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Long-Awaited Book on Improving Museum Experience Is Out from the DMA

by Jerome Weeks 24 Jan 2011

The Dallas Museum of Art has released director Bonnie Pittman’s book, ‘Ignite the Power of Art’ — which is based on her pioneering research into the different ways visitors interact with exhibitions and how museums can tailor their offerings to the four types of museum-goer: observer, independent, enthusiast and participant.

The first we heard of Ignite the Power of Art was back in March when the New York Times interviewed Dallas Museum of Art director Bonnie Pitman on pioneering research that she’d led, research directed at determining the why, how, who and what of museum-going: who visits museums, how do they experience the exhibitions, what results — if any — might come from putting a museum’s collections online? The seven-year research project, called The Framework for Engaging with Art, went beyond ordinary demographics or ticket sales to understand how better to engage the different responses people have to museum shows.

Today, the DMA has released Pittman’s book, Ignite the Power of Art: Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums, to be distributed by Yale University Press. The book provides an overview of the research done by the DMA and Randi Korn & Associates along with the institutional changes the museum has enacted in response to the study’s division of visitors into four types, each with their own style of interacting with the museum’s offerings: the observer, the independent, the enthusiast and the participant.

The full release follows:

Dallas Museum of Art Publishes Ignite the Power of Art: Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums Offering New Model for Engaging Diverse Audiences

Distributed by Yale University Press, Book Reveals Innovative Audience Research with Far-Reaching Ramifications for Museum Field

DALLAS, January 24, 2011 – The Dallas Museum of Art is releasing an important new book that offers groundbreaking insight into how museum visitors connect with art and how museums can create enriching and engaging experiences for diverse audiences. Distributed by Yale University Press, Ignite the Power of Art: Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums reveals findings from the DMA’s innovative seven-year research on the different preferences and behaviors of museum goers. The book documents how the Museum’s new understanding of its audience and community transformed its practices and programs, leading to a 100% increase in overall attendance and dramatic increases in the Museum’s visibility, membership, and public programming participation.

Written by Bonnie Pitman, The Eugene McDermott Director of the DMA, and Ellen Hirzy, Ignite the Power of Art captures the vibrant and collaborative spirit in which the Dallas Museum of Art engages with its community, and offers dramatic insight that can be applied readily by art museums throughout the country seeking to expand their reach and connect with their audiences more deeply. (Price: $25.00; ISBN: 978-0-300-16754-2; Pages: 222 with 141 color illus. + 6 tables)

“Ignite the Power of Art examines a fundamental change in our approach to our visitors, both on-site and online, and our understanding of our own mission to connect art and people in the most purposeful way,” said Pitman. “The book is a record of our ongoing process of experimentation and evaluation, and of the dynamic, all-encompassing renewal that has occurred at the DMA—including innovation in our multi-disciplinary programming, transformation of our spaces, and the strengthening of relationships both inside and outside the Museum. It represents an extraordinary achievement for the DMA, and for Dallas, and provides an important new model for arts communities around the country.”

Ignite the Power of Art first provides an overview of the Framework for Engaging with Art, the DMA’s visitor research initiative that was developed jointly by DMA staff and Randi Korn & Associates, Inc., which identified four distinct groups of museum visitors. The book also offers an intimate look at how, as a result of the study, the DMA transformed its institutional thinking, developing a new comprehensive operational strategy and broader range of experimental programs with the variety of visitor preferences in mind. Ignite the Power of Art also contains interviews with several Dallas community leaders who offer their perspectives on the Museum’s significant revitalization.

About the Research Initiative and Its Impact at the DMA

Conceived in 2002, the Framework for Engaging with Art research was driven by the desire to deepen visitors’ connections and experiences with art at the Museum. Probing beyond traditional museum visitor studies, this research posed a series of qualitative questions about how visitors prefer to engage with art in the museum setting and their comfort levels looking at and talking about art.

The DMA administered six different studies from 2003 through 2009, encompassing some 3,400questionnaires from visitors to the Museum and its website, and from local teachers, as well as nearly 40 in-depth interviews conducted on-site at the Museum. The cumulative findings identified the following four related “visitor clusters,” grouped according to individual preference for interpretation types and comfort levels with art:

Observers, who have the most limited background in art and art history, and who tend to prefer a guided experience at the museum.

Participants, who have a stronger knowledge of art than Observers and have the strongest interest in connecting with works of art through a variety of ways, including through music, dance, dramatic performances, and readings.

Independents, who prefer to experience a work of art without explanations or interpretation.

Enthusiasts, who are most emotionally affected by art, and are most interested in the artist’s materials and techniques, and in explaining the meaning of a work to a friend.

Armed with this new insight into its audience’s preferences and interests, the Museum developed a new comprehensive operational strategy that unites and integrates all departments—from visitor services and public relations to curatorial and education departments—during the programming development process. The result has led to the creation of new experimental initiatives at the Museum, including the DMA’s Center for Creative Connections (C3), which offers interactive experiences with original works of art from the DMA’s collections; Wi-Fi–enabled smARTphone tours, which provide myriad ways for visitors to learn more about the works in the Museum’s collections; and interactive collections-based exhibitions and special late-night events. In addition to a100% increase in Museum attendance, this expanded program has motivated more than 50% of visitors to participate in educational and public programming at the Museum.

About the Dallas Museum of Art

Located in the vibrant Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) ranks among the leading art institutions in the country and is distinguished by its innovative exhibitions and groundbreaking educational programs. At the heart of the Museum and its programs are its global collections, which encompass more than 24,000 works and span 5,000 years of history, representing a full range of world cultures. Established in 1903, the Museum welcomes approximately 600,000 visitors annually and acts as a catalyst for community creativity, engaging people of all ages and backgrounds with a diverse spectrum of programming, from exhibitions and lectures to concerts, literary readings, and dramatic and dance presentations.

The Dallas Museum of Art is supported in part by the generosity of Museum members and donors and by the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas/Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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    Dallas wildflower artist Chapman Kelley directly challenged Pitman’s book premise when in 2010 he asked her to remove his award-winning painting Sand Dune (1960) from a DMA ‘Coastlines’ exhibit because she allowed some unauthorized acoustics to be added to it. Kelley said his personality and moral rights were violated by her ‘added on’ sound effects, as codified under a section of U.S. copyright law called the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990. Art historian Sam Blain analyzed this artists’ rights issue recently in his Dallas Art History blog here: http://www.dallasarthistory.com/


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Kaos returns after several name changes

May 31, 1991|By Mike Giuliano

A genealogist could be kept busy charting the lineages and name changes of some Baltimore nightclubs. The Towson nightclub that once upon a time was Kaos has returned to that name after several years as Buddy's and then a fast few weeks as a membership-oriented club named facade.

There's still some evidence of Facade's brief life, but apparently its membership fees, dress code and cover didn't succeed in a town where people often balk at having to dress up, much less pay at the door.

Although Kaos is located off busy Joppa Road in East Towson, it's actually tucked away on inconspicuous little Orchard Tree Lane. The well-known Orchard Inn is the best guide to where you should turn onto the kinda-sorta lane and head north until you see Kaos across the asphalt parking lot serving a motley assortment of stores and restaurants housed in warehouse-like buildings.

The nocturnal lure in this nightclub has always been the high-ceilinged room in which banks of pulsating disco lights and video screens make the dance floor beckon. Although a two-level lounge off to the side offers a resting place, this has never been the spot for intimate moments.

Having seen this club on another occasion jam-packed and loud, I was a tad disconcerted to stop by on a recent weeknight and find such a low population count. My hunch is that all the changes in identity and policy may have kept some of the regulars away. However, dollar-drink nights on Sunday and Wednesday should prove alluring for old-timers and newcomers alike.

