that could have been in the place of existing trumps.
Moreover, the total absence of women in the Italian card games, as in the games referred to as Spanish, while the French cards always had them, brings us straight to our tarot.A legal document dated 1381, that prohibits a sailor from Marseille to play cards while sailing to Egypt, proves there were indeed cards (Cf. Note 1). And one cannot imagine for one instant that the card makers in Marseille or Avignon could have been aware of the existence of the Visconti Tarot, hidden in a case or safe in the Ducal palace in Milan. The contrary seems more probable. We find ourselves faced with the dilemma of the chicken or the egg but, I insist, who today can demonstrate that Marseille copied the Ducal tarots and not vice versa? ...
Better yet : In the Musée du Petit Palais in Avignon, there are frescos from a house in Sorgues, one of which shows a Page of dogs (Fig. 2). These frescos would have been painted between 1360 and 1380. In Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, painted during the same papal era, there is another Valet of Dogs! (Fig. 3). And yet, the Tarot Fools, or Fol, or Mat have a dog attached to their coattails. Better yet, there are a multitude of Valets with dogs in the playing cards made in Marseille, Avignon, Paris, Lyon, Rouen, Strasbourg, but also in the games with French portraits edited in Brussels, Munich, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Prague, Liechtenstein (Fool in Fig. 4). They are generally Jack of Spades (Fig. 5), with some exceptions (Fig. 6). There are practically none in the Italian cards except the Fools taken from the Marseille Tarot.
Fig.4 : Fool by par Renault, Amphoux, Solesio. Tous ces tarots sont dits Tarots de Marseille.
Fig.5 : Valets, portraits of Paris and Eteilla
The oldest card known is the one that is part of the series called « Goldschmidt's cards », the name of the collector who owned nine cards, painted on parchment, and which are considered to be Provencal. This game includes, besides a valet of dogs (Fig. 7), a five of batons, an ace of cups and an ace of coins! They were the current signs in the South of France at that time. The problem however, for
those who overlook the fact that nothing was institutionalised in the 14 th century, the one that saw playing cards appear and where there was a total creative liberty (see the handmade cards of the Ambras hunting pack and those of Stuttgart, and also see the Fool from another Visconti Tarot that is in the Yale University library), it is manifest that the Tarot could not have been created once, but that the images were introduced to render the regular game more complex ..
Fig.7 : Goldschmidt's jack
These images were diverse, and never mind their « on view » because they were considered as so many trump cards or triumphs, images that otherwise one found as well in Charles V's library as in that of Charles VI. The only trouble, for those who believe wholeheartedly that the Tarot has been invented all in one piece and conceived by one painter, when it has nothing to do with painting but indeed illuminators is that the painter to whom one attributes the « invention » of the tarot is more accurately known as a fresco painter.
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in mind the immense
success throughout Europe of The Hunting Book by Gaston
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beginning of the 15 th century, that corresponds to the flowering of the subtle art of illumination encouraged by the Dukes of Berry, of Burgundy, Bedford. At the time when this manuscript 616 (Bibliothèque Nationale) was illuminated, and whose illustrations have guilloche backgrounds, exactly like earlier manuscripts made
by illuminators in Avignon at the end of the 14 th century everything was done by different teams of artisans who did not sign their work. In any event, and to come back to the Jacks and the Fool
with a dog, a great English collector at the end of the 19 th century, George Clulow, possessed what he thought to be the oldest playing cards in Europe and considered them and considered them to be Provencal. They consists of two jacks accompanied by a dog of course (Fig. 8), but a number of these Jacks and Fools can be found in dozens and dozens of packs !(Fig.5 et 6). Another discovery. regardless of the tarot that you might have in your hands, you can note that the Empress and sometimes the Emperor have an « eagle » on their coat of arms (Fig. 9). Inquiry made, in no way is it an eagle (for those who think that, Avignon being part of the Holy Roman German Empire, it is a matter of an eagle that later became a two-headed eagle). This coat of arms shows in fact a Gerfalcon and… it was precisely the emblem of Avignon, up until the Queen Jeanne sold the city of Avignon to Pope Clément VI in 1348 (Fig. 10).
