Former DOJ officials asserts FBI is assembling massive databases of Internet user data and using them to mine for criminal and terrorist activity.
In an initiative that is reminescent of the National Security Agency's widespread Internet monitoring and seems to exceed the much-criticized Carnivore surveillance system, the FBI is compiling huge databases of Internet users' online behavior, two law professors charged Friday at syposium at Stanford Law School.
News.com reports that the approach is utilized when the FBI obtains a subpoena for an individual's records and the ISP can't isolate the individual or IP address.
Paul Ohm, a former trial attorney at the Justice Department's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), and Richard Downing, a CCIPS assistant deputy chief, discussed the so-called "full-pipe recording" strategy during Stanford Law School's Search and Seizure in the Digital Age symposium and in an interview with News.com later.
Nothing has changed from our long-standing practice in implementing court-authorized law enforcement interception orders. The FBI records and retains only that data which it is authorized under law to record and retain -- namely, the communications associated with court-approved targets.
...[Wh]at law enforcement does is isolate the communications associated with the target facility and record only those communications. After law enforcement collects the targeted communications, as specified in the court order, we "minimize" the captured information by sorting it into relevant and non-relevant material (i.e., depending on whether the contents relate to the criminal activity specified in the court's order).
Such after-the-fact minimization is done with explicit authorization from the court, and no further use may be made of minimized (non-relevant) communications.
On rare occasions involving technical obstacles, we perform real-time filtering on large data connections carrying the traffic of multiple unrelated facilities, but only using automated filters that isolate and retain only the communications associated with the facility identified in the order. All data not relating to the targeted facility is instantly and irreversibly deleted. This data is therefore never read or comprehended by anyone in law enforcement.
The bottom line: Nothing has changed. We believe that Professor Ohm, quoted in the article, either was misquoted or misspoke.
Every order and extension thereof shall contain a provision that the authorization to intercept shall be executed as soon as practicable, shall be conducted in such a way as to minimize the interception of communications not otherwise subject to interception under this chapter, and must terminate upon attainment of the authorized objective, or in any event in thirty days.
If the FBI is doing what Ohm claims, it would seem to clearly violate the federal law. But the DOJ's Downing emphasized that the law also states that if the communications are in a foreign language or in code, agents may record all communications and sort the relevant from the non-relevant later.
In the event the intercepted communication is in a code or foreign language, and an expert in that foreign language or code is not reasonably available during the interception period, minimization may be accomplished as soon as practicable after such interception.
Downing declared: "Take a look at the legislative history from the mid '90s. It's pretty clear from that that Congress very much intended it to apply to electronic types of wiretapping."
EFF's Kevin Bankston said that the FBI is "collecting and apparently storing indefinitely the communications of thousands--if not hundreds of thousands--of innocent Americans in violation of the Wiretap Act and the 4th Amendment to the Constitution."
"The question that's interesting, although I don't know whether it's so clear, is whether this is illegal, whether it's constitutional. Is Congress even aware they're doing this? I don't know the answers."


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The daily life of a carer of someone with a disability or illness is one that can be enormously stressful over an extended time. People looking after a friend or relative with conditions that can be debilitating such as Alzheimer's, cancer and other conditions, often find themselves living their lives with little or no time for themselves. However, your ability to provide quality care for another is dependent upon your state of mind. No-one is always in the perfect state of mind to deal with someone else's problems, but if your stress and anxiety has reached the point where your quality of life is well below what it could be then you owe it to yourself, and the person you care for, to do something about it.
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This isn't to say that you aren't going to be stressed from time to time. We all are, and carers often find themselves in situations more stressful than most, more often. Nevertheless it is possible to learn to be more resilient and resourceful in any situation. Your ability to relax deeply, your ability to get enough deep restful sleep and your ability to have stress be more like 'water off a duck's back' are abilities you can learn to improve.


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Q: NextJS/Strapi fetch svg's from strapi and build static package Fetching data from strapi and storing it somewhere during 'next build'.
I have a project with frontend written in NextJS which is taking data from Strapi. When I run the project live by 'next dev' from the frontend folder everything works fine but when I built the project with 'next build' and then run the project by 'next start' images fetched from Strapi API are not displayed without backend(Strapi) running in the background.
I am wondering if there is possibility to build and run the project without need to run backend to display everything correctly? Something like during 'next build' fetch all images from backend API (Strapi), store them somewhere and then run only frontend with those fetched files using 'next start'? Or there isn't such a possbility and backend always needs to be up?

A: Next.js support SSG, put your Strapi API requests in getStaticProps should achieve what you want.

