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I was doing actual on-the-street street style — people on the street not at fashion week. I spent around 10 hours a week on the blog. I'd spend a weekend, maybe like a Sunday afternoon or one or two weekday afternoons, in Soho or the Lower East Side or Williamsburg. I started with a dinky point-and-shoot [camera]. I didn't care so much about composition or if the images were sharp. I felt like the actual quality of the photography didn't really matter, and that it was much more about the subject and trying to make a pretty image.
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As more and more photographers started showing up to take pictures, I realized I had to upgrade my camera. It's a little embarrassing going up to important editors in Paris and being like, "Can I take your picture?" using this shitty camera. So I started slowly upgrading my camera over the years and slowly figuring out how to use it. I never took a class or anything. It's a lot of trial and error and a lot of practice. Now there are so many photographers at the shows, which I complain about all the time, but one consequence of it is it's made me push myself to work harder and really care about getting an interesting picture.
It's so hard to qualify when people ask what you look for — there's never really a formula, which is funny now that every blog has a story about "how to get shot by street-style photographers." [Ed. note: guilty.] When I first started I didn't really have a very developed sense of style. I would just take pictures of something that was eye-catching. If you look at my personal style, I really like color and prints and textures, so I was always really interested in that. But once the focus of street style turned to fashion weeks, editors and models and "it" girls or whatever, of course I started looking for the people that I know will be popular — someone like Anna Dello Russo. But I really love finding sort of unknown girls. It's hard to qualify, though.
Blogging was never easy. For the first few years, the blog really wasn't particularly successful financially. It was enough to pay my rent and my expenses, but I was still living off my book deal. Then one day I got an offer from an ad agency to buy a shitload of ads, and I was really surprised because it was a really big ad buy, and I thought maybe there was a typo — an extra zero. I wasn't sure if that was a real figure until the check came. I had beginner's luck, and I've been chasing that first high ever since. But that was a turning point when I thought this could be a real business. I thought the blog could be really successful or a supplement to a real career.
A few months before Vogue relaunched its website, I got a random email from their photo director. I guess it was sort of like Devil Wears Prada in that I never grew up reading Vogue — not just Vogue, but any fashion magazine. So I wasn't really intimidated. I didn't really think anything of it, I just thought, Oh, another meeting. It'll be nice to have a gig. And I went in and met the photo editor at the time, and I remember the photo he showed me that caught their eye was a picture of Lauren Santo Domingo and Edward Enninful and a couple of models walking through the Tuileries laughing, and they said, "This is what we want — can you do more of this?" And I said, "Sure, why not?" And I've been at Vogue.com since then. It started off as a couple of slideshows per fashion week, and as it became more popular, I started submitting every day during fashion week.
Can it keep going like this? I have no idea. It seems like there's no room for anything else. But there's no barrier to entry to get into street-style photography — you don't need any credentials. You can be a kid or a wire-image photographer. You can show up and start snapping away, and you don't even need to know who or what to shoot. Shooting with that many photographers gets really difficult and really frustrating at times, but there's really no time to even think about it because every day is a new day, every show is a new show.
But it's gotten really, really difficult. With the lens I use I have to stand really far back, so I have to hang around waiting for an opening. The number of people hanging out has increased so much that there's just, like, a fatigue of it all — where by the end of the day, the end of the week, the month, the editors, models, and stylists are just tired.
These photographers that show up every season, they don't understand the protocols or etiquette of how we work. Our subjects are people, they're not just robots to use for our personal portfolios. Someone will go up to, like, I don't know, Gloria Baume or someone like that, and say, "Hey, you go over here, stand like this, hold your bag higher," and it's like, she's not a robot model — do you know who you're talking to?
This one editor was always so gracious to all the photographers. Street style helped her career — and she's really talented and had a great eye, so it's not like she wouldn't have been recognized sooner or later — but this sort of expedited it. People would call her a street-style star as if that was the only thing she did, which does her and a lot of the subjects of the photos a great disservice. This season she's been rushing out of shows quickly or hiding in a group. I think with an increase in photographers people get mobbed and people get jealous. That's the frustrating thing about it — it's supposed to be fun.
People accuse someone like Susie Bubble of getting dressed up for the camera, but some people just really love fashion — they love clothes and love getting dressed up. Faran Krentcil wrote a really nice story for Fashionista about why she gets dressed up for fashion week. I really loved it because she basically said, I love fashion, I love clothes, and this is the couple weeks of the year I can really put my heart and my passion into my outfit, and I'll be amongst people who understand and can appreciate it, and I thought that was so spot-on. But of course there are some people who peacock.
