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Burren Winterage WeekendThe annual Burren Winterage Weekend festival will take place this year from October 27th – 30th. This unique celebration of pastoral farming and its rich legacy of natural and cultural heritage will feature the winterage cattle drove, food fayre, herdsman’s walks, farm demonstration events and much more.

Central to the festival will be the Burren Winterage School on sustainable farming, a unique event which brings together a truly diverse range of stakeholders – farmers, scientists, public servants – to break down ‘silos’ and share perspectives and ideas on sustainable pastoral land management. All of this will take place in a unique community setting in the beautiful Burren.

This year’s Burren Winterage School will focus on the theme of ‘Working with nature – a farmer-centred approach’

The Burren, like many of Europe’s Natura 2000 and other High Nature Value (HNV) farmed landscapes, is a challenging place to farm, but conversely is extremely rich in values around heritage, culture and landscape. The importance of sustaining what are often bespoke farming systems – adapted the unique geography of these areas – in order to sustain endangered farmland habitats and species, designated or otherwise, is now widely recognised. Farmers in such areas, if adequately motivated and supported, represent a huge potential conservation resource, holding the key to sustaining or improving the conservation status of these sites, while reducing costs and conflicts. It is also fair to say that farmers may come to depend more and more on capitalising on the natural and cultural values of these landscapes in order to improve declining farm incomes and to sustain dwindling rural communities.

Thus far however, such farming systems and the natural and cultural values that depend on them have been poorly served by traditional Agri Environmental Schemes (AES) or designation-led approaches. In many cases these have inadvertently served to widen the gap between farming and conservation interests. How do we even begin to bridge this gap and design effective support structures that can deliver for both farming and conservation in such challenging and diverse circumstances? For example, how can we positively re-engage farmers in active conservation? Are there certain fundamental design principles that can inform effective AES’s for farmed N2000 land and, if so, what might they be? How can we build support networks for ‘conservation farming’ in such areas through which farmers, scientists and policymakers can collaborate and effective ‘knowledge transfer’ take place?

This unique ‘School’, now in its fourth year, will feature a number of ‘stories from the land’ – case studies from farmers sharing the story of their farm and their place – as well as a range of speakers from across Europe with wide experience on themes relating to conservation and farming on Natura 2000 and other HNV farmland. The School will also offer a unique insight into the innovative approach to conservation farming taking place in the Burren (www.burrenprogramme.com) including field trips to Burren farms and presentations from the scientists, authorities and NGOs involved. Delegates to the Winterage School will also partake in a very special feast organised by the local community, as well as the prestigious annual ‘Origin Green Farming for Conservation Awards 2016’.

The Burren Winterage School 2016 will begin on the evening of Thursday October 27th in the Community Hall of the picturesque village of Kilfenora on the edge of the Burren and conclude with site visits to Burren farms on Saturday October 29th. Friday 28th will be a day-long series of presentations and workshops in the village, including a dedicated workshop on the formation of an Irish HNV Network.
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Booking for the Burren Winterage School is essential and places are limited. A delegate fee of €50 will apply to cover costs for this non-profit event. For more information on how to book, please visit www.burrenwinterage.com  The Burren Winterage Festival is co-ordinated by the Burrenbeo Trust (www.burrenbeo.com) on behalf of the Burren community.


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Trends: The smartest tech you can wear to work

It’s a rather exciting time in the tech world as we inch ever closer to the Back-to-the-Future reality of commuting en hoverboard.

However hoverboards are not available just yet so here is a look at the pieces of tech that are available for purchase.

The Apple iWatch

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Instagram’s new Head of Fashion, then Lucky-editor Eva Chen tweeted about the Apple Watch back in March.

Oh the Apple iWatch! Hotly debated by fashionistas on its design merits (see The Cut) but adored by tech geeks the world over. This personal piece of technology combines a watch, fitness tracker, app and notifications panel – with the added novelty of designer-made bands to reflect your individual style.

Have you ever zipped from work to a ticketed event only to have to fumble through your bag to find the print-out of your tickets? I’ve seen first-hand the convenience of say rocking up and having an EventBrite QR-code pop up on the iWatch screen, allowing simple scanning and entrance. It’s so schmick, I was envious!

In the months since the launch of the iWatch I have seen varying levels of uptake: my FitBit-loving friends have generally replaced that tech with an iWatch but others alternate between the iWatch and an analog time piece depending on their mood. See more of the Apple iWatch here.

The World’s Best TRAVEL JACKET with 15 Features || BAUBAX

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BAUBAX Jackets – “The Swiss army knife of travel wear”- CNN Image: Kickstarter

This already-funded Kickstarter project has less than 48-hours to go, BAUBAX has prototyped the “best travel jacket” in four different styles, that at the time of writing, over 38,000 people had pledged to support.

Available for both men and women in sweatshirt, windbreaker, bomber jacket and blazer styles, the jackets boast 15 features compelling CNN to call it “the Swiss army knife of travel wear.”

The wrinkle-free blazer is one of the styles that features a – get this – removable inflatable pillow. This travel pillow boasts 2-second inflation/one-press-deflation, making it perfect for business travellers who catch the red-eye flight to start the work day. The sizing for men’s blazers are based on Calvin Klein while Banana Republic is the model for women’s.

See the image-by-image break down of the features over on Kickstarter – which also includes genius video if you can work out how to play it subtly at work 😉

Quiksilver wet suits that look like the business

TBWA\Hakuhodo and Quiksilver present True Wetsuits to save the busy professional the time and hassle of having to change between the boardroom and beach.

The water-repellant shirt features ‘dry flight’ technology.

Back in April of this year, we were agog when we saw that genius had happened over at Quiksilver via a collaboration with TBWA\Hakuhodo. The result? The business suit that will take you from work-to-surf; shirt and all.

Made of 2mm neoprene, a technical fabric that is au-courrant in the fashion world, the suits are sharply cut and come in “office smart” and “party tuxedo” styles to ensure that your wet suit befits your workplace.

At the time, AdWeek reported that these suits were available only in Japan and only in men’s cuts; custom-made that will set you back $2,500; which is not too bad considering that what they’d save you on dry cleaning!

See more on DesignBoom– which yes, includes genius video also.

Who is the smartest and prettiest of all the reusable coffee cups?

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Frank Green SmartCup™ has been awarded for its design by Good Design.

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Finally  a reusable coffee cup that doesn’t interfere with the taste of your coffee! And it sure is pretty too but don’t just take our word for it- the Frank Green SmartCup™ has been awarded for its design by Good Design.

Created to appeal to the design-conscious consumer who also cares for the environment, the SmartCup™ features micro-chip technology making it possible to pay for one’s coffee simply by scanning the lid which links to the CaféPay™ app. Stay tuned for updates on this!