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If you are a young performing or visual artist under 18 and want to further your training in Los Angeles, we are the high school exchange program for you.
We are the only arts-focused, L.A.-based high school exchange program and we only accept 12 students. Our program is for both international and U.S. high school students who are dancers, actors, singers, musicians, photographers, painters, fashion designers, etc. who want to further their training in Los Angeles.
We will take care of finding you your L.A. family match, enrolling you in high school, assisting you with your training program plan and schedule, monthly activities and monitoring your progress and assimilation to life in Los Angeles as a young artist.
NOTE: On a very select, case-by-case basis we will consider highly skilled skateboarders and soccer players because these are two things we do exceptionally well in Los Angeles. Tell us why you want to study in L.A. because we look at students who have a passion, a hobby and who want to do something that L.A. does REALLY WELL.
All about High School + Arts in L.A.
We offer the following options: semester, quarter (January-March), Summer DANCE in L.A., Summer ACT in L.A., academic year.
We have a very limited number of space for our Los Angeles High School Exchange program and select our young artists based on the following criteria: passion for your art, your school grades, and an understanding and appreciation for L.A.'s rich cultural diversity. You only have one exchange experience and we want to make sure L.A. is the right place for you.
We do our best to personalize your Los Angeles exchange experience.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attend a public high school with a team dedicated to helping you learn and adapt to school in English. Choose your classes based on your level and interests. Participate in all senior activities like Prom, Grad Nite and graduation ceremony.
PROGRAM PLAN: We create your own personalized training program plan based on what you want to do while in L.A., your experience, skill level and goals.
TRAINING: After school you will attend one of the top arts training programs from your program plan.
HOST FAMILY: This is your L.A. family, treat them with love. They will treat you like a member of the family and help you adapt to your fabulous life in L.A.
ACTIVITIES: Our group of 12 will do fun activities together to explore both the famous L.A. sites and the local hot spots.
We work with public schools: Birmingham Community Charter for our international students and CHAMPS High School for U.S. students. We do have online options for working U.S. actors and dancers and those with demanding training schedules.
You will take 8 classes, which will be determined based on your country/state school requirements and your interests. For example, an acting student may take English, math, science, history, economics, acting 1, play production and choir. We help you decide on your classes. Schools offer three levels of classes, regular, honors and AP (Advanced Placement). We are serious about our students' achievement so all students must maintain good academic standing in order to stay in the program. Our program is for many English levels. For students who need to improve their English skills, our schools provide English as A Second Language courses.
NOTE: The arts classes in our high schools are at a high school level and cannot compete with the high level of arts training outside of school. You take your art as an elective in high school to make friends who share your same interests. But your real training is outside of school. You will be required to train outside of school.
You must be serious about your art and the reason for being in Los Angeles. Our L.A. program is small on purpose and we need to make sure you are ready and willing to train and take advantage of every opportunity L.A. has to offer. Do you have to be Beyonce? No! But you have to have the passion for your art. Passion for dance, acting, singing, making music or creating your art is how we choose our exchange students. How do we help you further your training? We will create a program plan for you listing the various schools, workshops and training options based on the student's experience and goals. We will assist you with the best course of training. All program sheets are individualized for each student based on your level of training, skill and goals.
NOTE: Doing at least one thing on your program plan is mandatory or you will be dismissed from the program. You are chosen for the program because you want to train in your craft.
Price varies on length and type of program. We are an F1 high school program only. Please send us an inquiry to let us know what you want to do in L.A.
• Organizing group activities to explore L.A.
WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM DOES NOT INCLUDE?
Our program, L.A. host families, schools and training facilities are located in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, primarily in the NoHo Arts District in North Hollywood and east to Lake Balboa/Encino. This is accessible to major modes of transportation, including two METRO subway lines for easy access to school, home, arts training and all of Los Angeles.
We take great care in matching you with your L.A. family. Our families host for a variety of reasons and are of many backgrounds, religions, sizes and makeup, which is a true reflection of our eclectic and culturally rich city. You must be ok with living in an international city. But all of them have the desire to open their home and help young artists fulfill their dreams. You will be a member of the family. You will have breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, dessert in your home. You will be comfortable, have Wi-Fi of course, and enjoy life in L.A. as a teenager. This will be your home, not a hotel. You'll see why L.A. is so diverse and amazing.
You will be a part of the L.A. Cultural Exchange student family, which will include other international and U.S. We are a very small, arts-focused program that selects 12 students a semester only. In addition to your L.A. family, your Program Managers are available 24/7, and live in the San Fernando Valley neighborhoods of L.A. where our program is located.
It is your job to get to school and training. L.A. is huge and all of our students must understand that it will take time to get places and need to plan accordingly. We will assist you in obtaining your discounted student METRO pass (your BFF) and showing you how the METRO system works. This exchange is a time to live, really live in a city and that means learning how to move in it.
We are Artists Exchange Group, Inc., an arts education, marketing and tourism corporation based in Los Angeles' booming NoHo Arts District since 2003. The NoHo Arts District is Los Angeles' official arts district located in the North Hollywood neighborhood. NoHo is filled with 20+ theatres, professional dance studios, acting studios, art galleries, recording studios, boutiques and a myriad of dining options and venues that give us one-of-a-kind events.