The latter wanted to change the official coat of arms by putting three keys, but the people of Avignon protested, making him revise his decision. Moreover, the walls of the room situated on the first floor of the Avignon Media library, Cardinal Ceccano's ancient livery, are decorated with coats of arms topped with an arch realized between 1340 and 1350 and the Gerfalcon is well present (Fig. 11).
Avignon's last pope, Pedro de Luna, said Benoît XIII, escapes, disguised the palace and Avignon to Châteaurenard. The end of the papacy in Avignon causes a real turmoil, initiated in 1398, emptying the city of large part of its population and dispersing throughout Europe everything that could be carried away… however, these new clues should enable one to consider new research leads. Alas, during the war for the reattachment of the papal city to France, all the archives have been destroyed in 1790 -1791.
In the area surrounding Avignon, in the small cities of Sorgues and Entraigues, have been identified a good number of mills
from the 14 th century for manufacturing paper. Thus an act signed before a solicitor from Avignon on January 15, 1431, tells us that an artisan operating mills around the city sold his entire paper production to Italian merchants, including paper for playing cards.( Cf. Note 1 ).
The existence of «tailleurs de molles» (mold cutters) having been found in Dijon in 1393, at Ulm in 1398 as well as in Florence, nothing prevents a city like Avignon to have had mold cutters for cards. Pope Clement V advocated the diffusion of saint images. The first known card manufacturer in Avignon was designated as a factor cartorum (card maker), then factor cartorum et picto (card and picture maker) crafts far from being incompatible in the 15th century ( Cf. Note 2 ). One can suppose a part of this production was sent out around the region and even towards Lyon. (Cf. Note 3 ). Indeed, a document, dated 1337 and found in the Saint-Victor Abbey in Marseille, forbid playing with «paper sheets», which became known as cards thereafter.
Petrarch, settled in Avignon from 1312 to 1354, composes on his return to Italy his Trionfi, the names given to the trump cards in Italy.
The first mention of the word « taraux » has been found in 1501, precisely in Avignon; and we know since then that the word tarocchi, for which the Italians have never found the origin, comes from the South, (the right bank of the Rhône) from what was not yet France.( Cf. Note 4).
When one examines the rare packs that have survived - « La Chasse à la Cour d'Ambras », the game said to be from Stuttgart, the Goldschmidt's cards, not to mention the ones offered to Visconti or the ones said to be of Charles VI, one sees that the creativity was total : King of flowers, queen of parrots, knaves of pomegranates, on foot or on horseback, series of animals, mixture of civil and ecclesiastic worlds , symbolic elements and allegorical figures… An incredible imagination very much of its time, very much of its period, as evidenced by the hundreds of illuminators and miniatures made throughout France, royal territory, but also in Avignon, papal territory (Cf. Note 5 ).
Note 1 - H.CHOBAUT, in Les Maîtres-Cartiers d'Avignon du XV ème Siècle à la Révolution, in Mémoires de l'Académie de Vaucluse, Forth series, Volume IV , 1955, precise : «Paper manufacturing in this region dates back to the second half of the
14 th century».
Note 2 - H. CHOBAUT , op. cité : « The first known card manufacturer in Avignon… was both haberdasher, painter and card manufacturer. These three trades were related in the 15 th century, we note this on many occasions. One must not forget that during this period the haberdashers sold playing cards, and that these were often hand painted… At the end of the 15th century, Avignon's card manufacturers, along with painters, belonged to the brotherhood of Saint-Luc, more proof of the relationship between these two trades»
Note 3 - H. CHOBAUT , op. cité : « On January 15, 1431, Bernard de Guillermont, paper manufacturer…, tenant of mills in Entraigues and in Sorgues sells to two Italian merchants established in Avignon all of his paper production, among other things playing cards, during the following year » ..
Note 4 - Vaucluse Departimental Archives, 3E/1139, fol.246 v-247 v, 6-XIII 1505.
Note 5 - Francesca MANZARI : La Miniatura ad Avignone al Tempo dei Papi.
