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Brébeuf Review! • "Society for Catholic Liturgy"
Jeff Ostrowski · September 24, 2019
DETAILED REVIEW of the Brébeuf Hymnal recently appeared in Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal, which is published by the Society for Catholic Liturgy. The review was written by Dr. Aaron James, who currently serves as choirmaster at Holy Family Catholic Church, run by clergy from the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Before I encountered this review, I had never heard of Dr. Aaron James—but his credentials are stellar. According to Google, he earned a double doctorate (Organ+Musicology) from Eastman, a very fine conservatory. 1 The review appears in volume 23.2. Dr. James clearly spent considerable effort examining this new and unique hymnal. His time is quite valuable, and I am deeply grateful he deemed the Brébeuf Hymnal worthy of exploration. Someday I hope to meet Dr. James—and I'll thank him for "spreading the word" about the Brébeuf project. He is a skilled writer, and his review has an overarching "shape" which is praiseworthy.
The review is generally quite positive. Dr James says: "The editors of the Brébeuf Hymnal have done a great service to the profession" in this "extensively researched volume," which is "worthy of careful study by liturgical musicians." Time and again, Dr. James expresses admiration for the research that went into this hymnal. For example, consider his statement on page 199:
This detailed exploration of classic Latin hymnody and its English translations is not only a labor of love, but an original contribution to research, and I hope that the results of this research project are shared more widely for the use of musicologists and liturgical historians.
I would, however, like to make a few corrections to the review by Dr. James. This is not intended as "nitpicking"—rather, my response is in the spirit of the old journals, wherein authors would engage in "public disagreements" which were often enjoyable and educational for the readership.
Inaccurate Statement • "Austria" Initial Repeat
On page 201, Dr. James accuses the Brébeuf editors of a "sometimes cavalier handling of classic musical material," saying that "numerous tunes have been metrically altered." For example, he says AUSTRIA appears "unaccountably, in an abbreviated form without the repeat of the first phrase, destroying the musical symmetry" and "infuriating anyone who knows the original tune." This statement by Dr. James is fallacious. This form of AUSTRIA has been printed in Catholic hymnals for at least 150 years; it is not an "alteration" perpetrated by the Brébeuf editors. Consider how it appeared in one of the most popular Catholic pew books ever printed, viz. the Saint Basil Hymnal (1918):
* * Example: Tantum Ergo — From the Saint Basil Hymnal
Indeed, the Tantum Ergo was often sung in precisely that way. Yet, other texts were also sung in the way which Dr. James erroneously claims will infuriate "anyone who knows the original tunes." Consider the Hymnal and Vesperal for the Ecclesiastical Year (1878), published with the approbation of Most Rev. James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore:
* * Example: Austria Melody — Again Without Initial Repeat
Dr. James was unaware of this 150+ year tradition, and inadvertently propagated misinformation. Perhaps the editors of Antiphon could add a correction to some future volume?
(Erroneous statements were also made about other Brébeuf melodies; I would welcome an opportunity to address all of them at some point.)
Inaccurate Assumption • Multiple Tunes and Texts
Dr. James makes an incorrect assumption (cf. pp. 199-200) regarding what he calls the "idiosyncratic pedagogical plan." He seems to believe that congregations using the Brébeuf Hymnal must sing all the translations and melodies for each hymn provided. This is not correct. These options were provided to give the choirmaster flexibility. Suppose a particular congregation would struggle with a particularly athletic melody. Or suppose the choirmaster believes a particular translation sounds "too archaic." Or suppose a particular translation brings out a theological aspect of a certain verse more vividly. Or suppose the choirmaster needs to use a common melody, since a more unfamiliar version has not yet been introduced to the congregation. These are a few reasons a particular melody or translation might be chosen; but attempting to use every single option the hymnal provides would be foolish.
Dr. James attempted to prove such flexibility is "bewildering" (page 199) by talking about Conditor Alme Siderum. I don't want to get too technical, but I must say he chose poorly—because that hymn is quite a special case, and deserves all the "attention" it got. (Entire dissertations could be written about that hymn, its content, its revisions, its theology, its melodies, and so forth.)
The Single Numbering System Is Not Confusing
Dr. James speaks of the "logistical confusion of finding one's place in a hymnal with so much duplication." It is difficult to understand what confusion could occur because the Brébeuf Hymnal carefully avoided a "double" numbering system. (Anyone who's encountered hymnals with page numbers and hymn numbers will recall how frustrating those systems are.) When using the Brébeuf Hymnal, if the hymn is 322, simply turn to number 322. If the hymn is 456, simply turn to number 456. We use the hymnal every Sunday at my parish; nobody gets confused.
Furthermore, there is something that needs to be said. Some ancient hymns have risen to a place of great importance: theologically, historically, and liturgically. In the Brébeuf Hymnal, such hymns are given a more robust treatment. (Some examples would be Pange Lingua, Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, Sancti Venite, and Ad Cenam Agni Providi.) I feel that Dr. James should have mentioned this, rather than leaving the impression that random and insignificant hymns are thoughtlessly given multiple melodies. 2
A Bizarre Suggestion
On page 200, Dr. James criticized the optional melodies in the Brébeuf Hymnal, and proceeded to make the following statement:
In this digital age, anyone who wishes can underlay any text to any tune and produce a typeset version of near-professional quality for their choir; this reduces the practical value of printing alternate tunes, as anyone who is unhappy with the hymnal's chosen tune can substitute another with minimal effort.
The suggestion that a choirmaster can "simply" produce alternate versions of hymns for the congregation, choir, and organist is utterly bizarre. Having directed choirs for 20 years, I can say this without reservation! Loose-leaf papers quickly get lost, or members of the choir misplace them. Moreover, typing out the precise version of the lyrics takes quite an effort (to say nothing of attributions, translations, titles, copyright information, and so on). Remember that each hymnal has slightly different versions of the texts, the most famous example being the New Saint Basil Hymnal (1958), which inexplicably made slight alterations to almost every text and harmonization.