Sometimes people get excited when I take their picture. I still get really surprised when someone knows who I am. The editors or models, I guess they recognize what I look like or what Tommy or Garance looks like. It's not like I'm a really public figure. It's not like I'm a personal-style blogger and everybody knows what I look like. Tommy and I are a little more anonymous. I prefer it that way. Personal fame or glory — I don't mind the attention, but it's not even how I would further my business, whereas personal-style bloggers, they need to have their face everywhere.
Then again, who am I? It's funny that these are really influential and powerful people in fashion and publishing and to think that even my opinion matters is kind of funny. Who the fuck am I? I just started this stupid blog and my opinion matters to somebody. That concept makes me feel uncomfortable, but it's also kind of amusing.
I haven't really thought about the future for the past few years because I have always been aware that this sort of success, for lack of a better word, has come so quickly, that it could all just disappear so quickly. I'm waiting for the bubble to burst, so I've always just been thinking about the present.
I've started shooting stuff for brands. I've been doing stuff for Saks Fifth Avenue. I did a handbag story where you pick 12 handbags and you style it, and we shot it around the city. It was cool because I get to have a lot of say in how it looks and where we shoot; I was talking to the team there, and they were saying it performed really, really well sales-wise.
I do a lot of stuff for like GStar or Furla. I just did a shoot for Zara a couple of weeks ago. These are happening more regularly. I was just in L.A. the other day — I was at the mall and I passed by so many shop windows that were using street style–looking photos for advertising. I passed by H&M and it was three street-style photos of like Joan Smalls and Liu Wen and Constance Jablonski or something.
If people want to be street-style photographers? I'd say find something else to do, shit. We don't need any more! [Laughs.] But the way that street style started, actually on the street with non-industry people — there aren't as many people doing that anymore because the scene at fashion week has become so publicized. But I think it'd be really good to hone your own personal eye just doing that in your hometown. Somewhere like Silver Lake or Shoreditch — just really develop what inspires you to take a photo. Something that has helped me over the years is I had so much practice when it wasn't a mob scene to see what I liked and become more comfortable with my camera.
Be respectful of other photographers too. I know Bill Cunningham came before me and Scott [Schuman] came before me, so when I see them taking a photo I know to be respectful of that. Let them do their thing. One would hope these new photographers would offer that same respect. But it's a lot to ask for.
—As told to Amy Odell.


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April 15, 2009
A Bee-utiful Day!
24 comments:
- Danni said...
LOL! I don't know what color bees arms would be but this looks adorable! So fun!
- April 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
- Heather said...
I love what you did with this guy! Your card if fabulous! I love the layout! Great job!
- April 15, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Patti J said...
Yikes - he's the cutest thing I've seen today!!!!
- April 15, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- Nicc79 said...
What a Cute Card :)
- April 16, 2009 at 1:52 AM
- Enfys said...
This is so cute maria, and love the layout too.
en xx
- April 16, 2009 at 2:13 AM
- Donna said...
A delightful litte card Maria, gorgeous colours and what a fantastic image, he is sooo cute even though I don't like bumble bee's lol! :) Donna x
- April 16, 2009 at 2:30 AM
- Nilla said...
And a bee-utiful Card! thinks Nilla
- April 16, 2009 at 3:04 AM
- debra said...
Morning Maria
Love this card, the colours are nice and springy and the male bee very cute
hugs Debra
- April 16, 2009 at 3:40 AM
- Aud said...
Love your card!♥ Fun and cute!
- April 16, 2009 at 3:41 AM
- LOUISE said...
Hi maria, love your card, the Bee is so sweet, and your colour combo is perfect. Louise x
- April 16, 2009 at 3:59 AM
The Bee is really cute! the AZ bee's arms are black, at least the ones buzzing around my roses and hibiscus!
- April 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM
AWWWW!! This is so so very sweet!! You've colored him in bee-utifully!! :)
- April 16, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- Deb Neerman said...
This is just adorable, Maria!!! Love the DP and the color combo, too ... great job!
- April 16, 2009 at 12:51 PM
- Nicola said...
Awe he sure is the cutest little bee on the blog Maria. Fab colouring and love those papers and sentiment. -x-
- April 16, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- Ann said...
I think bee's limbs are black but they usually very thin and tucked up - well to be truthful I never really looked that closely as I'm usually ducking out of the way when there is one around. Having said that I love the one on your card Maria - it's brill.
Had a look at your other stuff too while I was here you've done some brill cards recently - love em but the bee is my favourite.
Ann xxx
- April 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- Tami said...
Absolutely adorable! He is perfectly colored, love it!!
Thank-you for all the sweet comments you have left!
Have a beautiful day!!
- April 16, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- Michele said...
Fabulous card. Love the image and the colours you've used. Michele x
- April 16, 2009 at 5:37 PM
This little guy is adorable! Love the sparkle in his wings. Thanks for playing the Crafty Creations challenge!
