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Washable Nail Polish
A couple of months ago (yes, months), we received the most wonderful present from a very thoughtful reader, Cheryl Sy. I don't know her personally but she sent me a private message, either in Facebook or Instagram, I can't remember now. She asked if she could send my daughters some non-toxic nail polish. I politely declined because my girls are, like me, not into nail polish. So we left it at that.
Cheryl didn't stop there. She ordered a gift from her crafting friend in Oregon, and promised to send these personalized goodies to my kids. Weeks and probably months later, she contacted me saying the package went to Tel Aviv by mistake and that she was working on getting them to Manila. Cute.
Anyway the package finally got to us. It really brightened up my day. It was the most well-thought of presents. Cheryl also wrote lovely notes for me and my daughters. I just can't tell you enough how we appreciate this gesture, Cheryl. Thank you!! Stella drew a thank you note. And the girls also recorded a thank you video. I have yet to send them to Cheryl. In the meantime, here is her amazing product…
The three bottles carry the names of my daughters — Rose, Daisy, Lily. (Margarita means daisy.)
Personalized charm bracelets for each girl, with miniature Snails bottles and their flowers! Look at them… so adorable, the lily, the rose, and the daisy.
Each of the bracelets has a little "Strawbunny" charm. Not many know that my daughters have a Facebook page called The Strawbunny where they show some of their art work and creations. The Strawbunny character was designed by Lily.
Snails is a non-toxic and completely water-soluble nail polish meant for children… but also good for adults. According to Cheryl she found this brand while searching for non-toxic nail polish for her own daughter. She would use toxic-free polish but would end up using nail polish remover with harsh chemicals. It also took forever to remove and sometimes damaged her daughter's nails. With Snails (safe nails), the polish comes off with just water and soap! Perfect for little digits playing fancy dress-up. If you want the colour to last longer, you can use the Snails Top Coat and your polish can stay on for up to two days. It then can be removed by water!
Just above the barcode, the Lily. You will also see that the formula is free of harmful chemicals like Dibutyl Phthalate, Toluene, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Camphor, and Parabens.
Stella agreed to have her cute little nails coloured with polish. I promised her that it would come off easily.
The bunny with orange Snails.
I tried it myself. Two coats of pink. I didn't seal it with the top coat because I wanted to check if it was really water soluble.
And so I tried washing it off.
Just a little soap and some gentle rubbing, the colour came off.
And there you have it… washable nail polish!
You can find Snails at Bright Brands in Facebook and Instagram.
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100 Years of American Express in the Philippines
Last October 8, I had the honour of attending a special gathering in celebration of the 100th year of American Express in the Philippines, at the Forbes Ballroom of Conrad Manila. It was a very elegant dinner that culminated with a musical concert treat complete with the country's top performers and a stunning big band. The event was attended by a select group of American Express Cardmembers.
I flew solo and I felt silly posing in public by myself. So what's a girl to do? A selfie in the Conrad's grand bathroom, with game face on.
I loved the understated elegance of the table setting.
US beef tenderloin with roasted carrots and mizuna mash
The AMP Band by Mel Villena
(L-R) Sharon P Chew, Vice President of Regional Product, Marketing & Business Development, Asia, American Express; Sanjiv Malhotra, Vice President and General Manager, Partner Card Services, Asia, American Express; Y C Koh, President, Asia, American Express International, Inc., Teresita Sy-Coson, Chairperson of BDO Unibank, Inc., Rolando C. Tanchanco, Executive Vice President of BDO Unibank, Inc. and Consumer Lending Group Head, Ma. Nannette R. Regala, Senior Vice President of BDO Unibank, Inc. and Consumer Lending Group Marketing Head
Y C Koh, President, Asia, American Express International, Inc., in his address said, "I'm proud to join our long-term partner BDO and our Cardmembers to celebrate American Express' 100th year in the Philippines tonight. I want to give special thanks to our partners and our customers for their trust and support over the past century. American Express' aim is to be the world's most respected service brand, and we look forward to working with BDO to deliver a world-class experience to our customers as we enter our second century."
Y C Koh with Rolando C. Tanchanco
The centennial celebration gave us a chance to look back at milestones from the opening of the first American Express Asia office in 1916, to the strategic partnership forged with BDO in 2007.
American Express was the first in the world to introduce a Platinum Card. It made its debut in 1984 as an elite product. The Platinum Card® was offered to existing high spending customers by invitation only. It was labeled the "ultimate plastic" by one newspaper because of its exclusive and valuable benefits. In 1999, the Platinum Card was introduced in the Philippines. Today it continues to evolve with the changing premium marketplace, making it one of the most desired Cards in the market.
And during the 100 Years of American Express Gala, another highlight was the unveiling of the revitalized Platinum Card.
Designed for the affluent, seasoned travelers and their families, the iconic Platinum Card offers better travel experiences and a world of rewards and benefits for its Cardmembers. Platinum Cardmembers can now enjoy enhanced benefits such as:
Complimentary business class companion tickets when they fly with Philippine Airlines.
Privileged access to more than 900 lounges across more than 120 countries at Priority Pass, Delta Sky Club and American Express Lounges.
Automatic enrollment into elite membership status of prestigious hotel loyalty programs such as Shangri-La Golden Circle, Hilton HHonors and Club Carlson. Exclusive hotel privileges with the uniquely created Fine Hotels & Resorts program. Cardmembers will also enjoy exclusive complimentary benefits such as room upgrade upon arrival, daily breakfast for two, in-room Wi-Fi, early check-in, late check-out and a special amenity at each property.
A US$200 travel voucher welcome gift for use on your next getaway to purchase air ticket, book a stay, or upgrade your tour package.
Complimentary Meet and Assist Services for departure and arrival at NAIA Terminals 1 & 3 and at Davao and Clark International Airports.
BDO, the exclusive card-issuing and merchant-acquiring bank partner of American Express in the country, will continue to launch special promotional offers for Cardmembers throughout the celebration of American Express' centennial year.
My personal highlight was my encounter with the Chairperson of BDO Unibank, Inc. Teresita Sy-Coson
After the formalities and dinner, we were entertained by an impressive musical concert by Cris Villonco, Bituin Escalante, Charito, Mon David, the AMP band by Mel Villena, Yuki Arimasa, Kengo Nakamura and Juasa Kanoh with a medley of musical performances spanning different decades.
The theme was "Pop Meets Big Band Jazz", the performers went through musical periods like the 1920's to 1930's where music expressed a new freedom and a very sexy rebellion by the likes of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. In the 1940's to 1950's big band jazz became the pulsing sound of the mainstream with the talents becoming superstars of the era like Cole Porter, Glenn Miller, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis. The 1960's to 1970's was all about the youth quake and freedom in fashion and lifestyles. Jazz may have taken a back seat but still shone through Motown, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Sarah Vaughan. The 1980s to 1990s pop songs reflected cool, calm, collected jazz songs from Lou Rawls, Wynton Marsalis and Michael Jackson. The special show ended with the present era of songs by Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson, and Pharell Williams.
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Quezon Province's First 1000 Days program
In celebration of Breastfeeding Month last August, I visited Quezon Province, the first local government unit in the Philippines to develop and implement their own First 1,000 Days program for mothers and their babies. It was a special trip, not only because of this beautiful program for maternal and infant health, but because Quezon is also my dad's home province. It felt like home to me.
I will never get tired of views like this – endless rice paddies.
Quezon to me is coconut country. These were the scenes I grew up with when we used to go on vacation there.
At the municipality of San Antonio, we met new mothers who were breastfeeding their babies. They were participants of the province's First 1000 Days program from the moment they knew they were pregnant. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagalac
The First 100 Days program of UNICEF works with the notion that the right health and nutrition in the first 1,000 days builds the foundation for a child's ability to grow, learn, and earn in the future. The first thousand days starts from conception, 9 months of a healthy pregnancy, the first six months of infancy with exclusive breastfeeding, and 6 months to 2 years old of healthy food complementing breast milk.
Children who get the right health and nutrition in their first 1000 days are:
10 times more likely to overcome life-threatening diseases
more likely to complete 4.6 more grades of school
go on to earn up to 50% more in wages as adults
more likely to have healthier families as adults
