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Category Archives: Field Notes

From FCR to Racial Profiling

People from FATA who live in Rawalpindi have been put under surveillance.

He said the whereabouts of all such individuals were being gathered in Rawalpindi and three other districts. Of the total individuals from the tribal areas, 4,300 were living/doing business in the Rawalpindidistrict, 610 in Attock, 245 in Jhelum and 280 in Chakwal.

Police considering issuing them chip-based national identity cards equipped with added security features

“The objective of compiling the data of all such individuals is to keep vigilance on them,” the senior police official said. “Police are also considering containing them to a specific place and issuing them chip-based identity cards.”

KP’s Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak has warned against the profiling. Meanwhile, on the same day that there was a drone attack in Kurram Agency, the federal cabinet agreed to the recommendations of the FATA reforms committee report, marking a major turning point. The proposed plan, as of now, is to implement a 5-year transitional plan during which time the FCR will be replaced by the Rewaj Act, previously called Nizam-e-Adl. Nobody seems to have a final draft version of this act, although there have already been protests about it because people  suspect that the act is another version of custom as cruel governance.

Two days after the approval of the reforms, a number of maliks filed a case with the supreme court of KP, challenging the legality of the reforms.

I suspect these trends will go hand-in-hand: the juridical reforms of FATA will be coupled with a regime of high and low tech surveillance and racial profiling. Even as, in the best case scenario, the juridical otherness of FATA melts, a new regime (closer to that of ruling difference in the US i.e. racial profiling) will stick to the skin.

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Audio: What We Can Learn About Drone Strikes From 10 Million Yemeni Cell Phones

Over at Five Thirty-Eight, Jody Avirgan interviews Fotini Christia, an MIT political scientist who was given 10 million cell-phone records by a mobile phone company to do big data research. Christia explains that the motive for the phone company for handing over the records had to do with wanting to further development research in Yemen.

The audio and interview are worth a listen. Also this:

Jody Avirgan: I wonder if you can start by describing the challenge that you were trying to solve by using this data?

Fotini Christia: Yemen is a fascinating place because it is a hotspot and a place of trouble. It has been an issue for the U.S. in terms of terrorism, instability, continued conflict. And though we do have quite a bit of anecdotal evidence [about the country], it tends to be very selective. It’s usually from journalists that can be on the ground in very particular places. So there’s a lot we don’t get to hear about Yemen because it’s so hard to do social scientific or analytic work on the ground. It’s not a place that has rich census data. It’s not a place that has rich household-level data, recent survey or polling data. So people tried to be creative about where else you can get information.

That line about journalists speaks to questions of epistemology and, as someone who is anthropologically trained, its assumption that ‘evidence’ derives from mass data rather than familiarity with ‘particular places’ struck me.

In the interview, Christia describes drone attacks as an “exogenous event,” like an earthquake (her example), but this is a strange characterization for a number of reasons. For one, an exogenous event is one that has no particular relationship to the sociality of a place, but the US itself argues that they bomb particular people because they are doing militant-y things on the ground. Second, at least for FATA (and I would suspect Yemen), people are in fact making judgments about what might make them targetable (i.e. don’t talk to so-and-so; don’t make phone calls here or there or say this or that word; don’t go to this place at this hour) and are trying to avoid it. Moreover, opposition groups have repeatedly killed people they suspect to be informants in the aftermath of a drone attack. Others speculate that drone bombing is sometimes caught up in local rivalries where a person may (mis)inform or allege that his rival is a terrorist. In short, drones are not exogenous except in the theoretical frame that flattens place into blank space.

And finally, I haven’t read the paper, but in the interview at least, the deployment of the category of religion (i.e. Christia says they can see from the phone records how much religion structures life) is simplistic.

And finally, this kind of big data research opens for me all kinds of ethical questions about the researcher’s relationship to her subjects who have no idea that their metadata and information, down to the individual level it sounds like from the interview, has been handed over.

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The Business of Haunting

So, what is this business about hauntingWOUNDS is a film that reflects on what it means to be haunted. In his address on May 23rd this year, President Obama claimed that he is “haunted” by the loss of civilian life from the drone attacks and wars carried out on his orders.

Let’s take this seriously. What is haunting?

To begin simply: haunting is when the dead refuse to die. It’s when they pull up a chair at the dinner table and demand that you set a place for them. It’s an expression of loss. And, it’s so disruptive that one cannot continue as if one were not haunted. Is this President Obama’s condition?

This film focuses on the people who live in Waziristan and who live among loss. Material conditions, whether it’s the rubble after a drone attack or the grave of one’s kin, persist in reminding the living what they have lost.

In their essay “On the Theory of Ghosts,” the German intellectuals Adorno and Horkheimer wrote:

Only the conscious horror of destruction creates the correct relationship with the dead: unity with them because we, like them, are the victims of the same condition and the same disappointed hope.

Only the conscious horror of destruction creates the correct relationship with the dead.

I’ve been writing and speaking for some time about the limitations of international law as a language through which to think and speak about drone attacks. International law is slow. Missiles are fast. International law is caught up in constructing the proper order of violence. In other words, it doesn’t reject drone attacks or imperial power as such; it only raises objections when it finds that the violence has become excessive. This is not to deride legal work, but to point out what it constitutively is: a method to regulate the status quo.

It’s not so much lawyers, but journalists actually, who have popularized legal language as the only frame through which we can talk about drone attacks and moral standards. Journalists regularly fail to look beyond the usual “experts” in policy and legal circles to other fields that may have an alternative to offer. We are becoming vulgar empiricists who seem to think that a truth not attached to a number (say, the number of “militants” vs. “civilians” killed), or a legal rule (for example: whether an action does/does not violate international law) is no truth at all.

We forget that our categories are also an ideological construct. (All categories are.)

So, what is an alternative language to use to think about drone attacks? I think haunting is one frame through which one can re-direct the conversation from issues of legal standards to the lives lived and lives lost under the drones in Waziristan and elsewhere. The questions then turn on the material conditions and the loss suffered–not as evidence for legal arguments but as queries about what it does to a person to live in such conditions. The question is not, ‘Do I stick him in the “militant” or “civilian” column?’ but instead, who survives him? How do they deal with that loss? What is it like to live among the rubble?

It isn’t through legal standards but though trying to understand the horror of the destruction that we create the correct relationship — with the dead, yes — but with the living, too.

If our task as journalists — not the MSM who get paid a lot to shill for power — but the rest of us, in fact most of us: if our task is not to establish the humanity of others, then we might as well stop writing.

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Short documentary: Wounds of Waziristan

Wounds of Waziristan Trailer from AJ Russo on Vimeo.

I’m sharing a trailer for my short documentary project, Wounds of Waziristan, on drone attacks in Pakistan. You can find it on Indiegogo here. As some of you may know, this is the result of a lot of work and trips to Pakistan. Rather than focusing on the numbers game or questions of international law, this project tries to record the voices of those directly impacted by the American “war on terror.” In particular, –and perhaps, this is my academic side coming out– I am interested in the question of haunting. President Obama said he was “haunted” by the loss of life. But, what does that mean, materially, in concrete terms?

Since the drone attacks began in Pakistan in 2004, much of the focus has been on the technology. And, although the borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan are endlessly debated and declared upon by journalists and pundits, the ordinary people who actually live there are rarely heard from. WOUNDS records the voices of those who have been either labeled “militants,” or summarily dismissed as “collateral damage.”