- April 16, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- Leah said...
Hi! Such a great card:) Thanks for visiting the Paper Blooms blog and YES please join us and help spread the word about us. You do not have to purchase or have any of my blooms. I'd love for you to play along! Thanks so much.
- April 16, 2009 at 7:18 PM
- Saskia said...
Wow, this card is so cute and beautiful!!!
Thanks for taking part at the Crafty Creations Challenge!!!
Hope to see you back next week...!
- April 17, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- maxine said...
Beautiful card
- April 17, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- Elena said...
That is so CUTE! I love the rain drops dimension! So creative!Very nice layout too!
- April 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Jaime said...
He is adorable. Love the glaze on the drops and of course the added sparkles. Thanks for playing with CCC this week.
- April 17, 2009 at 8:43 PM
- Janna said...
I just downloaded this image as well! How could I not when Izzy adores bees!! LOL! But your creation is amazing! He is so cute and colored in beautifully! The wings are just gorgeous with the sparkle and I am not sure what color bee's arms are supposed to be but they look fantastic!!! Beautiful papers and color scheme as well!
- April 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM


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These days, it seems like everybody and their family members are interested in holding a Guiness World Record and some of them are just downright ridiculous. Nigerian rappers, Vector, Yung6ix, Chinkoekun, Stage One, and Jesse are set to break the world record for the longest freestyle rap by a team.
The previous record was held by KJ52 Freestyle Team Whose freestyle session lasted 12 hours and 2 minutes on January 12, 2014.
And as we people no dey carry last for naija, we have decided to do our own. Let's just hope they do it well. Even though the line up of rappers is a bit scary, let's hope they pull through.
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text: All six episodes from the first season of the BAFTA-winning drama written by Paul Abbott, following the tumultuous lives of the employees of Mackintosh Textiles factory in an unnamed northern town. In Episode 1, Stuart Leach (John Simm) returns after being missing for over a year. But has he really lost his memory as he claims? Episode 2 sees Yvonne (Sarah Lancashire) attempting to find a way out of her desperate situation by burning her house down and claiming the insurance money. However, owing to a tragic misunderstanding, she is unaware that her children are asleep inside... In Episode 3, the life of lowly shopfloor worker Kit (Andrew Sheridan) is turned upside down when his boss's beautiful wife Katherine (Christine Tremarco) seduces him. Episode 4 finds Steve Robinson (Wil Johnson) and his wife Sylvia (Diane Parish) becoming the victims of a vicious break-in - but the police, when they arrive, are more concerned with the illegal contents of the Robinsons' ashtray... In Episode 5, Trudy (Lesley Sharp) is in shock after the death of her father, and decides to make some dramatic changes to her life. Finally, Episode 6 sees Katherine finally leaving her husband, Mack (Philip Glenister) - and it looks as though he might lose the factory with her.


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oh my god - a date shake? i have never in my life had a date shake, and i thought that i'd had every variety of milkshake available on the planet.
i missed that one.
i feel a road trip to california coming on...
medjool dates are my favorite as well, and i can eat them by the bushel. great post on a beautiful fruit!
Great post - very interesting! I am afraid that until now I had taken dates for granted - I had no idea they were so intensive to grow. I think I will have to stop by the shop on my way home and get some . . . medjool dates are the only ones I have seen round here though.
One of the best date i ever ate was on my holidays on the canary islands. Sometimes i cook date with cous cous and lamb very yummy.
One of the best date i ever ate was on my holidays on the canary islands. Sometimes i cook date with cous cous and lamb very yummy.
Great post on dates, very informative! That shake truly looks divine, I will have to try it. I stick dates into anything I can, they are so delicious and sweet. Welcome back!
I love date shakes!! I am lucky to live in L.A. so I can hop on the 10 and get one any weekend the mood strikes me. They are truly a taste sensation.
You keep teasing with Palm trees! ;-) You might have convinced me to try dates Matt since yes, are you ready to hear i? I have never liked dates before! ;-) As a matter of fact, I am not a big fan of dried fruit generally speaking to the exception of apricots and apples. But as we say in French "il n'y a que les idiots qui ne changent pas d'avis". Do you understand this?
Can you believe that I don't like Medjools? They're too big and tough for me. Or maybe I haven't had a good one. I like deglet noors. My favorite is the mabroom. It's very chewy and sticky. It tastes like vanilla and brown sugar.


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Aquaponic Gardens Come to Castlemont
Engineer helps Castlemont students turn a shooting range into a high-tech garden.
Eric Maundu teaches Castlemont students about aquaponics.
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Eric Maundu is too busy to feed his fish.
