Hope most of you are aware of Nuget packages. It is a way to get 3rd party libraries into your project. Nuget also makes developer's life easier by checking for updates for all the available libraries.
Apart from this Nuget also provides package restoration option, which is disabled by default. Another annoying thing about restoration is, it is very very slow. So, it means that until your restoration is complete, you can not do anything.
What is the solution or workaround of this slow restoration of Nuget package ?
Well, one workaround can be instead of restoring packages from Visual Studio, why can't we do it outside of Visual Studio. Interesting, isn't it ???
I have something very exciting to share with you all. Today morning, I received a mail stating "Congratulations! You have received MVP award". At first I didn't believed my eyes, but after reading a mail, finally I got a feel that I really won. Actually it was surprised for me too !!!
But finally it happened. I'm honored to be a part of the C# community. It's a privilege.
MVP: MVP is an annual award given by C# corner to its community leaders who actively share their technical skills and excellent knowledge. This award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders who have deep understanding on some technology and how they can contribute to communities so that people around them can make the most out of them.Every day, around the world, MVP Award recipients contribute to online technical communities in a range of ways, including providing helpful answers, online discussions, translating online resources into local languages and serving as moderators.
Continuing to my previous article on 'Customizing debugging session', we can further control on how properties and fields appear in our debugger window. Based on our debugging requirement, we can show and hide properties in our debugging session using one of the useful attribute named DebuggerBrowsableAttribute.
How to hide unwanted properties during debugging session? What if a developer is not interested in viewing employee's branch?
Is there any way to expand list of awards automatically in my debugger window?
Hope you enjoyed playing with your favorite debugger window.
As its name communicate itself that when a source object's property is null, then what is the alternate value you want to set for the target. So, whatever value is set for TargetNullValue, it will be set for target. Pretty simple, isn't it ?
This is used when a binding cannot come up with a value at all, based on the the data source and the path. Or in other words, FallbackValue is used when the property binded with source is not at all available. In that case, value supplied to FallbackValue will be considered at the target end.
Now, let's jump on to the code on how to use both of these. Here aim is to bind the given text box with EmployeeName property.
Till this point, we haven't done anything extra. It's pretty simple and self-explanatory code. Let's go ahead and quickly change the code a bit.
Hope most of you have used StringFormat property on your binding to render the formatted value on the user interface. But are you aware about one of its secret. Well before revealing that secret, let's have a look at how StringFormat works with binding.
Scenario problem: I am taking an example scenario, in which my text box will display amount till three decimals.
With above code, whenever you will lost focus from your TextBox, given amount will be displayed as three decimal points. Till here everything is perfect as expected BUT with one downsize.
What one sees on the screen is not the actual value that will be stored in the storage and can be different from the underlined value. But if this is really a requirement on what we want to show to the user then it's up to developer to manage such inconsistencies.
Now time came to know about that GOTCHA. If you want to add UpdateSourceTrigger property = PropertyChanged along with your StringFormat, then guess what will happen???
To understand this issue, let's go step by step.
Step 1: Run the application and you will get below output.
Explanation: Please note, you have applied UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged. So, as soon as you will hit a keyboard key, immediately StringFormat will be called due to change in target property and sets the underlined source property. Our source property raises a PropertyChanged event that forces the binding to re-bind and re-render based on the StringFormat.
Problem occurs with fast input scenarios as shown in above screenshot and you will end up with RED rectangle.
Reason: After each key stroke, it is re-rendering the value of a given text box.
Explanation: As per the StringFormat property, given text box should be able to change the value to required precession. But it doesn't happen.
One should avoid using UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged with StringFormat, due to this re-rendering issue.
Converters give you a lot supremacy as it allows you to insert an object between a source and a target object. At high level, converters are a chunk of custom code that hooked up through the binding and data will flow via that converter. So, whenever data is flown from source to target, one can change the value or can change the type of object that needs to be set on target property.
Data value: Here transformation will be done with just the value by keeping the data type intact. For example, for number fields, you can transform value to floating point number to an integer, by keeping the actual value as a float.
Data type: One can also transform the data type. For example, setting a style based on some Boolean flag, this is one of the most common example. Isn't it?
To implement IValueConverter, one has to create a class and then put the instance of that class in a ResourceDictionary within your UI.
Once your class is part of ResourceDictionary, then you can point to the instance of converter using the Converter property of Binding, along with StaticResource markup extension.
Before digging into the code, let's discuss on what I want to achieve with below code snippet. Whenever value entered by the user is negative, I want to display 0 with * as a final amount.
In above class, Convert method will be called when direction of data flow is from source to target. value object is the one, which we are going to set here, targetType will tell you the type of target property, next is optional parameter and last one is for culture.
ConvertBack method will be called when you have two-way data binding and direction of data flow is from target to source object.
Code for using Data Type: Here aim is to select a style based on a Boolean property or in other words user want to change the color of a text box based on checkbox status. So let's go ahead and write our BoolToStyleConverter.
Hope this tutorial on converter was useful.
This is a property on a binding that controls the data flow from target to the source and used in two-way databinding scenarios. The default mode is when focus changes but there are number of other options available, which we will see in this article.
Let's talk about some of the data trigger scenarios. By default, modified values in the binding controls only get pushed down when we do activity related to focus change like tab out, minimizing and maximizing window, etc.
· In some scenarios we want to update values as quickly as possible, or let's say with every key stoke. So, to achieve such kind of scenarios Microsoft provided UpdateSourceTrigger.
Explicit - Used to defer source updates until user do it forcibly by click on any button or so.
Please note, as of now I haven't done any binding on my textboxes. As a next step, let's pick properties of UpdateSourceTrigger and see what each one of does.
Default: When user will change value in Source textbox, value will automatically get updated in Target textbox. BUT when user will modify value in Target textbox, it won't reflect in Source textbox, until lost focus happens.
LostFocus: As I mentioned earlier, except DataGrid, LostFocus behaves same for all the controls as Default property.
Here output will be same as above case (Default) as it is TextBox.
PropertyChanged: If UpdateSourceTrigger property is set to PropertyChanged, then everytime both Source and Target will be in sync. In another words, updating Source TextBox will update Target TextBox on every key stroke and same proves true if value is updated in Target TextBox.
After reading this article, hope you got a clear understanding on UpdateSourceProperty.


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Cet article présente les épisodes de la série télévisée d'animation franco-japonaise Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or (1982).

Les titres français édités sur les différentes éditions DVD ne sont pas tous des originaux. Ils sont parfois incomplets ou ne correspondent pas à l'épisode. Les titres originaux, traduits directement des titres japonais, sont en premier.  Les titres alternatifs (DVD) sont donc cités entre parenthèses.

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Voir aussi
 Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or (série télévisée d'animation, 1982)
 Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or (série télévisée d'animation, 2012)