Along with UNICEF Deputy Representative Julia Rees, I learned about how the local government of Quezon has fully taken on the First 1,000 Days program to help babies get a better start in life. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagalac
New mothers breastfeeding their babies in Quezon Province. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/C Gagalac
Mothers read the "Mama Book", a guide and logbook for mothers benefiting from Quezon Province's First 1,000 Days program. Quezon is the first local government unit in the Philippines to develop and implement their own First 1,000 Days program for mothers and their babies. They also developed a program to encourage home gardens, to promote good nutrition. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagalac
We visited this expectant couple in their home. They were participants of the First 1000 Days program. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagalac
In order to qualify to be in the province's Q1K program, they had to have a vegetable garden at home. With the help of the Quezon Province Department of Agriculture, they were able to successfully grow fruits and vegetables in their own yard. This encourages the family to eat real whole foods rather than processed food. I was very impressed by this. It is a lifestyle that I personally want to have at home. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagalac
UNICEF Philippines' Julia Rees marveling over the patola harvest. ©UNICEF Philippines/ 2016/CGagalac
The Q1K Mama Book has guidelines on how to have a healthy pregnancy, including recipes for nutritious whole foods that they can grow in their garden. It also emphasises the importance of exclusively breastfeeding the baby once she is born up to 6 months. From the sixth month onwards, mothers are encouraged to continue breastfeeding the baby and feeding them nutritious food, as opposed to processed cereals and packaged food.
We also met a tricycle driver who actively supported Q1K by driving expectant mothers to the municipal health centre to get their regular health check ups. He has driven about six mothers to the health centre just in time for delivery. As an incentive, the provincial and local governments reward tricycle drivers with free rice whenever they drive a pregnant mom to the clinics. Here we see how different players in the community come together to support pregnant moms. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagala
One of my favourite parts of every field visit is seeing and holding cute babies. Here, UNICEF Philippines' Michelle Borromeo carries an adorable breastfed baby while another baby tries to get my attention. I was able to give her my undivided attention a few seconds after this snap. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagalac
Grateful to the Province of Quezon and UNICEF Philippines for bringing me to Quezon to see a very inspiring and impressive program. I hope the rest of the country can come up with similar programs like Q1K. ©UNICEF Philippines/2016/CGagalac
A week after our field visit to Quezon, the Governor David Suarez and his wife Rep Anna Suarez hosted a meeting with the UNICEF Nutrition team in Manila.
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This Mother Thought Her Son Was Just Developing Slowly - Until He Was Diagnosed With Autism
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It was five years after the birth of their first daughter, that Josephine Teo, 49, and her husband welcomed a second addition to their family, their son Wei Lun. Other than a case of jaundice, everything seemed well with Wei Lun showing good development, and the family was happy to have another child in the family.
However when Wei Lun turned 18-months-old, there was a visible slowdown in his development, especially in the area of his speech. "We initially thought that it was normal for boys to show slightly slower development as opposed to girls who usually mature earlier, and we didn't think too much of it."
An early diagnosis
It was when Wei Lun turned three that Josephine brought him for a diagnosis under the advice of the principal of the childcare centre that Wei Lun was then attending, as he would not play with other children in the centre. The doctor confirmed that Wei Lun was autistic and recommended that he go for therapy as soon as possible. When Josephine first heard the news, she was stunned and saddened, her mind full of worries about her son's future, particularly about how society would view him.
Using all means to help
Josephine immediately did all the research she could about autism and eventually signed him up for private therapy as she recognized the value of early intervention.
Wei Lun first started with speech therapy. It was there that Josephine was recommended to start Wei Lun on occupational therapy. There, she learnt that because of his condition, Wei Lun was not appropriately developed, physically.
Josephine also learnt how she could help Wei Lun develop his skills at home. "I was taught to make simple visuals and use repetitive actions to teach him about concepts such as colours and directions. So after work I would go through the exercises and track his progress. However it was challenging as after just a few minutes he would not be able to concentrate."
Disciplining Wei Lun was also difficult. "He had no fear and would climb up on chairs and tables. I learnt that I had to learn to control and teach him when he was younger. This is because it would be harder to do so when he got older. It was most important to be firm, not angry." Josephine also requested that his child psychologists and therapists drop by Wei Lun's childcare centre to help the teachers there to better understand his condition.
Getting an education
Wei Lun was eventually transferred to Rainbow Centre, a special education school, to cater to his educational needs. Josephine also stop working as Wei Lun would need more attention and help, especially as his sessions at Rainbow Centre only lasted two hours each time. While Wei Lun attended sessions, Josephine would meet with other parents whose children were also in Rainbow Centre and they would share and encourage one another, forming an informal support system that Josephine was very grateful for.
As Josephine wanted the best possible for Wei Lun, it was also during this period of time that she learnt to be more vocal in order to protect her son and do what's best for him. "I kept pestering them to move Wei Lun to the four-hour long class as it would be better for him. I soon became well-known in the entire school."
Not without setbacks
Through the therapy sessions as well as school, Wei Lun started to show progress. However when he was eight, he started to experience a change in character. "He would start screaming and shouting out of the blue, attempting to dash and dart about, not allowing you to hold him."
This was Josephine's worst fear – regression after all the progress that had been made. What made it all the more bewildering was that the change came out of the blue and there were no known triggers. "It was very disheartening as it felt like I had gone back to square one." The family worked together to try to find ways to help Wei Lun during this period of time. "We would hold his hands and try to calm him down. We also created a naughty corner where we would literally have to corner him in the area so that he would realise that his behaviour was wrong." After about six months, he reverted to being calmer, more like his previous self, similarly with no obvious catalyst for the change.
The next hurdle was puberty, as many parents would see huge changes in their child which could swing either way, much improvement with better behaviour, more eye contact and compliance, or regression in all that he has achieved. For Wei Lun, he made the change for the better, something that the family was grateful for.
Progress through the years
Wei Lun has made much progress throughout the years, with the help of therapy and his school. "I am reminded of how far Wei Lun has come, especially when other people who may not have seen him for some time comment about how he seems to be doing better." Josephine credits this to the early intervention that Wei Lun had in the form of therapy, adding, "You may not see the results when you first start, but it will come much later where you realise that what was done early on has had a tremendous impact on your child."
His relationship with his siblings is also strong, especially his older sister whom he respects. "When Wei Lun was younger, his older sister would often stand up for him, even against adults who would discriminate against him. Now when his sister needs to study and asks him to lower his volume, he will do it without any hesitation. I believe that though he may not be able to communicate it, he knows of what his sister has done for him and this translates in his actions."
Love translated to business
In Josephine's quest to help her son, this led to her business, www.myspecialkid.com.sg, which enables her to help many more just like Wei Lun. When he was younger, his fine motor skills were very weak, and he was not able to get a good grip on pencils and markers. Thus Josephine set out to find colouring tools, as well as other books and toys that would that would be more suitable for him.
As she would frequently have to get one or two items from a certain store and another couple of items from yet a different shop, she thought to herself, "How convenient would it be if I could just get everything I needed from one store. Hence the birth of her business, where her expertise from doing research because of Wei Lun came in handy, knowing which toys would work best and how to better relate to parents who might be going through the same thing as she had previously.
