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Directed by Paul Schrader
Written by Alan Ormsby, based on the story by Dewitt Bodden
Starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee
- Running audio commentary with director Schrader
- Cat People: An Intimate Portrait by Schrader
- On the set interview with Schrader
- Special Makeup Effects featurette by Tom Burman
- Production Notes and Photos
- Theatrical Trailer
Anamorphic: Yes.
My Advice: Borrow it.
Making the Beast with Two Backs takes on a whole new meaning in Cat People. Sex is a huge part of the story, overshadowing the horror or suspense in the movie. Orphan Irena (Kinski) travels to New Orleans to meet her newly discovered brother Paul (McDowell). Irena is shocked when he tells her that they are were-leopards that transform into beasts when having sex with non-were-leopards and can only change back after killing someone. Considering she is able to leap fifteen feet into a tree, she shouldn't be all that surprised. That Paul wants to get it on with his sister appalled her, since she has the hots for Oliver (Heard), a curator at a zoo where Paul had temporary lodging… and of course there's that whole incest taboo. What's a girl to do?
And when you get character development, it doesn't make sense. In one scene, Paul is reluctant, physically and emotionally, to engage in sex with a beautiful woman–but in the next scene he is unconcerned when he looks at his post-coital handiwork, the hotel room and the woman violently torn apart. Kinski and McDowell do pretty well with the limited characters they have to work with. They do incorporate cat mannerisms into their performances and McDowell is always good being menacing and generally evil. Kinski does a decent performance as the poor innocent, yet very sexy ingénue, but the rest of the cast is very ordinary. And the director, Schrader, is so concerned with the look of the movie, that he doesn't even have one member of the cast speak in a Cajun or Southern accent, even though the film is set in New Orleans. He couldn't find one person that could affect a simple drawl?
For a lightweight movie, the DVD is chocked full of features. The various production notes and featurette on the special prosthetics and makeup used do offer an interesting view of special effects and techniques used in the movies in the pre-digital age. But the main documentary and commentary by Schrader are mostly about the visual aspects of the film. From the constant use of the colors salmon and lime (sounds more like something you'd get in a Key West restaurant) to building the sets to be two stories to make the action more seamless, Schrader and his team show they have a good grasp of stagecraft, but since he did major rewrites on the original 1942 script, its deficiencies can be laid at his door. And they could have coordinated the documentary and the commentary better, there are many instances where Schrader duplicates various observations and anecdotes.
If you are interesting in the making of film or of naked chicks running around in the swamp, Cat People may be of interest, but otherwise don't bother.


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This is (or maybe was) DHH's Lamborghini (photo by symmetricalism).
Most Rails developers know DHH extracted Rails from an application he was building. It may even have been a side project. What many people do not know is the core design of DHH's Lamborghini started as a side project too, about 40 years ago.
From the September issue of Robb Report:
The Miura, the first viable mid-engine sports car, might be Lamborghini's most celebrated model, for both its mechanical and aesthetic attributes, but company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini did not initially champion the automobile. Knowing that their boss planned for the then newly-formed marque to produce refined grand tourers instead of race-ready sports cars, the engineers initially developed what would become the Miura in their spare time.
Wikipedia has more:
The car is widely considered to have begun the trend of high performance, two-seater, mid-engined sports cars. At launch, it was the fastest production road car available.
The Miura was originally conceived by Lamborghini's engineering team, who designed the car in their spare time against the wishes of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, who showed a preference towards producing powerful yet sedate grand touring cars, rather than the racecar-derived machines produced by local rival Ferrari. When its rolling chassis was presented at the 1965 Turin auto show, and the prototype P400 debuted at the 1966 Geneva show, the car received a stellar reception from showgoers and motoring press alike, who were impressed by Marcelo Gandini's sleek styling as well as the car's revolutionary design.
During 1965, Lamborghini's three top engineers, Gian Paolo Dallara, Paolo Stanzani, and Bob Wallace put their own time into the development of a prototype car known as the P400. The engineers envisioned a road car with racing pedigree; a car which could win on the track and be driven on the road by enthusiasts. The three men worked on the car's design at night, hoping to sway Lamborghini from the opinion that such a vehicle would be too expensive and would distract from the company's focus. When finally brought aboard, Lamborghini allowed his engineers to go ahead, deciding that the P400 was a potential marketing tool, if nothing more.
The Robb Report story also mentions that the Miura featured brilliant and original engineering. It debuted:
at the 1965 Turin auto show. Though the car lacked a body, showgoers still placed orders for it.


