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Mayfair and the fall of the hippy squat at 144 Piccadilly

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Drug taking, couples making love while others look on, a heavy mob armed with iron bars, filth and stench, foul language, that is the scene inside the hippies’ fortress in London’s Piccadilly. The People

Three rather unscary Hells Angels guarding 144 Piccadilly September 1969

Three rather wimpy 'Hells Angels' guarding 144 Piccadilly September 1969

At around 11.30am on Sunday 21st September 1969, a slightly-built Chief Inspector convinced the hippies inside the squat at 144 Piccadilly to lower an improvised wooden drawbridge so the police could help a seriously ill person inside.

The drawbridge came down and Chief Inspector Michael Rowling flung himself bravely across the barricaded opening to establish a bridgehead. It was an old trick, no doubt played out a thousand times back in the (medieval) day, and sure enough a police-whistle shrilled and seemingly from everywhere a hundred policemen charged over the drawbridge, drawing their truncheons as they got in through the door. Unfortunately they trampled all over the Chief Inspector in the process.

The raiding policemen had to brave slates, water filled bowls, bricks and one petrol bomb raining down upon them but it was only four minutes after the police charged in, a policeman was seen at the top of the mansion raising his truncheon in triumph. Not long after and to cheers for the thousands of onlookers on the street below, the Hells Angel’s flag was lowered from the flagpole.

As he was being led outside by the police, Dr John, the ‘so called’ leader of the squatters, screamed at the press and the crowds in the street;

“They conned us! They tricked us!”

The nice round number of exactly one hundred people were taken to custody with twenty-seven adults and three juveniles arrested for offences ranging from assault to drug possession. There were no bad casualties although many of the occupants complained of being beaten by the Police (no video phones or palm-corders in those days). The occupation of Hippydilly was over, just three weeks after it had begun.

Policeman negotiating with the squatters

"We don't want to split the scene, man."

All homeless welcome

The party at Hippydilly.

Two hippies admiring the view

This is far out, man. Do you think I can fly dude.

September 1969 was the height of the anti-hippy scare-mongering from the British press and they fell upon the siege at 144 Piccadilly with glee. The Daily Telegraph noted that on the eviction of the squat a hospital governor had vomited, a police-woman became ill, and a policeman refused to allow his dog into the squat, all ‘because of the filth’. Most of the tabloids had sent in undercover reporters into number 144 and the News of the World described the squat as:

‘Lit only by the dim light of their drugged cigarettes’.

While the People had declared under the headline – HIPPIES – DRUGS – THE SORDID TRUTH!

Drug taking, couples making love while others look on, a heavy mob armed with iron bars, filth and stench, foul language, that is the scene inside the hippies’ fortress in London’s Piccadilly. These are not rumours but facts, sordid facts which will shock ordinary decent living people. Drug taking and squalor, sex – and they’ll get no state aid…

The squatters at 144 were originally organised by a group of young people who called themselves The London Street Commune and led by the almost mythical Dr John (he may have been Phil Cohen who was part of the anarchist group King Mob). The organisation had been created to help find somewhere for hundreds of hippies that were sleeping rough in London’s parks to stay overnight.

144 Piccadilly, an empty five-storey disused mansion at Hyde Park corner seemed an ideal place to set up a communal squat.

A bored hippy bemoaning the lack of facilities and furniture: "I think I'll crash on the floor, man."

Hippies carefully guarding their squat

"I think I'm gonna blow this place, man. I've lost my shoes."

At one point during the siege some media-incited skinheads (then as now the tabloids were skilful at contriving stories) turned up in the night to shoot air-guns at the squatters. They must have been so shocked and surprised when suddenly hundreds of incongruous water-filled carpet boules, thousands of which had been stored in the empty building prior to the take-over, started raining down upon their shaven heads.

Skinheads had started to become more and more popular as a sort of tough working class alternative to to the ‘love and peace, man’ image of the middle-class hippies. The heavy carpet boules thrown by the hippies from several storeys high (while underneath a graffitied sign saying ‘We Love Peace’) easily defeated the skinheads and their air-guns. The skinheads attempt to invade the squat was quickly over.

We Love Peace, unless skinheads are involved.

We Love Peace, man, unless skinheads are involved.

Skinheads off to get their airguns for some hippy hunting

Skinheads off to get their airguns for some hippy hunting

Water-filled carpet boules

Water-filled carpet boules. Deadly weapons.

On the 20th September (the day before the police raid on the squad) there was a free festival at Hyde Park. It was the third of free festivals in the park that summer and admittedly the one that has been forgotten (the first featured the super group Blind Faith and the second was the famous Stones performance after the death of Brian Jones). The third festival featured Soft Machine, the Deviants, Quintessence, Al Stewart and the Edgar Broughton Band who as usual finished with their fans favourite ‘Out Demons Out’.

Many of the visitors to the Hyde Park concert would have come from out of town and many of them went to visit 144 Piccadilly which had been extensively in the news by that time. Many of them must have tried to stay the night there, not having anywhere else to stay, and must have unfortunately been caught up in the raid the next day.

Hyde Park audience 20th September 1969

Hyde Park audience 20th September 1969

Hyde Park, man.

Hyde Park, man.

When the police raided the squat, after a high court order to leave had been ignored, most of the onlookers, many of whom had been there overnight, cheered. The developer Ronnie Lyons (infamous for inventing the industrial estate) was seen going into West End Central Police Station and donating £1000 to police charities in appreciation of a good job done in getting rid of the hippies from 144 Piccadilly.

144 Piccadilly stayed empty for three more years until it was knocked down, despite being listed, in favour of a huge modern luxury hotel called Hotel Intercontinental Park Lane which still, unfortunately, stands on the corner of Park Lane and Piccadilly today. If you feel like staying there it did have a 63 million pound refit only three years ago. I’m sure its very good value at £329 for their cheapest room.

A hippy being escorted from the premises.

We are the writing on your wall

We are the writing on your wall

Edgar Broughton Band – Out Demons Out

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Crisis Center North Working with PVSEC, Verizon to Expand Paws for Empowerment Program

Nov 30, 2017 01:18PM ● By Jennifer Monahan

Wyatt Herschell and Sammy Cooper, two of CCN's Canine Kids, spend time reading to Penny. Photo courtesy of Cathy Benscoter, Penn State Beaver

Crisis Center North is partnering with Verizon Wireless and the Pittsburgh Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center (PVSEC) to expand its innovative Paws for Empowerment program.

For more than 40 years, victims of domestic violence have turned to Crisis Center North (CCN) for help. In 2010, Executive Director Grace Coleman created the Paws for Empowerment program, which provides canine support for CCN clients. Its first canine advocate, a rescued shelter dog named Penny, has offered emotional support to countless children and adults, and the program’s success inspired Coleman’s newest initiative with the PVSEC.

“PVSEC is the premier veterinary clinic in the area,” said Coleman, adding that this makes it an ideal partner to pilot an expanded Paws for Empowerment program. She said that the idea is to create a community of people who are combatting domestic violence together.

A number of factors contributed to the idea for this coalition. First, Coleman’s childhood experience as the daughter of a rural country veterinarian taught her that vets often have a unique insight into the dynamics of a family. Second, statistics show that individuals who commit violence towards family members often also abuse their pets. Until now, however, no mechanism existed for crisis centers and veterinary clinics to talk with each other. Part of the project’s goal is to explore the connection between animal abuse and domestic violence.

Another factor is that in 85 percent of families, a woman takes the pet to the vet clinic. “Since women are disproportionately affected by domestic violence, the overlap creates an opportunity to target a specific audience,” said Coleman. She added that 48 percent of domestic violence victims say they will not leave a violent situation if they are unable to take their pets or cannot ensure their safety.

