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Handguns and Tricycles: Museum of Craft and Design Reopens With a Bang
Author: Nathan HurstNathan Hurst
Michael Cooper, Trainer Tricycle III, 1993. Wenge, sycamore, 29 x 30 x 26 in. Photo: Courtesy of the Museum of Craft and Design.
Cooper's Modified, 2010.
Michael Cooper, Gun in Curved Perspective I, 1980. Laminated mahogany and ash, 37 x 27 x 20 in. Photo: Courtesy the Museum of Craft and Design
Michael Cooper, Gunrunner, 2007. Solid and laminated hardwoods, 40 x 120 x 60 in. Photo: Courtesy of the Museum of Craft and Design.
Artist Michael Cooper's Self Portrait, 1989.
Marc D'EStout, curator of the Museum of Craft and Design speaks at the press event on Thursday April 4, 2013.
Michael Cooper with Ride, one of his sculptures at the Museum of Craft and Design.
Cooper's kinetic sculpture, How the West was Won, How the West was Lost, 1977-2001.
Cooper's Checks and Balances, 1990-91.
Cooper's Ride, 2008.
Creatures from the Deep by artist Arline Fisch.
After a three-year hiatus – a period of semi-homelessness featuring pop-up museums and storage in an office – the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design reopens Saturday with Michael Cooper's incredibly ornate wood and metal creations, along with displays from artists Arline Fisch and Rebecca Hutchinson
Started in 2004 and still a non-collection museum, the reopening comes days after co-founder Seb Hamamjian's death, and the museum's representatives were tempered in their excitement. The new location, in an old industrial building in San Francisco's quickly gentrifying Dogpatch neighborhood, combines moving walls with classroom space, and nearly doubles the previous square footage to 8,500.
"What you see here today, it may look very simple and basic, but it was a very creative team of doers, thinkers, and creative minds who helped put this space together," says executive director and co-founder JoAnn Edwards. The museum's stated goal is to explore contemporary craft and design, and the roles they play in life and art.
"One of the things we're going to do is explore what these definitions mean," says curator Marc D'Estout.
The headline act of the museum's reopening are Cooper's working sculptures, built and carved over more than 40 years and taking up most of the smallish space. The intricate twists and loops of the wooden elements move with plastic fluidity, revealing his mastery of the material. The pieces feature wheels and moving parts, often in the form of tricycles, revolvers, or both.
"Some are implied movement, and some really do work," says Cooper, who has taught 3-D design, furniture design, and sculpture at several local colleges.
The most elaborate of his pieces, How the West was Won, How the West was Lost, uses a custom-built microcontroller to drive 27 pneumatic movements. Balanced on the roof of an old car, it looks a bit like the installation is sinking into a pit of oil. Four wheels rise up, and spin. Then, a 3-foot long sixgun rises, a miniature oil platform starts pumping, and the whole body tilts, almost like it's walking. The metal gun turns to expose its internal pistons, then pulls back and releases the hammer, with a click. Finally, the thing moves forward, and the oil tower tips, before it settles back into its original position, about five minutes since it started.
What's with all the guns? Along with a traumatic experience shooting a bird as a kid, and resisting the Vietnam War as a young man, Cooper cites an incident while working at his father's grocery store, as influences for his art.
"I was held up when I was a teenager," he says. "That's the biggest single thing because you really sense how quickly you could be gone."
But Cooper's work is also an example of the kind of art, beget by craft, that the museum is trying to foster.
"Craft is a series of skill sets that is built on each other to achieve levels of confidence in creation," says D'Estout.
That is, craft-driven art is when an artist is so comfortable, and understands skill sets so well that they begin to drive what that artist is making.
"I think artists who are proficient ... have it in their subconscious, and at some point they have thought about it overtly," says D'Estout. "But that doesn't mean they go into the studio and chant that as a mantra."
"Design is in some ways a little harder to pin down," he says. "Often, design and craft are interlinked."
And that's the premise of the museum. Design, which according to D'Estout includes shape, color, form, scale, and especially concept, helps drive art as well.
That definition of craft opens up more materials than typical art, says D'Estout. Between the current exhibits, the show features works in metal, wood, wire, paper, clay, and combinations thereof. In the future, D'Estout plans still broader rotating exhibits, including digital media and some more focused on design.
The museum also offers classes and workshops including partnerships with local organizations, events for families and kids, and speaker series.
Photos: Courtesy Scott R. Kline except where noted.
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AMANDA KOTZE
Category: DIETITIANS/NUTRITIONISTS
Address: 25 OUTSPAN ROAD
Johannesburg dietitian Amanda Kotze represents the Pretoria-based practice of ketogenic dietitians, Metabolicmed Dietitians, in River Club, Gauteng. The practice offers personalised, individualised medical, therapeutic dietary advice to improve metabolic health and treat or prevent a host of diet-related issues. For more information, call +27826905729, email amanda@metabolicamed.co.za, make a booking bookings@metabolicamed.co.za, visit the website www.metabolicamed.co.za or follow her on Instagram @Amanda Kotze4
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MAY ISHII
Address: Nutritionist,
State of São Paulo
May Ishii is a nutritionist, researcher and personal development specialist in Sao Paolo, Brazil. She is certified by the Tim Noakes Foundation' Nutrition Network, where she specialised in professional application of low-carb and ketogenic diets. Her work combines self-knowledge and nutrition, added to her experience and my clinical practice, with results of individual and group follow-ups, focused on weight loss and metabolic disorders. May has a strong family history of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cancer. These challenges led her to study food as medicine and to include the practice of fasting. She offers in-person and online consultations. For more information, call +55 11 94263-2935, email contato@mayishii.com.br, visit her website at www.mayishii.com.br or follow her on Instagram www.instagram.com/mayishii
DR SIMON JOHNSON
Category: DOCTORS
Address: Royston Hospital, 500 Southland Road
Phone: +64 (0) 6 8738804
South African-born Dr Simon Johnson is a knee and shoulder orthopaedic surgeon in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand who actively promotes low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) diets to his patients to boost health and prevent disease. Dr Johnson has limited his practice to knee and shoulder surgery because he believes that a limited scope of practice is the best way to deliver repeatable high-quality service. His special interests lie in uni-compartmental (or partial) knee replacements and arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery and nutrition as a powerful preventative measure. He recognises the role that obesity plays in his patients and says that the condition often precludes being able to operate on them. He believes that official dietary guidelines need a complete overhaul because people want to follow rules and comply. "Even if the rules are wrong and onsensical, they will still follow them – and that applies to doctors, too," he says. As an active member of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Training Committee, he participates regularly in the education and training of orthopaedic registrars. Dr Johnson graduated as a medical doctor from the University of the Witwatersrand Wits university where also specialised in orthopaedic surgery and later completed his training training in England. He worked with Read more [...]
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Address: The Fasting Method,
Larry Diamond, M Sc, is a fasting coach at The Fasting Method, a programme developed by Canadian nephrologist Dr Jason Fung and Megan Ramos. Larry has successfully lost 120lb and has reversed his metabolic syndrome and sleep apnea through intermittent fasting and a real, whole-food diet. He is currently off all medications and has radically improved the health of both his wife and daughter in the process of restoring his own. Dr Fung and Megan were so impressed with Larry's background in academic research and the radical transformation stemming from his self-guided research that they invited him to train as a fasting coach. For more information, you can email larry@thefastingmethod.com, visit the website, thefastingmethod.com, or follow him on Twitter: @natureboyrr
MEGAN RAMOS
Category: RESEARCHERS/SCIENTISTS
Address: The Fasting Method, 22 Decarie Cir
M9B 3H8
Megan Ramos is CEO and co-founder with Dr Jason Fung of The Fasting Method, an innovative method of time-restricted eating and fasting strategies for treatment, prevention and reversal of type 2 diabetes as well as sustainable weight loss and improvement in metabolic conditions such as polycystic ovarian syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and more. Megan is a Canadian clinical educator and expert on therapeutic fasting and low-carbohydrate diets, having guided more than 14,000 people worldwide to better health. She is co-author with Dr Fung of the New York Times Bestseller Life in the Fasting Lane. For more information, you can email megan@thefastingmethod.com, info@thefastingmethod.com, visit the website, www.thefastingmethod.com, or follow her on Instagram and Twitter: @meganjramos, @fastingmethod
DR ESTRELITA VAN RENSBURG
Address: Cowgill Gardens
EH16 6FQ
Phone: +44 (O)7535259809
Dr Estrelita van Rensburg qualified as a medical doctor in South Africa and now runs Wellness EQ from her base in Edinburgh, Scotland. Wellness EQ is a 3-month, step-by-step online programme that Dr van Rensburg developed to teach people what a healthy diet is from a metabolic perspective. The programme includes delicious recipes from natural ingredients, self-monitoring tools, weekly e-mail support as well as one-to-one online chats. Dr Van Rensburg is also author of Eat Well or Die Slowly published in August 2020. After medical school, she worked as a university consultant and researcher for 16 years before joining the pharmaceutical industry in a global position. During this phase of her career, she became acutely aware that the medical profession focused primarily on treating disease symptoms through prescribing medication rather than finding preventative solutions. She began researching preventative medicine. She became aware of misconceptions and misinformation regarding human nutrition in the mainstream media and medical community as important driving forces in increasing modern day lifestyle diseases. With this information, she and her business partner developed a healthy eating programme and tested it on ourselves and close associates over a period of several months. Wellness EQ Programme is the result of their Read more [...]