Jean VERAME :
Les merveilleuses Cartes à Jouer du XIXe Siècle, Paris, Nathan, 1989. La Toma del Cielo y de la Tierra, Vitoria, 2003. Sublimes Cartes à Jouer, Editons du Félin, Paris, 2007. Les Très beaux Objets du Jeu, Editions Face & Dos, Paris, 2014
Text written by Jean Verame and synthetizited by Agnès Barbier (Curator of the French Museum of Playing Cards)- Illustrations included by Marion Lamy


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Zen and the Heart of Medical Maintenance
Jul 24, 2009
Between college and medical school, I spent a year living in Spain. It was one of those "discovery" years you now only dream of, a delicate balance of academics and culture, with an appropriate complement of red wine. It was Spain, you know. In the midst of it all, I found myself with a lot of time on my hands, and spent much of it reading – reading about other people's journeys and the paths they took during their own formative years. There were the classics like On the Road, Siddhartha, and even Catcher in the Rye – but what impacted me the most were Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and its sequel Lila, both by Robert Pirsig.
Part novel, part philosophy text, and partly meandering, Zen and Lila take the reader on an intellectual journey through morality, purpose, and of course, motorcycles. One concept that has stuck with me after fifteen years is an idea stated in the conclusion of Lila: "Good is a verb."
The first time you read that sentence, something doesn't feel right. We typically think of "good" as an adjective to describe our core values. It may define who we are or who we're not. It's a group we want to belong to, and sometimes exclude our enemies from. But using "good" as a passive descriptor takes something out of the equation - choice. By thinking about goodness as a verb, as an action, our choices can change who we are and where we belong. Good is a process. Good is a journey.
So after spending a year trying to find myself, I ultimately found myself in medical school and specialty training, spending a lot of time with people who are often categorized by a different system – wellness and disease. Doctors, patients, and insurers judge themselves and others by this simple metric all too frequently. And we all know that illness places us in a less desirable grouping, populated by symptoms, hospital stays, and medications. Having an illness shifts us away from the happy-go-lucky and pushes us toward the somber. Nobody wants to be ill. And nobody wants to be part of the group of people who experience illness.
But I've learned that this way of thinking about health and disease, or wellness and illness, is an oversimplification – because it implies that our health status defines who we are, and takes away the element of choice. Obviously, no one chooses to be sick. Genetics and environment conspire to create illness even in those with the best of intentions. But we can't ignore the impact of the lifestyle choices we make every day on our health, whether positive or negative. Sure, there's genetics and bad luck, but there's also the saltshaker on the table. There's the extra slice of chocolate cake on the plate. There's the cigarette in your hand.
The choices my patients make and the ways in which they approach their own health have shown me that an eighty-year-old recovering from heart surgery can sometimes be my healthiest patient, whereas a twenty-four-old on no medications can be my sickest. Wellness is partially about choice. Wellness is sometimes about change.
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, Jul 24, 2009
I just joined this site and enjoyed reading your journal entry. It is so true how all of us want to be associated with all the good thing. However i find that everyones defenition of this word "good" is different. Some even believe that there is no good and bad. both are the same entity. I could relate to what you wrote however i still don't know how to define this word good. what is good?
, Jul 25, 2009
Just a quick note to say hi!..i know it sound strange cos so many questions but no real answers so maybe you could be pro-active and try alternative methods like meditation..get some dvds or books from the library and learn yourself..good luck..
PS.If you really read Siddhartha well then,you would fully understand what is happening to you and rest of mankind...Hesse expresses it so well
, Jul 25, 2009
That's an excellent journal entry. Being in the group of those with an illness, I can certainly agree that it's an undesirable place to be.
I was a smoker for many years and a couple of years ago, I quit - that was probably the best thing I ever did for myself; however, prior to quitting smoking I had begun gaining weight at an alarming rate and nothing I did seemed to budge even an ounce. At first my doctor thought the weight gain was due merely to quitting smoking; however, I was sure it was NOT that since it started BEFORE I quit. At the same time, I was extremely tired all the time, but then it seems like I've been tired for a good share of my life. Anyway, I managed to pick up over 30 pounds in a matter of about 3-4 months and I've never had a weight problem before.