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European Portuguese vs. Brazilian Portuguese
with a photo gallery about Portugal thrown in
Português Europeu e/ou Português Brasileiro
e uma galeria de fotografias sobre Portugal
Home • English • Português • European Portuguese Translators Network • European Portuguese vs. Brazilian Portuguese
Minha pátria é a língua portuguesa (1)
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
"A little-known fact: A version of the Internet was invented in Portugal 500 years ago by a bunch of sailors with
names like Pedro, Vasco and Bartolomeu. The technology was crude. Links were unstable.
Response time was glacial. (A message sent on their network might take a year to land.)
They put up with it all. They were hungry to gain access to the world."
Cotter, Holland "Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17 Centuries"
The New York Times, 29 July, 2007
NÃO ao Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguese
A minha opinião
"...it is virtually impossible for a native speaker of one variety of Portuguese (European or Brazilian) to do a good translation into the other. Although there are unfortunately people who may feel, and announce themselves, as capable of translating or editing for both varieties, their work usually does not pass the simplest scrutiny of a native speaker."
Lyris Wiedemann, PhD in Applied Linguistics, Senior Lecturer at Stanford University and freelance translator
All too frequently, I have been asked by prospective clients about the differences (if any, some even add...) between European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Instead of writing my own version of the story, I decided to collect and place under one roof some of the best links and information I could find about this subject.
Portuguese is in 6th place among the ten most-spoken languages in the world. It is a major or official language in nine countries and it is one of the 20 official languages of the European Union (2005) and a working language in several international venues. The largest Portuguese-speaking country is Brazil with 176 million people. Other Portuguese-speaking countries with large populations include Mozambique (19 million), Angola (13 million), Portugal (10 million) and some other 4.8 million Portuguese living in the four corners of the World. Smaller countries or regions where the Portuguese language is spoken include Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe in Africa and East Timor and Macao, S.A.R. of China in Asia. All together, around 220 million people speak and write Portuguese in its two varieties. With the exception of Brazil, apart from local colloquialisms and "street lingo", in ALL Portuguese-speaking countries and territories (around 50 million people) the linguistic variety spoken and used by the population and in official business is the EUROPEAN PORTUGUESE. As with other languages spoken in different countries and places of the world, Portuguese differs in vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar, mainly between Portugal and Brazil. websites, and commercial and technical documents SHOULD be properly localized for the Portuguese and Brazilian markets. And, take note: For regular official, commercial and technical texts, THERE IS NO SUCH THING as "neutral Portuguese", as well as "angolan", "capeverdian" or "mozambican" Portuguese...
NO Spelling Reform will make Brazilian Portuguese
and European Portuguese uniform!
(...) And, most important of all, the new spelling reform will NOT change the fact that you need a native speaker of Brazilian Portuguese for a translation that'll be used in Brazil and a native speaker of European Portuguese for a translation that'll be used in Portugal. — Fábio Said, Brazilian Translator (Germany) View the complete text
Lisbon, panoramic view over the downtown area, looking north.
Rossio Square and the National Theater Building can be seen on lower left section of the picture.
Discoveries Memorial (1960)
Portuguese Translations: What clients need to know
by Prof. Lyris Wiedemann (in Nelson Laterman's website)
Lyris Wiedemann, a free-lance translator, has been involved with translation and the teaching of Portuguese, Linguistics and Brazilian Culture during her entire professional life. She has earned a B.A. in Romance Languages and an M.A. in Teaching of Languages and Literature from her native Brazil, and an M.A. in Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Education (Applied Linguistics) from Stanford University. A former Professor of Portuguese and Linguistics at two major universities in Brazil, she taught for nearly a decade at University of California-Berkeley and, since 1996, has been the Director of the Portuguese Language Program at Stanford University. Also available in PDF format.
The most impressive symbol of Portugal's power and wealth during the Age of Discovery. King Manuel I built it in 1502 on the site of a hermitage founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, where Vasco da Gama and his crew spent their last night in Portugal in prayer before leaving for India. It was built to commemorate Vasco Da Gama's voyage and to give thanks to the Virgin Mary for its success. Jeronimos Monastery Cloisters Vasco da Gama's tomb was placed inside by the entrance, as was the tomb of poet Luis de Camões, author of the epic The Lusiads in which he glorifies the triumphs of Da Gama and his compatriots. It is one of the great triumphs of European Gothic (UNESCO has classified it a World Heritage monument), with much of the design characterized by elaborate sculptural details and maritime motifs. This style of architecture became known as Manueline, a style of art that served to glorify the great discoveries of the age.
University (founded 1288)
Portuguese Languages: What is the difference?
by Mário Ferreira (in Nelson Laterman's website)
Mário was a member of the Portuguese Language Division of the American Translators Association, a well known translator and mentor of some of the division members. Mário left us in 1993. This article was originally published in the ATA Proceedings - 1988, Seattle; republished in the June 1995 issue of The ATA Chronicle.
Lisbon, Portugal, by night
Viewed from the left bank of Tagus river. Left: The 25th of April bridge.
"Unlike Paris or Rome, you feel that no-one has quite summed Lisbon up - and because of that,
you can make it your very own." Simone de Beauvoir
Belém Tower (1515)
Differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese
by Nelson Laterman
Nelson Laterman is a Brazilian Portuguese native speaker living in the Vancouver area, British Columbia, Canada since 1992. He is certified by the American Translators' Association (English into Portuguese), an Associate Member of the Society of Translators and Interpreters of BC (STIBC) and a Certified Court Interpreter. He can be reached at and his (excellent) website is at http://www.necco.ca.
Lisbon, 25th of April Bridge
The Tagus River Bridge or 25th of April Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril) in Lisbon, Portugal (here seen from a flyover in Alcântara, looking east), was built by the American Bridge Company and completed in 1966, after four years of construction, for $32 million. Its total length is 2,277 m, the main span measuring 1,013 m (17th largest suspension bridge in the world). It enbodies an important railroad line connecting Lisbon to the south, this line opened in 1999. At the time of its completion, it was the longest suspended span in Europe, had the longest main span in Continental Europe, was the world's longest continuous truss, and had the world's deepest bridge foundation (82 meters). Center left of the image: the Lisbon-Cascais railway line.
Rossio Square and National Theater Building
A Portuguese-Brazilian Dictionary
by Ray Vogensen
Probably the best PT-BR dictionary available on the Net.
Porto, viewed from the Gaia bank of Douro river
Right: Luís I bridge. Foreground: "Rabelo" boats, that used to carry the Port wine casks from the Douro vineyards.
St. George's Castle
Conquered from the Moors by Portuguese
1st king, Afonso Henriques, in 1147 A.D.
European vs. Brazilian Portuguese:
A small differentiating glossary
by Bruno Oliveira Maroneze
Bruno is a researcher and graduate student at the University of São Paulo (Brazil). He can be reached at .
Oriente Intermodal Station (1998), designed by Santiago Calatrava
Empire Plaza and
Jerónimos Monastery (16th c.)
Brazilian versus Iberian (sic) Portuguese
by ideastranslated.com
"Although theoretically possible, it is totally inadvisable to use the same translation for both markets."
Ponte D. Luís I (Luís 1st. Bridge) - Porto
With Law of 11/02/1879, the Portuguese government opens the bidding process for the "construction of a metal bridge over the Douro River, in the place considered the most convenient in front of the city of Porto, for the replacement of the current suspended bridge". The winning proposal was from Teófilo Seyrig, from the Belgian company Societé de Willebroeck. Teófilo Seyrig had already been the designer and head of the engineering team in the project of the Ponte D. Maria Pia (D. Maria Pia Bridge) as Eiffel's associate. This time, he was the sole responsible for the works of the new and grand Ponte D. Luís I (D. Luís I Bridge). The construction works began in 1881 and the inauguration occurred on 31 October 1886). The arch comprises 172 m of chord and is 44.6 m tall.
"A Brasileira" café, in Chiado, where you can have a coffee with Fernando Pessoa himself
Sintra, Portugal
Pena Palace (1839)
Different Words in Europan and Brazilian Portuguese
"Books that claim to teach both Brazilian and European Portuguese are usually not good."
Well put, Sónia...
Cabo da Roca (Roca Cape): Latitude: 38° 46' 30'' North - Longitude: 9° 28' 36'' West
The westernmost point of continental Europe.
Azenhas do Mar, Portugal
Whitewashed houses hanging off the cliffs droping fearlessly into the ocean. Swimming pools dug out of the rock. Next land West, North America.
The Global Advisor Newsletter - Brazilian and European Portuguese
A cost-saving alternative for those who would like to offer two versions of Portuguese on a limited budget, is to translate into one of the two versions (Brazilian or European), and then edit as needed to meet the requirements of the other. If you select this option, you should keep in mind that most translators prefer to start from scratch, because edited versions rarely sound equally as natural to a native speaker as an original translation.
A minha pátria é a língua portuguesa
Fernando Pessoa (1888 – 1935)
Não chóro por nada que a vida traga ou leve. Há porém paginas de prosa me teem feito chorar. Lembro-me, como do que estou vendo, da noute em que, ainda creança, li pela primeira vez numa selecta, o passo celebre de Vieira sobre o Rei Salomão, "Fabricou Salomão um palacio..." E fui lendo, até ao fim, tremulo, confuso; depois rompi em lagrimas felizes, como nenhuma felicidade real me fará chorar, como nenhuma tristeza da vida me fará imitar. Aquelle movimento hieratico da nossa clara lingua majestosa, aquelle exprimir das idéas nas palavras inevitaveis, correr de agua porque ha declive, aquelle assombro vocalico em que os sons são cores ideaes – tudo isso me toldou de instincto como uma grande emoção politica. E, disse, chorei; hoje, relembrando, ainda chóro. Não é – não – a saudade da infancia, de que não tenho saudades: é a saudade da emoção d'aquelle momento, a magua de não poder já ler pela primeira vez aquella grande certeza symphonica. Não tenho sentimento nenhum politico ou social. Tenho, porém, num sentido, um alto sentimento patriotico. Minha patria é a lingua portuguesa. Nada me pesaria que invadissem ou tomassem Portugal, desde que não me incommodassem pessoalmente, Mas odeio, com odio verdadeiro, com o unico odio que sinto, não quem escreve mal portuguez, não quem não sabe syntaxe, não quem escreve em orthographia simplificada, mas a pagina mal escripta, como pessoa própria, a syntaxe errada, como gente em que se bata, a orthographia sem ípsilon, como escarro directo que me enoja independentemente de quem o cuspisse. Sim, porque a orthographia também é gente. A palavra é completa vista e ouvida. E a gala da transliteração greco-romana veste-m'a do seu vero manto régio, pelo qual é senhora e rainha.
Texto publicado originariamente em "Descobrimento", revista de Cultura n.º 3, 1931, pp. 409-410, transcrito do "Livro do Desassossego", por Bernardo Soares (heterónimo de Fernando Pessoa), numa recolha de Maria Aliete Galhoz e Teresa Sobral Cunha; ed. de Jacinto do Prado Coelho, Lisboa, Ática, 1982 vol. I, p. 16-17. Foi mantida a ortografia da época de Fernando Pessoa.
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Audi goes back to
Black - and white!
By David Whinyates on 2019-04-25 - David is one of the UK's most experienced motoring writers and was instrumental in setting up the Driving Force syndication service for Britain's biggest regional newspaper group. Former Chief Motoring Editor of Trinity Mirror Regionals, he is Driving Force's Consultant Motoring Editor and a director of Driving Force Media Ltd.
WHITE is the new black, according to Audi. For the company has just announced new Black Edition A6 models - along with images of white cars!
To be fair, the Black Edition tag refers more to the special trim on these new top-of-the-range variants of the A6 saloon and Avant which includes gloss turned 20-inch V-spoke alloys in matt titanium and a black finish for the radiator grille surround, front air intakes, door mirror housings and rear diffuser, plus the roof rails in Avant models.
The Black Edition models, which Audi says have been re-introduced following their popularity in the previous A6 generation - are based on the sporting S trim level and, as well as the cosmetic changes, come with sport suspension and an upgrade from the standard LED headlights to segmented Matrix LED units capable of diverting their beams around leading or oncoming traffic.
Inside, there are front sport seats in leather and Alcantara, a perforated leather multifunction sport steering wheel with shift paddles and dark brushed aluminium inlays.
The Black Edition trim can be combined with all engines in the new A6 range, with prices starting from £44,635 OTR.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those who will argue the toss over the slightest thing, expecting immediate recompense for anything and everything. But if I pay for something and the end result is, well, a bit rubbish, then I will stick up for myself.
Recently I ordered a camera case from eBay. Ok, I know. It was cheap – just £5 from Hong Kong – but I've had other similar goods before and not had a problem. This time, though, the product was less than satisfactory. The logo badge on the front was loose and so badly finished that the tops of some of the letters were missing and the plastic edges were sharp. And to make things worse the case was too large for my camera – even though this was, supposedly, specifically for my model of camera.
The second point, you'd think if fair enough. However, in this case, this was one of those items with a "nominal" selling price but a big P&P. This was (I don't know if it's still the case) a fiddle to pay less fees to eBay. That would mean that I wouldn't get back over £4 of my original cost.
As to the first point, well, most of the room was in the side of the case. Enough to fit a USB memory stick into but certainly not an SD card. Or battery. No, this was a rubbish excuse. So I told them that (in more polite terms). I also pointed out that the item was (and remember this phrase) "not fit for purpose". Being the nice person I am I suggested a compromise – a refund of £3 would be acceptable.
In the end, they refunded the full amount. An excellent conclusion, done with no shouting, screaming or threatening – just the way it should be.
Why does English (US) get people so riled?