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I'm very excited to report that I have just found three Saundercock brothers who died in USA - William born 1866, Thomas H born 1870, Robert born 1872 - sons of William Thomas Saundercock & Emma Jane Wellington. It seems that William may have married and had at least one daughter - more research needed there. Great fun isn't it? Hope all is well with you and your loved ones. Cheers - Nola
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The information in this article mostly applies to the standard ketogenic diet (SKD), although many of the same principles also apply to the other versions.
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A ketogenic diet is an effective way to lose weight and lower risk factors for disease (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13).
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People often confuse ketosis with ketoacidosis. The former is natural, while the latter only occurs in uncontrolled diabetes.
Ketoacidosis is dangerous, but the ketosis on a ketogenic diet is perfectly normal and healthy.
10. I have digestion issues and diarrhea. What can I do?
This common side effect usually passes after 3–4 weeks. If it persists, try eating more high-fiber veggies. Magnesium supplements can also help with constipation.
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And, as with any diet, it will only work if you are consistent and stick with it in the long term.
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This morning, I had two songs playing non-stop in my mind; Light On by David Cook and Angel by Natasha Bedingfiled.
As soon as I got into the office, I turned on the PC and started surfing about them on the net. I looked at both of the official websites and I prefer this one (than this).
But you see, I adore his look, voice, style etc. So clearly my favorite is DC ;-) but you, NB, well I like you cuz of your music nothing more than that. To me your look, hair, style are just okay.
And again, they are just websites. Nobody really cares about them except a mind-numbing girl with nothing to do early in the morning?
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Having enjoyed for the last twelve years the privilege of wintering on the north-western shores of the Mediterranean, I have turned them to account by following up in every direction the tracks left by the Romans on the French and Italian Rivieras. Nor have my explorations been confined to the coast, but have been extended north of the Apennines as far as the Po in Italy, and in France have included the seldom-visited valleys of the Durance and the Drôme. It is in the hope of throwing some light of local colouring on to an obscure field of Roman history, that I am tempted to offer this sketch to the public. For mainly owing to the irreparable loss of the books of Livy's history treating of the conquest of Provence (the Roman Provincia), we are left very much in the dark on that important episode of Roman history. Nothing but the intimate acquaintance with the locality which the writer possesses has rendered it possible to eke out the slender materials available, for the construction of any kind of bridge over the gap in Roman history between the narratives of Livy and Caesar; and some bridge is indispensable, to connect the broken ends of the two narratives. For Caesar's Gallic War, with which the student usually begins his acquaintance with Gaul, is really only the second act of the drama of the Roman conquest of that country. It is indispensable, for instance, to be forewarned the (1) the 'Omnis Gallia' of p. viii Caesar means Gallia with the Rhone Valley left out, as already conquered and reduced to a Province; (2) that the inroad of the Helvetii into Gaul, so ruthlessly arrested and repulsed by Caesar, was looked upon as threatening a repetition of the Cimbro-Teuton invasion, which had so nearly overwhelmed Italy less than half a century earlier; (3) that the driving of Ariovistus back across the Rhine showed that Caesar's eagle-eye saw at a glance where the real danger lay, and that it was better policy to encounter Germany in Alsace than on the Rhone or in Provence.
Passing my winters as I do within sight of the ruins of Forum Julii, which is really a Rome in miniature, I have been imbibing an atmosphere as completely Roman, as if I had been living on the outskirts of the Eternal City.
In fact I have often had to ask myself, can it be that the long line of mellow arches, which I see there striding across the plain, are other than those of the Claudian Aqueduct, and that those brown-hooded shepherds, sheltering with their flocks from the fierce rays of the midday sun under spreading stone-pines, are anything else than the familiar figures and features of the Roman Campagna?
Roman aqueduct at Fréjus (Forum Julii)
When, escorted by the arches of the aqueduct — those avant-coureurs of the ruined city — you approach the entrance, where the Porta Romana once stood, and gaze on the picturesque outline of the walls still standing, though in ruin, and the Roman towers, cutting clear against the western sky, you have before you a scene of concentrated Roman ingredients, unsurpassable even at Rome.
One has often to ask oneself, why is it, that when once the Romans have set their seal on a place, it is redeemed for ever from dullness, and that its desolation becomes more eloquent than words can express?
Somewhat to the author's own surprise, his work, which originated in musings over the ruins of Forum p. ix Julii, has taken the form of a sketch of the expansion of Italy into Gaul through the Roman conquest of Liguria, which prepared the way for Caesar's Gallic Wars.
It was only by degrees that the author became aware how much wider was the ancient Liguria than the strip of Italian coast to which it is limited by modern geographers. He soon discovered that at Frejus he was in a centre, which was Ligurian before it became Roman, and that he was located at the most convenient point on the coast for exploring the whole of ancient Liguria, which extended from the Rhone on the west across the Alps as far as the line of the Trebia, prolonged across the Apennines by the valley of the Magra to the Mediterranean.
In Gaul, it reached from the coast inland as far as the level of the Isère, and in Italy up to that of the upper half of the course of the Po, and even beyond it.1
The references in the text and notes will make it clear that the author had had occasion to draw more on foreign than on British sources for assistance in the composition of this sketch. While French, Germans and Italians have dealt with the different branches of his subject, the author is unacquainted with any English work dealing specially with it.
Although reluctantly compelled to point out the serious errors into which M. Lentheric has fallen on the subject of the Via Aurelia, the author is glad to acknowledge the pleasure he has derived from the rest of his work which is known to the French as La Provence Maritime, and to the British reader as The Riviera Ancient and Modern.
For a detailed account of Forum the author refers his readers to the "Histoire de Frejus" by J. A. Aubenas, to which the author is himself much indebted.
In Herzog's Historia Provinciae Narbonensis (1863) p. x the student who wishes to go deeper in the subject will find an admirable and scholarly work.
The author offers his best thanks to Mr Jenkinson, in supplying him with works of reference, as also to Mr A. S. Murray and to Mr W. R. Wilson of the British Museum. He has also to express his obligation to Mr E. S. Shuckburgh for the use of his translation of Polybius and other assistance, and to Professor Rhys of Oxford for valuable hints. He is indebted to Mr A. Rogers of the Cambridge University Library for the compilation of the Index at the end of the volume.
The author has finally to tender his best thanks to Mr H. J. Edwards of Trinity College, for reading over the proofs while the work was passing through the Press.
1 In the days of Justinian, Milan was considered the capital of Liguria. See Gibbon, Milman's Edition, Vol. IV p57.
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The cocktail community is a generous and industrious one.
When it became known that esteemed Seattle barman Murray Stenson was ill and needed surgery, bars instantly began organizing fundraising events. Among these was Audrey Saunders' Pegu Club. Then, when Hurricane Sandy laid waste to the east coast, bartenders and bar owners went at it again, putting together a new slew of money-making events.
Saunders had scheduled her Murray fundraiser prior to the arrival of Sandy, choosing Nov. 11 as the date. Post-Sandy, she reconsidered, and decided that half of the money raised would go to Stenson, and half to Sandy relief. Here's the announcement I wrote in the Times:
Bartenders Pitch In for Pegu Club's Storm Benefit
By ROBERT SIMONSON
Pegu Club, the SoHo cocktail bar, will hold a "50/50″ fund-raiser on Nov. 11 to benefit two causes. Half the money raised will go toward Hurricane Sandy relief. The rest will aid Murray Stenson, a veteran Seattle-based bartender who has a heart ailment that requires medical attention. Mr. Stenson's plight has inspired a Web-site and fund-raisers across the country, with more to come.
To work the bar during the benefit, Pegu Club's Audrey Saunders has drawn from the cream of the New York bartending world. Among the mixologists expected to put in shifts are Richard Boccato of Dutch Kills; Meaghan Dorman of Raines Law Room; Brian Miller, formerly of Death & Co. and Lani Kai; Ivy Mix of Clover Club; Toby Maloney of Pouring Ribbons; Del Pedro of Tooker Alley; Julie Reiner of Clover Club and Flatiron Lounge; Dushan Zaric and Steven Schneider of Employees Only; Giuseppe Gonzalez of Mother's Ruin; the bartending legend Dale DeGroff; and Pegu Club's own Kenta Goto, Raul Flores and Timon Kaufmann.
Each bartender is expected to offer a specialty drink. Drinks will be full price. Doors open at 5 p.m. The event runs through 1 a.m.
Ms. Saunders is also adding a new drink to the cocktail list called the Sandy Relief Cocktail. It will be priced to move ($10), and all the money it brings in will go to the Red Cross and other charitable organizations.
Post script: The event ended up raising more that $17,000, meaning more than 1,300 drinks were consumed over the evening's eight hours. That's not counting tips, of which I'm sure there were many.