At his workshop at American Steel Studios, the engineer-turned-gardener teaches classes on building aquaponic gardens, self-contained systems in which aquariums full of fish nourish plants with their waste. He makes and sells aquaponics kits for home and educational use. And once a week, he bikes to Castlemont High School to help disadvantaged students turn an old shooting range into a high-tech garden.
Like a cobbler whose children go barefoot, Maundu found himself neglecting his own aquaponic garden.
Then he realized something: "I have a powerful computer in my pocket all the time."
He rigged his fish tank/garden with an automatic fish feeder and sensors that ping his smartphone if there's a problem, and then connected it to Twitter.
"My computer feeds my fish," he said. And the fish feed him, producing more salad than he can eat most days.
It's the perfect metaphor for Maundu's life at the intersection of farming and technology. Born to a family that had struggled for generations to raise crops in arid eastern Kenya, he came to Silicon Valley for a more comfortable life as a software engineer.
But he found himself studying his family's land back home via Google Maps. He designed low-water gardens on his computer in San Leandro, then flew back to Kenya to build them. When he returned to the Bay Area, he started his aquaponics company, Kijani Grows; kijani means "green" in Swahili. It's a for-profit company, but Maundu has never limited his goals to revenue.
"The impact of being able to grow food in the desert changed my life," he said. "I started noticing a lot of similarities between places like Oakland and Kenya."
Maundu, who grew up on the tough streets of Nairobi, feels a strong bond with the kids at Castlemont. "A lot of these kids have nothing they can do," he said. "I started without any hope like them, and then mathematics changed my life."
Maundu taught his students to design gardens on computers. Together they cleared barrel after barrel of old ROTC uniforms and other junk out of a disused shooting range. Now traditional garden beds are ready to plant outside, and aquaponic gardens stand ready inside the firing range—just waiting for the necessary funding to put in grow lights. The range will also hold a fab lab, where students will use high-tech machines to create gardens for other schools and the wider East Oakland community.
What they will do with their gardens is up to the kids, Maundu said.
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2008 was a totally Year for the UFC. 2008 needed everything, but fights and fighters stand out keep reading to figure out why and who won what. UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008. UFC 92 has been the MMA event of this entire year, not UFC, but globally. All of 7 fights were amazing; it was not upsets and only the knockouts, but also the manufacturing and air value that made this year's event. UFC 92 was magnificent. Honorable mention goes To UFC: Fight for your Troops and UFC 80: Quick Fire. Both events featured knock outs and fights.
From the UFC, there certainly were lots of great struggles in 2008; however, the 1 struggle that stands out in my head as struggle of this year is Georges Rush St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch in UFC 87. As a hardcore GSP enthusiast, watching him put on his way was beautiful this is a private opinion. Honorable mention goes Into Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture at UFC 91, Forrest Griffin and Quinton Jackson in UFC 86 and Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin in UFC 90. These are, although I am convinced there are conflicts that I am missing. It is hard to recall rounds; however there was one round at the GSP/Fitch struggle that I will never forget. The next round of this struggle was remarkable.
Fitch fell and was dominated and he kept battling. He was exact and fast, it was like he floated. While Round One was one Round Three was the best round of MMA I found from the UFC at 2008. The guy known for his epic poem comebacks wins this one hands down. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria's come from supporting entry success against Tim Sylvia in UFC 81 was exactly what MMA is all about. Nogueria was trashed frequently and early by Sylvia also it appeared that Sylvia went to jab on his way. Nogueria was hurt in Round Three but employed his Jiu Jitsu abilities that are brilliant to capture Sylvia at a choke.
All of them deserve the honour, but I need to select one and I am going on Yoshida with Koscheck. The Koscheck KO is two, while the two were both shocking and barbarous. He and Koscheck KOed Yoshida dropped back against the cage, on the cage was struck by him, bounced and Koscheck gave him one more sending him crashing to the canvas because the ref stepped in to stop the battle. We watched lots of great submissions from the UFC this season, but one which really sticks out in my head is Dustin Hazelett's flying armbar on Josh Burkman in The Ultimate Fighter 7 finale, it was something of beauty. Honorable mention goes Into C.B. Dollaway's Peruvian necktie on Jesse Taylor in Silva vs. Irvin, Rousimar Palhares' slick armbar on Mcgregor vs Mayweather Live Stream and Anderson Silva's rear naked choke triumph over Dan Henderson in UFC 82.


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Turning Towards Truth Series
Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007 (message contributor)
Summary: The lies are subtle, and they go deep down. They are rooted in painful experiences of hurt, of rejection, and the antidote is to discover what God's truth says to those lies, and to hear that truth speak to those experiences.
