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Today’s US and Canadian data release sees – U.S. durable goods orders rebounded 1.3% in November, shy of expectations, from a revised 0.4% decline (was -0.8%; September’s 2.2% gain was revised up to 2.4%). Transportation orders increased 4.2% following October’s 3.9% drop (revised from -4.3%). Excluding transportation, orders dipped 0.1% from the prior 1.3% gain (revised from 1.0%). Non defence capital goods orders excluding aircraft slipped 0.1% too, after the prior 0.8% gain (revised from -0.5%). Shipments climbed 1.0% from 0.5% (revised from 0.4%). Non defence capital goods shipments excluding aircraft were up 0.3% from 1.3% (revised from 1.1%). Inventories increased 0.2%, the same as in October. The inventory-shipment ratio slipped to 1.66 from 1.67.

U.S. personal income rose 0.3% in November with spending up 0.6%. The 0.4% increase in October income was not revised (though September was nudged up to 0.5% from 0.4%). The 0.3% spending increase in October was bumped down to 0.2% (September’s prior 0.9% gain was nudged up to 1.0%). Compensation increased 0.4% versus 0.2% previously (revised from 0.3%). Wage and salary income improved 0.4% from 0.2% (revised from 0.3%). Disposable income rose 0.4% versus the prior 0.4% gain (revised from 0.5%). The savings rate slowed to 2.9% from 3.2%. The PCE chain price index increased 0.2% after October’s 0.1% gain, and posted a 1.8% y/y rate from 1.6% y/y previously. The core rate increased 0.1% from 0.2% and is up 1.5% y/y versus 1.4% y/y. The inflation rate

Canada GDP was flat (0.0%) in October after the 0.2% gain in September. The lack of growth in October GDP begins Q4 on a weak note, and makes the BoC’s 2.5% estimate for real Q4 GDP a bit of a stretch as we need very strong monthly GDP growth in November and December to achieve the BoC’s projected Q4 growth moving up slightly, but is still below the FOMC’s 2% target.

The results saw a sharp rebound in USDCAD from today’s low under 1.2700 pre-data to 1.2795. Next resistance is the H1 200 EMA and Daily R1 at 1.2815. Support  is now the Daily pivot at 1.2755 and the cluster of fractal highs at 1.2745.

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First issue of “Socialismo Libertário” out now

In June 2012 the CAB is publishing the first issue of its magazine “Socialismo Libertário” (Libertarian Socialism). Below is a summary of the content together with the magazine’s Editorial and links to articles on the Internet. You can also download the magazine (in Portuguese) in PDF format. [Português]

In June 2012 the Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira (CAB) is publishing the first issue of its magazine “Socialismo Libertário” (Libertarian Socialism). Below is a summary of the content together with the magazine’s Editorial and links to articles on the Internet.

  • Editorial
  • Our concept of Popular Power
  • Declaration of Principles of the CAB
  • Member organizations of the CAB

For 150 years now, men and women have aspired to the union and the international coordination of the incipient labour movement, in order – by means of federalism and free association – to gather the strength needed to strike at and overthrow capitalism. During this process, anarchists have been present and have constituted a significant part of this militant effort.

We were on the barricades of the Paris Commune in 1871, in the communal experiences of the revolts in Macedonia in 1903, in the struggles and dreams created by the Mexican Revolution of 1911, in the fierce fighting during the Russian Revolution of 1917. We dreamt and then built our libertarian dreams during the Revolution in Manchuria (1929-1931), the Spanish Revolution (1936-1939) and the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Later, we were in the universities and factories during the events of May ’68 and in the struggles against the dictatorships in Latin America. We were part of the First International (1864-1877), the Second International (1889-1916) and the Anarcho-Syndicalist International, 1922. We have been the driving force of trade unions with revolutionary inspiration and of anarchist organizations in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. We have always maintained, since the emergence of anarchism, our presence in the midst of social struggles over the five continents.

On home soil, since the time of the First Republic [1889-1930] we have been involved in the class-struggle fights in our working-class neighborhoods, in the streets and factories, with the utopia of radical transformation always underlining our actions. 100 years ago in the state of São Paulo, militant workers decided to put an end to the existing elitist form of education, which was restricted to and at the service of the dominant school of thought, by uniting thought and action, sowing the seeds of modern schools. Five years later, the labour movement carried out a general strike in several states, like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul. These mobilizations – which took place in 1917, 95 years ago – also included the presence of anarchist militants, who helped to set up what we call today the trade-union struggle. Anarchists also created specific spaces for the discussion of various questions, to make agreements, to analyze the current situation they were living in, to produce public statements and plan their actions. This was the case of the anarchist groups formed at the beginning of the century, such as the Aliança Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (Anarchist Alliance of Rio de Janeiro) in 1918 – which was short-lived, and hard hit by repression – and the libertarian Partido Comunista (Communist Party) in 1919. This repeated drive for organization has never been erased by time. In the context of re-democratization (after the “Estado Novo” of the Vargas Era, 1930-45) and after years of dictatorship, Brazilian anarchists tried to reorganize themselves into the nationwideFederação Anarquista (Anarchist Federation), despite the difficulties. This period (1946 to 1959) saw activity from the União Anarquista de São Paulo (Anarchist Union of São Paulo), the União Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro(Anarchist Union of Rio de Janeiro), the anarchist group Ácratas from Rio Grande do Sul and individuals in other states.

As part of this process, an American Anarchist Conference was held in Montevideo, Uruguay 55 years, with delegates from Brazil, Argentina, the United States, Paraguay, Mexico and the host country, which served as a moment to articulate and strengthen anarchism.