We’re actually almost done, but we need some help getting to the finish line. Every dollar helps: consider donating just $5 to this project. And, even if you can’t donate, please take a look and share it far and wide:

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General Atomics: there is no trauma

An amazing claim by UAV maker, General Atomics about their products:

“General Atomics UK Ltd does not recognise claims that UAS (Unmanned Air Systems) developed and maintained by this company have the effects on children as depicted in your article.

“Our own studies indicate that, on the contrary, people in Afghanistan and Yemen feel safer under the protection of General Atomics Predator Series systems, which often provide their only protection from the Taliban, AQAP and other terrorist entities…”

Given my own reporting in and around Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, the claim that children are not traumatized by drones, beggars belief. I suppose it is true that the 168 to 197 children hit by Hellfire missiles can be said to not be “traumatized” by drones since they are, quite simply, dead. Among the living, stories about children cowering in their beds, especially at night–since most drone attacks happen in the night hours–abound.

I do wonder, sometimes, whether journalists have a responsibility to refuse to publish statements that are utterly and absolutely detached from any probable realm of the real. Although a slippery slope argument can be made, and likely will be made (ie. who’s to decide what’s totally detached and what’s not?), and although I understand that publishing these comments is sometimes a way to illuminate the gap between the rhetoric and the reality, it does give me pause because rhetoric–particularly about faraway places–often creates its own reality.

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Reporter’s Notebook: Swat After the Army

Some time in 2008, I met Lalaji (Khan Sahib) and his nephew, refugees from Swat who had fled to Brooklyn. Reading the Amnesty International report on the abuses of the Pakistan Army, their stories come back to me now, along with others I heard when I finally went to Swat in 2009 shortly after a Pakistani Army operation. So, I dug up my old notebooks and harddrives on Swat. What follows are fragments of notes and video, stories and lives.

A large version of this video, here.

By 2009, the Pakistan Army had decided on Operation Rah-e-Rast (Righteous Path), a move heralded by Pakistani liberals and the US. Both camps had been unsettled by the irenic tone of the secular, provincial Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government as it struck a peace deal in February with the militant turned questionable peacemaker, TNSM leader Sufi Muhammad. The deal quickly soured, and a feverish clamor for an army offensive took over.

Militants had been attacking civilians as early as 2003. Local ANP politicians were killed with impunity and their mutilated bodies left in public to serve as a warning. On several occasions, ill-trained policemen surrendered to the Taliban rather than defend their towns. By 2007, the TTP already controlled sections of Malakand division, the larger district of which Swat is a part.

Rah-e-Rast was to be purgative, clarifying. Approximately 20,000 regular Army troops were deployed to Swat to fight an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 militants. In mid-October finally, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik declared, “Operation Rah-e-Rast in Swat was successful.”

It takes us over five hours to get to Swat from Islamabad.

After the war—if it can be called a war—Swat also has the startling runic quality of a Dali painting. Shots of fuschia flowers peek furtively throw a window in a crumbling lone brick wall standing mysteriously at the edge of a field. A few miles on, a soldier peers out of a sand sack fort by the side of a dappled road. Directly across him, a staircase plateaus to the open air like an unfinished thought. Driving through Swat is like that now, a series of questions, punctuated by the Army.

Checkpoints dot the road with increasing frequency as we near the capital, Mingora. The soldiers are by turns surprisingly hospitable and gruff. At one checkpoint, we’re offered tea. At another, a soldier speaks roughly to my guide and demands to see the medicines in my bag: allergy pills.

The security is simultaneously high and thoroughly penetrable. At still another checkpoint, the soldier on guard dismisses our government issued ID cards demanding instead to see a business card for verification. The latter can be easily printed for less than a penny.

First Britain, now Pakistan: the army is here again.

Interview fragments

Zainab—not her real name—has three kids and a detached indifference to the aftermath the military’s offensive. The death of her husband by an army explosion as he was making his way home from Friday prayers has unutterably altered her life. She searches for words to explain the economic hardships she’s now handling. She relies on her extended family for material support.

A large version of this video, here.

We’re sitting on the carpeted floor of a bedroom in Matta, a town about 30 kilometres north of Swat’s capital, Mingora. Nearly twenty women around us. News that we were coming had somehow spread, and neighborhood women kept gathering till the room became overstuffed with women and stories. They’re actually gracious that we’ve made it out this far. Not many journalists pass through here, they say. I feel silly being thanked simply for showing up.

Matta had been a militant stronghold, intermittently, since 2003 when the Taliban set up its own courts. Criminals terrorized the local residents here, butchering those that defied—or seemed to defy—the militants’ law. They were barbarous, pitiless and unrepentantly bloodthirsty.

Begum Iqbal is unreservedly glad the army came. She’s chatty, decisive in her opinions and the wife of an Urdu language professor. “It was good for us,” she tells me. “If the army weren’t here, the Taliban would be.” Her opinion is in the sheer minority in the room.

Eighteen year old Shabano—not her real name—cuts her off saying, “I don’t agree.” I turn towards her, and she looks surprised at herself for having expressed her opinion so boldly, and that too, over an elder.

“All the poor people stayed. The rich left.” She speaks nervously, her voice slightly high-pitched. “My married brothers left, but the rest of us were here. There was no food. The rations ran out. My school was destroyed.” She pauses.

“You don’t know what we went through. I don’t like talking about it.” She stops.

The casual attacks, the “collateral damage,”coupled with the merciless beatings and the torture of suspects I hear about do not look like an army trying to protect its citizenry. It looks like collective punishment. For Swatis, that has often meant that neither the government nor the army have provided support. In fact, they speak of collusion.

“There would be a soldier here and a Talib here,” says Mehnaz putting her forefingers next to each other, “but the soldier would do nothing.” She hails from a small village in Swat. I initially met her in a Pashtun neighbourhood in Karachi where she had fled after the army offensive began along with her two young children and extended family. “The Talib would leave the area, and then they would begin bombing.”

In one notable incident in 2008, the openly pro-Taliban commissioner of Malakand, Mohammad Syed Javed reprimanded and disarmed residents of Buner who had organized themselves into a militia against Taliban incursions into their town. The commissioner forced the Buneris to apologize to the militants during a meeting at his house.

“What can I say? The government doesn’t ask us anything,” said Asfand Ali when I prodded him about his opinion on the recent operation. His brother and father were killed when a mortar fell on their house.

“Whatever they do is just fine. They killed a lot of innocent people.” A ghost of a smile flickers across his face. “They can do whatever they want. It’s the government.”

Originally published at Tanqeed

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Mr. Khan goes to Islamabad

I’ve been working on a profile of Imran Khan, whose meteoric rise has left some hopeful, others befuddled and still others, angry. As with any story, portions get excised from the final draft for a variety of reasons: the article needs to be shortened, or because the excised sections just aren’t as important or relevant for the media outlet’s primary audience.

So, here it is:

Another new recruit that’s given pause is former Intelligence Bureau chief Masood Sharif Khattak who contested the 2002 elections in KPK against Imran as a PPP candidate. Khattak was part of the PPP central committee for nearly a decade before resigning in 2007 over Benazir Bhutto’s deal with Pervez Musharraf about the NRO. So, perhaps the concern may be unwarranted, but his admission into the PTI has raised eyebrows among many already suspicious about the PTI’s links with the establishment.

The bulk of the people now entering Imran’s party are career politicians, a far cry from the urban professionals he has so long touted as his strength. In Imran’s terms, these are exactly the sort of people who need politics. Khwaja Khan Hoti is a career politician from KPK who served terms as federal minister and provincial minister with the PPP; at other times in his career, he served in senior position within the ranks of the secular, Pashtun, Awami National Party (ANP). As with so many others, politics is a family business for the Hotis: Hoti’s son, Omar Farooq, preceded his father’s entry into the PTI. The younger Hoti is expected to the ticket from Mardan.