What really seems likely to pull in a crowd is the no cover dance music on Friday and Saturday nights. This club has been a longtime staple for Top 40 bands, with Moment of Silence playing tonight and Saturday, and TKA playing Sunday.

A summertime tradition here is the ladies' bikini contest tailor-made for an appreciative audience of guys every Thursday night. In what might be looked on as an equal exposure opportunity, the ladies are invited to come see a performance by the male Heartbreakers Dance Review on June 4.

Where: 8850 Orchard Tree Lane, Towson.

Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily.

Menu: burgers, sandwiches and salads served until 4 p.m.

Credit cards: AE, MC, V.

Call: 339-7880.

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Chicago man's body retrieved from Little Calumet River in Riverdale

June 17, 2008

RIVERDALE — The body of a Chicago man was pulled from the Little Calumet River in south suburban Riverdale on Sunday night.

Deangelo Dunlap, 28, was retrieved from the water near 130th and Halsted Streets around 7:30 p.m. Sunday and pronounced dead at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, authorities said.

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Burris looks back on 'big legacy'

Embraced, ignored and derided, successor of Obama prepares to leave the Senate

October 23, 2010|By Katherine Skiba, Tribune reporter

WASHINGTON — A new Howard University law grad in 1963, Roland Burris packed up the car for Chicago and told his wife that the capital had "too much government." He pledged to come back only for a plum job: senator or vice president.

In the twilight of his career, he got his wish.

On a raw, rainy winter day in early 2009, Burris and his lawyers strode purposefully into the Capitol, where he hoped to be sworn in as a senator. They were swallowed up in a media frenzy, since the seat had been President-elect Barack Obama's and Burris had been appointed by then- Gov. Rod Blagojevich — who was accused of trying to sell the seat.

Burris was turned away by Senate officials that day, but after about a week of wrangling, he was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney.

Next month, Burris is expected to leave quietly, ending a 21-month odyssey in which he was, by turn, ostracized, accepted, embraced, rebuked and tolerated, receiving congeniality from some and ridicule from others.

The 73-year-old senator talked with the Tribune late last week about reaching his goal. "It has been a dream come true," he said. "I've been loving every day I've been in Senate."

Asked if he ever harbored an iota of doubt about accepting the appointment from the disgraced Blagojevich, Burris was emphatic.

"Not a question, not a question about it," Burris said. "The right thing to do was get representation for the people of Illinois. He had the authority. He was the governor. And that was it."

Succeeding Obama, Burris is the only African-American Senator of the 111th U.S. Congress. The Senate is expected to have no black members when Burris departs, after the Nov. 2 balloting is certified.

Congress watchers said the controversy clouding his appointment overshadowed all else. One said Burris' value was chiefly as a reliable Democratic vote.

"Obviously, he became an important figure: It was one of those votes needed in many cases to get over the 60-vote margin, and a lot happened," said Norman Ornstein, of the American Enterprise Institute. "But in terms of other stuff he was doing, I never heard anybody talk about him.

"He was there, but he was almost like a Zelig," Ornstein added, referring to the Woody Allen character who could transform himself into anyone he was near.

Burris, though, cites only successes.

"I've had a big legacy in my short period of time," he said, "and feel that I left a very creative and good legacy and contributed to the passing of major legislation."

He pointed to the economic stimulus bill, the health care overhaul, Wall Street reforms and others.

Other highlights of the interview:

— On magazines dismissing him as "Sen. Chuckles" or "clueless": "I'm an old warrior. People are going to criticize you in this business. It goes with the territory."

— On being admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee, which found that he provided "incorrect, inconsistent, misleading or incomplete information" regarding his appointment: "I guess they had to come up with something. But I didn't know what a 'qualified admonishment' is."

— On Obama: "I've defended my president every day. I wish some of your (news media) colleagues would get off his back."

Born into a railroad family in Centralia, Ill., Burris at age 15 helped desegregate a swimming pool there. The experience set his life's trajectory. He first was elected to public office in 1978, as Illinois comptroller, becoming the first African-American to win statewide office. He later served as Illinois attorney general, but lost several other bids for office, including for Senate, governor and Chicago mayor.

Fast-forward to 2009: Burris said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, of California, was first to support his being seated. Sen. Russ Feingold, of Wisconsin, was next, Burris said, noting that, "We've had a great relationship" but flubbing his name by calling him "Ralph" and "Feinberg."

After entering the Senate, Burris found himself unable to raise campaign cash to seek a full six-year Senate term, so within months he took himself out of the running. Now he plans to return to law or lobbying.

House Democrat Bobby Rush, of Chicago, an ally, said Burris was handicapped as a short-timer.

"It takes senators longer than 18 months to get their game legs working properly," Rush said. "Roland just didn't have enough time."

Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, one of Burris' lawyers and a friend, said the senator showed resilience — and performed admirably — despite "attacks, criticism and setbacks."

He said the taint over the appointment falls to Blagojevich, not to the appointee. He added that a jury has yet to be convinced that the ex-governor tried to sell the Senate seat. Blagojevich has been convicted on a separate count and awaits a new trial on other charges.


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February 25, 1989

February is a much-maligned month. People usually bemoan this time of year when nothing much happens. The only good thing about February is that it's short.

Funny, but we haven't heard many people complaining about being bored this year. February has been anything but dull, weatherwise at least.

A winter month that began with spring-time temperatures was strange enough. Instead of parkas and snow skiing, it was T-shirts and making plans for summer at the beach. Joggers were out in droves, in shorts. Daffodils were blooming everywhere. Doves were cooing at each other and looking for a place to nest.

Then it got even hotter, with 80-degree weather making the middle of February seem like a midsummer's dream. But the past week takes the prize. A mammoth snowstorm shocked us back into winter with 16 inches of convincing. Yet, a bright sun and rising temperatures ushered the snow away as quickly as it had arrived. The quick departure, and the fact that the snow came on a three-day weekend, caused little inconvenience to our ordered lives. The only heartbreaks were the many trees and strubs whose limbs could not support their icy burdens.

Then, yesterday it snowed again, our second major storm in a week. And a doozy it was. High winds brought blizzard-like conditions that complicated driving and even a walk to the woodshed.

Weather forecasters are sometimes caught off-guard by the intensity of snowstorms and winter heat waves. But we're willing to take a chance. Given the exciting weather that February has brought, we predict clear skies on Sunday, with highs in the 80s. So break out the shorts - but keep that snow shovel handy.

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Navy Tests Fire Site For Pcb Leakage

Little Creek Building Off Limits

July 29, 1989|By A.J. PLUNKETT Staff Writer

VIRGINIA BEACH — Navy officials are checking a building at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek for possible contamination by PCBs after a transformer fire Thursday night.

The building and surrounding area have been declared off-limits while a hazardous emergency response team from Norfolk Naval Base tests the site to determine whether there were any PCBs in the transformer and what further precautions should be taken, said Lt. Cmdr. John Lloyd, a Navy spokesman. The emergency workers are using protective suits and breathing apparatus.

PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, is a heat-resistant chemical suspected of causing cancer. It is commonly found in the oils of older electrical transformers as a means of keeping the machinery cool.

Although it was not known if the transformer that caught fire in Barnum Hall, a barracks and office building, contained PCBs, the fire was treated as a PCB fire until tests could be run, Lloyd said.

The transformer was to have been replaced next week because it is old and was identified as the kind that often contains the PCB-tainted oils, Lloyd said.

There were no injuries in the fire, although personnel evacuated from the building, as well as firefighters and security personnel, are undergoing blood and other medical tests to check for contamination, Lloyd said. .

