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Manchester United vs. Crystal Palace – Match Report – September 19, 2020
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London, Sep 19. (EFE) .- Manchester United did not start the Premier League on the right foot and conceded a defeat at home against Crystal Palace (1-3) in which the Red Devils stood out the stops by David de Gea and debutante Donny Van de Beek's goal of honor.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side gave a rather poor image and started losing in the seventh minute thanks to a goal from Andros Townsend.
Despite the dominance of the ball, chances came for Roy Hodgson's men, who came close to making it 0-2 in the first half discount, but a clear shot from Jordan Ayew cleared it with a miraculous hand De Gea.
With United overturned in the second half in search of an equalizer, Palace found many spaces against it. First he found himself with a goal annulled for clear offside by Wilfred Zaha and then he obtained a penalty, seen by the VAR, by Victor Lindelof to a shot from Ayew.
De Gea, with a sensational stretch, saved the maximum penalty, but the VAR saw that he had advanced on the goal line and ordered it to be repeated. On the second, Zaha did not fail.
Ten minutes from the end, Van de Beek scored the goal of honor, who came off the bench replacing Paul Pogba, but United, far from achieving the equalizer, still conceded a bit more, due to the weakness of Lindelof, who lost a clash with Zaha and he defined the short stick with a low shot.
While United begins the league with a defeat, Palace has already had two wins, taking them to second place in the table, just behind Everton, who also count their games as victories.


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CHAPTER 1– INTRODUCTION TO ALICE WALKER AND THE COLOR PURPLE Alice Walker was born in February 9
CHAPTER 1– INTRODUCTION TO ALICE WALKER AND THE COLOR PURPLE
Alice Walker was born in February 9 (1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist for racial civil rights, women's equality and brought peace to black women's lives and black women is an important subject for US American literature. Walker depicts the oppression of young black women in her novels. Walker portrays how an abused young woman rises through the help of other women and also with her own inner strength to throw off the shackles of male oppression to find love and affirmation within herself and in the arms of another woman. when Alice walker was a student at Spelman College in 1960s, where walker met Martin Luther king and credits king for encouraging her decision to return South American as an activist. Walker took part in Civil Rights Movement which was held in 1963 March on Washington also volunteered to register black voters in Georgia and Mississippi.
Alice Walker wrote "First book of Poetry" when she was a student at Sarah Lawrence College. In 1975 Walker's article "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston," published in Ms. Magazine, which helped to revive interest in the work of African-American writer and anthropologist. Alice Walker's landmark novels is The Color Purple (1982), is an epistolary novel that depicted physical and mental violence, bisexuality and lesbian love among African Americans and also depicts the struggles of young black woman fighting for racist white culture but patriarchal black culture as well, Which drew upon her sharecropper family's Southern roots, made Walker famous the world over and brought her the first Pulitzer Prize for fiction awarded to an African American woman, as well as the National Book Award. Later it was adapted in movies directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg. In 1976 Walker's second novel 'Meridian' was published and the novel is about activist workers in the South, during the civil rights movement with events that closely parallel some of Walker's own experiences and The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970).
Toni Morrison is a notable figure in the field of African American literature in the 1970s and 1980s. Alice Walker succeeded in her career, in a decade with a series of controversial books namely: The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), is an epic novel that tracks three generations of a black Southern family through internal strife and an oppression to rise from sharecropping. Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems (1973), is a collection of poems that urges the reader to "be nobody's darling; / Be an outcast"; and Meridian (1976), depicts a novelistic redefinition of African American motherhood. Walker's portrayal of motherhood in meridian is unbeatable.
Toni Morrison and Alice Walker made an artistic explorations of race, gender and class in a wide range in the novels of Paule Marshall (a novelist , who was not accepted as a major writer (though he published notable works), until the appearance of Praise song for the Widow 1983.
The remarkable popularity of Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), one of the most widely read book by an African American women, in which it demonstrates the lasting appeal in whites as well as black American readers of much contemporary African American women's writing, especially when it is informed by the upbeat, woman-affirming outlook typified by Angelou's prose and poetry.
LGBT or GLBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. Since 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialized LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community, in the beginning of mid-to-late 1980s.The letter Q for identity as queer or are questioning their sexual identity. In June 2013, Walker and other activits appeared in a video showing support for Chelsea Manning, an American soldier imprisoned for releasing classified information.
Walker says "Womanism is to feminism as purple is to lilac. Womanism gives us a word of our own."
In 1983, an avowed feminist, Walker coined the term "womanist" to mean "A black feminist or feminist of color". Womanism was an influential corrective to the focus on oppression of black women under the term "feminism" it broaden the women's movement to include women of color and to appreciate their traditional cultural and creative roles. Alice Walker was deeply inspired by Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston received lots of criticism in her time, because she was an artist who was both African-American. Despite the possibility of receiving the same amount of criticism, Walker still decided to speak her mind through her work. She creates characters that are "incorrect enough to refuse to be measured by other's standards". Walker wrote in 'In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens' (1983), "To be an artist and a black woman, even today, lowers our status in many respects, rather than raises it: and yet, artists we will be". Walker also discovered and promoted Zora Neale Hurston's (1901-1960), notable works and also edited and interpreted it. Beauty in Truth (2013) is a documentary film about Walker directed by Pratibha Parmar.
"The Color Purple is the story of two sisters—one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South—who remain loyal to one another across time, distance, and silence. Beautifully imagined and deeply compassionate, this classic of American literature is rich with passion, pain, inspiration, and an indomitable love of life. "Intense emotional impact . . . Indelibly affecting . . . Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer."—The New York Times Book Review
CHAPTER 2- BLACK FEMINISM IN THE COLOUR PURPLE
Feminism is a movement that fights against oppression of women termed as the belief in the social, economic and political equality of the gender. Feminism rooted in ending men's historical power over women. Women were confined to domestic sphere where men enjoyed their life reserved for them. In some parts of Europe, women have no rights to own property, to study and to participate in public life. Women were confined from conducting business without male representation. In 1960s' the civil rights movement excluded women from leadership such as women were not allowed neither to vote nor to hold elective office in Europe and this perceived racism of the feminist movement.
Feminist scholars from African American women's history emphasized on the aspect of race within feminism and called it as "role of race as a metalanguage". Plato's Republic suggests that in true utopia women would be educated and would work beside men equally.
"It is not women's inferiority that has determined their historical insignificance: it is their historical insignificance that has doomed them to inferiority" (Simone de Beauvoir)
In the United States and Great Britain feminism began with the demand for legal autonomy, such as right to be seen women as more than a man's wife or daughter.
The feminist movement also focused on determining the production of literary firmly on the map. From the beginning feminism involved much in literary studies for good reasons. For instance, "sexual politics" of Kate Millett delineates the attitude towards women that pervade the work of prominent twentieth century authors such as D.H. Lawrence and Henry Miller.
Feminism clearly delineates the widespread negative stereotypes of women in literature and film. Millett portrays a relationship between sex and power over the male and female partner who mirrors the distribution of power over men and women in the society. In the late 1960's and 1970's feminism seeks to change the power relations between men and women that prevail under what is called as patriarchy. The term patriarchy is referred as a complete domination of men in western society.