Another politician whose addition to PTI has caused a stir is Sardar Faiz Tamman, from Punjab. Tamman, a careerist who appears to care for little else than ascending the political ladder, has drifted from one party to another throughout his time in politics. He shifted from the PPP to join a PPP split group, the PPP-Patriot, earlier in his career, but was elected to the National Assembly in 2002 as an Independent. Then, he was admitted to Musharraf’s PML-Q but resigned in 2008, later joining the PML-N. In 2010, Tamman had to resign from his seat when it turned out that he had had faked his college degrees.

Another dubious figure is Mian Mohammad Azhar who has been active in Lahore’s politics for nearly three decades. During Zia ul-Haq’s era, Mian Azhar served as mayor of Lahore under Nawaz Sharif’s governorship. In 1988, after Zia—quite literally, exploded—Azhar’s closeness to the Sharifs earned him a ticket from Gujranwala in Punjab, and by 1990, he had become governor of the province. He left the office in 1992 reportedly over differences with the Sharifs. He was back by 1997, this time as an elected member of the National Assembly. He moved on from the PML-N, however, going on to become head of Musharraf’s PML-Q. He has the dubious recognition of being a politician who lost his seat in the 2002 elections, even though it’s widely alleged that there was massive rigging electorally that year in favor of the PML-Q.  Clearly as with Tamman, Mian Azhar, too views the PTI strategically as a chance to revitalize his political fortunes.

The most significant addition to date is Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the former foreign minister of Pakistan who lost his post during the current PPP-led government after taking a stand on the Raymond Davis affair. Qureshi maintained that Davis’ documents did not show that the contractor who murdered two people in the streets of Lahore—a third was also killed after he was mowed down by a consular vehicle rushing to Davis’ rescue— held any diplomatic immunity. After being courted by the PTI as well as the PML-N, Qureshi joined Imran’s party in late November. He received the position of Senior Vice Chairman within the party.

Whatever the intentions of the leadership, the changes are causing unease within the party. Qureshi’s immediate ascension to senior ranks, for instance, created murmurs of dissension within PTI’s ranks among longtime loyal members who felt shafted. According to a local analyst in Swat, PTI’s members are deeply unhappy with the new additions. A columnist for the Urdu daily Aaj reported that PTI’s chairman for the party’s local district coordination council, Fazal Rabbi, had suspended the local cabinet early December saying that the party’s leadership was responsible for creating discord in the ranks.

Dr. Mazari, too, is now considering quitting the party. She’s reportedly upset the Imran may be softening his stance on drones and the US. And, the influx of new politicians who have checkered political careers may be another reason. A press release by the party denied the reports maintaining PTI’s position on drones and the “war on terror” remains the same. The press release also said that PTI’s central committee will vet applicants for election tickets to protect the party from “the opportunist remnants of the Musharraf era and Zardari regime now scrambling to enter the PTI fold.” Interestingly, that entire phrase was left out of the Urdu version of the release.

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Baruun salaanii khural

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Сүм хийдийн нэр :
Baruun salaanii khural,English name: Assembly in Baruun salaa,

Ринчений зураг дах дугаар :

Сүм хийдийн төрөл :

Байрлах аймаг :

Сум :
Tolgoitiin baruun salaa area, north-west of Ulaanbaatar

Аймгийн хуучин нэр :

Байршлын тайлбар :
GPS was taken in Tolgoitiin baruun salaa area, north-west of Ulaanbaatar, near a present-day temple unrelated to this old one (the exact site is unknown, so the GPS reading marks only the area)

GPS хаяг :
North 47° 58’  East 106°  48’

Сүм хэвээрээ үлдсэн :

Судалгаа явуулах үеийн байдал :
The exact place could not be identified. It is presumed that there are no remains. (Today, there is a small temple in the area of Baruun salaa, Dashchaglin monastery, which was founded in 2004, but it has no connection with the old shrine.)

тухайн газар шинэ сүм дугана баригдсан :

Үүсгэн байгуулагч хүний нэр болон цол хэргэм (мэдэгдэж байвал):

Date of Reviving:

Тэмдэглэл :
According to O. Pürew, apart from Züün salaanii khural (UBR 940 Rinchen 940), there was another temple in Tolgoit (a mountain and its area to the north-west of Ulaanbaatar). The two side valleys of the mountain in the north-west of Ulaanbaatar are called Züün salaa and Baruun salaa (right and left branches of the road/valley). Both areas are now built up with weekend houses. Presumably this temple was built beside a source of holy water called Takhiltiin us (‘saint water’) which exists even now. Dondogdulam, the 8th jewtsündamba khutagt’s wife, used to go there to drink the fresh water. According to O. Pürew (Mongoliin uls töriin töw, p. 71.), this temple was situated on the slope of the mountain near the weekend house area for the workers of Biokombinat (Kombinatiin amralt). According to O. Pürew, there were small temples or shrines outside the city, and in the countryside as well, beside holy water springs, lakes, rivers etc, where temporary assemblies would worship the water spirits (lus, TIB: klu). Baruun salaanii khural was one such temple. Others were for example Züün salaanii khural (Rinchen 940) and Lowon Jalbiin süm (NOT in Rinchen 944). Apart from the ones marked on Rinchen’s map, there must have been many others around the city as well, which were not registered on the map. According to Pürew (Mongoliin uls töriin töw, p. 71), this temple was closed in 1930-31. All data on this temple is kindly provided by Kristina Teleki and Zsuzsa Majer who retain copyright. See relevant section in Monasteries and Temples of Bogdiin Khüree, Ikh Khüree or Urga, the Old Capital City of Mongoliain the First Part of the Twentieth Century: Zsuzsa Majer, Krisztina Teleki Budapest, Hungary. Ulaanbaatar 2006. See also UBNR 946 AM.pdf

Хүснэгтийн дугаар :
UBNR 946

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Team: Д

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Evil Emperor’s Poisonous Consort: Divine Doctor Young Miss Chapter 632

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Chapter 632: You don’t know how to do it? (Part 1)

Inside the royal palace.

“Really?  That slut is really back?”  The seventh prince’s eyes were filled with rage as he slapped his table.

“Reporting to your highness, the subordinates have reported that she really is back.  They saw her enter the Mu Manor and she didn’t come back out.” A eunuch respectfully stood in front of the table.

The seventh prince thought for a bit before lifting a pen and writing a few lines of words on a piece of paper.

“Send someone to deliver this to prime minister Jia’s manor.”

“Yes.”  The eunuch received it with both hands and headed out with soft steps.

The seventh prince called out again, “Go and call that Mu Ju over for me, go.”

The eunuch left the study and the seventh prince stood there deep in thought.

He never thought that that slut would come back at this time.

While he was thinking, the seventh prince had an unsettled feeling in his heart.

Although the court was leaning more towards the third prince, based on the people that came to his wedding, it wasn’t hard to see that many people still had favourable impressions of the seventh prince.

Perhaps, they were already relying on the seventh prince ahead of time.

The seventh prince left the study and headed to the secret room.

Mu Manor.

The fatty’s group left after eating dinner since there was nothing else to do, so they returned to their inn to prepare.

Nangong Ying Xue and the others sat with Ye Yu Xi in the kitchen.

No one said anything.

Hei Feng Tian Zong was playing with teacup in his hand since he was bored.

“Tian Zong, do you remember you saying that your family has business with the royal family?”  Ye Yu Xi finally gathered her thoughts and looked up to question Hei Feng Tian Zong.

“Un, the Ice Mist Country’s royal family can be considered a large customer, doing several million gold coins worth of business with us each year.  When the borders are unstable, it could even reach over ten million.” Hei Feng Tian Zong said.