DIXIE HUEY, FAVOR FAT
Address: FAVOR FAT, 2005 SE 20th St
Dixie Huey is a US health and nutrition coach who runs the Favor Fat practice, based in Washington. In addition to being a Nutrition Network Advisor with The Noakes Foundation, she has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and French from Duke University and an MBA in finance from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. From a previous career, she is a certified sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and earned distinction for the Wine & Spirits Education Trust Advanced level. If you're looking to pair your nutrient-rich, fat-forward food with a glass of wine, she's happy to help. Dixie offers 20+ years of blended experiences in the culinary, fitness, coaching and management consulting worlds plus extras such as numerous diet failures, eating disorders of the past plus information and insights on how she discovered the pleasures of the table while dining around the world. Like many, she has endured her share of diet failures and even an eating disorder. Hers is a story of earned knowledge, personal failure, and paradox: most health coaches aren't foodies and most foodies don't have an eating-disordered past. For more information, call +1-415-283-7830, email favorfat@gmail.com, visit the website favorfat.com or follow her Read more [...]
TERRI LANCE PH.D
Terri Lance PhD is a behaviour coach at The Fasting Method. Behaviour coaching combines Terri's research knowledge in the areas of therapeutic fasting and nutrition with her clinical experience as a licensed behavioural psychologist and educator. She practises what she preaches. Terri achieved 85lbs weight loss and reversed type 2 diabetes through intermittent fasting and low-carbohydrate eating strategies. Being able to regain control of her weight and health inspired her to educate others on sustainable dietary strategies. In 2017, she began training with Dr Jason Fung and Megan Ramos to become a behavior coach to help others address their mindset and develop healthy, sustainable habits. Coach Terri launched a new podcast with Daisy Brackenhall called Monday Mindset to share insights and strategies related to mindset and sustainable behaviour change. For more information, you can email terri@thefastingmethod.com, follow her on Instagram @spartytsl and @mondaymindsetpodcast.
DR MIRIAM JOHN
Address: Aurora Medcare, King Edwards and Thames view Health Centres
IG11 0LG
Dr Miriam John is a British GP who runs Fixin' D2, an innovative 12-week Low-Carb diet programme for her patients with type 2 diabetes at the NHS Aurora Medcare practice in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The programme is set up to run in her primary-care network for a patient population of around 30,000. For more information, you can email miriamjohn@nhs.net and follow her on Twitter @DrMJohn1.
DR SOMALARAM VENKATESH
Address: JP Nagar
Dr Somalaram Venkatesh is an interventional cardiologist in India who supports the evidence for low-carbohydrate, high-healthy-fat diets for cardiovascular health. Dr Venkatesh is chief cardiologist at the Aster-RV Hospital in Bangalore. He describes himself as a cardiologist by day and a blogger and bibliophile by night. For more information, you can call +91 80 22040400, email him at drvenkatesh.s@asterhospital.com, visit his website at www.mindovermedicine.wordpress.com or follow him on Twitter @serioustaurean.
DR ANN CHILDERS
Address: 1595 Holly Street
Dr Ann Childers is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatric physician with a special interest in nutrition, sleep, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in West Linn, Oregon in the US. Dr Childers runs the Life Balance NorthWest Lifestyle Psychiatry practice and has now incorporated telehealth into her practice and sees more than 50 patients a week. Her approach to psychiatric treatment is holistic and integrates standard psychiatric care with principles of nutrition and restful sleep. She welcomes those who desire an integrated approach to psychiatric care, sleep and metabolism management. Dr Childers was ranked among the 5 top MDs by Onalytica on the topics of obesity, diabetes and sugar. She is in demand as a local and international lecturer and has published a number of textbook chapters, among them Nutritional Aspects of Psychiatry for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: The Essentials (Cheng and Myers, 2011). Her lectures and podcasts can be viewed and heard on YouTube and elsewhere. Dr Childers is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Association, the Nutrition and Metabolism Society, Obesity Medicine Association, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Medical Advisor to the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation. She is also a US Air Force Read more [...]
DR KRISTIN BAIER
Address: 280 Riverview Pkwy
Dr Kristin Baier is double board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Family Medicine. She recently relocated to San Diego to serve patients through a nontraditional healthcare model with an emphasis on metabolic health. She is in practice with Dr Brian Lenzkes at Low Carb MD San Diego: Metabolic Health & Direct Primary Care. The clinic specializes in weight-loss management and associated co-morbidities through lifestyle and nutrition. To ensure quality of care, Dr Lenzkes and Dr Baier will be capping the number of patients they can serve in their practice. Both follow the LCHF lifestyle and speak from personal experience of the benefits. For more information, you can call +1 619-492-5787, visit the Low Carb MD San Diego or follow Dr Baier on Twitter and Instagram: @doctoringketo
DR CARLOS MOREYRA
Address: 4295 3rd Ave
Dr Carlos E Moreyra is an orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Jackson Hospital in Marianna, Florida. In his hospital practice, Dr Moreyra sees a variety of common orthopaedic conditions, such as fractures, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee and hip arthritis, shoulder and knee injuries, overuse and sports-related injuries. He sees common injuries in children as well. He regularly discusses dietary and lifestyle changes to address chronic health issues that are not orthopaedic in nature but that have orthopaedic implications. Dr Moreyra says that much of orthopaedics consists of addressing the end result of chronic disease but without much counselling and education on addressing the root cause. He spends significant time addressing root causes of chronic disease, in the hopes of helping patients improve their health not just simply addressing their symptoms. Where controversy exists in management of care, he follows sound clinical judgment and best-available evidence. He offers surgery only where there is a clinical indication for it. When both non-operative and operative solutions are reasonable treatment options for the patient, he presents and discusses both. His goals for patients are for them to get better and improve the quality and longevity of their lives, whether that requires surgery or Read more [...]
VALERIA BURNAZOV
Address: 700 Gordon St, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences,
L1N 9X4
Valeria Burnazov is a mental health dietitian at the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences. She includes evidence-based advice on a low-carb, high-healthy-fat approach to patients where appropriate, based on research on the link between food and mood. For more information, you can call +1 416-357-8989 or email her at valeria.burnazov@gmail.com
DR JACQUES WAISMAN
Address: Av. Conselheiro Aguiar 1472
State of Pernambuco
Dr Jacques Waisman is an internal medicine, pulmonology and intensive care specialist in Recife, Brazil. Dr Waisman now practises integrative medicine at the Waisman Clinic with a focus on physiology and a focus on active and healthy longevity. He uses low-carb, ketogenic diets and intermittent fasting as treatment strategies for obesity and health in his daily practice. Dr Waisman is also a World Crossfit Placement 809 Open Games Scale Senior 2020. For more information, you can call him on +55 81 99417-1494, email him on drjacqueswaisman@gmail.com, visit his website at www.clinicawaisman.com.br, follow him on Twitter @jacqueswaisman, Facebook: Jacques Waisman / Clinica Waisman, and Instagram: @drwaisman/ @clinicawaisman.