The materials used are both stain and odour-free, BPA free and non-toxic plus dishwasher safe. Boom!

See the range at Frank Green.

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Scientists have discovered a new material that can capture and concentrate methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

While carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas, can be captured using a variety of techniques, methane capture has proved elusive primarily because it interacts weakly with other materials, according Amitesh Maiti, a researcher at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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Australia should grasp a prosperous future, by becoming a renewable energy superpower. We have the competitive advantages of: world class solar and wind resources, space and a valuable existing electricity grid infrastructure, a skilled and innovative workforce and industry sector, capable well-placed research organisations - universities and the CSIRO, proximity to the large and growing [...]

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The plan is to provide 100% of Australia's electricity from renewables, using mostly wind and solar generators, geographically dispersed around an improved national grid. It allows for electricity demand in 2020 to be 40% greater than in 2008, sufficient to replace all fossil fuel use, including heating and transport as they move to electricity.  The plan [...]

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Michael is the Lead Researcher at BZE, coordinating our research into industrial processes.  For several months in 2016 he was the acting CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions. Contact michael.lord@bze.org.au Background He is an environmental analyst and campaigner with fifteen years’ experience of developing strategies across a variety of industries, focusing on climate change policy and [...]

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Six Justices Bow Out

Six justices bid farewell this year. They are J. Aurora S. Lagman (January 16, 2008), J. Marina L. Buzon (March 18, 2008), J. Enrico A. Lanzanas (April 19, 2008), J. Lucenito N. Tagle  (June 26, 2008), J. Agustin S. Dizon (June 27, 2008), and J. Rodrigo V. Cosico (July 4, 2008).

For lack of space, we shall feature in this issue the first three retiring justices while the last three retirables shall be featured in our next issue.

Associate Justice Marina L. Buzon

Justice MARINA L. BUZON’s government service has come full circle with her appointment as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. She first started as a Court Attorney in the CA in 1968 to 1979. Thereafter, she transferred to the Office of the Tanodbayan, where she served as Chief Legal Officer and, subsequently, as Special Prosecutor. On November 4, 1986, she was appointed Judge of RTC, Branch 170, Malabon-Navotas and was transferred in 1991 to RTC, Branch 91, Quezon City until her appointment to this Court on August 20, 1997. Presently, she is the Chairman of the Third Division of this Court.

In 1992, Justice Buzon served as Bar Examiner in Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises. In 1995, the Quezon City Chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines named her as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Judges of Quezon City. In the same year, she received an award for Judicial Excellence from the Rotary Club of Metro Sta. Mesa. In 1999, she attended the Program of Instruction for Lawyers at the Harvard Law School. On April 25 to 29, 2005, she participated in the Anti-Money Laundering Project/Regional Judicial Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She also attended the World Jurist Association Conference on Global Warming and the Rule of Law held at Lisbon, Portugal from November 25 to 29, 2007.

Justice Buzon is a graduate of the University of the Philippines, where she obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (Major in Political Science) and Bachelor of Laws in 1963 and 1967, respectively. She is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu International Societies, the Order of the Purple Feather (UP College of Law Honor Society), the UP Women Lawyer’s Circle (WILOCI) and the Philippine Women Judges Association (PWJA).

Associate Justice Aurora Santiago Lagman

Justice Aurora Santiago-Lagman started her career as a lawyer in the government in August 1978 at the Citizens Legal Assistance Office, Department of Justice. Rising from the ranks, she was promoted to State Prosecutor II and later, Senior State Prosecutor. She was appointed as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan, Branch 77, on March 14, 1994 where she stayed until her promotion as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals on February 4, 2004.

She obtained her law degree from the Lyceum of the Philippines and attended on official business special courses at the University of Southern California, National Judicial College, University of Nevada, and the Harvard Law School.

She is a zealous advocate and defender of children’s rights. She is one of the authors of the Benchbook entitled “The Child in the Criminal Justice System and Other Child Related Laws,” a joint project of FAIRCHILD and the U.P. Law Center.

She was awarded as an Outstanding Alumna by the Lyceum of the Philippines, Most Outstanding Prosecutor by the Foundation for Judicial Excellence, Outstanding RTC Judge of Bulacan by the IBP Bulacan, Dangal ng KMB by the Kababaihang Manananggol ng Bulacan, Natatanging Obandeño sa Larangan ng Hudikatura and Huwarang Pilipino for Law and Judiciary by the Radyo ng Bayan.

She hails from Obando, Bulacan, and is married to retired Sandiganbayan Justice Roberto M. Lagman.

Associate Justice Enrico A. Lanzanas

Born on 19 April 1938 at the historic town of Calamba, Laguna, JUSTICE ENRICO ALCARAZ LANZANAS is the sixth child of a family of eight children.

He finished his elementary education at the Laguna Institute, Calamba, Laguna, as Valedictorian. He graduated from his secondary education as Salutatorian in a class of around 400 students despite being a “working” student.

His college and post graduate studies were spent in Manuel L. Quezon University (MLQU), as scholar thereat. A consistent scholar, during his six-year stay at the university, he graduated as “Most Exalted Knight” of the Knights of the Golden Fleece, MLQU’s exclusive scholars’ fraternity. He was also awarded as the “Illustrious brother” of the Beta Sigma Lambda Fraternity, MLQU’s exclusive Law Fraternity.

Enrico A. Lanzanas joined the Commission on Elections, sometime in the early part of 1960’s, as Election Registrar until his resignation thereat in early 1970’s.

After practicing for sometime, he entered the judiciary first as an Auxiliary Municipal Judge of Los Baños, Laguna in 1971; then as regular judge of said municipality. He was later transferred to Calamba, Laguna, then to Pasay City and eventually as RTC Judge of Calauag, Quezon. He was also moved to Lipa City, still as judge thereof, and finally to the City of Manila, where he served for two terms as Executive Judge thereat prior to his appointment as Court of Appeals justice.

It was after about thirty-five (35) years of continuous service in the judiciary when he was promoted as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals on 14 January 2005.

Justice Enrico A. Lanzanas is happily married to Carmelita Rivero with whom he is blessed with four (4) children namely: Dennis, Carmela, Enrico, Jr. and Chandra.

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(Reuters) - Apple Inc said it plans to invest $2 billion to convert a failed sapphire glass plant in Arizona into a data center.

Apple teamed up with GT Advanced Technologies Inc, to set up the plant in Mesa in 2013 to manufacture scratch-resistant sapphire screens for Apple devices.

But GT Advanced filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October and closed the plant, which was owned by Apple, after the company's sapphire glass was left out of Apple's newest iPhones.