More than 230 people from the base's Transient Personnel Unit had to be evacuated from Barnum Hall, located near Gate One of the base. Fire and smoke were discovered coming from the basement electrical transformer about 10 p.m., Lloyd said.

Base firefighters suspect the transformer caught fire after lightning struck a nearby pole and the current traveled down to the tranformer, Lloyd said.

While the fire was confined to the transformer, smoke was carried throughout the building and outside, where it enveloped about four Navy vehicles parked downwind, Lloyd said.

The fire could have created an airborne contamination if the transformer contained PCB-tainted oils, said David A. Sterling, assistant professor of environmental health at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

For the heat-resistant PCBs to have traveled throughout the building, the fire had to have been hot enough for the PCB-tainted oils to break down and attach themselves to airborne materials in the smoke, said Sterling.

If the airborne particles were then windborne, the contamination could be quite extensive, although the concentration of PCBs would be greatly diminished, he said.

"It's like if you took baby powder out into the wind. After a certain distance, you can't even see it," Sterling said.

The more scattered the smoke, "the possible potential for toxicity diminishes," Sterling said.

Barnum Hall not only houses personnel in transit between commands, but also provides office space for a surface warfare development group and a variety of detachment squadrons, Lloyd said.

A special team has been organized to help the displaced personnel replace uniforms and other personal items left in the building during the evacuation. The assistance even includes hiring locksmiths to unlock and make new keys for their cars, Lloyd said.

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Future of mansion uncertain

November 10, 1997

Future of mansion uncertain

Staff Writer, Martinsburg

MARLOWE, W.Va. - "Tara it isn't," Hal Dunham said Thursday, making a somewhat unfavorable comparison between Maidstone and the fictional O'Hara plantation in "Gone With the Wind."

The branches of trees form a canopy over the long lane that leads to the manor house from McKowan Road, but the brick steps are partially covered with moss and the four white pillars of the porch are rotting at their bases.

Behind the house a cinderblock carport long ago replaced the three-tiered balcony. There's still a smokehouse, but other 19th-century barns and outbuildings have given way to functional metal sheds.

Dunham and his wife Lyn, of Falling Waters, W.Va., are two of the 21 members on the board of directors of the William Robinson Leigh Foundation. The foundation was formed in the summer of 1996 to save the antebellum manor that was the boyhood home of Leigh, an artist famed for his depictions of life and landscape in the Old West.

Those hopes have been set back by the pending sale and development of the 267 remaining acres of the plantation, which Dunham said once comprised 3,000 acres and spread down to the banks of the Potomac.

Dunham said Maidstone is a typical plantation home of the era. Built in 1848 of imported English brick, the house is on the National Register of Historic Places and a bronze plaque on the front door tells that it is a Berkeley County historical landmark.

Dunham said the foundation had been looking for a corporate "angel" to buy the entire property, but none of the companies contacted bought into the project.

He said the foundation also tried to interest the state in the property.

"As far as American Trust Bank is concerned, it is sold. We just haven't gone to settlement," said Bill Walker, a relationship banking specialist with the bank. Walker said the settlement could happen in the next two to four weeks.

Walker said he could not name the buyer, but on Oct. 20 the Berkeley County Planning Commission approved final plans for the first of six sections of Maidstone Estates, submitted by Highlands of the Potomac Limited Liability Co. of Clarksburg, Md.

That section includes 20 lots on 17.5 acres. The property is owned by the bank, which Dunham said acquired it when a previous development plan fell through.

"We can't do anything without any money, anyway," Dunham said Sunday.

In addition to purchasing the manor house, the foundation members had dreamed of operating the property as a "living plantation" and museum that would attract artists, tourists, students and researchers.

That would have required a significant amount of money. According to Dunham, the last quote he had for the property was about $850,000.

Restoring the manor house, building a museum and other improvements could have run into millions of dollars.

The developer could still decide to sell the house separately and Dunham isn't ruling out the possibility of the foundation finding the financial resources to buy the manor.

"We still have letters in the mail," he said.

Even if that does not come to pass, Dunham said the foundation has "people working now developing educational programs and an art contest. We definitely want a program to go to the schools with so students can learn about Leigh."

A museum is still not out of the question, either.

The Leigh family moved to Martinsburg, W.Va., after falling on hard times after the Civil War and Dunham said a museum there would be appropriate.

Don Wood, president of the Berkeley County Historical Society, said the farm has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980, but that affords no protection against development.

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One goal enough for Spartans win

Boys' soccer: La Cañada opens league with 1-0 victory against Temple City.

January 13, 2011|By Andrew Shortall,

Goals were hard to come by for the La Cañada High boys' soccer team in its first league game of the season against Temple City.

When the first and only goal of the game did come, it was scored off the back of a Rams defender.

"Sometimes you have to win ugly on a difficult field against a difficult, tough opposition," La Cañada Coach Barry Ritson said.

A sloppy Temple City field and a strong defensive effort made it impossible for the Spartans to pour on the goals Friday. However, they managed to get one, getting out of Temple City with a 1-0 victory.

La Cañada's (13-0-2, 1-0 in league) lone goal came in the 85th minute, off Matt Canatta's foot and the back of Michael Collins, a Temple City (4-5, 0-1) defender.

Canatta ran the ball into the box with a defender alongside him. Andy May, the Rams' goalie, rushed towards Canatta as he chipped it over his head. Collins jumped, attempting to head the ball out to safety while jockeying with a Spartans' forward. But the ball bounced off his back and into his own net.

"I just chipped it over the goalie and hoped it would glide in the goal; if not, there's a man there to hit it in. Either way I knew it was going in," Canatta said.

After the goal Canatta fell to the floor and threw his arms in the air in celebration as his teammates mobbed him. A few feet away, Collins was lying in his own net with his hands over his head.

"It's part of the game and it happens. It was just an unlucky flip of the coin right there," said May, who did a solid job neutralizing the Spartans' offense for most of the game.

He kept the ball away from La Cañada's high-powered offense by pouncing on any attempt that came into the box.

"He was very aggressive, did a great job attacking the ball and we didn't do good enough getting second balls," Ritson said. "I'll take 1-0 win here on a tough field against a tough team in the first league game of the season."

Canatta filled the role of "super sub" Friday, starting the game on the bench. Ritson hoped to give him a rest, but it soon became clear that wasn't going to be possible as the Spartans had trouble getting their offense on track in the first half.

The Spartans got an instant shot of life when Canatta entered the game to start the second half. He tested May right off the bat, forcing him to make a fingertip save — the closest call of the game to that point.

The game looked like it was destined to end in a tie as the Spartans came up empty on several late scoring opportunities. Armand Bagramyan fired a shot off the top of the Temple City crossbar in the 66th minute. Brian Blumenfeld broke toward the goal and lobbed the ball over May, who was racing towards him, but the ball sailed just over the goal and out of play at the 72-minute mark.

La Cañada finally had a reason to cheer in the 80th minute when Bagramyan sent a beautiful cross into the box that Blumenfeld knocked into the goal. The cheers quickly transformed into the familiar groans heard throughout the game as the referee raised his flag, signaling Blumenfeld was offside.

"It wasn't the greatest result, but the boys worked hard, put a lot of effort in, and sooner or later, if you keep working hard, you're going to get your goal," Ritson said.

The game will serve as a lesson in the postseason, Canatta said.

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Samsung previews more Galaxy S III 'Premium Suite' features

December 11, 2012|By Salvador Rodriguez

Samsung has released a second video previewing some of the features coming on its Premium Suite upgrade for the Galaxy S III.