Misunderstandings About Hymnal Indices
On page 203, Dr. James takes issue with the placement of the Brébeuf index, which he says is confusing. But there's really nothing confusing about it. Indeed, the placement of the index is hardly an innovation; many liturgical books don't place the index at the end of the book. For example, Mass & Vespers (Solesmes Abbey, 1957)—perhaps the greatest liturgical book ever published—places their index 167 pages from the back of the book! To put that in perspective, the Liber Cantualis is only 118 pages long; no sane person would claim 167 pages is insignificant.
More importantly, those who have spent a long time with hymnal indices—and I certainly have—realize how frustrating the standard ones can be. Indeed, many of them require an index for the indices! For example, the indices for GIA Worship IV Hymnal constitute about 60 pages. There are no page numbers, so one must spend hours thumbing through items such as:
Acknowledgments (on page ???)|;
Hymns for the Church Year (on page ???)|;
Scripture Passages Related to Hymns (on page ???)|;
Index of Psalms and Canticles (on page ???)|;
(their) Liturgical Index (on page ???)|;
(their) Topical Index (on page ???)|;
Metrical Index (on page ???)|;
Tune Index (on page ???)|;
Index of Service Music (on page ???)|;
Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.
It's a complete mess. Furthermore, by deliberately making their index difficult to use, they probably hope people won't notice how their book basically contains only a handful of decent tunes which they've been selling over and over for fifty years. A similar tactic is employed in hymnals which are alphabetical; that makes it virtually impossible to notice gaping holes in the hymn selections. Unsuspecting users don't notice these tricks, but it's time they did.
The Brébeuf Hymnal brilliantly solves such problems. One simply turns to the back of the book, where a beautiful sheet of paper shows one exactly where one needs to go. It may not be exactly like every other hymnal, but who cares? It saves a massive amount of time and eliminates tons of frustration.
False Claims About Missing Tunes
On page 201, Dr. James calls the lack of Gregorian melodies in the Brébeuf Hymnal a "significant impoverishment," but there is no justification for such a claim. Serious publishers realize that no book can be "all things to all people." Indeed, the worst hymnals are those which thoughtlessly and recklessly include little bits of pieces of everything. Imagine an EVANGELIARIUM which also contains several Offertory antiphons or Victoria's setting of O Magnum Mysterium; it would be absurd. Serious book editors must ruthlessly reject every temptation to include items which don't belong.
The Brébeuf Hymnal was designed to contain metrical hymns which can be sung well by a congregation. Period. 3
On page 201, Dr. James says Gregorian hymns notation should have been included "for use by the choir"—but he forgot he was reviewing a book intended for the congregation. A congregation can (probably) sing the most basic Gregorian melodies, such as Jesu Dulcis Memoria, although the choirmaster must never allow such melodies to drag. I have yet to hear any congregation sing the more complicated melodies adequately. Consider these examples of Gregorian hymnody:
* * PDF Download • Gregorian Hymn in Latin
* * PDF Download • Gregorian Hymn in English
Such delicate and exquisite melodies have no business being included in a hymnal dedicated to metrical hymns for the congregation. Intelligent choirmasters who direct choirs in real life—as opposed to "internet loudmouths"—realize that very few congregations could sing such pieces properly. Such pieces are better left to the choir. Besides, choirmasters who desire such pieces can already find them available in a billion places, such as:
The Liber Usualis (Solesmes Abbey, 1961)|
Cantus Selecti (Solesmes Abbey, 1957)|
Parish Book of Chant (Richard Rice, 2012)|
The Liber Hymnarius (Solesmes Abbey, 1983)|
Cantus Varii (Solesmes Abbey, 1923)|
Hymnal for the Hours (Fr. Samuel Weber, 2014)|
The Liber Antiphonarius (Solesmes Abbey, 1949)|
Mass and Vespers (Solesmes Abbey, 1957)|
A Plainsong Hymnbook (Sir Sydney Nicholson, 1932)|
Hymnarium (Dominican Province of St. Joseph, 2013)
The Brébeuf Hymnal pew edition is 932 pages. The organ accompaniment is 1,292 pages. The Choral Supplement—scheduled to be released in about seven weeks—is also hundreds of pages long. Footnotes and references are found at the bottom of each page, in small type. Dr. James could not be expected to master every aspect of this massive, innovative hymnal, and the mistakes he made in his review should not be held against him.
NOTES FROM THIS ARTICLE:
1 This is exceptionally rare. Indeed, in my entire life, I have only encountered two people who earned a double doctorate.
2 While we are on the subject of "thoughtless actions," Dr. James (footnote 7) says one of the texts must have been copied "from a modern hymnal by mistake." In response, I can only gently suggest that Dr. James consult page 566 in the Brébeuf Hymnal with greater diligence. When it comes to the Brébeuf texts, absolutely nothing was done without deep deliberation. The approach taken is explained on page 566, which was deliberately placed right before the color pages so it cannot be missed.
3 To be clear, the Brébeuf editorial committee is acutely aware of the beauty of Gregorian hymns. Indeed, one of the members (a Catholic priest) is probably the world's expert on Gregorian hymns. Nevertheless, we had an obligation to be faithful to the goal. Readings, psalms, propers, Gregorian hymns, motets—none of these were appropriate to include; and exceptions were rare.
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What does this tagline even mean?
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 9:15AM
While searching for showbiz anniversaries on this day, I came across the Tony Randall / Janet Leigh movie Hello, Down There which was released 50 years ago on this very day. But the tagline threw off the rest of my research so it's the only "today in showbiz history" factoid you get this morning.
A combo of scuba dupes rock up a storm in a mad pad under the surf!