“Do you have anything on you that can prove your identity?”  Ye Yu Xi asked.

Hei Feng Tian Zong unfurled a fan and revealed it to everyone, “This fan is something everyone in Black Wind Town recognizes and there is our Black Wind Family’s mark on it.”

Ye Yu Xi looked over the fan and there was the two words “Black Wind” written on it.

Does writing Black Wind mean it is the mark of the Black Wind Family…..

“Do you have anything else, like a token or something?”  Ye Yu Xi couldn’t just use this fan to tell the third prince that the Black Wind Family’s people were on her side.

“I don’t, our Black Wind Town isn’t interested in those things.”  Hei Feng Tian Zong shook his head before thinking for a bit, “But I have always kept this with me.”

With a flash of light from his hand, a box appeared on the table.

What is this thing?

Everyone looked down at it.

“On each weapon of the Black Wind Family, we would put our clan mark on it.  When we sign contracts, we normally wouldn’t sign with fingerprints, rather we use our clan mark instead.”  Hei Feng Tian Zong showed the seal in his hand to everyone.

There was something Hei Feng Tian Zong didn’t say.  With this mark, one could take gold coins from any Black Wind Family store on the continent.  Of course, one couldn’t take too much, they could take at most one thousand gold coins each time.

Such a fine item.

Ye Yu Xi looked over it, “Ying Xue, write a third prince a letter and send this thing over.  The third prince will know what to do.”

“Understood.”  Nangong Ying Xue took the seal.

Peng, peng, peng!

Knocking came from the door.

“Young miss.”

“Come in.”

A servant quickly ran in.

“Young miss, someone came from the palace and the old master has headed to the palace.”

Ye Yu Xi and the others looked at each other.

It was still some time before morning court, why was he headed to the palace already?

“Alright, you can leave.”

That servant left and Nangong Ying Xue looked at Ye Yu Xi, “Big sister Yu Xi.”

“The seventh prince’s movements…..are quite fast.”  Ye Yu Xi’s lips revealed a smile.

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Sunday, October 6, 2019

A Dancer's Answers

Mosaic Dancers Answer Questions on the Hows, Whys, and Wherefores of Their Relationships to Their Art

MDTC's upcoming production of "Behind the Image: Dancing Orientalist Art to Life" (December 7-8, 2019) features a cast of talented performers, and they shared their thoughts via a series of questions posed to all of them.

 ·      What inspired you to be a dancer?

 ·      What drew you to Middle Eastern Dance?

 ·      What surprised you most about learning Middle Eastern Dance?

 ·      What folklore of the Middle East are you most drawn to and why?

 ·      What are the challenges (for you) of being a performing artist?

 ·      How has your time with Mosaic changed or enhanced your experience as a dancer?

Andrea D'Arco

Andrea D'Arco will dance with Mosaic in the 2019 production of "Beyond the Image."

I started dancing when I was 3 years old, but ended up quitting because I didn’t want to wear a tutu.  I started again when I was 5. For some reason, at that age little dancers weren’t required to wear one. Thank heavens, because I wouldn’t have discovered my passion. As I grew older, I was always in dance recitals and school performances, but when I was 10 years old, I knew in my heart I was meant to be on stage. My family are season subscribers to the Paper Mill Playhouse (NJ) and during every show I was always watching the dancers and just wanted to be on stage with them.  My mom would tell me I could be up there.

I keep dancing because I can my express myself more as an actor by telling the story through my body. Dancers are the most powerful actors because we don’t have words to tell our story. We need to give everything to our performance or the audience won’t be on the journey with us. The best part about dancing is how happy it makes me to tell stories through dance with my body and emotions, stories that you wouldn't get to tell otherwise. But, the truly best part is taking the audience on that journey with you. You allow them to release themselves into your story and come along for the ride. There’s a moment on stage in which you are so invested that you almost blackout in a sense, then you finally come off stage.

I auditioned for Mosaic for the role of Pandora because I was so excited to have a piece where I could combine my dance, acting, and storytelling. Pandora goes through a journey where she is young, naïve, and mischievous, and later learns her lesson and needs to mature. While I was not chosen for Pandora, I was fortunate to have been selected for many different pieces that I love. I am learning new styles of dance, as well as learning how to understudy and partner.

I think what surprised me the most about Middle Eastern dance is the need to be very released. This dance is sensual, light, and beautiful, and if there is tension, or the movements are too sharp, it ruins the art in the choreography, and the story gets cut off. Also, counting/timing in the music can be difficult.

Challenges for me as a performer are not “getting in my head” or questioning my worth/talent. There was a period of time where every audition defeated me, until I changed my outlook. Now, I look at every audition as a chance to perform and have fun. It’s also remembering that if you aren’t selected it doesn’t necessarily have to do with your talent, but it could be your height, hair color, etc. There are a lot of reasons why someone might not get picked, and I made the conscious decision to stop wasting my mental energy on trying to figure them out.

My time with Mosaic Dance Theater Company has been wonderful. It has allowed me to grow and expand as a dancer/performer. I would have never learned these multiple styles of dance if it weren't for this company, and I appreciate them along with the culture/history that is embedded in them. I was also never an understudy before, and understudying all 4 Troubles in The Paradise of Children is definitely a difficult task. It is also very nice to work in a more ensemble setting. Our ideas are always welcomed if something isn’t working, or we will have conversations and work together when working on a piece.

Lauren Laschuk

Lauren Laschuk will perform in MDTC's 2019 production of "Beyond the Image."

Ever since, at the age of five, I began bugging my parents by jumping on the couch to the soundtrack of Sesame Street, they knew my energy needed to be let out in a more well-suited environment.  So, they signed me up for dance classes. This was where I was able to express myself freely and feel the most like myself. Everything in my life is blocked out, and right then and there, all that matters is dancing. I quickly went onto my passion of musical theater and acting, where I am able to fully express my creative side. I am consistently trying to expand my repertoire, and keep up my training as a dancer and as an actor. I am thankful everyday to have the support of my family, friends, and fellow artists who keep me doing what I have always loved to do.

I have always wanted to explore different styles of dance and go outside my comfort zone. Being trained specifically in ballet, jazz, and tap, I have always had an interest in learning about different cultures styles of movement and expression. Seeing Mosaic’s take on different places like the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Greece, I was overwhelmed by my little knowledge of the dance styles of those countries. However, I saw this project as an amazing challenge for me.  Having had an interest in Greek mythology since I was little, The Paradise of Children (Pandora’s Box) piece spoke to me as if my inner child was bursting out. My audition felt like I was rehearsing and collaborating with the director, and I was supported throughout the entire process.
The technique of Middle Eastern Dance differs in ways to the technique learned in modern and classical dances (i.e ballet, jazz). I am used to holding my hips and other parts of my body differently than those who are well trained in this dance. Overcoming my “muscle memory” and habit of the posture I have developed is still an ongoing learning experience. Thanks to the help of the many insightful dancers and teachers in the company, I am learning something new everyday, and becoming a more well-rounded dancer because of them. And, because of the beautiful score we are blessed to dance to every day, I am constantly transported into the world of Middle Eastern dance and am able to full embody the expression of the music.