All these initiatives demonstrate the will of anarchists in the past to organize themselves in order to be able to act with greater vigour in the field of the class struggle: if there is struggle, there is resistance; if there is domination, there is organization and the desire for social transformation.

Today, in this piece of land in Latin America called Brazil, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Fórum do Anarquismo Organizado (Forum of Organized Anarchism – FAO), we anarchist organizations that are part of the FAO humbly seek to give continuity to the aspirations, dreams and struggles of thousands of women and men who have lived, contributing their grains of sand to the construction of another society, a socialist and libertarian one. It has been a journey of 10 years that, however modest, we believe to have had some results, despite all the difficulties and challenges that such an intent implies. We have sought to build a nationwide organization, from below, built from the base, solid and mature, in this vast and diverse territory, without ever losing sight of the horizon – our goal of social revolution.

In Brazil, deprived of contact with our “old” fighters, part of our generation has had to rely largely on their own accomplishments. We are the fruit of years of discussion and activities aimed at reorganizing Brazilian anarchism, so that it could focus on the struggles of our time. We are the fruit of initiatives that sought particular forms of class association and organization, experiments and experiences in counterculture, with all its contradictions and limitations. Depending on the region, we are the result of direct contact with the older generations of anarchism, whose efforts can never be forgotten. We are, basically, a generation of young people who started their militant activities in the period between 1980 and 1990 and who thereafter took up the task of bringing anarchism up to date, aiming to make it an instrument for struggle, beginning with specific anarchist organizations operating within organizations with a wider base, contributing to the development of self-organization and the emancipation of the oppressed classes.

The contact that was established in 1994 with the Federación Anarquista Uruguaya (FAU) and consequently with all its history (the FAU has existed continuously since 1956, pausing only when most of its militants were arrested, killed, kidnapped or desaparecidos) was fundamental in this process. Political relations with the FAU were decisive for the choices we made in relation to the model of especifista anarchist organization that we adopt today.

Thanks to these relations, the Federação Anarquista Gaúcha (FAG) from Rio Grande do Sul was founded in November 1995 and since then the common goal has been strengthened by the later founding of other organizations. The project of building a nationwide anarchist organization in Brazil, based on the organizational model of the FAU, was driven by a process that became known as Brazilian Anarchist Construction. The first such attempt was the founding in 1997 of the Organização Socialista Libertária (Libertarian Socialist Organisation – OSL) with branches in Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Pará, which turned out to be too hasty an initiative.

In 2002, the new attempt, based largely on previous experiences, decided to create a forum, the FAO. It was an initial step which was intended to allow the necessary accumulation of discussions, agreements and practical experience for the foundation of a nationwide anarchist organization. The lesson of the 1990s had been learned: we could not begin to “build a house with the roof”.

Since the founding of FAO, some organizations ceased to exist but others have matured and have been decisive in this collective effort: the Coletivo Anarquista Zumbi dos Palmares (Zumbi dos Palmares Anarchist Collective – CAZP) from Alagoas, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in April; the Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro Anarchist Federation – FARJ), which is already nine years old; and the Organização Anarquista Socialismo Libertário (Libertarian Socialism Anarchist Organisation – OASL) from São Paulo, which is going into its 3rd year of activities.

Other organizations are gradually being added to the process and maintaining proximity to the FAO, creating closer organizational ties: the Coletivo Anarquista Bandeira Negra (Black Flag Anarchist Collective) from Santa Catarina, the Coletivo Anarquista Luta de Classe (Class Struggle Anarchist Collective) from Paraná, the Coletivo Mineiro Popular Anarquista (Anarchist Popular Mineiro Collective) from Minas Gerais, the Organização Resistência Libertária(Libertarian Resistance Organization) from Ceará, the Coletivo Anarquista Núcleo Negro (Black Nucleus Anarchist Collective) from Pernambuco, the Coletivo Libertário Delmirense (Delmirense Libertarian Collective) from Alagoas and other initiatives that are in the process of coming together or developing.

The 10th anniversary of the FAO is special to us, because for more than a year now we have been discussing and noting the need to take one more step forward toward our nationwide project. We intend to do this, however, without letting our feet leave the ground, and in such a way that we can provide closer organizational ties between organizations and deeper commitments and responsibilities. For this, we have decided to go from being a forum to being a coordination: as a result of the increased organizational ties created in these recent years, the FAO will now become the Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira (Brazilian Anarchist Coordination – CAB). Greater efforts will thus be needed, and the responsibility we are taking on for this step is also great. However, the aspirations, dreams and desires that we have to build another society, where we the oppressed classes are masters of our own destinies, is such that we are not intimidated.

That is why, on this 10th anniversary of the FAO, the date of the founding congress of the CAB, we reaffirm our militant commitment to building a strong people, who can throw down the system of capitalist domination through direct struggle, from the grassroots, for the federal construction of our own self-organized, self-managed and direct democratic organizations. Supported by the historical experiences of those who have gone before us, we celebrate the founding of the CAB as an important step in the presence of anarchism in today’s social struggles.

In this first issue of “Socialismo Libertário”, we present a text with our ideas on popular power, a question that we consider to be essential. In coming issues we hope to be able to examine other theoretical, strategic and short-term issues in order to stimulate this nationwide process.

In memory of the thousands of anarchist militants who have made history!
In memory of the oppressed of yesterday, today and always!
Long live the social revolution! Long live anarchy!
Towards a nationwide organization!

Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira

June 2012

Translation by FdCA-International Relations Office

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The following have been added to the Zotero Group for Ancient World Open Bibliographies and the Ancient World Open Bibliographies Wiki.