In feminist literary studies, the first phase focused on "the woman as reader" and "the woman as writer". American feminist critic, Elaine Showalter's "Towards a feminist poetics" (1979) delineates formulation such as
"Its subject include images and stereotypes of women in literature, the omission of and misconceptions about women in criticism and the fissures in male constructed literary history".(Showalter:128)
When feminist criticism focus on "the woman as writer" it concerns itself with
"Woman as the producer of textual meaning, with the history, genres and structures of literature by women .Its subject include the psychodynamics of female creativity; linguistics and the problem of female language". (Showalter: 128)
Women started to pen down to establish female tradition through writing. In 1979, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's "The Madwomen in the Attic: The woman writer and the nineteenth – century literary imagination" brings out an obsessive interest in these limited options. Gilbert and Gubar delineates the " Obsessive imagery of confinement that revels the ways in which female artist feel trapped and sickened both by suffocating alternatives and by the culture that had created them".(Gilbert and Gubar:64)
For instance, in Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Bronte portrays the mad wife that Jane's employer and future husband, Rochester keeps locked up in the attic in the novel. Overall female experience has been reflected in literature written by women over ages.
Feminist criticism also leads to a thorough examination of gender roles. men and women are actually constructed, in which women are called as naturally timid, sweet, intuitive ,dependent and self -pitying ,to construct a role for them in society. Same holds for men with its connotation of strength, rationality, stoicism and self-reliance. Even masculinity is social construct where the traditional representation of homosexuality, in which maleness and masculinity are uncoupled.
Black feminism was portrayed well in the Colour Purple. Patricia Hill Collins is the author of "Black Feminist Thought" in which Collins depicts a fairly complete insight into black feminism and also brings out the dimensions of oppression found in The Color Purple .The first dimension is economic oppression which states the exploitation of black women's labor is depicted in the novel . For instance, Sofia is forced to work for the mayor if she denies to work she is punished. There is another incident in the novel where the mayor's wife asks her to stay as her maid, but Sofia rejects. The mayor then slaps Sofia for her behavior towards him and his wife, to which Sofia reacts to mayor's act by hitting him back. Therefore, Sofia is sentenced to work as the mayor's maid for twelve years. As a result, Celie is economically dependent on Albert, though this dimension remains in the background of the novel.
The second dimension is political oppression which states a personal view on the male dominant society that exists in the novel, which Collins calls as the denial of the vote. Celie was taken from school by her step father when she becomes pregnant. But Nettie, Celie's sister taught her how to read and write, only because of that Celie is little literate. Eventually Celie's father takes her children away from her, rapes and beats her. He also forces Celie to marry Albert, who also beats her and the excuse given is Celie is his wife so he has all right reserved to beat Celie. The political dimension in the novel present the way in which women were treated in an American society.
The third dimension is ideological oppression which brings out the stereotypical images of black women found in The Color Purple .In several scenes where the images are reflected upon the characters of the novel. The characters are well aware of the gender roles that they need to perform in an American society and feel pressure to behave according to those socially constructed images. For instance, Sofia and Harpo in the novel adhere to their gender roles that are expected in the society, even though they do not want to fit in. Harpo enjoys doing 'women's work' and working in the household, whereas Sofia likes to do manlier physical work. These incidences in the novel clearly shows the fact that the characters know what society expects from them and feel the need to adhere to them, even though they will be happiest if they let go of that pressure in them.
In a way, Walker lambastes this ideological oppression in the novel by reversing the stereotypical gender roles and presenting female characters to work more masculine and vice versa. The female characters in the novel try hard to rise up against black men to strive their equal rights among men. Basically, women will not share their struggles they go through to secure their loyalty towards the male family members. For instance, Celie in the novel is an insecure and timid character. Celie was subjected to physical and mental abuse. According to Celie, she thought to maintain silence and make her invisible could be the only way to survive in black patriarchal society. Celie never dare to fight against her husband or step father, since her childhood Celie had been in the same environment which does not shake her current situation. In the course of time, Celie slowly releases her oppression to a woman named Shug. Shug feels things are not set good for Celie and she deserves much better family and someone who loves her truly. Shug says to Celie,
"Oh, Celie, there are coloured people in the world who want us to know! Want us to grow and see the light! They are not all men like pa and Albert, or beaten down like ma was"………….
Shug made Celie realize her seriousness of the situation and lack of freedom she has within herself.
Moreover, Celie lambastes Albert when he mentions to her that he mentions Shug's masculinity. Celie tells him that she thinks the characteristics that he appropriates to men, are womanly. Also, The Color Purple deviates at certain points from the dimensions of oppression, as the strong female characters in the novel do resist the struggle they face. For instance, Sofia resist herself be beaten by her husband as a submissive wife and Shug rise up for Celie when she learns that Albert beats her. A feminist aspect can be identified in the fact that the characters do not passively endure the oppression they encounter.
CHAPTER -3 PHYSICAL AND MENTAL VIOLENCE IN THE COLOUR PURPLE
The colour purple presents plethora of the physical and psychological violence in economic, social and emotional crisis faced by black women during the first half of twentieth century. Celie's relationship with her stepfather and husband portrays the psychological and sexual oppression delineated in an African American patriarchal society. Celie underwent physical violence by bother stepfather (who rapes her and also snatches her baby from her) and celie's husband, Albert (who beats her with lame excuse of being her husband). Violence curbs women's resistance and fractures female subjectivity, it leads to threat for both women's wholeness and the establishment of a whole black nation- the professed goal of Black Nationalism. Celie was called ugly and worthless often by her Mr. Albert and Alphonso. These words resisted Celie to go dumb as cattle.
"It's All I Can Do Not Cry I Make Myself Wood. I say To Myself, /Celle, You a Tree. That How Come I Know Tress Fear Man"…. (Alice Walker)
Celie's physical violence turns herself into a tree of patience's. (Ram Badode)
"A black woman's proximity to the passive suffering and agony of nature" (The colour purple 38)
"When people compliment Celie for her behaviour towards Mr. Albert's children. Celie says "I be good to them. But I don't feel anything for them. Patting Harpo back not even like patting a dog. It's more like patting a piece a piece of wood. Not a living tree, but a table, a chifferobe"… (The colour purple)
This comparison in the novel brings out dehumanization and celie's lack of self – worth and self- esteem within herself. Celie accepts Albert's beloved "Shug Avery". This shows how Celie underwent a massive psychological violence and also it proves that Celie does not possess any sense of individuality in front of her own eyes.
Celie comments," Bible says honor father and mother no matter what………sometimes Mr._____ get on me pretty hand……but he my husband. I shrug my shoulder. This life soon be over. I say. Heaven last all ways"……
Initially Celie wrote letters to god both in hope and hopelessness. Mr. Albert intercepted between Nettie and Celie, where Celie lost that little ounce of hope in her. Domestic sphere is the only place where women can feel sense of protection, comfort and their own identity in an African American society.
Walker wages treacherous assault upon a myth logically unified black community. Mohit ray says that Neeru tendon observes "The jail that Sofia is held is a metaphor for all black people caged by racism. For others, though they do not serve in a literal prison and instead and confined to servitude and domesticity with their homes".