There are so many reasons to get frustrated and abandon my work at times, whether it is comparing myself to other performers, feeling like I will never work another day, or simply seeing what I have created and accepting it without judgment.  It has taken me a long time to learn some lessons, and others I am still learning. Firstly, I don’t want to be close-minded to new ideas or opinions. I try not to view critiques as restrictions or obstacles, but as opportunities to express myself in new ways. Secondly, part of my mission is to continuously improve myself and my product. Inevitably I will find artists or works that are better than mine. But at the end of the day, every artist and their path of life is different. I am never competing in the same race with others. I am only in a race with myself to work to the best of my ability. Finally, It is very hard to create something, appreciate what it is I’ve created, and move on. By fretting over what could be changed, I could miss the next amazing thing that happens. Other people will see my work and have their own opinions. And that is fine. At the end of the day, I will be proud that I created it.

The supportive and welcoming atmosphere I walk into everyday at Mosaic rehearsals is truly a blessing. I am surrounded by immensely talented individuals, and I am always learning something new. I am becoming a better dancer because of the wonderful people I have the privilege to share the stage with. I love to be challenged in new and exciting ways, and Mosaic Dance Theater has definitely been an eyeopener to appreciating different dancers from around the globe, and introducing me to a style that I will continue to improve on and explore as I move forward in my career.

Nabila Nazem

Nabila Nazem will be dancing with MDTC in 2019's "Beyond the Image."

I have always been a mover. As a child, I loved to run and always heard my mom yell, “Don’t run in the house!” (Which never did any good, obviously.) Our house was filled with music too, and since my parents loved the arts, we went to the opera, the ballet, and to see the floor shows they had in fancy restaurants. Moving from the country to a small city, I noticed a dance studio en route to our new local grocery store. One day we stopped in. I still remember the exact instant: the sights, smells, and sounds ... it was glorious! Classical piano music, jazz, clattering shoes, thumping feet, a teacher’s voice from behind a door yelling out steps and counts, the smells of rosin, sweat, new dance slippers, and the sense of excitement -- a purposeful chaos. It felt familiar, and I wanted to be there more than anything.  I have kept dancing because it’s who I am. Being a dancer and performer is the essence of my being, and in one way or another, it’s going to manifest itself.

The best thing about Middle Eastern Dance is ... I can’t name just one best thing! I find the connection with the music  resonates deeply with me -- I get to be musician as well as dancer. Initially, one signs up for a few dance classes, but then, as studies progress, the musical aspect of the Dance opens up an entire additional universe to explore and learn about, informing the movement, and melding the dancer with the music. Ideally, the dancer is one of the instrumentalists of the musical ensemble, playing--no, being--an instrument that manifests itself visually rather than aurally.

Another aspect of Middle Eastern Dance that I like is that it is for everyone, everywhere! Because of its roots as social dance, almost everyone can do it, regardless of what age, size, or gender one may be. Whether done for concert performance or informally among friends, it truly is a dance of the people.

Although we lived in a rural area of Northern California, we traveled extensively, and my father commuted weekly for work in Sacramento. When I was quite young, I especially loved Zorba’s restaurant, and would beg to go there because I loved seeing the belly dancers. We’d get a stage-side table, and I would sit on my dad’s lap and give dollar bills to the dancers. One night, a dancer took off a jingly bracelet and put it on me. (I still have it, and it is one of my most treasured possessions.) Many years later, after cycling through Western dance styles, I discovered Middle Eastern Dance, and found it to be even richer and more fantastic in real life than it had ever been in my imagination.

The incredible number of variations that can be built on a relatively few basic movements took me by surprise. The same root steps can be done differently in ways that don’t resemble each other in the slightest. It’s deceptive though, because refining the movement takes as much application and discipline as any other dance form. Mastering the number of ways a single step can be done, the cultural and stylistic aspects of it, how it relates to the music, and the subtleties involved in all that can easily take a lifetime of study.

I tend to gravitate toward Turkish Roman, and a big part of my enthusiasm for it comes from the music, which often falls into 9/8 meter. It’s powerful and energetic. I also love Muwashahat, as that music is particularly appealing to me.

Scheduling is the biggest challenge for me as a performing artist. If you need a predictable routine with regular weekends and dinner at home every night, forget it. Like many of the performers here in NYC, I am a freelancer, a situation that features a few anchored appointments around which all other activities—jobs, meals, gigs, relationships, self-care, and so on—must flow. It's a demanding lifestyle with few compromises. Self-discipline, adaptability, time management, and organization are key, and staying focused and on top of all that can be wearing.

By being involved with Mosaic, I get to have more dance in my life, with high-level teachers and colleagues whom I get to work closely with. In contrast to more mainstream forms of dance, Middle Eastern Dance in a professional company setting is rare, and I love being here. Part of my responsibility as a Middle Eastern-style dancer is to be familiar with the various regional and cultural root sources of this art form.  With Mosaic, dancers have the opportunity to dive deeply into the nuances of the different folkloric styles, on an ongoing basis rather than the more common one-shot workshop experiences. The diverse stylistic repertoire of Mosaic puts my background in both Western and Oriental training to good use, which is wonderful.  It’s a win-win, as far as I’m concerned!

Danielle Hartman

Danielle Hartman, back for her second season with MDTC, performs in Raks al-Sai'id in 2018's 15th Anniversary concert.  (Photo by Gary Heller.)

My earliest childhood memories are of playing records and dancing in my living room, I can't really imagine what life would be like without dance! It really is a universal language.

I tried a Middle Eastern dance class when there was a schedule change at my regular studio, and I was immediately hooked. It is a completely different way of moving than Western dance forms, and it allows you to relate to your body in a more nuanced and internal way.

What surprised me most about this dance form is that I would love it so much! As I have been immersing myself in different dance forms over the years, I still keep coming back to Middle Eastern dance. There are many different folkloric styles within this dance form, and I am very interested in the dance rituals used as spiritual practices and for healing. But, time management is always a challenge between training, rehearsals, and a full time office job.

I was a fan of the company for several years before I was invited to join, so I'm very excited to be able to contribute to such professional performances. I also enjoy getting swept up in the theatricality of the storytelling pieces. The repertoire includes many styles of dance, which is great to be able to practice with such attention to detail.

Kaitlin Hines-Vargas

Kaitlin Hines-Vargas, in her second season with MDTC, performs Khaleegi dance from the Persian Gulf area. (Photo by Bob Greenwald)

I never could have predicted that I would become a dancer. I was focused on the quiet art form of writing until I felt the need to express myself without words. Dancing, to me, creates a place where you can live fully and deeply in the moment while uniting with music. To find and achieve that over and over again is a really wonderful goal, one that I never tire of. That, and the excitement of improv, keep me going.

    I came to Middle Eastern Dance as a teenager, and at the time I was just eager to learn how to express myself through movement. What kept me connected was the intensely personal focus each dancer has in interpreting music. There are so many exciting choices in this rich vocabulary of dance, and so many evocative stories to tell -- I’m constantly surprised by what the dance has to offer! Over time, what has surprised me the most is how this long-standing form has been influenced by and evolved through exposure to other dance forms and dancers across the world, and still retains an earthy, communicative dynamism that is truly unique.  I enjoy most folklore but really enjoy the swing and groove of Khaleegi.

   It’s a real challenge to balance daily life and needs with my desire to focus on dance, but that’s necessary.  It’s become mostly about managing my energy and trying to create a schedule for myself that values my creativity and health as a dancer while upholding other commitments as necessary.

   Performing with Mosaic has been incredibly rewarding in the last year. I am grateful for the opportunity to get onstage so often at very different venues. Over and above that, I really love the mix of repertoire - it’s rewarding to perform folkloric material alongside classical oriental and modern fusion. You don’t get that variety very often!


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Because of the high cost of this software, many students will not have the ability to work on projects at home. They must be completed in class time or during the scheduled class FLEX time.  Students will be assigned homework occasionally. This homework will consist mainly of research and preparation for instruction, not the design element.