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Would you send a villain to do a hero's job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-winning author Jen Calonita.
Full of regret, Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Flora, has founded the Fairy Tale Reform School with the mission of turning the wicked and criminally mischievous into upstanding members of Enchantasia.
Impish, sassy 12-year-old Gilly has a history of petty theft and she's not too sorry about it. When she lifts a hair clip, she gets tossed in reform school-for at least three months. But when she meets fellow students Jax and Kayla, she learns there's more to this school than its sweet mission. There's a battle brewing and she starts to wonder: can a villian really change?
- It was really easy for me to get lost in this book and forget that it was meant as middle grade reading. I am a huge fan of fairy tales and their retelling in general, I am first to give them a try and I am first to recommend them to any one looking for a good read.
- This book did not have a lot of the fairy tale aspect, there were hints of it here in there, as in the woman who lives in the shoe, the princess's snow white, rapunzel and cinderella. As well as their villains but otherwise this book was just like any other one. Which isn't a bad thing at all.
- I enjoyed trying to piece the puzzles together to find out who was behind all of the nefarious activities that started popping up in the school.
- I would love for this to become a Young Adult book just because I would like to see some love interests develop and spice things up because this has the makings of a great series.
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This summer I made the decision to partake in a movement coined "Legendeering" (legendeer.org)
n. legnd-ēr′ĭng
1. The process of informing creative outcomes through direct personal experience.
2. The designing of direct personal experience in the generation of creative content used to inform personal voice and stylistic outcomes.
I choose to partake because I found myself in a spot where I was unsure of how I wanted to develop my work. I have spent many years in school developing technique and learning new content but I was left in a spot unsure of how or what concepts to develop. I didn't expect to leave this workshop with a full blown direction, but ideas and a recollection of the subjects that interest me. I want to bring myself back to the reason I set out to be a creator in the first place.
I opted to partake in the second half of the workshop, Week 2. The weekend's lectures took place at VCU's Rice Center. This is where Sterling Hundley, Matt Wallin, Chris Visions, Eric Pfieffer and TyRuben Ellingson all took time to speak about not just the process of working on a piece, but how their work changed with time. Their work grew as life progressed. No matter the duration of each artists carrier, It was apparent that life was a part of the process and growth of the work. So whatever comes will be developed with time. (Later we also heard from Robert Meganck and Lori Panico )
Week 2's Camping Trip in images.
It was truly enriching getting back to nature. I don't know that I necessarily want to directly use my experiences from this trip in any story I might develop, but it gave me time to think about the education I have built over the last 8 years and how I might want that to play into personal work. The biggest part now is planning what I want, developing a strategy and getting rid of any obstacles. I feel as though the beginning part of my life, part of which is planned for you, was very instinctual and I understood what I wanted. Now, with limitless possibilities and more control over what to create, a path or destination is unclear. Now I need to creating an intention and stop letting my self be so distracted. Now that I am home working and with friends & family, distraction is what I have found to be the biggest obstacle.
For me I think this experience was also good because it brought me back to a place where I feel most creative, Richmond, Virginia. And while I like being home (Good Ole' Harford Co. MD) and I don't feel that I need to move, the RVA creative environment is something to be noted. The people are all searching, creating, embracing and there is a forever sharing of ideas. I enjoyed meeting a new community of artists in a seemingly similar "life place" but different ideas of what they want. From this trip I learned I don't know what I want and that is okay. I will just focus on what I like doing. Making and sharing things.
Some of the people I met:
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Book Report
Just another update on the print release of my book, Dead Star Twilight. I'm currently going over the proof copy of the paperback and unfortunately I've already found a couple of minor problems with it.
With that in mind, the pre-publishing process will have to begin again and that means that it might be another week-and-a-half or so before the thing actually becomes available to buy.
Remember that you can still download the e-book on a pay-what-you-want basis by heading over to the sidebar off to the right of the main column on this page. The download itself is free; if you feel like you want to put any money toward it, just click the Paypal link beneath the e-book info.
I'll try to keep everyone up to date on how things are progressing.
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Chez, I would prefer the hard copy but also want to make an extra donation - should I wait for you to offer the hard copy and pay more for it or would you prefer a separate donation and I can simply purchase book when it is ready?
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Cortland, New York
Cortland, a city of about 19,000, is the seat of Cortland County's (New York) government. Cortland is situated between Binghamton and Syracuse, New York. Cortland was settled in 1791, became a village in 1853, and then a City in 1900.
Michaels & Smolak has represented personal injury and medical malpractice clients from all over the City of Cortland and Courtland County. Michaels & Smolak's recent Cortland clients include a man injured in a motor vehicle collision who sustained facial lacerations and injuries to his teeth requiring many root canals and braces. Michaels & Smolak also recently represented the family of a man who died as a result of a misdiagnosis by his physicians.
The injury and malpractice lawyers of Michaels & Smolak handle any and all cases where a person was injured through negligence of medical malpractice. The firm also handles legal malpractice cases. Michaels & Smolak's four lawyers work as a team on each and every case. Unlike almost any other personal injury law firm, Michaels & Smolak holds bi-weekly meetings where its four attorneys discuss their cases collectively for several hours. This collaborative "brainstorming" leads to better case results. The firm's Cortland clients benefit from this same team approach to case preparation. Michaels & Smolak's reputation as a premier injury law firm has lead several Cortland attorneys to refer their personal injury and medical malpractice cases to Michaels & Smolak.
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Making effective oral presentations 1. Overcoming the fear of speaking in public 2. Grabbing the attention of the listeners 3. Body Language 4. Eye contact
Fallacies Fallacy of catastrophe Fallacy of approval Fallacy of exaggeration Fallacy of perfection
Fallacy of catastrophe — The most common irrational thought that everything will go wrong like forgetting the words to say or how people will judge you. This fallacy triggers our sympathetic nervous system, increasing blood pressure and heart rate. That is why when we are nervous we may have sweaty palms or tremble. Fallacies
Fallacy of approval — This line of thinking leads us to believe that nobody will like what we have to say. Well, I have bad news for you, not everyone will like what you say. Some people will and other people won't. There is nothing you can do about that, but to deliver your message. Fallacies
Fallacy of exaggeration – It is the belief that people will notice everything. During a speech, some of us will tremble a little. Because we are in constant self-evaluation during a stressful situation, we believe that people will notice. Fallacies
Fallacy of perfection — There is an implied belief that we must deliver the most perfect speech ever. We are our own toughest critic. We believe that mispronouncing a word or skipping a sentence will ruin the whole communication. Fallacies
Tips to overcome fallacies 1. Hello Anxiety! 2. Know your subject. 3. Organize 4. Visualize 5. Mistakes are ok 6. Shift the focus
Hello Anxiety! Welcome the anxiety! The feelings that you experience is a fear of performance. Tell yourself that it is OK to be nervous and that we are able to function with it.
Know your subject! " Grasp your subject and the words will come!" Out of all the tips, this one is crucial. Knowing what you are talking about will help you reduce anxiety. It is recommended to practice your speaking. This exercise helps build confidence, and confidence will help reduce anxiety. Practice in front of a mirror if necessary.
Organize! How many times have you heard someone talk and you feel lost? Once you know the subject, you need to organize it in a coherent way. Ask yourself, what is the goal of my talking? This process gives you a map that if lost, can help you find your way back. With practice, if you forget what you where saying will help you gather your thoughts and know where you were.
Visualize! Once you have your game plan prepared, imagine yourself giving the speech. Visualization is a technique that helps you become familiar with the event. Imagine you are giving the speech in front of a big group. The more you practice the material and the more you see yourself doing it, the less anxious you will be
Mistakes are OK! It is alright to have an error or two. Many people think that every word or every sentence must be perfect. Keep in mind that your audience does not know what you have planned for them. If you omit a word or sentence, they will notice it.
Shifting the focus! Finally, have a conversation with the audience. When speakers tend to read from papers, they are disengaged from the audience. You are giving them something, a message. Engage them with a conversation.
9 commonly used attention grabbers 1. Asking a question challenges the mind of the audience, putting them in a thinking active mode instead of a receiving passive mode. A question is easy to ask and also serves as an effective tool to buy the speaker time to think about the next point.
Attention Grabbers 2. Use an anecdote or story – Everybody loves a good story, so why not tell a good one? This story can be anything in the real world that is related to your topic.
Attention Grabbers 3. Give a definition – This technique is good for speeches at scientific conferences for instance, and helps to clarify ambiguous terms within the speech.
Attention Grabbers 4. Use a quote – A quote, when used appropriately, can easily be used to motivate, inspire or enthrall an audience.
Attention Grabbers 5. Use an analogy – This technique involves likening the topic of subject to a more understandable frame of reference that the audience can understand. It is useful when describing certain features or benefits.
Using an analogy For example, you could say; " Finding the correct job is like finding the correct pair of shoes, you know when you have found a perfect fit. " By using an analogy to relate your focus to a more common image, this will allow the audience to relate to your message more easily.
Attention Grabbers 6. Use humor – It is common knowledge that audiences enjoy funny speeches. However, the trick to a good attention grabber is to use humor that is relevant to the topic.
Attention Grabbers 7. Relate a personal experience – Personal experiences shared under this context must firstly, be interesting. Secondly, it has to be related to your message. The audience must be able to make the link between your story and your message or else what you will be doing is merely to tell the audience a story about yourself.
Attention Grabbers 8. Give a demonstration – Conducting a demonstration helps people who like to absorb information visually. It also helps provide variety to your speech and serves as an interesting distraction to a tired audience.
Attention Grabbers 9. Do a survey – A survey involves a question posed to the entire audience with the intention of determining their response as a group based on a show of hands. This allows you to count the response and will give you a rough idea of the situation.
Topics 1. No matter what happens, life is wonderful! 2. Get rich or die trying 3. The grass is greener on the other side 4. If tomorrow never comes………. . 5. What I want is what I've got!!! 6. The happiest moment of my life!