Wei Lun then moved on to St Andrew's Autism Centre where he fared well, though the road was not easy. For parents who may be in the same shoes as her she has this piece of advice, "Don't spend too much time feeling sad, but get into action and get the help that you need. Also accept your child for who he is, because if you don't, others won't either." She also stresses the importance of occupational therapy from a young age, instead of academic therapy, as this builds the foundation for long term development, something that she feels Wei Lun had benefited tremendously from. Don't hide them but expose them to the world, she says, having herself taken Wei Lun overseas on trips, where he has managed to adapt to the changes in culture and temperatures.
Most of all Josephine treasures her time with Wei Lun, where even just the simple things are precious memories. A favourite thing for both of them to do together is to take the bus and just chat about any and everything under the sun. Though Wei Lun is only able to give her simple short responses, the smiles that she sees on his face remind her that it is all worthwhile.
A version of this article was published in Singapore's Child Issue 179, titled "A Journey of Love", written by Seow Kai Lun.
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How philanthropy is levelling up to tackle future crises
Deepali Khanna
Covid-19 has revealed some valuable lessons that have shaped the way we think of solutions and the way we invest in them. Since early 2020, philanthropic institutions have been responding with fierce urgency to support non-profits in their interventions, and communities worst hit by the virus and its subsequent variants. In doing so, three important learnings have emerged.
Firstly, a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach is key to solving developmental issues. This entails harnessing the potential of the interlinkages between various sectors and converging corporates, government, civil society, impact investing, tech community, policymakers to work together.
Secondly, the developmental issues of society need to be solved at a systemic level. For instance, where there is no electricity, there is no light, no access to the tools that power business and only limited access to modern healthcare or education. Providing reliable electricity is the first step toward helping a community lift itself from poverty.
And lastly, we need to invest in the future as we address current issues.
Paying attention to these lessons is important because each year, foundations around the world, spend more than $150 billion to support the social sector working on a range of programs. Having said that, the disruptions caused by the pandemic at social and economic levels have led philanthropic foundations to pivot funding for emergency response and Covid-19 recovery. Let us now look at three ways in which philanthropy will need to work in the post-pandemic era.
Funding re-prioritization
In the near term, foundations are prioritizing sectors and areas that can directly mitigate the impacts of Covid-19, most notably health and economic support and recovery. Often, this is realized at the expense of sectors and issues seen as less urgent or have longer-term impact horizons. For instance, presently, several foundations are focusing on health spending to tackle issues such as testing, PPE, vaccine development, and contact tracing in the short term. They have signalled concerns about potential shrinkage in funding in other areas. These include climate change mitigation and adaptation, gender, education, energy access, and financial inclusion.
Philanthropy can bring much more than just risk capital.
Through new partnerships and the development of creative financing solutions, philanthropies can catalyze private capital at scale to bridge these gaps. Given their magnitude, investments which can be replicated and built to scale are critical. We can do this by aggregating and deploying grants and catalytic capital into high impact solutions alongside multi-sectoral partners.
Roadmap to resilience
The inequities underscored by the pandemic have pushed governments and foundations to assess long-term solutions to bridge gaps in a more sustainable manner.
Moreover, this reality is coupled with an increased awareness of the fragility of core systems such as public health infrastructure and socio-economic safety nets. When India was hit by the deadly second wave, it tested the pandemic preparedness of both the central and state governments. A severe shortage of oxygen, ventilators, beds, and access to critical healthcare debilitated everyone, especially the vulnerable communities.
In light of such catastrophes, foundations need to recognize the importance of starting to build resilience in core systems and planning for future shocks as they move beyond direct Covid-19 mitigation in 2021. This will be achievable only through collective effort.
Integrated action
The recovery from the pandemic and the resulting economic recession is likely to last for years and no one stakeholder will have the resources or the bandwidth to address the complexity of it on their own. Covid-19 has pushed business, government, investors, and the philanthropic community from silos to common ground; from supporting to collaborating. Together they stand to call for funding from various global financial institutions as well as the International Monetary Fund.
Philanthropy can bring much more than just risk capital. It can provide technical expertise and thought leadership by supplementing government and private sector efforts with patient investments. This can help advance innovation, fill key gaps, anticipate and address challenges that will continue or arise after the immediate crisis is over.
Foundations need to recognize the importance of starting to build resilience in core systems and planning for future shocks as they move beyond direct Covid-19 mitigation in 2021.
As the investments the world makes over the next decade will determine the future of our planet and our wellbeing, innovative financing mechanisms will play an instrumental role. Co-investments and collaborations will enable sharing of financial and operational risks, deliver sustained impact across sectors with cross-cutting interventions and in some cases achieve economies of scale with commercially-viable interventions.
Levelling up with future crises
Right now, philanthropy, nonprofits, and other implementing organizations are showing that they can respond quickly, flexibly, and collaboratively. Most importantly, philanthropic institutions are leading this effort to complement and enable government efforts. Their key role is to fill significant gaps to address strategic and critical needs and lay the groundwork for a longer-term recovery effort and future preparedness. The goal is to match up with the magnitude of the ongoing or any other crises that may emerge in the future.
Deepali Khanna is Managing Director of the Asia Regional Office at the Rockefeller Foundation
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Qtrove raises funding of Rs 350Cr from BCCL's Springboard Ventures
Rashi Varshney
Banglore-based curated marketplace Qtrove has funding of Rs 350 Crore funding from Springboard Ventures, an investment arm of Times Group's holding company Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL).
Qtrove said that it will be using the funds to further expand its marketing, customer acquisition efforts and vendor network through BCCL's network of print, television, radio and digital media.
Founded by Vinamra Pandiya, Qtrove exhibits & sells non-factory made products such as candles, gift boxes, bakery goods, hand-made soaps, craft products, home decor, pet supplies etc. The company said in a statement that it aims to become 'Etsy' of India, and is looking to establish Qtrove as a default choice for customers looking for natural and sustainable products for their day to day usage.
Qtrove had raised angel funding from Growthsory in 2015 and is been promoted by K. Ganesh.
Qtrove will face competition with e-commerce players like Amazon and Flipkart, as they list all kinds of products (including pure cow dungs). However, marketplaces like Qtrove can have an edge over popular e-commerce platforms as it will cater to a niche. Besides, there are a number of marketplaces like Craftsvilla, selling handicraft products, either consumer-to-consumer or merchants-to-consumer.
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Swedens largest company for holiday rental, Novasol, will be the main sponsor for the 5th annual Smålands Cultural festival. Novasols ambition is to increase the interest for Småland, and help more tourists to experience the destination.
To celebrate the 5th anniversary, Smålands cultural festival will go on for five days, filled with music, art and much more. The festival takes place 2nd – 6th of November 2016, in different places around Eksjö, Sävsjö, Skillingaryd, Vetlanda, Växjö, Alvesta och Älmhult.
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Amber and Frank
Amber and Frank first met while we were studying for finals during our first semester of law school. We didn't take many breaks from studying, but we always found time for a few rounds of Trivia Crack. Amber caught Frank's attention when she beat him, but she was actually using her study group for the answers! We continued to compete and tease each other which gave us plenty of excuses to talk. We went on our first date to Press 195 on Bell Boulevard and discovered that the limit does not exist for french fry dipping sauces.
Although Amber was always hopeful (with manicures every 2 weeks), she had no idea what was coming the day of the proposal. Frank asked Amber's friends to make dinner plans with her and then cancel on her at the last minute. Amber is quick to make plans, so Frank immediately said he would take her out instead. He planned a night at the Glen Cove Mansion, where they spent their first "stay-cation" 4 years prior. Amber was completely shocked and Frank could barely get the words out, but most importantly, she said YES!
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Colin John McCahon (Timaru, 1 de agosto de 1919 – Auckland, 27 de mayo de 1987) fue un pintor neozelandés. Junto a Toss Woollaston y Rita Angus, introdujo un aire nuevo en el arte de Nueva Zelanda de principios del siglo XX.