The features detailed in the latest video of the GS3's upcoming software upgrade focused on improving camera and photo capabilities as well as adding features for users with disabilities.

The standout feature is one called Camera Best Face, which is meant for group photos. This feature will take five different pictures, and after its done, each person in the picture can choose the favorite shot of their face. Once everyone's chosen, the feature combines all the various photos into one that includes the face each user selected. Samsung says this should help get rid of shots where someone blinks.

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Other photo and camera features include Camera Low Light Shot, which takes night shots without flash, and Paper Artist, which gives you a set of tools to decorate your pictures. From the looks of the video, most of the Paper Artist options make your photo look cartoonish.

Another feature is Camera Easy Snap, which is for the visually impaired. This feature lets you know if someone moves into the frame of your shot by saying "faces are detected."

Other features for those with disabilities include the addition of an "Accessibility" option on the setup page. Samsung has also added a Sound Balance option in the Settings app, so users with unbalanced hearing can adjust how sound is delivered to their particular needs.

And finally, if you're new to smartphones, Samsung will also be adding an Easy Mode. That features puts the most heavily used widgets on your phones menu and simplifies it, that way you don't have to worry about where all your apps are or how to get to whatever tool you need.

You can see all of those features above, and you can watch and read about the features previewed in the first video in this post. No word yet on when the Premium Suite upgrade will make its way to the U.S.

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Apple Maps stranding people in Australia; local police urge caution

Twitter may release its own Instagram-like photo filters this month

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'Hell's Kitchen' recap: It's Justin vs. Christina, no surprise

September 05, 2012|By Rene Lynch
  • Justin Antiorio and Christina Wilson are the last two "Hell's Kitchen" competitors standing.
Justin Antiorio and Christina Wilson are the last two "Hell's… (Fox )

The Season 10 "Hell's Kitchen" finale pits Justin Antiorio against Christina Wilson. But some of you -- yawn! -- said you saw that one coming, and you didn't need Penn & Teller or a crystal ball to figure it out.

Seems some of you are not happy with Fox previews of the two-part finale that gave a little too much away.

Dana got her walking papers but was able to keep her chef's jacket. Chef Gordon Ramsay heaped high praise on her but said she just wasn't ready to help run his new Las Vegas steakhouse.

Justin and Christina had barely clinked champagne glasses to toast their success when they received a curveball phone call from chef. They were headed to Vegas, baby, to confer poolside with chef's right-hand man and woman, Scott Leibfried and Andi van Willigan, about their dream restaurant menus.

After some primping and pampering and surprise visits from family, the pair found themselves in the front row of a Penn & Teller show where they were suddenly the headlining act. Did you see that one coming?(Thank you, P&T, for pulling back the curtain on how to saw a man in half, and how to hide chef in a wooden box.)

Justin and Christina were sent scurrying to prepare a multi-course meal for some of the biggest celebuchefs in Vegas, including -- cue the heavenly music -- the original celebrity chef himself, Wolfgang Puck. Puck had final say in the tasting challenge, which came down to a tie (that one you saw coming, right?)

Puck said he was being forced to choose between Christina's delicious dish and Justin's gorgeously presented dish. No choice, really. Christina won the challenge, and with it the first pick from some of her former teammates who have returned for the finale. And we all saw that one coming.

The last two picked? Robyn Almodovar and Clemenza Caserta. Neither were happy about that. Do you think they'll work their hardest to help boost their respective team captains to victory? Or will they submarine them? And who will be the Season 10 winner?

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Palmer Man Injured In Crash On Thruway Police

June 04, 1985|The Morning Call

A Palmer Township man received minor injuries yesterday afternoon in a two- vehicle crash that tied up westbound traffic on the Lehigh Valley Thruway at the Route 191 interchange in Bethlehem Township.

Leon Krischen, 69, of 2030 Maywood Ave. was treated at Easton Hospital.

State police at Stockertown said the accident happened at 5:38 p.m. when a car driven by Krischen entered the Thruway from the Route 191 entrance ramp without stopping for a stop sign.

Krischen's car was struck on the left side by a westbound vehicle driven by Donald Nelson, 33, of Oxford, Kan. His car came to rest facing south and wedged between two cement barriers, which separate traffic lanes and work areas, at the western end of the construction zone.

Krischen was taken to the hospital in the Bethlehem Township ambulance. Nelson and his two children, Rainey, 3, and Raymond, 5, escaped injury.

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Task Force Offers Recommendations To School Board

April 5, 1985

DELAND — The Task Force for the Study of Equal Opportunity in Volusia County Schools, which decided to disband in January after finding no evidence of deliberate racism in the public schools, on Wednesday released a final report containing four recommendations for the school board.

The report says that students in general find racism unacceptable, that faculty and administrators hope more minority students will participate in school activities and that students and faculty members feel the county does a good job at offering equal opportunities to all.

It recommends that:

-- Aggressive efforts be made to ensure that minority faculty members have an opportunity to become department heads.

-- Students who enter elementary school together go through junior and senior high together.

-- The board empower its affirmative action officer and advisory committee to continue to monitor efforts to improve equal opportunities.

-- The board continue to use citizen task forces to investigate sensitive issues.

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Medicare Diagnosis: Elderly Pay More, Hospitals Put Them Out

April 11, 1986|By Anne Groer, Sentinel Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Elderly Medicare patients are being forced to spend more of their own money on health care and sometimes are forced out of hospitals before they have recuperated, the House Committee on Aging was told Thursday.

While the elderly spent just over 12 percent of their own money on health care from 1977 to 1980, they will spend 16 percent in 1986. Direct expenses not covered by Medicare have risen from $712 in 1977 to $1,850 this year and will go to an estimated $2,633 by 1991, says a committee staff report.

Among those blasting a new phenomenon called ''sooner and sicker,'' in which Medicare patients are forced to leave the hospital while they may still be ailing, were Rep. Helen Bentley, R-Md., and veteran Washington reporter Sarah McClendon.

Bentley told of an elderly woman who spent 90 minutes in an outpatient clinic having eight blocked blood vessels cleared, then was sent home, where the vessels ruptured. She criticized the Department of Health and Human Services for making a list of average hospital stays for medical problems, saying ''an 80-year-old shouldn't be classified under the same rules as a 30- year-old.''

But Dr. Henry Desmarais, acting administrator of the agency's Health Care Financing Administration, said those average stays could be appealed to a hospital's diagnosis research group. He insisted that many patients released from hospitals continue to get medical attention in skilled-care nursing homes or from a home health care program.

He conceded that ''there are individual cases'' of very ill elderly persons being sent home too soon.

Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Miami, the former committee chairman, noted in a statement that 5 million people needing home health care cannot get it because of restrictive government definitions, and that nursing homes are forced to care for older, poorer and sicker people while Medicare and Medicaid payments are being cut.

The outspoken McClendon, who complained about the problem to President Reagan during a broadcast press conference Jan. 7, argued that despite having review groups, hospitals often pressure doctors to release patients early to keep costs down.

McClendon said the idea ''stinks'' because it ''usually only buys you a five-day grace period.''

Rep. Edward Roybal, D-Calif., chairman of the Committee on Aging, said one solution to the sooner-or-sicker syndrome is comprehensive national health insurance that also would carry coverage for illnesses with catastrophic expenses.

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Chamber Leaders Discuss Taxes, Peco Bill At '86-87 Budget Meeting

May 1, 1986|By Donna Blanton , Sentinel Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE — Senate leaders renewed their pledge to pass a no-new-taxes budget Wednesday while key House members said they plan to raise $100 million by increasing school property taxes, eliminating some sales tax exemptions and raising university tuition.