Roman History

Oxford Roman Economy Project: Mining
Oxford Roman Economy Project: Fish industries and garum production
Oxford Roman Economy Project: Wine production and trade
Oxford Roman Economy Project: Olive oil production and trade Roman Economy Project, led by Alan Bowman and Andrew Wilson
Updated 5/11/2007; Mining updated 2/14/2011.
These lengthy (but selected) bibliographies include monographs and articles in multiple languages, and are organized by sub-topic as well as geographic region within the Roman empire.

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Friday, 2 January 2015

Tic Tac Toe

Good morning everyone and a Happy New Year!

I haven't been around for a while even though I scheduled some posts at the end of last year as I went on a big adventure for four weeks. We went to Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, how lucky am I? I had an absolute blast. But I really missed crafting. Then we had a some not so nice events in the family, one being us losing one of our 18 1/2 year old fur babies. She got ill while we were away and we tried everything to save her but it was too much for her at her age bless her, so on Christmas eve sadly we had to say our goodbyes to our beautiful little girl Belle. She will now be reunited with her best mate Smokey at the Rainbow Bridge. Sweet dreams my little angel.

Now I have been so glad to get back in my craft room to take my mind off of things and my first make of the year is for the Polkadoodles challenge, and it is Tic Tac Toe. What is that I hear you ask. Well you choose a line from this little Tic Tac Toe board and make your creation based on that.
So I have chosen the left hand vertical line so my make had to include, a die cut, stitching and polka dots and here is my make.

I have used the Octavia Bird in Hand digi from the store, and she is coloured with my Graph'It markers. The papers I have used are from the fabulous Dollie Daydream Girl Talk collection which is available as a CD or a digital download! The die cut sentiment is from Tattered Lace and the stamped and die cut flowers are from Sizzix. As you can see I chose to use faux stitching on this make.
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  1. Stunning card, Anjie and love the layers. Beautiful creation. Happy New Year.

  2. Great make as always. Happy New Year :)

  3. Beautiful Card Anj lovely to have you back
    Big Hugs Sus xx

  4. Perfectly purple stunning love your layers x

  5. Beautiful card and fabby colouring Anj
    Claire xx

  6. Lovely card. I love the purple.

  7. so very pretty Anjie I always struggle with matching mauves but you've managed it perfectly x

  8. such a lovely card, pretty colours x hugs jane x

  9. Fabulous colours and of course a stunning digi.
    Jenny x

  10. OOOoooo I love purple ! What a great card you have made, but that doesn't surprise me =') everything you make is gorgeous!


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School:  Lee Mathson Middle

(An LEA is a school district, county office of education, or statewide benefit charter.)
LEA:  Alum Rock Union Elementary
County:  Santa Clara
CDS Code:  43-69369-6046197
School Type:  Middle
Direct Funded Charter School:  No
Met Growth Targets
Schoolwide: No
All Student Groups: No
All Targets: No

2013 Statewide Rank: 2     2013 Similar Schools Rank: 5

Number of Students Included in 2013 API Numerically Significant in Both Years 2013
2012-13 Growth Target 2012-13 Growth   Met  Growth Target
Schoolwide 550   708 717 5 -9   No
 Black or African American 13 No 690 685
 American Indian or Alaska Native 1 No
 Asian 47 No 844 863
 Filipino 36 No 847 855
 Hispanic or Latino 448 Yes 682 691 5 -9   No
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0 No
 White 4 No
Two or More Races 1 No
 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged 504 Yes 703 717 5 -14   No
 English Learners 363 Yes 642 658 7 -16   No
 Students with Disabilities 78 No 497 560

In order to meet federal requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), a 2013 Growth API is posted even if a school or LEA had no 2012 Base API or if a school had significant population changes from 2012 to 2013. However, the presentation of growth targets and actual growth would not be appropriate and, therefore, are omitted.
"N/A" means a number is not applicable or not available due to missing data.
"*" means this API is calculated for a small school, defined as having between 11 and 99 valid Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program test scores included in the API. The API is asterisked if the school was small in either 2012 or 2013. APIs based on small numbers of students are less reliable and, therefore, should be carefully interpreted.
"A" means the school or Student Groups scored at or above the statewide performance target of 800 in the 2012 Base.
"B" means the school did not have a valid 2012 Base API  and will not have any growth or target information.
"C" means the school had significant demographic changes and will not have any growth or target information.
"D" means this is either an LEA, or a special education school. Target information is not applicable to LEAs or special education schools.
"I" means the school had some invalid data at the student group level and the California Department of Education cannot calculate a valid rank for this school.
Missing Statewide and Similar Schools Ranks – LEAs, Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM) schools, and special education schools do not receive statewide or similar schools ranks. Schools with less than 100 valid test scores do not receive a similar schools rank.

Targets Met - In the "Met Growth Target" columns, the growth targets reflect state accountability requirements and do not match the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements. The AYP requirement for the API is a 2013 Growth API of 770 or a one-point increase from the 2012 Base API to 2013 Growth API for a school or LEA.

Two or More Races: – “Two or More Races” student group. Assessment results for students without valid Statewide Student Identifiers (SSIDs) were assigned to this student group.

Missing All Student Data – All subgroup data are missing if the LEA informed the CDE of a potential data error in at least one race or ethnicity category.

Missing Special Population Student Data – Socioeconomically Disadvantaged and English Learners students groups with missing API data and a “No” under the “Met Student Growth Target” column indicates that there was a decrease in the number of students in the group by at least 20 percent from the 2012 Base API to the 2013 Growth API, or the LEA reported a potential data error with one or more these student groups. Demographic data corrections made through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) or assessment-related data corrections (such as statewide student identifiers or fields specific to the testing administration process) made through the testing contractor will be reflected in the updated API reports released in March 2014.


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MIMM: Travel & Grad party talk + gloomy a weekend.