PALEO FX
Category: RESTAURANTS/RETREATS/COMPANIES
Address: 2927 Kassarine Pass
Keith and Michelle Norris are co-founders of Paleo f(x)™, an organization dedicated to three inter-related goals: to create the world's best holistic health and wellness event; to inspire and empower individuals everywhere to find optimal health and to flourish; and to create a forum where ancestral health ideas can be turned into real world practices that improve human wellbeing. A major focus of their work is optimum nutrition that includes low-carb lifestyles where appropriate. To that end, they hold the event that seeks to provide attendees with a valuable and unforgettable health experience. It is based on turning the theory of ancestral health into the practices that allow good health to flourish. For more information, call +1 (512) 492-2773, email keith@paleofx.com, visit the website at www.paleofx.com/, follow them on Facebook www.facebook.com/PaleoFX/, on Instagram www.instagram.com/paleofx/, onTwitter twitter.com/PaleoFX and Youtube www.youtube.com/user/PaleoFX/.
DR GAJA ANDZEL
Address: 25805 Barton Road, Suite 107
Dr Gaja Andzel is an endocrinologist and functional medicine specialist based in Loma Linda. Dr Andzel has personal experience with type 1 diabetes. Coupled with her years of working with patients, she combines conventional medicine with evidence-based, whole-person, integrative therapies in creating personalised care and treatment plans. Therapies include a low-carb, high-healthy fat and ketogenic approach to nutrition and food as medicine. Dr Anzel's degree in medicine was conferred by the Medical University of Warsaw, a prestigious European medical school established in the early 19th Century. In 2006, she moved to the US and received internal medicine training at Loma Linda University, followed by an endocrinology fellowship at Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, please call +1 909 222 6022, email INFO@BeWellEndocrinology.com or visit www.BeWellEndocrinology.com.
DR CATHRYN ZAPF
Address: 113 7015 Macleod Trail SW #210
T2H 2K6
Phone: +1 403-688 1883
British-born Canadian resident Dr Cathryn Zapf is an MD who has has been using low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) therapies in clinical practice for 20 years. Dr Zapf has two board certifications in family medicine and functional medicine and is in practice at the Paleo Medical Clinic. The clinic offers in-person medical consultations and international online health coaching. The practice is moving at the start of June from Canmore to Calgary in Alberta, Western Canada. For more information, you can call +1 403-688 1883/403-265-4142, email paleoclinic@gmail.com, visit the Paleo Medical Clinic website on https://paleomedical.com/, follow the clinic on Facebook and Instagram
DR HASSINA KAJEE
Address: Topaz Way,
Cape Town specialist physician Dr Hassina Kaje runs a medical practice based on "understanding the patient who has the disease within the context of the disease that the patient has". Dr Kajee also sees healthy patients wanting to prevent disease. She counsels patients on lifestyle, including diet, nutrition and fasting, based on low-carb, high-healthy-fat (LCHF) therapies, as well as stress management, sleep hygiene, relationships and exercise. In short, she counsels her patients on healthy living and ageing well. She changed her medical practice after becoming dissatisfied with the conventional model of "palliative", chronic disease medicine while she was running the High Care Unit of a prominent Cape Town tertiary hospital. At that time, she came to realise that a well-formulated LCHF diet was a key factor in reversing diabetes and chronic disease. Dr Kajee resigned from hospital work after trying to implement LCHF and becoming overwhelmed by the many acute and acute on chronic medical cases that made her unable to make a substantial difference. She now practises medicine more in line with her personal understanding of integrative chronic disease and obesity reversal practice. Dr Kajee sits on the board of directors of the Noakes Foundation and is co-founder and Read more [...]
MAURICIO SILVA
Mauricio Silva is a passionate IT Engineer from Chile, who has been studying metabolism and its relationship with human health for five years. He collaborated with Método Grez specializing in his Food Handling Programs and the science for LCHF and keto. Prior to this, he studied at the Metabolic Technology Center and certified as a Metabolism Advisor. Today he actively collaborates in the low-carb and keto community of Dietdoctor and disseminates his work and science through his Twitter account. Mauricio is currently completing the Noakes Foundation's online ethics course. He has advised and trained people of all ages – adolescents, youth and adults – on how to improve their relationship with food, update their eating habits, reverse metabolic syndrome, overweight and obesity. He has also collaborated with patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, helping them to complement their medical and nutritional treatments with the application of keto, LCHF and Método approaches, adding their knowledge of advanced mindfulness practices and other tools of Zen Meditation, relaxation and sleep hygiene. For more information, you can email him at maurosilvaelgueta@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter: @DeMetabolismo.

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Update: Two-Vehicle Crash Blocking Highway 12 And 49 Intersection
By Tracey Petersen Published Aug 1, 2019 03:07 pm Updated Aug 1, 2019 03:23 pm
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Update at 3:05 p.m.: The CHP reports that wreckage from a two-vehicle crash on Highway 12 near the intersection of Highway 49 outside of San Andreas in Calaveras County has been cleared and traffic is moving freely once again. Further details regarding the collision are below.
Update at 2:30 p.m.: The CHP reports that the wreckage is blocking Highway 12 near the intersection of Highway 49 outside of San Andreas. Officers are directing traffic. Two air ambulance have been called to the scene and one has taken off. It is unclear how many individuals have been hurt or the extent of their injuries. A tow crews heading to the scene is stuck in the backed up traffic, according to the CHP.
Original post at 2 p.m.: San Andreas, CA — Emergency crews are on the scene of a two-vehicle crash along Highway 12 near the Highway 49 intersection turn off outside of San Andreas in Calaveras County.
Two air ambulances have been called to the scene, but there are no details on injuries. The CHP reports that two sedans collided on Highway 12 and the wreckage is blocking the roadway. Motorists in the area will want to slow down as officers are directing traffic, which is getting backed up.
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The OSCE examination consists of a remotely-hosted virtual network containing varying configurations and operating systems. The successful candidate will demonstrate their ability to research the network (information gathering), identify any vulnerabilities, and execute their attacks with the goal of compromising the systems to gain administrative access. The examinee is expected to submit a comprehensive penetration test report, containing in-depth notes and screen shots detailing their findings. Points are awarded for each compromised host, based on their difficulty and level of access obtained.
An OSCE is able to identify hard-to-find vulnerabilities and mis-configurations in various operating systems and execute organized attacks in a controlled and focused manner. The intense forty-eight hour examination also demonstrates that OSCE's have an above average degree of persistence and determination. Perhaps most importantly, an OSCE has demonstrated their ability to think laterally and perform effectively under pressure.
I found CTP increasingly challenging, irritating and sleep-depriving but always fun and above all, extremely informative.
This was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life both academically and professionally. This course is not for the faint of heart and requires a lot of self discipline, perseverance and a very understanding wife.
The only way to take the OSCE certification exam is to first complete the Cracking the Perimeter course.


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Frankfort is the largest community in Michigan's Benzie County, with a population just over 1,500 as of the 2000 US Census. Located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan and just south of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Frankfort is a popular tourist destination due to its sandy beaches, picturesque lighthouses. world-class golf courses and outdoor activities.
There is little evidence of any permanent Native American settlement in the region surrounding Frankfort, although it was probably used as a staging area by fur trappers and trader between 1600 and 1860. The first permanent resident, Joseph Oliver, built a small cabin on 14 acres in the area in 1852, according to the City of Frankfort. The Point Betsie lighthouse was constructed in 1858 and commercial development of the region started in 1859. By 1867 the federal government was involved in improving the harbor. Frankfort was officially incorporated as a village in 1885, and was designated a city in 1935.
Tourist Seasons
Frankfort is a four-season tourist destination. Spring is marked by the thawing of the region's lakes and rivers, and the blooming of the area's abundant wildflowers. Popular springtime activities include mushroom hunting, trout fishing and bird watching. The hiking trails and golf courses begin reopening in the spring. During the summer tourists and locals hit the sandy beaches along Lake Michigan or climb the bluffs along the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Spectacular foliage greets the fall season around Frankfort. Tourists may also want to participate in the region's annual Fall Fest that includes parades, horse-drawn wagon rides and pumpkin patch activities for the kids. The region gets between 80 and 100 inches of snow each winter, which creates opportunities for a wide variety of activities including snowshoeing, skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling.