Biografía
McCahon nació en Timaru, Nueva Zelanda, el 1 de agosto de 1919 en una familia de origen irlandés. Pasó sus primeros años en Dunedin con su madre y después marchó a Oamaru. Pronto mostró interés por el arte, estimulado por el trabajo de su abuelo materno, el pintor y fotógrafo William Ferrier.

Estudió en la escuela primaria de Maori Hill, y más tarde en la Otago Boys' High School. Con 14 años comenzó a asistir a los cursos de Russell Clark los sábados por la mañana, antes de entrar en la escuela de arte de Dunedin (1937–39), donde quedó marcado por el profesor Robert Nettleton Field. Expuso por primera vez en la galería de  en 1939.

Al comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, McCahon trabajó para algunas industrias de guerra. Acabada la guerra, viajó luego por toda la Isla Sur haciendo trabajos estacionales. Su obra de esta época refleja los lugares que visitó, especialmente la región de Nelson. Sus primeras obras de madurez son pinturas religiosas y de paisajes simbólicos, como , Takaka: Night and Day y , creadas en los años inmediatos a la posguerra.

McCahon se casó en 1942 con la artista Anne Hamblett (1915–1993). La boda se celebró en St. Matthew's Church, en Dunedin. Uno de los regalos de boda fue  (1922), de Charles Cotton, que tuvo mucha influencia sobre su obra. McCahon y Hamblett fueron padres de cuatro niñas.

Carrera
En 1948, McCahon y su familia se trasladaron a Christchurch. Gracias a la generosidad de Charles Brasch (poeta y fundador del periódico literario Landfall), McCahon disfrutó en los meses de julio y agosto de 1961 de una beca en Melbourne para estudiar la pintura en la National Gallery of Victoria.

En mayo de 1953, McCahon y su familia se trasladaron a Titirangi, en las afueras de Auckland, donde adquirió una casa. Por eso, en «esta época, sus paisajes representan playas, el mar, el cielo, la tierra, los barcos y de los árboles kaori. Comenzó a trabajar en la Auckland Art Gallery, primero como agente de entrevistas y finalmente, en abril de 1956, como vicedirector. Contribuyó a la profesionalización de la galería y a las primeras exposiciones y publicaciones volcadas en la historia del arte neozelandés.

Entre abril y julio de 1958, McCahon y su esposa marcharon a Estados Unidos para tomar contacto con las galerías y museos estadounidenses. De los conjuntos como  y los  traducen su respuesta inmediata a esta visita, y el desarrollo de su estilo se aceleró durante la década siguiente.

Enseñanza y exposiciones
En 1960, la familia se instaló en una casa en el centro de Auckland, y en agosto de 1964 McCahon abandonó su plaza en Auckland Art Gallery para dar cursos de pintura en la  de la Universidad de Auckland. Estuvo enseñado seis cursos, influyendo en toda una generación de artistas. Durante estos años, McCahon fue reconocido tanto en Nueva Zelanda como internacionalmente. En enero de 1971, abandonó su plaza de enseñante para pintar a tiempo completo. Los años setenta fueron muy productivos, con numerosas exposiciones. Una segunda retrospectiva de su obra se presentó en 1972 en la Auckland Art Gallery (la primera, con Toss Woollaston, había tenido lugar en 1963).