Hi friends! How was your weekend? Have any spring like weather? .. cause I am on the LOOK for ours!
The weather this weekend was super rainy & gloomy. Sometimes you just need a weekend like that and since there was no grand plans, it was okay in my book! Even though it was rainy, always something marvelous to be shared ~ thanks Katie for the Monday link up! 😉

… So, We have a few things in the works at the moment, no crazy plans yet.
I graduate in May & defiantly want to have a party to celebrate. So this weekend I sent out an invite & started pinning a few ideas of course 😉 I’m thinking backyard party and games.
This is my slogan as of right now –> “will work for travel”
Geo & I
have a trip this summer in the works so I am willing to work a little more for that ticket 😉 once plans are set.. I’ll share!
AND Cassidy said lets go away a few days as my graduation present!

 Some other pictures from the weekend:

nothing too exciting, but a lot of good things in the works, so I am happy! 🙂
tell me about your weekend.

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  1. Weather was rainy and cold Saturday, then cool and Sunny Sunday, but this whole week it’s suppose to be rainy. I only like the rain when I can curl up under a blanket and watch tv all day haha. And yay!!! I get so excited for parties and the planning!! (I love planning parties). I can’t wait to see where you’re going this summer!! Either way it should be exciting!!

  2. i graduate in 7 weeks! i don’t know about you but i’m still a little in disbelief that i’ll never be a student again. so many wonderful and annoying things about school. but i’m so excited for the adult world!

  3. Oookay, I -need- that workout tank! And a cat to cuddle with. What is yours called?
    We had several when I was younger but it seems ages ago – and probably is, actually.
    Most of my weekend was spent relaxing, reading almost a whole book while sitting outside in the sunshine and cooking. Simple but perfect.
    Travel plans are always exciting. I’m curious to find out where you’re headed.

  4. Congrats on the upcoming graduation, that is definitely exciting!!! I’m all about traveling lately too… I have summer classes planned, so we’ve actually just booked a trip in late August to SF, & I am beyond excited!! Perfect end to the busy summer & a break before the Fall semester. Where do you want to go?

    • I can’t wait! Traveling is a lot of fun and I am glad we have been taken trips lately, my sister and I have a little trip were planning and then our trip is gonna be a little bit bigger 😉

      LOVE SF! Your gonna have an awesome time!

  5. Grr my comment never posted!

    What I was saying before my internet rudely interrupted me haha is that California has been gloomy the past week or so as well! Kinda strange and out of character.

    I’m sure you’ll come up with some fun ideas for your party as well! I always peruse Pinterest to get some extra brainstorming done when I’m in charge of events 🙂

    That muffin looks delicious!

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Monday, December 13, 2010

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Temple of Amenhotep III at Soleb

My ARCHAEO-Crush for April is…

Type: monument (jubilee temple)
Civilisation: ancient Egypt
Date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, circa 1386-1349 BCE
ARCHAEO-Crush: The temple at Soleb, built in Sudan by the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, is probably my favourite Nubian monument. (During the New Kingdom the Egyptians had colonised Sudanese Nubia.) I’ll admit that I have a soft spot for Amenhotep III, but the reason of my ARCHAEO-Crush is much more visceral than that. The temple at Soleb is in fact the first Egyptian temple I ever visited, even though I had visited Egypt 18 years prior. I have a very vivid souvenir of seeing this temple for the very first time, on the trip from Khartoum to Sedeinga. I was on the lorry that crossed the Bayuda Desert and travelled further north to remote towns and villages. It’s a long trip and a fun story that I hope one day to include in the Day in the Life of an Archaeologist chronicle. As I was saying, I was on the lorry, sharing the front seat with the driver and another gentleman, when I saw magnificent ruins in the distance. I knew immediately it was the temple of Amenhotep III at Soleb—its profile is unmistakable. The other passenger, with whom I had been chatting in horrible Arabic (me, at the time I knew about a dozen words!!!) and slightly better English (him), pointed to the ruins and asked me if that’s where I was going to work. No, not there. There are too many columns at this temple. The temple at Sedeinga has only one column still standing. This is Soleb. The temple of Amenhotep at Soleb…

During the dig season, when the Sedeinga dig director offered me to visit Soleb in the company of Hourig Sourouzian, visiting Egyptologist and expert Amenhotep III, I immediately said yes. I had a fabulous day exploring the site with Hourig and two other archaeologists. We also helped her search for fragments of statues of Amenhotep in the old storerooms of the Schiff-Giorgini mission. It was amazing to have the site entirely to ourselves… something you’ll not experience at Luxor or Karnak where you’ll be surrounded by tons of tourists.

The site of Soleb is amazing and one of the most impressive in Sudan: several columns are still standing and two of them actually still hold up an architrave! I could talk about this temple and many others until your ears fall off (I wrote my thesis on Amun temples in Nubia and this temple was included in my corpus). So, instead, I’m leaving you with a few pictures I took of this incredible temple during my one and only visit to Soleb.
Bucket list status: Been there, done that… and would love to do it again!
Additional info: The site of Soleb and its temple are not on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Canada’s favourite ‘mummy hunter’ returns

Here is a lovely article in the St. Catharines Standard about my colleague and friend Gayle Gibson, Egyptologist and teacher extraordinaire, recently retired from the Royal Ontario Museum.  Follow the link to read the article: Canada’s favourite mummy hunter returns | St. Catharines Standard.

Gayle, this one is for you! Thanks for your support and friendship over the years.  Keep up the good work… even in retirement!  (Do Egyptologists ever really retire?)

Yes, this was the Kool and the Gang song we used in our dance video, but it was also the atmosphere at the museum today (at least amongst those who had participated in the project): we made it to Round 2 of the competition! Near the end, it was a very tight race with the First Division Museum in Wheaton, IL. The semi-finals should be next week and I’ll let you know of the date to vote for us again.