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Music Review: The Virginmarys - Divides

In 2013, my favorite album of the year was King of Conflict by The Virginmarys.  It was an incredible debut and to say that my expectations for their sophomore release is extremely high is an understatement.  Honestly, I'd say that my expectations for their second record has been unfairly high.  This past May they released Divides and it more than exceeds my expectations.  It just demonstrates why this UK band is getting noticed on both sides of the pond.

Divides is a hard rock album with a punk rock twist that is filled will a ton of energy.  The energy of the music is perfect because it fits the lyrics which includes a lot of political anger.  Unlike most music out there today, The Virginmarys have a lot to say and it only makes the songs better.  The band only has three members, but the music sounds so much more powerful than that.  The drums are fierce, the bass rumbles and the guitars shred.  Add in lead singers raspy vocals and it is just a badass album.

Every song on this album is great, but some of the stand outs include the first single Into Dust, Free To Do Whatever They Say and the amazing Halo In Her Silhouette.  I honestly can't imagine a better album in 2016 than Divides and I've listened to a ton of them.  Without a doubt, The Virginmarys is the best rock band out there right now.  Do yourself a favor, buy both their albums immediately.

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Broken Hearts - What Not To Do

I know, I know. I should probably just rename this blog "Nail Art Saturday", but it's been Tuesday so long I wouldn't know what to do with that...

This week has been a bad nail week for me. It all started with a bad break when my hand slipped off a door handle while I was running errands last weekend:
I tell you what - the nerves in the tip of the finger are *not* to be messed with. Seven days later, it still hurts on and off...and naturally I'm still bashing it against random things because I'm used to having a long, protective nail there. It's even sore while typing (because normally my nails are so long I type with them, rather than my fingers). I'd highly *not* recommend this experience! Incidentally, in the "nerves are strange" category, whenever I set the nerves off in my poor pinky finger, my middle and ring fingers on that hand start aching too, from the tips to the first knuckle. Ow!

I wasn't sure how I was going to deal with the foils I wanted to try on that nail, so I'd already decided to just polish that one and use the foils on the others.
They're rather pretty, but I had a bad feeling as soon as I realized that they were full nail stickers, rather than thin foils. I don't typically have good luck with full nail stickers, as it takes a lot of work to get the wrinkles out. And my fingers were already hurting. But I tried one thumb, hoping maybe these would go on easily:

 Like I said, pretty, but wrinkly. I wasn't really in the mood to mess with it, so I took that off, cleaned off the adhesive, and decided to just polish with heart rhinestones instead.

I used my favorite dark gray - OPI's "Brand New Skates" for the basic color, with  Zoya's "Blair", a dark wine red (not shown) for the undersides. I placed a row of heart rhinestones down the center of each nail, but realized my Seche Vite top coat brush was stiff and basically unusable. So I used Sephora by OPI (or the other way around?) top coat, which was my second (third? fifth?) mistake of the day.

The rhinestones didn't even make it twenty-four hours before they started falling off. To add insult to injury, my top coat bubbled. *sigh* So today, my poor nails look like this:
So you see why I wasn't exactly feeling the blog post last Tuesday? I really don't have time during the week to do anything with nails, so I was pretty much stuck. At least today my pinky nail is almost grown out enough to cover the raw parts of my hopefully I'm nearly done with the whole serious pain/sensitivity part.

I'm not sure what I'll do with 'em tonight, but I'll soak the Seche Vite brush in polish remover so I can at least use a good top coat again. With any luck, I'll have something far nicer to show off next Tuesday...

Until then, happy polishing...and watch out for those slippery door handles!

Quixii said...

Ouch! That does look painful, you poor thing.

Unknown said...

omg I HATE THIS ;\

Nail Art said...

Very nice nail design. It looks so cute. Very creative of you.

Oh my gosh, that looks so painful! So happy i stumbled across your blog, new follower here! :)


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RIP Don Aston

On February 12, 2018, the NASA Mid Atlantic Family suffered a loss.  Don Aston passed away peacefully at the side of his loving wife Marilyn.

To say we all love cars is certainly something that we would all understand, but the reality is that you can’t love metal, rubber, and plastic.  The car is just a car. What we really love is what the car does for us and to us.  While the car was at the center of Don’s passion, what he loved was the feeling it gave him from behind the wheel of his Dodge Neons. We can all understand that concept, but where most of us focus is on our own car and our own situation. Don did not solely focus there. He was a shepherd for those like us.  Don taught auto shop at his local technical school.   He encouraged and showed the way to countless students.  He brought the students to the track.   He excited them by allowing them to work on his race car.   When he wasn’t teaching, he was taking care of his fellow racers and driving students by heading up the Emergency Services crew first for the SCCA and then for NASA Mid Atlantic through the 2015.
We met Don and his wife Marilyn in 1999 recruiting staff for the 2000 season.  We had acquired track dates at the soon to be re-opened Virginia International Raceway but knew that Summit Point was a critical track to have on the schedule.   There was absolutely no reason that the owner of Summit Point should give us a track date, but Don and Marilyn believed in the NASA concept. They went to bat for us with Bill Scott, the owner of Summit Point, and as a result, that gave us 6 dates for the 2000 season.  NASA’s relationship with Summit Point started there, and it was all because of the Astons.

In the beginning we were making stuff up as we went along.   Many of the concepts and systems NASA put in were created from a driver’s perspective and later adopted by other organizations. Don’s open mindedness and creativity were at the center of many of those ideas.  He not only helped NASA but he helped the sport.
In 2000, not many knew what NASA was outside of California.  The NASA Mid- Atlantic Region (called NASA Virginia Region at the time) hoped to be an anchor on the east coast. Don’s presence established legitimacy of the region to fellow racers, and officials within the road racing community.   Don was a calm, seasoned voice in those early days and he helped to recruit a staff that made the 2000 season successful.  The 2000 season made the National Auto Sport Association a truly national organization because it legitimized and solidified NASA on the east coast. It should never be understated what role Don Aston had in NASA’s overall progress.

Don was a friend.  He was kind, funny, thoughtful, hard-working, generous, creative and patient.   He will be sorely missed. God’s speed to our brother-in-speed.

Services for Don will be on Saturday March 3 at 11:30
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Bit by Bit: How One Preschool Increased Its Natureness

Sunny Crandell

Preschool teachers are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of nature, including development of healthy bodies, social-emotional competency, academic success, and more. However, for many preschools, the question isn’t whether nature is important—the question is how traditional, urban preschools can access it. I have been grappling with this issue for the last nine years while directing The Oaks Parent-Child Workshop, a cooperative preschool founded over 70 years ago, and have formulated an approach that I believe can be useful for others. The approach is incremental, and takes time, but its impact can be transformative and lasting.
Remember this conversation from The Velveteen Rabbit (2007; pg. 4)?
“Real isn't how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It's a thing that happens to you.”
“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”
“It doesn't happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time.”
This article is about how—within the limits of our location, budget, and governance constraints—we increased our natureness, and supported children’s learning with nature “inside, outside, and beyond.” And, just as the Velveteen Rabbit’s transformation took a long time, so did ours.