"This multibillion-dollar project is one of the largest investments we've ever made," Apple spokeswoman Rachel Wolf said in a statement on Monday.

The $2 billion investment will stretch over 10 years with a 30 year-commitment from Apple to keep the facility running, Daniel Scarpinato, a spokesman for Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, said by email.

The facility will be a data center as well as a command center for managing Apple's other data centers and networks, which handle traffic from services like iTunes, iCloud and Siri.

It is expected to create 600 engineering and construction jobs at the data center, Apple said, adding that the plant would be powered mostly by solar energy.

As it wound down its sapphire production in October, GT Advanced said it was laying off about 650 employees at the plant.

(Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bengaluru and Noel Randewich in San Francisco; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Jonathan Oatis)

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(Reuters) - Tiger Woods, still tournament rusty after spending much of this year recovering from back surgery, could not have picked a better venue as he strives to turn his season around at this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Woods has won the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) crown a record eight times at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio and would dearly love to add a ninth in his bid to qualify for the PGA Tour's lucrative season-ending FedExCup playoffs.

The former world number one has just three events remaining to advance from his lowly 215th spot in the FedExCup points list and book his place among the top 125 who will tee off in the playoff opener, The Barclays tournament from Aug. 21-24.

"I am excited to be back," Woods, who won last year's Bridgestone Invitational title by a commanding seven shots, told reporters on Wednesday while preparing for Thursday's opening round. "I have had some pretty good memories here.

"I've had some great rounds and certainly some great moments on this property, so any time I come back here, it's always a good, solid feeling. I am looking forward to this week."

Asked whether Firestone would be a perfect test of how his game was progressing, Woods replied: "Not necessarily, because I have come into this event not playing great and I've come into this event playing great.

"But there are certain golf courses - here, Torrey (Pines), Bay Hill, even Augusta (National) - no matter what my form is going into that week at those particular venues, I just somehow feel good.

"It doesn't mean I am going to play well but I still have that feeling. Unfortunately one year, I didn't play very well here, I finished second to last, but over the years I have finished first eight times. That's a pretty good stat."

Since undergoing back surgery in late March, Woods has competed in just two PGA Tour events - missing the cut at last month's Quicken Loans National and finishing 69th at the British Open 10 days ago.   Continued...

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By David Ljunggren

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A 92-year-old man who has confessed to being a former member of a Nazi death squad won a court victory on Thursday against Canada, boosting his chances of staying in the country that has been trying to revoke his citizenship for two decades.

The Supreme Court declined to hear the government's appeal of a lower court decision in favor of Helmut Oberlander, who says he was forced to act as a translator for the squad and never took part in atrocities.

Oberlander emigrated to Canada in 1954 and became a citizen in 1960 but did not reveal his wartime record.

The Canadian government, which banned those who took part in war crimes, has revoked his citizenship three times since 1995 but had the decision overturned each time on appeal.

Ronald Poulton, a lawyer for Oberlander, said he was pleased by the Supreme Court's move.

"It's taken a great toll on his family. Over and over again the courts have exonerated him," he said in a phone interview.

"It's been tiring and difficult and unnecessary and now the Supreme Court - the highest court - has told the government that's enough."

Oberlander says he was conscripted as a 17-year-old to interpret for one of the Nazis' Einsatzkommando mobile killing squads which murdered a total of more than 2 million people in eastern Europe, most of them Jews.   Continued...


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Canada tightens sanctions against North Korea

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has tightened sanctions against North Korea to punish the secretive Asian nation for "aggressive actions" such as the sinking of a South Korean corvette, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

Canada will ban all exports, imports and new investment as well as outlawing the provision of financial services and technical data to North Korea. Humanitarian efforts and the supply of food and medical supplies are not included.

The sanctions are largely symbolic since bilateral trade last year was just C$12.4 million ($12.7 million), according to Statistics Canada data.

South Korea blames North Korea for the March 2010 sinking of the corvette Cheonan, which killed 46 sailors. The North denies it was responsible.

Canada's measures will "reinforce the message to the North Korean government that its aggressive actions, such as the sinking of the Cheonan, are unacceptable", the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Canada, which says Pyongyang is a major proliferator of nuclear weapons, is currently boycotting the U.N. Conference on Disarmament because North Korea is chairing it.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Celine Dion on Wednesday said she will return to Las Vegas in March 2011 for a three-year run at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, where she sold out concerts for five straight years.

Dion, 41, who is coming off a worldwide tour in 2009, will stage a brand-new show revolving around the romance of classic Hollywood movies and featuring a full orchestra and band, the singer and Caesars Palace said in a joint statement.

"The repertoire is going to be extraordinary...a mix of timeless Hollywood classics, along with all the favorites that my fans like to hear me sing," Dion said.

Dion, a five-time Grammy Award winner, is among the top-selling singers of all time, having sold more than 200 million albums around the world. Her hits include "My Heart Will Go On" and "If You Asked Me To."

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New look "Arthur" checks into rehab

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thirty years ago when people were living in the afterglow of a decade celebrated for liberal lifestyles, Arthur Bach could be a drunk and a movie hero at the same time. Oh, how times have changed.

When the new "Arthur," a remake of the hit 1981 film that made a star of British actor Dudley Moore, lands in theaters on Friday, audiences will get much the same movie but a different hero who recognizes his alcoholism and seeks treatment. It is a change that mirrors how much pop culture has transformed since conservative President Ronald Reagan took office that year.

"It was very important that we establish a context where the alcoholism was humorous and good fun but was not irresponsibly portrayed," said Russell Brand, the British comedian who wears Arthur Bach's tuxedo for the new movie.

"It's important to see a resolution to the problem of Arthur's alcoholism," Brand, who struggled with alcohol and drug abuse in his own life, told reporters at a recent news conference.

In 1981, society was coming off a decade that saw the rise of sexual liberation, women's liberation and gay liberation. AIDS was only first recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the widespread use of "political correctness" was still nearly a decade away.

In a testament to the era, a charming fictional millionaire drunkard, Arthur Bach (Moore), won over audiences and critics alike while spending most of the film extremely drunk and aimlessly cavorting around Manhattan. Along the way, he somehow manages to learn valuable lessons about the importance of life while both winning the heart of his true love and maintaining possession of his vast fortune.

And yet, Arthur achieves all of this without seriously confronting his addiction to alcohol.

SAME TUNE, NEW VERSE   Continued...

Russell Brand, CinemaCon Comedy Star of the Year, poses during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Marcus


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JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - An Indonesian entrepreneur is stitching magnets into the headscarves worn by some Muslim women, aiming to cure ailments ranging from headaches to fatigue.