Sofia is another character who faced discrimination of race in the novel and she was not allowed to set in front seat while teaching driving to Mrs. Mayor. In contrast to celie's silent obedience in Mr.Albert's home. Through the letters Nettie also points out how African in western discourse has African graphically situated as a place of violence. How they steal the land from people to build roads and taxes imposed on water, land and food. Nettie points out, "children of eight and over are……workers in the fields. In order to pay rent for the barracks, taxes on the land and to bring water, food and wood everyone must work"….. (The Colour Purple 205)
Plethora of violence against women in the form of gender discrimination, imperialism in Africa and racism in America is voiced in the colour purple. Perpetrators of violence in the novel are themselves victims of sexism and racism. Harpo beats Sofia only after his father points her behaviour affects Harpo less of a man. Characters in the novel are well aware of cyclic nature of violence seen in Sofia's character. As a whole white race caused by her deep sense of pain and hurt being separated from her children for twelve years. The colour purple examines violence and factor of identity and selfhood and it also shows how the lines of demarcation between perpetrators, victims and observes are blurred in the face of violence.
CHAPTER 4 -SEXISM AND RACISM IN THE COLOUR PURPLE
Racism is defined as the beliefs of one race are dominated by the members of another race.
In the colour purple white race had an antagonistic treatment against a helpless black people.
In the colour purple, the term racism is presented as a cage in the novel that is because the blacks were suppressed but white race. There is an incident where Sofia was imprisoned by whites. This incident shows how black race were treated by white race.
Alice walker portrayed the stereotypes of an African American community in the novel that bright skin is more beautiful. For instance, Mr. Albert's ex- wife was criticized by his sister and eventually killed for being black by skin. These incidents show how an African American community see black race as their dolls to play. White race has reserved rights to practice anything against black race as they wish, even murder because of being black by skin.
"She seem like a right sweet little thing, I say to Sofia.
Who is? She frown.
The little girl, I say. What they call her, Eleanor Jane?
Yeah, say Sofia, with a real puzzle look on her face, I wonder why she was ever born.
Well, I say, us don't have to wonder that bout darkies"…. (43.21-25 The Color Purple)
The above lines depict racism in an African American society. Where Sofia and Celie are the victims of racism and racial violence. The above lines are the conversation between Sofia and Celie regarding the differences between white folks and black folks.
"Yes ma'am, I say. I'm slaving away cleaning that big post they got down at the bottom of the stair. They act real funny bout that post. No finger prints is sposed to be on it, ever.
Do you think you could teach me to drive? she says.
One of Sofia children break in, the oldest boy. He tall and handsome, all the time serious. And mad a lot.
He says, don't say slaving, Mama.
Sofia say, Why not? They got me in a little storeroom up under the house, hardly bigger than Odessa's porch, and just about as warm in the winter time. I'm at they beck and call all night and all day. They won't let me see my children. They won't let me see no mens. Well, after five years they let me see you once a year. I'm a slave, she say. What would you call it?
A captive, he say.
Sofia go on with her story, only look at him like she glad he hers"… (44.5-11, The Color Purple)
The above lines depict Sofia's position of slavery at the mayor's house. But Sofia's son refuses to let her think that way because he has got too much pride for their community. Sofia is only allowed to see her kids once a year, for crying out loud.
"Oh, Celie, there are colored people in the world who want us to know! Want us to grow and see the light! They are not all mean like Pa and Albert, or beaten down like Ma was. Corrine and Samuel have a wonderful marriage. Their only sorrow in the beginning was that they could not have children. And then, they say, "God sent them Olivia and Adam." (55.13,The Color Purple)
Nettie's experience of cruelty differs from Nettie as a child is not the way of the world, or the way of black folks as a whole, from the way of her father and Celie's husband.
"Think what it means that Ethiopia is Africa! All the Ethiopians in the bible were colored. It had never occurred to me, though when you read the bible it is perfectly plain if you pay attention only to the words. It is the pictures in the bible that fool you. The pictures that illustrate the words. All of the people are white and so you just think all the people from the bible were white too. But really white people lived somewhere else during those times. That's why the bible says that Jesus Christ had hair like lamb's wool. Lamb's wool is not straight, Celie. It isn't even curly". (56.3,The Color Purple)
these lines describes Nettie's realization that the Bible is full of black people. One manifestation of racism had just been that white people had whitewashed the bible.
The term "sexism" differs from biological context to that of social construct of male and female, are sex categories. Societal framework of the term sexism constructs the role of male and female in a society and also gender prone to change.society determines male or female by birth but one learns to behave as per his /her wish by growth.
Beauvior says that, "one is not born, but rather becomes a women".
The colour purple presents a disturbing and realistic account in the lives of young black women like Celie and Sofia with abusive past of theirs. Sexism is a form of discrimination based on a person's sex, with such attitude being based on belief in traditional stereotypes of different roles of the sexes. For instance, in the case of Harpo and Sofia, they did not follow how the society wants them to be. Sofia is more masculine and she enjoy doing masculine work whereas Harpo is too feminine who loves to do domestic work. This incident brings out the traditional stereotype of different roles of sexes. For instance, Harpo starts to beat Sofia for not being feminine, only after Mr. Albert points it out, that Harpo Is less of a man due to which Sofia resist obeying him.
Sofia says, "Nothing can do that better than a good sound beating "(The Colour purple)
"He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but I didn't wink. I don't even look at mens. That's the truth. I look at women, tho, cause I'm not scared of them. Maybe cause my mama cuss me you think I kept mad at her. But I ain't. I felt sorry for mama. Trying to believe his story kilt her". (51, The Color Purple)
These lines portray Celie's view on men. The only man she believed was her stepfather but later he was the only man Celie hated to the core, because he raped Celie brutally in the end.
"All the men got they eyes glued to Shug's bosom. I got my eyes glued there too. I feel my nipples harden under my dress. My little button sort of perk up too. Shug, I say to her in my mind, Girl, you looks like a real good time, the Good Lord knows you do". (36.26 The Color Purple,)
These lines portray how Celie compares herself to masculity but Celie was attracted to Shug, Walker depicts that Celie possess no masculine in her. Celie is sexually attracted by Shug.
CHAPTER 5-CONCLUSION
Alice Walker's The Color Purple had a massive significant role in black feminism. In analyzing black female sexuality in The Color Purple it is necessary to acknowledge how race and gender are interlinked with each other and to recognize the oppression that black women face in all of these notions. Patricia Hill Collins divides black female oppression into the economic, political, and ideological dimension of oppression.
Feminist theory written by white scholar often neglect the intersectionality of sexuality, race, gender and class and even the word black women in their theory. Theory of feminism has massive role in the oppression of black women. However, sexuality of black women is different than for white women in an African American society. Another type of oppression in terms of sexuality is the stereotype and the emergence of controlling images in American society. Additionally, the "culture of dissemblance" arose, which presents issues of black women regarding their sexuality with silence and secrecy.
Women face as African-American women, black feminism arose, dealing not only with gender and sexuality like traditional feminism, but also with the aspects of race and class that come with being African-American and female. To examine how The Color Purple is situated in black feminism, in which it depicts the aspect of sexuality in the novel. Where sexuality binds oppressions of race, gender and class together.
The novel also portrays the sexuality present in the male dominant society. where the oppression of gender and the pressure of adhering themselves to stereotypical gender roles created by the society. However, there are also strong female characters like Shug and Sofia present in the novel and there is a change of consciousness throughout the story. Some types of oppression that black women face in the society is presented in The Color Purple, including sexism, heterosexism and the "culture of dissemblance." Alice Walker created a voice of a young black woman, to hold up a mirror in the face of American society. Criticizing it in a time where the consciousness of black women started to change, contributing to the shift from a "culture of dissemblance" to the creation of black women's voices on black feminism.