With all of these factors in play, Coleman approached Steve Van Dinter, Verizon’s public relations manager for the Great Lakes region, about expanding the program. Verizon has been a long-time partner in CCN’s work locally, and Verizon’s national HopeLine program provides concrete assistance for victims of domestic violence.

Van Dinter said he is especially interested in prevention initiatives and is always looking for new and innovative ways to combat domestic abuse. “CCN has been a wonderful partner with us for years,” Van Dinter said. “Their team is so dedicated to helping people in the Pittsburgh area, and they regularly bring new ideas to the table.”

Van Dinter works with crisis centers across an eight-state region, and said the expansion of the Paws for Empowerment program with PVSEC is unusual. “This is unique—unlike any other program I’ve come across,” he explained.

Coleman is working closely with Lori Harbert of PVSEC. A licensed clinical social worker, Harbert runs grief counseling sessions and support groups for PVSEC clients who have lost a pet or are dealing with a pet’s illness. Though the need for a social worker on staff at a veterinary hospital may not initially be obvious, Harbert said that veterinarians have increasingly recognized the deep connection that many people have with their animals—especially in cases where a person has been sexually abused and the animal may be the only trustworthy creature in his or her life.

Although details of the pilot program are still being developed, Coleman and Harbert envision a two-fold approach to their work. Veterinarians routinely screen animals for signs of abuse, and moving forward, Coleman and Harbert plan to train all veterinarians to screen the pets’ human companions for signs of domestic violence with the idea that the veterinary hospital could be a safe space for a victim to ask for help or to receive information about resources like CCN.

They also hope to provide educational resources related to domestic violence. For example, the veterinary hospital might display brochures or fliers that help people recognize signs of abuse and provide steps that a person can take to escape the violence.

CCN’s Paws for Empowerment advisory board has been integral to the center’s work, Coleman said, and is excited about its expansion. Board member Dora McQuaid, an award-winning poet and activist, said that given the profound relationships that many people have with their pets and the alarming connections between domestic violence and animal abuse, she hopes that the partnership with PVSEC will expand the scope of care available to support both the people and their pets.

“This partnership between Paws and PVSEC is groundbreaking and I suspect that it will prove to be one that changes the face of victim services across Pennsylvania and the country in the coming years,” McQuaid said.

For more information, visit If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic violence, call CCN’s hotline at 412-364-5556.

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Broken and worn keys

Broken & Worn Keys

Don’t worry, a broken key is better than no key.

Locksmiths can help you sort out many different related issues. We use keys everyday at home, at work, and for our vehicles. We seldom expect them to break or notice their slow wear, but they do break and wear. What can happen, and what can you do about it?

We will start with the most popular problems and move through to the most unfortunate circumstances

Broken Key
The position of the break determines the difficulty. The closer to the tip the harder the job.
  1. Bad Copies – This is the number one problem people have with keys. Hands down. If you’re having problems with a lock check that your key is a good copy.
    • Try both sides if the key double sided
    • Try other copies of key
    • Lubricate the Lock, a thin Teflon base lube is best. Note freezing temperature of lube if applicable.
    • Don’t try to force the key – It will make things worse.
      • Extra force can damage internal lock parts, it can destroy lock function & add costs. Stay gentle.
    • Light jiggling + Gentle turning tension, lube increases your odds – Try both sides
      • Be persistent & gentle, cycle though different techniques and stay lubed.
    • The “spacing” may be off. Slide the key out in tiny increments, try turning lock each time – Try both sides
    • Have a locksmith Decode your bad copy and Re-cut your key by the specific lock manufacturer standards.
  2. Bent & Twisted Keys
    • Bent it back to normal
      • This makes keys weak, use with caution.
      • Apply lube to the Lock
      • Light jiggling + Gentle turning tension, lube increases your odds – Try both sides if double sided key
      • Bending internal lock parts can destroy lock function & add costs. Stay gentle.
    • Bring your key to a locksmith and have a new key cut. A locksmith can normally decode and Re-cut any keys too poor to copy.
  3. Worn Keys
    • Lubricate your lock
    • These keys may bend easily
    • Light jiggling + Gentle turning tension, lube increases your odds – Try both sides if double sided key
    • Worn keys can normally be decoded and re-cut by a Locksmith
      • Replacement transponder keys will require programming. Consult a Locksmith.

        Rotated Locks Cylinder
        When a lock cylinder is turned away from its normal resting position keys cannot be inserted or removed.
    • Not bending your key is your main focus.
      • Be persistent, lubricate regularly, remain gentle
  4. Broken Keys – Outside and Inside of Locks
    • Do NOT put pieces into a lock unless you absolutely need to (stuck in the desert). If you try this it likely fail, but you have one shot.
      • Unless you have no other option don’t do this.. EMERGENCY USE ONLY
      • This isn’t likely to work, and will cost over $100 to have removed
        • Lubricate lock if possible
        • Correctly face both pieces in their original directions, look at the breaking point of each piece and fit them back together.
        • Plan to insert pieces with them both facing original directions so they may fit together better
        • Insert tip piece partially

          Lock in normal position.
          The key-way must be in the correct position for a key, or piece of a key to be removed.
        • Use the 2nd piece to push the 1st
        • Any gap between pieces may cause failure
        • Pushing a broken piece in too deep may cause failure.
        • Fully seat key and turn
    • Hire a locksmith, discuss your particular situation with them.
      • Some jobs will need to be done on loction.
      • Some keys can be cut in shop very easily
      • Transponder keys require programming
    • Key extraction can be difficult, and requires some specific knowledge.
      • The correct tools are extremely advantageous, but even proper tools this can be difficult.
        • Vice-grips
        • “Key Extractors” various sizes
        • Lock picks (hook and half diamond)
        • Lube
        • Flashlight
        • Needle nose pliers
      • Pins and wafers inside of the lock are under spring pressure so the rest on your key.
        • These parts can trap broken key pieces inside of key-ways,  simply push them aside while extracting the key.
      • The lock must be turned to a position where the key can be removed.
        • You’re re-locking the lock when you do this. Turning the lock back will likely disallow any further lock rotation until the key is extracted. This must be done eventually to remove the key, but the advantages of a turned ignition cylinder may cause you to pause for thought, should you drive it elsewhere before you turn the cylinder back? You will need to extract the key and acquire a spare key to operate the lock again after you turn it back.
          • Ignition keys are inserted and removed in the “Off” position only. Turning the ignition to “Off” will re-lock it. It needs to turn if you want to remove the ignition switch or start the car. Mind the transponder’s proximity when starting newer cars with damaged keys. Keep the head of the key near its usual position. Nissan transponders are directional, they must point toward the ignition switch from the regular angle.
          • Is your car parked somewhere it can stay until you resolve your lock problem?
          • Consider calling a locksmith before advancing
      • Deadbolt, levers, and knobs present their own complications.
        • Levers and knobs should be left turned when possible.
          • Disassemble lock, until you can push key through back of key way or remove cylinder plug.
      • Fishing for the broken piece may cause damage, use caution.
Key Extraction
To pull this out I had to drill a tiny hole in the key. I couldn’t fit a tool in the key-way to pull the key otherwise.

*I refer to “double sided keys” as a possibility, not every key has two sides
*lubricant recommended is Teflon based lube – check freezing point of any lube when applicable- apply generously

Further acknowledgements

Your key might be functional, your lock could be broken. Some locks may have extra complications, you may have a recently bent key as well as a locked steering column. Remain open-mined and consider other less obvious variables. Any key that isn’t a good key poses a threat to a lock. The parts inside of locks are often small thin brass wafers. These can be bent with a slight amount extra force. I have been frustrated by these types of issues before and tried to force locks, trust me it doesn’t work. Use a good lubricant, I recommend a thin Teflon bases lubricant applied generously. Be persistent and patient, as long as you don’t attempt to force the lock you can continue to try with confidence. Once you have crossed the line and tried to turn the lock too hard there is no way to tell if you have damaged the lock or if you just haven’t gotten lucky yet. Use a lot of lube if you need to.