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The Old 97's have just added a January 14 Dallas show at the legendary Sons of Hermann Hall, to their upcoming January mini-tour. So the Dallas show, which will come at the end of several days of "hard rehearsals for the new record" officially kicks off the countdown to the next Old 97's CD release, now planned for this Summer on New West Records. FWIW, along with the crazies over at Bloodshot Records, New West is THE premier label for all your Roots Rock, Southern Rock, and your alt-country listening needs. You say you like them Drive By Truckers? Them boys in Slobberbone? Billy Joe Shaver? The Flatlanders? Well now you can call 'em all label-mates of the Old 97's.
The 97's will be cut the album's basic tracks in Woodstock, NY, with finishing touches applied in San Diego, and on the technical side, the guys have signed one of the great Rockabilly knob-meisters to helm the boards as producer and engineer for their upcoming release. In fact, Murry calls him the "king of rockabilly recording in the U.S.." He's Mark Neill, and you can hear his work on wax from Big Sandy, The Paladins, Deke Dickerson, Rip Carson, and as producer on the last couple of Los Straitjackets CD's. Neill's reputation is that of a Rockabilly craftsman with an unmatched store of knowledge and and skill in recording techniques down through the decades. So does all this mean what I think it means? Will the next 97's disc see a return to the amps-at-10 twang of Wreck Your Life and Too Far To Care? Stay tuned!
In other news from the 97's family, Grey DeLisle's next Sugar Hill record, Graceful Ghost, is due March 14th, just in time for SXSW. In fact Murry will be playing with her there, on a Sugar Hill bill with Alison Moorer and Garrison Starr. Sort of off the subject, Grey must be one of the hardest working unseen women in show business. Anyway – note to self – there is a definite possibility that a great little bar band from Dallas might also be playing in Austin that very same SXSW week… ahem.
Finally, on December 28, Newsday's music critic Rafer Guzmán showed curious timing but excellent taste when he named Rhett Miller's 2002 release The Instigator as one of the Top 10 releases for 2003. Says Mr. Guzmán:
6. Rhett Miller, "The Instigator" (Elektra). For his solo foray, the leader of the Dallas-based Old 97's removes his alt-country Stetson and dons the cap of a simple tunesmith. The result: 12 small but beautifully cut gems, full of winking lyrics and bright harmonies. Along with an appealingly earnest voice, Miller has an eye for romance, and he finds it in the oddest places: on Chicago's El train, in the letters of Richard Wagner, with a bespectacled science teacher. These songs don't want to set the world on fire, just keep it nice and toasty.
It's hard to argue with the sentiment, but… uhm… what about last year?