Tourists from all over the world come to Frankfort to play golf, thanks in part to Crystal Downs Country Club. According to Golf.com, this 18-hole, private golf course is consistently ranked as one of the top courses in the world. The public Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club is located approximately 12 miles south of Frankfort. The Crystal Mountain Resort and Spa, located 20 minutes southwest of Frankfort, features two golf courses that both earned four-star ratings from Golf Digest magazine.
The Point Betsie Lighthouse, constructed in 1858 at a cost of $5,000, is one of the most photographed lighthouses in the US. It is also the most famous, and probably most visited, landmark in Benzie County, according to The Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse, Inc. Point Betsie is not the only lighthouse in the area that attracts tourists. The Frankfort North Breakwater Lighthouse occupies the end of Frankfort's north pier and is a favorite fishing destination during warm weather. The Robert Manning Memorial Lighthouse, the Grand Traverse Lighthouse, the South Manitou Island Lighthouse, the Manistee North Pierhead Lighthouse, and the Old Mission Point Lighthouse are all within driving distance of Frankfort.
The Frankfort area offers sportsmen four seasons of fishing adventure. Anglers can hook brown trout in the spring. Salmon fishing in the summer gives way to steelhead in the fall. Ice fishing is popular during the cold winter. The region's 57 lakes are a great place for canoeing and kayaking. The Betsie Valley Trail is an excellent choice for scenic biking and hiking, and there is plenty of wilderness area nearby for camping trips.
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The Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse
USA Today: Life on Vacation (pdf)
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Quality and sustainability are considered non-negotiables, and this brand won't budge on either! Untouched World is the first and only lifestyle fashion company in the world to be recognised by the United Nations for sustainability.
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This lotion bar recipe can be used to create your own custom recipe using your own selection of oils and butters. Liquid oils would be oils like olive oil, sweet almond oil and/or vegetable oil. Solid oils or butters would be oils like coconut oil and/or palm oil or butters like shea, mango or cocoa butter.
Mix all of the ingredients except the fragrance and melt slowly on low heat on the stove. Do not microwave this recipe. Once melted, add fragrance then pour into your mold (mini cupcake pans work well).
4 Vitamin E Capsules, pop them with a pin and squeeze the oil into the mix.


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Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp is the fourth album by Bay Area rapper Mac Dre. Originally released on Outbac Records, on Ghetto Celebrities, Mac Dre makes reference to Outbac Records (James Ross - now known as Ehustle Entertainment) never paying him.

On both releases of the album, the title is misprinted as Heart of Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp.

Track listing
"Stayin' Alive"
"Don't Be a Punk" produced by No Face Phantom
"Let's Go Riden" (featuring Felicia White)
"Hy Phy" (featuring Keak da Sneak and PSD) produced by No Face Phanton
"Skit"
"Exo & Remi" Produced by No Face Phantom
"Punk Bitches (Vocal Remix Version)" (featuring Donte)
"Off tha Rictor (Radio)"
"Black Buck Rogers"
"Punk Bitches (Uncut Version)" (featuring Donte)
"Off tha Rictor (Uncut Version)"

2003 Reissue
"Staying Alive"
"Don't Be a Punk"
"Let's Go Riden"
"Hy Phy" (featuring Keak da Sneak and PSD)
"Skit"
"Exo & Remi"
"Black Buck Rogers"
"Punk Bitches"
"Off tha Rictor"
"Hotta Den Steam" (featuring PSD)
"Everthang"
"Al Boo Boo" (featuring Miami tha Most)
"Stupid" (featuring Miami tha Most)

References

2000 albums
Mac Dre albums
Thizz Entertainment albums
Gangsta rap albums by American artists


Rajampet TDP MLA Meda to join YSRCP on Jan 27?..
Rajampet TDP MLA Meda to join YSRCP on Jan 27?
Rajampet TDP MLA Meda Mallikarjuna Reddy will be joining YSRCP on January 27 in the presence of YSRCP chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu gave Government Whip post as Meda is the only TDP MLA from Kadapa district. He decided to quit TDP as he has differences with the local TDP leaders. Meda contested as MLA for the first time in 2014 elections. Mallikarjuna Reddy is holding talks with Rajya Sabha member Vijaysai Reddy over joining the YSRCP.


By setting this option to 'on' the number of pixels that changed compared to the reference frame is displayed in the upper right corner of the pictures. This is good for calibration and test. Maybe not so interesting for a greater public. Set it to your personal taste.


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The Samuelson's Story
Founded in 1922, Samuelson's Diamonds and Estate Buyers is a family-owned and operated team of certified diamond buyers, jewelers, and gemologists. We work to provide our clients and the community with a safe and practical way to buy and sell diamonds, jewelry, luxury watches, gold, and silver. Unlike other jewelers, Samuelson's features an appointment-only model, ensuring that every retail customer or individual looking to sell their valuables receives personalized attention and care.
Samuelson's started off as a family business and has continued to grow and strengthen over the years. Through our successes, we've been proud to provide nothing short of outstanding customer service to the clients we serve.
Take a look through some of Samuelson's proudest moments.
The History Of Samuelson's
Rooted In Baltimore
Milton Samuelson opens Samuelson's Diamonds at 902 Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Baltimore.
Steve Samuelson joins his father Milton in the family business.
After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta, studying alongside some of the largest diamond dealers in the south, Ron joins the family business.
100 Years In Baltimore
Samuelson's has been committed to serving the Baltimore community since 1922.
90+ Years Of Giving Back
Samuelson's is committed to giving back to the local community through monthly charitable giving days.
Samuelson's Moves to Quarry Lake
Samuelson's moves it's headquarters to Quarry Lake at Greenspring to provide a fully personalized and private experience for clients.
Samuelson's is featured as the "Best Place to Buy an Engagement Ring" and "Best Jeweler" by the Baltimore City Paper.
Ron Samuelson is selected as a Baltimore Magazine's 40 Under 40 Honoree.
Allie Lopato is selected as a Next-Generation Estate Dealer by Industry Trade Rapaport Magazine.
Samuelson's Expands
Samuelson's opens a second office to support Chevy Chase, MD in 2010, and it's third location in Tysons, VA, in 2019.
Samuelson's changes with the times and adds services to support buying and selling jewelry from your home.
A Growing Team of Experts
Samuelson's has a growing team of gemologists and jewelry experts on staff to help you make the right buying and selling decisions
At Samuelson's Diamonds, our team, our customers, and our community are family. We're a group of hardworking diamond and jewelry experts who love what we do even more than we love the Ravens! Our passion for beautiful diamond jewelry and top-notch customer service has helped us earn the trust of thousands of Charm City locals over the years.
Ron Samuelson
Steve Samuelson
Allie Azrael Lopato
Graduate Gemologist, Director Of Estate Jewelry
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Head Buyer, Tysons Corner
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Office Manager / Gatekeeper
Eric Sanchez
Master Jeweler
Samuelson's Pledges To Give Back
Baltimore has been our home for nearly 100 years, and we are extremely proud of our roots in the community. We are continuously searching for ways to give back to the community by donating a portion of our sales, once a month, to a great cause.
Do you have a cause you care about?
We want to know! Contact us to learn more about our fundraising events & partnerships for a charity of your choice.
Contact Us to Request a Buying Event
Sell Luxury Jewelry and More with Samuelson's
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schedule an appointment at one of our three locations
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2020 Toyota Supra spotted testing in Australia
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Following the overnight leaked image of the all-new 2020 Toyota Supra, a prototype has been spotted today secretly testing in Australia.
A prototype of Toyota's Supra sports car is secretly testing in Australia – and it's been sprung by motoring media attending a Ford launch on the same day in exactly the same Victorian hotel.
Hidden from sight overnight at the RACV Resort in Healesville, the top-secret sports car was wheeled out into public view – covered in camouflage – ahead of its official reveal at the Detroit motor show in January.
These images of a car codenamed A90 show its distinctive camouflage designed to hide the details of the final design; it carries the GR badging – denoting Gazoo Racing – that is expected to be used on a high-performance sub-brand by Toyota. The images also reveal the prototype wearing a local numberplate suggesting it's here for more than just a publicity stunt.
The Supra was later caught testing on roads throughout the Yarra Valley, where engineers were understood to be validating suspension and other parameters.
Toyota Australia also secretly flew out the Supra's chief engineer, Tetsuya Tada, to brief a small media contingent and explain why the car was undergoing testing in Australia – well beyond the usual far flung test ground haunts used by car makers.