Thanks to all who voted for us in our moment of museum silliness.

Museum Dance Off 2

When you work at a museum you sometimes do strange things like… participate in a dance video competition hosted by WhenYouWorkAtAMuseum.com. Twenty-eight museums have entered the competition, including the NCMA. (The other museums are from Canada, the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and even Mongolia!)  Watch the trailer.

The reason I am mentioning this competition is that I’m actually in the video!!! (Not surprisingly, the staff members who participated are normally the ones who hit the dance floor at the Museum Christmas party!) We had great fun filming and the resulting video is quite amusing (if I may say so myself). You’ll see me lead a tour around the galleries, having fun and dancing… although we’re just grooving to Kool and the Gang. Don’t expect any ballroom dancing moves on my part… not this time! (For those who don’t know, ballroom dancing is one of my hobbies.)  You can view the video below:

 NCMA Museum Dance Off 2 Video

I hope you’ll vote for us!  Voting starts on Monday April 20 and for this first round you will be able to vote for our video on, and only on, April 22, starting at 8am EDT (UTC-04:00). We’re competing against another American museum, a Canadian museum and an Australian heritage complex. To cast your vote, all you have to do is go to whenyourworkatamuseum.com.

Thank you in advance for your encouragement and your vote!

Gardens in ancient Egypt

This weekend was the Weinberg Lecture of Egyptology, held at the Museum once a year. Around 180 people came out on this lovely North Carolina spring Sunday (that would be the equivalent of a lovely Québec summer day) to hear Danish Egyptologist Dr. Lise Manniche speak about gardens in ancient Egypt.

Dr. Lise Manniche visiting the Egyptian galleries at the NCMA.

Dr. Lise Manniche visiting the Egyptian galleries at the NCMA.

It was a great lecture with fabulous illustrations found on temple or tomb walls of what Egyptians planted in their gardens.  The lecture played very well with the theme of my Egyptology seminar and the recent Art in Bloom event.  Evidently, Lise likes flowers and plants very much so today I took her to the Raulston Arboretum near the NCMA and we also walked the trails in the Museum Park. It was a glorious day, being outside was wonderful.

It was great fun spending a weekend with a fellow Egyptologist…

Turin’s revamped Egyptian Museum

On April 1, the Egyptian Museum in Turin revealed its revamped galleries after 5 years of partial closure. Its gallery spaces have doubled and the collection is now presented in state-of-the-art displays. You can read about the new installation here, here and here. Each of the articles has different images.

Now, I suppose I will have to drop by on my next visit to Italy and take new photos!  You may recall that I included a page dedicated to the Museo Egizio (Turin) in the Photo Diary almost a year ago.

Egyptology Seminar 2015

I was rather quiet this week as I decided to stay away from my computer and rest after spending an entire month working on my Egyptology seminar. And by an entire month, I mean working every weekday—often late in the evening—and every weekend. When I work on PowerPoint presentations, I need to devote good chunks of time to them, not just a few minutes here and there, in between meetings and other little tasks. This means working when there are fewer colleagues around and/or not even signing into one’s email account (which normally results in receiving phone calls from colleagues when you don’t respond to urgent messages).

The theme of this year’s seminar was daily life in ancient Egypt as depicted on tomb walls from the Old Kingdom to the early New Kingdom (Eighteenth Dynasty until the reign of Amenhotep III, after which decorative schemes change significantly). There is more than meets the eye on those decorated tomb walls! I prepared four different lectures focusing on this theme, starting with the construction of a tomb. (Can’t decorate a tomb if you don’t have a tomb!) We looked at what goes on at a nobleman’s estate, family life and personal affairs, and the relationship between the Egyptians and their environment, specifically related to fauna. (The Egyptians were very keen observers of nature and this is illustrated in their tombs.) I did not explore Egypt’s flora as this will be the topic of the Weinberg Lecture of Egyptology next week.

The day-long seminar included an Egypt-inspired lunch and a baklava reception, where a lovely tea and hibiscus syrup concoction was also served. There even was a flower at the bottom of the cup! Quite delicious! I believe it was the signature drink for the Art in Bloom event mentioned in previous posts.

I went home rather tired at the end of the day; however, I was happy that the participants really enjoyed themselves and want to do it again next year… with a different theme, of course! Now, I’m taking advantage of the long Easter weekend to charge my batteries…


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Note: After the sudden death of his wife, Audrey, Jonah sits on a bench in Kew Gardens, trying to reassemble the shattered pieces of his life. Chloe, shaven-headed and abrasive, finds solace in the origami she meticulously folds. But when she meets Jonah, her carefully constructed defences threaten to fall. Milly, a child quick to laugh, freely roams Kew, finding beauty everywhere she goes. But where is her mother and where does she go when the gardens are closed? Harry's purpose is to save plants from extinction. Quiet and enigmatic, he longs for something - or someone - who will root him more firmly to the earth. Audrey links these strangers together. As the mystery of her death unravels, the characters journey through the seasons to learn that stories, like paper, can be refolded and reformed.
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Glass: In the Nature of Things

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Glass: In the Nature of Things is a group exhibition featuring work by Jane Bruce, Susan Cox, and Sandy Gellis. The exhibit is the culmination of their group residency at Resource Center New York.

This event is part of ARTSEE, a festival showcasing new works of art throughout Westchester County in celebration of ArtsWestchester’s 50th anniversary.

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Published: October 14th, 2013

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UF Law and the Florida Law Review received notable coverage for this year’s Poucher Lecture, “National Security in a Changing World: From the perspective of an academic, a general, a spy and Florida statesmen,” including a front page story in the Gainesville Sun, segments on WCJB TV-20 and GTN News, and a story in the Alligator.