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When it comes to exuding effortless style, designer Rachel Roy always gets it right. And when she showed up to a screening of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2" in New York City a few weeks ago, she looked absolutely great in a simple winter chic look. By taking winter staples and mixing in a few trendy pieces, she shows us just how to create a fabulous look high on fashion without over doing it. See how you can create Rachel Roy's stylish look for less with just three pieces.


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If I could choose one place to be, it would be the mountains. Give me thick trees, soft forest trails, and babbling streams over sunny beaches any day. Just the thought of the mountains is comforting to me.
So, naturally, camping in the forest makes me so happy. So incredibly happy.
We went camping as a family for the first time a couple months back. Graham burned all 5 fingers on one hand within an hour of us getting to the camp site. (While we were vigilantly guarding the fire we were making, he grabbed the top of the lantern. Of course.) Graham proceeded to cry for the next 3 hours until he fell asleep from exhaustion. I mean, who WOULDN'T cry that much after burning all 5 fingers?? The poor, poor little guy. I was so stressed out all evening. I couldn't even hold a conversation until Graham fell asleep. And our neighbors who went camping with us were amazing and were totally patient and helpful and never made us feel like the trip was a bust due to our poor screaming child.
Luckily, the next morning he acted as if nothing had happened (despite the blisters that had appeared on his tiny little fingers). Graham LOVED exploring the campsite and huge redwood trees. Liam just watched everything in awe the entire time. I'm not sure he ever made a peep.
The second time we went camping there were no burnt fingers! Hurray!
We spent two nights at Memorial Park with a trip to a pumpkin patch on Highway 1 during the day. Despite the fact that the boys barely slept the second night due to the fact that they were coming down with colds (which we didn't figure out until on our way home), it was a wonderful trip. The boys sure love being outdoors and exploring. Graham even got to see his first banana slug. Slimy.


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Extraordinary footage distinguishes this memorable wildlife documentary, filmed entirely in Antarctica. Focusing on a colony of emperor penguins, March of the Penguins not only shows how the birds survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth, but to a remarkable degree makes sense of their choice to live there. An estimable narration by Morgan Freeman, deeply felt but largely free of sentimentality, enhances the footage.
After spending the summer feasting on fish, emperor penguins leave the sea in March to journey up to 70 miles inland, returning to the precise spot where they were born. Protected from predators by the ice pack and the surrounding mountains, the penguins gather in a colony to mate. Each mother delivers a single egg, which she hands over to her mate for safekeeping. With a third of their body weight gone, the females must return to the sea to eat. It's up to the fathers to protect the eggs over the brunt of winter. The eggs hatch just before the mothers return, allowing the famished males barely enough time to trudge back to the sea to replenish themselves. Over spring, the parents alternate caring for their chicks. As summer approaches, the penguins return to the sea to begin the cycle once more.
Entranced by their waddling gait and formal attire, we are already used to anthropomorphizing penguins. Thankfully, director Luc Jacquet and his filmmakers generally avoid humanizing the birds, yet still find ways to explain their behavior. More than that, Jacquet has managed to translate the science behind emperor penguins into an unexpectedly dramatic storyline. This being a French co-production, there's even a love scene. But in keeping with Jacquet's feeling for the penguins, it's one of unusual tenderness and restraint.
With its otherworldly landscapes, Antarctica provides an astonishing backdrop to the penguins. The extremes of weather, the ferocious winter night, and the harsh geography of ice pack and rock show the dedication of cinematographers Laurent Chalet and Jerome Maison. Their images of the penguins are breathtaking, evoking everything from Japanese prints to abstract art. Alex Wurman's sensitive score and Sabine Emiliani's fluid editing are important contributions to a thoroughly enjoyable movie. March of the Penguins is a triumph of documentary filmmaking.
-Daniel Eagan


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Three new vets have joined south Warwickshire's largest veterinary group for small animals, Avonvale Veterinary Centres.
The group, which has five surgeries across the region, has been joined by Rebecca Smith, Jane Pigott and Helen Wing - just months after it opened a new surgery in Stratford.
Rebecca was at a practice in Worksop for two years after graduating from Liverpool University; Jane has joined after qualifying at Nottingham University; and Helen was previously with a practice in Whitby.
Rebecca, who is a keen horsewoman and enjoys eventing, will be working at the Wellesbourne and Kenilworth surgeries; Jane, who grew up in rural Ireland where she was surrounded by animals and who enjoys playing the piano and baking, will be based at the Warwick surgery; Helen, from Warwick, will be based mainly at Wellesbourne and Southam.
They will be part of a team of 18 vets and 28 RCVS registered nurses who also take their turn in providing 24-hour care at the group's RCVS accredited small animal hospital in Warwick.