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Someone is 4 today. Max has asked if we could have a party.
George is still such a wonderful friend to Max. In fact, all day you can find him directly below Max's chair. That is, when he's not chasing animals outside!
Happy 4th Birthday Monster George Pavaroti!
George offering his duck for Steve's backpacking trip.
Even during school, he's right by his side.
Happy birthday George! By the way, love the new header..Max looks cool in those shades!!!!
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Cal Poly looks for new relationship between LA and Inyo-Mono
By Benett Kessler on November 12, 2013 in Gov
Assistant Professor Barry Lehrman during workshops in Inyo-Mono
Would Los Angeles ever consider an equal relationship with the Eastern Sierra? One based on mutual benefit? At Cal Poly Pomona, there are those who think it is possible.
For the past year, Master of Landscape Architecture students from Cal Poly Pomona held workshops in the Eastern Sierra and examined the Los Angeles Aqueduct and its impacts here. Now, an exhibit in LA City Hall reveals those impacts and proposals to remake the relationship of LA and Inyo-Mono.
It's called Aqueduct Futures which is on exhibit through December 6th. Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Barry Lehrman hopes the project will lay the foundation for peace between LA and the Owens Valley. Sounds like a stretch of the imagination to most here, but Lehrman says he and the students will start to "develop the framework to empower the Owens Valley and Mono Basin to have control over their landscape."
Lehrman said the cost for LA to treat Owens Valley like a water colony is substantial impacts which "may not be in LA's best interest." He called LA land ownership here a "huge conflict of interest." Lehrman pointed to the 500 square miles LA owns and said, "DWP is not good at property management." He said their primary purpose is to provide water to LA. Said Lehrman, "DWP is awful at management of resources. They are best at generating water and power."
Though it may sound like wishful thinking, Lehrman says that economic development here is not at odds with water for LA. He said, "They think they will lose water with every flush of a toilet in the Owens valley, but that water eventually makes its way to LA." Lehrman said LA needs to think about the fact that water is used several times.
As for the cost to mitigate the legendary dust at the Owens Dry Lake, Lehrman said, "That's what it costs to do the right thing." He also said that to treat the Owens Valley as an equal would be a benefit to Los Angeles.
Back to land ownership. Lehrman said if not to use land to manipulate the people in the Owens Valley, why should DWP own it? He called water use for modest growth in the
Cal Poly students worked on Aqueduct Futures – Eric Haley, Devon Santy and Tiernan Doyle.
Owens Valley "insignificant" compared to water use in LA for more than 3 million people. Said Lehrman, "There is no reason the Owens Valley can't be allowed to have some growth with no substantial impact on LA."
Lehrman and students have come up with ideas for recreation management of Owens Valley land, possibly a National Recreation Area designation along with local development. He said along with plans to revitalize the LA River, the Owens River is "worthy of equal treatment." He said the 21st Century is about parklands and open space.
Lehrman said the time is right and discussions have begun in LA to focus on the ethical and moral treatment of the Eastern Sierra by Los Angeles. LA City Councilman Tom LeBonge sponsored the Aqueducts Future exhibit, and Lehrman hopes to have discussions with other leaders, including Mayor Garcetti. Lehrman said it's time for LADWP to end its "culture of denial" when it comes to the big city's water source.
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7 Responses to Cal Poly looks for new relationship between LA and Inyo-Mono
Clyde A. November 12, 2013 at 11:21 am #
Sounds great, but
DWP will have to relly step up to the plate and deliver some real changes before the Owens valley will have a better feeling towards the aquaduct and ground pumping.
100 years of destruction and total disregard for the enviroment has gotten us to this place in time.
Mongo The Idiot November 12, 2013 at 1:13 pm #
salblaster November 12, 2013 at 6:51 pm #
I like small town and everything that goes with it. I like the open spaces around my small town, when I hear someone say national recreation area I think more law enforcement looking over my shoulder, more road closures, more people trying to boss other people around.Although I'm not to worried about the valley becoming a national park or area or whatever, dwp will give up it's land when they pry it from their cold dead fingers.
Joe P. November 13, 2013 at 8:04 am #
Professor of Landscape Architecture? He has no business in land management, that belongs to natural resource or range specialists. This dude is just blowing a whole bunch of hot air. Sounds like a boondoggle to fatten his research budget. Look at me! I'm going to save the Owens valley!
Philip Anaya November 13, 2013 at 5:44 pm #
Hey Joe P,
Barry Lehrman has plenty of bona fides. His vision and the creation of the multi- disciplined program at Cal Poly Pomona of Aqueduct Futures can be seen at their website: http://www.aqueductfutures.wordpress.com. Cal Poly Pomona, it's programs and it's graduates are highly regarded. It may not have the famous football or basketball programs, but it's Science and Technology Departments should are the hopes and dreams of aspiring engineering students. I am thankful and encouraged that ethical and moral treatment is part of that education.
The Aqueduct Futures callout for a better managed DWP, specifically the Owens Valley Operations, is a recognition based on studies and the work of Students who are not residents of the Valley and without prejudice are presenting their findings. Mr. Lehrman is absolutely correct. It is time for Los Angeles to focus on the ethical and moral treatment of the Eastern Sierra.
I like and share the recognition that the Owens Valley is what it is today, somewhat empty and certainly pristine when compared to the LA, because of the DWP. So why not DWP, take some pride in your conservation and environmental achievements. Now that the Owens River runs through it, the Owens Valley that is, how about combining the goals and recommendations of the LORP Consultants for seasonal habitat flows with using that water for dust mitigation on the Owens Lake. You do not need a 2-3 day pump back to the Aqueduct of this 170-200 CFS flow to do the right thing. This 2-3 day event this next springtime to mimic the melt off in the snowpack is an ethical and moral choice for the biotic community of the River, the fish, the birds, the woody development etc. Nature in the Valley is on a scale from microscopic life form to all the way up to the view sheds and vistas. They all take away the breath in their magnificence. Just because I can't see microscopic life forms does mean that they are not part of life on Earth here in this Valley..These things need ethical and moral consideration and these things make up the Valley that DWP has given all of us.
The are great gaps in the "Life Cycle" of the biotic community in Los Angeles. I guess it's a brave new world without a native plant and the bio relationship of animals. Weeds are what they are called, invasive to nearly everything else available in the LA Nurseries and Garden Centers. These have disappeared from the landscapes, gardens and streets of LA and the replacement bio forms that need water and incarceration prevail.
Life needs water and there is a place for Landscape Architect Profs, skilled carpenters and all who hydrate to have part in the discussion of the future of the planet. Measure twice, cut once, Joe P. You have taken an interest in this discussion with your comments expressed and your ideas are appreciated. Since they do not concur with my own knowledge or opinion, I am responding to you and asking if you do not know who Mr. Lehrman is, please take the time to ascertain that he's not the backyard garden kind of Landscape Architect. This man has knowledge, vision and thoughts that are for the future and the revitalization of this world and the Owens Valley.
Desert Tortoise November 13, 2013 at 1:42 pm #
"They think they will lose water with every flush of a toilet in the Owens valley, but that water eventually makes its way to LA."
So what are a landscaper's hydrological bona fides to make such a statement?
Joe Q November 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm #
Joe P-
Sometimes a fresh perspective on things is the most useful. Many inventions and breakthroughs have been brought forward by people from the outside as they can step back and look at the forest instead of focusing on the trees.

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Questions for Betsy DeVos Inspired by Education Outcomes in Michigan
By Bellwether
Tonight is Betsy DeVos' confirmation hearing to become the next Secretary of Education. Because DeVos doesn't have a track record as a government official or leader within the public school or higher education system, as most of her predecessors do, analysts are looking at her role as a funder, GOP donor, and board member of education organizations to understand what she might do as Secretary. This scrutiny has drawn particular attention to DeVos' engagement in education advocacy and political causes in Michigan, where her donations and advocacy have touched many major education policy decisions over the past 20 years.
In many ways, the education system in Michigan is a microcosm of the challenges and opportunities facing the broader U.S. education system — and the next Secretary of Education. In both Michigan and the U.S. as a whole, there are large, persistent achievement gaps for disadvantaged student groups; rural, suburban, and urban schools with unique (sometimes competing) needs; and a long history of hotly debated education reforms that have had mixed success. To help analysts, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners make sense of the education landscape in the Wolverine State — and what it suggests about the perspective and positions DeVos would bring to the role of Secretary — Bellwether has compiled a comprehensive fact base about the education policy landscape in Michigan that we will release next week after the Inauguration.
In the meantime, here are a few Michigan fast-facts to know as you watch tonight's hearing:
Demographics of Michigan K-12 students by race/ethnicity and family income. Source: MISchoolData.org
There are over 1.5 million students in Michigan and nearly half of them qualify for free and reduced-price lunch; more than 33 percent are students of color.
Michigan ranks 41st in 4th grade reading performance in the U.S. and 42nd in 4th grade math.
35 percent of Michigan 11th grade students are college-ready according to the SAT; there are substantial gaps in college-readiness rates among black, Hispanic, English language learner, and low-income students.
Michigan has one of the nation's largest charter sectors, with 10 percent of students enrolled in charter schools, about 300 charter schools, and over 40 charter authorizers.
Over 70 percent of Michigan charter schools are operated by for-profit education service providers.
Detroit is the lowest performing urban school district in the country.
Detroit charter schools generally outperform Detroit Public Schools, but there are still concerns about the overall quality of the sector.
Given the above facts, here are a few questions we'd like DeVos to answer at tonight's confirmation hearing:
What should be the role of the federal government in addressing longstanding achievement gaps for low-income students and students of color, like those that exist in Michigan?
As you know, Detroit students have struggled academically and gone through numerous failed reform efforts over several decades. Given your work in Detroit, what turnaround strategies would the Department of Education encourage for chronically low-performing school districts?
What did you learn from advocating for expanded school choice measures in Michigan and how might you enact those measures at the federal level as Secretary of Education?
The presence of multiple charter school authorizers in Michigan has decentralized charter responsibility in the state. What quality-control and accountability measures are necessary for charter school authorizers? What should be the federal role in setting that bar?
What has your experience and observation of school choice and school turnaround efforts in Michigan taught you about potential strategies for improving low-performing schools? How would those lessons be applied to this spring's review of states' Every Student Succeeds Act plans?
Betsy DeVos' hearing begins at 5pm and can be watched here. Check back here tomorrow for a recap of major events (and anything about Michigan education that needs a fact check).
To read our other coverage of Betsy DeVos, click here.
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Australian surfing celebrated its champions tonight with Mark Richards and Stephanie Gilmore honoured at the Australian Surfing Awards in Sydney.
The Awards marked a significant milestone in Surfing Australia's history as it celebrated its 50th Anniversary following its formation in 1963 as the Australian Surfriders Association and over 500 guests celebrated at the gala event. It was an unprecedented gathering of Australian surfing legends from the past 50 years.
Four-times World Champion Mark Richards was named Australia's Most Influential Surfer 1963-2013, while five-times World Champion Stephanie Gilmore was inducted as the 35th member of the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame.
The campaign to find Australia's 10 Most Influential Surfers 1963-2013 was conducted through a public vote and through votes provided by the members of the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame.
The 10, in order of votes received, was: Mark Richards, Simon Anderson, Nat Young, Michael Peterson, Midget Farrelly, Tom Carroll, Layne Beachley, Wayne Bartholomew, Mark Occhilupo and Bob McTavish.