Meeting for more than an hour to discuss the 1986-87 budget Wednesday were Senate President Harry Johnston, D-West Palm Beach; Senate Appropriations Chairman Pat Neal, D-Bradenton; House Speaker James Harold Thompson, D-Gretna and House Appropriations Chairman Sam Bell, D-Ormond Beach.

Indications are that the two chambers are not far apart in budget negotiations, which are just beginning. The Legislature traditionally passes its budget in the final days of the session, which is scheduled to end this year on June 6.

Members of both chambers indicated they want to spend about 60 percent of the $350 million Public Education Capital Outlay money on K-12 construction, with the remainder going to university and community college construction. That is sure to anger Gov. Bob Graham, who has indicated he would like 80 percent of the PECO budget to go to K-12 funding.

The leaders of both houses also discussed the possibility of writing the PECO bill in a way to avoid the governor's line-item veto. Last year Graham vetoed several projects in the PECO bill, just as he traditionally has done in the Appropriations bill, and the House sued. The Supreme Court upheld Graham's authority.

The leaders said they might lump construction spending into categories, with specific projects outlined in a letter of intent.

Graham originally recommended $220 million in new taxes next year for a $16 billion budget. Since then, state economists have projected that about $143 million more in new revenue will be available than was expected. An additional $20 million to $25 million may be found at the May 10 revenue estimating conference, the lawmakers said.

House leaders would raise about $62 million from a two-tenths of a mill increase in school property taxes, a source also recommended by Graham. The House would get about $30 million from closing some sales tax exemptions this year. Those to get the ax include exemptions for laundries and dry cleaners, barbers and hair dressers, pool chlorine and candy under 25 cents.

The House also is considering a tuition increase, although Bell and Thompson did not say how much. Graham recommended lawmakers raise tuition next year by 12 percent.

There was no discussion of a proposal to increase gasoline taxes, which was considered by leaders earlier in the session.

Also Wednesday, House leaders called a halt to work on a growth management ''glitch'' bill that has drawn fire from environmentalists as a rewrite of last year's comprehensive growth legislation.

A House Natural Resources subcommittee has been working on the growth management bill (PCB NR 86-12) that was praised by lobbyists for local governments and the business community.

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These Collectors Give Their Pastime Stamp Of Approval

April 25, 1985|By Malinda Reinke, Staff Writer

Jerry Brill of Delray Beach says he and Franklin Delano Roosevelt had the same hobby -- except that Roosevelt was a little more organized.

``I`m just a casual collector,`` Brill said, as he sat on the porch of his condominium apartment with his two thick books of postage stamps. ``I`ve been collecting all my life and I have shoe boxes of stamps that I don`t even know what they are.

``But President Roosevelt -- he had quite a collection.``

Ben Ladin of Boca Raton said he collects canceled ``post office`` stamps from the kissing game girls and boys played at world`s fairs around the time of the Civil War.

``That`s how the game post office really started,`` he said.

According to Ladin, a young man would come to the ``post office`` booth where a young woman sat at a desk and he would ask her if he had received any mail. She would say she didn`t know and ask his name and address. As he told her, another woman behind a curtain would copy it on an envelope that contained a love note.

``The letter, of course, would be postage due,`` Ladin said. ``He would pay a few cents to have the stamp canceled and receive a little peck and the note in return.``

Brill and Ladin said there are more categories of stamps to specialize in than most collectors could count.

``Some people collect countries,`` Brill said. ``Some collect bird stamps or stamps with flowers. Some save art stamps.

``Here are some pretty ones,`` he said, leafing through his books. ``Butterflies.``

Brill, 63, said he is just a ``small collector`` compared to some of the other 80 members of the Delray Beach Stamp Club. He does it for the pastime, not the investment.

Others go for more valuable stamps.

``Some fellows have bookshelves of stamps and stamps so valuable they keep them in bank vaults. You`ve heard of stamps worth $100,000? I haven`t got any of those.

``For me, it`s a hobby,`` Brill said. ``I find it interesting. I like the colors and the subjects are fascinating.``

Ladin said stamp collecting has been an educational experience for him since he was ``in short pants.``

``My friends back in Brooklyn were all doing it, so I started, too,`` he said. ``It was a hobby. But I learned a lot. When I was a kid, I knew more geography and history than anybody else just from what I learned on the stamps.``

Ladin, who helped start the 50-member Stamp Club of Boca Raton, said the latest statistics claim 20 million Americans collect stamps.

``They don`t all belong to clubs,`` he said. ``Some just collect on their own.``

Ladin and Brill said they both enjoy the camaraderie that goes with their hobby.

``You meet a lot of people,`` Ladin said. ``You trade stamps. You buy and sell if you have some money.``

``It`s mostly a swap thing,`` Brill said. ``I`ve got something, you`ve got something. Want to trade?``

A ``stamporee`` set for May 17 through May 19 at the Colonnades Beach Hotel on Singer Island will draw collectors from around South Florida, he said.

Brill said he`s been a stamp ``swapper`` since the Depression.

``Basically, we were all in the same boat,`` he said. ``Nobody had any money. I quit smoking when I was 17 because cigarettes were 10 cents a pack. There were 17 cigarettes in a pack, you open it and you have 19 friends.

``I still collect stamps for enjoyment.

``Lots of times I come out here (on the porch) and work on my books. It`s nice. It`s comfortable. That`s it,`` he said.

``Stamp collectors look for a nasty rainy day and they just enjoy it.``

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Firm Gets Extra Pay For Work On Hall

June 24, 1986|By Sally Deneen, Staff Writer

GREENACRES CITY -- For the first time, city taxpayers will shoulder some of the burden for construction delays at the new, 14-month-overdue City Hall.

The taxpayers` burden: $22,995.

A hesitant City Council voted 3-2 Monday to grant architect Dow-Howell- Gilmore & Associates $22,995 in extra pay for work performed past March 1985, the original deadline for completing the city`s most expensive building, on 10th Avenue North.

Architect Jim Howell, standing before the council and three dozen residents, said he deserved $36,944.

But he sliced off about $14,000 to help bury the City Hall issue, which has nagged and embarrassed the city, the architect and contractor NuView Construction Corp. for months.

``No one came from this particular project unblemished,`` Howell said. He added that his firm may have helped aggravate delays, as did the city and general contractor, NuView Construction Corp., so he lowered his price.

City Manager John Treanor recommended paying $9,046 for work between December 1985 and April, when workers completed the building at 5985 10th Ave. N. Howell at that time helped hasten the transition between NuView, fired in December, and K Hovnanian Corp., which soon took over.

In dispute was March to December 1985.

Some council members questioned whether builders worked enough during that period to bring a higher price tag -- even one with a discount of $14,000. As a result, City Council members Jim Rawlins and Shy Freed dissented.

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Some like it hot: Deliver the Dream's 'Red Hot and In Style' event is back

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February 13, 2013

Deliver the Dream, a south Florida-based nonprofit that organizes retreats for families experiencing a serious illness or crisis will host its second annual "Red Hot and In Style" event featuring some of Fort Lauderdale's most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes – a new addition to this year's event.

On Feb. 21 philanthropists of all ages, backgrounds and careers will be unveiled at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport's Jet Runway Café. Guests will have an opportunity to meet the elite group of men and women, who will be featured for exciting date packages, while enjoying a variety of hors d'oeuvres including sushi, crab cakes and mini pastries.

Event sponsors include Dalland Properties, The Rubin Group, Alison Wiener, Bluegreen Corporation, City Furniture, Forté Properties and the Floridian Community Bank.

Planning committee members include Nancy Bernstein, Amy Kilcoyne, Natali Levine, Deana Licata, Kim Price, Alyssa Sheehan, Adam Davis and Matthew Tannenbaum, as well as co-chairs Alison Wiener and Kelly Edwards.