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Kosher Sushi
Bistro 56
The Arena Mall, Herzlia
Tel: 09-9565181
Kosher: Rabbanut Herzlia. Teudat Kashrut
Open Sunday - Thursday: 11:30am - last customer. Friday till 4:00pm and Motzei Shabbat from 8:30pm. Closed Shabbat.
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Bistro 56 is an up market restaurant in the up market Arena mall. Park in the yellow area of the mall's underground parking lot and take the elevator straight up to the restaurant on level 1. Access is wheelchair friendly. Parking is free.
Bistro 56 is a spacious restaurant, with both indoor and outdoor seating. The restaurant boasts an expansive deck overlooking the mall plaza and the picturesque boat marina.
The lovely indoor area is modern and sleek. There is a variety of seating options at tables, banquettes, and if you like to watch the cooking, at the counter of the open kitchen. We think of this as a California style restaurant, with open space, comfortable seating, modern decor and a relaxed but classy atmosphere.
Bistro 56 offers a delicious Mediterranean menu with a pleasant balance of meat, fish and vegetable dishes in each course. From start to finish, from the decor to the dessert, Bistro 56 is a very satisfying experience and one of our favorite restaurants. We are not alone. Reservations are a must at Bistro 56. Though there are several hundred seats in the restaurant it is always full.
My dinner companion and I chose a snug indoor table for two, on the outdoor deck. The menu, in sturdy holders, is available in both Hebrew and English.
I was planning to start with the Bistro 56 Buffalo Wings, because I remember them fondly from previous visits, but on second thought I considered having something that I haven't had there before. The waiter strongly recommended the grilled goose liver, and he was right.
The grilled goose liver is not a large starter, but it is delicious. There is one liver, buttery soft, on a brioche (small sweet roll) sliced width-wise in three. The liver is on top of the middle section, with a generous topping of sweet fruit syrup and capped with the brioche, soaked in the syrup. There is a ring of pineapple on the lower section of the brioche which adds another flavor. I will remember that dish for quite a while.
I considered trying a new dish for the main course. The hamburger looked tempting, but the waiter gave me a "Why waste your time?" look. He suggested the filet steak. Sometimes I think they are just trying to upsell you but since the steak was not the most expensive dish on the menu, I considered his recommendation. I frequently find steak tasteless, fatty and hard to chew. He assured me that the filet steak was tasty, not fatty and soft, so I went for it He was right again.
The filet was a large conical steak with very little fat. It was tasty, especially with the gravy that went very well with the rice and vegetable side on the same plate. It was easy to chew, and not underdone, even though I had ordered it medium. The piece was large enough that I would have been happy to share it with someone else, but there were no other carnivores at my table. I rarely have a steak that I enjoy this much.
My dining companion does not eat meat, but there is such a variety at Bistro 56 she has no problem figuring out a satisfying meal. Instead of a starter, she started with the vegetable lasagna main dish. It was not at all the pasta-heavy dish one would expect from a lasagna It consists of eggplant, grilled peppers and mushrooms in tomato sauce. The menu says that there is a crust of garlic bread, but the crust seemed almost imperceptible. The flavor was dominated by the vegetables and tomato sauce, without the heavy feeling of lasagna noodles. This is just the way my companion likes to eat. We recommend this dish highly.
For her main, my companion had the recommended fish dish. This was a whole fish, head and all, beautifully prepared and lusciously presented. My companion has no patience to dig between the bones, so after she consumed the easy parts I had my way with the fish. Though I love the meat dishes at Bistro 56, this fish was a definite contender.
What is the significance of the number "56," we asked. This restaurant opened in Israel's 56th year. We are about to celebrate its 65th year and Bistro 56 is still going strong. From the way it looks, eLuna will be happy to visit this restaurant again, well into the millennium.
Bistro 56 prides itself on the desserts, which are outstanding parve delicacies made exclusively for the restaurant by the in-house pastry chef. We did not have a dessert on this visit to the restaurant, but next time we will not miss out.
Bistro 56 has seating for up to 160 people. There is a separate party room for about 40 guests that any young boy or girl will be thrilled with for a family Bar or Bat Mitzva party. Think of this private room for corporate events, birthday parties, sheva brachot, etc.
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Submitted by: Jack & Helene D. Date: 30 March, 2006. Description: Thanks for your recommendation to Bistro 56.< It was amazing food ...each and everyone in our party were solely impressed with the cuisine, good service and nice atmosphere.


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MIAMI (Reuters) - Six dancers who defected last month from the National Ballet of Cuba, one of the country's proudest and most prestigious institutions, auditioned at a Miami ballet group on Thursday.
"They are so talented and we are thrilled to see them," said Pedro Pablo Pena, founder of the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, a nonprofit dance organization.
After an intense two-hour workout, the dancers explained that they were looking to advance their careers outside communist-led Cuba, where dancers enjoy privileged lives but earn modest salaries of $10 to $30 a month plus bonuses for foreign tours.
"Our goal is to train hard to achieve our dream of dancing and helping our families economically in Cuba," said Annie Ruiz Diaz, 24, who began dancing in Cuba at age 6 and had been with the National Ballet for almost seven years.
The defectors are staying with friends and relatives in Miami until they can find work.
"We expect to put on some events with them for the community here, but I don't have the budget to employ them full-time, unfortunately," said Pena, the host of the audition.
"But they are talented and I imagine they will find spaces in companies here in the United States," said Pena, a former dancer who came to Miami from Cuba in 1980.
The National Ballet of Cuba confirmed on Wednesday that seven members of the group had abandoned the company while touring in Mexico last month.
The dancers said they made their way to the U.S. border, where they were allowed entry under the Cuban Adjustment Act, which grants special immigration privileges to Cuban exiles as well as financial benefits to help them get on their feet.
One of the dancers stayed behind in Mexico with friends, they said.
There was no mention of the defections in the state-run media in Cuba, which has seen periodic defections of artists and athletes since Fidel Castro's revolution in 1959.
Speaking at an event in Washington, the chief of the Cuba Interests Section, Jose Cabanas, blamed the defections on the Cuban Adjustment Act because he said it makes it easy for any Cuban to enter the United States.
"The press is going after the defections - but the real questions are related to those pieces of legislation that create those situations that are nice for the cameras and the microphones," he said.
The dancers - five men and two women between the ages of 20 and 24 - quit the company at the end of a nine-day tour performing "Giselle" in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
After a night of emotional farewells with fellow dancers, they said they left their hotel before dawn on March 25 and headed by bus and car to the U.S. border.
"There were a lot of tears. We loved dancing for the company and we have a lot of friends," said Arianni Martin, a 20-year-old soloist who had been with the company for two years and was earning $10 a month.
She said she was paid $225 for the Yucatan tour.
The Cuban national ballet, known for its classical style and for producing world-class dancers, regularly makes international tours.
Over the years, many of its dancers have defected and joined other companies abroad, often saying they want to explore contemporary dance forms and build more lucrative careers outside Cuba.
Others have been allowed to leave Cuba on contract to foreign ballet companies. They include Carlos Acosta with the Royal Ballet in London and Jose Manuel Carreno, who retired in 2011 as a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre in New York.
"Artistically I felt stagnant and economically I couldn't help my family," said Martin.
Her parents have government jobs - her father drives a delivery truck and her mother looks after the elderly. But Martin said she was not worried about reprisals against her family.
"So many dancers leave, and I think the company understands that's part of the risk of our touring abroad," she said.
Cuban ballet legend Alicia Alonso founded the National Ballet of Cuba in 1948 and, at the age of 91, despite being nearly blind, continues as its artistic director.
Cuba provides free training to thousands of young dancers around the country from the age of 9, with the elite graduating to the National Ballet.
The company has struggled financially in recent years and now accepts fee-paying dance students from abroad.
The school's Havana headquarters, located in a colonial-era former palace, is also undergoing expensive repairs after parts of the ceiling collapsed.
The 120-strong company is likely to overcome the loss of seven members, said Octavio Roca, a Cuban-American philosophy teacher and author of the book, "Cuban Ballet."
"It hurts them of course, but they have a great farm system, so much young talent coming up. It's an incredible program," he said.
Additional reporting by Jeff Franks and Nelson Acosta in Havana and Deborah Charles in Washington; Editing by Kieran Murray and Xavier Briand