A Toyota spokesman was tight-lipped when contacted for comment, pointing to an embargo placed on the small group of media attending the testing event.
He released a statement that said: "Toyota Australia can confirm an A90 Toyota Supra prototype was in Australia this week."
To be powered by a BMW 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder engine (the Supra was developed in conjunction with BMW) the two-door sports car is a crucial image vehicle for Toyota in its quest to make the brand more exciting. It drives the rear wheels and shares a common architecture with the upcoming new BMW Z4.
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God Has the Plan, Not Me!
In the days before I go on a trip, I make a list of everything I need to take, so I won't forget something in the actual process of packing. I mark items off the list as I pack them. When I close the last suitcase, I tuck the list into my purse, so when I return, I can use the list again to be sure I don't leave anything behind.
The fault with my method of preparation is obvious, though – while I can control what I bring on the journey, I can't control what actually happens on the journey. Sometimes the weather is much hotter than I expected, and I end up wearing the one sleeveless shirt I brought for the whole trip. Or the opposite occurs, and I wear the same sweater nonstop because everything else I packed was perfect for the 75-degrees that had been expected, but got pushed aside by an unseasonably cold weather front.
Again and again, I think of the Yiddish proverb: Man plans, and God laughs. And while I appreciate a good laugh – I'm something of a humorist, you see – it can get very tiresome when I'm trying to apply my planning penchant to my writing career.
Here was the plan: Choose a niche, write a great book, get an agent, get a publisher, write more great books in the series.
This is what happened: Wrote a book tailored to the niche (cozy mystery), wrote second book, got turned down by every agent for three years, not a word from any publisher, began writing third book in series, began writing another series in a different genre (supernatural thriller/romance) to see if I could do it and since the first series was getting nowhere, why not?, and finally found a small regional press for the mystery series four years after finishing the first novel.
Encouraged by that success, I pitched the thriller/romance to an agent, who snapped it up. That was five years ago, and that series now has two books in it, but no bites from any publisher. In the meantime, I've had five books in the cozy series published by the regional press, and my agent for the thrillers has now sold a humorous spiritual memoir I wrote six months ago (which grew out of several blog posts) to an international publisher.
From mystery writer to memoirist. I never could have planned that, not to mention the wonderful community I've found here to share the journey with at my agent's company. It's funny to see where my 'plans' have taken me, even though they haven't taken me where I had planned.
So go ahead and plan all you want for your writing career. Then let God show you the higher way.
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Thank you for these words of encouragement and reminder! I seem to lose sight of this on ocassion.
Me, too! Happy not-planning this week!
Thanks for stopping in, Sharon. Sometimes I just wish that God would give me a peek at the plan, though.
God is teaching us to trust him, and we're along for the ride. Thanks for sharing, Jan. I'm on a similar journey. I wonder if we'd find this a common path for writers, if we took a survey. This is an important lesson to learn if we're going to write for our Savior, so I bet it's a universal strengthening God-strategy.
There's an interesting idea – do we all end up on roads we didn't know we were going to take?
Or has it been the same road all along, but we didn't recognize the curves, delays, and windings in the path?
So glad God is in control. . .thanks for this!
Glad you enjoyed it, Jarm!
Thx, Jan. I needed that reminder. So, I looked up Isaiah 55 again, and I was encouraged again as I read the rest of the chapter. "It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it" (Is. 55:11 NLT).
I could not agree more. That was exactly what happened with my second book: a publisher was very interested and ready to go, then it fell through, and then the book ended up being published by my first-choice publisher. I couldn't be happier with them. There was so much up-and-down and uncertainty and it was so unsettling, but in the end it worked out beautifully. It was such a reminder to breathe and trust the process, as hard as that is to do.
Congrats on the memoir, by the way!
Thanks, Ginny. I always remind myself of that lovely little sparrow that God does not forget, and I am thrilled to know I too have God's eye on me! Thanks for commenting.
How true is the Yiddish proverb, "Man plans and God laughs." I felt so confident when I first started writing my novel. Now I feel very unsure and feel each time I submit my chapters to my critique group that I am a failure at writing anything worthwhile. God wants me to totally depend on Him, to make me His pen as I write the words that can glorify Him in this process. Thanks for showing me your journey and how you found the breakthrough as you trusted God each step of the way. I now feel God laughing with me as I write with a willing heart and leave the results in His hands.
Thanks for stopping by! What better place to be than in God's hands? Keep at it!


"In 2018, we would see a lot more deliberate actions by companies to augment security of their applications," says Parag Khurana, Managing Director, India and SAARC at F5 Networks.
What will be the network fabric of Indian enterprises in terms of app complexity, heterogeneous nature, silos versus converged in 2018? Will it be very different than 2017?
As mobile phones become ubiquitous in India we will see more enterprises come online and offer their services through deployment of applications. With the applications getting delivered from data centres, private clouds, public clouds, SaaS platforms and more an integrated security strategy will become a necessary component of business more than ever. This does not mean that availability will be trumped. The size of India and the sheer scale at which business operate here will ensure that availability remains a business priority.
If one was to quantify, the five tools that will comprise network fabric of an Indian enterprise in 2018 will include network firewall, anti-virus, and spam mitigation, along with SSL VPN and load balancing. It is our view that even though security is a sensitive topic and boards are making every effort to bring it into mainstream consciousness, there is a lack of proactivity on this front. In 2018, we would see a lot more deliberate actions by companies to augment security of their applications. F5 study has found that security professionals are less confident of securing their data on a public cloud, as compared to the times when the apps are secured on premises. 2018 should change that scenario.
Apps are the new normal as they transform business models, operations, and engagements—with the advantages of speed, intelligence, and security key to shaping an organization's success.
Do you see key business needs and technology trends for modern businesses to have an infra with apps that are faster, smarter, and safer?
The essential requirement of any business is to minimize disruptions in its interaction with its customers. F5 is at the forefront of protecting businesses from downtime and accelerating the interactions of a business with its customers. Modern businesses today understand that the environment is mobile-first. The tools that they have hitherto relied upon are not capable of protecting their business from threats and do not contribute to enhancing efficiency.
Modern business need to rethink their approach of organizing their processes. We are now firmly in an Application-first stage of technology evolution. This informs our perspective and the trends that will compel modern business to invest in infrastructure. The focus for F5 is building visibility, context and control for our clients. F5 sits between users and applications and monitors all the traffic that passes in between; no matter where the user is or where the application is. This allows the business to manage and control every interaction, and additionally manage and direct encrypted traffic.
- Operate with an app-centric approach and build services with the balance of speed and security at the heart of their customer's experience.
- CIOs need to move from traditional security architecture and shift to proactive measures.
- Establishing a security-first culture to safeguard a business from potential data and financial loss.
- To nurture talent and reduce the skills gap for qualified app developers.
- Apps are transforming business models, ops, and engagements - with speed, intelligence, and security key to shaping an organization's success.
As the networks become more complex, bandwidth-hungry and vulnerable to threats, what are the new-age demands of CIOs and datacenter mangers from technology vendors?
The changing environment and the increasing use of application on personal devices have dramatically changed the demands of the CIOs. We feel that one demand on top of the CIOs mind will be building the Agile mind-set and making a continuous improvement in delivery of application services.
CIOs would expect tech OEMs to make and offer services that are more readily consumed, available in the public cloud as it is on premise and in datacenter. Modern CIOs and IT leaders need a partner who is a trusted advisory to protect organization's applications and securing its data.
At F5 Networks, we are focused to be a collaborative partner to our clients supporting them in overcoming challenges in server-load balancing and enhancing their access to and security of their applications. We believe that this will be accomplished through innovation using DevOps methodologies and strong NetOps domain knowledge.
How different does F5 deliver cloud and security solutions for companies to embrace the application infrastructure without sacrificing speed and control?
F5 is among the top-three most visible vendors from client shortlists for WAF. The large and scalable Big-IP platform portfolio allows F5's customers to bundle WAF with strong access management or load-balancing features, and to build clean architecture with single-pass decryption. These security solutions offer customization, SSL decryption mirroring to other security solutions, unified learning and policy building.
With the help of support tools such as Chef, Ansible and Kubernetes we have already integrated F5 in to standard DevOps platforms. IRules scripting and the possibility it offers for accessing information or changing behavior for ASM is flexible. ASM offers decryption and extraction of files to send over ICAP connections.