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Mouthing Off
Kyle Wagner December 5, 1996 4:00AM
Foie gripe, part II: Talk about your wild goose chases. I've been following foie gras around for weeks now, and guess where it's brought me: right back to Denver.
I initially waded into these waters with my November 7 review of Tante Louise, "Fedded Bliss," that mentioned its "humane" foie gras appetizer. I had been led to believe that the duck livers produced at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York were the result of a kinder, gentler process than those traditionally associated with foie gras farms. In fact, the company that distributes for Hudson Valley, D'Artagnan (both are partly owned by Izzy Yanay), has been claiming that the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sanctions Hudson Valley's feeding practices. "The farm creates a comfortable and clean environment to allow the ducks to partake in this ASPCA approved feeding," reads a D'Artagnan catalogue.
No way, says the ASPCA. According to that organization's official statement on foie gras, the ASPCA "does not endorse or condone the traditional method of...foie gras production."
D'Artagnan's claims were brought to the attention of the ASPCA earlier this year when Boulder resident Jessica Sandler noticed that packages of Hudson Valley foie gras at the Boulder Wild Oats carried labels that mentioned "ASPCA approved feeding methods." As Sandler, a member of the Rocky Mountain Animal Defense, puts it, "For a store that promotes itself as being socially conscious and aware, I thought it was pretty shocking that they were even carrying foie gras at all." Sandler called the ASPCA; she says she was told the group would send a cease-and-desist order to Hudson Valley. My repeated calls to ASPCA headquarters were not returned, but I did get through to Hudson Valley's Yanay again (for more, see last week's Mouthing Off). When I asked him if the ASPCA had given him any indication of approval, he faxed me a copy of a two-year-old letter from the ASPCA's Robert O'Neill. In it, O'Neill said Hudson Valley was clean and the ducks were in good condition, but that he wished to "emphatically state that by no means does this finding suggest endorsement...of rearing birds for foie gras." Yanay also said D'Artagnan doesn't claim ASPCA approval, but when I told him I had a copy of its literature, he replied, "I think it's a mistake. No, I don't think it's a mistake, I think it's stupid. I think it's not supposed to be there." Anyway, he added, "what we are doing is so natural. It's what the ducks would be doing themselves, storing fat in their livers to migrate."
That's a bunch of duck feathers, says Ward B. Stone, a wildlife pathologist at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. In addition to calling the ASPCA, Sandler also contacted PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to complain about D'Artagnan's claims in its catalogues; in turn, PETA wrote Stone, asking for his opinion. Stone wrote back: "Wild waterfowl eat what is needed to meet their biological and seasonal needs, and they do not force feed. [In foie gras production] the ducks do not have a choice, and a pathological condition resulting in a greatly enlarged liver is the goal of forced feeding."
Armed with this information, Sandler talked with Wild Oats representatives before the company merged with Alfalfa's earlier this year. Since then, according to Wild Oats nutrition manager Lisa Shapiro, the entire corporation has declared it will no longer buy any foie gras, an action that PETA media spokesperson Yona Griffins says will make it the first national company to take such action.
Yanay says he's not worried. "Ah, you know how it is with the public," he explains. "The media gets them all excited, and then the public forgets about it the next day."
Auntie up: In addition to mentioning the foie gras in my Tante Louise review, I also made the faux pas of suggesting that proprietor Corky Douglass III had "founded" the restaurant 24 years ago. What I should have said was that Corky gave the restaurant its name and has since given it his all, but initially he came up with the concept along with owners Pierre Wolfe and Heinz Gerstle. Wolfe and Gerstle, who had hired Corky to run the site while it was still the Normandy, bowed out and sold it to him in 1974.
-Wagner
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Google wades into the ebook world:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/google-looking-to-be-the-next-e-book-outlet.php
This is big news...
Shaman Drum Bookshop, an Ann Arbor, Mich., institution for nearly 30 years, will close at the end of June. The Ann Arbor News
reported that in a statement, owner Karl Pohrt "said the shop is not a sustainable business anymore despite 'a first-rate staff, a fiercely loyal core of customers, a very decent landlord and my own commitment to the community of arts and letters in Ann Arbor.'"
For more than a year, in the face of a dramatically changing book industry, the economic meltdown and declining college textbook sales (Shelf Awareness
, February 17, 2009), Pohrt has explored alternatives with the community to find a way to keep his shop alive. These included a move to form a nonprofit literary arts center (Shelf Awareness
, February 4, 2008), a search for investors (Shelf Awareness
, February 9, 2009), and more recently the formation of a campus/community coalition (Shelf Awareness
March 16, 2009).
In his statement, Pohrt "pushed for Ann Arbor area customers to support other local independent book stores. While Pohrt said it was an emotional decision to close the store, he called himself lucky to have to have had 29 good years in the Ann Arbor book-selling business," the News reported.
"I feel like I've had this charmed life to sell books in Ann Arbor for nearly 30 years," Pohrt said. "That's a good run."
He told the News that "he plans to continue with the venture to create the literary arts center. The plan for the center is still in the works and does not have a planned location."
RottingCorpse
We got this by the ass!
See, these are the type of stories that really sadden me. There have been a lot of them since the economy went south too. The city of Detroit voted a few days ago to tear down Tigers stadium (built in 1912) because the current owners couldn't come up with $34 million for a renovation project.
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Oh-ho!
Move over Kindle, there's a new kid on the block
Plastic Logic, Barnes & Noble and AT&T have partnered up to create what could be the Amazon Kindle's biggest competitor yet. With access to B&N's massive book library and AT&T's 3G system, the Plastic Logic e-reader will certainly give Kindle a run for its money. Some differences between the two:
- The Plastic Logic e-reader has built-in Wi-fi, unlike the current crop of Kindles
- AT&T's Wi-fi hotspot network also seems to be part of the deal
- U.S. owners will be able to get online for new books in many more locations
- For business-related documents on the web, the e-reader supports PDF and Microsoft Office format documents
so i haven't been keeping up with this. is kindle version 2.0 good? i think i might buy a device like these someday, especially if you can start downloading full color magazines for 50 cents.
Wait for it. They'll have to do a new Kindle now and let us use the internet instead of Amazon's Orwellian controls.
I'll slightly shift the focus to generally useless publishing industry news. Today's hot topic -- "Urban Fantasy" is the "coming thing" in the sci-fi genre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_fantasy
yes, it's been coming ever since White Wolf games released Vampire: Masquerade in 1992. way to catch up, "publishing industry"!
Been reading about Richard Nash today...
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6673022.html
http://rnash.com/article/my-start-up-cursor/
Cursor…represents a new, "social" approach to publishing. To call [it] "niche" or another "independent" publishing enterprise would be a poor approximation, because those terms fail to capture the organic gurgle of culture at the heart of the venture, the exchange of insight and opinion, the flow of memes and the creation of culture in real time that is now enabled by the Internet.
My business plan is now out with investors—I will spare you the P&L numbers and just offer the broad strokes. Cursor will establish a portfolio of self-reinforcing online membership communities. To start, this includes Red Lemonade, a pop-lit-alt-cult operation, and charmQuark, a sci-fi/fantasy community.
The business will focus on developing the value of the reading and writing ecosystem, including the growth of markets for established authors, as well as engaging readers and supporting emerging writers. Each community will have a publishing imprint, which will make money from authors' books, sold as digital downloads, conventional print and limited artisanal editions—and will offer authors all the benefits of a digital platform: faster time to market, faster accounting cycles, faster payments to authors. But the greatest opportunity is in the community itself. Each will have tiers of membership, including paid memberships that will offer exclusive access to tools and services, such as rich text editors for members to upload their own writing, peer-to-peer writing groups, recommendation engines, access to established authors online and in person, and editorial or marketing assistance. Members can get both peer-based feedback and professional feedback.
Other revenue opportunities include the provision of electronic distribution services to other publishers; fee-based or revenue-share software modules, especially for online writing workshops or seminars for publishers, literary journals, teaching programs; fee-based linking of writers to suppliers of publishing services, including traditional publishers and agents; corporate sponsorships and site advertising; and events and speaking fees. Yes, I envisage Cursor obtaining a larger basket of rights than is the industry standard, but that will be in exchange for shorter exclusive licensing periods. Our contracts will be limited to three-year terms with an option to renew.
The Cursor business model seeks to unite all the various existing revenues in the writing-reading ecosystem, from offering services to aspiring writers far more cheaply than most vendors to finding more ways to get more money to authors faster. It also will create highly sensitive feedback loops that will tell each community's staff what tools and features users want, what books users think the imprint should be publishing, how the imprint could publish better.
Cursor is not designed to "save publishing," but simply to offer the kind of services that readers and writers, established and emerging, want and the Internet enables. I believe especially strongly that the model must be viable in a world where the effective price of digital content falls to zero, and paper becomes like vinyl records or fine art prints. After all, the world is littered with things that people won't buy at the prices their producers want to charge—like, say, the contents of remainder bins.
If recent experience is any guide, there is little reason for me to think that people, given so many other options for their leisure time, especially in the wired world, will continue to give up hours and dollars for the sake of our industry, any more than they will for big cars or daily newspapers. We are going to have to find new ways to earn those hours and dollars, and at the prices our readers—and writers—set.
Old Guard Magazines getting executed...
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/conde-nast-to-close-gourmet-magazine/
Condé Nast will close Gourmet magazine, a magazine of almost biblical status in the food world, it was announced on Monday. Gourmet has been published since January 1941. Also being shut down are the Condé Nast magazines Cookie, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride, according to an internal company memo that also was sent to reporters on Monday.
Tatertots
Modern Bride and Elegant Bride
Well... Good.
Nubbins
Powerful Poots
maybe you shouldn't dress like a bumblebee, bitch
Quote from: Tatertots on October 06, 2009, 09:15:28 PM
They're being replaced by Bride of the Zilla though... so it's kind of a wash.
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Attack on the Kindle!
It's heavier, has a shorter-lived battery, still doesn't solve the #1 Kindle complaint (web capable), and lacks the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds or blogs.
But it has color icons! Ooh... Competition!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/21/barnes.noble.nook/index.html
Barnes & Noble's Kindle competitor may have been the worst-kept secret since balloon boy's disastrous appearance on CNN last week.
Barnes & Noble has unveiled an e-reader called "Nook," which will sell for $260 in November.
But the advance hype doesn't seem to have hurt the launch of the Nook, an impressive-looking $260 device that will go head-to-head with Amazon.com's Kindle, currently the most successful product in a small but growing market for e-book readers.
Basic details of the Nook were published by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday following leaked images that appeared on Gizmodo last week. And Barnes & Noble leaked product details hours before reporters filed into Pier 60 in Manhattan for the announcement on Tuesday afternoon.
"Simply following the leader is not in our DNA," said Barnes & Noble president William Lynch.
Indeed, Barnes & Noble's $260 Nook device differs from the Kindle in a number of ways. Most notably, it shares: A feature called LendMe lets users borrow certain books (depending on the publisher's wishes), the same way readers have traditionally traded paper books. The Nook's color touchscreen allows you to navigate titles and enter search terms using a virtual keyboard that goes dark once you're reading.
The Nook will be available for pre-order starting Tuesday night for $260 at Nook.com, and will ship in November. It has a 6-inch, "paper-like," 16-level grayscale display that supports up to five fonts and various font sizes. It can read a user's PDFs, as well as the 1 million-plus books, magazines and newspapers available in Barnes & Noble's eBook store.
The device connects to the Barnes & Noble eBook store using a free 3G AT&T connection, but lacks a web browser "because those are clumsy" on eReaders, Lynch says. It includes support for the ePub eBook format, FictionWise and PDF, as well as RSS feeds from the internet. However, you can't subscribe to any old RSS feed. Instead, Barnes & Noble selects certain feeds to convert to ePub, then sends them out each morning for a fee that varies by publisher.
Like Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook lets you highlight and annotate content. But Nook's battery life is 10 days, while the Kindle keeps you reading for 14 -- even though at 11.2 ounces the Nook weighs an ounce more.
Unlike the Kindle, the Nook has a Wi-Fi radio that customers will be able to use at Barnes & Noble's more than 700 physical locations and 600 college stores in 50 states. The current version does not allow connection to Wi-Fi networks outside the stores, but will allow Nook owners to digitally flip through books while they're in a Barnes & Noble store and read free content.
The Nook runs Android OS, which Lynch said "works really well for navigating on this small device." However, at this point, third-party developers cannot develop apps for the device, and no version of the reader for generic Android devices is available.
The device packs enough memory to hold up to 1,500 books (2 GB), with a microSD slot that lets you add up to 16 GB more. In addition to e-books in the three formats mentioned above, the device supports a user's pictures and MP3s (it includes a speaker and headphone jack, but there's no text-to-speech engine). Another nice touch: The virtual bookmark feature called Reading Now lets you pick up where you left off on the Nook or on more than 100 other devices with support for Barnes & Noble's eBook store.
Perhaps the biggest difference between the Nook and the Kindle is cosmetic. The Nook, with color icons, a wide selection of designer cases and color-customizable back panel, looks like a fashionista compared to the more bookish Kindle.
Holy shit... Kirkus and Editor & Publisher are kaput!
Subject: Kirkus Book Reviews Are Closing for Business!
'Kirkus' Closing
As part of the sale of its business to business publications, Nielsen Business Media has announced that it is closing its book review publication Kirkus Reviews as well as Editor & Publisher. No details on the closing have been released yet. Nielsen is selling its major publications, including The Hollywood Reporter and Adweek to e5 Global Media Holdings.