Tickets are $100 for VIP Admission (limited availability) and include access to the VIP champagne section, exclusive reception with bachelors and bachelorettes and reserved runway seating. General admission tickets are $75.

Proceeds from the event will go directly to Deliver the Dream's Family Retreat Program, which helps families who have a child or a parent living with an illness or going through a crisis. Deliver the Dream retreats occur monthly and invite up to 15 families, free of charge, to get away from the stress of their everyday lives and connect with other families living with similar circumstances. Each monthly retreat focuses on a different illness or crisis such as cancer, autism, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, sickle cell or HIV.

Retreat weekends combine traditional recreational activities like hiking and fishing with therapeutic workshops, peer-to-peer discussion groups and expressive arts and music activities. Nearly 6,000 family members throughout the southeast have attended a weekend since retreats began in the fall of 2002.

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Throwback Thursday: Great Blue Heron

Some bad cell phone photos of Great Blue Herons made at various locations over the past few years

Ditto Landing, Huntsville, AL

Madison County Lake, AL

Gulf Shores State Park, FL

And back to Ditto Landing

  1. That bird at Madison Cty lake got the "big one" that I didn't!

  2. I still think your pictures turned out really well.

  3. Thanks, all. I still think I should start a blog just for my bad cell phone photos, but that's sort of what this one is.


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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Is The War Hero Really A Chicken Shit?

After three or four days of some of the most scurrilous personal attacks on Barack Obama John McCain said nary a word about it during the debate last night.

Ask yourself what kind of phony two-faced backstabbing fucker acts like that?

Nobody thinks it politically correct to say this but my father and my brother and my brother in law all fought in a war. They all were decorated soldiers. One even won the bronze star. None every talked about it. They perceived it to be unmanly and something they'd like to forget I guess. Many veterans dislike McCain because he is always pumping himself up talking about his war exploits. Okay John we know you were a prisoner of war. It's supposed to project he's brave and macho. The problem is these types are usually just feeding their own ego by repeatedly bringing up their service. It's becomes a phony pandering facade.

This man is not what he claims to be.

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have a lot of material to work with at
this point and still, I think one
of the most important things you can do is
come up with your own compositions.
Even if you're a beginner, right off the
bat, you can start composing something.
And I don't mean for an orchestra or you,
you don't even have to write it down
necessarily, but you should record
whatever you do.
Or if you can write it out in tablature
it's good to be able to write out
tablature, so you don't forget it and
maybe keep a notebook of your
I've given workshops to beginners in the
five-day workshop.
I would say, okay.
Everyone has to come up with a tune by the
end of the week and
90% of the people will do it, even people
that just started playing.
And they might come up with something that
sounds kind of Scrogsy or, and they might
come up with something in strange keys
very minor sounding, or, you never know.
Cuz everyone has musicality inside them
it doesn't necessarily have to be
It might be a product of what they've
listened to.
Maybe Broadway shows or classical music or
hip-hop or Bluegrass or
whatever it happens to be.
And all that just combined with your
personality will bring out
certain musical, musical touches.
So, I'm gonna discuss just three, there
are many, many strategies for
composing tunes and, I'll discuss three
for now.
And the first one is just noodling.
You just kind of fool around.
That's, that's one way to get stuff going
on and
I'm just gonna do this spontaneously and
see what comes out.
Sometimes, it helps to go to a part of the
neck that you're not familiar with.
Just try some, come down in some crazy
That's kinda pretty.
Sort of.
It actually is kind of nice.
I don't know that I've ever done that
Have the index on the sixth fret of the
second string,
the middle on the sixth fret of the, I'm
Index on the sixth fret of the fourth
No finger has ever gone there before, I
don't think.
Middle finger on the sixth fret of
the second.
And pinkie on the eighth fret
of the first.
And I'm doing four notes in a row.
[MUSIC] Middle. [MUSIC]
Just going down the strings.
And then fifth string, second, fourth.
you can just move it around, see what it
if you don't like what you s-, what, the
sound you're getting, just move it up,
move, one of the fingers up or down a
Like maybe move the index down one fret.
It's the exact same position.
moved down here to the first fret of the
fourth string.
First fret of second,
third fret of the first string.
I'm not gonna go any farther than that
right now.
This is just, showing you the process that
I'm using right now.
And you could sit down and spend five
minutes or three months or
three years finishing the tune.
You never know,
cuz it's not always up to you.
Sometimes, something will come out or it
won't come out.
Sometimes, you'll be inspired.
Sometimes, you won't.
It's not Bluegrass, that's for sure.
you can find some really pretty sounds.
as much has been done on the Banjo in all
these years.
And there's still a lot more to be
So it's really an exciting field,
getting into the compositional aspect of
Banjo playing.


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Auspicious Images: Japanese Prints from the Permanent Collection

Hiroshige, Ando. The Fifty-Three Stages of The Tokaido: #53 Kusatsu. 1831-34
Kunisada, Utagawa. One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: #19, Ise. 1844-1845
Kunichika, Toyohara. Two Kabuki Actors. 1870s

November 15, 2014-March 15, 2015

Literally meaning “pictures of the floating world”, ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock prints genre that originated in the seventeenth century. Informed by depictions of city life, entertainment, leisure, beautiful women, kabuki actors, and landscapes, ukiyo-e magnified the sophistication of the newly minted bourgeoisie who had found a playground in Edo (modern-day Tokyo).

This exhibition was curated by Ashley Rubin, M.A. Art History Graduate.


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Art of Developing Meaningful Conversations at 1st UU Columbus

On the evening of May 19, members of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus gathered with friends to encounter "The Art of Developing Meaningful Conversations," the name given to the Art of Hosting at the church.  (The name was selected by the first sponsoring body, the Leadership Development Committee, in order to appeal more directly to UUs.)

Our purpose was to encounter ADMC, to connect to personal purpose and community and to thrive, and to transform the way we work together by honoring our diverse gifts.

Questions for the evening:

  1. What is the hunger that brought you here tonight? (check-in)
  2. What is it about our church community that nourishes you? (World Cafe round 1)
  3. What else could our church be if we all brought our best selves? (World Cafe round 2)
  4. What do you need in order to bring your best self to the church? (World Cafe round 3)
  5. What seems possible now? (check out)

We included some Q&A time between the last World Cafe round and check-out, and handouts were made available for those interested in more information about World Cafe and ADMC. (Handouts included a short description of the four-fold practice, "Cafe to Go," and "The Art of Powerful Questions.")

During the Q&A, it became VERY apparent that several who were in attendance wanted everyone else in the church to join the conversation.  It felt like a call for a culture change in the church!  Suggestions were offered to leave the harvest, the questions, the cafe etiquette, the tables and table-coverings with all the notes and doodles in order to invite others to participate less formally after the service the next day.  (In the end the group realized that the benefits of the intentional planning that went into the evening might be lost on folks who didn't actually participate with us.)

Response was overwhelmingly (though not uniformly) positive.  36 participants were in attendance and we served a truly hearty meal with wine before starting the activities.  Some offered feedback on the invitation, saying they experienced confusion because they expected an evening of personal development but instead experienced a conversation "to benefit the church."  However, positive feedback was received from everyone who turned in an evaluation before leaving.

We now have photos and testimonials from several who were in attendance to help us in advertising for the next events.  A great evening!

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logoThe proposed mission of the Center is to support the creation, preservation, and transmission of knowledge and understanding about the people, history, culture, institutions, and environment of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast.  Through an interdisciplinary, multi-cultural approach to teaching, scholarship, service, and community outreach, with a core initiative of Energy, the Center is dedicated to engaging, enriching, and transforming the communities of this region.