5 key tools comprising the network fabric of Indian enterprise in 2018 include network firewall, anti-virus, spam mitigation, SSL VPN and load balancing.
In summary, what would be Parag's key take ways or F5 recommendations for Indian CIOs in 2018 and beyond?
CIOs must focus on building the right foundation, think about why they want to move apps, who needs access, what they want the users to do with them, and how are they are going to deliver them in a secure manner. In 2018, wiser companies will operate with an app-centric approach and build services with the balance of speed and security at the heart of their customer's experience. With explosion in the use of apps in businesses and without a proper BYOD security policy in place a minor discrepancy can have a significant effect. This happens largely due to lack of cyber-awareness. CIOs need to move from traditional security architecture and shift to proactive measures.
Establish a security first culture to safeguard a business from potential data and financial loss. They should educate the employees on cybersecurity do's and don'ts for working on confidential documents on a secured network or checking on the validity of an email from someone outside the organization. CIOs also need to nurture talent and reduce the skills gap for qualified app developers because shortage of app developers negatively impacts the security posture of an organization. And finally Apps have become the new normal. They are transforming business models, operations, and engagements—with the advantages of speed, intelligence, and security key to shaping an organization's success.


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Two Quilts for Two Brothers
Let me remind you about this quilt, which I recently gave to a young dude named Will. I wrote about it a couple of months ago:
Another one of my recent little kid quilts has left the house. Again, the little kid in question was improbably enthusiastic. He sorted carefully through the goods on offer, then picked this one.
Then he jumped up and down, clutching the quilt with adorable enthusiasm. Since he was doing this on a hardwood floor, he soon managed to overbalance backwards while the quilt slid forwards, bringing him down hard on his butt and the back of his head. Brave tears ensued, but -- and this is key -- he turned for comfort to his new quilt. You know, the one that had just betrayed him.
Since then, two interesting things have emerged. One is that I pulled up the image of a quilt that I gave to Will's big brother Max a couple of years ago. Here's what it looks like:
So that's pretty interesting, I thought. Given a pile of six assorted quilts, Will made a beeline with no fuss or comment, but also no hesitation, to the one that looked like his big brother's. Cute.
But then a couple of days later, I got a call from a concerned mom. First of all, she wanted to tell me how much the boys loved their quilts, yadda yadda yadda, which I have no reason to doubt (although what's she going to say? "The boys are completely indifferent to their quilts!"?). That was nice to hear, but there was a concerned note in her voice, too. After a little hemming and hawing, she reminded me that the quilt I made for Max had been personalized:
Seems that she had come down the stairs to find Will hovering hesitantly over his own new quilt, a Sharpie in one hand. When she asked him what was up, he said he wanted his name on his quilt too. So she suggested that rather than using permanent marker, they could ask me if I could do a little something in thread.
So there you have it: a cute kiddo story, and my mission for the upcoming start of quilt/college football season this Saturday. Oregon hosts Arkansas State at 7:30, and Oregon State hosts something called "Nicholls State" at noon. [[Update: Oregon State's game has been cancelled due to growing concerns over whether Nicholls State actually exists.]] It seems way too early for it to be autumn, but there you go.
Posted by Michael5000 at 8/30/2012 12:30:00 AM 1 comments
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The Wednesday Post
Greetings from Georg Baselitz
A philatelic farewell.
Baselitz became the seventh artist to exit the Tournament when he was beaten by Pompeo Batoni in the left bracket. His appearance in the competition was only one of many honors that have been granted this influential working and academic artist. A 1995 retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York City looks awfully good on his resume, and he has also been featured in major shows at big-name museums in L.A., D.C., London, Istanbul, and many other cities.
And, in 1994, he was one of the artists selected for a series of French stamps celebrating "Contemporary Art in Europe."
I haven't been able to determine whether the stamp featured an existing work, or if he created an original custom-designed painting, or if he maybe just gave them a completed piece he had lying around. I like it as a stamp, though. It's jaunty.
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The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Round Two: Batoni v. Bazille!
Pompeo Batoni
Lost to Jacopo Bassano in Round 1.
Decisively defeated Georg Baselitz in Left Bracket Round 1 Elimination.
Defeated Willi Baumeister in Round 1.
Lost to Max Beckmann in Round 2 by mere two votes -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting, but likely much longer.
Posted by Michael5000 at 8/28/2012 12:30:00 AM 13 comments
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Renaissance Man: The Debrief
Back in 2009, I started a blog -- a fourth blog at the time -- called Renaissance Man. The plan was that I was going to read all of Shakespeare and talk about it in excruciating detail. It never really took, despite having a pretty good title, and I finally pulled the plug on it a few months ago. The only remnant is the "Michael5000 v. Shakespeare" feature here on IAT, which has proven to be a real conversation-stopper.
Still, I've upped my Shakespeare intake over the last three years, and so I thought it would be interesting to revisit a list of preconceptions that I made when I started Renaissance Man, and see if I've learned anything in the meantime. Probably more interesting to me than to you, of course, but then that's often the I'm case on Monday morning. I'm curious about what Shakespearean conceptions other people have on tap, if anybody feels like jumping in, but there are limits to how far I'll ask you to indulge me.
A Midsummer Night's Dream -- The cute one. I know the plot in outline, and could name many of the characters and themes. There was a movie version about 10 years ago that I saw. Update: I've read it and watched an older movie version within the last few months, and could reconstruct it in outline if all extant copies were somehow destroyed.
All's Well That Ends Well -- This one falls into the category of Comedy Difficult to Distinguish From Other Comedies (CDDFOC).* I might have seen a performance of this one, or maybe it was one of those other ones. The CDDFOCs remain problematic. I'm not sure I've learned anything about this one.
Antony and Cleopatra -- I know almost nothing about this play beyond the basic plot, yet have a preconception that it is kind of frou-frou and lite. I think I've heard that this play is unusual for having a million scenes. But, I haven't learned anything much new about it.
As You Like It -- A CDDFOC. A CDDFOC.
The Comedy of Errors -- CDDFOC. A CDDFOC. It is about mistaken identities, but aren't they all? It features estranged twins, and I have seen it performed in the park, but I think it was quite some time ago.
Coriolanus -- I really have no idea. I have an idea now: it's the one about the conflicted Roman general. I learned this more from looking at art and from writing a quiz question back when we did quizzes then from directly Shakespeare experience, though. There's a recent movie version that I'm going to watch soon.
Cymbeline -- I have read this one, and read a certain amount about it, and have good reason to try to keep it fresh in my head. Yet I have trouble keeping track of it. There are two reasons for this, I think; that it has relatively little cultural footprint, and that its plot is so odd as to make you doubt that you are remembering it correctly. I have read and seen a live performance of Cymbeline in the last year, and have a pretty good sense of its plot. I also kind of like it; it's a quirky beast.
Hamlet -- Hamlet, on the other hand, has a whopping big cultural footprint. I've read it, read about it, and seen five or six cinema adaptations. I've also read and seen a film version of Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead, an important riff on Hamlet. I've never seen a live performance, though. I've seen a live performance now!
Julius Caesar -- I read this one in college. No particular change here. I haven't done much with it because I don't have the sense that it is very interesting, outside of the well known speeches, which can stand on their own.
King Lear -- I must have seen a movie version of this; I have a recollection of, if you will, eye-popping special effects. I have deep prejudices against Lear, which I -- wait! it's coming back! William Hurt as the Fool, yes? -- anyway, deep prejudices, because it has about the saddest and most depressing plot possible. Bums me out. No particular change here. I haven't done much with it because of the deep prejudices.
Love's Labour's Lost -- CDDFOC! This is the Four Brides for Four Dudes of the Navarrean Ruling Class one, with the goofy oath of chastity and the masque and what-not. I saw the truly weird Ken Branaugh adaptation.
Macbeth -- OK, everybody knows Macbeth. This is the one we read in high school. No particular change here. I haven't done much with it because, oddly perhaps, I don't have the sense that it is very interesting.
Measure for Measure -- Another CDDFOC! Heavens, I didn't realize I had quite so many in this category. This is the one about whether or not you ought to sleep with the Assistant Duke when he threatens to kill your brother if you won't, and about how if you are the Duke it is interesting to leave your country's administration in the hands of an unreliable assistant, just for the hell of it. It needs work.