Good luck to anyone struggling with a lock at the moment.

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The Trouble With FHA Loans

A friend sent me the following email, and I had to post it.  According to it’s a recycled bit of fun, but nevertheless I thought it appropriate given the subject … and because I can see it happening.  Ah, bureaucracy … and lawyers. Part of rebuilding New Orleans caused residents often to be challenged with the task of tracing home titles back potentially hundreds of years. With a community rich with history stretching back over two centuries, houses have been passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it quite difficult to establish ownership and to even get loans …

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For a decade, industry leaders have come together for a tradeshow like no other, and Dwell On Design’s 10th annual event promises to break the mold yet again. Once a modest gathering set in San Francisco, Dwell On Design has grown to be the largest design event in the country, and is returning to a venue that accommodates its growth, the Los Angeles Convention Center, May 29-31.

Featuring three full days of onstage programming from more than 250 design leaders, Dwell On Design LA will also showcase 2,000 modern furnishings and products from 400 exhibitors and offer continuing education opportunities spanning a variety of design disciplines.

Dutch designer Marcel Wanders will kick off the festivities on Friday, May 29 with a keynote speech sure to set the tone for the weekend. With a goal to “create an environment of love, live with passion, and make our most exciting dreams come true,” Wanders embodies a philosophy that aligns well with Dwell On Design’s mission.

There’s a lot to pack into the three-day event, and attendees are in store for some must-see speakers, showcases, and more. Just a few highlights include the Re-Imagination Pavilion featuring innovative products from LG Studio, the Dwell Outdoor Cinema, a place to relax in plush seating by LALO and watch architecturally significant short films by Dwell editors, and the 5th Annual Dwell On Design Awards, presented to exhibitors across 11 categories.

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Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:39 am
by triguy128
Another Iowa resident in the SE corner of the state... yes, that is part of Iowa, not Missouri. This town is loaded with old historic homes at rock bottom prices. It's heyday was the 1880's-1940's, but also has a ton of post war homes.

My name is Mike. I'm 33, my wife April is 37. We have a 2-1/2 year old daughter. I'm originally from Michigan. My wife grew up in MO, but was in the Navy and lived in San Diego for 10 years or so before moving back to the area. We've been married 4 years. I'm an engineer/project manager at a local factory and my wife is a loan officer (mortgage lender) at a local bank.

This is our 2nd home, but the first we bought together and the 2nd home we've each purchased. We have lots of plans for hte place. Mostly exterior. Plenty of landscaping work to be done to really make it our own.

Otherwise. I'm into Triathlons (hence the screename), so I can be found running or cycling around the area most mornings between April through November and one weekends. I'm also running again for our city council. I had to resign this Spring when we moved across town, but I'm now going for an at-large seat.

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:33 am
by MrZprojects
Me - Mr Z, currently a caretaker and residential counselor for adults with disabilities, but hope to (in the next year) write full time. I have had more "hands on" jobs than I can count and somehow I have learned just enough to be dangerous in the remodeling and construction fields.
She - Mrs Z, a community skills counselor at the same organization I work for. We met on the job. She would rather be a stay at home mom while substitute teaching part time.
We've been married a little over 3 years.
Little Z - our 17 month old boy. He already thinks he knows how to work with Dad's tools.

We own a 1914 bungalow in small town Iowa. It's our first house and we are trying to do a lot with it. It's small and we complain about the available space often, but for now it's home. Our project house. She is the decorating and I am the fixing / building. Together we are a pretty good team.

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:39 am
by bobber128
I'm pretty new to the forum, so I thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Dan, I'm a 33 year old father of three (two girls, one boy) from Mid-Michigan. My wife (username: mifoursquare) has been on here a while. We've been married 14 years (yeah, that means I was 19 when I got married), after meeting in the Army. About 6 years ago we moved into our foursquare that we keep discovering is older and older. Initially, we thought it was built in the '30s, but have since discovered it has been here since 1912, at the latest. We are slowly but surely trying to get it back to period-appropriate.

As for me, I am a police officer with a small department and enjoy my job (most days). My hobbies are ever-changing and all-encompassing. I have, over the last few years, enjoyed running, sketching, beekeeping, riding my motorcycle, reading and many more things.

DW is an OB nurse and will be starting grad school in the near future, in pursuit of her dream to be a mid-wife. She enjoys reading, gardening (our yard always looks amazing), and making honey-do lists.

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:40 pm
by mrstan
My name is Stan. I used to post here, probably around 2007, when my ex and I owned a Queen Anne Victorian townhouse in Historic Midtown Harrisburg, PA.

The ex is well, an ex, and along with the relationship went the house... since then - I've been renting, and finally met "the one" so once again - I'm preparing to purchase a "new" old home.

I used to post under Mistermoonstruck, but I can't remember that password, so I am now MrStan, and hope I can reconnect with some of the great folks I met on here in the past.

I am a full-time Realtor, and house house enthusiast. That's about all for now.... I'm just looking forward to learning, and getting some great ideas for the new place!

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:17 pm
by jade mortimer
well, welcome back and make sure we get to see the shot of your cape again!

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:55 pm
by lavender_bush
Greg - did you request a new password?
I do it everytime I'm logged out and it doesn't accept my password - I get a new password instantly via my email and voila! I'm back :)

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:52 pm
by michaelskis
Hi, I am Mike and I am 32, and live in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Along with my wife Tracy, we have a 3 year old son, a dog, and are expecting the birth of our second son in March. I am an independent Planning Consultant that focuses on historic communities and neighborhoods.

Three years ago, we moved into a 120 year old East Lake Victorian within walking distance of everything in downtown, in the wonderful Heritage Hill Neighborhood/ Historic District. It was a wedding present for the only daughter of the prominent lawyer who lived next door in the last 1800s. With the exception of a fire that burnt down the detached carriage house, the house has never been added onto. However, in the 30’s it was converted into multiple apartments and two of the three fire place mantels are missing. They did however leave almost all of the original walls in place and we still have 8-foot high pocket doors on the first floor.

Our goal is to restore the house to its original grandeur, but in a way that increases the comfort and usability, and maybe get it to net zero. I am a realest when it comes to restoration and I know that many of the construction methods and materials used back when the house was built are far superior to many used today. So I am starting my process by restoring each of the original double hung, 2/5 over 3/5 scaled windows, one at a time. I would like to get both sashes to be fully operable and then replace the aluminum triple track windows with something better and that would allow both sashes to work as they were intended (convection system in the warm months).

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:21 am
by housecrazy sarah
Hi, my name is Sarah...
Canadian now living in Colorado... mommy of two... writer... social worker... artist...
Frazzled (and broke) owner of an 1870's brick Gothic Revival.

Nice to meet you all!

Re: Who are we?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:56 pm
by coldwater
My name is Dave, and my wife is Linda. We have one daughter that is fresh out of college, and now on her own. We are the owners of an 1846 Federal style Colonial home, that is in the process of a full on gut and restore, both house and property. It's located across from the Connecticut river, and sits on just under an acre of land. We live here with our 2 Rottweilers (both big babies and pet therapy dogs) We are both self employed, and I'm a contractor.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:21 am
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Hi, I'm George, wife is Paula and Labrador is Brandi. We live in the Woodland Heights in Houston in a 1936 tract home. By trade, I am a Historic Preservationist specializing in double hung sash windows manufactured between 1860 and 1940 servicing the Houston/Galveston area.