In the late twentieth century white feminist theory barely discusses black feminism and its intersectionality even though this is an essential aspect of feminism. Lights have been shaded on the most important themes like racism, womanism and violence. The main aim is to study this novel to present the oppression of young black women in the twentieth century in an African American community.
This novel presents the exact condition of the young black women like Celie and Sofia. Celie and Sofia are just characters in the novel represent the whole community of black race and their struggle among the white race in an African American community. Alice walker is fond of presenting social issues of women through her writing. Walker's words sharply focus on the issues of the society and presents the truth of the society and its oppression underwent by people, especially women.
To limit the scope of this thesis, I chose to mainly focus on one of multiple black feminists, namely Patricia Hill Collins. Black and white feminism remains divided, one of the reasons being they have different experiences and different priorities within feminism. However, even though there is a clear division between traditional feminism and black feminism, the ultimate goal of both movements remains the same, equality for women. As Alice Walker accurately articulated it: "Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender" (Alice Walker, 4).
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Having a little fun with the panoramic function on my iPhone in class today. Took this picture of two of my Large Format students doing studio portraits with a 4×5. I dug into the vaults and found some of my remaining stash of Polaroid Type 55 and let the students burn a couple sheets. I was more than pleasantly surprised with how well it worked- my Type 55 has to be a decade out of date by now, but the pods still processed nicely. I'd post some results but my students ran off with the negatives before I could copy any of them.
This was also my first test of my PocketWizard wireless flash sync setup on large format, and it worked very well. I got a little clamp from B&H photo that locks onto the front standard of my camera, and attached a hot shoe to PC adapter to the clamp. The PC cord connected the shoe to the sync on the shutter, and the PocketWizard sat in the shoe.
The other PW unit was connected to my Calumet Travelite monolight. This setup let me use my Sekonic L358 meter which has a PocketWizard trigger module, so I could meter wirelessly. That's a big boon even when doing still life, and an even bigger one when shooting portraits, because that's one less wire for you OR your sitter to trip over. If you look carefully at the front standard of the camera, you can see the PocketWizard module sticking out of the side in the photo.
This weekend was the next-to-last session of the Intro to Large Format Photography class I'm teaching at Glen Echo. As a treat, I broke out some of the last remaining sheets of Polaroid Type 55 I have in my personal stash. We had a lot of fun setting up portraits and posing for each other. One of my students even brought along his 6×17 panoramic camera and took a couple frames of all of us in the studio together – a couple were serious, and one was very silly (I gave someone next to me bunny-ears).
We covered the fundamentals of not only how to use a view camera for portraiture (movements – not many – focusing, bellows extension factor, lens selection) but also basic studio lighting. Given that we were limited on time and had lesson objectives to cover, I dictated the lighting setup with just a main and a fill, driven off my Calumet Elite 2400 W/S unit. It's a lot of power for just 4×5, but I wanted to give people a real studio experience (that and the moonlights I would have used that are at the school are at the moment buried in the storage closet under dozens of boxes from the exhibits currently hanging in the gallery space).
We rigged a softbox on the main light and an umbrella on the fill. The softbox was camera left, and the fill was beside the camera. I used a 240mm Docter Optics f9 Apo-Germinar as my lens because the focal length is a nice one for studio portraiture (not too long, but not too wide either), it's mounted on a lens board to fit my Sinar (some of my other portrait lenses are on different lens boards), and the shutter has good working flash sync (some of my other portrait lenses are in archaic shutters that don't have reliable flash syncs – and yes, I've had them overhauled but they still don't work 100% of the time). f9 is a bit dim for a traditional portrait lens, but I think this one produced outstanding results (further confirmation that that lens was a phenomenal buy and well worth every penny).
Polaroid Type 55, for those who are unfamiliar, was an instant film that produced both a positive print and a re-useable negative. Artists have loved the negatives not only for the incredibly fine grain and sharp detail, but for the artifacts at the edges that the Polaroid process produced. It hasn't been made since 2008, so any Type 55 anyone is using is old stock. There is hope on the horizon for a replacement as a group called "New55" is creating their own improved version. One of the challenges of the original Polaroid Type 55 was that the negative film and the print were not equally sensitive, so you had to decide if you wanted a good print or a good negative – a good print gave you an underexposed negative and a good negative gave you a washed-out print. New55 will have one advantage over the old stuff – the instant print and the negative will be speed-matched so you won't have to expose for either a good print or a good negative.
I can tell from the negatives that my Type 55, which outdated in 2006, is starting to get a little long in the tooth, as they have begun to lose some contrast. I've tweaked it a fair bit in Photoshop to get these negative scans to look good. I'll try printing them in the darkroom and see what I can do with them – they may print much better than they scan.
Here are some behind-the-scenes shots, taken by one of my students.
Here's one instance of where Richard Daley's admonition to "get out, vote early, vote often" is actually legitimate! Please go visit my entry in the Onward Compé `14 competition, and vote for me in the Peoples' Choice category. You can vote daily, so please do!
here is the rest of the series of my friend Jose, shot on Polaroid Type 55.
I submitted three photos to the Onward competition for emerging photographers. Emerging is defined in this case as not having a current ongoing relationship with an art gallery. I've had shows, both solo and group, but I'm not represented by any art gallery on an ongoing basis. Perhaps by the time I retire it will happen. In any case, Onward will be good exposure for my work (this time I'm submitting some of my older pieces, male figure studies shot with Polaroid Type 55 back when it was still available).
There are two rounds of judging – the first round, by JPEG only, will be complete and the results announced by December 16. A second round will be judged from actual submitted prints come January, with final results by February 1. The exhibition will take place in March at Project Basho in Philadelphia.
here's a teaser of one of the images I submitted.


The Stone Forest is about 120km from Kunming and requires only a three-hour drive. It covers an area of 400 square kilometers and includes both large and small stone forests, as well as many other scenic spots. Tthe Stone Forest is one of the most important attractions of Yunnan.
Walking through the Stone Forest, visitors marvel at the natural stone masterpieces and are bewitched by the intricate formations. The magnificent, strange and steep landscape creates countless labyrinthine vistas.
Admission fee is 140RMB per person to visit the stone forest.
Erhai Lake is the largest highland lake next to Dianchi and one of the seven biggest freshwater lakes in China. It means, 'sea shaped like an ear', in Chinese.
Implying that the lake is ear shaped and as large as a sea, hence it was so named. The lake covers an area of 250 square kilometers and is located about two kilometers east of Dali. It is like a crescent lying between Cangshan and Dali city as seen from Cangshan Mount. In a sunny day, the crystal waters of Erhai Lake and the snow mantled Cangshan Mount radiate with each other. Thus the scene was commonly described as 'Silver Cangshan and Jade Erhai'.
You can take a local sightseeing boat to explore the lake, it costs around 50RMB per person.
About 100km northwest of Lijiang Old Town lying between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Xueshan) and Haba Snow Mountain (Haba Xueshan) is Tiger Leaping Gorge, which is believed to be the deepest gorge in the world. From the top of the gorge you look down the steeply angled (70-90 degrees) mountain sides to the rushing Golden Sands (Jingsha) River with its 18 frothing rapids more than 200 meters below.