Herawati Widodo churns out "healthy" hijabs, or headscarves, from her factory in Central Java, exporting them to Malaysia, Singapore and the Middle East.

Widodo came up with the idea after reading research that said magnetic devices could reduce body aches and boost blood flow.

Although there is no direct medical evidence, the scarves are selling very well, especially during the fasting month of Ramadan when many Muslims become more observant of Islamic rites.

"We created this magnetic hijab for Ramadan last year. We wanted to create a headcover that is not only a nice accessory but also a healthy option," Widodo told Reuters.

"We have 21 models of headcovers and produce more than 2,000 pieces a month," she said. On average, more than 3,000 pieces are sold in Ramadan, with some models already out of stock.

The scarves are priced at between 60,000 to 150,000 rupiah ($6 to $15), and some customers have found them beneficial.

"I suffer from migraine headaches and it has stopped since I wore this," said Ari Istiani, buying her fourth magnetic scarf.

A traditional hijab, which is Arabic for headscarf, is a single piece of cloth looped around the head, neck and chest, which is then tucked or pinned with the aim of preserving a woman's modesty.

The headcovering has become more popular, and fashionable, among young women in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.

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Tips for Using the Wipeout Command
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Wipeouts can be a bit frustrating, so here are some solid tips to help things work smoothly.

After having had many problems trying to use the Wipeout command in AutoCAD, I have discovered some tips that make it easier. It’s not a comprehensive list by far, but it addresses some of the more frustrating situations I have encountered.

I generally use the Wipeout command only in blocks. That way the draworder, at least for that block, remains consistent.

Keep in mind that Wipeout will also affect lineweights. For example, wipeouts can be made only with polylines containing only line segments, so when I have a circular block that I need things behind not to show around, I draw a polyline all the way around the circle using the nearest Snap command, then offset it inside the circuit slightly so that I know it’s there. In the drawing, the circular block appears and things behind are masked, but when plotted (or previewed to plot) the circle’s lineweight is not consistent. The wipeout is blocking some of the lineweight. To fix this, I simply edit the block and send to back the wipeout using the Draworder command.

The wipeout itself needs to be on a layer that will plot, and that layer needs to be turned on. Within a block, I will put them on layer 0; that way they will be on the layer that they are inserted on and will therefore have all the attributes of that layer. If I am using wipeouts on their own (not in a block), then I create a separate layer (layer needs to be turned on and able to plot) to put them on that will stand out from the rest of my drawing so that I can see them more easily.

Before plotting, I make sure that the wipeouts themselves will not plot by using the Wipeout command, selecting the frames option, and setting it to D, Display Frames but Do Not Plot. Applying this command string to drawings that are received from other people prior to working with them is also a good idea, so you aren’t surprised by them later.

Sometimes the blocks containing wipeouts will not plot as wipeouts if placed on the same layer as information you are covering. In CAD it will appear that the wipeout is working correctly, but when printed it does not. To fix this, I use the Quickselect command to select all those blocks by name or by layer, then apply the draworder’s Bring to Front command.

Notes from Cadalyst tip reviewer R.K. McSwain: Wipeouts can be a little frustrating when you first start working with them. Depending on the situation, they may need to be on top of some entities but under other entities. These are some solid tips from Jessica to help make things work.

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Posted on 2014-08-04 14:20:23
One other issue to add to your list...I have found that when using wipeouts inside of a block, the draw order will get rearranged if the BSAVE command is used. To avoid this, I don't save any blocks that I am working in manually but rather just close the block editor and click YES when asked if I want to save the block. For whatever reason, this seems to work. For this reason, and all of the other reasons you have mentioned, we have abandoned using wipeouts altogether and now use solid hatch. The hatch is placed on a layer designated as wipeout that is set to plot and color 255,255,255. Basically you are plotting solid white hatch over what you want to wipeout. The other advantage to using hatch is that you are not limited to polylines with line segments and can hatch any closed object.
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To draw a polyline around circles a neat quick way is to use the polygon command
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Posted on 2014-08-05 17:21:01
To draw a polyline around circles a neat quick way is to use the polygon command
Comment by Shank,Brent
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Another neat, but not so quick, way of getting an actual circle to be a polyline is...1. Draw the required size circle 2. Draw a polyline from the top quadrant of the circle to the bottom quadrant. 3. Trim half of the circle to the polyline so that you are left with an arc and the polyline. 4. Use PEDIT to edit the polyline and add the arc. 5. Use the trim command to trim the polyline away so that you are left with just the arc, which is now a polyline. 5. Mirror the arc so that the result is the original circle. 6. Use PEDIT again on one of the arcs and add the other arc. Voila!...you now have a true circle that is a polyline. Hows that for a Rube Goldberg approach?
Comment by Shehata,Tawfik
Posted on 2014-08-07 19:22:40
Another way to create polyline circle is to draw an arc on part of the existing circle, run the Pedit on the Arc and choose the CLOSE option, however the wipeout accepts closed polylines with line segments only. We normally use the true RGB white hatch method mentioned above, keeping in mind that if the drawing is using named plot styles (STB) then the plot style for this layer must be set to "Normal", or to a named plot style that plots in true white.

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We have a large family gathering each year for Thanksgiving at my In-laws house. To gain entrance to house, each person is expected to bring a donation for the local food pantry. You can choose to bring a can or an entire grocery bag donation. While it's a simple tradition, I think it's a good one. It brings attention to those that may not have the same opportunity to eat such a delicious and filling dinner as we do.

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The days on the long road of one families Ethiopian Adoption

This blog started out as a way to record the twists, turns, highs and lows in my families journey to adopt siblings from Ethiopia. Now our children are home and we have just finished celebrating our first year as a family.

I'm Kimberly (or Fendesha), an adventurous person who aspires to be a vagabond- but for now- I spend all of my free time travelling and my down time thinking of travelling. I'm a mom of 3 (the oldest being my gorgeous canine companion), a IT project manager, and on occasion I find myself the primary writer of this blog.

Happy Reading and thank you for stopping by.

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Why do we change an Ethiopian's name when they visit ?

I read some posts/news articles today that got me thinking about the Ethiopian Naming system and how it interacts with the West (and my experience while I was out there).

Some background Naming information-
The north and the south are very different in their thoughts and traditions and customs (note that the government that is in power currently is from a tribe in the north and this has it's impacts with-in the country). And understand that tribal segregation with-in the country is active, alive and well. Families often do not want their children marrying outside of their tribal back grounds and it seems that this tribal segregation keep the naming traditions for each tribe clearly delineated from another's.

Since a majority of Ethiopians often do not migrate far from where their family originated from- many tribes live in certain areas of the country. This creates divides or lines between each tribal region. You can often tell when you are driving with in the country when you have crossed a "tribal" line- the population (rural) will be dressed differently and the houses/landscape will often be different as well.