Turning Towards Truth
April 9, 2006 (Palm Sunday) John 18:28-38
Today is Palm Sunday, where we celebrate Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, where the people welcomed Him and celebrated Him as a King, singing hosanna's, laying palms and even their cloaks on the ground for His donkey to walk over. It is a high point, a time of joy. But it is short-lived. This acknowledgement of Jesus as a king by the people leads, later on in the week, to this conversation between Jesus and Pilate. From John 18:28-38:
"the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. 29So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?"
30"If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
31Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law."
"But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected. 32This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken indicating the kind of death he was going to die would be fulfilled.
33Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"
34"Is that your own idea," Jesus asked, "or did others talk to you about me?"
35"Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "It was your people and your chief priests who handed you over to me. What is it you have done?"
36Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is from another place."
37"You are a king, then!" said Pilate.
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
38"What is truth?" Pilate asked." (John 18:28-38).
Turning Towards
This year, as we have walked towards Easter, we have focused our theme of repentance around the idea of turning towards: we have turned towards forgiveness, towards joy, towards love. My hope and prayer has been that these good things would be so attractive, so desirable, that we would be motivated to turn away from our sin, and live in the goodness of the things of God. This morning, I want to pick up Pilate's question, and reflect together on turning towards truth.
What Is Truth?
At the end of this exchange about whether Jesus is claiming to be a king or not, which is a fascinating conversation, Jesus says, "for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." (vs. 37). It is a little cryptic… what does Jesus mean? Pilate's question sort of makes sense after hearing Jesus say that, we might wonder also: what is this "truth" that Jesus is testifying to?
The answer becomes clear after Jesus dies and is resurrected. The truth is simply this, and I'll borrow Paul's words from Rom 5:8: "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." The "truth" that Jesus is speaking of is that God loves humanity – deeply, permanently, steadfastly, perfectly. The truth is that the love of God is so strong for humanity that Jesus would come and die for our sin, so that our relationship of love with God could be restored.
The truth is that God loves you.
The truth is that God forgives you.
The truth is that God saves you.
The truth is that God accepts you.
The truth is that God adopts you.
The truth is that God welcomes you.
The truth is that God changes you.
The truth is that God lives in you through the Holy Spirit.
The truth is that God works through you by the Holy Spirit.
A World of Lies:
Ever since the beginning of history, the battle has been about truth. At the very beginning, in the garden of Eden, the devil deceives, he manipulates, he twists, he spins, and he questions. "1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "
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Marvel released another teaser promo pic on their Daredevil twitter account today, and if you look carefully, you may recognize the boxer listed on the poster.
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Carl "Crusher" Creel, as Marvel fans know, is the Absorbing Man. The character made an appearance in this season's AGENTS OF SHIELD.
If you've read DAREDEVIL YELLOW by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, you know there is some history here:
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Live Lesson with Karpov in August Prodigy Program!
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We enrolled Christopher in Chess University's Prodigy Program because we were looking for an organized and focused chess curriculum, which is pretty rare, but that's exactly what we got! Today, Christopher stands as the youngest-ever chess master in American history and we couldn't be more proud of him!
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Sunday January 27, 2008, 7:00 pm
At the Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian
Los Angeles Filmforum presents
First Sight Scene: New Works by Southern California Filmmakers
Curated by Jaimie Baron and Victoria Meng
First Sight Scene is Filmforum's celebration of the bounty of creative work being made by local filmmakers. It was started in 1992, and was last held in 2000. This year's First Sight Scene program, which brings together new work by experimental filmmakers in Southern California, emphasizes the creation of different kinds of spaces and reflects the continuities and breaks between film and video, the analog and the digital, the real and the perceived, documentary and fiction. While Madison Brookshire's Opening meditates on everyday landscapes through long, beautiful film takes, Christina McPhee's video Carrizoprime fragments the space of the San Andreas Fault, creating a new layered and polymorphous digital landscape. John Cannizzaro's Fountain of Youth mourns the passing of time and the Super8 format by portraying the ideal space of childhood, and Gwenaelle Gobe's cut-out animation The Old Noise uses stop-motion to create a impossible space, events, and juxtapositions, while Thomas Helman's df/dx generates a world of nightmares through digital manipulation. Erik Deutschman's Stare Gently plays tricks on viewers' perceptions, inducing animation of static shots through optical illusion, and Dena DeCola and Karin E. Wandner's Five More Minutes blurs the line between fiction and documentary in order to explore the experience of past traumas in the present moment.
Festivities to follow the screening.