Inside, Outside

During my first five years at The Oaks, we made great strides in improving the curriculum and school environment, both inside and outside. We removed asphalt and replaced it with a bike path landscaped with tufty grasses, willow, animal tracks, and native grapes (Vitis californica). We planted edible fruit trees and installed raised beds seeded with edible greens and herbs, a source of food for our bunnies and children.
Within the classroom we set up a nature corner to display natural history artifacts and visiting insects. We subscribed to the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum’s Nature Connection Membership, a program that allowed us to borrow museum-quality displays such as taxidermy mounts of animals, bird nests and eggs, animal skeletons, bones, and skins. These resources allowed us to expand upon children’s emerging interests, seasonal changes, and our collective understanding of our coastal, chaparral, and woodland environments. We invested in additional field guides and added the topic of nature pedagogy to our weekly evening parent education classes. We collaborated with the local city to install more native plants and reduced our waste by joining the city’s food scrap composting program.
We also started Nature Notes using a nature journal made from an 11” X 14” artist’s pad. It became a home for nature discoveries made both at school and at home, including teacher Laura’s photograph of the great horned owls bathing in her backyard, Anton’s family chanterelle mushroom hunt, Grandpa Steve’s picture of ant lion sand traps, and Fin’s family photo of a centipede and her eggs, to name a few.

The Beyond

Though we had made exciting progress in our inside and outside environments, our program had not yet accessed nature connection beyond our school grounds. With this goal in mind, I requested parent board approval for an off-site nature-based program during the summer. Many of the details would need to be worked out including location, budget, and curriculum. But, with the board approval we could begin to plan for this pilot program in earnest.
During this initial phase, we scheduled planning sessions, gathered materials, and read articles. We discussed David Sobel’s Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens: The Handbook for Outdoor Learning and NAAEE’s Early Childhood Environmental Education Programs: Guidelines for Excellence. These resources provided us with a shared framework to build upon, based on research and theory.

Selecting a Place and Space

After investigating several other options, we decided on Fairview Gardens, an urban farm about fifteen minutes’ drive from our school. The facility has bathrooms, an obvious plus, and we would have the opportunity to work with Fairview Gardens interns who were well versed in environmental education. The farm was replete with many natural affordances—trees to climb, loose parts to repurpose, a chicken coop, a children’s garden, sunflower teepees, food crops, and so much more. When it was hot, “Sister Mulberry,” an ancient fruiting mulberry tree, provided an expansive shady canopy to retreat to. The farm also had tables for activities and pathways to explore. Environmental sustainability was a focus. Children watered the garden with water they washed their hands in and composted their lunch leftovers. We felt that the farm met all the guidelines NAAEE laid out for location.

Implementing Nature-Based Education

Parents attended an initial planning session before the school year ended. Some parents later reported they hadn’t known what to expect. Perhaps they had been harboring concerns about safety and questions about what the program would be like for their children. After the summer nature-based program ended, a few parents reflected on the experience, sharing that they noticed gains in confidence, curiosity, and "a sense of ease," in their children. One parent went on to say of her daughter, "Years later, it’s still a favorite memory of hers."
During our week at the farm, we found a balance between being prepared (teacher-directed thematic curriculum) and following children’s emerging interests (child-directed curriculum). We found our sweet spot with pre-planned, developmentally appropriate activities that allowed us to have resources on hand when and if children wanted them (for example, watercolors and journals). We came to realize that children have a great capacity for self-directed engagement in a beautiful natural setting.
The summer of 2019 marked the fourth consecutive year we offered this program at the farm. At the end of each session, I ask the teaching staff what they noticed about teaching outdoors at the farm in contrast to teaching at school. Their responses at first astonished me, but they shouldn’t have. They reported the following:
  • Fewer conflicts
  • Simpler clean-up
  • Less need to entertain
  • Children were more engaged
  • Children were more hands-on
  • Children were better listeners
  • Children were more reflective
  • There were more appropriate risk-taking opportunities and children took full advantage of these opportunities
  • Children worked more cooperatively
It is exciting to note that our teachers’ responses resonate with other research investigating the benefits of outdoor programs in early childhood, like the PEER Associates report, Forest Days Case Studies
We are very pleased with the ways that we have increased the natureness of our traditional parent cooperative preschool, inside, outside, and beyond. Our program continues to evolve and we are constantly experimenting with new ways to build nature into our work, over time and bit by bit.
This article has been adapted from The International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education 6(3), p. 64. View the full-length article, complete with references, here.

About the Author:

Sunny Crandell is the director and parent-educator at the Oaks Parent-Child Workshop, a program affiliated with the Santa Barbara City College, School of Extended Learning. She has been an adjunct faculty in the Antioch University Nature-Based Early Childhood Education Program and has presented at local and national conferences, including Natural Start Alliance’s Nature-Based Early Learning Conference, In-Bloom in Santa Barbara: Promising Practices in Nature-based Early Childhood Education, and Children Learning with Nature Conferences in Santa Cruz. Sunny is a member of the local Leave No Child Inside Coalition.


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Ben Franklin Announces Innovation Award Winners

Winners to be Honored at May 12th i xchange Event

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania has announced the winners of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Innovation Awards. Winners will be honored at the Ben Franklin i xchange event, scheduled for 5:30 PM on Wednesday, May 12th at the Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University.

Awards will be presented in eight categories, to companies or individuals who have achieved business success through Ben Franklin funding and assistance, have helped others to achieve success, or have improved their businesses through innovation. Each award recipient represents a person or company that exemplifies achievement in that particular category.

The purposes of the innovation awards are to congratulate winners on their success and achievement, to highlight the effectiveness of the Ben Franklin program, and to inform entrepreneurs and established manufacturers about the resources that are available to them in northeastern Pennsylvania.

The 2010 Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania Innovation Awards winners are:

Entrepreneurial Achievement
An individual who best exemplifies the quintessential entrepreneurial spirit: a combination of ingenuity, hard work, and innovation that has resulted in the creation of a successful and growing business venture.
Mark E. Granahan, General Manager, Texas Instruments-Lehigh Valley
Ben Franklin TechVentures, Bethlehem
The power chip technology developed at Texas Instruments (TI) -Lehigh Valley increases efficiency in computer systems by up to 20%, reducing the heat emitted by power supplies and redirecting that energy to the device itself. If this technology was adopted in computer systems world-wide, the reduction of power use would equal the output of 12 to 13 coal-fired power plants annually. CICLON Semiconductor, TI-Lehigh Valley’s predecessor, launched at the Ben Franklin Business Incubator, receiving a $150,000 Ben Franklin investment and links to crucial Lehigh University facilities. Just two years later, CICLON graduated, becoming the anchor tenant in the post-incubator space at Ben Franklin TechVentures. The company raised $24 million in venture capital investments, and its products have been designed into devices offered by world leaders in electronics. After beginning with three employees in 2004, CICLON now employs more than 50. In February 2009, CICLON was acquired by Texas Instruments. All local jobs were retained, and the company plans to continue to grow in Bethlehem.
Academic Partner
An organization associated with an institute of higher learning that has contributed its time and expertise to supporting the Ben Franklin program. This organization’s contribution has clearly surpassed “normal” expectations for involvement with and support of the Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
National Training Center for Microelectronics, Northampton Community College Bethlehem
John W. Kratz, Director
Northampton Community College’s National Center for Microelectronics (NTCµ) transfers and deploys applied technology to the factory floor by imparting knowledge and skills to the workforces at electronics manufacturing companies. This allows engineers and workers to perform more efficiently by understanding successful manufacturing techniques that reduce waste and increase first-pass yields. Employees whose technology skills are up-to-date and engaged increase bottom-line company profits.  NTCµ offers certification and technology-based courses that enable companies to more effectively compete in the world marketplace. Ben Franklin provided three years of seed funding to NTCµ in the late 1980s, and the Center soon became self-sufficient. Recognized worldwide, the Center currently conducts training programs in the United States and foreign countries such as China, India, France and Singapore. In addition to the hundreds of students that attend the Center’s public course offerings, NTCµ serves an average of 30 companies annually. The growing client roster includes Honda America, Motorola, Siemens, Lockheed Sanders, Schlumberger, and JDS Uniphase.