For those that are not familiar with Ethiopian naming it is widely practiced (although not entirely the case) that Children are given a name (usually given by their parents and significant in meaning to them)- then the first name of their father and then the first of their Grandfather. If you ask an Ethiopian their name (in Addis) they will generally say their given name and their father's first name in response along with it's meaning. Their grandfather's name is not recognized locally- it's mostly just for documentation purposes and unless you are very close to the individual and specifically ask it is unlikely you will learn the grandfathers name.

Now if you travel to the south and small sections of the north (to be fair in this discussion) - certain tribes use their father's given name and then their given name in response- you can learn more about this in this discussion on the following blog url:

So to my point-
When you look at an Ethiopian's passport it "in general" contains- Their given name as their first name- their fathers first name as their middle name and their grandfathers first name as their last name. This is very confusing for a person coming to the west because they are then called by their Grandfathers first name. Now if you look at all of their documentation - Diploma's from HS or College, Doctor's information-etc.. it will only contain (again in general) their fathers first name and their given name

For example I'll utilize a couple of my friends names:
Eldana ........... Berhene . Eldana has never utilized Berhene but when she filled out her Visa paperwork- I laughed and said to her in a joking way- in America you would be known as Miss Berhene (she's a teacher). She laughed and said she'd have to teach herself to respond to that-because she never really knew her grandfather and that if she did respond she would think they were looking for her father. Although in Ethiopia she is Ms. Eldana- because they utilize first names.

Another example- Aron ......... Hagos. Aron's father passed away when he was young and he is known locally as Aron ......... He has a strong attachment to his "sur name" because of this-but when he comes to America he will be known as Mr. Hagos. Having not known his grandfather and his father dying at a young age- he does not associate with the name Hagos at all-but has a strong identity with ..........- so- as he fills out his visa paperwork and considers what his name would be in America he feels uncomfortable in some ways with going by Mr. Hagos- as it feels like he is disconnecting with his life (and perhaps his father) on this journey.

It's interesting when you take in different cultures- look at the migratory patterns of the world and it's people and how names change when you move or visit from one culture to another. Aron and Eldana are perfect cases of in the culture they will be visiting in the future- they will be recognized by a name that they have never heard themselves called by.

Often times I was asked what my fathers first name was- and would giggle at the idea of being called Kimberly Robert. Or better yet- Kimberly Robert Robert. Thank goodness that they go by first names and called me Wassero Kimberly. I think Being Kimberly Robert (being that I didn't know my father)- is not something I could have easily gotten use to.

But in my Ethiopian visa It still read - Kimberly Calderone. So, Why is it-that the Western Visa's change their name to conform to our naming standards but their Visa's do not make me "conform" to theirs? They also use western naming conventions. I also find it interesting that each countries own Passport system follows the standards developed by the Western system. Obviously there's a global passport standard out there and we know who produced it (laugh).

When we adopt our children- their new Ethiopian passport names will become (from what I understand) - Given Name- Biological Father's name- then Denis (Adoptive father's first name). I am entertained by the idea that our children will have Den's first name as their last name until we legally change them here.

In the process of Adoption - We often want to do all we can to keep the given family name intact thus allowing them to maintain some of their identity/connection to their culture. But it's interesting to consider that if an Ethiopian simply choses to visit America as an adult- that we "respectfully" call them by something they've never been referred to as.

Here are some additional links if you want to learn more about Ethiopian naming (although they do not directly and completely relate to the discussion above):

Ethiopian Jews and their names:

Let me know your thoughts-

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All students seeking registration into any programme offered by COSOMAS must have satisfied the following minimum basic admission regulations and procedures of the University:
1.   All candidates seeking admission into the Department of Mass Communication must apply through the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), either through the Matriculation Examination (UME) Scheme or by direct entry. UME candidates must show evidence of having taken and earned the minimum UME score prescribed by JAMB. The subsisting requirements are stated in Table I
2.   At the point of registration, each candidate will be required to present on demand, the originals of their certificate(s) or any other acceptable evidence of the qualifications on the basis of which his/her offer of admission has been made.
3.   If at any point in time, it is discovered that a candidate does not possess any of the qualifications which he/she used for registration, his/her admission will be nullified and the student will be expelled from the University.
4.   Candidates seeking transfer from other Universities shall be required to hold the minimum qualifications for entry into Caleb University. Application form for transfer is obtainable from the Academic Office of the Registry on the payment of the prescribed fee.

Department of Mass Communication.

  1. Three A level passes or equivalent at not more than two sittings
  2. Any other acceptable equivalent qualification recognized by Caleb University

1.SSS certificate credit passes or GCE O-level credits in five subjects not more than two sittings, including English Language and  Mathematics
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Holders of OND at Upper Credit level in Social Sciences may be considered for admission by direct entry provided they have the UME subjects at one sitting.

Four-year programme on full time:
A pass at credit level in at least five subjects which must include English Language and Mathematics at S.S.C.E/ G.C.E O/Level at not more than two sittings.

Any other acceptable equivalent qualification recognized by Caleb University.

Three-year Programme on full time
Three A/Level passes at not more than two sittings

Any other acceptable equivalent qualification recognized by Caleb University.

The College of Social and Management Sciences (COSOMAS) of Caleb University runs a programme to provide academic and professionals training leading to the award of Bachelor of Sciences (B.Sc.) Degree in Mass Communication. The programme is designed to produce men and women who are professionally equipped in the area of Communication. The programme is structured to take adequate care of those who intend to make a career in Mass Communication. This is so vital when it is realized that Communication is the life blood of any healthy organization. The minimum number of units required to graduate is 155 units for UME candidates, 116 units for direct entry candidates.

Caleb University operates the course system of instruction in line with the recommendation of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The basic provisions of the general regulations of the course system are summarized below:

  1. One course credit unit is attached to one hour of lecture or tutorial per week per semester of fifteen weeks. In other words, one credit unit is equivalent to 15 hours of lectures or tutorials per semester. One credit unit is also attached to:
  1. The curriculum for a programme is divided into courses.
  1. Each course has an attached credit unit and it is identified by a course code of three characters followed by a three digit number. The three characters of the code identify the subject (MAS for Mass Communication) and the numbers identify the level at which the course is offered as follows –

a.         100 – 199 for courses offered at 100 level.
b.         200 – 299 for courses offered at 200 level.
c.         300 – 399 for courses offered at 300 level.
d.         400 – 499 for courses offered at 400 level.