Google AdWords' Dublin support team sent out an email to their agency partners, yesterday, stating that dedicated account management support for agencies will be stopped in the new year.
I have emailed Google for confirmation and will let you know more details as soon as I get them.
We do know that in December of 2009, Google reportedly made huge cuts to their agency support. Since then, I have not heard much more on the topic until now.
As AccuraCast said in the Search Engine Watch Forums, is this also happening in other countries? I am not sure.
Brian from the forums said his AdWords representative told him they are "off-shoring most of their agency reps to India." He added, "All questions are filter to the appropriate teams, instead of just getting responses from your representative." He said this is the path Google has been going in the US.
Your accounts will still be managed across London and Dublin, as they are now, but you will have a single agency team managing your business here in London who will support all your activity with Google across both offices.
So it is not clear exactly what will be changing and I hope to clear it up soon.
Forum discussion at Search Engine Watch Forums and Sphinn.
We are changing the structure of agency support in order to better scale and align our team with the vertical expertise and focus area of our agency partners; better partnership means higher impact for our shared clients. This realignment will help our team to give agencies more relevant insights for their clients, and to provide service to a larger portion of smaller accounts.
We've transitioned some of our support resources in an effort to provide everyone with the service they need to resolve issues and give advertisers the best possible support. This realignment will help our team to give agencies more relevant insights for their clients, and to provide service to a larger portion of smaller accounts.
Overall, we've increased our investment in agencies; there are more dedicated agency leads focused on strategic partnerships with agencies, and working with agencies to drive the industry forward.
One set of agencies will have a dedicated agency lead; specific accounts within those agencies will have dedicated vertical account management teams, who can offer industry-specific expertise. A second set of agencies will not have an assigned agency team, but will be able to receive support via phone.