Últimos años
Al finales de la década de 1970, la salud de McCahon comenzó a resentirse a causa de su alcoholismo, incluso a mediados de la siguiente década se le diagnosticó un síndrome de Korsakoff. En 1984, su exposición  fue presentada en el marco de la Bienal de Sídney. Murió el 27 de mayo de 1987 en el hospital de Auckland. Sus cenizas fueron dispersadas el 6 de junio de 1988 sobre el promontorio de Muriwai, al norte de Auckland. Auckland Art Gallery presentó al año siguiente otra retrospectiva, Colin McCahon: Gates and Journeys.

Estilo y temas
McCahon es conocido sobre todo por sus grandes cuadros con textos religiosos superpuestos. Es también un pintor paisajista, inspirado en parte por los escritos del geólogo neozelandés Charles Cotton (1885-1970).

Se ha hablado de cierto nacionalismo pictórico. hundido en el fondo de la presencia del cristianismo y del pacifismo .

Influencias
McCahon ha desarrollado su propia versión del expresionismo, con la influencia de Robert Nettleton Field y del expresionismo alemán. Pertenece a la escuela de Dunedin, junto a Rodney Eric Kennedy, Doris Lusk, su esposa Anne Hamblett y Patrick Hayman. El crítico J. D. Charlton Edgar habló de "la primera célula de arte moderno en Nueva Zelanda".

Durante su visita a Estados Unidos en 1958, McCahon conoció de primera mano las pinturas de Barnett Newman, Kazimir Malévich, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Piet Mondrian y Willem de Kooning. En especial, quedó sorprendido por la obra de Pollock y por las instalaciones de Allan Kaprow. Tras este viaje, su percepción del espacio y de las proporciones cambió, sobre todo en , ocho carteles en óleo en gran formato (1,80 m).

Paisajes
Un tema central en la obra de McCahon es el interés por el tema religioso. Sus paisajes, en particular, están impregnados de espiritualidad. Incluso ubica a menudo escenas bíblicas en la Nueva Zelanda contemporánea. Su cuadro  (1949, colección de la Biblioteca de Dunedin) es la realización de una visión de la niñez inspirada por la península de Otago.

El Museo de Nueva Zelanda (Te Papá Tongarewa) describe sus paisajes como « rudos y vacíos (antes que pintorescos) ». En la serie , McCahon representa la costa de Muriwai como un lugar de alimento espiritual.

Palabras
Los grandes formatos de las "pinturas de palabras" combinan las aficiones de McCahon por la religión y la abstracción. En efecto, comenzó a introducir palabras en sus obras durante los años 1940, una evolución a menudo criticada por el público, pero que estimaba necesaria para comunicarse directamente con los que observan su arte.

Mc Cahon hoy
La casa de McCahon en Titirangi es hoy un pequeño museo consagrado al pintor y a su familia. Está rodeada de grandes kaoris. Sobre el mismo terreno se encuentra una casa-taller que acoge cada año a tres artistas en su residencia.

El Museo Stedelijk de Ámsterdam le consagró en 2002 una gran retrospectiva, presentándolo como "el primer pintor neozelandés moderno de relevancia internacional".. En 2004,  produjo un documental tal a su asunto, Colin McCahon: I Am, realizado por Paul Swadel.

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Ivan Bootham, "The Message As Art: An Exploratory Catechism of McCahon Word Painting" in Art Words Ho! 1989, p. 22–34.
 Gordon H. Brown, Colin McCahon: Artist. Reed Books, rev. ed. 1993.
 Gordon H. Brown, Towards A Promised Land: On the Life and Art of Colin McCahon. Auckland University Press, 2010.
 Agnes Wood, Colin McCahon: The Man and the Artist. David Ling Publishing Ltd, 1997.

Enlaces externos

 The Colin McCahon database and Image Library
 Colin McCahon sur le site du Musée de la Nouvelle-Zélande

Profesores de la Universidad de Auckland
Pintores paisajistas
Pintores del siglo XX
Pintores de Nueva Zelanda