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November 08, 2016

Music to the World’s Ears

Kimchi Haggis at ArtStarts

When you hear the words kimchi and haggis, you may think of food. But for the musical group Kimchi Haggis, the words imbue a sense of culture and place. Scottish bagpipe player Joe MacDonald and Korean sitar player Andrew Kim fuse not only their two backgrounds, but those of many other countries as well.

When the audience assembled at the ArtStarts Gallery in Vancouver and at River Market in New Westminster on the weekend before Halloween, kids and adults alike weren't quite sure what to expect. But as everyone settled into their pillows and chairs, they were taken on a musical journey around the world.

Joe and Andrew began the workshop by marching into the space, playing the bagpipes and sitar. On the stage and table before the kids were a number of instruments, which Kimchi Haggis proceeded to explain to the kids in the audience dressed up as princesses, kangaroos and Spiderman.

They showed the crowd an accordion, how a sitar could be played to create a rock 'n roll fusion, and an electromagnetic reverb sitar that created bagpipe-like effects. Andrew explained that an Indian sitar is traditionally made from a dried pumpkin to form the resonance chamber and a long bridge with 20 strings, played with three fingers. He played both traditional music and a better-known rift, the Simpsons theme song.

Joe introduced a rapt audience to the recorder and the world's smallest bagpipes, made from a balloon and a harmonica (which got the crowd giggling quite a bit). Other instruments included an erhu and an African kalimba (or finger piano).

The highlight of the show for the kids was a Russian theremin, which Andrew put together with an antenna and some Lego. Attached to an amplifier and speaker, the device can be played without touching it (cue Star Wars "force" references). Electric signals are interrupted as you bring your hand closer to the antenna, resulting in low- to high-pitched electronic sounds.

When asked to come up and give the instrument a try, it was met with both eagerness and nerves. Some kids got really into it, waving their hands around like they were scratching a record, while others shyly stood beside the theremin with a still hand, creating a monotone sound.

To end the session, Joe taught the kids a simple highland dance. Dressed in their kilts, he and Joe looked every bit the part and encouraged the children to come join them on stage. Many of the kids picked up the steps super quickly, exactly what we hoped for.

Kimchi Haggis inspired kids to ask more questions about how the instruments worked, where they were from—and one little girl finally worked up the courage to ask to use the theremin. Her musical journey around the world is just beginning.

Thanks to Westminster Savings for generously supporting ArtStarts at River Market.

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Check out lots more pics from ArtStarts on Saturdays on Facebook and head over to the New Westminster Record's website to see special moments from ArtStarts at River Market captured by their photographer.

We look forward to seeing you again at the end of November! Join us for The Jabberwocky, a narrated story ballet performed by ZarYevka Ballet, featuring giant puppets, colourful costumes and exciting professional dancing. Join Yukina as she ventures into the mysterious Tulgy Woods, learning some important lessons about friendship along the way. Join us at ArtStarts on Saturdays at the ArtStarts Gallery in Vancouver on Saturday, November 26 or at ArtStarts at River Market in New Westminster on Sunday, November 27. Learn more.

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The Next Flipped Lesson – Self Portraits

This summer, Nic Hahn of Mini Matisse has been working really hard on great flipped lesson plans for you. The lesson plans are all engaging, developmentally targeted toward different age groups, and are available in both video and PDF format.  We will be rolling out one new lesson plan per week during the month of August.

This week’s lesson plan is Self Portraits! You can complete the entire lesson using just crayons and paper and it is a lesson plan that is guaranteed to be cherished by parents. Nic has step-by-step instructions on her blog, along with a video.  You can download the PDF version here.

The lessons we’re rolling out in August work with the Art to Remember program, so raising money for your class is as simple as incorporating this lesson plan, or one of many others, into your curriculum. We even provide the paper! Just click here to Get Started!


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Afghan elections undisrupted. Stratfor (subscription service) reports that 'Polls for Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in over 30 years closed Sept. 18 with no significant attempt to disrupt the elections by the Taliban or al Qaeda', despite sporadic violence. Dean Esmay comments on some ironies, and links to Publius Pundit who's keeping a running update on the Afghan parliamentary elections. (Stratfor, Dean Esmay, Publius Pundit)

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    Called “yi” in ancient China, Weiqi is a strategic board game between two players respectively using black and white game pieces. With a history of over 3,000 years, the game can be regarded as the originator of all ancient chess games. The fantastic Weiqi embodies ancient Chinese philosophy and cultural profoundness and at the same time involves lots of flexible strategies.

    According to ancient books, weiqi was invented by the legendary Chinese emperor Yao and his counselor Shun. This attribution indicates the incredibly early time the game originated. In the Spring and Autumn Period, people would use terms in weiqi like “ju qi bu ding” (meaning “holding a game piece but not sure what move to make”) to describe vacillation in politics. It’s quite clear how popular the game was at that time. Later, numerous talented weiqi players emerged in all dynasties and many emperors in ancient China were weiqi lovers, such as Cao Cao, Emperor Taizu of the Song dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang. There were lots of interesting stories about weiqi in Chinese history. In the Yuan Dynasty, the famous book on weiqi Xuanxuan Qijing (The Classic of the Mystery of the Mysterious) came out. It was a glorious example of comprehensive weiqi works in ancient China.

    The rules of weiqi are very simple but there’s plenty of choice to move the game pieces, with countless variations of strategies. This is where the charm of the game lies. The time for one round of weiqi can be as short as 15 minutes or as long as a few days. In most cases, though, it takes one or two hours to finish one round.

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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Snow White

A few weeks ago I was sitting in the chair at my hairdresser's when I noticed an elderly lady, with this lovely head of snow white hair, walk in. As my hair dresser continued to cover up my grey roots with hair dye I told her that I wanted to have a head of hair like that one day. She tactfully told me that I already did under all that hair dye. Who knew?

I noticed my first grey hair when I was 25. I didn't dye my hair until I was well into my 40's. It was totally for reasons of vanity. My husband didn't have a grey hair on his head and was in a job where people continually thought he was in his mid thirties. I didn't want them to think he was married to an older woman never mind the fact that I am younger than he is!

My mom used to say she would stop dying her hair when she became a great grandmother. She was in her early 60's when that happened and that was just too soon for her. She's in her late 70's now and just recently gave up colouring her hair due to health issues.

I'm not making any promises. I'm very curious to see what my hair looks like underneath all this camouflage. But not curious enough to really see.

Tuesday, January 03, 2017

Healing Waters

Up early this morning and to the swimming pool. Doing so was an act of the will. My body really wanted some extra sleep but I know how fickle I can be. Miss one morning because I don't feel like it has the potential domino effect of a continual I don't feel like it until getting up early becomes a thing of the past.

I've been surprised at how much swimming nourishes me in body, soul and spirit. I've never been big on swimming. No swimming lessons as a kid other than my dad standing in the shallow lake water holding me under my belly, a few instructions, and then letting go to leave me to sink or swim. Eventually I swam.

Last May I purchased a mastectomy swimming prosthesis and a specialized bathing suit to hold it. I started out small. Five minutes in the pool was all I could do. It took 6 months to build up to swimming laps for half an hour. As a plus sized woman I love that I feel no body shame in a bathing suit.

I hope your day goes swimmingly.

Monday, January 02, 2017

Messy Relationships

My father-in-law has a milestone birthday today. Milestone enough that he most likely doesn't know who I am anymore despite our worlds colliding for the past 35 years.Sometimes I feel guilty that we live less than an hour away from him but don't make much of an effort to see him or my mother-in-law. My parents live 600 miles away and I see them more times in a year than I do Dearest One's parents.