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? Is it in English? I recognize the individual words but can't comprehend their meaning as a sentence. Was it a mad-libs of common late '60s vernacular?
If you've seen this movie or even if you haven't and would like to try, please decipher for us.
tagged Hello Down There, Janet Leigh, Tony Randall, movie posters, taglines
Maleficent Triptych
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 12:30PM
That's it. That's the post.
No, we kid. We need the close-up that matters and to talk trailer and costumes...
tagged Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Maleficent, Michelle Pfeiffer, movie posters, sequels
Links: Mike & Maleficent & Marvel & The Mother
Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 8:00AM
• Spirit Airlines are decorating their planes to "soar" with Dumbo. That seems like a costly promotion, there!
• Slant ranks all the Marvel films. I found this interesting because it's a) insane and b) the people they've assigned to write up the movies dont necessarily agree with their ranking in the list so it's weirdly schizophrenic
• /Film confusing and bizarre history of Captain Marvel in the comic books
• THR Idris Elba in talks to replace Will Smith in the Suicide Squad sequel
After the jump Maleficent 2's teaser poster, Gregg Araki's new series, Rock Hudson, Magic Mike casting, and more...
tagged Broadway and Stage, Captain Marvel, Dumbo, Gregg Araki, Idris Elba, Into the Spider-Verse, Magic Mike, Maleficent, Marvel, biopics, comic books, movie posters
Film Bitch Awards: Best Kiss, Sex Scene, and Sexpot of the Year
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 9:40PM
This past week we asked the team to pick some favourite screen kisses for Valentine's and we must thank them for reminding us of the sexy canoodling in Notorious, Last of the Mohicans, Love Simon, Spider-Man, and The Notebook. This weekend we're bringing it back to the now or at least the very recent with the 2018 Film Bitch Nominations for our three lustiest categories: Best Kiss, Best Love/Sex Scene and Sexpot of the Year.
BEST KISS
"Esti, do you think I should go back early?"
"No... No... No, I don't you should leave at all."
tagged Cold War, Crazy Rich Asians, Disobedience, Film Bitch Awards, Great Moments In..., How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Kissing, Love Simon, Tully, movie posters, sex scenes
Posterized: Mary, Queen of Scots
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 5:00PM
For today's Posterized a little something different - rather than a star or director, a character. Here are all of the films that have told the story or a story involving Mary, Queen of Scots. The latest iteration, Mary Queen of Scots (which we just reviewed) starring Saoirse Ronan opened in movie theaters today. Saoirse's other two movies this year (On Chesil Beach and The Seagull) didn't really register with moviegoers so we're hoping for the best with the third given the Brooklyn/Lady Bird goodwill she's accumulated. But on to the royal question at hand...
How many Mary of Scots movies have you seen? Posters for all eight movies featuring the would be queen are after the jump.
tagged Costume Design, Elizabeth, Historical Dramas, Mary Queen of Scots, Oscars (70s), Posterized, Royalty Porn, movie posters, remakes
Posterized: A Star is Born
Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 10:00AM
How many versions of the oft-remade A Star is Born have you seen? There have been four now, five if you count What Price Hollywood, often forgotten because it has a different title but so alike in story beats that the first official A Star is Born was clearly lifting from it wholesale. Since the Judy Garland version they've all been musicals and as of the Barbra Streisand version, the Grammys replaced the Oscars as the key awards show moment when the new superstar wins big while her husband hits rock bottom. But more on all this later maybe..
WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? (1932) Director George Cukor
Starring Constance Bennett & Lowell Sherman (1 Oscar nomination for writing)
A STAR IS BORN (1937) Director William Wellman (Cukor declined)
Starring Janet Gaynor & Fredric March (7 nominations including Director, Actor and Actress, 1 win for "original" writing even though the plot was lifted from the 1932 film!, 1 Honorary for its color photography in a then mostly black-and-white world. This is the only version that was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars)
A STAR IS BORN (1954) Director George Cukor again but this time it's a musical
Starring Judy Garland & James Mason (6 nominations: Actor, Actress, Costume Design, Art Direction, Score, Original Song "The Man That Got Away")
A STAR IS BORN (1976) Director Frank Pierson
Starring Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson (4 nominations including Cinematography, Sound, and Score, 1 win for Original Song "Evergreen")
A STAR IS BORN (2018) Director Bradley Cooper
Starring Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Oscar fate to be determined)
Since the space inbetween each A Star is Born movies is growing each time, the sixth version should arrive around 2070. Mark your calendars! ;)
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Lady Gaga's Golden Globes Acceptance Speech Shows How the Music Industry Continues to Fail Women
Kat Armstrong
Lady Gaga held back tears as she accepted the award for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture during the 2019 Golden Globes telecast on Sunday night. But after thanking her costar/director, Bradley Cooper, and her collaborators on the song, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt, the pop megastar got real about what it's like to be a woman in her profession.
"I just have to say, as a woman in music, it is really hard to be taken seriously as a musician and a songwriter," Gaga said. "These three incredible men … they lifted me up and supported me."
The singer's simple statement about the respect that she — notably, one of the biggest music stars on earth — continues to be denied in the music industry suggests how far we have to go, across the board, in supporting women's artistic talent.
Last year, the president of the Recording Academy (the group that produces the Grammy Awards), Neil Portnow, told Variety that the reason the Grammys haven't recognized women as readily as men is because there aren't enough women stepping up in the business. "It has to begin with… women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level… [They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome," he said.
But what Portnow's comments failed to address are the scores of women already working in the recording industry who are still being denied the recognition granted their male peers. The 2018 Grammys gave just 11 awards to women in 84 categories, and as Janelle Monae pointed out during last year's telecast, fewer than 10 percent of nominees between 2013 and 2018 were women at all.