After another year of feeling tired and gaining even more weight, along with a whole shopping list of other symptoms, my doctor finally checked my thyroid and ....bingo, we have the problem. That was a little over a year ago and today, I struggle with the weight issue just as much as I did before the diagnosis. I exchanged the possible repercussions of smoking for being overweight. I chose to quit smoking, but I don't choose to be overweight. I can't say that every single choice I make is the very best, but I most certainly make the effort.
I rarely use the salt shaker on the table, I can't tell you the last time I ate a slice of chocolate cake and there's no longer the cigarette in my hand. I eat my fruits and veggies, I get my exercise every day and still my "good" choices don't seem to be enough to budge off the weight. I'm constantly looking for things I can change and keep praying that one of those changes is going to make a difference - that one day I will have made enough changes to experience wellness, in spite of a disease that will never go away.
That's my challenge - I wish I could claim success.
, Jul 25, 2009
So often in the forums someone will write "I have heart disease, it doesn't have me," or " I have MS, it does't have me." On paper it sounds good, but in practice it is so much more difficult a mindset to achieve.
Both of those diseases are part of my daily existence and impact my awareness on multiple levels. Finding balance with the rest of who I am is a constant struggle that takes hard work but is worth the effort.
Thanks for reminding us that the things we can control should stay in sight as a target rather than letting the uncontrollable variables take over our lives.
be well, do good.
MS Forum co-cl
, Jul 26, 2009
I love part of your title 'medical maintenance'; you did an excellent job of placing your readers where they think they are, and where they can or should be. Then you accurately placed a reader like me that are in the category of having NOT brought on their 'medical maintenance' by any design. Genetics just places us in the category of "It is what it is'. I would like to share my story with you and others here at 'joanincarolina' so others can learn from my medical maintenance journey. Thanks for a good essay! Joan in Carolina.
, Jul 26, 2009
Having just spent several months working my way through Jon Kabat-Zinn's book, Full Catastrophe Living, in order to come to terms with the specific challenges of my own "genetics" and move ahead with my life by actually seeking some medical care (rather than avoiding it completely out of fear and mistrust!), I can't tell you how refreshing -- and reassuring -- your journal entry is to me. Thanks for sharing your special perspective!
, Jul 26, 2009
I have tired of the medics and their philosophies of patients. This is an interesting view-point writing and doesn't change my tiredness. I have dealt with the silliest circumstances with nothing life threatening, and I believe by the time I age and decline enough to be in that category, I will be so worn of it all I will choose death over medics and their medicines. Maybe God heals best through His "GOOD"ness.
, Jul 28, 2009
And red wine has medicinal properties.
Perhaps 'good' is a short hand way of applying process (or more specifically, is the end product of that process).
Good is a judgment.
Wellness and disease are just more examples of good and bad. They are both subjective and objective judgments.
Illness has a way of showing us who we our. It can highlight both our strengths and weaknesses (again good or bad). I suppose illness (and badness is also a process, a journey.)
Health status does define who we are, doesn't it? Health issues can place limitations on us (and at times, on our ability to choose).
I guess if you are speaking generally then yes, lifestyle can significantly impact on our lives. Lifestyle for the majority of us probably does defines our health status.
I was just musing over this. I found it thought provoking.
Ultimately we do all try to strive towards something better, healthier, etc. Sometimes it is good to reflect on that process and to congratulate ourselves on our progress and achievements. Life is a journey and one to be enjoyed.
, Jul 28, 2009
Love your journal entries. Please keep writing them!!!
James G Beckerman, M.D.
, Jul 29, 2009
I want to thank everyone for your thoughtful comments!!! Your participation in the forum is what makes MedHelp so great.
, Jul 30, 2009
Wow. Very inspirational. Thank you for this journal entry and your unique perspective. I'll have to keep in mind to do "well" in not only my health, but in all fields of my life.
, Jul 31, 2009
Dear Dr Beckerman,
I was wondering if you would consider putting some of the links to the medical articles on your twitter page somewhere on this forum so that people can access them here. I hope I haven't insulted you by asking you that. I did check out your twitter page briefly but felt I was intruding on your space (and didn't understand why people would follow me because I followed you just one time).