Films include:
Opening (Madison Brookshire, 16mm, 25 min, with live sound accompaniment)
"Using everyday images of overlooked spaces, Opening shows that the city casts a shadow. A collection of off-ramps, power lines and alleys reveals the city in the landscape and the landscape in the city. Three musicians playing very clear, very quiet, very long tones accompany Opening. The score transforms the film, infinitely repeatable, into an indeterminate work, different from one performance to the next." (Madison Brookshire)
Carrizoprime (Christina McPhee, 2006, video, 13 min)
"Polymorphous layers explore seismic distortion between waking and sleeping. Traveling along the San Andreas Fault, traces of events in the landscape appear without the possibility for their prediction, only for their probabilities. Remnants charted. Fault activities backdrop ruined homesteads, abandoned schemes in California Valley on the Carrizo Plain. The images are accompanied by the sound of P-waves from the 2004 Parkfield Quake. Shot on location at the San Andreas Fault, Soda Lake, and Wallace Creek, in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, 2002-2006." (Christina McPhee)
Stare Gently (Erik Deutschman, Super8, screening on DVCam, 2.5 min)
"Follow the instructions and see." (Erik Deutschman)
Fountain of Youth (John Cannizzaro, Super8, screening on mini-DV, 13 min).
"The last home movie. Shot in the now discontinued Kodachrome 40 Super8 film stock. A cine-poem to time, childhood and the color of memory." (John Cannizzaro)
The Old Noise (Gwenaelle Gobe, 35 mm, 4 min)
"The Old Noise tells the story of Stephanie, a two-headed girl who wakes up panicked, realizing she has given birth to four babies, four chairs, and a table. This experimental animation, using silhouette cutout techniques, explores the emotion of fear when confronted with the unexpected and the unusual." (Gwenaelle Gobe)
df/dx (Thomas Helman, HD screening on mini-DV, 2007, 6:16 min)
"An overexposed spiraling descent of false-awakenings into the recurrent nightmare of alienation and the subsequent clockwork manufacture of an insatiable desire for unity – df/dx is an abject refutation of the closure of any form." (Thomas Helman)
Five More Minutes (Dena DeCola and Karin E. Wandner, DV Cam, 17:23 min)
"Five More Minutes is an exploration of grief. Two women spend an afternoon recreating lost time. What begins as play-acting breaks open into a world where the tenderness and sorrow of having to say goodbye exist untempered." (Dena DeCola and Karin E. Wandner)
"Five More Minutes has a perfect pleasurable tension that sustains and builds throughout. There are complex layers of interest – the subtle profound relationship between mother and daughter, friends and performers, reality breaking through artifice, artifice through reality. It is haunting and grows in the mind." (Larry Gottheim)
"We live in such a buttoned-up, fearful, cautious culture. Five More Minutes is an attempt to open us up. And it's not afraid to take chances to do it. It's not afraid to be emotional." (Ray Carney)
"I only want to see movies by people who are desperately trying to figure out how to live, Five More Minutes is one of those movies. Dena DeCola and Karin E. Wandner obviously risked a lot to make themselves this vulnerable, and they did it because they had to." (Miranda July)
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Brussels, 24 Nov 2004
The first pan-Latin American network for research and education was officially launched in Brazil on 23 November. Known as RedCLARA, the network will receive support from the EU, and will be connected to GÉANT, the pan-European high-speed communications network for research.
Connection to GÉANT will allow the 600 university research institutions in Latin America to intensify their cooperation with more than 3,500 institutions in Europe, as well as many more around the world.
RedCLARA has already opened the way for the use of modern technology for the benefit of health and education in Latin America. The T@lemed project, for example, delivers specialist medical advice to native populations in remote places such as the Amazonian region in Brazil. The project also enables remote clinics to send data such as scans to hospitals in large cities for analysis by specialists. When a second opinion is needed, T@lemed again uses the network to send the data to experts in Europe.
The launch of RedCLARA took place at the third Latin American and Caribbean-EU ministerial forum on the information society. The meeting also saw a commitment from the delegations to tackling the social dimension of the information society by creating an 'Alliance for social cohesion through digital inclusion'.
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The Moth Presents All the Wonders: Book Review
The Moth Presents All the Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown
I had never heard of "The Moth" before picking up this book, and frankly, I was unbelievably confused over the title of this book at first. What was "The Moth"? Shortly, it is a transient event of regular people, and sometimes performers, telling their real stories in front of a live audience. Appearing in different cities and countries, the stories range from real, emotional to funny, lighthearted, but all of them have a certain kind of vulnerability at their core.
This book is a collection of some of the stories that have been told on a Moth stage. Captured from every possible age, race and place in life, these stories are fantastic, ranging from an Afghan refugee learning how much her father sacrified to save their family, a hip-hop star coming to terms with being a "one hit wonder," a young female spy risking everything to be part of Churchill's secret army in World War II to a mother dealing with insurance fraud that forced her into making difficult decisions that lead to her son's son death and more.