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Professor Karl Hack has published ‘Devils that suck the blood of the Malayan People’: The Case for Post-Revisionist Analysis of Counter-insurgency Violence’ in War in History. The article addresses the ‘revisionist’ case that post-war Western counter-insurgency deployed widespread, exemplary violence in order to discipline and intimidate populations. It does this by using the Malayan Emergency of 1948–60 as a case study in extreme counter-insurgency ‘violence’, defined as high to lethal levels of physical force against non-combatants’ (civilians, detainees, prisoners, and corpses). It confirms high levels of such violence, from sporadic shooting of civilians to the killing of 24 unarmed workers at Batang Kali. Yet it also demonstrates that there were more varieties of and nuances in extreme force than is sometimes realized, for instance with multiple and very different forms of mass population displacement. It also concentrates more effort on explaining how such violence came about, and shows a marked trend over time towards greatly improved targeting, and towards methods that did not cause direct bodily harm. This case study therefore suggests the need for a ‘post-revisionist’ form of counter-insurgency analysis: one that can take into account the lifecycles of multiple types of violence, and of violence-limitation, and emphasize explanation for extreme violence over its mere description. Such a post-revisionist analysis need not necessarily imply that there was more, or less, violence than suggested by previous accounts. Instead, it requires a more nuanced and contextualized account, clearly differentiated by technique, place, and period.

Luc-Andre Brunet’s article in International History Review

Dr. Luc-Andre Brunet, Lecturer in 20th European History, has published ‘Unhelpful Fixer? Canada, the Euromissile Crisis, and Pierre Trudeau’s Peace Initiative, 1983-1984‘ in the International History Review. This article provides the most rigorous international history to date of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s 1983 peace initiative, one of Canada’s major foreign policy ventures of the Cold War, examining both Trudeau’s motives and the reception of his initiative among Canada’s allies. Drawing on newly declassified sources in Canada, it uncovers the two-track strategy behind this initiative, aiming to mobilise Western European leaders to exert pressure on the Reagan Administration on the one hand, while quietly urging European allies to call for a review of NATO strategy on the other. Based on previously unavailable archival materials from seven different countries, this article also reveals how the Canadian initiative was received by the world leaders Trudeau sought to win over. It reassesses the Canadian initiative, revealing that it borrowed heavily from existing proposals from other countries, and that NATO leaders viewed the initiative as a mere electoral ploy to help Trudeau win re-election rather than a serious project to ease East–West tensions. This article concludes that with this initiative Canada was not in fact playing the role of a ‘helpful fixer’ and that the initiative constituted part of a wider and understudied trend in government responses to the ‘Second Cold War’.

Richard Marsden’s article in History Compass

Dr. Richard Marsden, Lecturer in History and Staff Tutor, has published “Medievalism: new discipline or scholarly no-man’s land?” in History Compass. The term “medievalism” refers to how people have, since the 15th century, conceptualised the thousand years of history preceding that date. The study of medievalism is therefore not about the Middle Ages per se, but rather the ways in which the medieval period has been imagined in the centuries since it ended. Yet the field’s origins date from as recently as the 1970s. Medievalism Studies is thus still finding its feet and must consequently deal with some existential questions about its scope and remit, its methodological underpinnings, its implications for how history is periodised, and its relationship with more established disciplines. It also faces criticisms of Anglo‐centricism as well as hostility from some historians thanks to the doubts its practitioners raise over established delineations between scholarly and creative depictions of the medieval period. Nonetheless, this new field offers a much‐needed challenge to the calcified disciplinary boundaries that shape academia today.

Death of Prof. Colin Russell

We mourn the passing of Colin Russell, Professor of History of Science and Technology, who died on the 16th May. Colin started work at the Open University in 1970 and played a key role in creating the Department of the History of Science and Technology. He became Professor in 1982 and retired in 1993, continuing as Emeritus Professor. A Service of Thanksgiving will take place at noon on Thursday, 30 May at Bunyan Meeting, Mill Street, Bedford. Professor Russell will be sadly missed by his former colleagues.

News Archive

See below for past news items.

Conference: Religion as Agent of Change Ole Grell has been invited to chair the Reformation session at the Religion as Agent of Change international conference at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, (25-26 August 2011).

Workshop: ‘Bodies for Knowledge: Perspectives on Anatomy, 1600-1900’, The Open University in London, 20 June 2011 The history of anatomy is a blossoming area of research, stimulating the interactions between scholars with different approaches, from medical to social historians and from anthropologists to art historians. Recent studies have called into question received accounts of a disciplinary continuity, stressing fundamental changes in anatomical practice and knowledge. This makes all the more important to recapture the historical specificity of such key activities as the procurement of bodies, the production of visual knowledge and the management of intellectual controversies. Bringing together scholars with a wide range of expertise, this workshop takes stock of recent developments in the field and charts future avenues of investigation. The programme is available online.

Seminar: ‘Criminal Book History’ Friday 18 February 2011 This themed seminar explores the links between histories of crime and the history of print in the nineteenth century. Crime and its punishment has long been a topic which has attracted readers and filled the coffers of publishers. However, from the turn of the nineteenth century, developments in printing technology, the emergence of cheap publications and rising literacy levels meant that interactions between crime and print culture flourished. The four papers at this seminar will explore the ways in which crime shaped forms of writing, publishing, print distribution and reading. Follow this link fordetails of the papers and a registration form.

Seminar: Reassembling the Collection: Indigenous Agency and Ethnographic Objects Rodney Harrison is co-chairing an Advanced Seminar ‘Reassembling the Collection: Indigenous Agency and Ethnographic Objects’ at the School for Advanced Reseach in Santa Fe from September 26-39. More information is available online. 30 September 2010

Public Lecture: The significance of the Reformation for medicine and natural philosophy Ole Grell has been invited to give a public lecture at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany on 2 November 2010 on ‘The significance of the Reformation for medicine and natural philosophy’. The lecture is part of a 4-day conference: The effects of the Reformation on science and education. 30 September 2010

Seminar: Biographical Methods Seminar Thursday 30th September 2010 12.30 – 1.30 in Library Seminar Room 1 Dr Rebecca Jones ‘When I get older’: Imagining bi futures Gerontologists have noted for many years that people find it hard to imagine themselves growing old, characterising this failure of imagination as both arising from and contributing toward ageism and the ill-treatment of older people. To the extent that people are able to imagine their own ageing, they often draw on older people they know, especially family members, as role models. They also draw on cultural resources around them, such as films, books and other media. Further details from the Biographical Methodologies website. 20 September 2010

Seminar: Work in Progress’ at the International Centre  for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice, 21 July 2010 Meeting Rooms 1, 2 and 3, Wilson A, Walton Hall This informal day seminar will provide an opportunity for several members of the centre to present research they are currently pursuing in the area of crime and justice and to receive feedback.  A detailed programme can be found online. 13 July 2010

Workshop: Healing sites, public health and medical therapies: research in the history of medicine at the Open University To promote exchange and foster collaboration on medical history across the University, a workshop on Healing sites, public health and medical therapies: research in the history of medicine at the OU will be held at the The Open University in London on 12 July 2010. Follow the link for the programme. 28 May 2010

Conference: Ethnicity Crime and Justice; Historical and Contemporary perspectives, 8-9 June 2010 This two day conference on ‘Ethnicity Crime and Justice; Historical and Contemporary perspectives’ aims to bring historians and criminologists together around common themes. The conference partly comes out of a recent ESRC-funded research project on ethnicity, crime and justice in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the desire of Peter King and John Carter Wood, who are writing a book out of this research, to bring together historians and criminologists working in this field. Speakers include: Coretta Phillips, Marty Wiener, Paul Iganski, and Rene Levy.Further information including contact details, the conference programme and registration form is available from the ICCCR website. 13 May 2010

Conference: Shaping the Heritage Landscape: Perspectives from East and southern Africa Dr Lotte Hughes will co-host a workshop on ‘Shaping the Heritage Landscape: Perspectives from East and southern Africa’ on 5 and 6 May 2010 at the The British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi. This workshop will focus on issues around heritage, memory, identity, culture and peace making in these two regions, drawing upon new research. Further information and abstracts are available online. 6 April 2010

Conference: Policing, Media and Civil Liberties in interwar Britain, 26 February 2010 The next conference in the series run by the History of Crime, Policing and Justice group (in conjunction with the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research) will be “Policing, Media and Civil Liberties in interwar Britain” held at the Open University on 26th February, 2010. The conference programme is available online (PDF, 55 KB). 27 January 2010

Conference on Homicide, 4th December 2009 As part of the regular series of conferences put on by the History of Crime, Policing and Justice group (in conjunction with the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research) this day conference aims to bring together major historians and Criminologists working on homicide. The conference programme is available online (PDF, 136 KB).