Human behavior (like for example, why you changed your photo) intrigues me but following you on twitter feels like stalking and just feels so intrusive. (Possibly because I am an extremely private person??)
Is twitter an opportunity to let members get to know you a little more? I don't understand its role.
, Aug 09, 2009
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Absolutely delicious and healthy for a person on a diet.
People who have sent me emails or spoken to me about South beach diet had this question the most. Will the diet work just like that?I was little lost on what they meant by just like that?They meant just eat the right food and do no physical activity.The answer is NO! Unfortunately losing weight in a healthy way is not an easy task. One must exercise a bit to get the process going in the right direction. It could be simple walking to start with, which can slowly proceed from slow jogging to running. Never know someday you might run a marathon.Eating right is a major contributing factor for weightloss but that alone wouldn't do the trick. Physical activity is key for healthy weightloss. Since the summer is in full swing, my most favorite exercise for this season is swimming. Lets talk more about the goodness of swimming in later part of the post. Eveybody loves summer and its the season to flaunt your beautiful body in swim suit. A diet rich in genuine calories and regular exercise plan will give you that Beach Body you will need for this summer.
Before that let me tell you what happens when we exercise.
Imagine you are walking in a treadmill. You will start slow at about speed 3 and slowly work your way up. In the meanwhile, you will play around with inclinations. When the breathing rate increases (from 45-65 beats/ minute to 150-160 beats per minute), it means that the lungs need more air and that's obviously means more oxygen. The heart rate increase, the heart pumps blood through the body at a fast pace and this makes you burn more calories. When we exercise, lungs get the oxygen while heart and blood vessels distribute the oxygen to muscles which consume it. When this process synchronizes with each other, a person's stamina and lung capacity improves sufficiently. That means that there will be good longevity and good health.
When will we reap benefits?
It takes 3 months minimum to start enjoying the benefits of exercise. My trainer's words are still echoing in my mind. "Come regularly, stay committed and give me minimum three months of your time. You will then tell me the difference in the way you feel about your body". I have been regular for 3+ weeks at a stretch, then as a women I have my monthly issues which makes me miss 1 week of workout, then other personal commitments will keep me busy and slowly I will fall off the track. Then one fine day I will jump and start back. That's how my exercise routine has been. I have know people who do extreme body workouts and I really respect them for the focus and commitment they have got to achieve the goal. I started out with Tony Horton's P90 and once I feel more fit and improve my stamina, I am planning to move to much harder workouts.
For the days when you don't work out, eating right is important. And some days I would over indulge. On conscious day when I think sensibly, I would stuff myself with complex carbohydrates, fruits, nuts and hearty Indian dishes made with lentils, lean meat and vegetables.When you exercise for minimum three months, you will see the following changes
For the days when you don't work out, eating right is important. And some days I would over indulge. On conscious day when I think sensibly, I would stuff myself with complex carbohydrates, fruits, nuts and hearty Indian dishes made with lentils, lean meat and vegetables.When you exercise for minimum three months, you will see the following changes
1. Lung capacity improves
2. The heart grows strong
3. Blood pressure comes down
4. You become more insulin resistant
5. Stamina and immunity improves
6. Brain becomes more activated
Coming back to my swimming sessions, I do free style and I think that's one of the fastest and most often done stroke in swimming. Since we work with two arms rotating in full stretch in water, the power is generated along your length.To lose weight and get the inches off the waist and thighs, you must swim hard to increase your heart rate. When the heart rate increases, the body needs more oxygen. The body burns more calories to burn the more oxygen.
We have briefly talked about the goodness of exercise and now lets get into the food we should eat after a workout. Since I workout in late afternoons around 3 or 4 PM, I love to snack after a good swim. My most favorite food right now is warm mung bean salad, referred to as karuppu payaru sundal. The soaked mung bean is pressure cooked until done and they are seasoned with flavorful South Indian spices. A protein rich snack after a workout is the way to go and this dish is stuffed with good amount of complex carbohydrates and proteins.1 cup of cooked mung beans has212 calories with 38.7 grams of carbohydrates and 14.2 grams of proteins.