Bob Dekle
Director, Criminal Prosecution Clinic; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center, Master Lecturer

Florida mom to get new trial: Did court detect a ‘stand your ground’ inequity?” (Sept. 27, 2013, Christian Science Monitor)

Marissa Alexander, a 20-year-old Florida mom, is serving time for firing shots, although she claimed it was self-defense. Her attorneys are arguing that the stand-your-ground law did not apply to her. They claim that her race led to bias from jurors.

From the article:
“Appeals courts are supposed to decide cases based on law, but they’re human beings, too, and they have been known to fudge” in favor of equity rather than mechanical application of criminal law, says Bob Dekle, a law professor at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. “That’s where the old legal maxim comes from, that says hard cases make bad law. But in this particular case, based on the jury instruction placing the burden of proof on the defendant, it would appear that a mechanical application of the law would bring you the result that the [appeals court] came up with.”

Gore executed for murder of two Florida women” (Oct. 1, 2013, The Gainesville Sun)

After 23 years on Death Row and filing appeal after appeal that he was mentally ill and unfit to be put to death, Marshall Lee Gore was executed Tuesday evening as the families of two of his victims watched in silence through a glass window.

From the article:
Bob Dekle, one of the prosecutors in the case, said he felt empty after watching Gore be put to death. “He did some horrible things to a vast number of undeserving people, and he got what he deserved.” Dekle said. “It took too long.”

Robert Jerry II
UF Law Dean; Levin Mabie & Levin Professor of Law

UF Levin College of Law bucks national trend of decreasing admissions” (Oct. 8, 2013, The Alligator)

Though most law schools have seen decreasing admissions nationally, the University of Florida Levin College of Law did not follow these trends.

From the article:
This year, UF Law enrolled a class size of 318, which is about 30 more students than last year’s class, said Robert H. Jerry, dean of UF Law.

“I think it’s because our applicant pool is so strong, and we are viewed as a very strong school,” Jerry said.

Even with the increase in UF Law’s entering class size, Jerry said he expects to see a decline in the average credentials of students accepted to UF Law — a median of about one LSAT point, which he said he expects will be on par with the national average.

He attributes this expected decline in student credentials to the decrease in law-school applicants nationally.

To offset the drop in credentials, Jerry said, some schools have been shrinking the size of their classes.

Lyrissa Lidsky
Stephen C. O’Connell Professor; Associate Dean for International Programs

M.I.A.’s middle finger to the NFL is back in spotlight” (Sept. 25, 2013, The Alligator)

Singer M.I.A. showed her middle finger to the crowd at the NFL’s halftime show in February 2012. The NFL decided to sue her for tarnishing their reputation. Now M.I.A. is now speaking out against the NFL’s reputation as “wholesome.”

From the article:
M.I.A.’s lawyer was quoted saying the league’s claim of a “wholesome reputation” is pretty funny considering the violence that occurs on and off the field with the players, but UF professor Lyrissa Lidsky said regardless of where the league’s values stand, it’s a simple matter of contract.

“The time to say the NFL is being hypocritical is before you agree to [signing away certain rights],” the Levin College of Law professor said.

Lidsky said the NFL might have tried to keep this issue under wraps to avoid drawing negative scrutiny toward the league.

California becomes second state to ban revenge porn, but still legal in Florida” (Oct. 7, 2013, The Alligator)

Though California recently became the second state to pass a law against revenge porn, Florida failed to pass that law. The legislation died in the appropriations process and also failed to pass in Missouri.

From the article:
Currently, revenge porn websites are protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, an immunity provision that protects websites from being responsible for the content posted by its users, said UF law professor Lyrissa Lidsky.

Lidsky said some opponents of revenge porn legislation feel the proposed laws would infringe on the First Amendment.

“Generally, I’m opposed to new legislation that effects free speech, but this is so dramatic,” Lidsky said.

Not all victims of revenge porn are completely without recourse. Certain cyberstalking and cyberharrassment laws can apply, Lidsky said. Other protections exist for photos that are inherently illegal, such as images obtained through hacking or images involving a minor.

The California bill hasn’t solved all of these concerns, though. The law rests on the intent to cause serious emotional distress, a point that may be hard to prove, Lidsky said.

Omri Y. Marian
Assistant Professor of Law

“Bitcoin is the offshore tax haven of the future” (Oct. 10, 2013, The Daily Dot)

Marian’s essay “ Are Cryptocurrencies ‘Super’ Tax Havens?,” is referenced in this article about how the nature of Bitcoin, combined with a recent shift in how the United States government deals with foreign banks shielding U.S. citizens from taxation, has the potential to make encrypted, electronic currencies the “weapon of choice for tax evaders.”

From the article:
Marian admits Bitcoin tax evasion likely isn’t happening on a very large scale at the moment, simply because aren’t enough Bitcoins to hold the necessary amount of value. The total net worth of every Bitcoin in existence is currently about $1.63 billion—a tiny fraction of the money tied up in worldwide offshore tax evasion. However, as both the use and number of Bitcoins in the market grow, the strategy is likely to become increasingly common. Marian argues that governments looking to combat tax evasion need to get out in front of the issue. “If we think tax evasion is bad and we want to stop it, the time to act is now before it becomes widespread,” he said.

Jon Mills
Professor of Law; Dean Emeritus

Lawsuit aims to increase education funding in Florida” (Oct. 7, 2013, Bradenton Herald)

A group of parents from four Florida counties say the state’s public schools are unsafe, underfunded, inefficient and ineffective. These parents from Alachua, Duval, Orange and Pasco have been fighting in court since 2009. Their lawsuit, alleging that Florida lawmakers are shortchanging schoolchildren, is now moving forward. If successful, they could force the Florida Legislature to overhaul the state’s education system.