Talk: James Moore lectures in São Paulo and Beijing James Moore will give the plenary address, History and Philosophy of Biology Meeting 2010, Brazilian Association of Philosophy and History of Biology (ABFHiB), University of São Paulo (Brazil), 11-13 August. He has also been invited to present a public lecture ‘Darwin in Communication’ at Beijing University in August. 30 January 2010

Talk: Professor Jim Moore on ‘Phases of Darwin biography’ One of a series hosted by the The Biographical Methodologies Group, The Open University, 27th May, 2pm in Meeting Rooms 1, 2, and 3 Wilson A Building. The talk reviews how responsibility for shaping Darwin’s image and reputation shifted from Darwin, to his family, to ‘scientists’, to the ‘Darwin Industry’ and finally to social and intellectual historians. It concludes with a few words about the way that Darwin’s science-history is written today. Jim Moore is Professor of the History of Science at the Open University. He has published extensively on Darwin and Victorian lives. His and Adrian Desmond’s best-selling Darwin(1991) won many prizes and has been widely translated. Their Darwin’s Sacred Cause. Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins, was hailed by London Review of Books as the Darwin bicentenary’s ‘most substantial historical contribution.’ 29 April 2010

Talk: Anne Laurence on Women making money Anne Laurence is giving a public lecture at the University of Plymouth on 9 March 2010 on “Women making money: women and the stockmarket from the South Sea Bubble.”

Prize: Sandip Hazareesingh awarded David Berry Prize Sandip Hazareesingh  has been awarded the 2009 David Berry prize for his article ‘Interconnected synchronicities: the production of Glasgow and Bombay as modern global ports c. 1850-1880’, Journal of Global History, vol. 1, part 4 (spring 2009). The prize is awarded annually by the Royal Historical Society for the best published scholarly article on a subject dealing with Scottish history.

Award: Saving Britain’s Past wins BUFVC Learning on Screen Award The series Saving Britain’s Past, which forms part of the course materials for AD281Understanding Global Heritage, has won the Special Jury Award at the British Universities Film and Video Council 2010 Learning on Screen Awards. The award was announced at the Learning on Screen Conference held at the Open University on the 27th April, 2010. The series first screened on BBC2 over the summer of 2009, and Rodney Harrison and Susie West, both Lecturers in Heritage Studies in the Faculty of Arts, acted as academic consultants on the series.

 Award: ESRC grant award: Exploring UK policing practices The Economic and Social Research Council has awarded £98,000 to Clive Emsley and Georgie Sinclair for a 14-month project called “Exploring UK policing practices as a blueprint for democratic police reform: the overseas deployment of UK Police Officers, 1989 -2009”. This oral history project will involve interviewing British police officers who have been involved in missions abroad designed to encourage the adoption and development of community policing. It will also involve a user workshop which will bring together researchers, research subjects, practitioners, policy-makers, and other stakeholders. It forms part of a broader project on global policing which is taking shape in the European Centre for the Study of Policing.

ESRC award for project on Ethnicity, crime and justice in England 1700-1825 Pete King has just been granted an ESRC award for a project on Ethnicity, crime and justice in England 1700-1825. This project will explore the degree to which ethnic minorities, and especially the black and Irish inhabitants of the metropolis were differentiated against by the criminal justice system.

Research Funding Success Professor Pete King and Dr John Carter Wood have been awarded £98,440 by the AHRC for an 18 month project titled: Police, Press, public and the ‘Celebrity Female Victim’ in Britain, 1926-1930.

New publication by postgraduate student A recent postgraduate student in the History department has recently had part of her thesis published as: Janet Clark, ‘Sincere and Reasonable Men? The Origins of the National Council for Civil Liberties’, Twentieth Century British History 2009 20: 513-537

The Colonial City and the Challenge of Modernity, Urban Hegemonies and Civic Contestations in Bombay (1900 – 1925) Sandip Hazareesingh has recently published this book as part of the series ‘New Perspectives in South Asian History’, from Orient Longman. This is an original story about the coming of ‘modernity’ in Bombay city in the early twentieth century. In this account, Sandip Hazareesingh shows how this most global of forces had complex and contradictory meanings in the local urban setting of colonial Bombay. It offers fresh and stimulating insights into the multi-layered relationships between modernity, colonialism, and the production of urban space.Further details are available online.

Paperback edition of Colonial Armies in South East Asia Karl Hack and Tobias Rettig, Colonial Armies in South East Asia, first published in hardback by Routledge in 2006, came out in paperback in summer 2008. A review in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History stated that it ‘opens up substantial new ground in Southeast Asian studies and world history’.

The Politics of Vaccination In February 2008 Deborah Brunton’s monograph The Politics of Vaccination: Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland 1800-1874 is published by Rochester University Press in their prestigious series Studies in Medical History.

New publication: paperback edition ofDarwin’s Sacred Cause The paperback edition of Darwin’s Sacred Cause: Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Originsby James A. Moore and Adrian Desmond has been issued by Penguin books. Further details are available online.

New publication: War Planning 1914 Annika Mombauer has contributed a chapter on German War Planning to a new book entitledWar Planning 1914, edited by Richard F. Hamilton, Ohio State University, and Holger H. Herwig, University of Calgary, published by Cambridge University Press in January 2010. This tightly focused collection of essays by international experts in military history reassesses the war plans of 1914 in a broad diplomatic, military, and political setting for the first time in three decades. Collectively and comparatively, the essays in this volume place contingency war planning before 1914 in the different contexts and challenges each state faced as well as into a broad European paradigm.Further details are available online.

Other News

Courses: Video introductions to new Arts courses You can now watch brief introductions to our new courses on YouTube. These include the Level 2 course Understanding Global Heritage(AD281) by Dr Rodney Harrison and an introduction to the new MA in History by Professor Ian Donnachie. Both of these courses will be presented for the first time in October 2009.

Teaching and Learning History from Police Archives In August 2008 the ICCCR launched its first teaching packages based on material from the Police Archive held at the OU. The materials, aimed at Key stage 3 and sixth-form students explore the role of the police during the Second World War and Police and Citzenship. The preparation of these materials was funded by the AHRC and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Follow this link to see the materials online.