The cover of this book is SO PRETTY. The paper is nice to the touch. This is, quite honestly, one of the most beautiful books I've picked up in a long time It also helps that the stories inside are packed full of vulnerability, honesty, some laughs and emotion.
Disclaimer: This book was provided to me free of charge by Blogging for Books in exchange for my honest review. All the opinions expressed are completely my own. Also, affiliate links used. This means that if you purchase a book via the Amazon links, I'll receive a small percentage. Thank you for supporting my blog!


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I'm starting something new! To add to the relative strangeness of what I blog about on this platform, I'm adding in Sunday Savories. This is to serve a dual purpose - to highlight something that I make that I know that I love AND to provide a platform for people to share their own recipes. I know that I get tired of my own cooking every once and a while, and things like this always add to my repertoire when other people share.
Also, honestly, I made this recipe up last night and I don't want to forget it.
Greek-Style Orzo Pasta (Salad)
The reason that this is called a pasta (salad) is because, when hot, it's pasta - probably a good side dish, since it's not quite full enough for me to make it a standalone meal. But, when cold (which I'm eating right now), it might even be better and is a delicious pasta salad.
12 oz. dried orzo pasta (this would be delicious with rice, too)
Approx. 2 cups of greek yogurt (unflavored)
4 large-ish cloves of garlic
8 oz. fresh spinach (frozen would probably work)
Appprox. 4 oz. of feta cheese
10-12 kalmata olives (less, more, whatever)
Lemon juice to taste
Salt & pepper to taste
Extra-virgin olive oil
Cook the orzo - about 5-6 minutes past the rolling boil.
While the orzo is cooking, pull out a large sautee pan. Coat the bottom with a thin layer of olive oil and heat up. When it's hot, throw in your chopped garlic, then TURN THE HEAT DOWN TO MEDIUM. Seriously, garlic burns fast.
Start throwing your spinach in, stirring regularly. You want to wilt the spinach at first, not cook it proper.
Because I wasn't sure of consistency, I started pulling out the spinach when it was as wilted as I want and putting it in a bowl, then putting more spinach in. After cooking 8 oz (a bag) or as much as you want, throw the rest of the spinach in the pan on LOW. Slowly stir in the yogurt (non-greek would probably work, but not be as lovely texture) and KEEP stirring. Also stir in the crumbled feta. Put in some olive oil to keep things moving (just a little bit, or it'll get too oily) and salt and pepper a SMALL amount.
Stir into the cooked orzo, checking that the orzo is coated but not swimming in the "sauce." You might add another dollop or two of greek yogurt, might add some more olive oil. At this point, put a generous squirt or two of lemon juice on top and stir in (maybe 1/3-1/2 of a lemon's worth?). Stir again.
Chop your kalmata olives (or do this before, but I always forget) and stir in. Let sit for at least 5 minutes to settle. Taste.
Simple, but SO. GOOD.
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Organic local Figs and Champagne Grapes inspired this end of Summer Orchard Platter. Kiwi and Lychee Fruit finished the "still life'' look, I was going for.
Our return to optimal health starts with an anti-inflammatory diet offering; detoxification, oxygenation and nutritional support to the cells. Modern nutritional science supports a plant strong diet, pH balancing, food combining and optimal digestive health for reversing chronic illness and many cancers. As a Healthy Chef, Caterer & Care Giver I'm passionate about alternative/integrative therapies and nutritional menus that are tasty and beautiful, for entertaining and everyday.
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Each veteran can receive a $200 gift certificate for JC Penny Joseph Abboud apparel. In other words, you get your interview suit pretty much for FREE.
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Some years ago, I read a Dow Chemical annual report in which the chairman's opening letter heralded the fact that the research and development department had decided to change their approach to new product development.
Instead of dreaming up new products in the lab, the company decided to go to its customers and find out what they needed. Dow's epiphany led to the development of profitable new products.
This needs-based R&D approach works well for big companies, but I find that most independent inventors create new products for themselves, and it is just happenstance if a real market arises for their products.
I must say that I regularly have ideas for new business development, and from my experience with startup companies I think it best to follow Dow's philosophy and perform market research and avoid the build-it-and-they-will-come (maybe) approach.
With some of our local leaders, I recently shared a concept to help develop new businesses in our area. The response has been positive, and I plan to invite these leaders to an informal meeting to share and further develop the concept.
So, in the spirit of Dow's R&D approach, this column sets forth the idea and begins the research process. Accordingly, I invite you to send me an email with your thoughts and interest level and I will respond with updates on the initiative described below.
At a basic level, every business has an idea behind it, as well as financing and the people who work there. By analyzing and combining these fundamental building blocks in a unique way, I believe we can foster job-creating businesses in our area.