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Imagine holding your breath longer than a minute, diving down into the blue depths of the ocean, and coming face to face with a shark. Imagine doing all of this with a feeling of absolute peace. That's the way photographer Jorge Cervera Hauser described his experiences in the open ocean. His passion for the vast depths drove him and his friends to explore the sea way beyond their comfort zone.
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The Untimely Death of Sam Warner
Producer and visionary Sam Warner.
Sam Warner, perhaps the most affable of the four brothers who founded the WB motion picture empire, was always thinking about the future.
Schmuel Wonskolaser was born in Poland and came to the United States as a child with his family in the late 1880s. As a young man, he worked in several trades before going into the nickelodeon business with his two older brothers near their home in Youngstown, Ohio. Sam's job, as the most technically-minded of the brothers, was to crank the projector.
The boys soon moved into film distribution and added younger brother Jack to the business. Sam was able to get along well with all his brothers, and provided a buffer between the argumentative Jack and his other two siblings, Albert and Harry. This pattern would continue for the next two decades as the Warners moved into film production and settled in Hollywood's "Poverty Row" district.
The four Warner Brothers. Clockwise from the upper-left they are Harry, Jack, Sam, and Albert.
As second-tier producers during the early 1920s, the brothers constantly hovered on the brink of bankruptcy. Only the success of Rin Tin Tin films kept the young enterprise afloat. The brothers knew that to remain in business, they would have to make a big gamble, but they were rarely in agreement on what that gamble should be.
Sam felt that the future belonged to sound.
Silent films were entrenched into the fabric of Hollywood and few felt that the situation would change any time soon. Sam disagreed. He had worked closely with sound engineers from Western Electric setting up WB's first L.A. radio station. (Jack Warner would later say that the call letters for the station, KFWB, stood for "Keep Filming, Warner Bros.," but they were coincidental. The station still exists today and has a news/talk format.)
Sam was given a demonstration for a new sound-on-disk process that Western Electric had developed and was convinced that it would save the company. But first, he would have to convince his brothers. It was a tough sell, but Harry, the WB president, agreed to buy the invention if Sam would only use it for background music. They named the process Vitaphone, to capitalize on their recent purchase of Vitagraph Studios.
Hollywood had taken its first baby-step into sound production.
Sam oversaw the production of several sound shorts, as well as Don Juan, the first sound feature, in 1926. The film had a recorded orchestra and employed a few crude sound effects. It was a huge hit, but was unable to recoup the massive investment that WB made in wiring their theaters for sound amplification.
The brothers found themselves seriously in debt once again. They decided to push in all the chips and make a true "talkie" film; one where not only the background music would be heard on the soundtrack, but the voices of the actors as well. Sam was again put in charge of bringing this difficult birth to term.
The result was The Jazz Singer, which was released on October 6, 1927 in Manhattan. The film set box-office records, and effectively put the silent era on life support. It also secured WB's future and propelled the brothers into the ranks of the major film producers.
Tragically, none of the brothers were in attendance at the theater that night to hear history being made. That's because Sam, the brother most responsible for Warner Bros.' and Hollywood's new era of talkie films, had died 24-hours earlier of a cerebral hemorrhage brought on by the stress of bringing the film to the screen.
That was 83-years ago today.
Sam was only 42.
If you would like to learn more about the early days of Warner Bros., check out Images of America: Early Warner Bros. Studios, which I recently co-wrote with noted Hollywood historian Marc Wanamaker.
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The world's oldest Baskin-Robbins at 561 South Lake Avenue in Pasadena.
I lived for several years in Pasadena just a stone's throw from a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop on Lake Avenue. I stopped in many times over the years for a couple of scoops of pralines and cream, which is one of the reasons why today I am carving an hour out of my morning to ride a stationary bike at the gym while I write this.
I was surprised to learn recently that my old neighborhood ice cream store at 561 South Lake Avenue is not just another of the 5500 franchises worldwide, but is in fact the oldest operating Baskin-Robbins in the world.
The Baskin-Robbins story goes back to the end of World War II when two brothers-in-law, Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins, each opened an ice cream parlor – Irv's at 1130 South Adams in Glendale, and Burt's Lake Avenue store in Pasadena. Within a short time the two men partnered together and started franchising their ice cream stores. The "31 Flavors" motto came soon after which gave customers a different flavor for each day of the month.
The site of Irv Robbins' first ice cream shop at 1130 South Adams in Glendale.
The two men earned many fortunes over the years, and sold the company shortly before Baskin's death in 1967. Co-founder Irv Robbins passed away in 2008 at the age of 90. Today, Baskin-Robbins is owned by Dunkin' Brands of Canton, Massachusetts.
Ironically, Irv's son John is not just another mint chocolate chip off the old block, as he is now a famous dietician who campaigns against the use of dairy products!
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Figure 1 Dr Don F. Gaff, Reader at Monash University and foundation member of the Australian Society of Plant Physiologist, has had an enduring interest in drought resistance. Professional experiences now qualify him as a 'plant' revivalist'! (Photograph courtesy Bruce Fuhrer, Department of Biological Sciences, Monash University)
Figure 2 Boea hygoscopica in dessicated condition (lower right) and in fully hgfrated form (leafy specimen). Rehydration and restoration of physiological function occurs within a day. Originally described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863-64, this specimen was collected at Ravenshoe in North Queensland. Scale bar = 25 mm. (Photograph courtesy Bruce Fuhrer, Department of Biological Sciences, Monash University).
Imagine a leaf shrivelled to a hard dry mass that can rehydrate in 12 to 24 h to resume the crisp texture and vital green colour of a fully functional leaf. Realise, too, that the term 'dry' means literally as dry as straw, and is not mere hyper-bole. Such a transformation is shown for Boea hygroscopica in Figure 2 where a desiccated specimen (lower right) has been superimposed on a subsequently hydrated one.
This inconspicuous but remarkable little plant (Figure 2) was collected at Ravenshoe in North Queensland from a crevice in a basalt bank adjacent to a waterfall. Subjected to spray, such plants remain hydrated but undergo desiccation during dry seasons. They become resurrected the following wet season. As the term implies, such plants are 'resurrected' from a dry and seemingly lifeless object to a fully competent organism capable of respiration, photosynthesis and repro-ductive development! We accept as commonplace the latent life of a dry seed, but such resilience in foliage and growing points seems incredible.
My professional life has centred on plant water relations, and I first became aware of desiccation-tolerant higher plants through Gesner's 1956 review of poikilohydrous plants in the Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology. However, a real appreciation of stress endurance did not come until I had measured the water potential of air-dry leaves of Myrothamnus flabellifolia collected in the field in South Africa (-152 MPa), and dried them over concentrated sulphuric acid for several weeks!
Considering that crop plants commonly wilt at a leaf water potential of around only –1.5 MPa, and generally fail to survive reduction in relative water content to values below c. 30%, M. flabellifolia is a truly remarkable organism.
Recorded discovery of desiccation tolerance in Australia probably dates back to Ferdinand von Mueller's original 1863–64 description of Boea hygroscopica (Gesneriaceae) (Figure 2) which was collected near Cairns in North Queensland. Although he gave no reason for his choice, the name implies an awareness of its ability to recover from dehydration, a feature demonstrated by the same species shown here. B. hygroscopica remains the only dicotyledonous resurrection plant reported from Australia, although a list of 24 monocotyledons and desiccation-tolerant fern species was published in 1978. Four resurrection ferns, for example Ctenopteris heterophylla, occur even in moister New Zealand climates; perhaps more will be found in the drought-susceptible niches occupied by epiphytes and lithophytes. However, I went on from early endeavours with M. flabellifolia to discover 30 new examples of resurrection species in southern Africa, thus demonstrating that this phenomenon was not as rare among angiosperm plants as originally thought.
Resurrection plants are wonderful examples of biological adaptation to environmental adversity. Most attain the ultimate theoretical limit of protoplasmic drought tolerance: they lose all of their diffusible water and yet survive. They also reflect a rich diversity within our biosphere. Their leaves range from the hard sharp fibre-packed needles of Borya spp. (true xeromorphs), through the broad soft oval leaves of Boea hygroscopica (a mesomorph of tropical Queensland), to the soft aerenchymatous leaves of Chamaegigas intrepidus, a succulent hygrophyte in the ephemeral pools on granitic hills of Namibia.