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  1. Two Cheap HRS Mosaics on eBay

    This confuses me too. Are there owners that throw the boxes away when they buy them? Or separate everything out for storage and then lose parts? I don't get it.
  2. New Woody Herman Mosaic

    Ah cool, I've been charged too. Thanks for chasing it up.
  3. New Woody Herman Mosaic

    I also pre-ordered and haven't heard anything. Are these being shipped out at a staggered, slower-than-usual pace?
  4. Mosaic on Spotify

    Wow, quite a lot there. I'll report back in 277hrs
  5. I think the Mildred Bailey set might be available too. I'd love to see a few more OOP Mosaics that I missed become available, even if it's not quite the same as having a nice box set.
  6. It looks like this set has been rebranded and added to digital services (Apple Music, Spoify etc) by Sony as "Chu Berry: The Columbia and Victor Sessions". I haven't checked but it looks the same as the Mosaic. So if you missed out (on what is my favourite Mosaic release), now's your 2nd chance!
  7. This list really appeals to my tastes. Probably a fantasy at this point, but for what it's worth, I'd especially like: Complete Fletcher Henderson Duke Ellington 1924-1930 Sony Henry “Red” Allen/J.C. Higginbotham 1929-1946 Sony sessions (great concept!) Charlie Barnet 30s/40s Sony (Bluebird etc)
  8. New Woody Herman Mosaic

    I was just wondering about this and noticed that the expected release date now says June 2019
  9. Just gotta say that I would have bought this set for the live Count Basie material alone. Although the audio quality is fairly poor - they're tantalizing insights into what a live powerhouse the 1938 band were. That Carnival of Swing gig must have been epic. I especially loved hearing a few familiar studio cuts played at slower tempos and with extended (likely the intended) arrangements. Recommended!
  10. New Woody Herman Mosaic

    I missed the first email - I knew about it but was just going to wait for the regular release. Glad I checked in here - I've now pre-ordered! I think this is a step in the right direction. Deluxe jazz box sets of CDs are becoming a super-niche market. A kickstarter-like approach makes the most sense moving forward. They could even have some kind of vote as to which set to do next to gauge demand. I also think they should take the money upfront and use it to fund the project. Much easier to spend X months making a set when you have the funding already secured.
  11. Forrrest/Goodman - Perfidia Alternate Take

    Damn, that was awesome. Not sure what happened at the end there though.
  12. This. No one has mentioned the swing dance scene. It's young (mostly 20-30 somethings), growing, global and they are geeking out to Lester Young and Johnny Hodges and Jimmie Lunceford. Its fun and social and helps bring an identity to those that feel left out of the mainstream. It's nowhere large enough to rescue jazz reissue projects, but it's helping re-energise the musicians who play in that realm and bringing a younger crowd to vintage jazz.
  13. This increasingly seems like the only way this kind of work will get done in the future. It always surprised me that they didn't take my money until the sets actually shipped. But as pointed out many times here, there are a lot of factors conspiring to make to production of lavish physical box sets unviable. Maybe we need a jazz version of Jack White to get it done for the good of humanity.
  14. Sets you wish Mosaic would do

    I would buy all of those! The one that gets me most excited is "A Henry 'Red'Allen/J.C Higginbotham set along the lines of the Chu Berry set thus including Fletcher Henderson an MBRB recordings". That Chu Berry set is perhaps my all-time favourite.
  15. Teddy Wilson Mosaic?

    If I've got all the Teddy Wilson HEPs, what would I be missing that this set would cover (in theory)?
  16. The Bill Savory Collection

    HUGE NEWS!! ‘The Savory Collection,’ a Mythical Trove of Jazz Recordings, Will Get a Digital Release http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/arts/music/savory-collection-apple-music-coleman-hawkins.html
  17. I’ve been thinking about this again. I don’t suppose there’s any update on the possibility of a CD release? I guess if you want to have the musicians’ estates contact you, release a disc or 20 and they’ll return the call.
  18. New Lester Young set from Mosaic Records coming

    Excellent, This is what I was hoping to hear. Mine arrives soon.
  19. New Lester Young set from Mosaic Records coming

    I’d love to get your initial thoughts.
  20. New Lester Young set from Mosaic Records coming

    This is now shipping! Can't wait!
  21. New Lester Young set from Mosaic Records coming

    I'm a little uneasy that a big portion of it is sourced from CDs I already own, but there's enough that's new or promising that I'll buy it anyway.
  22. Mosaic's forthcoming James P. Johnson set

    I'm loving it too. I think these sets that explore one artist through many different bands/combos are my favourite.
  23. Mosaic's forthcoming James P. Johnson set

    JP Johnson just shipped!
  24. Mosaic's forthcoming James P. Johnson set

    Ordered! I'm not usually one for a lot of piano solos, but I think this set will still be rather good.


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<![CDATA[Olivia Rose Muzzy - Blog]]>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:30:31 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Wrapped up— Quimper]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:32:17 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/wrapped-up-quimper
My recently finished knit! This pattern is the ever-popular Rock Island by Jared Flood, knit in Misti Alpaca Lace (which was hand-dyed by me with food coloring). My project name comes from the Quimper Peninsula, which is where these photos were taken.
<![CDATA[What a beautiful day to dye!]]>Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:45:39 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/what-a-beautiful-day-to-dye
When you are in the final sunny days of summer, one beautiful way to spend it is to dye everything you own indigo blue.
This chartreuse colored liquid is the indigo dye bath— we used the reputable Jacquard indigo dye kit, available at an internet near you.

When you pour the contents of the kit into the water and stir, an oil slick film covers the top and a bubbly mix (called the flower) forms in the center. You'll want to save this flower on a piece of plastic wrap, just in case you need a taco break like we did. (Also: five points if you can spot the face of our indigo bath gnome).
Now we tie and tie again. Wood blocks are part of the traditional shibori style process, and they created a great variety of results. I also enjoyed tying rubber bands over small points in the fabric to make circles. There are a lot of tutorials and instructions on how to create established patterns, but I had the most fun by the tying patterns that weren't so predictable (also known as: making it up as I went along).

Another joyful aspect of the process is that if the first dip doesn't create the desired effect, you can double and triple dip away until you get what you want.
We dyed cotton, linen, silk, and paper. We dyed old kitchen towels, yards of brand new fabric, ripped into scarves— even overdyeing a pair of jeans. The most satisfying pieces were the redeemed clothes that were next in line to be donated to Goodwill (I'm looking at you, mint green button-up blouse with a stain).
The helpful hints I would recommend for anyone interested in indigo dyeing: wear rubber gloves but expect blue hands to happen— it's inevitable. Work with a group of friends. It is much more fun. Choose to dye on a sunny day— by some magic, it seems to help the process. Lastly, have way more fabric available to dye than you think wise. Because you will dye it all and it's better to have it at the ready than to be rummaging through your dresser with blue hands trying to find some random piece of clothing to dye for your next good idea. Trust.
<![CDATA[Forward]]>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:08:31 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/forward
Lately I've been thinking/feeling/playing/existing in these notes lately. They sound like this, if you are wondering.

This is just one wave in the ocean that is the work Uncle, by Peter Velikonja, but it is by far my favorite. Here's to hoping that we can all find our wave to give us joy and push us forward.
<![CDATA[A finished project]]>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:33:26 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/a-finished-project
When we moved, there were the boxes labeled "kitchen," and the boxes labeled "clothes." But I don't even want to say how many boxes were labeled "half finished projects." There were quite a few, and this book was in one of those boxes.

I'm pretty good about following through on ideas and projects, but when you have to move and you've still been creating... well, it goes in that box (wrapped up with paper and board first).

I recently finished the sewing, and I guess it was worth the wait, because I'm incredibly happy with how this book took form.
I had a few goals for this book. I wanted to showcase one of my marbled papers which I created in a workshop with Chena River Marblers in May 2013, and I wanted to do an exposed binding that featured a Coptic stitch with something different. So I incorporated the butterfly link stitch into the sewing and added a Moriki Kozo paper hinge to add some color to the exposed spine. The book measures 10 in x 8.25 in x 1.25 in.