Naturally divided into three sections, the first section, which is the narrowest and uppermost section, is the mouth of the fast flowing Jingsha River. In the midst of the river's mouth is a large rock that is positioned at the gorge's narrowest section-only 30 meters (33 yards) wide. An ancient legend says that a tiger used this rock as its stepping stone so it could leap across from one side of the gorge to the other, which is how the gorge got its name.
As the river enters the middle section, it drops another 100 meters and its flow rate increases to an amazing speed. Here the thunderous rushing waters slam into sharp, large rocks and crash down into the river forming swirling whirlpools. Can it get more exciting? Yes, it can as the third and lowest section is acclaimed for being the wildest attraction of all!
The gorge stretches about 15 kilometers and also a very good trekking route. Admission to the Gorges is 50RMB per person.
range. Rivers Zachu and Gyalmo Ngulchu are flowing through it at the foot of the mountain in two directions, east and west. The climate here is often changeable because the humid air current meets with the cold and then comes up along the river valley. The snow-capped mountain pierces up in to the sky, while its gorge is deeply cut by blue water. It is surrounded by a primitive forest and flocks of sheep on green meadows beyond the forest mingle with white clouds at the horizon. Tibetans here call her 'the god of the snows '. It is a wonderful place where many specious herbs such as caterpillar fungus, snow lotus, the bulb of fritillary, etc. are found.
Mt. Meili is one of the most sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism. 'Kang Karpo Peak' means the God of Snow Mountain in Tibetan, and is a holy land for worshiping. Pilgrims from Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan,and Gansu travel to the mountain at the beginning of each winter to worship. Thousands of devout pilgrims worship together and encircle the holy mountain, adding even more mystery and loftiness to the mountain.


SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro says the agency wants to end the inequities of flash orders.
NEW YORK — The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving toward banning a trading practice that gives some brokerages a split-second advantage in buying or selling stocks.
SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro said in a statement Tuesday that the agency is working to create a rule to ban the trades known as flash orders.
Flash orders give certain members of exchanges including Nasdaq, Direct Edge and BATS the ability to buy and sell order information for milliseconds before that information is made public. Computer software can take advantage of that brief period to allow those members to get better prices and profits.
"I have asked the staff for an approach that can be quickly implemented to eliminate the inequity that results from flash orders," Schapiro said. Any proposal to eliminate the orders would still have to be approved by the entire commission and be open to public comment before being implemented.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a critic of the orders, said in a statement that Schapiro personally assured him the SEC would ban the practice. Last month, Schumer urged the SEC to eliminate flash orders and said that if it didn't, he would write legislation to do so.
Banning flash orders is more about the perception of fairness than any practical change in trading, said Sang Lee, a managing partner at Aite Group. He said flash orders make up only 2 percent or 3 percent of total volume.


Building for Life -organisation commited to improving the quality of house design -has some useful project case studies.
Chartered Institute of Housing -the professional body for people working in housing, whose purpose is to maximise the contribution that housing professionals make to the well being of communities.
Civic Trust -founded in 1957 to encourage high standards of planning and architecture, the trust is concerned with the quality of the built environment and its impact on people.
Communities and Local Gernment -The UK government's information about housing and housing practice.
Design for Homes -portal covering all aspects of houdsing design.
English Partnerships -the national regeneration agency, whose aim is to achieve high-quality, well-designed, sustainable places for people to live, work and enjoy.
Housing Corporation -the body responsible for investing public money in housing associations.
Housingnet - UK social and private housing associations.
Housing Rights Service -an independent organisation working to eradicate homelessness and poor housing throughout Northern Ireland.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one of the largest independent social policy research and development charities in the UK. It supports a wide programme of research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy.
The National Home Improvement Council -NHIC represents companies and organisations that work in the home improvement sector.
National Housing Federation -the body that represents the independent social housing sector in the UK.
Priced Out -a national campaigning group that lobbies for affordable house prices for first time buyers and tenants.
Co-housing aims tobalance the traditional advantages of home ownership with the benefits of shared common facilities and connections with your neighbours. Each household has a complete private home but also jointly owns and has full access to extensive community areas which are integrally designed for daily use. The concept of Co-housing was developed in Denmark in the 1970s by people disenchanted with modern urban living.
UK Co-Housing Network -a directory of groups in the UK plus useful information on establishing a scheme from decision making to sources of finance. Essential reading for anyone interested in the subject.
Bristol Co-Housing -a co-operative that aims to create a mutually supportive, socially inclusive community of 36 homes in Bristol.
Rootstock -social investment society set up as part of of the Radical Routes network of co-operatives -useful info source on sustainable landuse and communal housing.


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Playing Soccer Has Taught Me So Many Lessons That I Will Continue To Utilize Even Off The Field
by MeredithFlanagan Ohio University Jun 18, 2019
Michele Flanagan
Being involved with sports has influenced my life in several positive ways. A quote that really stood out to me was "It's your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or loser". As the seasons passed, I could come out of a tough game smiling because I knew my team worked hard. I have learned discipline, hard work and dedication, and how to overcome difficulties over the years
Discipline can be the toughest area of sports. You have to accept the training you do and work hard. Without practices, I would not be the athlete I am today. Not only did I learn the positive outcomes of discipline, but I could bring discipline into my daily life. Without discipline, I would have trouble seeing results. I can keep myself on track and make improvements each day. My coaches continually instilled discipline to help me better myself one step at a time. Along with discipline, hard work and dedication have endless benefits.
Hard work and dedication is so rewarding in the end. Although this was practiced on the field, I could take these skills with me to school and work. No effort of mine has gone unnoticed and I can thank my hard work and dedication for that. Dedication requires a commitment to a task or purpose. My role as a teammate was to commit myself to the game, others expected my part and I expect them. Together as individuals, we could make one team. Each man was for himself, but that brought us together as one. This hard work and dedication helped my team, and myself to overcome any difficulty thrown our way.
Sports have taught me how to overcome difficulties. With each fail came a new success. When a play didn't work during a game, we could take what we learned and make adjustments at practice. Each day brings a new learning experience. After the loss of my father in middle school, nothing made me feel better than stepping onto the field. I gained a greater appreciation of the game. Soccer never felt like a hassle, I love the sport and every second I spent playing helped me put any problems aside to enjoy my time. My friends would tell me they would look over at me mid-game and I was always smiling. Whether it was ninety degrees and profusely sweating or thirty-eight degrees and raining, there was a smile on my face just to be playing again.
During my sophomore year, we only had a Varsity team, which had a roster with ten seniors. From starting Junior Varsity every game as a freshman to sitting the bench as a sophomore, I lost my confidence as a player. Receiving a new coach as a junior was a great opportunity to get back on the field. We traveled to a summer soccer camp at the University of Findlay. In the second game, I scored the first goal of my Junior season. I immediately burst into tears saying "I love soccer". The impact soccer has had on my life is tremendous. I have learned discipline, hard work and dedication, and how to overcome difficulties.
This sport has helped me grow in so many ways, alongside teaching me lessons each day that I can continue to use in my adult life
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EPA Causing Headaches In Other
It's not just the West Virginia coal industry that's feeling the heat from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The president of the Ohio Coal Association says it's a problem nationwide.
"The EPA's flood of new regulations, which we're calling and everybody is calling "the train wreck," must be stopped," said Mike Carey.
He was a guest speaker Wednesday at the West Virginia Coal Forum in Charleston. He says the Obama administration and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson are determined to bury the industry.