The concept is a three-way matchmaking service between entrepreneurs, financiers, and personnel. We collect trait and preference information and look for a best fit to arrive at symbiotic triads that can launch new companies or realize more fully the potential of existing businesses. To put it simply, it's a Match.com approach for new business formation and acceleration.
I think the concept has potential for several reasons. We are a very creative community and have plenty of novel ideas for starting and dramatically growing businesses. Of Michigan's 83 counties, Emmet's per capita income ranks sixth and it's highly-educated citizenry (bachelor's degree or more) ranks eighth.
The Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce's Healthy Economic Action Team (HEAT) conducted a survey in 2007 to help our community set forth its priorities to enhance the local economy. The first priority is to preserve and protect our environment followed by attracting and retaining entrepreneurs (the second priority) and young professionals (third priority).
We have the business development resources and infrastructure to support and develop this matchmaking concept. Through a team effort among entities such as the Northern Lakes Economic Alliance, SCORE, North Central Michigan College, area chambers of commerce, financial institutions, private investors and industry associations we can create a novel and dynamic process for new business and job creation that can be used as a model by communities across the state.
I recently shared this matchmaking concept with a research analyst at the Kauffman Foundation, an organization that provides support and financing for the development of state and local policy to encourage entrepreneurs. The analyst agreed that building networks to facilitate new business development was important and advised me that the foundation will focus on this topic early next year and I will be advised of available grants. There may well be an opportunity to attract the attention of a local Ph.D. candidate to plan a dissertation around our program and further develop the concept.
I look forward to your thoughts and wish you all the best for the New Year.
Business consultant Harley Luplow of Harbor Springs earned a law degree from Indiana University and a master's in business administration from Georgetown University. His column normally appears on the first Monday of the month on the Business page. Luplow can be reached at (231) 709-9000 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The diplomatic relations between the countries date back to February 18, 1948
The diplomatic relations between the countries date back to February 18, 1948. In the 1950s-60s, the USSR rendered considerable technical and financial assistance to Myanmar.
In the past years, the partners signed an Agreement on Cultural Cooperation, Declaration on Friendship Fundamentals, Agreement on Visa-Free Access for the Holders of Diplomatic and Service Passports, Military and Technical Cooperation Agreement, and a range of department-to-department cooperation agreements between the Interior Ministries, Ministries of Natural Resources, Ministries of Culture, and others.
November 2014 saw Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Myanmar. This paved the way for the 2015 reciprocal visit of Vice President Nyan Tuna of Myanmar to Russia.
Another milestone came in 2014 when the partners founded an Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation. In November 2015, Phase 1 of the Cast Iron Plant Construction Project in Taunji, Shan State, was commissioned. Russia provides technical assistance in the project.
July 16, 2016 witnessed the Ministries of Defense of Russia and Myanmar enter a Military Cooperation Agreement.
There is another mechanism that Russia and Myanmar take advantage of in their relations, namely the Commission on Military and Technical Cooperation. Under the 2001 Intergovernmental Agreement on Military and Technical Cooperation, Russia delivered MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters along with artillery weapons to Myanmar.
Myanmar hosts a representative office of Rostec, Russia's state corporation, that also projects Rosoboronexport's interests in the country.
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview Sofie Hagen about her new show Dead Baby Frog that she was just about to tour. On Wednesday 18th October, the show came to Leeds, and she played a sold out show at Headrow House. As with all dates on her tour, her homemade gender neutral toilet signs were up on the bathrooms near the event space, reminding people to be respectful and kind to each other.
She started the show by telling us how long it was going to be, reassuring the crowd that if they needed to get up and leave for any reason that would be fine, that they wouldn't be picked on and the show would not stop. This is part of Sofie's aim to make her shows an anxiety safe space; she gave an emotional abuse trigger warning too which was very helpful. As someone who has suffered emotional abuse in the past, I was a bit apprehensive about going to see a show with this as the main topic. Sofie handled this topic with grace, sensitivity and obviously humour. I left the show feeling empowered by her experiences and feeling in control of the feelings about my past – not something I anticipated when attending a comedy show!
The show is mainly focused around growing up in 'Shametown' with her grandmother (or mom-mom as they say in her native Danish) and her narcissistic grandfather (not her mom-dad who we discover was a Nazi and was left my her mom-mom years earlier). Sofie describes the cruel and sadistic behaviour of her grandfather, the amazing and immediate response from her mum, who moved the family away once she learnt about what was happening, and her journey through therapy to understand the behaviour, the impact it has had and the day she bought a two-way ticket to Shametown to confront her oppressor.
I really can't recommend this show enough. Despite the heavy topic the comedy is plentiful and it is truly like having a conversation with your hilarious friend that is completely on your page and right there behind you ready to fight your corner!
Megan Jones
Image: Sofie Hagen on Facebook