Odd numbers (e. g. 191) normally signify courses offered in the first semester, while even numbers
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a.         Compulsory (C) courses: These are core courses specified for a programme which all students registered for the programme must register for, take and pass.
b.         Required (R) Courses: These are courses specified by the department running a programme which students registered for the programme must register for and take. Pass mark is 40%, but a minimum score of 30% satisfies the required course regulation. It must be emphasized that a score < 40% must not be construed as a pass under the required course regulation. A minimum number of units of required courses to be passed may be specified for a programme.
c.         Elective courses: These are courses recommended for a programme which students registered for the programme may register for and take to fulfill the minimum number of units required to earn the desired degree.

d.         Pre-requisite courses: A course which must be taken prior to taking another specified course, usually at higher level. A minimum score or 30% is usually accepted as satisfying a pre-requisite requirement. Where a pre-requisite course is specified, a student must fulfill the pre-requisite requirement to qualify to register for the course for which the pre-requisite applies.
e.        There are two clear-cut semesters, first and second semesters, in an academic session.
           A full-time student’s workload for a semester is normally a minimum of 15 and a
           maximum of 24 units of courses prescribed by the relevant department and approved
           by Senate. A student must register for the courses he/she intends to take in a semester
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  •      Permission to add or delete courses must be made within the first six weeks of lectures

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  •      The examination scoring and grading system approved by the Senate of Caleb

University is as in Table 2 below. It is a 5 point grading system. Examination scoring  is normally on a maximum score of 100% and pass mark is any score ≥ 40%. The  examination score normally has two components, continuous and final examination assessment. Continuous assessment is cumulative of class tests, assignments, grading  in practical exercises, seminars/workshops, etc and constitutes not more than 40% of      the total grade while the final examination assessment will constitute a minimum of   60%. If the final examination for a practical course is based on theory of practical, then the continuous assessment based on scores in graded practical exercises constitutes a minimum of 60%.

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State scientists ignored in pesticide's approval

Kristen Taylor/FlickrMethyl iodide, a pesticide used primarily by strawberry growers, may cause brain damage in developing fetuses.

California’s former top pesticide regulatory official dismissed safety guidelines suggested by her own staff scientists on the grounds that they were "excessive" and too onerous for the pesticide manufacturer, recently released internal documents show.

In response, the scientists lodged a formal protest, calling the official’s actions “not scientifically credible,” according to the documents released by court order last week.

The documents amount to a “smoking gun,” says Paul Blanc, a professor of occupational and environmental medicine at UC San Francisco. Last year, Blanc helped advise the staff scientists on their evaluation of the pesticide, methyl iodide.

“The decision by the regulatory superiors was not science-based," Blanc said.

In one of the documents, Mary-Ann Warmerdam, who led the state's Department of Pesticide Regulation until this year, weighs a recommendation from her staff that farm workers be exposed to no more than a trace amount of methyl iodide per day. The recommendation – intended to protect farm workers from cancer and miscarriage – is "excessive and difficult to enforce," Warmerdam wrote in April 2010, about two weeks before the department made its recommendation that California approve methyl iodide. If the restrictions on methyl iodide were approved, she wrote, the pesticide manufacturer might find the recommendations "unacceptable, due to economic viability."

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"(Warmerdam's) method was to consult with the pesticide manufacturer and determine what was acceptable to them, and then decide on what an acceptable level of exposure was," said Susan Kegley, a consulting scientist for the Pesticide Action Network, a group suing the state.

Department spokeswoman Lea Brooks declined to comment on the documents, citing the pending litigation. "It is inappropriate to try this case in the media," Brooks said.

Warmerdam resigned from the department in January. Gov. Jerry Brown has yet to appoint a successor.

Methyl iodide was approved in December 2010, at the tail end of the Schwarzenegger administration. It's a chemical fumigant used primarily by strawberry growers. A coalition of environmental and farm-worker groups has sued the state to try to ban the chemical.

As part of the suit, the groups asked the Department of Pesticide Regulation to release documents explaining how the agency decided to approve the chemical. The plaintiffs wanted to know how the agency had settled on exposure levels more than 100 times higher than what scientists within the agency believed were safe.

When pressed for documents that might reveal the agency's rationale, Warmerdam declined to release them, citing the "deliberative process" exemption, which allows government agencies to keep the thought process behind a decision private. A public records act request filed by California Watch and KQED QUEST elicited the same response.

Earlier this month, a judge disagreed, ordering the department to release the documents, which plaintiffs shared with reporters on Thursday.

"DPR has an obligation to explain to the public the basis for its decision," said Earthjustice attorney Greg Loarie, who is representing the plaintiffs. "The public has every right to know that DPR approved methyl iodide over the objections of its own staff scientists."

That rift between scientists and regulators first became public last year, in an e-mail exchange unearthed by KQED QUEST and California Watch's Public Records Act request. In the e-mails, two staff toxicologists – Lori Lim and Ruby Reed – said they had not been part of the decision to approve methyl iodide, and they stood by their original work.

"We had to read between the lines to figure out how the target levels were calculated," they wrote. Both Lim and Reed have since resigned from the department.

The new documents show staff scientists sending their complaints up the department’s chain of command.

"I am puzzled by the numbers," staff scientist Jay Schreider wrote in a memo to the state's top toxicologist, Gary Patterson. Approving methyl iodide was "management's prerogative," Schreider wrote. But he said managers should not imply that the scientists' findings "are the basis for that decision, or that the apparent 'mix and match' approach provides a scientifically credible basis for the decision."

In his order, Judge Frank Roesch of the Alameda County Superior Court found that the "great majority" of the department’s documents should never have been withheld in the first place. As for the rest, Roesch found "the interest in public disclosure clearly outweighs agency interest in non-disclosure."

The documents reveal a rare point of agreement between the department’s scientists and its managers: that methyl iodide may cause brain damage in developing fetuses.

When California first began evaluating methyl iodide, it took the unusual step of bringing in an outside group of scientists, hired to work alongside department scientists, as an independent peer-review group. The scientists, including UCSF’s Blanc, worried that methyl iodide could drift up from strawberry fields and be inhaled by pregnant farm workers or children playing nearby, causing subtle effects such as IQ loss, which might never be detected or traced back to the chemical.

"Methyl iodide concentrates in the fetal brain to levels well above those in the mother," they wrote in their assessment. "There is a high likelihood that methyl iodide is a developmental neurotoxin."

The new documents show department managers also contending with the lack of data about methyl iodide's potential effects on developing brains. In animal tests, they wrote, "several measures of neurological deficiency were measured. … Overall, there is a need for a more thorough investigation into developmental neurotoxicity in pre- and post-natal exposures to methyl iodide, because the existing data do not address these exposures."