Tasty little party dip that can be served with carrot chips, sliced cucumbers, or over some sliced tomatoes and pancetta.
Combine beans and 6 tablespoons of oil in a food processor. Add all other ingredients to taste. Mix in food processor until it is a puree. Chill in the fridge until serving time.
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Save the RAH was a minor political party in South Australia, a single-issue party with the aim of stopping the relocation of Adelaide's main hospital, the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). It ran candidates in 11 of the 47 seats in the House of Assembly at the 2010 state election. The party received 5,381 votes, or 0.55 percent of the statewide vote. In the Legislative Council, the party received 9,236 votes, or 0.97 percent. This was the highest upper house primary vote received by a party without winning a seat. The party is no longer registered.

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Political parties in South Australia
Single-issue political parties
Single-issue political parties in Australia


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Q: How do you make a Dota2 in-game guide? I've tried to search up my problem but I couldn't find any solutions. I want to make my own guide for Dota2. For example the guide shows you what to up grade and what to buy. When you level up there will be an orange box on the recommended skill to upgrade.
Do any of you guys know how to make your guide?

A: The option you're looking for is located in game menu, you should navigate to Learn - Hero Guides and click 'Create' button. It will allow you to create your own in-game guide with an itembuild, skillbuild and your commentaries. You will also be able to publish this guide so that other players can see it.
This appears to be the only method that works as for Jul 2018

A: I have found two ways to create a Dota2 guide.

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*Creating it yourself,

*Creating it with a guide.

Below you will see both methods.

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You can click here to go to the guide creation page. The process should be easy to navigate through, but feel free to use check the pictures from the source below.

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To begin creating your build, you'll need to visit the Dota 2 Blog. At the top of the page there is a dropdown menu titled Heropedia, hover over it and choose Hero Builds from the list. You can also click here to be taken there directly.
You'll then be taken to a Steam Community login page. Enter your Steam account credentials and choose Allow when Dota2.com requests access to your information.
Once you're logged in, select the Create New Hero Build button.
You'll then be taken to hero selection screen. Locate the portrait of the hero you want to create a build for and click on it.
Once you've selected a hero you'll be taken to the Hero Build Editor screen. From here you can specify a title, create an item build and an ability build. At any point you save your work by clicking the Save button located at the bottom of the page.
Your saved build can be found by returning to the Builds page from the Dota 2 Blog. It will appear under the Steam Cloud Builds section. You can click on the drop down menu to the right of the build and select Edit to the return to the editor at any point to make changes, even after it has been published.

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A: Nowadays, just open dota, go demo the hero you want to create a build for,
once you're inside the demo choose any hero build and press the pen icon and change whatever you want to change then press the pen again to save it.

A: In patch 7.27d you have to edit them from inside the game client.
To do this, click on the "Heroes" tab, then click on the sub-tab "Guides".
From here, select a hero and press the button labled "Create", or use another guide as a base by selecting the guide and press the button labeled "Copy".
The web interface can't be used edit or create guides anymore.
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This collection consists of items from the Venice Biennale Ephemera collection hosted by Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.
This collection consists of items from the Verner Reed photographic collection, 1950-1972 (PC044) collection hosted by Historic New England. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.
This collection consists of items from the View books graphic collection, 1880s-1920s (GC003) collection hosted by Historic New England. Information about the items has been provided by the holding institution so that they may be included in Digital Commonwealth.


If you're looking to update a space but don't want to spend a lot consider doing a makeover with the help of paint! See how I transformed an entry way mirror into a new look with a few layers of chalk paint!
If this concept of an entry way mirror makeover sounds familiar to you, you'd be right! About four years ago I decided the rectangular mirror hung in our front entrance wasn't right.
In an attempt to update the space on a budget, I first tried to change the orientation of the mirror and go vertical then gave it a makeover with a pop of blue paint to go with my newly painted grey walls. I definitely preferred this mirror orientation but after a while got sick of the blue. In an attempt to make this space a little more neutral, I decided to give it another go with some white chalky finish paint, named Everlasting, from Deco Art.
I liked the distressed look this paint gave me last time around especially with the Fixer Upper farm look being so popular these days. After taping the mirror's edge, I gave it two coats of white paint to cover the Treasure blue I previously had there.
Next came the messy (but fun) part of distressing the frame with some sand paper. I mixed between two sandpaper weights for a unique look.
After vacuuming that up and wiping it with a t-shirt rag, I gave it a coat of Creme Wax. To bring out the sheen of this layer I buffed it with another clean t-shirt rag.
To say that I love the finished look is an understatement.
The white frame is the perfect neutral base for this space, especially for the holiday season!
Oh hi there! :) I can't wait to decorate this new mirror for each of the holidays/seasons!
So which is your favorite? The original entry way mirror, the blue version of this new updated white look?


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Every year a variety of local crags are closed to protect nesting raptors. As climbers we should see it as a privilege that we can share these few crags with our winged friends, and an honor to let them have solitude to reproduce. It is only for half of the year, on a small fraction of the available nearby climbing terrain.
Please help spread the word: do not climb on these formations during the closure period! As the season progresses and it is known which nesting sites are active, some of these formations are re-opened to climbing before the deadline.
Below are more details about seasonal local raptor closures.
BOULDER FALLS IS NOW OPEN!!!
SEASONAL RAPTOR CLOSURES ARE in effect FOR THE 2019 SEASON!
Note: Happy Hour, Bihedral and Riviera will remain open as long as visitors stay out of the closed areas.
Each year from February 1 to July 31 some climbing crags are closed to protect nesting raptors. The closures help protect long-established raptor nesting territory, including vital alternate nest sites. Undisturbed access to multiple nest sites is important for birds of prey, especially early in the nesting season, to give them a chance to visit multiple nests during courtship and to select a site for the season, free of human influence.