But it's not just nominations and wins. Women often outperform men on the charts without being given the same accolades. Looking at the top-selling artists of all time, although there are many woman artists who have outperformed men in terms of sales, it's the men on the list whose artistry seems to be culturally accepted as canon. Case in point: Mariah Carey has outsold legendary men like Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen, while Rihanna took a decade and change to match Pink Floyd's sales over a near half-century.
And the playing field in music isn't even remotely even in terms of separating artists by gender. Professor Stacy L. Smith from the University of Southern California studied gender parity in music and found that of the top 600 songs between 2012 and 2017, only 22.4 percent of artists to chart were women. Behind the scenes, it was worse: Of nearly 3,000 credited songwriters in the same time period, only 12.3 percent were women.
"When it comes to women's ability to contribute and to lead, they're being shut out of the process," Dr. Smith told The New York Times in 2018. That shut-out has to do, in part, with the lack of women executives, women decision-makers, and women behind the mixing boards.
Studies show that having more women in positions of power in any industry makes it easier for women to get their foot in the door when starting a career, getting promoted, or gaining executive status themselves. In music's male-dominated world, this means that women are not only not getting promoted behind the scenes, but they may not be getting the same exposure and promotion as men.
But things are getting better in music. 2018's list of the most powerful women in the industry included a diverse group of women. And in 2018, artists like Cardi B, Camila Cabello, Dua Lipa, and Ariana Grande all landed places in the top 20 artists of the year.
It's also worth pointing out that this year's Grammy Awards (perhaps in direct response to last year's #GrammysSoMale backlash) will be far more gender-diverse than years past. The list of nominees appears to reflect a shift in focus to lesser-known artists who are, perhaps unsurprisingly, mostly women.
"I'm really excited and grateful and taken back by the response," nominee Dua Lipa told Billboard after the nominations were announced in December. "It's hard for me to put it into words."
She continued: "I feel like the industry has been dominated by men for such a long time. To wake up and be nominated in the best new artist category, where every artist except for two [Luke Combs and Greta Van Fleet] is a woman, that's a good feeling. I'm so proud of all the girls, because I do feel like we need to work a bit harder, and that's not taking the merits away from any male artist — I know how demanding this job can be. I just feel really grateful to be nominated alongside so many talented women I admire, and some I even call my friends."
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Kat has been a writer, social media maven and mom for longer than she's willing to admit. She's also spent time in front of and behind the camera, interviewing celebs, politicians and acting as a producer for fashion and artistic photography shoots. When she isn't writing for various orgs and publications, she's hanging with her kids, husband and French Bulldog, Peter, in Toronto, Canada.
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Ever meet someone who you feel immediate kinship with on a deep almost spiritual level? That is legit every person's experience upon meeting Dev Heyrana, the star of this edition of Creative Crushin'. A fine artist, hip hop dance teacher and constant collaborator, Dev's particular brand of creativity is one-of-a-kind. She manages to be warm, welcoming and woke, with a focus on inclusivity, social justice and motherhood that comes through in every piece of art she creates.
Anjelika Temple here, co-founder of Brit + Co and one of many humans who has benefitted from Dev's boundless generosity and kindness. We first connected at a launch event, then I asked her if she and her family would like to model for a B+C shoot (they did!), then months later, I asked the IG universe if anyone would be down to co-parent with me for a day so I could speak at a conference. Dev said yes! And for those that know her, none of these serendipitous moments are surprising.
Now it's time to delve more into Dev's story, her creative inspiration, her thoughtful approach to parenting and what makes her more passionate than ever about bringing her point of view and artistic voice into the universe.
Anjelika Temple: First, foundations. Where did you grow up? What is your heritage? What did you study in school? Where do you live now?
Dev Heyrana: Born in The Philippines and immigrated to the U.S. when I was 9 years old. Me and my family are from the island of Cebu and I'm a proud Cebuana. My childhood in the Philippines felt like freedom. I had my swimsuit in my backpack for whenever we decided to swim and I biked everywhere.
Immigrating here at 9 yrs old was a transition, to say the least. My parents had big dreams but the move was heavy on them. It wasn't easy. I had to grow up fast. I took care of my sisters while my parents worked night shifts. By the age of 12 I would cook dinner and get my sisters ready for bed. Something I didn't realize was that kids my age didn't do those things until I got older. We would play these make-believe games to make, in hindsight, our hard situation brighter.
I think this is really when art played a big role in my life. It was something I could escape in and always felt healing.
I witnessed racism towards my family and didn't know how to make sense of it. These events left a mark. I was a quiet kid and observed everything and everyone around me. I think about my grandparents, Lolo Jose and Lola Rita, a lot as I walk through life. When I make decisions. As hard as it feels, you have two choices, do you let it take you down or take it one step at a time forward. I kept going and it really shaped me as to why I am the way I am today.
I studied Fine Arts at The Corcoran in DC. I owe that decision to my art teacher, Mr Giles, in High School. He was retiring and wore a Hawaiian shirt every day during my senior year. He was a curmudgeon and I felt incredibly special since out of everyone in the school he really believed in me. As grumpy as he seemed to the class, he would tell me things like "Go into the other studio and break some glass, then put it on a canvas." He's the reason why my abstract pieces have elements like clay and sand in them.
I've had incredible mentors and all were teachers. Mr. Giles in High School and Christine George in College. Christine was the one who told me to go either to New York or San Francisco because "D.C. is no place for an artist like you." She told me to not listen to anyone, how I can still paint, be a graphic designer, and, if I choose to, have a family. I've never had anyone tell me anything like that before.
I took a chance because of her. Moved and went to Design School in 2006 and I've stayed in the Bay Area ever since, raising two girls with the love of my life.
Anj: You are one of those magical human beings that has figured out how to be a full-time artist. What was your career path like before you were able to dive fully into your creative passions?
Dev: The most radical thing I could have done in my family, I did, I went to college for Fine Arts. A mix of being so young and having to do it on my own, I went with the school that gave me more scholarships. Even then I worked three jobs to be able to get through it. Hard work is ingrained in me.