Source: Amma
Serves 2
1 cup raw mung bean (white or black)
3 cups water
For the tempering
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
5 curry leaves – chopped
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 pinch asafoetida
2 dry red chillies- torn in halves
Salt to taste
1. Clean, rinse and soak the mung beans in excess water for 6-8 hours or overnight.
2. Pressure cook them for 1 or 2 whistles. Switch off the flame and let it rest. If cooking on a pan, cook covered for 30-45 minutes until done. Drain excess water and set aside.
3. In a small saucepan, heat oil. Once they ripples and is hot enough, throw in the curry leaves and let it crisp up. Then add mustard seeds and let it pop. Next add asafoetida and give a quick saute to prevent burning.
4. Finally add dry red chillies and let it flavor the oil, about a minute or so. Mix in the cooked mung beans and salt. Stir to combine and serve hot.
Additional notes:
1. Mung bean sundal was my staple snack during gestational diabetes. Since mung beans have low glycemic index, they can be eaten in measured quantities during pregnancy. You can also make savory pancakes with rice and mung beans and they are called as Pesarattu. Since it has rice, pesarattu is a gluten free dish too.
2. This dish is perfect for those who are diabetic / pre-diabetic.
3. Since this sundal is made from a bean, they are an ideal snack/breakfast dish for those in South beach diet. Perfect SBD phase 1 dish.
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Eaux Claires IV: More like a family reunion than a showcase for superstars
The phrase "Thanksgiving in the summer" figured prominently into the merchandising at western Wisconsin's Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival this weekend.
But for those in attendance, it was really more like Christmas in July. Whether Santa checked off every item on your list or left you with a lump of coal depended on your musical preferences, though.
For the fourth iteration of the boutique festival located about 90 miles west of the Twin Cities, organizers Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Aaron Dessner of the National went with an unprecedentedly bold approach for an event that lost money in its second and third years: The lineup and schedule for two full days of music weren't released until gates opened Friday afternoon. This meant that festivalgoers were going in both blind and significantly lighter in the wallet, as the final tier of face-value general admission passes cost $199 plus fees and campsites went for $165, not to mention all of the additional expenses inherent to attending a multi-day festival.
The 2017 version of Eaux Claires boasted heavy-hitters like Paul Simon, Chance the Rapper, and Wilco, so it was only natural that months of lineup speculation based on tweets by Vernon himself and hints hidden in official podcasts and Instagram posts would lead to predictions outdoing reality. Heavily rumored acts like Patti Smith, Sufjan Stevens, and an encore by Chance were nowhere to be found on either the official lineup or the list of "artists in residence."
However, the lineup that was finally pushed to Eaux Claires' smartphone app at 1 p.m. Friday offered a strong mix of repeat acts from previous years—the National, Francis & the Lights, Low, Vernon and Dessner's Big Red Machine collaboration—and newcomers to the festival like headline-making Russian punks Pussy Riot, indie favorites Dirty Projectors, and up-and-coming singer-songwriters Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker.
Rare guest appearances and collaborations have become two of Eaux Claires' main calling cards over the past four years. For instance, whether or not the Eaux Claires faithful were familiar with the music of 24-year-old Bridgers and 22-year-old Baker (the artists behind two of 2017's best albums in Stranger in the Alps and Turn Out the Lights, respectively) on Friday morning, they could pick out the voices of each from a lineup by Saturday night.
In addition to Baker's day-one turn on the Lake Eaux Lune main stage and Bridgers' show the next day on the in-the-round Flambeaux, both popped up for surprise guest turns elsewhere throughout the festival. Most notably, the former emerged on a satellite stage in the middle of the Flambeaux crowd to accompany the National on "Fake Empire," and the latter gave a gorgeous rendition of Tom Petty's "It'll All Work Out" during the Vernon-led "PEOPLE Mix Tape" set that closed the main stage Saturday.
That revolving-door headlining spot was born of another Vernon-Dessner joint, the brand-new PEOPLE music platform and its accompanying Berlin festival scheduled for next month. Artists such as S. Carey, Spank Rock, and Francis & the Lights all figured heavily into the set, which featured a cover of the Band's "I Shall Be Released" and an airing of the Bon Iver rarity "89."