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Zu is a good kid and only 21. People act like he has been around forever and should be a vet with an advance game.
He is the only player that seems to have a quick hook and he rarely has be given a chance to play. All he needs is court time and a little confidence and he will be fine. He can rebound, defend the paint and score in the post if given a chance.
Anyway nice to see him get some minutes and play well.
He was servicable on O, but his defense is atrocious. Hopefully the teams as whole slowly picks it up on that side of the ball.
I absolutelly agree. He just needs some game exp to gain confidence, and we gonna have a solid backup C.
Walton gave Zubac final chance. After Chandler's arrival, Zubac will only see limited minutes if any. So now basically if we need offence we play Zubac if we need defend we play Chandler. At least Zubac still has a role on this team.
He plays better against traditional centers.
I was wondering if that was a showcase game so they can try and get something for him instead of just waiving him. Javale, Tyson and Zu are all traditional centers. I don't see us having playing time for all three.
Offensively, I don't know if Zu brings anything that Javale or Tyson can't also provide. He's basically just providing tip-ins and at the rim dunks.
Dude is 39 days old than Mo Wagner. He should be schooling the youngin!
Maybe playing against Chandler in practice will help raise his game.
I wouldn't get rid of him yet because Tyson is old and Zu is still only 21.
We don't need three players who do the same thing. Instead, we another player with length but quick enough to defend on the perimeter when Javale or Chandler can't.
I do think we need a third string center. Javale is such a huge part of this team, and hasn't played the kind of minutes he's playing this season since forever. He goes down for any stretch this season? We'll rely heavily on Tyson Chandler, and he's going to need breathers. Conversely, I don't expect Chander at his age is likely to be 100% all season either, and Zubac just showed last night that he can do just enough to counter a 'go big' strategy. Zubac is now end of the bench, in a perfect world we won't need him, but I think the reality is that we will.
This. Injuries are a b and older players take longer to recover.
This was a great move for the FO. Chandler is the missing link. He'll spell McGee perfectly. As for Zu, he played great last night but doesn't do it consistently. He's unfortunately still learning. The goner here is Williams who shouldn't even be on the roster.
I don't expect Williams to get cut as his two-way contract has no effect on the 15 man roster.
I'm hoping we can trade Zu for an athletic big who can guard on the perimeter. That's the kind of player we can use now instead of keeping a redundant piece like Zu in case of injury.
Yeah but Chandler might not be playing by next season. Good to have him mentor Zu to take over.
I agree. We already have depth at every other position. But if McGee goes out with injury, we are screwed. I like the insurance that Zubac provides, even with Chandler here.
Williams isn't going anywhere. He's on a two-way deal. But I'd definitely pick him over Zubac if it was necessary to choose. The team doesn't have a small ball five. I'm hoping they'll waive Zubac and sign Swaggy since this team is still in dire need of shooting. I'd be fully satisfied with the roster if they made that final move.
Ivica Zubac is only 21 yrs old. He is not going anywhere. I think the front office will be patient with him.
yep! Still needs to work on his conditioning. He can take his time at dleague since we signed Tyson Chandler.
Like many have said, no need to cut Zu. We don't need a roster spot.
That may change if more buyouts occur and serviceable players become available.
Zu is okay when he comes in every 3rd game for 15 minutes.
i don't have faith, at this stage in his career, that he can hold down the fort for us for extended periods of time.
sometimes you just need a big body on the floor, and he's just that.
he won't be on the team next year if he doesn't show up ASAP.
His hands are a little too soft.