Given the lack of data, the panel scientists recommended that a 10-fold "uncertainty factor" be added into the calculations about how much methyl iodide to which a worker could be safely be exposed. Toxicologists use uncertainty factors to help them quantify the amount of a chemical that might be determined “safe.” In this case, the added uncertainty factor would have left managers with a lower number, which would have put greater restrictions on methyl iodide’s use.

Department managers chose to drop the uncertainty factor. An internal document shows that they debated where, and how, to explain that decision.

"Hello Gary!" reads a memo from Marylou Verder-Carlos to Patterson, the lead toxicologist. "If you could please look over this document and see how and where we could explain dropping the additional 10X for the lack of DNT (developmental neurotoxicity) study."

Ultimately, department managers chose not to mention the uncertainty factor in the approval notice at all.

Ted Slotkin, a pharmacology and cancer biology professor at Duke University who served on the peer-review panel, says the documents show that the Department of Pesticide Regulation has no way of knowing whether methyl iodide is safe.

"DPR has no benchmark with which to establish the limits of exposures that could be deemed as 'safe' for pregnant women and children living in agricultural communities or attending schools adjacent to fields where methyl iodide will be applied," he said.

Some farmers in California already are starting to use the chemical, and they are expected to ramp up its use sharply in the fall, during strawberry planting season.

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Mara Zepeda • Neither Snow — Part I

I have been wanting to know more about Mara Zapeda for ages now, just like Betsy Dunlap I was intimidated to reach out, doing these interviews the fear of being ignored or rejected is always on my mind, but luckily most lettering artists have been more than accommodating, even with their full schedules, it makes this lettering-phile happy to no end! Mara not only complied for lack of a better description she ‘brought it’, so much so that we are compelled to make this a Part I + Part II, there’s just way too much great information here for you and way too many beautiful images

Where are you located?

After living for years on the east coast (Philadelphia and Boston) then pinballing from Los Angeles and Florence, Italy, I am happily settled in Portland, Oregon. Everything you’ve heard is true: it is an incredible city.

I am so curious about the name ‘neither snow’, I know it’s from the U.S. Post, but I am dying to know how you decided upon this? Did you read it standing on line and it resonated? It’s so charming and genius.

Thank you! I started Neither Snow in the summer of 2009, right before my own wedding. I went to Reed College (more on that later) where we read Herodotus’ Histories. The quote originates there and was then adopted and adapted by the US Postal service as its well-known motto, which I’ve admired for years on the facade of the New York Central Post Office. I liked that it referenced both my time at Reed and the nostalgia surrounding hand delivered mail.

How did you get started in lettering?

My mother was a calligrapher so I grew up around light tables and bottles of Windsor & Newton ink, shrieks of horror at an errant blob of ink ruining the final line of a commission, and easy access to pens and nibs. I studied collage with the artist Gail Rieke in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a teenager. While Gail wouldn’t call her lettering calligraphy, it transmits so much beauty and soul, especially in her astonishing collage journals. She turned me on to the work of Lenore Tawney and Joseph Cornell. Again, they are not calligraphers but, more than any others, I was influenced by these artists’ worldview, and the way they incorporated lettering into their work.

Reed has a storied history of calligraphy. Lloyd Reynolds started the program, which inspired countless Pacific Northwest calligraphers, poets, and artists, not to mention students across departments. (This image of calligraphed library circulation cards just kills me). Some people might be familiar with it from Steve Jobs’ famous Stanford commencement speech in which he speaks about his calligraphy teacher, Robert Palladino, and the influence that sensibility had on the design of the first Macintosh computer. In fact, some of the earliest Adobe typefaces used on Macs were designed by Reed alumni.

Reed’s scriptorium program sadly didn’t exist while I there (but it doesn now and it is amazing). While in college, I started my formal italic study in New York City, with Paul Werner. Then I went on to study Copperplate with Carole Maurer in Philadelphia. At a certain point, I faced the hard truth that I was (and continue to be!) a terrible traditional calligrapher. Replicating traditional letterforms was neither my strength nor interest. This was around the time that groundbreaking artists like Betsy Dunlap started create work with such vivacity and personality. Betsy’s trailblazing encouraged the early generation of modern pointed pen calligraphers. Her influence cannot be overstated. (I wrote more about my inglorious start here).

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Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy by Eleanor Winters
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14 June 2009

What are you reading this summer?

Poets and Writers Magazine posed the question on their FaceBook page Friday: What's your summer reading list? I don't usually have a specific reading plan, regardless of the season, but it seemed a good time to look at some of the books that I have 'on deck'. My resolve to not buy any books this year hasn't held, but I have made a slight progress through the mountains of unread books. My list is 10 books, and 3 books of poems. Probably a bit idealistic, but I on extended summer until the first frost, I may be able to complete at least 50% of this list. What is your summer reading list?

The Time Traveler's Wife. Audrey Niffenegger. My book group read this a few months ago, but it was during a period when I was busy with work, so I only completed the first few chapters. Reading LitLove's recent review has brought this back towards the top of the reading pile.

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler. This is the selection for my book group this month. This has been on a list of books to read for years. I'm looking forward to reading this.

City of Thieves, David Benioff. In a weak moment, (as far as my "no new books" rule) I was talked into buying this by a clerk at Border's. I have only read the first few pages so far -- not enough for it to capture my full attention, although I have heard very promising things about this book.

Short stories:
In Our Time, Ernest Hemingway. I was thinking about this book recently, and was prompted to buy a copy when I was bookbrowsing in Paris. Yes, it's an American writer, a book in English, but I was at Shakespeare and Company, a place where Hemingway hung out in the 20s, so buying a book by him while there didn't seem so out of place, just a bit touristy. Courtney wrote a few weeks ago about launching a "Haunted by Hemingway" reading group. I hope she includes this book.

Mark Bittman Food Matters. I purchased this book several weeks ago and was eager to read it immediately, but was disappointed when I opened the book to realize that the first page was page 53. I did exchange it for a copy that had all of the pages -- and in the right order -- but it seems to be a book that I'm reading in short spurts. Somewhere in the stacks are other books by Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver on food and ethics of eating local and organic.

My Stroke Of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor. I'm reading this for another book discussion group. A brain scientist, Bolte Taylor was able to learn about her area of expertise in a way few of her peers ever had when she had a devastating stroke at 37. This book is about insights learned during her long recovery.

Leaving Mum and Pup, Christopher Buckley. I saw an interview with Buckley a few weeks ago and was intrigued enough to go buy his book. The first few chapters have made me laugh in parts, and, in other parts, sympathize with his pain over the deaths of his parents. I've read about a third of the book, and while it can't help but be name-dropping -- it's about Bill Buckley the standard-bearer of conservatism for decades, for christssakes -- there is something in this book that goes beyond the celebrity nature of Buckley's parents. I'll probably write a post about this book at some point. I have a copy of one of Christopher Buckley's novels that a friend gave me a few years ago. It promptly made its way to the bookshelf with the cover not even having been opened. I may find that book when I'm done with this, as I do like his prose style.