Occasionally I look ahead to my elderly years and wonder if I will befall the same fate. I can't fathom that my children, their spouses or our grandchildren wouldn't visit us. I wonder if that particular karma really will be a bitch. I work at my relationships with all of them. Does that mean I can expect anything in return? No. But I can hope.

We heard about my father in law's milestone birthday celebration being held next weekend through the grapevine. People may be surprised to see us show up as we passed on attending the Christmas get together last week. We've become those unpredictable no show family members we used to talk about in judgmental tones at Dearest One's very large family gatherings.

As I do my own aging I get choosier and choosier about who I spend my time with. Obligation doesn't seem to fuel my action like it did once upon a time. On days like today I can't decide if that's a good or a bad thing.

Sunday, January 01, 2017

Dedicated Space Thanks To St. Lucy

I've thought a lot lately about coming back to blogging. Moving away from social media. I miss writing. This past year I have done next to none of it and I want to change that.

I spent the past few days clearing out my home office. This space of mine has looked, for longer than I care to admit, like a hoarder who loves paper, inhabits it. The problem of a person who likes to stack paper on every surface and deal with it never later.

Dear Sweet Boy was a two year old when he surveyed my office, and proclaimed - 'this place is a disaster.' As I sat down to write this I see his three year old self was in my office this morning and left a gift of Lego on my desk.

We had a young man living with us before Christmas and I found that his early mornings and mine didn't work well for my Centering Prayer practice which I do in my living room. Yesterday I set up my office with a comfy chair and now have a dedicated space I can use no matter how many extra bodies are in our house. We have this young man and another coming to live with us for a while starting tomorrow so that encouraged me to tackle the surfaces covered with paper and make some order out of chaos.

Perhaps I can think of my blog as a dedicated space again as well. As my friend Annie wrote today about missing having a creative community, I do as well. I used to visit all my favourite blogs every morning and now find I check FB instead. Through blogging I felt like I knew people as they often left their real lives on the page.  FB is a sanitized version of myself and my guess is it is for many others, too.

As I tidied up my space I found the cards from two of my friends who had breast cancer before me and who have since passed away. I woke up this morning and thought how blessed I am to see another year. Although my writing practice is rusty I still feel I have a gift in it and I don't want another year to go by with me not doing something to nurture it.

Many moons ago I got myself a saint for the year. I did so again yesterday and got St. Lucy - who, among other things, is a patron saint of writers.

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Going back to work was supposed to be a painless transition, but when my new boss turns out to be an arrogant, cocky jerk, he quickly turns my professional life into a world of torture. Okay, fine, calling him an asshat before knowing he was my boss wasn't my finest moment. Hating him should be easy. I just never counted on him being so gorgeous or charming when he's not annoying me.

I expected my new assistant to be professional and punctual, but all I'm getting are dirty looks and rude comments. I should fire the little hellion, but instead all I can think about is bending her over my desk and breaking every rule I've ever made for myself.

One look. One touch. One night. If we break the rules, our lives will never be the same again.

Good thing rules were made to be broken. And besides, it feels so good to Tempt the Boss.

When her nose isn't buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she's in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It's a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn't listen to her...

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Friday, November 17, 2006

Where's the Gravy?

This was written by my dad...

Where's the Gravy!?!

As I was pondering the great issues of life while sweeping up the crumbs from last night's youth meeting, I was overwhelmed by a sense of laughter and joy by the memories of my family at Thanksgiving. And the world instantly became a better place. You would have to know my family. My grandparents were immigrants. Granted, it was just from the mountains of Tennessee to the factories of the Midwest, but immigrants just the same. As with most depression era families in Appalachia, times were hard for my grandparents. They, like untold numbers of other families, lived off the land and squeezed every drop they could squeeze from anything that could be squeezed. And what comes out when you squeeze is called gravy. Yes, the very nectar of heaven, itself. Sauce to be savored. Syrup to be saved. Juice to be enjoyed. The foundational and single most important element of any and every good and descent meal - animal squeezings mixed with flour. Gravy. Just the sound of the word makes me hungry. I was an adult before I learned you could actually eat mashed potatoes without it. Who knew?

Our family Thanksgivings always included football, plenty of gossip, a good nap or two, usually an argument, and a celebration of God's goodness around a table filled with food. And the centerpiece was never a turkey, for most of my family doesn't even like turkey. But we always had a turkey, because we needed something out of which to squeeze gravy… usually in various colors, viscosities, and flavors. However, my favorite Thanksgiving- and Thanksgiving story- was different. As we sat around the festive table at my aunt's house; and after whoever was considered the most spiritual that particular year offered thanks to God; and after the mashed potatoes had made the rounds and were neatly piled on everyone's plate with the traditional divot-for-the-gravy expertly carved on top; and after several people asked for the gravy to be passed; and after someone impatiently asked "Who has the gravy?"; and after my aunt nervously, and with fear and inquisition in her tone, said, "Who made the gravy?"; and when eye met eye and neck hairs bristled; then and only then did we realize the world, as we knew it, had ended. And the gravy gods cried. There… was… no… gravy!

To this day, my dad won't admit that it happened. Says he doesn't remember it that way. Apparently, it's too painful. The animal drippings were wasted that year, and the cycle of life was broken. There weren't very many family Thanksgivings after that. Many of the cousins moved away. The grandparents - who loved us with all their hearts, by the way - were soon to pass into eternity. The younger generation began to marry and gravitate to their own family traditions. But we went out with a bang! Isn't that the way we are? We live in the most affluent society the world has ever seen. God has granted to those who believe an eternity with His Dear Son in Heaven. And yet, we seem to desire more. But what could be 'more' than God's gifts of blessing? Everything else is but gravy… the worthless juice of an animal whose goose is cooked.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving. Remember to be thankful for the gift of God's Son. And don't worry about the gravy.

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Sara... you should be a writer! That was so funny! Miss you-Kasey


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This is the most ancient example I could find about transplanting trees.

3,500 year old tree transplant

and here

the same image is in wikimedia commons but not as clear.

Interesting.  "By 1500 B.C. transplanting of trees in Egypt was commonplace."

Incense and myrhh trees transplanted from the land of Punt (Currently thought to be Eritria, Djibouti, part of Ethiopia, maybe Yemen) to Queen Hatshepsut's palace in Egypt.  wikipedia. pbs NOVA.

It's possible that remnants of those trees remain today.  "discovered at Djeser-Djeseru were the intact roots of frankincense trees, which once decorated the front façade of the temple. These trees were collected by Hatshepsut in her travels to Punt."

Apparently, the ancient Maya also practiced arboriculture.  They grew cacao, papaya, and avocados.

It's hard to find other info about ancient tree growing practices.  If I find more I'll post it here.

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3,500 Year Old Tree Transplant scene could be a modern scene with the root ball being carried from one spot to another. Huge machinery does the task now, but the principle is the same. It seems they transplanted Incense and myrhh trees and pistacia (I wonder if that is modern pistachio?) from great distances.
I enjoyed reading about Punt; this is new information for me.

Mention of Hatshepsut rings a bell for me … I am taking a side trip here. Oh Yes! Hatshepsut, female pharaoh, the extraordinary woman who ruled Egypt from 1479 to 1458 B.C. the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Her story is a fascinating one; glad I went to reacquaint myself with  her. Well worth the read.

Hatshepsut: The King Herself

The Deir el-Bahri Temple Complex, stunningly beautiful:

I can imagine a row of trees she had brought in to front the place. I wonder where she got the water? They must have thrived if there are remnants of roots at this site.

Thanks, Sentient, for the wonderful tour.

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