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The birth and growth of the American labor movement often conjures images of the Northern industrial worker's plight in the factory. A significant and integral portion of organized labor's early struggles, however, took place in the fields of the rural South, and Howard A. Kester was one of the earliest and most active proponents of tenant farmers' rights.
The Howard A. Kester Papers documents the life and works of this man, who spearheaded many liberal causes in the South for over a half century. Students of political science, labor law and history, and sociology will find this collection frees them from traditional reliance on secondary information in their research into the historical roots of the American labor movement.
Although religious reform was one of Kester's early concerns as an ordained minister, his most notable achievement was in the field of labor as the founder of the powerful Southern Tenant Farmers Union. The STFU was one of the earliest organized attempts to reshape traditional Southern attitudes on race relations, politics, religion, education, and other issues. These efforts to improve the working conditions of the South's poor and oppressed provided the groundwork for the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
As these documents reflect, Kester was also active in education, serving as a teacher and dean of students at several colleges during his lifetime. This indefatigable activist also participated in many social action groups, including the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Committee on Economic and Racial Justice.
Featured in the collection are articles, reports, minutes of STFU meetings, and Kester's correspondence with such prominent figures as Reinhold Niebuhr, Norman Thomas, John Nevin Sayre, Roy Wilkins, Thomas B. Cowan, Walter White, and many others. The documents reveal Kester's many roles within the STFU as a keynote speaker at rallies, organizational philosopher and poet, polemicist and fund raiser, and provide a wealth of information on subjects such as labor, economic reform, race relations, and religious reform.
An understanding of the American labor movement is vital to an understanding of American history or contemporary American society, and these papers provide an important resource key to such research.


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What Five-seat SUV Should I Buy?
I am in the market for an SUV for a growing family. I have a 2.5 year old who soon will need a booster seat and potentially having another baby in the next year or so. I need an SUV that will be suitable for an elderly lady and two yound adults + 1 child + baby.
What I have looked at so far:
- NISSAN X-TRAIL: Cant justify the cost for its build quality, especially cabin
- TOYOTA RAV4: Just horrible quality compared to other cars in its class
- JEEP CHEROKEE: Loved it to be honest however not sure if the v6 will put a hole in the pocket in the long run
- KIA SPORTAGE: Didn't like the blind spots when looking back. Plus small boot size
Basically I am open to whatever, however I don't want to go over the $40K mark. The Jeep has won my heart but I am going to test drive one tomorrow. I am kind of lost as to what I can look at that will suit my needs. Your help would be appreciated.
Kind regards, Sakin
I'm inferring from this that five seats is all you need. There are a huge number of five-seat SUVs in the market - probably something like 30 different vehicles - and it's easy to be confounded by choice.
Of the vehicles you listed I don't rate the RAV4, and I have serious questions about the reliability of the Jeep Cherokee. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims just admitted that, as a proportion of the number of vehicles sold, the ACCC gets more complaints about Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (the Jeep importer) than any other carmaker in Australia. You might also want to check out my Jeep Cherokee review >>
Nissan X-TRAIL is - at best - OK. I'd call it adequate at everything, but there are some funny quirks to its model specification. (Such as not being able to get a seven-seater with AWD.) Check my Nissan X-TRAIL review >> You might also take a look at the Mitsubishi Outlander, which is a direct competitor to the X-TRAIL. Here's my Mitsubishi Outlander review >>
Kia Sportage is largely up against the new Hyundai Tucson, which in my view is one of the best SUVs you can buy. The Tucson has only just been released, and I just posted my Tucson video review >>
The final vehicle you should consider is the Mazda CX-5. It is a very good SUV and I have a CX-5 review here >>
If it were my money, I would be spending it on either the new Hyundai Tucson or the Mazda CX-5.
Seven-seat SUVs are something you might also consider. Here, the top two up for grabs in the market are the Hyundai Santa Fe >> or the Kia Sorento >>
I hope this helps.


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Road Blocked for Cleanup
May 30 2017, at 4:45pm
Peace River Fire Department is currently on scene responding to a spill of oil on 80 Street, on the south side of Highway Two. The spill has only impacted the northbound lanes of 80 Street, those looking to get on the highway will have to detour along 100 Avenue either west towards No Frills or east towards Esso.
Currently, Peace River Fire Department is estimating an hour-long closure in order clean thing up.