The Nigerian Army on Monday said it felt betrayed after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) indicted soldiers, alongside armed thugs, over the violence that forced the suspension of the elections in Rivers State last week.
In a bid to reposition the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti as a leading tertiary health care institution, the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the establishment of a Fact Finding Committee to look into the activities of the institution from 2013 to date.
In a bid to reposition education in Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi, on Friday, inaugurated visitation panels for three state-owned institutions.
In a bid to reposition the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State (BSES), Governor Kayode Fayemi has signed an executive order for the establishment of a Fact Finding Committee to review its activities.
The senator representing Ondo North senatorial district, Ajayi Boroffice, on Thursday added a new dimension to the conflict within the Ondo State All Progressives Congress, APC, alleging that a letter appointing Ade Adetimehin as the acting chairman of the party was forged.


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{

class Connection;
class Logger;
class PageHandler;
class Request;
class Response;

class Server : private ServerImpl
{
public:
    explicit Server(std::shared_ptr<Logger> logger);
    virtual ~Server();

    void addPageHandler(std::shared_ptr<PageHandler> handler);

    void addWebSocketHandler(const char* endpoint, std::shared_ptr<WebSocket::Handler> handler,
                             bool allowCrossOriginRequests = false);

    // If we haven't heard anything ever on a connection for this long, kill it.
    // This is possibly caused by bad WebSocket implementation in Chrome.
    void setLameConnectionTimeoutSeconds(int seconds);

    // Sets the maximum number of TCP level keepalives that we can miss before
    // we let the OS consider the connection dead. We configure keepalives every second,
    // so this is also the minimum number of seconds it takes to notice a badly-behaved
    // dead connection, e.g. a laptop going into sleep mode or a hard-crashed machine.
    // A value of 0 disables keep alives, which is the default.
    void setMaxKeepAliveDrops(int maxKeepAliveDrops);

    // Serves static content from the given port on the current thread, until terminate is called.
    // Roughly equivalent to startListening(port); setStaticPath(staticPath); loop();
    // Returns whether exiting was expected.
    bool serve(const char* staticPath, int port);

    // Starts listening on a given interface (in host order) and port.
    // Returns true if all was ok.
    bool startListening(uint32_t ipInHostOrder, int port);

    // Starts listening on a port on all interfaces.
    // Returns true if all was ok.
    bool startListening(int port);

    // Sets the path to server static content from.
    void setStaticPath(const char* staticPath);

    // Loop (until terminate called from another thread).
    // Returns true if terminate() was used to exit the loop, false if there
    // was an error.
    bool loop();

    // Runs a single iteration of the main loop, blocking for a given time.
    // Returns immediately if terminate() has been called. Must be consistently
    // called from the same thread. Returns an enum describing why it returned.
    enum class PollResult
    {
        Continue,
        Terminated,
        Error,
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    PollResult poll(int millisToBlock);

    // Returns a file descriptor that can be polled for changes (e.g. by
    // placing it in an epoll set. The poll() method above only need be called
    // when this file descriptor is readable.
    int fd() const
    {
        return _epollFd;
    }

    // Terminate any loop() or poll(). May be called from any thread.
    void terminate();

    class Runnable
    {
    public:
        virtual ~Runnable() {}
        virtual void run() = 0;
    };
    // Execute a task on the Seasocks thread.
    void execute(std::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable);
    using Executable = std::function<void()>;
    void execute(Executable toExecute);

private:
    // From ServerImpl
    virtual void remove(Connection* connection) override;
    virtual bool subscribeToWriteEvents(Connection* connection) override;
    virtual bool unsubscribeFromWriteEvents(Connection* connection) override;
    virtual const std::string& getStaticPath() const override
    {
        return _staticPath;
    }
    virtual std::shared_ptr<WebSocket::Handler> getWebSocketHandler(const char* endpoint) const override;
    virtual bool isCrossOriginAllowed(const std::string &endpoint) const override;
    virtual std::shared_ptr<Response> handle(const Request &request) override;
    virtual std::string getStatsDocument() const override;
    virtual void checkThread() const override;
    virtual Server &server() override
    {
        return *this;
    }

    bool makeNonBlocking(int fd) const;
    bool configureSocket(int fd) const;
    void handleAccept();
    void processEventQueue();
    void runExecutables();

    void shutdown();

    void checkAndDispatchEpoll(int epollMillis);
    void handlePipe();
    enum NewState { KeepOpen, Close };
    NewState handleConnectionEvents(Connection* connection, uint32_t events);

    // Connections, mapped to initial connection time.
    std::map<Connection*, time_t> _connections;
    std::shared_ptr<Logger> _logger;
    int _listenSock;
    int _epollFd;
    int _eventFd;
    int _maxKeepAliveDrops;
    int _lameConnectionTimeoutSeconds;
    time_t _nextDeadConnectionCheck;

    struct WebSocketHandlerEntry
    {
        std::shared_ptr<WebSocket::Handler> handler;
        bool allowCrossOrigin;
    };
    typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, WebSocketHandlerEntry> WebSocketHandlerMap;
    WebSocketHandlerMap _webSocketHandlerMap;

    std::list<std::shared_ptr<PageHandler>> _pageHandlers;

    std::mutex _pendingExecutableMutex;
    std::list<Executable> _pendingExecutables;

    pid_t _threadId;

    std::string _staticPath;
    std::atomic<bool> _terminate;
    std::atomic<bool> _expectedTerminate;
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}  // namespace seasocks