And look how flat it is when opened! This is always one of my favorite features of this kind of binding.
Here's a more detailed picture of the marbling—in a reverse bouquet pattern.
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I have to go revive one of those projects still waiting for me in the box labeled "half finished projects."
<![CDATA[Bind Your Own Book! (Or, Olivia teaches a workshop)]]>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 23:54:32 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/bind-your-own-book-or-olivia-teaches-a-workshopHow cute! A little book!
No, really.
This book is tiny.
I've been volunteering with Kitsap Regional Library and this week, I've been preparing the supplies for a staff workshop—and I will be teaching it tomorrow for the first time.

It's been an enjoyable experience to plan and prepare a workshop. There were a few challenges ("There are going to be 22 participants?!"), and some very real moments of gratitude, particularly when I discovered the library has an electric guillotine. But beyond all the work that has been done so far, I'm most looking forward to sharing the bookbinding craft with others—even if it only fits in the palm of your hand.
<![CDATA[Adventure knitting!]]>Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:58:09 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/adventure-knittingTell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
― Mary Oliver, from "The Summer Day"
The last few months have been a blur of moving boxes. The arduous journey from Connecticut to Washington was exhausting and exhilarating, and now that I've had some more time to adjust to my new surroundings, I've been sure to make time for one of my favorite pastimes: adventure knitting.

It seems basic, and it is—but it is wonderfully freeing. Simply take whatever knitting you are working on and go out into the world. Some knitters refer to this act as "knitting in public" but I like my version better.
<![CDATA[The big news]]>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:36:20 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/the-big-news
In just a few short weeks, I'll be moving to the Seattle area!  Adventure is happening!
<![CDATA[Springing]]>Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:46:36 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/springingIt has been a while since there has been an update from me, but not for lack of doing!

Transitioning from winter to spring can sometimes require a lot of energy—so I revert to the things that comfort me.  The last few weeks, the bread has been baking, the flower plants are sprouting on the kitchen table, and a few weeks ago, I recorded this song.

Written during my time as a high school student at the Perpich Center for Arts Education, and later revised during my college years at the University of Iowa, this song has taken me many places.  Most notably, I performed this piece while on zooming around on roller skates as a member of Cirque Stupendo in Iowa City, as Roller Muzzy, Maiden of the North.
<![CDATA[portrait, January 19, 2014]]>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:04:52 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/portrait-january-19-2014
<![CDATA[pure human heart]]>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:57:07 GMThttp://www.orosemuzzy.com/blog/pure-human-heartWell, it only took five years since recording but today I release my album.

Why five years?
Well, I hate instant gratification. That's why.


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Sunday, July 6, 2014

A Christmas card—can you believe it?

My crafty buddy, Rose, makes the cutest Christmas cards all year round. Each time I see one of her lovelies I sigh; I wait 'til the last minute—like December—then try and assembly line 20 cards or so. Honestly, Christmas cards are just not my thing. But, just to keep Rose company, I'm posting the one Christmas card I have made so far this year (I haven't asked Rose the number she's made, it would just depress me). I confess, this card was made for a magazine call and wasn't taken, still, it is a Christmas card, so I'm counting it. I used docrafts Winter Wonderland Stamp & Embossing pack. I love this look; stamp and color first, then emboss, and the form really stands out (unfortunately it does not stand out in the photo).

Paper—cardstock, Folia Winter Scene
Stamp/embossing folder—docrafts Winter Wonderland Stamp & Embossing pack, IBS Trendy Circle Sentiments Hugs
Ink—Versacolor black
Color—Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 pencils
Die—Die-namics circle
Embellishments—snowflake, 'snow' flake powder, ribbon, pearl

Fanny DG said...

Ohhh! Que c'est joli!!! Ce tampon si mignon donne envie de se mettre tout de suite à scraper pour Noël, ma période préférée de l'année!!
Bon dimanche Shani!

Rose said...

well it is about time!!! lol super duper cuteness my friend :)

sorry i have not been around much, typing and counting money are the worst for my hands and seeing how i have to count money for work.........well typing gets put on the back burner until hands start feeling better.

Suzanne said...

Yes...magazine calls always require cards 6 months in advance : )

This turned out so cute.

I'm sending out a package today. It might take a while to get to you though...I had to send it surface because of the weight.

Kathy/NorthCarolina said...

How cute is this?????

Julie B said...

This is so cute Shani. :)

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at long last!

i can’t say it’s not a semi janky setup – coating/shooting screens over at BYO Print, printing in the basement, washing out on my back patio with a hose attached to the kitchen sink and threaded thru the window.  but it works.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Homemade Kefir Recipe- Probiotic Yogurt Alternative

I like yogurt. So do my kids. So does my husband. Because it's expensive to buy in the store, I make homemade yogurt for my family whenever they want it... or rather, whenever I feel like putting in the effort. I mean, making yogurt isn't a ton of work, and if you love yogurt, you really should make it instead of buying your own as the savings are tremendous... But at the same time, yogurt making entails quite a few steps- boiling, cooling, mixing, letting sit in a warm place, retrieving it to refrigerate, and then eating it...  and some time I don't feel like doing that.
Meet kefir. Kefir is a probiotic, fermented milk product, just like yogurt, but it differs in quite a few notable ways.

1) Kefir is a bit more runny than yogurt.

2) Kefir making is much easier than yogurt making in certain ways, but harder in other ways.

3) Kefir has a slightly different taste than yogurt- more tangy and yeasty at the same time.

4) Yogurt usually just has acidopholous, but kefir can have as many as 25 different types of probiotics.

5) Yogurt can be made via "chain yogurting", using one bit of yogurt to start the next batch, which you then use to start the next batch, but they get less potent each time, and eventually it'll stop working, and you'll need to start over. Kefir, on the other hand, must be made via "chain kefiring". Similar to kombucha, kefir is made by adding a SCOBY- a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast- to milk, and letting the probiotics in the SCOBY digest the milk. This SCOBY is called kefir grains (they look nothing like grains, more like clear gummy cauliflower florets); you reuse those grains again and again and again, forever and ever, and not only do they not die, they actually grow and reproduce.

6) Yogurt takes 7-10 hours to be ready; kefir takes 24-48 hours to be ready.

7) Kefir is more digestible than yogurt. Yogurt gives me stomach problems, but I can handle small amounts of kefir.

8) Kefir has a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge amount of health benefits, many more than yogurt. Its been used to treat so many different health issues, among them healing all sorts of stomach/digestive issues and illnesses, skin issues like acne, eczema, psoriasis and sunburns, is a natural antibiotic, helps heal certain cancers, lowers LDL cholesterol and helps with heart disease in other ways, strengthens the immune system and helps with many autoimmune diseases, helps with certain neurological issues, helps with certain age related illnesses and issues, among many other things! (See here for a full list.)

So, how do you make kefir?

1) First, acquire some kefir grains. You can either get from someone who makes kefir already (as kefir grows, your grains will grow and proliferate, so kefir makers often have extra grains to give away) or look online for kefir grain "swap" sites (there are sites where people offer to mail/give away their extra kefir grains to people who contact them through the site- this is one example) or purchase from people who sell kefir grains. Don't buy kefir in the store for this, as store bought kefir doesn't contain the kefir grains.

2) Put milk into a glass jar and add your kefir grains. You want approximately 1 tablespoon of kefir grains per cup of milk. Don't use reconstituted powdered milk for this- I tried and it doesn't really work well... The milk can either be cold from the fridge or room temperature, but doesn't need to be warmed like for yogurt.

3) Cover your jar either with its cover, but close it loosely if you do that. Otherwise, cover it with a piece of cloth and secure it with a rubber band.