Letters On Cezanne, Rainer Maria Rilke. Another book that I've had for some time. Rilke's letters to his wife regarding multiple visits to a Cezanne exhibit. I find writing about art very difficult because I do not have the vocabulary of an art critic. These letters, though, are not a critique, but a description of a personal experience with the paintings. I'm planning to avoid the lengthy commentary at the beginning of the book until after I read through the letters.

I usually have a book or two with a theological or spiritual focus that I'm reading. Right now it is L William Countryman's The Poetic Imagination: An Anglican Spiritual Tradition. I am expecting a heavy dose of Donne and Herbert in this book, but I am mostly interested in reading this because I have an interest in exploring the intersection of spirituality and art. This may be a bit too academic for "summer reading" -- maybe for any kind of light reading.

Always have a few books of poetry that are close at hand for perusing, rather than languishing on the bookshelf. Current volumes are:

Sixty Poems by Charles Simic
After by Jane Hirshfield.

While in Paris, I purchased Into the Deep Street: Seven Modern French Poets, 1938 - 2008. The poems are in both the original French, and translated into English. This may take a long time for me to get through, but it should be interesting and challenging. I am unfamiliar with the 7 poets in the volume: Jean Follain, Henri Thomas, Philippe Jaccottet, Jacques Reda, Paul de Roux, Guy Goffette, Gilles Ortlieb. Actually, I'm unfamiliar with any contemporary French poet.

And, as for working on my French skills, I had to purchase a copy of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's Le Petit Prince while I was in Paris. A favorite of mine since childhood, I use to have a copy in french that I first purchased in Paris 30 years ago, but I couldn't find it recently when I wanted to. I'll probably reread this again soon.

That's enough to last me through the season and beyond. We'll see how many of these are read in the next few months or what other books may grab my attention.

I'd love to read what you is on your summer reading lists. Leave it in the comments.

Kay said...

Well ... in my case it'll be my Winter list.
I find at the mo. I am too busy writing to read. (It usually happens that way ... but writers do need to read, so I must make more of an effort ...) I am known for going into a bookshop and coming out with a stack of interesting pens and a couple of notebooks rather than reading material. HOWEVER, I do aim to finish reading 'Beach Music' by Pat Conroy, plus read: Katherine by Anya Seton, The Travels of Maudie Tipstaff by Margaret Forster and read (again - must be the fourth reading now) Diane Wakoski's poetry collection Argonaut Rose. I bought a new poetry book today, Pop-Up Invasions by Fiona Farrelll (a NZ poet.) So that's a start anyway!

litlove said...

You have a wonderful list there, Cam, and I'm looking forward very much to hearing what you have to say about the Niffenegger. I've got a big pile of fiction, as ever!, lined up for summer, and am embarking on more research reading on mad Hollywood mothers, this time. Judy Garland and Liza Minelli, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher and Britney Spears are on the list at the moment!

Cam said...

Kay - I have yet to read Beach Music but I have two friends who say that it is their favorite book.

Litlove, since you're reading Hollywood moms, if you haven't read already Mommy Dearest, Christina Crawford's scathing book about her mother Joan, you should consider it for your list.

ZoesMom said...

That's a great list! Now you just need a wonderfully long vacation and a very comfortable lounge chair. Perhaps and attentive, but not intrusive waiter on hand? Oh, wait, that's my fantasy :-).

Time Traveler's Wife is one of those books I wish I hadn't read so I could have the pleasure of reading it for the first time again.

Dorothy W. said...

The only book I know of for sure is Infinite Jest with the Infinite Summer group. And then there will be book group books, but other than that, I'm not making specific plans. I may start Holmes's Coleridge biography, and that will take me much if not all of the summer and beyond to finish. Your summer reading list sounds great!

Emily Barton said...

What a great list. My summer list is more vague: "read some -- any -- Updike," "let's finally read some Margaret Millar," "How many books do I have that people have lent me? 12???!! Better get reading..." "I hope I get to Edgar Sawtelle this summer. Ridiculous that I've had it since Xmas and still haven't read it when EVERYone says I should," "Let's do short stories with Cheever and Stegner if we're in the mood," etc., etc. The only ones I know for sure are Jude the Obscure (for book discussion group meeting in September) and Christine Falls (next mystery book discussion group book).

I loved Food Matters (so, so sensible without making you feel guilty), and I'm like ZM -- wish I could read Time Traveler's Wife all over again never having read it. Maybe I'll re-read it this summer...

Ted said...

The new A. S. Byatt, On The Origin of Stories, The Snow Geese, The Little Stranger, The Night Watch, Little Monsters, Rhythms of the Brain, perhaps a biography or two. I'm working on one of Patricia Highsmith right now. BTW, I just read on another opera lover's blog that the Opera of St. Louis's production of Salome is great!

Courtney said...

hmmm, I know I commented on this post...was it put in spam?

Cam said...

Courtney - I didn't see one. Don't know what happened.

Ted -- interesting list. I'll have to check online about the St Louis Opera's production. STL is probably just a little too far to drive from where I live to be a fun trip. I used to commute 2x/month to there and think I've memorized every mile of the 4.5 hr trip.

Dorothy - I tried Infinite Jest once but just couldn't seem to get into it. Looking forward to reading what you think about it.

Emily -- Edgar Sawtelle has been sitting on my bookshelf for awhile.

ZM - sounds like your fanatasy reading vacation would be lots of fun.


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February 16/07 8:13 am - Giro Announces Teams for 2007

Posted by Editor on 02/16/07

Giro Announces Team Selections

The organizers of the Giro d'Italia (RCS) have announced the names of the 22 teams which are invited to the first of the Grand Tours this year, and already there is controversy. RCS has sided with ASO - organizers of the Tour de France and other major races - in leaving out the ProTour squad Unibet.com, contrary to UCI demands. The Giro has also invited Tyler Hamilton's Tinkoff squad, despite the American coming off a suspension and being implicated in the Puerto scandal.

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Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo (Ita) *
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Astana (Sui)
Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
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Ceramica Panaria-Navigare (Irl) *
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Gerolsteiner (Ger)
Lampre-Fondital (Ita)
Liquigas (Ita)
Predictor-Lotto (Bel)
Quick Step- Innergetic (Bel)
Rabobank (Ola)
Saunier Duval-Prodir (Esp)
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Team Milram (Ita)
Tinkoff Credit System (Ita) *
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