From the article:
“The [new] provision was drafted very specifically to allow litigation,” said former House Speaker Jon Mills, who sat on the 1998 Constitution Revision Commission and is now partnering with Chonin on the lawsuit.

Jason Nance
Assistant Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families

Nance’s article, “Students, Security, and Race,” was published in Emory Law Journal. The cite is 63 Emory L.J. 1 (2013).

Cape schools tighten up security” (Sept. 22, 2013, Cape Cod Times)

For the first time, every school in the Cape is locked during school hours and visitors are required to use a buzzer system to enter. Most schools have police officers on scene all hours of the school day and it is required that all Cape schools practice lockdowns at least once a year.

From the article:
Jason Nance, assistant professor at the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, has written a white paper, published by the Stanford Law Review, that says schools are already among the safest places for children. Money being spent on security, Nance contends, would be better spent on mental health and more teachers.

“When you have something like Newtown, when you have something like what happened in Littleton, Colo., people demand an immediate response,” Nance said in a telephone interview. “I see it as a cost-benefit analysis. Right now, schools tend to be safe. In fact, they are among the safest places for children. If you add in more resources to make them even safer, then the costs are tremendous. But the benefits are actually quite small. You may prevent some incidents from happening, but you’re certainly not going to be able to prevent all incidents from happening.”

Nance also argues against having police officers in the schools, saying there isn’t enough for them to do, which may prompt them to meddle in school discipline. In the process, low-income students and minorities become unfairly targeted, creating a school-to-prison pipeline, Nance said.

“There have been lots of studies done on school safety. All have come up with the same conclusion, which is if you want to improve school safety, relationships matter the most,” Nance said. “It is the relationships you develop with kids to create a climate of trust and responsibility – that’s what makes the difference with school safety – not metal detectors, not the police officers, not the drug-sniffing dogs.”

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Lönndom - Viddernas tolv kapitel (2010)

To qualify Lönndom's sophomore effort Viddernas tolv kapitel as merely ' mood music' would seem an understatement, for its appeal is restricted not only by its dark, emotional range, but also the psychological geography mapped out by its dreary, rustic arrangements. Members A. Petterson and S. Sandström (aka Graav) have distanced themselves not only from their black metallic alma mater Armagedda, or Sandström's great occult rock outfit LIK, but even from the debut of this very project, Fälen Från Norr, which had been molded in more of a black folk/doom environment. The desolate and nature-infused lyrical aesthetic has been retained, but this album is one of stripped down, brooding folk elements delivered through an extremely limited instrumental palette.

Fortunately, that is all Lönndom requires to create a dour, haunting and often hypnotic experience here. Their chosen implements of escapism: beautiful acoustic guitars, deep Swedish vocal harmonies and samples of winds and wilderness layered in to provide the feeling that you are truly outside listening to this. A bloody hour of this, with very little variation in theme or execution, but nonetheless it sinks its hooks into you by the second track "I vattnets flöde" and never really lets go. While it would be difficult to appraise the guitar patterns as unique for anyone into the darker side of folk, they are methodical in that they capture a rural, early 20th century flair that pairs well with the lower range of the vocals. Both members play, both members sing, and you can just imagine the duo wandering the lakeside and landscape of the cover image while they composed the 12 tracks and 60 minutes of pure, rhythmic meditation. Individual tracks vary in structure to the extend that the longer pieces like "Vindaflykt", at over 9 minutes, has more room to breathe and experiment with purely guitar sequences, but the tools of the trade never change: don't expect a symphony to burst forth, or a black metal riff to somewhere erupt, but you might be entreated to the sounds of birds chirping from the distant woodland eaves.

Like anything with the lyrics and vocals in Swedish, my oafish understanding is limited to only those words I've found familiar from other song titles, so naturally this created a bit of an obstacle in my ability to fully explore the album's subject matter, but would not prove the case for native speakers. Regardless, Viddernas tolv kapitel is effective enough that it transcends the linguistic barrier with its unmistakable atmosphere, a music of sadness and back roads and lost times and reflection. It's also just about as honest and 'minimalist' as one will find in the spectrum. The dry tones of the vocals and the plucking of the strings are sauteed in zero studio gimmickry, and aside from an obvious, fundamental appreciation of classical and folk guitar, there is zero technicality. The 'riffs' manifest one at a time, with minor variance between the two guitars. Favorites included "Höstdagar" with its vocal and sampled-shore swells alongside the mesmeric, melodic picking pattern, and "Skaldekonst om ljusets återkomst" which includes a rare percussive element (tambourine?), but all told this is a compelling, if conditional experience for one willing to put him or herself in the proper perspective for its consumption. I recommend late autumn or early winter, on a rustic stroll or in a cabin far from the world. The more Walden Pond, the better.

Verdict: Win [7.75/10]

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Chowder - Passion Rift (2012)

Chowder is not Josh Hart's first waltz in the doom ballroom, having put in many years in acts like Earthride, Revelation and Unorthodox; but it might just prove his most interesting and distinct when viewed against the other projects he's worked with. Formed far back in the 90s, and admittedly rather slow and sparse in its recorded output, the trio (also featuring drummer Chad Rush and bassist/cellist Doug Williams) became more active in the past 5-6 years, releasing first a demo and EP, and later recording the material for this album in the year 2008. So, already Passion Rift might seem a few years out of place, but frankly it takes such a fresh perspective on its composition that it's nonetheless timeless and compelling, because there's really little else I can think of that sounds quite like it...