With my sculpture background, I fell in love with Print and Packaging and why I came out here to San Francisco. I appreciated the security of having a career in Graphic Design. I also learned how to work with clients and the business side of things. Even then, I never stopped painting.
A few years ago I went through a pretty hard time with my health. I dealt with six surgeries in one year and I still have to do some follow-up ones. That experience almost broke me and what got me through was my family and painting in bed while I recovered.
When I finally got back on my feet, my heart just wasn't in Graphic Design anymore. So I made a two year plan. With a toddler and a mortgage, I wanted to make sure my steps were thought out. I put myself out there as an Artist while I still worked in Design. After a year I worked part time as a Graphic Designer and stepped down from my Creative Director position. I loved it, to be creative as an Artist and as a Designer. I looked at 2018 as my year to make the jump. If my work as an Artist balances out with my salary then I would quit in the Summer of 2019. And so here we are. I also am sharing a studio with my good friend, Naomi PQ, and I feel like my creative drive is just beginning.
Anj: What do you love about painting? How do you feel when you're in a creative flow state?
Dev: Like every part of me is free. Free to express myself through the stroke of my hand. How all of it leads back to my heart. These elements I use to paint have a mind of their own and how I need to respect the process.
It centers me and reminds me that the process is just like the life we lead. I know I still have so much more to learn but while I'm painting no matter how it's going, I'll embrace this moment.
Anj: You reference your roots quite a bit in your work. Talk to me more about how your roots inspire your work.
Dev: One of my earliest memories is of my Lolo Jose teaching me how to water mango saplings. He converted to Buddhism when my mother was young, so he viewed the world with love and kindness. I didn't realize it then but watering those mango trees were life lessons. We need to take the time to nurture, practice patience, and respect all living things. I still imagine him walking beside me often, carrying his teachings as I find my way in this world.
Nature and the Sun drive my pieces. My abstract works are fragments of moments. Like the sunset I grew up with when I was seven years old in the Philippines, like how I saw the water in Cebu when I dove in as a young adult, and like when I saw the redwoods with my children for the first time.
I see earth in our skin and especially when I paint people. How our mango trees grew and blossomed because the dark earth was rich with nutrients. I imagine the Sun piercing through these women I depict. I paint their love and bravery because their resilience cannot be contained. I want to celebrate all of it.
This is the beauty of Art, I am able to paint exactly how I see it.
Anj: Motherhood and your daughters are also central themes in your work. How has motherhood changed your approach to creating artwork?
Dev: Everything. I was still deep in my Design Career and I would paint at home. One day Quinn, who was 3 years old at the time introduced me at the park to a mom. "This is my mom, she's an Artist." It struck me that my toddler knew who I was more than I knew myself. That's really when I really owned it. I am more fearless because of my girls.
I own my body, I thank people when they compliment me, and I am selective but fearless when I use my voice. I am more in tune how I speak about myself because of them. When I paint these women I want to celebrate them. I notice how I embrace myself is translated in my paintings.
Anj: What advice can you give to parents who are trying to tap into their kiddos' innate creativity?
Dev: I don't have a lot of guidelines set up. I'll say "Let's draw the biggest fish we can draw" or "how many silly lines can we make" and I let them lead me. They ask me questions, show me things, and I sit there with my coffee watching their eyes wide with excitement. Watching them in their creative process is pure joy for me. Those silly lines can turn into a dragon or waves and next thing we know, we're drawing a big beach scene. My advice would be that you can suggest something to start it off but be open to how they take it. It is such a beautiful window into their minds.
Anj: Shifting gears to HIP HOP DANCE! Talk to us about his component of your creative expression.
Dev: I loved the Hip Hop scene in DC and discovered how much fun the clubs were in college. My friends told me about this Hip Hop Crew I should try out for, I was so scared because I've never taken a dance class in my life. I got in and it was like having another family. We competed all over the East Coast, it was a blast!
I found hipline when I started my first Design Job and needed an outlet. It was exactly what I needed and one of the owners asked if I was interested to teach. I've been teaching there since 2009 and am still going strong. It's a wonderful community of women. Now we're virtual and reaching clients all over.
Anj: What does a typical [pandemic] day look like for you? How does it differ from your rhythm before COVID?
Dev: I've been practicing being kinder to myself lately. Both me and my husband work full time and so having the girls at home is a challenge. Some days we are amazed by how smooth it went and then there are others where if the girls are clean and bellies are full, it's a total win.
Now that we're on month 8 our rhythm before covid felt more chaotic to be honest. I felt like we were always rushing out the door while carrying so many bags. Now my husband and I try to have coffee together, if he has a break from his meeting, and we sit with Quinn before school to see what she has to do for the day. Rowan's preschool closed down but we were able to find a wonderful speech therapist for her and she has an Adventure Pod we go to two times a week.
The one thing we really try to do is go outside once a day. Have some magic in their childhood no matter how small. It could be just going up for a hike by our home and picking up leaves, riding our bikes, or watching the sunset from our window. Seeing how the girls' react to these adventures we have is pure magic.
Anj: When you get creatively blocked or burnt out, how do you reset? Do you have tips you can share?
Dev: I go outside. I go out for a hike or go to the beach. Even if it's 15 minutes, something about grounding yourself in Nature is really healing. I also do exercise where I doodle for two minutes because it feels doable. Judgment-free doodles, always opens the doorway to more.
Anj: I know firsthand that community-building is huge for you. Tell us more about what your support system and creative community looks like.
Dev: I feel a lot of love and strength when I think of my community. My relationship with my sister led the way what women supporting women looks like. It's listening, asking questions, remembering, cheering for all the wins, being there even if it's hard, and taking time to invest in them. The way me and my sister show up for each other is why I have these amazing women in my life. I can talk to them about my family, motherhood, and we're all trying to balance it all while sharing my most recent project. I feel really blessed especially looking back in my college years where I don't know where Art would take me.