Incubator Graduate
The company that has best demonstrated successful Ben Franklin business incubation.  The business has been operated skillfully and confidently, meeting all challenges from the development of the product concept, execution of the business and technical plan, successful start-up and operation, to graduation from the incubator.
Particle Sciences, Inc., Bethlehem
Mark Mitchnick, CEO
Particle Sciences is a full-service nanotechnology and fine particle contract research organization primarily serving life sciences companies. Particle Sciences provides clients with the services of industry-specific analytic and bioanalytic labs in addition to well-equipped formulation, characterization, and clean room facilities. Clients range from start-ups to large publicly-traded pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. Ben Franklin invested $315,000 over three years in the company for the development of a specific encapsulated product which was ultimately commercialized. Particle Sciences currently occupies 15,000 square feet in Bethlehem, and will be expanding locally in 2010. Over the last three years, despite the economy, company revenue has grown 15 to 20% year-over-year, and the staff of four that graduated from the Ben Franklin Business Incubator has now grown to more than 40.

Product Innovation
The company that best demonstrates the commercialization of a unique, innovative product that creatively and effectively meets a market need.
Discovery Machine, Inc., Williamsport
Anna Griffith, CEO and Dr. Todd Griffith, President and CTO
Discovery Machine (DMI) provides systems that enable companies to capture, manage, automate, optimize, embed, and network the knowledge found in the experience and intellect of their key employees. The company developed a suite of novel, patented software tools. The DMI methodology and supporting technology captures, automates, amplifies, and leverages the productivity of staff experts. Companies’ needs to retain the expertise of staff will grow as the “baby boomer” generation continues to move into retirement, taking their knowledge and experience with them. In addition, DMI’s technology helps protect a company’s institutional knowledge in the event it experiences a merger or acquisition, and/or staff recruiting by competition. Ben Franklin invested $335,000 in DMI in 2007 and 2008, and staff more than doubled last year. The company’s customer roster includes well-known and influential technology leaders including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Textron, Bechtel, DARPA, NASA, NAVAIR, and the Office of Naval Research.

Innovative Application of Technology
The company that best demonstrates a “break the mold” approach to integrating new or existing technology into a manufacturing environment.
American Polarizers, Inc., Reading
Nicholas K. Bentley, President
American Polarizers is known worldwide as a manufacturer of optical products including lenses, displays, windows, filters, polarizers, and 3-D lenses. These applications are used in the aircraft, electronics, photographic, animated display, consumer and general scientific industries. The company’s products are sold under the trade names 3DLUX™, Ecplise®, Glare Bar™, and Polarmotion™. Ongoing innovation is required to create increasingly strong bonds for the lamination of multiple layers of material or film as composite layered structures. Ben Franklin linked the company with the Electrotechnology Applications Center at Northampton Community College to facilitate lamination technology, lamination process improvements, and product development in elevated-temperature applications. The company currently employs 21 in the building it owns in the City of Reading.

Manufacturing Achievement
The company that best exemplifies achievement in the manufacturing arena, showing a proven track record of success and an unbending commitment to achieving and maintaining excellence in manufacturing.
Clark Technology Systems, Inc., Milton
Faith D. Clark, President
Clark Technology Systems specializes in engineering services and the fabrication of an extensive range of fluid- and air-handling systems for industries worldwide. Since its founding in 1987, the company has designed, engineered, fabricated, and delivered processing systems for industrial manufacturers, power plants, petroleum refineries, paper mills, liquid natural gas producers, and air separation plants. Clark has grown its market share by becoming a strategic partner with customers, producing systems that are better, faster, and with lower costs of ownership than the competition. Ben Franklin invested a total of $120,000 in Clark in 1995, 2008, and 2009. As a result of its truly customized approach to customer service and Ben Franklin support, Clark is expanding. The company has added 28,000 square feet of manufacturing space, increased employment to 33, and improved sales, with substantial additional growth anticipated.

Entrepreneurial Advocate
An individual from the community who has contributed his leadership, time, and expertise to helping entrepreneurs and the Ben Franklin Technology Partners accomplish their goals. He demonstrates a sincere and selfless desire to see the region thrive, and backs up that commitment with appropriate action.
John T. Hoback, President
Z&H Enterprise Solutions, Ltd., East Stroudsburg
John Hoback’s consulting company, Z&H Enterprise Solutions, offers an array of accounting, managerial, and executive services designed to help high-potential, technology-based businesses grow and prosper. As a member of Ben Franklin’s Solutions Network, Hoback has completed more than 20 business reviews and technical project reviews on a pro bono basis, bringing a rare blend of business savvy and technical expertise to the task. He has worked with numerous Ben Franklin clients and prospects, developing their business plans, preparing them for trade shows and other marketing opportunities, and helping them to better understand target markets. Hoback’s deep expertise, patience, and understanding of the challenges of entrepreneurship allow him to effectively coach young companies. His ability to effectively communicate with both technical and business investment communities renders him an extremely valuable resource to Ben Franklin’s early-stage clients.
Special Achievement
An individual whose strong vision, dedication and commitment to the program have helped to bring about a better business environment for Ben Franklin clients.
Dr. Michael A. MacDowell, President
Misericordia University, Dallas
As Misericordia’s president, Dr. MacDowell has encouraged the faculty and its 2,735 students to participate in projects that lead to technology commercialization and support regional job growth. MacDowell is the chairman of the board of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Technology Institute (NPTI), an organization that serves the 14 colleges located in Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Monroe counties. He also previously served as the chairman of the Council of Presidents, a collaboration among Luzerne County’s five colleges and universities, and as president of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities. A number of initiatives are the result of his work. NPTI set the foundation for the creation and management of two Keystone Innovation Zones, bringing more than $5 million to the community in economic development funding. NPTI established a technology transfer agreement between Penn State and NPTI member schools, allowing them to accelerate the commercialization of viable intellectual property. In addition, MacDowell was instrumental in supporting the sustainability plan and transition of the Wall Street West initiative from Ben Franklin to NPTI, with plans to create a National Center for Organizational Continuity. In these ways and many more, Dr. Michael MacDowell has significantly improved the technology economy of northeastern Pennsylvania.

The i xchange is the premier business technology networking event in northeastern Pennsylvania. Last year, more than 600 technology entrepreneurs, business people, economic developers, venture capitalists, political leaders, educators, students, bankers, lawyers, and accountants from Ben Franklin’s 21-county service area attended, and even more are expected this year.

The i xchange will combine the presentation of Ben Franklin’s sixteenth annual Innovation Awards with a keynote address by Dr. Joseph Michelli. Michelli is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organizational consultant who has been described as “catching what is right in the world and playfully sparking people and businesses to grow toward the extraordinary.” In his presentation, “Innovation Leads Transformation,” Michelli will explore the critical importance of creativity and innovation for delivering customer value and creating business opportunities.

The entrance fee for the i xchange is $50 in advance or $55 the day of the event. To learn more or to register, go to, e-mail, or call 610-758-5200.
About the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania:

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania links companies with experts, universities, funding, and other resources to help them prosper through innovation.  The Center strategy encompasses three key areas: developing early-stage, technology-based companies; helping established manufacturers creatively apply new technologies and business practices; and promoting an innovative community-wide infrastructure that fosters a favorable business environment for high-growth companies. The northeastern center is headquartered on the campus of Lehigh University and is part of a four-center, state-funded economic development initiative.


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At 16:38 on April 14, 2012, PLEASANT said…

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Hello cloudy i would like to be a friend .It,s very boring round here no mods .

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