Take an instrumental/stoner rock act like Karma to Burn and then amplify its inherent range of dynamics, then add in spaced-out elements like a Mellotron, multiple synthesizer waves and more eclectic and exotic instruments like a theremin, Taurus pedal, and cello. This is more or less the broth from which the sound is formed, and then splayed out in varied and fascinating riffs that keep a listener's attention regardless of the fact that there are no lyrics or vocals involved (apart from an occasional sample, like the Futurama bit used in "Insidious"). Individual tracks range from brief, extraterrestrial visions ("Mysterioid") to massive flights of atmosphere and primal ambiance (the 18 minute "Passion Rift"), and yet the album's sheer dramatic tension seems quite fluid and intact despite its jarring and oft disparate ambitions. Best of all, the riffs on this thing are fucking beastly, like the Primus meets Fu Manchu explosion "SaltCreep" or the darkened, twisting sludge bruiser "Custody" which closes out the album. Hell, some of the raw, explosive context of the writing even reminded me of wild Japanese schizo/funk/rock soundtracks to cartoons like Sakigake! Cromartie High or FLCL. Maybe a little Flower Travelin' Band alongside the Sabbath and Hawkwind.

The guitar tone and loosely 'jam' aesthetics remain consistent through the entirety, but otherwise they play with a lot of rhythms and tempos that are as often punishing as they are psychedelic, pissed off as they are progressive. I found myself wondering throughout Passion Rift if I would have preferred a vocal presence, and am left relatively undecided. I can't think they would hurt any, especially a unique, aggressive voice, but at the same time their absence doesn't really hinder the music all that much, due to its reflexive and relatively free form nature. Chowder feels like a cockfight between the whimsical and darkly-mannered, and it's served well by a bright, bold production that doesn't sacrifice its jamming and driving ethics for excess, overdubbed plasticity. I can't say that every single riff here sticks, and occasionally the transitions will seem a little sporadic for their own good, but as someone who has suffered so much samey stoner/desert rock, sludge and doom, this trio has so much going for it that they're bound to impress anyone seeking a more transcendental variety betwixt these niches. Passion Rift is fun, frivolous, and ferocious, both in looks and sound, and I hope we'll experience more of this project in the near future.

Verdict: Win [8/10]

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Dairy Queen Kansas City BBQ Pulled Pork

Dairy Queen has expanded their DQ Bakes Artisan-style Sandwich menu with the introduction of the new Kansas City BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich. Pulled Pork is not an item that I would expect to see on their menu but why wouldn’t I give it a shot? The Kansas City Pulled Pork Sandwich features slow cooked pulled pork topped with Kansas City style BBQ sauce, sliced onions, and pickles served hot from the oven on a warm, soft artisan-style pretzel roll.

The sandwich was loaded with BBQ and I could tell this was going to be a messy experience. Upon opening the sandwich up, There was an entire slab of onion on there. I expected a few sliced rings but not an entire cut. It’s not something I like to do but I had to do some doctoring of this sandwich and take some of those onions off so I wasn’t paying for that the rest of the afternoon.

The Pulled Pork itself didn’t have an over lot of smoke flavor but the BBQ was very smokey. With the overly excessive amount of sauce that you got too, it made up for the meat not having a whole lot of flavor. The pickle and my doctored up amount of onion was a good addition to the sandwich as it gave the sandwich a different bite and texture as your ate it. I was pretty impressed with the Pretzel Bun though and it made me wish it was available on a burger or chicken sandwich and not just the Kansas City Pulled Pork Sandwich.

Overall, it was a good sandwich but they could easily have half the amount of BBQ and I would have still been perfectly content and happy.

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Let the eye-rolling commence!

It’s inevitable.  At some point in the next few weeks, the piano, organ, and brass will begin to play; the conductor will give the downbeat; and one of my brothers-in-law will glance out of the corner of his eye to see what’s going on in my region of the choir.

You see I cannot bring myself to sing “Joy to the World.”  Even now, I actually can feel the disappointment in my spiritual life you have at this very moment.

Take a moment and read through the lyrics.  When the hymn writer, Isaac Watts, composed the carol in 1719, it was not intended to be a Christmas/Advent/First Coming carol.  Hymnary.org notes that Watts “published it in his Psalms of David Imitated (1719) under the heading ‘The Messiah’s Coming and Kingdom.'”  Another article giving the background of the carol can be found here.

“Joy to the World” (based off of Psalm 98) is actually about Christ’s Second Coming and the onset of the Messianic (i.e., Millennial) Kingdom.  It has precious little to do with Christmas, as the events the carol speaks of are still yet to occur!  Now, I can understand singing the carol at Christmas if one’s understanding of Scripture leads them to believe that Christ’s Kingdom, as prophesied in the Old Testament, began with the beginning of the Church.  In that way, many of those Old Testament passages are applied to the current age.  But, in the circles I’ve traveled and in which I’ve had fellowship, that is not the case.

It’s not like there is a dirth of good Christmas carols — even carols that balance the birth of Israel’s Messiah with the realization that God had now begun to administrate His kingdom differently on the Day of Pentecost.  I know “Joy to the World” is boisterously happy and jubilant, but — like anything else — shouldn’t the text inform and guide as to proper usage?

At the end of it all (no pun intended), let me be clear.  When He comes — our glorious King — I will gladly, triumphantly, and loudly be singing “Joy to the World.”  I’d go so far as to say that I hope it is the second song in D-major that we end up singing on that day.  The first, of course, will be Handel’s chorus “Worthy is the Lamb” from The Messiah.  (What can I say?  The pedal D on the organ makes me well up every time!  I’m hoping part of the refreshing the New Covenant brings is a clearly-audible 128′ pipe for that D that will resound throughout the universe.)

So go ahead.  Roll your eyes.  Cringe.  Think ill-thoughts.  I’m really not that crazy.  Or at least for this reason.

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