Other PEOPLE-affiliated artists peppered the festival's peripheries with unique performances on unique stages, such as when Baker and Australian folktronica artist Gordi used everything from the stairs to the walls of a temporary shelter known as Music Box Village to conjure sounds, or when Dessner's twin brother and fellow National guitarist Bryce debuted an original piece that simultaneously triggered melodies from the 120 aluminum chimes surrounding him at the Player-Fence Deux stage in the middle of the woods.
Meanwhile, the tiny Oxbeaux stage featured acoustic appearances by Dirty Projectors frontman Dave Longstreth and Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry, and the Jannette and Trees stages played host to intimate sets by Icelandic singer Kristin Anna Valtysdottir, the Dessners' bluegrass-y Red Bird Hollow project, and Poliça's Channy Leaneagh, Chris Bierden, and Drew Christopherson,
The Dessner twins' show with the National was anything but intimate, attracting perhaps the biggest crowd of the weekend, but it was no less special. The Brooklyn-via-Cincinnati critical darlings, fresh off a Grammy win for last year's Sleep Well Beast, treated Eaux Claires to the world debuts of two new songs, "Quiet Light" and "So Far So Fast," in addition to Sleep Well standouts like "I'll Still Destroy You" and "Carin at the Liquor Store" (featuring stunning harmonies by Minneapolis singer Chastity Brown) and fan favorites such as "About Today" and "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks."
Christmas, Thanksgiving, whatever. It was wonderful to have the Vernon-Dessner clan and all of their relatives back together again.
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Tom Dillard, a historian and retired head of special collections at the University of Arkansas, has raised an alarm about Gov. Asa Hutchinson's proposal on the special session call to put the state History Commission under the control of the Arkansas Department of Heritage, headed by Stacy Hurst. Dillard is concerned about the power the legislation would invest in Hurst, a former city director with no experience in history or archiving.
He sent this letter to others on an Arkansas history mailing list:
The Hutchinson Administration has prepared draft legislation for consideration in the current Special which would completely strip the Arkansas History Commission of its authority. The legislation would transfer the History Commission from the Department of Parks & Tourism to the Department of Arkansas Heritage. So far, so good. But, the devil is in the details.
In governmental jargon, the proposal is a "Type 2" transfer—meaning that the Commission will not only be transferred but that the Commissioners will lose all powers to hire and fire the AHC director, develop budgets, issue rules and regulations, and deciding on the physical location of the History Commission. All powers would be transferred to the director of the Heritage Department, Stacy Hurst—who has absolutely no background in history and archives. The Commission could not even meet without being convened by Hurst.
The adoption of this legislation would enable a single person, Hurst, to determine where to house the History Commission. Her original plan was to move the History Commission to the old Balch Automobile building on Cantrell Road at the foot of Chester Street. Moving the History Commission's location might be a good idea, but the decision should be carefully thought out since archival collections must be stored in the proper environmental conditions.
Even the name of the Arkansas History Commission would be changed, despite the fact that it has operated for more than a century under that name.
The proposed legislation would also adversely impact the Arkansas Black History Commission—which is a component of the AHC.
There is no compelling reason to adopt this legislation—especially in a hurried 3-day special session. Arkansas History deserves better!
There is no time to waste as the bill will probably be considered this week—possibly tomorrow. I urge everyone to contact both the governor and your local legislators. You can find your legislator and contact information at www.arkleg.state.ar.us. It is too late to send snail mail, so emails and phone calls are necessary. You can call your State Representative at 501-682-6211 and Senators can be called at 501-682-6107. You can leave a message. Unfortunately, we do not have a bill number, so refer to the Governor's Efficiency Bill.
Please ask your legislators to delay considering this issue until a regular session. Do it now!
Tom Dillard
A question about the Black History Commission might further stir people in the legislature already upset about the retreat by the Hutchinson administration, through Hurst, from buying the historic Masonic Templars building available for sale next door to the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, a museum of the African-American experience in Arkansas. It has undergone personnel changes amid supporters' concerns that it ranks low on Hutchinson administration concerns.