"Don't let it be a surprise when you can't get a permit to mine your coal and you can't get a permit to build a coal-fired power plant," Carey said. "And oh, by the way, the power plants that you do have, we'll we're going to try to shut them down."
Carey says while Ohio has far fewer coal mines than West Virginia, his state would be devastated if proposed EPA regulations to shut down coal-fired plants were enacted.
"If the proposal were finalized, my state alone, the state of Ohio, which has the manufacturing base, which has the service, which has the agriculture, my state alone loses 53-thousand jobs," he said.
And it's not just about job losses. Carey says you have to consider the cost of energy. Right now, Ohio and West Virginia both have some of the cheapest utility rates in the country. He told those attending the forum, if the U.S. is forced to move away from coal-fired power plants, expect bills to sky rocket.
"Homeowners in the state of Ohio would pay 23 percent more for their electric rates," Carey said. But that's not just in Ohio. In Pennsylvania it would go up 17 percent."
Carey believes it's time for the entire nation to stand up and demand the White House and the EPA think long-term about the demands they're making.
"I think the top priority that we have, not just as an Ohio Coal Association or a West Virginia Coal Association or whatever campaign you're part of, the first priority is to stop the EPA Clean Air Act Regulations."
Carey says that doesn't mean destroying the environment. It means burning coal in an environmental friendly way.
Coal Industry and UMW Warn EPA Rules Will Cost
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The EPA has announced tougher standards for coal fired plants that produce 46 percent of U.S. electricity and emissions that can impact public health and possibly climate. The coal industry says the changes are coming too fast and will effectively end the building of coal-fired power plants.
The potential state impact of the new rules was the topic of this year's West Virginia Coal Forum in Charleston. The coal industry has its own word war of words going with the EPA over mine permitting, but their latest concern is that the tougher power plant emission rules will kill the domestic steam coal market.
Union miners are worried too. UMW President Cecil Roberts said: " Let's talk about using a little bit of common sense here, folks! And we're not talking about just ignoring the environment. We (the UMW) certainly wouldn't be for that. We're talking about let's use a little common sense approach to this to keep people working and deal with the environment. "
Speakers also said the changes will dramatically raise the cost of electricity for homes and businesses. The EPA did not get a turn at the podium.
See Video here: http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/110810_6164.shtml
Annual Coal Forum Discusses EPA
The forum took place at the Charleston Marriott at 9 a.m.
By Andrea Lannom
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Several speakers during Wednesday's annual coal forum in Charleston urged the passage of a bill, which would put controls on the Environmental Protection Agency.
This comes on the heels of the EPA's new air quality rules, which would limit the coal mining industry.
One of the main concerns speakers had is the potential shut downs along with the loss of jobs associated with the closures, that these limitations would cause.
"Coal is critical to keep our manufacturing sector competitive and to keep access to affordable power," Jeff Herholdt from the West Virginia Division of Energy, said during Wednesday's forum.
Herholdt explained that if these air regulations took affect, 8 percent of coal demand would be lost.
"We are seeing new investments in West Virginia that will continue the demand for coal," he said, noting a new power plant coming online in Monongalia County, which he says will be "one of the cleanest plants in the country.
"This is a model for future coal development," he said.
Two other speakers, Cecil Roberts, from the UMWA and Bill Raney from the West Virginia Coal Association, said the loss of jobs could be devastating.
"This is not just an issue of some coal miners in West Virginia," Roberts said. "This is a broad issue of people making a living off of coal across the country."
"This is ridiculous when the economy is in shambles," Raney said.
Roberts noted the struggle of many Americans who are either unemployed or "underemployed."
"I tell them that they can get a good job in the American coal industry," he said. "Everywhere I go in northern West Virginia, I see someone who looks like my grandson mining coal."
The amount of time to retrofit existing plants could also be a concern, says international energy air expert Gene Trisko.
According to Trisco, there would only be 36 months to install hundreds of retrofitted controlled devices in existing plants.
Trisco then mentioned a question he posed to the EPA about these regulations.
"The first question was, 'could you please identify units in the database that meet these emission standards?' It was a short answer. Zero," he said.
"This rule is twice as expensive as any air pollution rule ever proposed by the EPA," he said, noting an $11 billion a year price tag. "When we go into regulatory impact analysis, where are the benefits coming from?"
See Video here: http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=105075#
Roberts Touts Coal
United Mine Workers Union President Cecil Roberts says the coal industry continues to grow despite attempts in Washington to stop the use of fossil fuels.
Roberts was the keynote speaker at Wednesday's West Virginia Coal Forum held in Charleston.
Roberts says the national unemployment rate is at 9.2 percent and in West Virginia it's at 8.5 percent. He says despite the dismal numbers, there are plenty of jobs available in the coal industry.
"Everywhere I go people say, 'We can't find a job.' Well I can tell you where to find a job if you really want one. You can find a job in the coal industry," Roberts told the large crowd.
In the past five years Roberts says the union has added 3,000 new miners in West Virginia. Roberts admits a majority of those have been in one area of the state.
"Everywhere I go in northern West Virginia, I see somebody that looks like my grandson mining coal in that part of the state," he said.
The union chief says they're making a good living thanks to new, five-year contract the rank-and-file ratified with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association back in June.
"We just got a pay raise. They got an immediate one-dollar per hour raise. They're going to get another dollar in January. That's two dollars in six months. That's an 8 percent raise in six months...And over the life of the contract, they're going to get a 25 percent overall raise. I can tell you I don't know where there's another industry that can say that," Roberts claimed.
On top of the pay raise, there's also the benefit package that was negotiated that kept the union's substantial insurance and pension plans.
Roberts says when those who work in the mine industry are paid fair wages, it benefits everyone because they spend that money where they live.
"It's all coming back to create jobs in that area where the money comes to," he said. "Nurses, doctors, people are buying cars from the car dealership. People are going to the grocery store. We're lifting up the economy."
Roberts says what this country needs more of is jobs. He says Congress wouldn't have brought the country to the verge of default last week with the debt crisis if more Americans were employed.
"I think the conversation should be how do we keep people working and how do we put people to work and how do we pay them excellent wages, with excellent benefits? We need more taxpayers in the United States more than anything else we can talk about."
Roberts stressed to keep the coal industry strong and adding employees, the federal EPA cannot move forward with its plan to banish coal as a form of energy.
Coal Forum Save the Date
SAVE THE DATE: AUGUST 10th, 2011
The West Virginia Coal Forum is hosting an conversation on the potential state impact of air quality rules being implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
This conversation will feature UMWA President Cecil Roberts, representatives of our Congressional Delegation (invited), leaders of the State Legislature, representatives of industry, experts in environmental & energy policy and leaders in the electrical industry
Please mark your calendars for August 10th, 2011. Additional details will follow shortly.
Chris Hamilton, Co-Chairman
Fred Tucker, Co-Chairman
The Coal Forum
1615 Washington Street East
Coal Forum Event Postponed
Dear Friends of The Coal Forum:
In order to better accommodate the busy schedules of our elected officials at the national, state and local levels, we are postponing The Coal Forum Conversation slated for June 21, 2011.
We appreciate the tremendously positive response we have received from all sectors of West Virginia business, government, labor, industry and the public at-large.
The new date will more closely coincide with the upcoming special session of the WV legislature. Details will be distributed as they are finalized.