Anj: When you need to give yourself a pep talk, what does it sound like?
Dev: I usually take a deep breath then say or think "One step forward". Most of the time, I'm scared (as shit) but the thought of not trying scares me more. That one step forward can be hard as hell and maybe even heartbreaking, but I have to try.
For more on this brilliant artist, mother and friend, follow Dev @_heyrana on Instagram and check out (and buy!) her artwork here.
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Singapore's progressive rock artist Ras Xix, who's now based out of Austin, Texas, is ready to release his debut full-length album simply titled 'The Album' on May 1st. It's a progressive album in the truest sense, not only incorporating tempo variation in the conventional 'progressive' sense but also hopping seamlessly from one genre to another, within songs and from song to song, making 'The Album' a must-listen for fans of progressive music.
Ras Xix' vocal delivery is very emotive and you might not associate that with most bands featured on this website, but it's no secret that many modern progressive metal bands are employing this style of vocals in their music and it's been well-received by listeners because the music is still creative and pertains appropriately to the prog genre. Bands like Periphery, Tesseract and Karnivool come to mind straightaway.
There's more to this dynamic album than what meets the eye, with odd time-signatures and a multitude of layers combined together to form the final product. 'Consent' and 'New Religion' are my favorite tracks on it, but each track offers something different and is an essential segment of a holistic listening experience. In conclusion, while Ras Xix's album might not be everybody's cup of tea, there are several parts of it that would appeal to rock lovers and fans of the aforementioned bands.


Thermo Fisher Scientific has produced an application note describing the quantitative and qualitative confirmation of pesticides in beet extract using a hybrid quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer. The goal was to describe a method for the analysis of pesticides, showing the utility of a full-scan data-dependent MS/MS workflow to achieve regulatory levels while providing a complete targeted and screening analysis using a high-resolution, accurate mass (HRAM) spectral library for identification and confirmation.
of stricter pesticide regulations has become of utmost importance. The EU and Japanese regulations are among the most stringent in the world and have fueled the need for faster and more sensitive analytical methods for cost-efficient, high-throughput screening and quantitation of multi-class pesticide residues.
spectrometer is described. It consists of a generic chromatographic method and a full-scan data-dependent MS/MS (FS-ddMS2) mass spectrometric method with library searching and fragment confirmation. The FS-ddMS2 approach was used to generate calibration curves and analyse samples for targeted known compounds. In the typical acquisition setup demonstrated here, a simple full-scan data-dependent MS/MS experiment was associated with new preset confirmation settings for easier and faster method development. For evaluation of the method, spiked matrix samples were analysed by high-resolution, accurate-mass LC-MS/MS.
The benchtop Q Exactive Focus MS provided easy access to full quantitative, confirmation, and screening data in a single injection. The high resolution and mass accuracy enabled quantification of the compounds over a wide dynamic range (0.05–200 ng/mL) with linear fit, correlation better than 0.99, and %RSD below 15%. Confirmation by the precursor-selected MS/MS gave an option to use spectral and library matching and pattern recognition within TraceFinder software. The new environmental and food safety HRAM spectral library provided more confidence in the data with its multiple, high-resolution spectra at numerous collision energies for use in any experiment.


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Q: Zend Db Table and setting fetch mode I would like to change the fetch mode within an extended class of Zend_Db_Table_Abstract. The following does not work:
<?php
class Foo extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{·
  function bar()
   {
     return $this->fetchAll(Zend_Db::FETCH_NUM);
   }
}

Anybody have an idea how to do it properly??
Thanks!

A: I don't think Zend_Db_Table is the right thing to use if you just want to fetch data by column number, since Zend_Db_Table's fetchAll() method will always want to return a rowset of, in this case, Foo rows. And the rows use the column names as object properties.
If you really need to fetch with numbered indexes, try using the DB Adapter instead of the DB Table instead:
function bar() {
    $dbAdapter = $this->getAdapter();
    $dbAdapter->setFetchMode(Zend_Db::FETCH_NUM);
    return $dbAdapter->fetchAll("SELECT * FROM " . $this->_name);
}

A: I hope this could help you.
<?php
class Langs extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
    protected $_name = 'langs';
    protected $_primary = 'id';

    public function getLangs() {
        $query = "SELECT lang_short "
               . "FROM $this->_name "
               . "ORDER BY $this->_primary";

        return $this->_db->fetchAll($query, null, Zend_Db::FETCH_OBJ);
    }
}


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USTA Serves Executive Director Larkin receives Women of Distinction honor
USTA Serves Executive Director Deborah Slaner Larkin
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Deborah Slaner Larkin, Executive Director of USTA Serves, has been presented with a 2012 Women of Distinction honor sponsored by the New York State Senate. The Women of Distinction honor showcases outstanding women living and working in New York State whose contributions have greatly enriched the quality of life in their communities and beyond.
On May 15, a special reception and ceremony recognizing the honorees was held in Albany, N.Y., and showcased their photograph and biographies, which are now a part of a special exhibit that celebrates the contributions of these exemplary women from New York State.
"I am thrilled to honor Deborah Slaner Larkin, a proven community leader from the Village of Pelham, as my nominee for this year's Women of Distinction celebration," said New York State Senator Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester). "For more than 30 years, Deborah has fought to advance civil rights and gender equality under the law and in our communities. Her hard work and dedication has helped integrate fitness and education into the lives of thousands of underserved youth. I look forward to continue working with Deborah on these and other initiatives in the months and years ahead."
Larkin is the Executive Director of USTA Serves, Inc., the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association. The mission of USTA Serves is to promote, enhance and support the academic and health benefits for at-risk youth and people with disabilities through the integration of tennis and education.