The Merchant of Venice -- I saw a performance of this one in college, but I feel like I know it quite well. Maybe I saw a film adaptation at some point or something? No particular change here. I haven't done much with it because, despite my sense that it is very interesting.
The Merry Wives of Windsor -- I know nothing about this one, not even enough to throw it on the CDDFOC heap. I haven't read or seen this play, but I have assimilated the information that it features Falstaff of Henry IV fame, except in a different context. And century.
Much Ado About Nothing -- This one, however, goes on the CDDFOC heap. I have seen this one live and in two adaptations -- it's the one with Beatrice and Benedick (Hector Berlioz called his opera version Beatrice and Benedick, which was a real titling coup) that is really funny in the first half and kind of grim and distasteful in the second.
Othello -- I saw a film version about 10 years ago, but know little except the bare outline. I saw a ballet (!) version of this one. It turns out it's about people dancing.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- We saw a Shakespeare-in-the-Park version of Pericles. It turns out that it's a comic farce that has nothing to do with, like, Pericles, and is all about shipwrecks and mistaken identities and ludicrous coincidences. Deserves to be a CDDFOC, and probably would be if it had a vaguer title, and didn't sound like an educational play about a Greek statesman and political theorist.
Romeo and Juliet -- Well, duh. I know this one pretty well, of course. I even think it's pretty good.
The Taming of the Shrew -- I know the basic plot outline here. No particular change here. I haven't done much with it because, despite my sense that it is very interesting.
The Tempest -- I've read this one, and twice watched Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books in the mistaken notion that something on which so much care and expense has been lavished must have some kind of redeeming value. I like it a lot; along with Hamlet and Titus it makes up my Shakespeare "Big Three" going into the project. I read this one recently, and have watched two film adaptations,including the new one that nobody likes except me. It turns out that there's a lot more ambiguity in there than I thought there was in The Tempest, which makes it more interesting but perhaps a little less fun.
Timon of Athens -- [stares blankly] I've read it. There's a good reason it's not a greatest hit.
Titus Andronicus -- I have read, seen a live performance of, and twice watched the movie adaptation of Shakespeare's allegedly worst play. If that oft-cited critical consensus turns out to be true, this is going to be one awesome project. I haven't revisited it, because it's probably the play I knew best coming in.
Troilus and Cressida -- Haven't a clue. I've watched an adaptation. It was every bit as good as Timon of Athens.
Twelfth Night or What You Will -- This would be a CDDFOC, except I've had a few conversations lately to remind me that this is the one about the cross-dressing girl, and the brother who turns out to have survived the shipwreck, and if music is the food of love, play on! I've seen a couple of filmed versions. It's a good'un. Saw a live performance last summer. It was full of comic hijinx.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- No idea. Still no idea.
The Two Noble Kinsmen -- Also, no idea. Still no idea.
The Winter's Tale -- I saw a staging of this one the year before last. It is rather marred by an excess of arbitrary occurances, methought. In retrospect, complaining about arbitrary occurances at the theater seems a bit dim of me. I haven't revisited Winter's Tale, though.
King John -- Oh right, there's a "King John"! For some reason, I know that in Victorian times this one was popular as an excuse to throw a patriotic Magna Carta pageant in the middle. And isn't it traditional to put it on when the British monarchy rotates over, or rather wasn't it so before Elizabeth the Immortal took the throne? Anyway. Still no idea.
Richard II / Henry IV, part 1/ Henry IV, part 2/ Henry V -- Two of these are an old Kenneth Brannaugh movie! I've had the opportunity to see IV-1 and IV-2 live, and found that their most remarkable feature is that they are essentially the same play twice. It's a pretty good play. In the same way that Promethius is pretty good if you want to see Aliens again, but different, IV-2 is good if you want to see IV-1 again, but different..
Henry VI, part 1/Henry VI, part 2/Henry VI, part 3/Richard III -- I've seen Richard III both live and in an excellent film version! No progress here.
Henry VIII -- Oh right, there's a "Henry VIII"! I got to see Henry VIII in performance, too. It's a bit of a mess.
So, this is sobering: I'd say I'm quite familiar with three plays, somewhat familiar with an additional four, know the basics of ten more, and let my jaw hang open like the rustic yokel I am when confronted with the remaining fourteen (six of which are CDDFOCs). I actually thought I was considerably further along than all that. It looks like I've more than doubled the "Quite Familiar" category, to seven; vastly improved the "Somewhat Familiar" category, from four to eleven; have the basics of nine; and only gape at eleven. The reason that there are six more Shakespeare plays than there used to be is that I'm counting the four-parters individually this time, which seems like a good sign.
In summary, it looks like you really can learn more about the plays of Shakespeare simply by applying yourself, neglecting your household duties, and foregoing more obvious entertainment options! I only wonder where I'd be today if I had been able to avoid "Angry Birds."
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The Infinite Art Tournament: Clemente v. Clouet!
Italian; works in the United States
François Clouet
c.1522 - 1572
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A Wedding Quilt for 2010
Two friends whom I will call "Joey" and "Daisy," although these are not their real names -- they are, in fact, the names of their cats -- got married about two years ago. After they got engaged, I had a meeting with them to discuss possible quilt designs, showing them various quilt images and asking them to tell me what they liked or did not like about a wide range of different possibilities. I took notes.
Then, I pretty much stopped quilting for a year or so.
And then I picked up my project list last fall for the first time in ages and was all like "OMG! I forgot about Joey and Daisy's wedding quilt!"
This Tuesday, I completed the final finish work, roughly two years after the wedding. This will be the second time I present it to them; They had it for a few months, bound with safety pins, after I had done everything but the hand-finishing. This time, though, it's "done-done."
The primary design considerations were:
That it wanted to be "symmetrical-but-not-too-symmetrical."
That it wanted to consist of a short series of values in a single color.
That it be big -- and it is, I think, my biggest quilt to date.
That it be "built for speed" -- I was already way behind deadline, and needed to be able to cut, piece, and quilt a lot of blanket in a little time.
I think it came out rather well.
Houseplant sold separately.
Serial Number: 61
Batting: Commercial batting.
Backing: Dark purple flannel.
Begun: 2011, after conceptual work in 2010.
Finished: August, 2012
Intended Use/Display: Wedding Gift.
The Play-In Artist SubTournament: Phase 1, Flight 2
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One vote per artist per person.
Since play-in artists were nominated by your peers in the IAT community, including myself, courteous and affirmative voting is in order
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Danish; works in Germany
Canadian; worked in United States
Adolphe William Bouguereau
Bagta
Rajasthani / Indian
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Element of the Month: Bohrium!
August's Element of the Month:
Bohrium!
Atomic Mass: 262 or so amu
Melting Point: Unknown (!)
Boiling Point: Unknown (!)
Bohrium is one of the fakey elements, so fakey in fact that it was not synthesized until 1981 (or possibly 1976) and not officially given its bona fides by the Fakey Element Referees (the "IUPAC/IUPAP Transfermium Working Group") until 1992. Its name was not officially agreed upon until 1997. Until then, "Bohrium" was in contention against "Nielsbohrium" for Element 107, and "Bohrium" was also in the ring with "Dubnium," which eventually won out, for Element 105. References from your school days might well have called Bohrium "Unnilseptium" (IUPAC/IUPAP Tranfermium Working Group argot for "Unnamed Element 107") or, if your school days were quite a ways back, "eka-rhenium," or perhaps they would have acted, quite correctly, as if no such thing existed.
Does such a thing exist? Occasionally, kind of. Possibly right now, in quantities that could very generously be described as "trace." The most stable isotope of Bohrium has a half-life of 61 seconds. Let's review the concept of "half-life": if you had a pound of Bohrium on your kitchen table, 61 seconds later half of it would be gone. Well, it wouldn't be absent, but it would have "decayed," which is to say shed one or more of its artificially added-on protons and transformed into another, marginally less fakey element. After 122 seconds, you'd only have a quarter pound of Bohrium left, as well as a number of other problems that would be beginning to demand your attention.
If this relentless erosion of your Bohrium stash seems unfair, keep in mind that other Bohrium isotopes have half-lives of, say, 8 milliseconds. If your pound of Bohrium was composed of that isotope, after a single second you would be down to 1/42,535,296,000,000,008,192,304,928,032,936,392,744 of a pound, which is to say 1/2,658,456,000,000,000,512,144,808,752,496,712,984 of an ounce, of Bohrium. At that point you would have (mostly) a pound of Dubnium that was itself rapidly shedding protons on its way back down to a lesser state of fakiness.