4) Leave your jar on the counter for 12-48 hours, depending on the temperature in the room. In warmer temperatures, the kefir gets ready faster. Check it every 12 hours or so to see if it has thickened. Once it has thickened, move on to the next step; if you let it sit on the counter too long, it'll separate into curds and whey, not to mention becoming too sour.

5) Take a plastic mesh strainer and put it over a new container.

6. Pour the ready kefir into the strainer.

7. Shake the strainer so the kefir goes through the holes and the kefir grains remain behind in the strainer.

8. Take the kefir grains and put them into more milk. If you put them back into the unwashed jar and add new milk, the next batch of kefir will be ready sooner.

9. Take your strained kefir and use it as you would yogurt.

Either drink it plain, serve it with granola, make it into a smoothie, strain it to make kefir cheese, or use it in recipes in place of yogurt. You can also use the whey (the liquid at the bottom when they ferment too long and separate) to aid in making pickles or other fermented vegetables or fruit, to soak grains or nuts or seeds, or even as a sourdough starter for breads or pancakes.

Kefir strawberry date and flax seed smoothie.
If you don't want to use the kefir straightaway, you can stick it in the fridge where it'll keep for a long, long time.

Kefir Notes and Troubleshooting

  • Don't use metal utensils or equipment when making kefir as the kefir grains can react negatively with the metal. Use glass, wood, or plastic.
  • If your kefir separates because you left it too long, don't strain it right away. Instead, put the cover tightly on the jar, and shake it up as well as you can so the solids separate and mix with the liquid whey at the bottom, and then strain. You'll still end up with clumps of kefir in the strainer, but not as many as you would if you didn't shake it up. Carefully remove the kefir grains from the clumps and use for your next batch.
  • Some people rinse their grains in water between batches. Its best not to.
  • If you want to take a break from making kefir, put fresh milk with the kefir grains and refrigerate for up to two weeks. When you take it out of the fridge for a new batch, it'll take longer for this new batch to be ready, until the kefir grains "warm up" again. After making a few batches, your kefir grains should be back to normal.
  • You can make "water kefir" from these kefir grains. (Real water kefir is something else, but you can make kefir with water with milk kefir grains.) Make some sugar water and add the kefir grains to them, then leave them for a day or two. It should make a yummy sweet and sour drink. Don't do this for too many times in a row though, as these kefir grains need milk to stay healthy and proliferate. If you only make them in sugar water, they'll eventually die.
  • Make sure you're using clean, uncontaminated equipment. Yes, you can reuse the kefir jar without washing it, but make sure that other things that touch the kefir aren't dirty or you might be introducing bad bacteria that'll make it spoil.
  • You can make kefir with raw milk or pasteurized milk, cow's milk, goat's milk, or sheep's milk. (Hrmmm, I wonder if you can make kefir with mama's milk... lol.)
  • Different kefir grains produce kefir that taste slightly different. If your kefir is too sour or sweet or not how you want it to be, try getting your grains from a different source- there's a good chance that that kefir will have a different taste.

Enjoy, and have fun on your kefir making experience!

Have you ever heard of, had, or made kefir before? What did you think of it? If you don't make kefir, do you know anyone local who does, where you can get kefir grains if you'd want to start? (P.S. If you live where I do and want to make kefir, it isn't easy to come across kefir grains locally- email me at pennilessparenting@yahoo.com so I can get you in touch with people who can give you kefir grains.)
Were my instructions clear enough?
Do you have any further questions? Any thing you'd want to know before making kefir?
If making kefir doesn't interest you at all, can you share why?

  1. Can then kefir seeds be reused if I do not wish to make a new batch straightaway?

    1. I ordered my kefir online and it came with 3 pages of information including how to "keep" kefir if you don't want to make more right away. Rinse it with Spring Water and put into a clean glass jar, cover and put in the frig. My paperwork said it will store safely in the frig for up to 4 months. I just got started with this and I'm using raw milk (Jersey cow milk) and the kefir is INCREDIBLE. In a month, the grains have increased maybe 5 times what I started with. The only problem I've seen is heating it kinda makes it MORE sour. The breakfast cereal (Cream of wheat) that I made still tasted delicious, it just gave off a more vinegar odor. I felt no ill affects but I don't think I'll try it in making hot cereal again.

  2. I LOVE kefir and can't really afford store-bought...thanks for your instructions, will try to make when I can manage (afford) to get grains. Thanks.

    1. @ catlady- Check your local craigslist for kefir grains- I give away mine for free! You might find a kind soul in your area. Or, you can try a wanted ad, that is how I got my grains.

  3. Where can I get some kefir grains? I'm afraid it is not as popular here in my area. :-(

    1. Couldn't find kefir around my area either so I got my kefir from kefirlady.com. Seems to be working great so far and I love her method of payment. You should check it out.

  4. Where can I get some kefir grains? I'm afraid it is not as popular here in my area. :-(

  5. I've been drinking the stuff for a couple of years now, and I can say I've felt the benefits. I live in a hot climate, so it's much quicker and easier. Right now, I drink my breakfast kefir at 6 am, and the next batch is ready when I get back from work at 6 pm. I strain and put the strained kefir in the fridge for an hour to cool it and thicken it before drinking.

    1. Michael
      What type milk do you use. I'm using a Siberian culture for the kefir and I'm finding my house is to warm and my fridge is to cold. Where do u store it? I'm in Las Vegas

  6. I'm in Kurdistan, Shorisha, where are you?

  7. can't I just take some probiotics I have, empty the capsule into milk, give it a day or two and have kefir?

  8. Do you have to stir the kefir grains into the milk for it to work, or do you just dump 'em in and let it sit at room temperature as is? How well do the grains have to be distributed throughout the milk for it to turn out right?

  9. I didn't use my kefir grains for 5 months. They were in milk in the refrigerator. For the last 5 times that I have tried to make kefir, the kefir is very liquid-y and has small grains. I was using different types of milk such as low fat, organic, and regular. Do you think my kefir grains died?

  10. I doubt that your Kefir has died, Julia. I had mine frozen in milk for 10 years ( forgot about it after moving house). Last week I thawed it out, and although the grains were very small initially it is growing and producing beautifully creamy Kefir!

  11. Hi Julia,
    I doubt your Kefir has died. I had mine frozen for 10 years ( forgotten about after a move) Last week I thawed it out and although the grains were very small they've grown and are producing lovely creamy Kefir!

  12. I also make kefir yogurt. First,I strain it the way you do, then I get a coffee filter and place it in my strainer and put it over a bowl, pour the strained kefir in and let it stay until it is as thick as I want - usually several hours. Then I add a sweetener and some fruit. Delicious!

  13. I make kefir and I have read lots about it. You mention not using metal but I've read from quite a few websites that sell kefir and offer care instructions say that stainless steel metal doesn't effect the kefir negatively.

  14. I have best luck using milk that comes out of a box, Plastic containers of milk don't yeild the same quality product. Never rinse with tap water, rinse grains with milk or bottled water. The higher the fat content of your milk the creamier the kefir.

  15. is kefir has to many calories and bad for cholesterol ?

  16. I am thinking of trying coconut milk keifer. I have read you can use it in non dairy milk but the grains do need occasionally a "re-boot"in a dairy milk to thrive.

  17. Hi there - my family and I all have lactose issues so we only have lactose-free milk and cream. Can I use this to start my kefir or should I buy some normal milk and use that instead?

  18. Can you make dairy free version with almond milk? I really miss yogurt!

  19. Megan the key for culture feeds off lactose of the longer you leave it the more lactose is used up so you may be able to have it.

    Kate to make Kiefer with almond milk you would need to use water kefir grains as they don't need lactose to feed.

  20. Thanks for article very easy to follow.
    I received kefir granules and have started a batch.
    we'll see how it turns out .

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