Throughout her career, Larkin has focused her efforts on promoting civil rights, women's leadership and gender equity on the local, regional, state and national level. She was instrumental in creating Title IX information on the National Women's Law Center (NWLC). An expert on Title IX, she has been an active board member with the MARGARET Fund (May All Resolve, Girls Achieve Real Equity Today), a non-profit effort that develops and supports programs that promote education and compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. She was also actively involved in the NWLC's landmark Supreme Court victories: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, which holds schools accountable for student-to-student sexual harassment; Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, which prohibits retaliation by schools against those who protest discrimination and a major pay equity victory when President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play Act into law.


This convenient 3-way adaptor allows you to use your Dash Cam with other electronics you use in your vehicle.
The adaptor simply plugs into any 12V/24V cigarette lighter socket (accessory socket) and triples its usage.
Run your Dash Cam, Smartphone and Sat Nav all at the same time.


At first glance, an ancient practice might not seem like the modern path to disruptive innovation. But hear me out.
Flynn Coleman, International human rights lawyer, founder//CEO, NYU Law Fellow, social innovator, educator, storyteller, stargazer, global citizen.
Creativity, that process that leads to innovation, is changing everything, including the way that people and organizations flourish. Creativity is a foundational asset of the Gen Y mindset (think TEDTalks, co-working in open green spaces and company-sponsored juggling classes). And creativity isn't just a core value for design shops or social media giants. In a 2010 IBM study, CEOs ranked "creativity" as the most crucial leadership quality for the enterprise of the future.
So, how do we become more creative? One way is to turn to the ancient principle of mindfulness, helping us tap into our innate capacity to imagine, discover new ideas and innovate.
Okay, so what is mindfulness? Put simply, it's a way of engaging with the present. And yes, this can be very effectively practiced via yoga (which includes meditation and the physical poses). However, you don't have to sit in silent meditation or chant "om" to grow more mindful.
All you have to do is pay attention. It's that simple and that difficult. So before you repurpose your yoga mat into a coffee koozie, know that the art of paying attention, in a world of grumpy cat memes, Instagram photo filters, Netflix instant episodes and Twitter feeds… well, trust me, it takes practice.
Trust. Connecting the dots. These two concepts reflect the relationship between mindfulness and creativity. It's difficult to be creative when we fear uncertainty. Mindfulness helps us become more comfortable with the unknown, and gives us the space to observe our thoughts and the world around us, opening the door for us to make the daring connections that are at the heart of creative thinking.
As Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter writes: "Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation." If we can break away from unproductive habits and look at challenges in a new way, we can cultivate more creative ideas.
The bonus of becoming more mindful is that we can also grow happier, healthier and less judgmental of ourselves, which will motivate us to become even more bold and innovative. Mindfulness cultivates empathy for yourself and your customers, which is the origin of creative business strategies and crucial for leadership, design, social good, and all of the relationships in your life.
So, to lead a more creative life and plug in to what matters to you, unplug. To connect the dots, the essence of creativity, disconnect for a while. Take a walk. Find a bit of solitude or brainstorm with a creative friend. Jot down your ideas or schedule daydream time in your Google calendar (which might have been daydreamed into being itself).
If playing games with friends or experimenting with 3-D printing lights you up, then that can be your mindfulness practice, if you learn to embrace it fully, wholly and attentively.
Just like Kickstarter reframed how projects find support and the Rolling Stones revamped the blues, remix your own mindfulness tape. Disrupt your own process. In doing so, you just might disrupt the market with your innovative idea.
Originally published at www.huffingtonpost.com on September 23, 2014.
Flynn is an international human rights attorney, an author, a public speaker, a social entrepreneur and innovator, an educator, an ethical fashion designer, and a founder and CEO. She speaks five languages, and has worked with the United Nations, the United States federal government, and international corporations and human rights organizations around the world. Flynn has spoken, taught, and written extensively on issues of economic development, political reconciliation, war crimes, genocide, human and civil rights, humanitarian issues, innovation and design for social impact, and improving access to justice and education.


Turning our backs on the pimps.
Senator Tom Coburn and Rep. James Lankford, both from Oklahoma have suggested that the federal gasoline tax collected at the pump simply stay in our state. In other words, "we'll take care of our own roads, thank you very much!" I wrote about this several months ago as a concept that would hopefully catch on. Why stop with roads?
You see, this is the next and more radical step after block grants. Block grants send money to the states that the local taxpayers have already turned over to the feds. What Coburn and Lankford are recommending is much more radical and makes more sense: not sending the money to the feds in the first place!
What is the next logical step after block granting Medicaid? "Not sending our money to D.C. for an expensive night on the town", as William Buckley used to say. Why not embrace this concept across the board? Why send education money to D.C. first, for example? All you get back is some rule about what we must do with our unused "snow days." I'm going to stop now before I write the longest blog in the history of blogging. Seriously, where do you stop?


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From the Kaiwhakahaere
Finances at a glance
Kaiwhakahaere report
Ko kā mauka whakahī ka tū pourewa tapu hei pou whakairo whātoro atu ki kā Tai o Marokura, o Poutini, o Ārai te Uru, o Mahaanui te whenua takatakahia e ō tātou tīpuna, e ō tātou Ariki ki ruka, ki raro Hei raukura mā kā uri whakatipu e ō tātou tupuna, mā tātou e.
In a year unlike anything we had ever experienced, and challenges we could have never predicted, I particularly want to acknowledge the resilience of our people and especially those whānau who have lost loved ones during this time, facing the added difficulty of planning tangihanga under alert level restrictions brought on by COVID-19.
As an iwi we have focused on supporting those most in need and impacted by the pandemic, alongside Crown and regional support agencies, while remaining focused on recovery and rebuilding. This has resulted in our re-emergence from an extremely challenging period dealing with the first impacts of COVID-19 last year to a strong financial turnaround for this financial year.