"Oh my goodness! Was this ever a difficult contest to curate! I initially selected 384 photos that I felt were worthy of awards. I had to do two more passes to get that number down to an acceptable amount.
I truly LOVE moments and thought I would definitely choose a moment as my "favourite" photo. The thing is, there were so many incredible moments in this contest that I couldn't even come close to narrowing it down to just one. The strangest thing of all is that I ended up choosing a photo that almost hit the chopping block in my first pass. The thing is, the more I see it, the more I like it. And when trying to choose a favourite it just kept jumping out in my mind.
For me this image stood out as a work of juxtapositions. Red vs. Green. Old vs. New. East vs. West. Smile vs. Stoic.
I love the clean composition and the creative framing with the photographer choosing to frame the groom within the mirror. I love the processing of this image. For my personal taste it is not too light and airy, nor is it to dark and contrasty. It draws me in without distracting and I feel is perfect for the subject matter.
I love the simple palette of complementary colours on display and how the subtle gold ties everything together. I feel it is timeless piece with an early 1940's vibe and decor, but with elements such as the eyewear that would fit in almost any era within the past century. Was this taken 100 years ago or just yesterday? As a Canadian the decor resonates with me as something distinctly found in old Europe or perhaps North America but we see the bride and groom in vibrant traditional Asian attire. For me it's almost like two worlds meet, co-exist and thrive. The fact that they are mostly in red and the environment is mostly in green seems to pay homage to this. The fact that they have a little bit of green in their red and the environment has a little bit of red in its green gives a sense of connectedness, harmony and balance between the two representations. Almost like Yin and Yang.
I love how the groom has a playful and innocent smile and yet seems tense and almost robotic, while the bride looks as cool as a cucumber, strong and yet loose in her posture.
The image sets my imagination on fire. It takes me beyond the image itself and has me visualizing an infinite amount of streets this shop could be placed on. What is upstairs from where they are standing? IS there an upstairs? What would the basement look like? What does the signage outside look like? Where did this couple go afterwards? It is rare that an image does this for me. I find myself daydreaming of the bigger yet invisible place and story all this is connected to.


TAG encourages conversations across the disciplines, and experiments in presentation and interpretation. We have a thriving artist community, made up of both archaeologists and artists interested in archaeology, materialities, and the past. Here we showcase some of the exhibits that have been held at North American TAG meetings. For more information on the artists, and for other photos of TAG meetings in the US and Canada, check out our flicker stream or visit the links below.
The exhibit had its origin in Mariana Frochtengarten's studio practice and then unfolded with other artists, both men and women, who were invited to help produce a collaborative artwork. Five plain white dresses were sent by regular mail to five groups of artists. With different themes – The Voyage, The House, The Gift, The Feast and The Ritual, each contributor was invited to work freely on the garment he/she has chosen. A communication network was constructed through these dresses, letters, and other exchanges to include sixteen artists from eleven countries: Brazil, Canada, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, China, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia, Spain, India and Pakistan.
Renowned artist, Mandalika Manjusri studied archaeology at Kelaniya University, and participated as a conservator in several major Sri Lankan archaeological projects. Her painting, produced in water color and acrylics, is influenced by a life of studying Buddhist iconography. She describes her art as being "ephemeral, minimalist, and based on the real." Her work has been exhibited extensively in Sri Lanka, and she was selected by the British High Commission as the Artist of the Year in 2001.
Bites of the Big Apple invited residents and visitors to sample the sounds, stories and structures of the past and present that make the lively, multilayered city of New York so unique. Designed and curated by Columbia University graduate students who each selected his or her own 'bite' of the city, the exhibit also featured an original New York City-inspired sound score by Desert Kites, featuring Jarboe and Cedric Victor.
At TAG SUNY Buffalo, the University of Buffalo Art Gallery presented a performance piece by artist Charles Clough, who excavated a roll of papers dating from 1974-1978. These had covered a table top in his studio, where they had been drawn upon and marked up and then stored in a bundle, which Clough subsequently took with him to New York City. The papers were excavated as part of the opening reception of the conference, in conjunction with an exhibit of Clough's work, also held at the UB Art Gallery.
Artists were invited to present their original work on the theme of the Medium is the Message in order to generate new ideas, stimulate discussion, and, explore how representational and interactive media condition and shape all dimensions of the social. Art projects were exhibited on Friday and Saturday May 19-20, in the Anthropology Department of the University of Toronto, with the display of installations and video taking place concurrently throughout the conference. At left are a few images of some of the exhihibits.


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Find out of you're entitled to some of the money at events across the state in October.
"New York has $9.9 billion in unclaimed fund accounts. We want to return this money to its rightful owners," State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Wednesday. "The money belongs to New Yorkers. We want to give it back."
Representatives from DiNapoli's office will be on site at the events listed below to help New Yorkers find out if they are owed money. New Yorkers and others may also check for unclaimed funds at www.osc.state.ny.us or by calling toll free at 1-800-221-9311.
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State of Struggle
Feminism and Politics in Alberta
by Lois Harder
edition:Paperback
category: Political Science
publisher: The University of Alberta Press
Alberta's Conservative governments have employed several strategies to resist feminist claims for women's equality, from stonewalling during the 1970's oil boom, to grudging initiatives during the subsequent bust. Recently-under the guise of deficit reduction-Alberta has adopted a neoliberal ideology that seeks to shrink the province's role as a guarantor of equality. Lois Harder has written the definitive study of the modern evolution of politics in Alberta as seen through the lens of women's political struggles.
"Overall, for those committed to human rights struggles, Harder's study is grim reading. But it is also an important contribution to a critical understanding of Alberta's place in the national and international movement for human rights. It is curious that as we approach our provincial centenary, we seem to move further and further away from the progressive political culture that made Alberta a model of social experimentation during its formative years... Harder's study is a must-read for anyone interested in the state of human rights in Alberta." Catherine Cavanaugh, Legacy, Winter, 2003
"...the book is a vital reminder that if it weren't for the activism of feminists, our society would not be nearly as comfortable a place as it is today." Lorraine Turchansky, The Edmonton Journal
"This book explores the negative effect on women of the mega majority governments of Lougheed, Getty and Klein. It describes the resistance of these oil financed governments to women's struggle for equality. An interesting chapter is entitled Oil, Sex and Power. Alberta women have done not too badly in this hostile climate and this text could be a useful template in all provinces." Ronald F. MacIsaac, The Barrister
"[Harder's book] examines the ways in which Alberta women's groups tried, with mixed results, to influence provincial policy on "women's issues" in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Harder sees a definite trajectory in the province's response to feminist claims.. Harder's book is a grim reminder of the human cost of neo-liberal ideology." Alex Rettie, AlbertaViews
"...State of Struggle makes an important contribution both to our understanding of Alberta politics and to knowledge of feminist organizing in Canada. In terms of the former, Harder's conceptualization of state forms is an important corrective to the notion of the Alberta provincial government as Conservative hegemon. Like any other state, its permeability changes with changing social, economic, and political conditions. In terms of the latter, Harder's careful history of feminist organizing in the province is a model for the kinds of provincial-level studies that are necessary to understanding the diversity of feminism in our highly decentralized federation. It is required reading for anyone with an interest in political economy or provincial politics." University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 1, Winter 2004/5
"State of Struggle is a fascinating study of feminist 'claimsmaking' in Alberta. Lois Harder traces a rich history of women's organizing in Alberta, combined with a sharp analysis of the contemporary political context. Using an impressive range of sources-academic, government, women's organizations, and news media-with archival and interview research, Harder addresses many gaps in Canadian political science...[Harder's book] provokes the asking of vital questions, and makes a valuable contribution to political science in a wide range of areas including: Canadian politics, provincial politics, political economy, public policy and administration and women and politics." Tammy Findlay, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 38, no. 2, 2005.
"This work examines four periods of feminist claims-making strategies and provincial governmental resistance in Alberta..Harder provides a useful analysis of feminist strategies under difficult conditions. Recommended." J.G. Everett, University of Colorado at Denver, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
"As a critique of one major aspect of political and social life in Canada's only real "have" province, this volume should be of considerable interest both to those advancing the feminist cause and to Western Canadian political junkies." W.J.C. Cherwinski, Canadian Book Review Annual, 2004.
"This book presents a comprehensive account of feminist activism in Alberta from 1970 to the late 1990s. Actually, Harder prefers the term 'claimsmaking' to describe the activity of making claims on public policy and institutional structure. The provincial focus is welcome because so much has been written about the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) and its struggles with Ottawa. After all, the provinces have jurisdiction over the actual implementation of policies that matter to women." Louise Carbert, Atlantis Journal, January 30, 2005
Lois Harder
Lois Harder is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. She researches and teaches Canadian political economy, social policy, feminism and globalization.
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Planinski javor, grčki javor ili mlječac (lat. Acer heldreichii Orph.) je vrsta roda Acer L.