Thank you again for your overwhelming interest in this event!
Chris Hamilton, Co-Chair
Fred Tucker, Co-Chair


HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The former chairwoman of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has dismissed a case that was filed by her on OHA's behalf, asking a judge to invalidate the contract of the agency's chief executive.
Last Wednesday, Rowena Akana filed a motion asking a judge for injuctive relief, arguing that CEO Kamanao Crabbe's new three-year contract is invalid because it was never approved by the full board.
The case, which is believed to have been filed without the consent of the board, was not well received by its members, and Akana was ousted from her position as chairwoman of OHA's Board of Trustees the following day.
On Monday, Akana dismissed the case without prejudice.
Recent OHA board meetings have been subject to infighting, with many of the conflicts a result of internal leadership struggles.


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I wasn't aware, until very recently, that medical tourism is a thing in Romania. It makes sense, now that I think about it, since the prices in the country are so low even in private hospitals and clinics, the medical staff is very well trained and most of the places where medical tourists visit for treatment have state of the art equipment.
Lately, Romania has seen what can only be described as a mass exodus of its doctors and nurses, moving away from the country to Western ones where salaries match their work hours and abilities, but there are still a lot of highly skilled professionals left in the country who are ready to solve problems, big or small. And thanks to the extremely low prices, it seems that medical tourism is starting to flourish in Romania.
For example, visiting a specialist for a consultation in a private clinic can cost as low as $38, but it would be safer to expect to pay around $50. Blood work and basically every type of intervention is a lot cheaper than it is in the West, too.
For example, getting a tooth extracted can cost as low as $12, getting a new tooth can cost as low as $25, while more advanced work (several teeth replaced) with high quality materials at a really good dentist would be around $1,000, up to $2,000, depending on the number of teeth you need replaced or fixed.
These prices surely beat the competition in other countries and, as I have already said, the quality of the procedures is really high!
It seems that the medical tourists are visiting Romania not for its beauty but for their own: dental work is the number one reason for medical touristm here, closely followed by cosmetic surgeries. And it appears that those who visit for these reasons will always encourage their friends to do so as well, meaning that they are extremely satisfied with their experience here.
What cities to choose for medical tourism in the country?
Even though every city has its fair share of skilled specialists in most areas, it's safer and better in my opinion to stick to the larger cities that already have some sort of history with medical tourism. Bucharest is by far the best option as it can easily be reached by plane from anywhere in the world, but other large cities offer similar services as well.
Cluj, Brasov or Timisoara can be very good destinations for those looking for getting back in shape or in tip top health without paying a fortune. These three cities will also be, most likely, even a bit cheaper than Bucharest, while the quality of the services offered will be similar if not identical.
Still, most of the medical tourists in the country are coming from Germany, the UK and other Western European countries, so we can safely say that Romania is way cheaper than most of Europe.
During my research on this matter, I found out that similar practices (medical tourism) are happening in nearby countries as well, which are more popular because of their higher reputation. Hungary and Croatia seem to be Romania's main competitors in Europe, but they are also more expensive. And I am tempted to think that the quality of the health professionals is similar.
In the end, for somebody looking to get their health back in shape in another country, it's good to know that there are options. If you really want to save more – while at the same time being confident that everything will be great in the end and you'll be treated by very skilled professionals – you can choose Romania as your destination. Tens of thousands of people have done so over the past few years and they have no reasons to complain.
I suspected this was the case.
Facelift and dental implants, here I come–ha, ha!
Maybe the influx will help bring back younger medicos, too.
Hope all is well with wife and son Romanian!
I am not sure that this influx of patients is enough to give the economy a boost, but it sure helps! We'll see how things go.
Yes, my Google News aggregator recently featured the article"This Philly couple traveled to Romania for cheaper dental work. Should you, too?" The couple had so much work dental work done, they rented an apartment for a whole month and still came in far lower in total cost than they would have paid in the USA. They raved about their experience, the quality of the dentists, the modern equipment and how much they saved. The Romanian dentist claimed they used top quality dental implants from Switzerland which could be maintained by any dentist anywhere in the world. It was such a glowing article, I smelled an "infomercial" (a sales commercial disguised as information), but I think the Philadelphia Inquirer is too serious a newspaper for that. The risk, of course, is that something might go wrong at some later point, and perhaps your American dentist will demand to redo everything. I am a little surprised that Germans, U.K. citizens and other West Europeans, who must all have national health care, would come to Romania just to save money. But it would be great if medical tourism could keep some of those doctors and dentists in Romania. I saw a documentary on retirement homes for West Europeans who were being placed in Polish assisted living facilities. Come to think of it, I saw a show about young people who couldn't get into German medical schools and were going to a medical school in Hungary where all the classes were taught in German. Those are two more areas for Romania to branch out in!
Yes, there are always risks associated to doing this, especially when dental work is involved. I remember that back when we traveled to Turkey, our guide told us that it's possible to make "minor" arrangements with doctors there to get some minor cosmetic surgery done – they would then file the procedure in such a way that it would be the insurance company that would pay for it. I'm not sure if that can be done in Romania or if that's still the case in Turkey, but there will always be ways to game the system. So surely the German and Western European citizens who do this kind of work in Romania have something to gain out of this.
Stuart, the couple in that story (the wife at least) has been an online friend for a few years and it is a solidly true story. I totally cracked up when l read it as l was nodding. I had contemplated doing the same on our visit to Bucharest recently. We peeked in at a few dental offices and were impressed. My brother got several implants a couple of years ago after his stomach surgery and l was going to get dental work done too. Even if something goes wrong, it would still be cheaper to fly back than to do it in the U.S. I have friends who regularly go to Prague for their dental work and checkups too. When l still lived in the U.S and worked as a pharmacist, we had quite a few of insured patients whose insurance companies paid for their overseas surgeries and recovery which was still less than if done in the U.S. The dental work needed is 30 euro per cavity in Spain and that's without insurance so we will be doing it there, otherwise we would gladly do a return trip to Bucharest since we really liked it :-).
Recently, I had dental bridge work back in the US. Even with insurance, the total was well in excess of $3,000. Right after arriving in Brasov, however, I lost a crown on another tooth. Not knowing what to do, I literally crossed the street from my apartment to visit the dental office I had seen there. No recommendations regarding his prices or workmanship. Ends up, he's been fantastic for both my wife and me. Honestly, he's an artist… and speaks English! He sent me to a specialist for a high-tech x-ray/scan of all my teeth. This service cost me the equivalent of $10. It seems that the reason that I lost the crown was because the tooth under it had developed a pretty bad cavity and I came close to losing it. The dentist was sure, however, that he could save the tooth by performing a pretty extensive root canal, and did! Next to this tooth I had a gap where I lost a baby tooth only a few years ago. We decided it was appropriate to correct this with a bridge. Although he did offer a less extensive option, I chose having it done the best way for the long run. He prepped the tooth with the root canal and another tooth from which to suspend the bridge. He then made a cast, formed a temporary crown for the good tooth, and then sent away for the permanent bridge. I'll be receiving this tomorrow. The cost for all of this is about $400. I'm ecstatic with both price and quality so far. BTW… did I mention he's painless!!!
Happy to hear that the good experiences are still coming in here in Romania. You were a bit lucky to find such a good dentist without asking around, but I am happy you did. It proves that we still have some really qualified people here in Romania.