This year has seen some significant milestones for the iwi that I am pleased to share. In late 2020 we reached 70,000 registered members, a cause for much celebration and another significant step in our growth. A few months later the Whai Rawa team celebrated its own milestone, reaching 30,000 members in February.
Also in February, our Tahu FM turned 30! Tahu FM has been a long-time champion of te reo Māori and of Ngāi Tahutanga. It was wonderful to join the Tahu team early in the year to celebrate – hari huritau ki a Tahu FM!
The Ngāi Tahu Regional Investment Fund was launched in late April. With a goal of 'lighting 18 fires', this is te ahi kā and tino rangatiratanga in action for our Papatipu Rūnanga. The fund's application process is comprehensively supported by the new Regional Investment team who are well underway, with five rūnanga-led projects already being supported by the fund at the time of writing.
Ngāi Tahu Holdings (NTH) posted a net profit of $240 million for the financial year, the largest in our history. This is an extraordinary outcome, particularly considering the dire economic outlook of the last year, and the wider predictions in the wake of the pandemic.
Several factors led to this outstanding result, including a reduction in costs across our operations following last year's change process, and the significant revaluations of our property portfolio. In addition, we sold assets not aligned to our long-term vision such as GoBus. While necessary, these decisions were neither easy, nor made lightly.
The turnaround from NTH highlights the importance of having clear direction from our governors to improve sustainability across the business portfolio and to factor in economic resilience.
While the NTH performance far exceeded the forecast, we are continuing with our long-term plan which includes a reduced distribution to the Office this year of $55.9 million. This will ensure that this year's return to profit is carefully managed so that we continue to deliver on key initiatives that benefit whānau, while growing our offerings sustainably for this and future generations.
As with everything we do, these steps were taken with whānau front of mind. I would like to acknowledge the mahi of NTH Chair Mark Tume, Chief Executive Mike Pohio, and the NTH Board for their decisive action in navigating what has been, and continues to be, a challenging landscape.
Looking ahead to next year we will see a transition within NTH leadership, as Mark Tume concludes his term as Chair and moves into a short-term director role. Mike Pohio will end his interim Chief Executive term and take up the role of Chair. We are delighted to have appointed Craig Ellison as the interim Chief Executive for a period of 10 months. This allows us to continue our robust and thorough search for a permanent Chief Executive. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Mark for his strong and considered leadership as Chair, and Mike for his time as interim Chief Executive. Together they have helped steer us through one of the most disruptive and challenging years in our post-settlement history. I am grateful that we will continue to benefit from their expertise in their new roles.
We continue to focus on leveraging existing relationships with the Crown and building partnerships that support the work we are doing across the Office. In some instances, these relationships have been tested, most notably with the Department of Conservation (DOC). In the last year we were forced to instigate legal proceedings in relation to two separate breaches of our Treaty partnership, under section 4 of the Conservation Act and the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and under the Ngāi Tahu Treaty Settlement. The first breach took place in late 2020 in relation to appointments to the West Coast Conservation Board without consultation. The second was the announcement of intentions to progress stewardship land reclassification in May 2021, a process that bypassed us completely.
Legal action is costly and time consuming. It is not a preferred path, but when our rangatiratanga is challenged and compromised we will take the necessary steps to uphold our mana. I am pleased to report that we have been working with DOC to address these and other ongoing issues, and we are making good progress on a Treaty partnership framework that we believe will set out a new and equal way of working together. As a result of this we have paused our legal action in the hope of resolving these issues and moving forward.
Recently I have been reflecting a great deal on our intergenerational focus. Just a couple of months ago I was overjoyed to see my first mokopuna, twin girls, welcomed into the world. In becoming a taua, I further focused my appreciation for our whakataukī and its meaning. For me it is about ensuring we are not only creating a better future for the generations that follow us, but that we are also leaving our environment healthy and thriving for our mokopuna and tamariki. It is critical that we balance our financial obligation to grow the pūtea with our commitments as kaitiaki of our whenua, awa, and moana.
In late 2018 we launched the Ngāi Tahu climate change strategy, He Rautaki Mō Te Huringa o Te Āhuarangi. The strategy set out our aspirations as well as what we saw as the key focus areas for the iwi, namely mahinga kai, marae resilience, and ensuring our investments are sustainable and align with our values. While our focus shifted temporarily last year towards our pandemic response, we know this kaupapa is of critical importance as we look ahead. We are now moving into the implementation phase of our strategy. All our business units, alongside the Office, have fed into the plan with reduction targets for emissions by 2030. As we know from the latest research, the next 10 years are crucial if we are to slow the impacts of global warming. We know we need to be driving harder to ensure we are walking the talk, and as we roll out the plan you will start to see the evidence of these changes throughout our operations.
As always, I want to thank and acknowledge our kaumātua for their guidance and advice. We are grateful for the generational wisdom that you hold and share gladly when needed.
In closing, I mihi to my fellow governors for their wise counsel and strategic leadership, and to our CEO and all our kaimahi across the Group, for your mahi despite the disruption and uncertainty caused by COVID-19 over the year. All of you contribute every day, in some way, to bringing our vision to life – mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei.
Charlotte and Rākaihautū Boyt enjoying the sunshine at Waituna Lagoon on Waitangi Day, 2021.
Te Rūnanga Group finances at a glance
Number of registered Ngāi Tahu whānau
Percent of Te Rūnanga Group staff who are Ngāi Tahu
Group net assets
Distribution to TRoNT
Group return on net assets
Carbon emissions reduced year on year
2020-2021 Annual Report and Summary Group Financial Statements
Here you can download:
The Full 2020-2021 Annual Report and
The Summary Group Financial Statements
(audited year-end accounts for FY2021).
Hard copies of the annual report are available by calling 0800 KAI TAHU.
Kaikōura coast.
"Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei."
For us and our children after us.