Opšte karakteristike

Planinski javor je srednje visoko listopadno drvo, visoko i preko 30 m, sa prsnim prečnikom i preko 100 cm. Stablo je pravo, a krošnja je široka, okrugla i razgranata. Opštim izgledom i korom koja u starosti puca u krupne, tanke, nepravilne ljuspe, je sličan javoru (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). Međutim, od javora se razlikuje u rasprostranjenju (horološki), staništu (ekološki), obliku listova i cvastima (morfološki). Jednogodišnji izdanci su goli, crvenkasto smeđi, sjajni, sa mnogo markiranih lenticela. Koren je jako razvijen i duboko prodire u zemljište, pa planinski javor ne strada od vetroizvala. Pupoljci su sa crvenkastim i golim ljuspama. Listovi su na peteljkama crvenkaste boje, dugim približno koliko i liska, duboko deljeni, ponekad skoro do osnove liske, sa pet režnjeva. Režnjevi su duguljasti, sa manjim režnjevima i zupcima pri vrhu. Listovi su dugi do 14 cm, na licu sjajni, tamno zeleni, a na naličju sivkasto-zeleni, sa čupercima rđastih dlačica u pazuhu nerava ili skoro goli. Cvasti su prvo skoro uspravne metlice, ali kasnije duge i viseće, gole. U zavisnosti od nadmorske visine, cveta od maja do juna. Plodovi su zreli u septembru i oktobru, a dugi su do 6 cm, sa razmaknutim ili ukrštenim krilima, proširenim pri vrhu, a gnezdima semena spolja golim ili retko dlakavim.

Rasprostranjenje i stanište

Planinski javor je endemit Balkanskog poluostrva. Uglavnom se javlja iznad regiona bukve sa jelom, u pojasu munike, smrče ili pretplaninske bukve, na nadmorskim visinama od 1200 do 1800 m, kako na krečnjačkim, tako i na silikatnim masivima, na različitim tipovima zemljišta, od organomineralnih rendzina do kiselih smeđih zemljišta i podzola. Najčešće naseljava severne ekspozicije i udoline, na mestima gde se duže zadržava sneg.

Varijabilnost vrste

Od tri opisane podvrste planinskog javora, samo subsp. macropterum je konstatovana u Srbiji.
 subsp. heldreichii
 subsp. bulgaricus Lakušić
 subsp. macropterum (Vis.) Pax
 var. visianii
 f. visianii
 f. trichocarpum (K. Maly) Beck
 var. pancicii
 f. pancicii
 f. cruciatum Jov.
 f. obtusatum Jov.

Privredni značaj

Planinski javor na većim nadmorskim visinama zamenjuje javor (Acer pseudoplatanus L.), a delom i bukvu (Fagus sylvatica L.). Koristi se kao drvo za građu. Mogao bi se koristiti kao dekorativna vrsta, jer ima krupne crvenkaste plodove i interesantno duboko deljeno lišće.

Galerija

Reference

Spoljašnje veze
 The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity
 Tropicos