Different species of resurrection plants are members of diverse and often unrelated families, suggesting that this feature of desiccation tolerance has evolved on a number of separate occasions throughout evolutionary history. Such con-vergent evolution of physiological properties is also seen in mangroves where different variants of that particular life form occur across a wide range of unrelated families (see Case study 17.1).
Resurrection plants provide us with a window on another aspect of biology. Evolution eventually explores most con-ceivable adaptations to meet environmental challenges. This occurs either gradually or via sudden changes following hybridisation between species or evolutionary incorporation of endosymbionts into host organisms. In all of these cases genetic adaptations can only step from where they stand initially. Put another way, structures and mechanisms already possessed by an organism (or its symbionts), albeit for un-related functions, will be modified during evolution, rather than a (complex) system arise de novo. By implication, the relatively rare desiccation tolerance of resurrection plant foliage has probably evolved from mechanisms of desiccation tolerance already present in pollen and seeds of spermatophytes.
Desiccation tolerance in foliage appears highly complex because the presumed shift from reproductive to vegetative plant structures has only occurred in four monocotyledonous and five dicotyledonous families. Complexity is also implied by the large number of novel proteins synthesised in resurrection plant leaves as moderate drought stress induces tolerance. Significantly, desiccation tolerance is not constitutive in vegetative tissues of resurrection plants but needs to be induced during drying. Here they display dramatically in extent and speed the hardening or acclimation to environ-mental stress seen in many plant species. During this process, moderate stress induces plants to improve their tolerance limits. They can then survive levels of stress well beyond the stress experienced during hardening, an interesting case of a feed-forward response to deleterious conditions. A resurrection plant progresses from protoplasmic drought-tolerance limits typical of a crop plant to complete desiccation tolerance in only two days!
Once through the zone of potentially injurious low water contents, resurrection plants enter an anabiotic state, which is surprisingly stable; air-dry leaves survive months, even years. In their anabiotic state, leaves of resurrection plants can tolerate temperature extremes from 60°C (short periods) down to snap freezing in liquid nitrogen. In these respects, they resemble dry seed.
Sugars, particularly trehalose, are considered to be able to protect cell membranes and proteins during cell dehydration. Analyses of leaf extracts indicated that trehalose was present in small amounts in all seven desiccation-tolerant plant species investigated, both in hydrated and dry leaves. The occurrence of trehalose is noteworthy, since trehalose is an unusual sugar in plants. Sucrose contents increased dramatically during drying to become the main sugar, so would appear to be the main protectant, with trehalose and raffinose acting synergistically with sucrose.
Can we harness the desiccation tolerance of resurrection plants for our use? Studies are in progress around the world to identify which genes regulate the phenomenon. A set of 'implementer' genes, expressed in the late phases of drying, appears to protect metabolic systems against dehydration. Genes expressed in earlier phases of drying may include 'regulator' genes, which encode proteins used by implementer genes. If this interpretation is correct, implementer genes probably represent the basis for tolerance shared with seed, whereas their control by specific regulator genes has evolved more recently, and allows expression of implementer genes in vegetative tissue. Addressing this issue, the Monash University group found that over 20 genes were expressed in greater abundance in the resurrection grass Sporobolus stapfianus when drought stress stimulated induction of desiccation tolerance in its leaves. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) accumulates dramatically in drought-stressed plants, including all the resurrection plants examined to date. Moreover, exogenous ABA induces desiccation tolerance in two resurrection plants, Borya constricta and Craterostigma plantagineum. Many of the genes whose ex-pression is enhanced by drought stress in S. stapfianus are also upregulated by ABA treatment (Section 10.3.4).
Conceivably, ABA is an important mediator between drought stress and gene activation for desiccation-tolerance mechanisms. However, not all genes that are correlated with induction of desiccation tolerance are responsive to ABA treatment, and by implication a non-ABA pathway for the transduction of the drought stimulus must be involved for desiccation tolerance in S. stapfianus. Indeed, four S. stapfianus genes are particularly well correlated with desiccation tolerance. Characterisation of these genes and of their regulatory mechanism may well enable transformation of economically important crop and pasture plants so that they can elicit in their foliage the full desiccation tolerance that they already have in their seeds. This has important impli-cations for plant productivity in drought-prone areas and for soil erosion control in dry regions.
Blomstedt, C.K., Gianello, R.D., Hamill, J.D., Neale, A.D. and Gaff, D.F. (1998). 'Drought-stimulated genes correlated with desiccation tolerance of the resurrection grass Sporobolus stapfianus', Plant Growth Regulation, 24, 153–161
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Gaff, D.F., Bartels, D. and Gaff, J.L. (1992). 'Gene expression at low RWC in two hardy tropical grasses', Transactions of the Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology, 3, 238–240.
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Music was in the air as the ISKL Singers and Jazz Night Combo gave a fantastic performance at the ISKL annual Jazz Night. The enthralling event was live-streamed, and despite not being in The Robert B. Gaw Theatre, the audience was tapping their toes and humming along with the music…from home. Starting with a beautiful rendition of Nat King Cole's "L-O-V-E" and performing hits such as "Fly Me To The Moon" and "Feeling Good," our Panthers showcased an immense range of talent!
We caught up with one of the organizers, Imogen S. (Grade 11), who, together with Aryssa G. (Grade 11), worked hard on the preparations for the anticipated event. Noting that the past two years have changed the yearly tradition, Imogen said, "Obviously, Covid has impacted how it usually has been in the past, where we would have had a large live audience to celebrate such an incredible event."
20 students forming the ISKL Singers and the ISKL Jazz Combo band came together as one for this event, under the tutelage of our dedicated performing arts faculty Jaymin and Jonathan Baird. Imogen continues, "Additionally, we have Mr. Ashton, Mr. Afif, and the PAC team who helped with the setup, sound, organization, and everything theater-related. We can't do any of it without them!"
While students were practicing for the show, our organizers were also hard at work behind the scenes to ensure everything goes off without a hitch. Imogen said, "Ms. Baird, Aryssa, and I had meetings to discuss details and backup plans, as we weren't sure about the rules we had to follow and what we were allowed to do. Eventually, after finding a venue, we were told we weren't allowed to do it outside of school, so we had to do a lot of reshaping and trying to figure out what to do. Overall, we're really lucky to be doing the event at all!"
ISKL's nurturing culture creates an environment where students can take calculated risks, learn from success and failure, and discover their passion and what brings them joy. ISKL's Head of the Department for the Performing Arts, Jaymin believes in taking risks and adapting to changes, even if there is a possibility of failure, as "It connects with being a lifelong learner and recognizing that you will never be done developing."
These qualities are evident in our organizers and the entire team as they stayed resilient under the ever-changing circumstances that could have prevented the event from happening. Jaymin said, "Imogen and Aryssa were adaptable, positive, and resilient as they planned for an event that was supposed to be at a hotel, then modified it to a live stream event at school, and modified again when some of the performers couldn't come."
"Covid has certainly altered what we could do in the performing arts and how we do it. But for every performance we get to do, even with a slew of SOPs, it's worth it. Mr. Baird and I feel privileged to work with students of this caliber who continue to work to their full potential, even during challenging times. The leadership, passion, and dedication have been truly inspiring."
Jazz Night is a testament to how ISKL's co-curricular activities provide opportunities for students to pursue their passions and learn real-life lessons such as having tremendous courage, confidence, and being risk-takers. The event's format might be different, but the passion, dedication, and high level of musicianship remain the same. Their perseverance and incredible talent shone through their performance, and we can't wait for their next performance.
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Riding for My Life is an autobiography by horse-racing jockey Julie Krone, with Nancy Richardson. It serves as part of the basis for the upcoming film The Boys Club.