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UrtheCast releases first Ultra-HD full-color video content from the International Space StationView gallery - 4 images
Today, Canadian company UrtheCast is celebrating the release of three full-color videos shot from its Ultra HD Iris imaging device, mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The videos (seen below) are but a small taste of the high-quality, near-live streams that the company is planning to make available to the world with the full launch of the UrtheCast Earth-viewing platform.
UrtheCast is touting the video release as a historic event, and it's really quite hard to argue the assertion. Mankind has taken millions of years to evolve to its present state, and has only been capable of manned spaceflight since 1961.
Therefore in the greater context of our species, the ability to view the Earth from orbit is an incredibly recent development. Now, UrtheCast is preparing to provide high-quality, full-color images and near-live video streams to anyone in the world with internet access. When viewed in this light, UrtheCast's efforts to democratize space does indeed take on a historic aspect.
Meanwhile, UrtheCast's Iris imaging device is designed to be trained on specific locations and is capable of capturing full-color video sequences up to 60 seconds in duration, with a resolution of 1 m (3 ft) per pixel. Furthermore, in April UrtheCast announced that it was to partner with NASA, integrating the agency's own High-Definition Earth-Viewing (HDEV) service into the company's platform.
"This summer we'll begin feeding live video data from the HDEV cameras to UrtheCast's web platform, our interactive hub of Earth video and imagery," states UrtheCast's CEO and Co-founder, Scott Larson. "NASA's online HDEV channel has already garnered over 46 million views in under a year, so this is no doubt an exciting opportunity for everyone involved. With this resource, we'll tap into a view of the world that is not only breathtaking, but incredibly inspiring."
The three videos included in today's release were shot by the company's Ultra HD Iris camera, and showcase the capabilities of the service while offering a brief glimpse at life in three highly diverse cities – London, Boston, and Barcelona. The impressive level of detail displayed in the videos allows users to observe traffic moving in real time, while being presented with an overlay highlighting various pieces of information.
When the UrtheCast Earth-viewing platform is launched, images from Iris, Theia, and NASA's own HDEV experiment will be processed and continually streamed to the service, available to all. A basic account will be completely free, and users will be able to manipulate the image, and even upload their favorite pieces to their profiles.
The company will also be offering its services to the commercial sphere, allowing paying customers to task Iris on a specific area and collect exclusive footage. The company also envisions numerous humanitarian and agricultural applications for the data, including aiding in disaster relief, monitoring crops, and keeping track of deforestation.
"We are realizing UrtheCast's mission to bring something really quite unique to the Earth Observation industry," explains UrtheCast President and Chief Operating Officer Wade Larson. "With today's video release, we continue to move towards being able to deliver fast, scalable, and affordable Earth Observation imagery to our customers, and ultimately broadening the market appeal and utility of space-based remote sensing."
Source: UrtheCast
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iDevices announces the iShower²
It looks as though there are plenty of things around us these days that do come with the smart moniker, as though it is a prerequisite of sorts before folks are willing to give that particular product a second look. iDevices does know how to tug at the heartstrings of the masses, being a preeminent brand and development partner in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, and they have just announced their latest offering, which is known as the iShower². The iShower² would be part of a larger family that includes the iGrill², iGrillmini and Kitchen Thermometer, among others.
Just how does the iShower² work anyways? For starters, it will be a true blue wireless device, as it pairs up with other Bluetooth enabled devices so that you are able to enjoy high-quality sound right smack in the middle of your shower. After all, what better way to kick off the day on the right note (pun not intended) by listening to your favorite audio apps? It does not matter whether your ears are tickled by music, news, podcasts, and sports, among others, as long as you tune in to your favorite audio offering. Since this is a second generation device, the iShower² would boast of a new speakerphone functionality which was not found in its predecessor, not to mention featuring an extended battery life and improved sound quality.
The asking price for the iShower² would remain the same as before, which would be $99.99 a pop. The biggest advantage of the iShower²? You no longer need to run the risk of dropping your smartphone or tablet in the shower, getting it wet and most probably spoilt in the process – unless those happen to carry some sort of waterproof rating, of course. Thanks to the iShower²'s 200-foot Bluetooth range, you can be sure that your smartphone remains safe and dry from afar, while you continue to be able to control the tracks with Play, Pause, and Skip options, not to mention being able to answer or ignore phone calls. Pretty neat, right?


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About Armstrong
'It's Raining Hippos': Armstrong professor, student team up to create children's book
Dr. Joshua Williams, an assistant professor of psychology at Armstrong, recently joined forces with Meghan Ramsay, a junior majoring in graphic design, to publish a new children's book. It's Raining Hippos will be released by Deeds Publishing in the summer of 2014.
Written by Williams and illustrated by Ramsay, the book tells the story of a girl who is getting ready to take a bath and notices one of her toy hippos is missing. Williams co-wrote the book, created for children up to the age of 4, with his father, Howard Williams.
Joshua Williams, who runs Armstrong's Perceptual Motor Learning and Action in Infants (PLAI) Lab, says he applied some of his behavioral observations about babies and toddlers in the design and tone of It's Raining Hippos. The book is designed to be an interactive reading experience for parents to share with their children.
"You can read the book, ask questions and take turns interacting," he says. "These early interactions encourage language development and root it in a social context."
Williams, who has a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Tennessee, conducts research at Armstrong focusing on how human infants learn perceptual-motor behaviors such as reaching, crawling and walking. He also examines the impact early sensory-motor experiences have upon the development of hand preference in children.
He first noticed Ramsay's talent as an artist two years ago, when she was a freshman in his popular Introduction to Psychology class.
"In my class, students could draw or paint pictures to represent perceptual illusions," he recalls. "Her illustration was so exceptional, I decided to hang it in my office. When we needed a children's book illustrator, I thought of her right away."
Ramsay, who moved to Savannah from Maine in 2005, was delighted to get the call from her former Psychology professor. "I was very excited for the opportunity," she explains, "but I was also a little nervous because I have never had my art published, and I wanted to make sure Dr. Williams and his father would like the illustrations I proposed."
In the end, Ramsay created 22 lively hand-drawn illustrations using colored pencils and ink. The illustrations serve as an ideal visual counterpoint to the story, using vivid colors and imaginative forms to stimulate learning. Ramsay enjoyed illustrating the children's book and plans to pursue a career as an illustrator or a graphic designer after graduating from Armstrong in 2015.
"I'm grateful to Dr. Williams for the opportunity," she says, "and I can't wait to finally hold the book we've been working on!"


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We raise calves to sell, raise grain and alfalfa for feed and raise horses to ride. But I think that the greatest crop that is ever raised on the ranch are kids.
When I look at my children, The Rancher's children, I am amazed at how much our lifestyle is raising them to be people of integrity, even at such a young age. This was how The Rancher was raised. In fact, I don't know how many parents get the kind of yield out of their kids like Rancher Sr does out of his five boys. Everyone of them is honest, hard working, kind, and generous. That isn't just luck but good parenting- good fathering.
And by no surprise, this is how I was raised. We learned to work and to take responsibility by things we learned from the ranch. We learned to be accountable for our actions and to take in stride whatever hitches were thrown at us.
Today I am very grateful for the fathers in my life and for all fathers. But I am especially grateful for the ranching fathers, that use every day to teach their children by the way they live and work every day. I don't know if there is any way to teach a lesson than by example, like these men have done.
|Rancher Sr. helping The Rancher's Boy
|Rancher Sr. and The Rancher working together
|My dad taking The Rancher's Boy out fishing
|The Rancher taking the kids for a ride in the tractor


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I have a new kit in stores now! The new PTU kit is called "Fly Me To The Moon" and is available in Tagger size. It's a cute whimsical themed kit that I'm sure you can have fun with!
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Little Ongava Lodge
Etosha National Park
This is an actual tour booked by Wilmari Pronk. It is a variation of the The Best of Namibia Fly-in Safari. If you like the sound of it you can book this exact trip using the enquiry form below or use the itinerary as a starting point and make any changes you want.
This family of 3, including a child of 7 years, has booked this luxury fly-in safari around Namibia with a privately chartered plane and their own pilot. The child pays half price so the per person rate indicated is not 100% accurate.