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Health panel says young kids be taught how to avoid the sun's damaging rays (all photos via Google Images).
Six years after the last update, a national panel of health experts focusing on disease prevention just determined that revised skin cancer guidelines were warranted.
The most significant change extends its recommendations on sun protection to young children for two reasons: (1) Because being badly sunburned at an early age increases the chances of developing skin cancer later, and (2) kids are more likely to incorporate sun-safe precautions into their lives the earlier they are exposed to them.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force this week recommended that all light-skinned children beginning at the age of six months receive skin-cancer prevention guidance, which is a stark shift from its 2012 recommendations when the panel advised this training start at age 10.
In addition, these guidelines apply to fair-skinned adults aged 24 and over, since they are at higher risk of skin cancer from ultraviolet, or UV, rays than those with darker skin.
"The USPSTF recommends counseling young adults, adolescents, children, and parents of young children about minimizing exposure to UV radiation for persons aged 6 months to 24 years with fair skin types to reduce their risk of skin cancer," the independent panel stated in its report, which appeared online March 20 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The panel added that "clinicians selectively offer counseling to adults older than 24 years with fair skin types about minimizing their exposure to UV radiation to reduce risk of skin cancer," but yet the "[e]xisting evidence indicates that the net benefit of counseling all adults older than 24 years is small."
Some evidence exists, the panel says, that children are more likely to take the precautions seriously if they become part of their routine, while the adherence to these protective habits minimizes as young adults age.
The rationale for focusing on young children is driven by a "substantial body of observational evidence," the USPSTF writes, that "demonstrates that the strongest connection between UV radiation exposure and skin cancer results from exposure in childhood and adolescence."
The panel's recommendations do not apply to those with dark skin. But despite this targeted message to fair-skinned groups, everyone should engage in smart sun protection.
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Alison Watt
Alison Watt, born 1965. Artist
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Alison Watt has always been interested in figurative art. Most of her early work is concerned with portraiture, with self-portraiture playing a large part. Watt began this painting whilst she was still a student at Glasgow School of Art. Although influenced by the elegance of classical artists such as Ingrès, at this time Watt also liked 'ridiculous, over dramatised gestures'. Painted whilst she was ill, this self-portrait shows Watt with her right hand across her forehead, as if she is taking her temperature or about to faint. Her interest in fleshy tones is palpable although she treats the whole surface of the canvas equally. The composition of vertical lines from the panelling and the bold horizontal division created by her hand draw the focus around the canvas.
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Alison WattScottish (born 1965)
Framed: 53.20 x 52.70 x 6.80 cm
Presented by the Art Fund in December 2011 to celebrate the re-opening of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
PG 3684
Scottish National Portrait Gallery(On Display)
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Alison Watt painted this self-portrait while still a student at the Glasgow School of Art. The painting's muted tones and dryly painted character is typical of her early style. Most of her early work is concerned with portraiture and self-portraiture and she has said:
'I have thought a lot about the nature of self-portraiture, there has always been an element of it in my paintings. From the very beginning when I would stand in front of a mirror and paint myself obsessively, to the more subtle representations of self which are present in the work now'.
(Alison Watt, 2011)
In this example which was painted when she was ill with a post-viral fatigue syndrome, though the face is masklike, she introduces a dramatic gesture in placing her hand on her forehead, as if taking her temperature. The hand, eye and mind are also, she may be reminding us, what the painter must employ and bring into perfect co-ordination in order to make a work of art. Around the time she painted this self-portrait, Watt won the prestigious John Player Portrait Award and as a result was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London to portray Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Although Watt rarely engaged with formal portraiture again, her figurative paintings throughout the following decade were often thinly disguised self-portraits.
An exhibition of her work entitled Fold, held at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh in 1997, explored her engagement with the work of the nineteenth-century French painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. In 2000, Watt became the youngest artist to be offered a solo exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. Her exhibition, Shift, featured twelve large-scale paintings of folds of cloth, often based on drapery and costume in certain paintings by artists such as Ingres and Francisco de Zurbarán. Watt served as Associate Artist at the National Gallery in London from 2006 to 2008 and the resulting work formed the exhibition Phantom. In her recent, more abstract work Watt paints arrangements of cloth whose folds and recesses suggest the convexities and concavities of the human body.
Born in Greenock, Watt studied at Glasgow School of Art. In 1987, while still a student, she won the National Portrait Gallery's prestigious annual award. She subsequently became well known for her paintings of figures, often female nudes. In the late 90s she began to focus on the fabric...
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Can anyone give me some hints about catching hot-weather sauger?
only been able to catch one here and there, and small ones at that.
of winter - kind of like people used to only fish for crappie in the spring.
I know we don't have walleye, but I know the sauger are there.
I do catch a few in the river in the summer time. All comes from gravel bars and there not many at that.
Best bet is they are staying in cooler water. But I know they have to feed and just need to find them.
Moose they are like walleye. but here they don't act like the walleye.
I have talked with lots of people that walleye fish. And they catch a lot of sauger also.
SO I asked and listened to what they had to say.
Sure wish I could work this out also.
I do think they move back down river and stay in the deeper water. But like other fish they have to eat.
may have to get one of those cameras to spy and see what they are.
Jeff better late than never... LOL WE have a guide on Pickwick for walleye. So there has to be some if we have a guide..
Jeff he has walleye listed on fish that he guides for and It has been on there for a few years.
As for his catches I would like to see that. I do know in the river we catch a few walleye every year. And some times there good ones. One guy had a 4 5 and 6 lbs ( He thought sauger) that were nice walleye. HEHE I told him what he had. And he laughed that there was not any in the river. But a little while later when loading my boat the warden were telling him sure is some nice walleye there. And then he found out what he had.
I do have a guy over in Middle Tn that is going to take me Walleye fishing over that way. and you can bet I will be going.
We've pretty much switched from fishing for crappie to saugeye (walleye x sauger) this year. They're a heckuva lot more fun to catch - even the hammer handles.
Our best fish have been caught on a Culprit Lure green/chart body with an orange tassle tail tipped with a crappie minnow. I usually use a a 1/16 oz jighead in a firetiger pattern. We cast out and retrieve it a little quicker than for crappie. Here's the key - these fish are pursuit fish, so when they get close, they actually push the lure ahead of them, so you'll feel a slight slack go in your line, then they hit it and you're on.
Iknow there a few guys who trolls Center Hill here in Mid-TN for walleye. Mostly bandits, bee's, deep-wee-r's, etc. Mostly 20-25' water on points in the lower part of the lake.
I believe the Hill is a lot different than pickwick, but walleye r walleye. They don't know what lake they are in. Them yankees think they are the only ones who can catch these things. But they still think smallmouths are trash fish. We don' need to tell them any different.
I fish for Sauger here in West Tn starting in Late Nov. Love to fish for them. and love to eat them more. I like them better then crappie for eating. Winter time in the river we use a 1 or 1 1/4 oz sauger jig tipped with a minnow and also has a stinger hook. but best fish come off above jig tipped with big plastic jigs.
WE also have the Walleyes and catch a few saugeyes. But not that many.
Wish I had an ideal where they all go to after the spawn here.
Also as Roberta stated there a soft bitter and until you figure out the bite will miss a lot of them.
The area we fish most often fo rsaugeye and crappie is a drop off that goes from a twenty foot wide flat in about 8' of water down to 16'. That slope is weedy and everything hangs in there waiting to ambush whatever passes by. We'll anchor right at the start of the drop off so we can cast to shore for anybody who has moved in and we cast down that slope lakeside, pulling the bait right along the wed tops back up the hill. You cna feel thelure bouncing on the tops. It's been an effective approach for us so far.
I catch all of my sauger around feeder creeks when the water goes up on the Wabash river. I use jigs and crankbaits. Just remember you want your bait ticking the bottom. I have had more luck using Rebel Crawdads then anything else.
http://tinypic.com/w0rreg.jpghttp://tinypic.com/w0s21l.jpg I catch big Saugers in Montana on the Yellowstone river.
Nice fish there. I need to get into some like that for a few weeks.


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