Lest this little thought experiment cause confusion, I should clarify that all of the Transfermium Working Groups in all the physics labs in the world, put together, have never produced anything even remotely resembling a meaningful fraction of a pound of Bohrium.
The Centerfold!
And by the way, it's not like Bohrium, Element 107, is the fakiest of the elements. They've synthesized them all the way up to Element 118, and indeed one of the ways than Bohrium has manifested itself is as part of the stepping-down process from even fakier Elements such as Meitnerium (#109) and Darmstadtium (#110). (And even more by the way: if you are used to #112, Copernicium, being the highest-numbered named element, then you missed the party this May when Flerovium (#114) and Livermorium (#116) were given their wings by the IUPAC/IUPAP boys.)
By modeling and extrapolating from real elements, it is both possible and diverting to predict what chemical properties a fakey element would have, if it existed, and what chemical reactions it could undergo. In this enterprising spirit, at least one team has brewed up a batch of Bohrium and then exposed it to chlorous acid. I picture guys in white coats muttering "come on Come On COME ON!!!" as they pour the acid onto the Bohrium, knowing that the Bohrium is decaying into not-Bohrium like sand slipping through their fingers. But they brought their chemicals together in time, and were able to create and detect a compound: bohrium oxychloride, which was apparently a lot like rhenium oxychloride, only much, much, much more expensive. It's interesting, don't you think, that even when pushed into fairly contrived configurations, the stuff of matter seems to still play according to a relatively succinct rulebook.
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Infinite Art Tournament, Round Three: Botticelli v. Boyd!
Beat Colombian Fernando Botero in an amazing come-from-behind victory in Round 1.
Made short work of 18th century France's François Boucher in Round 2.
Defeated 15th Century Netherlandish master Dieric Bouts in Round 1.
Snuck by spider-woman Louise Bourgeois by a single vote in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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The Jazz Thing, Round One: John Coltrane v. Warren Vache and Bill Charlap
The Jazz Thing, Round 1 (40 Word/Album Limit)
#1 John Coltrane – "A Love Supreme." (1964) v. #113 Warren Vaché/Bill Charlap – "2gether." (2000)
Well the Vache & Charlap is a very pleasant record of what I've seen called "chamber jazz" – a piano and muted trumpet making music that is maybe more about invoking a mood than about commanding one's full attention. Quite likeable.
What did you think? I'd toss out the legendary A Love Supreme in the first round? Nah. What the Coltrane lacks in immediate accessibility, it clearly makes up for in musical depth and rigor. Love the last track/movement!
A Love Supreme defeats 2gether.
This completes the first round for the first (out of sixteen) set of eight. Contest "A1" is going to be a collision of great magnitude, but it will be a long time before we have to worry about that.
Stay cool, jazzcats.
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The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Claesz v. Claude Lorraine
Pieter Claesz
Claude Lorraine
French; worked in Rome
Saint of the Month: Saint Stephen of Hungary!
St. Stephen of Hungary
AKA: Istvan, Vaik (birthname)
Feast Day: There seems to be a consensus on August 16; however, the Catholic Encyclopedia says September 2 except in Hungary, where it's August 20. *
Really Existed? Definitely.
Timeframe: c. 975 - 1038.
Place: Hungary.
Credentials: Canonized by Gregory VII in 1083.
Martyrdom: None.
Patron Saint of: Hungary.
Symbolism: "In art," says one source, "Saint Stephen is dressed in royal regalia with a sword and banner of the cross. He may also be shown (1) offering the regalia to the Virgin; (2) on horseback; (3) with his son, Saint Emeric; (4) holding a church in his hand; or (5) holding a standard with the figure of the Blessed Virgin on it." Since all of these except the unhelpful point (3) are very common saintly postures, however, they are unlikely to be of much help in identification.
Everybody who knows the first thing about Hungarian history, which is to say Hungarians, knows that the Magyar peoples coalesced into a more or less unified polity in the late ninth and early tenth centuries. Originally from the eastern part of the modern Russian heartland, they became the dominant power in the Carpathian Basin under Árpád, a leader sometimes referred to as a "Duke" in the English-language literature. A few Dukes later came Géza, a Christian convert who actively sought ties with Rome and Western Europe. When Géza died, control of Hungary was contested between his non-Christian brother Koppány and his Christian son Stephen. Stephen won, consolidated royal power and the emerging Hungarian state, and introduced a feudal system of government, frowned on today but reasonably progressive 1000 years ago.
I have mentioned before that much internet hagiography is taken more or less verbatim from nineteenth century lives of the saints. Sometimes that results in coverage that is extremely learned but fairly turgid to wade through. Other times, it's not very learned at all, and indeed can at times seem absurdly naïve. Here's a case in point:
When he was fifteen years old, his father gave him the commandment of his armies, seeing his virtue and Christian ardor. Already Stephen was beginning to root out idolatry and transform the pagan customs still existing among the people. At twenty years of age, he succeeded his good father, who died in 997. He suppressed a rebellion of his pagan subjects, and founded monasteries and churches all over the land. He sent to Pope Sylvester, begging him to appoint bishops to the eleven sees he had endowed, and to bestow on him, for the greater success of his work, the title of king. The Pope granted his requests, and sent him a cross to be borne before him, saying that he regarded him as the true apostle of his people.
Now, I'm happy to report that most of the major saint sites are a little more nuanced in their take on all this. There is clearly some discomfort that such a high-profile saint – for all his importance, apparent sincerity of belief, and personal piety – isn't a little more compatible with our contemporary notions of basic human rights. After all, "rooting out idolatry" and "suppressing a rebellion of pagan subjects" are two ways of saying "killing people who don't agree with you." And probably the reason they don't agree with you is because you are "transforming the pagan customs still existing among the people," which is to say subjecting them to the humiliation of having to say and do things they find objectionable out of fear for their lives and property. Inviting in foreign missionaries to speed up the conversion may not have played too well in the villages either.
Having established a pretty good public cash flow, Stephen was indeed able to endow those religious institutions, at least one of which is still in good working order. The above account is at pains to claim that Stephen didn't only supervise the ecclesiastical division of his kingdom, but begged Pope Sylvester II to choose the bishops. Later in the account, we're told that
When Saint Stephen was about to die, he summoned the bishops and nobles, and told them to choose his successor. He urged them to nurture and cherish the Catholic Church, which was still a tender plant in Hungary, to follow justice, humility, and charity, to be obedient to the laws, and to show at all times a reverent submission to the Holy See.
From the perspective of Rome, then, Stephen was a profoundly Good secular ruler – not only did he advocate Church control of the appointment of bishops, but even brought the bishops in on selection of a new king! But you don't have to be especially cynical to note a bit of quid pro quo going on behind his "reverent submission to the Holy See." It was the Holy See, after all, that credentialed his elevation to kingship, thus hugely enhancing his personal and political credibility within Europe and essentially granting Hungary independence from the Holy Roman Empire. For this kind of endorsement, letting someone else pick your bishops would have been a small price to pay.
Well, that's life in the Middle Ages for you. Hungarians traditionally admire Saint Stephen as one of the fathers of their nation, and indeed who's to say that aggregate human happiness wasn't, in balance, greatly increased by this capable, effective, and by all extant accounts well-intended statesman. "His incorrupt right hand," says the Catholic Encylopedia, with that venerable work's trademark straight-faced delivery, "is treasured as the most sacred relic in Hungary."
* This apparently has to do with a reorganization of the Calendar of the Saints after Vatican II. I'm going to need to learn more about that if I'm going to grow as an amateur hagiographer.
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This is a heat treatable copper alloy which will be composed of Cr up to 1.5%, Zr up to 0.025%. This Alloy offers very good conductivity while resistant to softening at elevated temperatures.
This is a heat treatable copper alloy offering good conductivity while resistant to softening at elevated temperature.
Modulus of Elasticity 17000 KSI 117096 Mpa.


When we lived in New York City, Gwyneth and I could easily access the trendy items we loved. But that didnt mean we could afford them! So instead of buying, we started DIY-ing. Here are a few of our favorite projects and additions to our closet!