Acer heldreichii
Hortikultura
Šumarstvo


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Steinmeyer to Set Sail on 'Magic to Do' Show
Magician, inventor and Inside Magic Favorite writer, Jim Steinmeyer has signed with Princess Cruises to create the magical effects in a new show, Magic to Do.
Mr. Steinmeyer is famous for so many things, including his work with Doug Henning, Siegfried & Roy and David Copperfield, his books on the history of magic and his own performances.
If the title of the show sounds familiar, it is likely because you recall the opening number from Stephen Schwartz' Broadway smash, Pippin. We recall it fondly for the great music and use of Grant's Flying Carpet illusion. Mr. Schwartz was also responsible for the music in our favorite Broadway play of all time, The Magic Show starring Doug Henning.
Mr. Schwartz is slated to create four shows for the cruise line and has assembled coterie of top talent to help including producers, writers and lighting folks with multiple awards and great shows to their credit.
We need no encouragement to go on a cruise or to see anything Mr. Steinmeyer so if you put the two factors together, we should be on the next boat out of West Hollywood.
Learn more from Princess Cruises here.
Filed under: David Copperfield, Doug Henning, jim steinmeyer, Princess Cruises, Steven Schwartz, UF Grant
Magic on TV	 November 19, 2013
David Blaine: The Next Last Greatest Magician in the World?
Magician and endurance maven David Blaine takes to the air this evening in the United States through ABC television to ask Real or Magic? He is joined in this endeavor by Will Smith, Olivia Wilde, Woody Allen, Stephen Hawking and other celebrities who, we are informed, will react to his tricks.
We like David Blaine and believe he has done much to revitalize our wonderful craft and feel badly that we want him to be different than the way he is. He is not Doug Henning or David Copperfield or Harry Blackstone Jr. but he is very talented and, in his own way, charismatic and captivating.
Still, we miss Doug Henning performing the Water Torture Tank live on national television. We miss David Copperfield's well produced escapes and illusions performed on tape but with the assurance the home audience was seeing the events unfold in real time without camera tricks. We miss Harry Blackstone Jr. for many, many reasons; not the least of which was his wonderful persona – so serious and light-hearted at the same time and able to convince even the most jaded teenager that he could really perform magic.
But David Blaine is bringing magic to the audience of the times where camera trickery is expected and even celebrated. Attention spans are short and expectations are high. Each generation of magic faces a similar challenge. Jim Steinmeyer's outstanding book, The Last Greatest Magician in the World tells of Howard Thurston making the transition from vaudeville to the traveling, full-evening show and the ultimate demise of that elaborate show type. We know of Thurston today because he survived and conquered the new formats and met his audience where they sat. They were no longer in vaudeville halls watching one of eight shows in a day's time. They came to see a full-length show and he had the props and chops to show them what they wanted to see – year after year.
We like David Blaine and wish him the best with his newest take on a classic art. If there is anyone that can again move magic in a new direction, it is David Blaine.
Filed under: David Blaine, David Copperfield, Doug Henning, Harry Blackstone Jr., howard thurston, jim steinmeyer
Magic History	 April 16, 2013
How Broadway Works: Magic Author Steinmeyer Recalls "The Merlin Crusade"
We received the May edition of Genii today and were delighted to read Jim Steinmeyer's incredible recollection of the logistics, politics and creative process that went to bring Doug Henning's second Broadway show to life.
Mr. Steinmeyer's "The Merlin Crusade" (subtitled, "Doug Henning's Infamous Magical Musical Appeared 30 Years Ago. Onstage It Was a Magic Show. Offstage It Was a Holy War") is a compelling read. We could not stop reading once we began.
Yes, we had to apologize to those waiting to use the restroom, but to be fair, providing just two lavatories for a full coach section of a cross-country flight is hardly our fault.
We have two great loves: magic and logistics. You give us an article about the logistical challenges of creating great illusions for a Broadway show and we give you our undivided attention. It is an incredibly detailed account of a 24-year-old Mr. Steinmeyer as both participant and observer. You should subscribe to Genii as a matter of principle but if you have not, get to your local magic shop or the Genii website to get the May edition.
Mr. Steinmeyer was part of the "magic department" brought to Broadway to seamlessly integrate Mr. Henning's magic into a complex and challenging musical.
Because the magic was integrated with everything in the show, there wasn't a repair, a change, or a piece of scenery that didn't have something to do with a trick. Each of our changes on the work list was worded, "fix," or "add," or "align." Because no other department cared to understand the magic, it was the magic department that had to work with everyone else, watching what the painters were doing, seeing if the new pieces of scenery would foul on our illusions. Each one of these jobs involved standing in front of the prop, scratching your head, experimenting, figuring out how the dancers were doing the routine, and then devising some solution.
You can read about the endless tuning of the show's story, style and magic right up to its official opening. The depiction of Mr. Henning is true to our memory of the great magician and truly gentle man. Continue reading "How Broadway Works: Magic Author Steinmeyer Recalls "The Merlin Crusade"" →
Filed under: Doug Henning, Genii Magazine, jim steinmeyer, Merlin
Magician Feature	 February 17, 2013
Magician Lee Winters Featured
Young magician Lee Winters sounds like our kind of guy. He loves magic, is industrious and gives back to his community. It is entirely fitting that the Danbury News Times would dedicate considerable space to their Q&A with the Connecticut performer.
His professional name is MagicLee and his weapon of choice is a deck of cards.
Mr. Winters fell in love with our wonderful Art about seven years ago and credits the late Bill Andrews and the Stamford Society of Young Magicians with encouraging and mentoring is rapid development.
He practices every day, films his own installments for YouTube and shares our love for Shaun Farquhar's amazing effect Shape of My Heart.
"Every time I see it, it almost brings me to tears, it's that amazing."
Of course there are those in the magic community who will attack this young prodigy for revealing one of the true classics, The Vanishing Card on one of his YouTube videos. Yes, the secret has been kept from the public since Robert Houdin and known to very few – until now – but we cannot fault him for this blatant breach of magic's sacred code.
In the course of the videos (see them here and here), he gives precise details in the angle of deflection for the card to be vanished (47 to 48 degrees), the definition of momentum (as well as the correct engineering formula for determining momentum from known velocity measurements) and even the special Natural Linguistic Programming intonation and word choice to present the effect for maximum impact.
We can hear the exposure is good crowd crowing:
"Yeah, but anyone could figure out the trick. It is wrong to keep secrets from the public. No one goes on YouTube anymore. There's always a trick to it because there is no such thing as magic. Why shouldn't all magic be exposed before the trick is done and then the audience would better appreciate the actual performance rather than be surprised and shocked with no real chance to recreate the events causing the surprise?" Continue reading "Magician Lee Winters Featured" →
Filed under: Harry Kellar, Jarrett Magic, jim steinmeyer, Lee Winters, robert-houdin, Shaun Farquhar, Tony Spain
Magic Castle News, Magic News	 December 23, 2012
Great Jim Steinmeyer Lecture at Magic Castle
We were perusing the Magic Castle web site seconds ago and came across what would be a fantastic lecture to witness first hand.
Fellow Chicagoan Jim Steinmeyer will take the spotlight at the Parlour of Prestidigitation on Sunday, Jan 13th 2013 at 3:00 pm. His lecture is titled, "Allow Me To Give You Some Really Awful Advice," focusing on what magicians do wrong.
According to the Magic Castle's advertisement, Mr. Steinmeyer "will demonstrate a number of original and useful effects, from close-up, to mentalism, and stand-up magic, and discuss the development and the selection of new material for your performances."
This sounds like a lecture not to be missed. Mr. Steinmeyer has not only invented just about every magic trick in the history of magic, he also has written about every magician and magic event ever. We know that sounds like hyperbole but it could be true. We haven't done our fact-checking and we're just kind of going with our gut on this one.
You can judge for yourself by going to his website and reading the list of effects he has brought forth from his imagination to the world.
Check out Mr. Steinmeyer's website for some great information, history and insight.
via The World Famous Hollywood Magic Castle.
Filed under: history of magic, jim steinmeyer, magic castle
Magic History, Magic News	 February 13, 2012
Magic's Demise Predicted — Again
We have been reading The Last Greatest Magician in the World: Howard Thurston versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards
and enjoying every page. Jim Steinmeyer could have made his living writing books and wouldn't have needed to be the prodigious inventor of so many game changing illusions. We are fortunate as a community that he lost his way and fell victim to Magic's seductive call.
After Kellar's passing, there was a heated contest between Houdini and Thurston to assume the position of Dean in the Society of American Magicians. The debate was ugly and filled with attacks founded and otherwise to prove or disprove worthiness to the throne. One of the knocks on Thurston was his alleged violation of Magic's sacred rule against exposure.
Audiences could purchase candy in specially printed containers that taught basic magic tricks. Some of Magic's elite branded this activity evil and worthy of disqualification. Others saw no problem with the general principle of teaching very basic tricks to young people. The case apparently turned on a bizarre technicality: because the candy was being sold, there was no offense. If the same candy had been given away in the boxes, the case would have gone against Thurston.
In the midst of the debate, the magician and historian Henry Ridgely Evans penned his essay "Is Magic Decadent?"
Ah, for the good old days, when magic was a genuine mystery, and one had to learn it from a professor of sleight-of-hand; when books and boxes of magic did not exist, and stage secrets were as closely guarded as the formula of certain patent medicines.
Magic has been on the cusp of ruin for centuries and apparently the advent of mass production of magic kits and publication of magic books indicated the last days in 1923.
In an article published this weekend in the online journal, Salon, writer Santiago Willis voices concerns almost identical to those of Evans. His article, The Internet Makes Magic Disappear runs parallel to Evans' concerns and is familiar.
Magic depends on secrecy, magic shops controlled access to secrets, brick and mortar magic shops are shuttered by the internet outlets, youtube.com exposes all to everyone with a computer; and therefore, magic will die out from over-exposure.
The writer notes New York City had 16 magic shops in 1960, three in 2003 and now only two. Willis quotes Jamy Ian Swiss for the proposition that the decline in brick-and-mortar shops portends the erosion of one of our art's essential support structures.
We cannot disagree that youtube has permitted really bad magicians to expose what could be really great tricks. But magic has been with us for a very long time and it has never been just about figuring out the secret. Magic in its truest form focuses on the performance, the give-and-take with an audience of one or a thousand, and the experience shared.
Continue reading "Magic's Demise Predicted — Again" →
Filed under: Houdini, howard thurston, jim steinmeyer, Society of American Magicians
Magic History	 December 27, 2003
Museum Intent on Exposing Houdini's Metamorphosis
Have you been?
Are you experienced?
Have you gone to Appleton, Wisconsin? Have you seen the sacred ground where young Erich Weiss and his family moved after leaving Budapest, Hungary and where his father Mayer Samuel Weiss served as rabbi for town's reformed Synagogue?
Have you seen the Houdini Museum in this bucolic hamlet? It is truly a magical experience. You can walk the streets where young Erich walked and see the Synagogue where his father served until supplanted by a younger Rabbi.
Soon, you will be able to learn the secret to Houdini's most famous effect, The Metamorphosis. That's right, you'll be able to see and crawl through the trunk and learn the secret of the effect that fed Houdini and his brother, Hardeen, and later Houdini and his beloved Bess.
In Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
, author Jim Steinmeyer praises Houdini for improving the illusion by lightning quick work.
Houdini seemed pretty proud of the speed at which he and Bess performed the effect.
All the apparatus used in this Act is inspected by a Committee selected from the Audience.
Mons. Houdini's hands are fastened behind his back, is securely tied in a bag and the knots are sealed, then placed in a massive Box which is locked and strapped, the box is then rolled into a small cabinet, and Mlle. Houdini draws the curtain and claps her hands three times, at the last clap of her hands, the curtain is drawn open by Mons. Houdini and Mlle. Houdini has disappeared, and upon the box being opened She is found in his place in the bag, the seals unbroken and her hands tied in precisely the same manner as were Mons. Houdini's when first entering the bag.
Just think over this, the time consumed in making the change is THREE SECONDS!
We challenged the World to produce an act done with greater Mystery, Speed or Dexterity.
Respectfully yours, THE HOUDINIS.
The Outagamie Museum in Appleton will offer a display taking away the mystery of the effect in their new presentation set for June 2, 2004 "A/K/A Houdini."
According to one report, the presentation will allow children to crawl through the trunk and encounter the use of the gimmick that permitted the effect to occur.
Say it ain't so, Joe.
First of all, our name is not "Joe" and yet we must admit it is so.
But Joe, why would they do this? After all, who would care more about Houdini than the Outagamie Museum? After all, this museum owes its existence to Houdini's fame.
Is it not true, Joe, that The Metamorphosis is still performed by many of our best Magicians, including the Pendragons? This effect is not some delicate artifact of history; to be examined only under the watchful eye of a curator. It is not dead but living. It is not King Tut's burial sarcophagus or Van Gough's ear. Why would the museum expose an effect used by real, live working magicians? They must have a reason.
Continue reading "Museum Intent on Exposing Houdini's Metamorphosis" →
Filed under: appleton wisconsin, houdini museum, jim steinmeyer, Metamorphosis, Outagamie Museum


If you've ever boarded a Tube train after it has reached the end of its line and is preparing to make the return journey, you will have had the experience of wading knee-deep in London's best cat tray liners – the freesheets. Folded neatly on every seat, splayed across every square inch of floor space and perched haphazardly on every ledge are those peons of journalistic greatness, the Metro, thelondonpaper and London Lite. Together they form a formidable mountain of rubbish, in more ways than one.
Green campaigners, keen to highlight the vastness of the problem, gathered up 1500 copies of the freesheets discarded by Tube passengers and piled them up in Trafalgar Square for display before carting them off to a recycling centre. Their aim was to demonstrate to the public how their lazy litterbug tendencies impact the environment and contribute to landfill overspill. The freesheets produce 3-4 tonnes of waste on a daily basis.
•	Playing drinking games: every time you read the words 'travesty', 'outrage', 'nanny state' or 'ASBOs', take a healthy swig. You'll be pissed in no time.
The possibilities are endless, really, so be creative. If you mess about with rubbish, you may even come up with an Olympic logo!