Many people in Romania consider anything related to / made in Germany very high quality, so that could be another explanation. Either way, I am happy to hear that you had a pleasant experience there.


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CNDLS would like to congratulate Georgetown professor Anne Rosenwald (Biology) for a recent recognition she received for her dedication to teaching. In September 2013, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) selected Rosenwald as one of nineteen biologists nationwide to participate in a one-year residency supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
During her year in the ASM-NSF Biology Scholars Program Assessment Residency, Rosenwald will focus on how to improve undergraduate biology education. Dr. Rosenwald is already familiar with this mission, as evidenced by her work with the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) and the Genome Education Partnership (GEP). Moreover, her work has been featured on the CNDLS Teaching Commons as a model for teaching and learning; Dr. Rosenwald successfully brings cutting-edge research techniques to undergraduates and fosters the development of her students' communication skills. By engaging her students in a process of scientific learning that is both skills- and content-based, Dr. Rosenwald provides them with an enduring foundation in the sciences that is useful whether they pursue careers in the field or not.
Dr. Rosenwald views the residency as an opportunity to reflect on and refine her pedagogical approach; she is confident the program will assist her in enhancing classroom assessment tools and measurable learning outcomes. In addition to attending an intensive Measuring Student Learning Institute in DC, she will have her own teacher—a mentor who was a former participant in the program.
Together, the experiences of the coming year will have a positive trickle-down effect for student learning on campus, for Dr. Rosenwald is an involved faculty member and integral part of Georgetown. In addition to her role as a professor in the Biology Department, Dr. Rosenwald is Co-Director for Georgetown University's Biology of Global Health major, an adjunct assistant professor at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and an avid researcher of cell biology.
Once again, CNDLS wishes to congratulate Dr. Rosenwald on her residency, her exemplary teaching, and her service to her students and the larger community of Georgetown.
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3-TO-1 ODDS: The Red Sox are the 46th team to hold a 3-games-to-1 lead in a best-of-7 World Series (source: Elias)…39 of the previous 45 (86.7%) went on to win the series.
>>> This is the 6th time the Sox have held a 3-1 lead in a best-of-7 playoff series, having won each of the previous 5 between the World Series (1912, 1915, 1916, 1918) and ALCS (2018).
WINNING WAYS: The Red Sox are 10-3 in the postseason, including 7-1 in their last 8 games…Since the Division Series format was introduced in 1995, 7 teams have won the World Series with 3 or fewer losses (most recent: 2008 PHI, 11-3).
>>> The 2004 and 2007 Red Sox went 11-3 in the postseason.
>>> The Sox are 15-3 in their last 18 World Series games, dating back to Game 1 of the 2004 Fall Classic…The Sox and Yankees are the only teams ever to go 15-3 or better over any 18-game stretch in World Series play.
ROAD WARRIORS: The Red Sox are 6-1 on the road in the postseason, having out-scored opponents by a combined 51-22 margin away from Fenway Park.
>>> The Sox are 1 of 10 teams ever to win as many as 6 road games in a single postseason…The only team to win 7+ road games in a postseason is the 1996 Yankees (8-0).
>>> Of the Sox' 8 World Series titles, 3 have been won on the road: 1915 (PHI), 2004 (STL), and 2007 (COL).
TO THE LAST OUT: 42 of the Sox' 75 RBI this postseason have come with 2 outs, including 17 of 22 in the World Series…The only teams ever withmore than 17 two-out RBI in a World Series are CLE in 1997 (21) and MIL in 1982 (20).
PRICE CHECK: David Price has won each of his last 2 postseason starts: Game 2 of the World Series (6.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 5 SO) and Game 5 of the ALCS (6.0 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 9 SO, 0 BB)…In 4 starts this postseason, he has held opponents to a .206 AVG (14-for-68).
>>> Price earned the Red Sox' 1st win of 2018 (3/30at TB), as well as their 100th win (9/12 vs. TOR) and their victory that clinched the AL pennant (10/18 at HOU).
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Providence commission recommends denial of zoning for 46-story Hope Point Tower
Mary MacDonald
AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE to the Providence City Council recommended it reject several zoning changes that would allow a 46-story residential high-rise, the Hope Point Tower, on a prominent site overlooking the Providence River downtown. / COURTESY FANE ORGANIZATION
PROVIDENCE — After hours of public comment, an advisory committee to the Providence City Council on Tuesday recommended it reject several zoning changes that would allow a 46-story residential high-rise on a prominent site overlooking the Providence River downtown.
The Fane Organization's Hope Point Tower is one of the largest developments, and among the more controversial, to reach the City Plan Commission in the last several years.
The City Council has the authority to change the city's zoning, and the commission's decision is advisory only. But in several extended comments, the commission members made clear they felt the project was out of scale for Providence and ill suited for the city's housing needs.
Said commission member Luis Torrado, an architect appointed by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza: "We are stewards of the comprehensive plan. I'm sorry, but a 46-story tower is not of moderate height. It is a skyscraper. Many cities build as high as they can because they want to become prominent. That is not going to make this city special. What is going to make the city special is to keep what has made it special all along."
The zoning changes sought by the New York developer would change the site's zoning from a 100-foot limit on buildings to 600 feet, and allow another city committee that oversees design to waive a requirement that new buildings be in context with surrounding structures.
Before voting 5-2 against the zoning changes, the commission members listened to four hours of public comment on Tuesday. Two weeks ago, another public hearing extended for three hours.
The commission's vote came despite a planning staff report that found the project complied with the city's comprehensive plan, which encourages mixed-use development downtown. One of the staff recommendations would have required Fane to rent 15 percent of the units at affordable rates.
But in the end, the commission voted to recommend a denial.
Commission members who voted against said the tower project was not appropriate for the location, and would diminish a public park that is being created as part of the Interstate 195 Redevelopment District.
Several commission members said the city had just revised its zoning within the past six years, following a lengthy public process — which identified the Dyer Street site, also known as Parcel 42, as the best suited for a mid-rise building, up to 100 feet in height.
The project introduced by developer Jason Fane would include luxury condos on top floors, and larger rental apartments in the mid section, and more moderately priced apartments at the bottom, he told the commission, without specifying rental amounts or costs.
In fact, when asked by commission chairwoman Christine West whether he had conducted a market analysis that would indicate sufficient demand for the luxury units, he said he had no such information and viewed the opening of a sales office as the best method to determine market value.
"We do not have that information," Fane responded to West. "With this project, as you do not have good appraisal comps, it's necessary to look at the factors, not the numbers." Some of the factors Fane cited included an increase in the population of professionals moving into Providence, who will need housing.
He said the commute to Boston would make the city appealing to its transplants, and characterized it as a 35-minute distance.
In describing the apartments, Fane revealed for the first time publicly that the top floors would be designed as luxury condos for sale to buyers, while the mid- and lower sections of the building would be rentals. There would be separate elevator areas for the various sections, he said.
West, who was among the five commission members who voted against the project, said she was opposed on several grounds.
"What we see before us is not mixed use," she said. "It is an apartment building with some retail on the ground floor," and other spaces intended to provide amenities for the tenants and residents, she said.
The building also would require a reduction in the land area of the public park. A bill that would provide that has been introduced at the General Assembly.
"We're taking the public land for the private use of the residents of this tower," she said.
Mary MacDonald is a staff writer for the PBN. Contact her at macdonald@pbn.com.
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