Two sides at the bottom of Ligue 1 table will face each other on Round 14 on Saturday.
Caen are 17th in the league table, just 1 point away from relegation zone. From the 13 matches they played, the team from Normandy has lost 5 and only won 2 in return. They tend to draw more matches, 6 to be exact. At the moment they are desperately in need of a win, which would put them in 13th spot.
The defense has conceded 16 goals in the league, which is more than the 11 goals they scored. They are winless in the last 6 matches in all competitions and has lost 4 of them. The last time they won was back in September when they defeated Amiens at home 1-0.
At home they are difficult to defeat. In the 6 home matches, they have lost only once. But they have only one win and drawn all the other 4 matches. They lack the finishing touch as well as defensive calmness. Over 2.5 goals were scored in 3 of the last home fixtures.
The former champs are struggling for wins as well. Thierry Henry has took charge of the club this season and he could be looking at a possible exit soon. The team are 18th in the table, in the relegation zone. They have only 1 win this league season and lost 8 matches.
This is a season that the fans want to certainly forget. Their team has given away 22 goals from 13 matches, while attack led by Radamel Falcao has scored only 12 from the same number of games.
The team from Monaco are winless in 16 matches of which 11 were defeats. Over 2.5 goals were scored in 6 of the last 8 matches they took part in all competitions. They have also lost the last 3 league games against PSG, Strasbourg and Reims.
In the 6 away games, they lost 4 and has only 1 win. For a team that was the runners-up last season, this performance is suited. So Henry needs to change his team plan to help the team stay in the top tier of French football for another season.
Monaco are unbeaten in the last 9 matches and have won 6 of them.
At present Monaco are on a 5 match winning streak in h2h between these two teams.
Over 2.5 goals came in 4 of the last 6 h2h matches.
Caen are without a win in the last 4 h2h held in front of their home fans.
Over 2.5 goals were scored in last 5 h2h matches held at this venue.
Both teams have found the net in 4 of the last 6 home matches of the hosts. Also since they have conceded 16 goals already, we can expect Monaco to score also. The visitors have the striking power on paper but nobody other than Falcao has risen to form. So we can expect both the teams to score based on their poor defensive records and bet on the same with 1.80 odd.
Monaco are on a 3 game losing streak in all competitions. The hosts are also not much better, but they have managed to get at least one point from their matches. They have lost only 1 home match, and are unbeaten in the remaining 5 games. So we can bet on a double chance for the game being drawn or the home side winning by a small margin of goals with 1.53 odd.
Double Chance: Draw or Caen to win @ 1.53 (6/11).


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Big Eyes / The Big Eyes Family Players
Big Eyes was started in 1999 by James Green as an experiment in playing (or attempting to play) classical music with little knowledge of the genre or classical theory. Eventually James recorded a bunch of songs, with the help of some friends, sent off some demo tapes, one of which arrived at the hq of Pickled Egg Records. Shortly afterwards Pickled Egg offered to put out the demo as a mini-album, entitled 'Big Eyes Songs'. Around the same time, the first line-up of the band was formed, primarily to play live. In 2002 Mark left the band, and David Jaycock joined to take over his role.
Many gigs came and went (highlights included supporting Daniel Johnston on his first UK show), as did 3 full length albums; 'Clumsy Music', 'Love is Gone Mad' and 'We Have No Need For Voices When Our Hearts Can Sing' as well as the EP 'I See Creatures' (all on Pickled Egg). The last Big Eyes album featured a collaboration with Terry Edwards ('Bugle Junior') and was a sign of things to come with regards to the future of the band. In 2004 the the live set-up folded in order to concentrate on studio-based activities.
James and David continued to write and record and decided to put together a collaborations album. The next 2 years were taken up with this project, and the results were released in May 2006 as 'Do the Musiking' under the new moniker of The Big Eyes Family Players. This 29-track album featured contributions/collaborations with such luminaries as James Yorkston, Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk and A Hacksaw/Bablicon), Rachel Grimes (Rachel's), Suzy Mangion (George), as well as many others. The album is a heady orchestral spin through klezmer, drone, balladry, folk and modern composition and comes in a lovely cd-digipack. The Yorkston-collaboration 'Sunday Jacket' featured on the flip-side of the 7-inch version of his single 'Woozy With Cider' in 2007 (on Domino Records).
In 2008 the Family Players released an 8-track album, 'Donkeysongs' on Irish label Rusted Rail. It was put together by James, David and Chris Boyd (of Chora), each member playing lots of instruments (not all at the same time). Perhaps the most psychedelic of the Big Eyes-related releases?
Forthcoming Gigs
Check the live page for details.
The Big Eyes Family Players 'Warm Room' CD
'Warm Room' is the fourth album from The Big Eyes Family Players, after 'Do The Musiking' (Pickled Egg 2006), Donkeysongs (Rusted Rail 2008) and 'Folk Songs' - by James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players (Domino 2009). The album was conceived initially as an 'ode' to folk music. Those perhaps expecting an album of string-led polkas and klezmer-styled pieces may be a little surprised.
On this occasion, the Players have yet again taken another shape. As ever, led by captain James Green (vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, cello, percussion, shahi baja, loops, organ, harp, zither), the album features Ellie Bond on violin, Gemma Green on harmonium, Chris Boyd on drums and Heather Ditch on vocals.
Rather than necessarily being an album of folk material, 'Warm Room' is an attempt to dissect the genre, albeit through the Big Eyes filter and focuses in on those individual elements. There are 'songs', in the form of the traditional pieces (the despairing 'False True Love') and original numbers (the dream-story 'White Bones' and bloody Spanish lament 'Rojo'), but elsewhere the focus is on texture, the landscape and the mood of the traditional folk form, and is reflected in pieces such as the love-song-raga 'A Lick and A Promise', the pastoral ecstasy of 'Galapagos', the chaotic skip of 'The Great Pin Dance' and closer 'Song for Newborough Warren' (inspired by the great sand dunes of the nature reserve on Anglesey, Wales).
Listen to Warm Room on Last.fm
The Big Eyes Family Players 'Do The Musiking' CD
'Do the Musiking' is an album curated and created by Big Eyes captain James Green, along with his co-pilot David Jaycock over the past 3 years. After the last Big Eyes album, 'We Have No Need for Voices...', they decided to call it a day with the 'group' dynamic, and plough their interests into experimenting with classical/folk arrangements and collaborating with artists they admire. The new album, under the moniker 'The Big Eyes Family Players', is a 29-track album, featuring contributions from numerous musical talents including James Yorkston, James William Hindle, Rachel Grimes (Rachel's), Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Bablicon) and Suzy Mangion (George, and occasionally Piano Magic).
"This pool of talent allows the songs to really take-off and become fully realised, often taking on a classical persona, no more so than on 'Die Nacht' which is a gorgeous piece of music that makes you listen, and is followed by the brief but lovely 'Shanty For Darty'. An almost hallucinatory feel is conjured up by the drone-folk of 'A Dream Of Fires', which at 3 minutes 20 seconds is one of only three tracks to break the three minute barrier, meaning that the songs pass by like dreams half remembered, something which gives the album a magical feel, the sound of woodlands on a summer day" [The Ptolemaic Terrascope]
"With this 29 song/78 minute album it seems like Big Eyes - now The Big Eyes Family Players - set out to quietly astound and perhaps confound. An album so sprawling, it makes the Beatles 'White Album' sound downright cohesive; but it's also got something else in common with that album - it's almost all excellent. Woozy Gypsy laments for sleepwalkers, the perfect theme to a remake of The Third Man, an almost lo-fi gauzy indie-folk pop squeezing sunshine out of eternity through acts of melodic compassion. One track sorta reminds me of Alasdair Roberts. There are some of Cluster's miniature universe theories, and a moment or two reminiscent of Neu, icicle windchimes, and warm cool softspoken intimacy. Lots of old European sorrow, nocturnal jazz grooves, a dash of discordant angst, and some surrealistic lullabies slowly passing like elevated Fahey extrapolations meandering down a glacial riverbed. Some haunted hallucinatory personal folk songs, and an expansive sense of mystery, of something only partially revealed, perhaps glimpsed only in passing" [George Parsons, Dream Magazine]
'For Cognac' (MP3)
'Die Nacht' (MP3)
'The Printmaker's Dilemmas' (MP3)
Download Do the Musiking from eMusic
Listen to Do the Musiking on Last.fm
'We Have No Need for Voices when Our Hearts Can Sing' CD
Perhaps the most musically varied of all their releases, 'WHNNFVWOHCS' sees Big Eyes loosening their belts somewhat, with a collection of full-on chamber pieces, country mules, polkas and plainsongs. There are the precise baroque arrangements of 'Spidersong' and 'On Twigs', the American folk of 'David's Lovesong' and 'At Claydon Point', the graceful string fugues of 'Podsley's Lullaby' and 'A Second Heavy Heart', and the atonal meanderings of 'Wash Me Upstream' and 'Drunken Ghost Dance'. The album also includes a collaboration with the multi-instrumentalist Terry Edwards (ex-Tindersticks, Gallon Drunk), in the form of 'Bugle Junior', on which he plays flugelhorns.
'David's Love Song' (MP3)
'Bugle Junior' (MP3)
'Podsley's Lullaby' (MP3)
Download We Have No Need For Voices When Our Hearts Can Sing from eMusic
'I See Creatures' 7" EP
"A really stark and swirly instrumental blend of psychedelic influences held in check, as they might have been on a classic Elektra LP (or maybe a Nick Nicely 45). The way they weave the acoustic guitar into the arrangements, really reminds me of mid-period Love (if they had been into doing movie soundtracks), but not in a way that I could easily explain" [Byron Coley, The Wire]
'Gentle Neck' (MP3)
'Love is Gone Mad' CD
Second full-length album from the Leeds/Sheffield ensemble, explores the theme of love songs in all their many manifestations. Perhaps less experimental than its predecessors, but more visceral. "Big Eyes make music that's perfect to smudge your mascara to: velvety instrumentals streaked with unfurling string glassandos, droplets of Spanish guitar and the tears of a million broken hearts.
"Love Is Gone Mad comes on like a morphined-up Ennio Morricone, yet charms it's way into the inner ear with a beguiling beauty all it's own" [Amber Cowan, Sleazenation]
'Fast, Loose & Lovely' (MP3)
'Lament for the Lost Ones' (MP3)
Download Love is Gone Mad from eMusic
'Love is Gone Mad' LP
"This 3rd album (though the first could have been called an EP), finds this string, acoustic (or turned down low) multi-instrumental band growing in their own singularly lovely, mostly instrumental (one track features spoken narrative, and there are wordless vocals on others) way; into something more soundtrack-like as they mature. Richly emotional, like folk songs played by an empathetic orchestra. Insular too, with circular costructions that spiral inward like the chambers of a nautilus. 16 songs that sound as good with breakfast as they do at 3:AM. Bright watercolors that feel like fresh air, or the darkest night of the year depending upon the mood. There's a lot of Morricone in the air, but there's easily as much mid-Euro folk, and the atmospheres are as vivid as any dream in real life or sleeping. I want to resist; but I must insist, this is the best Big Eyes effort yet" [George Parsons, Dream Magazine]
'Clumsy Music' CD
Big Eyes first full-length offering takes a darker direction than the debut mini album, 'Big Eyes Songs', treading a peculiar path through modern classical, eastern European traditional music, surf-sleaze, country, noise, experimentation and folk.
"This is a wonderful album, running down a path of great beauty" [Steve Hanson, Ptolemaic Terrascope].
'Threeleftfeet' (MP3)
'Sleep' (MP3)
Download Clumsy Music from eMusic
'Clumsy Music' LP
"Clumsy music? This is anything but. In a complete reversal of the titular accuracy of Big Eyes Songs, Clumsy Music deceives to flatter. James Green, the Big Eye, reckons that Clumsy Music is more grown-up than Big Eyes Songs which was naively short and sweet. Does that mean we should expect cynically long and sour? It's certainly longer - about twice - but the basic template is the same; to take the very essence of a tune, the heart of the hook, wrap it in the merest wisps of gentle music and set it free on the breeze from your speakers. Green brings classical instruments and unusual arrangements to pop music, with the spirit early Wire had (innovation, minimalism) but without all that shouting. 'The Chattering Lady' is slow gypsy folk, 'Samba Sedation' more of a lazy brass seduction and 'Don't Be Shy' a weird fleeting nightmare that could be The Black Swan Network. Just as a book of short stories never quite sates the reader's curiosity, so 'Clumsy Music' leaves the listener wanting more, unsatisfied by the teasing beauty of the tunes. That's not clumsy, that's a great skill" [Jimmy Possession, Robots & Electronic Brains]
'Big Eyes Songs' CD
Debut release from Leeds/Sheffield-based quartet. Twelve short, achingly beautiful pieces of naïve, classically-influenced music, featuring guitar, accordion, violin, bass and spoken vocals.
"A dozen tracks in less than 19 minutes: starts out with 'Red Tricycle', all hauntinggypsy violin and bouncy folkish mystery. 'The Boo Girl' is like a sadder Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Dog Eared is like a more concise Rachels doing an instrumental Tindersticks. Mostly it's like a series of bittersweetly evocative instrumental sketches in acoustic guitar, violin, accordion, auto-harp and bass. Entirely dreamy and excellent, without trying too hard at all. Maybe next time they could stay a bit longer?" [George Parsons, Dream Magazine]
'Gin Head' (MP3)
'Feathers' (MP3)
Download Big Eyes Songs from eMusic
'Big Eyes Songs' 10" mini LP
"Twelve tracks and 18 minutes in length, so criminally short and each song so brief that if you dare to pause for breath they're gone in a flash. An irresistible melange of violins and accordions give this at times a feel of L'Augmentation's Bergerac-like soirees, especially on 'Boo Girl' and 'Dog Eared'. 'Big Eyes', the first of only two vocal tracks has a cinematic flavour with Francophile whispers that are strangely 'Allo 'Allo. Traces of God Speed You Black Emperor can be found being cajoled within 'Ginhead', the track producing a haunting melody that wouldn't be lost on Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West soundtrack. 'Brain Cell' stretches the influences further with it's love for 60's TV spy themology, distantly reminiscent of Vendetta, and always threatening to go all out surf without a moments notice. The deadpan tragi-comedy tale of Albert the daydreamer in 'Curled Lip' adding a touch of comic pathos to the proceedings" [Mark Barton, Losing Today]
James Green 'Tempers' CD
(Early Winter Recordings EWR1)
Delicate and gentle as a passing breeze, the first solo record from James Green is a graceful assemblage of instrumental sketches that will appeal to all who appreciate the plaintive beauty of the classical guitar. Those familiar with Big Eyes' discography will recognise James' unmistakeable grasp for simple, affecting melody, here presented with an honest, confessional simplicity, which commands attention. All pieces are first or second take and are either solo guitar or two tracks maximum. By consciously limiting himself to this instrument and these techniques, James has developed a sound that might complement the New Folk troubadours currently emerging from the US such as Jack Rose or Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance), but with a lightness of touch almost absent in any of those guitarists' work. Let it be said that this is closer to the work of Mick Turner (Dirty Three), John Williams, Bert Jansch, Eric Satie or Debussy than Fahey, Kottke, Basho or other names so often paraded but rarely equalled. Packaged in a tasteful hand-printed slip case and limited to 250 copies, this release serves a beautiful companion piece to the most recent Big Eyes album 'We have no need for voices when our hearts can sing'.
Track 2 (MP3)
The Broken Blackbird Ensemble 'Gadzooks!' CD
'Gadzooks!' is the first album by new 6-piece experimental group 'The Broken Blackbird Ensemble'. It features James and David from Big Eyes, but there the comparison ends. TBBE feature players previously and currently immersed in noise/sound experimentation, klezmer, folk, classical and acid-rock, but this, their first album, contain nothing that could be specifically classified under any of these 'categories'.
The album was recorded and improvised in one day (in September 2004), with some tracks from the vaguest principle, others conceived from scratch. Theirs is the sound of creaking wood, gothic ragas, horrored drones, a choir of pipes and oh-so hushed melody. Is' free-folk' the right term? Who knows, but there is definitely some music common ground between the 'New Weird America' artists and TBBE.
Bambino (MP3)
Ptolemaic Terrascope
Pitchfork Media
Pop News 'Do the Musiking' (in French)
Splendidezine 'We Have no Need for Voices'
Pop News 'We Have no Need for Voices' (in French)
Splendidezine 'Love is Gone Mad'
Big Eyes Home Page
Big Eyes Myspace
Early Winter Recordings
Interview in Sandman Magazine
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