Plot

Julie Krone is the world's greatest ever female horse racing jockey. By age 25, Julie was the first woman ever to win a riding title at a major track, the first woman ever to win five races in one day at a New York track, and one of three jockeys ever to win six races on one card. In 1993, she became the first female winner of a Triple Crown race, riding 14-to-1 long-shot Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes—"showing the patience, intelligence and tactical savvy that have made her one of the nation's leading performers," wrote William Nack of Sports Illustrated.

The Boys Club follows Julie's struggles in her tomboy childhood in rural Michigan and her early-career drug use, her battles with fellow jockies and the media and her climb up the jockey success ladder, the horrific 1993 racetrack accident that crushed her leg and chest, and her painful determination to make a comeback - all part of her hard-hitting fight to become a female jockey in the male-dominated world of horse racing.

Despite a series of debilitating falls and challenges, by the time Julie retired in 1999, she had won 3,545 races and more than $81 million in purse earnings.

First edition
Little Brown & Co, 1995.

Film adaptation
Julie Krone was one of the greatest jockeys of all time. The Boys Club is her story...

The Boys Club is a film adaptation of Julie Krone's biography, Riding for My Life. A vivid look at the world of horse racing, The Boys Club explores one woman's battle against sexual inequality in the classic tale of an underdog's passage toward victory. It is based on the true story of Julie Krone's rise to fame and unparalleled success as a horse racing jockey. The film is written by award-winning filmmaker Katherine Brooks, and will be produced by Sophie Watts and executive produced by John Manulis.
The film  project was retitled as "freak".

Production
The Boys Club is currently in pre-production.

See also
Katherine Brooks
U.S. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Thoroughbred horse racing

References

External links
Official Movie Site
Official Twitter Site
The Official MySpace Site
The Official Katherine Brooks Site

1995 non-fiction books
American autobiographies
Non-fiction books about horse racing


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Q: Multiple outlier tests one after the other As i continue struggling with outlier detection a problem emerged...
I do my outlier tests in R following Tukey's method. I run the first test and i get some outliers. Lets say 1000 out of a 100k database. I wrote the function to convert their values to NA and the test itself ignores NA values. So when i run the test again i get lets say 690 outliers. When i "remove" them and run a third test i get 300 for example.
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*Is it logical to say that the outliers found in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on tests are outliers as much as the ones found by the first test? Asking this because i want to create a separate data base with all outliers found in the one i am analysing. So i am wondering if i should include the ones found in the 2nd, 3rd and so on tests.
Please, explain if i am doing it wrong.
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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Keye Luke
Image: "Just a Little Longer," illustrated by Keye Luke for Harold Weeks Melody Shop. Credit: Mary Mallory.
Note: This is an encore post from 2011.
Keye Luke, the talented and respected Chinese American actor, is probably best known to moviegoers and television viewers as the Number One son Lee Chan in 1930s Charlie Chan movies, as well as the role of Po in the 1970s TV show "Kung Fu." Little do most people realize that he was also a talented artist whose job as an illustrator led to his career in acting.
As Charles Caldwell Dobie wrote in "The San Franciscan" in 1928, "Some twenty-five years ago, a young Chinese merchant who was born in San Francisco, upheld his native tradition by returning to China for a bride. He chose, or possibly his parents chose for him, a maiden with the charming name of Golden Chrysanthemum who lived in a village just outside of Canton bearing the equally charming name of Joyous People… As a result of this union, during the Festival of Rice Cakes, the little village of Joyous People found its population increased by the arrival of a prospective male citizen who was given the name of Keye Luke."Hollywood at Play, by Donovan Brandt, Mary Mallory and Stephen X. Sylvester is now on sale.
At 3 years of age, Luke and his family moved to Seattle. He and his family remained there until shortly before World War I, when they returned to China to live in Canton and Hong Kong. They moved back to Seattle where Luke attended high school, as well as creating drawings for his high school year book. Luke studied architecture at the University of Washington until his father died, when he had to go to work. One of his first jobs was designing sheet music covers for Harold Weeks' Melody Shop in Seattle.
Image: "The Lost Patrol" illustrated by Keye Luke, The Times, Feb. 18, 1934.
His work was highly praised, even in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times art critic Arthur Miller praised Chinese illustrations by Luke in a Dec. 16, 1928 article, and quoted Lawrence Binyon, director of prints and drawings at the British Museum, "I expect that in vitality of line Mr. Keye Luke altogether surpasses (Aubrey) Beardsley…but I confess I fear for the future of this young artist if he remains in the West…I would like to see him back in China bringing new life and inspiration into Chinese art."
Unfortunately, little of his beautiful artwork sold. Newspaper friends helped him find jobs with theaters and then he worked in advertising agencies, while also drawing on the side. He first visited Los Angeles in 1929 when he exhibited work at an art show held at the Ebell Club, where he was highly praised. He returned to Seattle to paint murals for a department store.
Fox West Coast theatres hired him in 1930 to draw artwork for their theater chain. Luke began working for Warner Bros., Fox, and finally RKO in 1931, where he remained for 2 1/2 years as director of advertising art, creating ads, billboards, and the like.
Photo: "The Unfinished Song of Achmed Mohammed," illustrated by Keye Luke, 1951. Listed on EBay at $157.25.
Luke claimed his pals in the publicity department plugged him to producers whenever a Chinese picture came along. When Lou Brock started planning his musical "Ho for Shanghai," Luke helped him with technical details, and Brock offered him a leading role if he could pass screening tests. He told The Times in a July 22, 1934, article that Brock cast him in a couple of short subjects as a test.
Soon his friend and former boss Frank Whitbeck, MGM's advertising chief, read the script for "The Painted Veil" and thought Luke would be great for the part of the Chinese doctor. He recommended his friend to the casting office, and after a test, Luke was hired. He also was named the only male WAMPAS baby star, selected by male and female publicity officials as a way to further his career.
Luke told The Times that "This is something that I suppose -that I hope-I've always been headed for…I think I can accomplish as much more as an actor than as an artist, because of the wider reach of the medium. I want to play good, representative types, so as to help clear up the debris of misunderstanding and misconception of the Chinese which Americans may have, and vice versa. And I want to be a real credit to the industry.…"
Luke continued to study and create art. Loew's State featured an exhibit of his work in September 1934, featuring pen and ink sketches, oil paintings, charcoal drawings, and etchings, the majority of which were film star portraits. He also contributed caricatures of film stars to the Screen Actors Guild magazine's first six issues in 1934. In the 1940s and 1950s, Luke's illustrations graced books and other exhibits.
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Sam Flowers says:
Keye Luke in the mid 60's was an often patron at the parking lot that I worked at behind the medical building at 6753 Hollywood Bl. on McCadden Pl. right next to Don the Beachcomber restaurant. The building housed many doctors offices including one that serviced motion picture people. Many old time stars frequented this practice. Mr. Luke was a very friendly customer never bragging about his life and career. I was thrilled to talk with him as I was a Charlie Chan fan but never discussed it with him.
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Great article–I'll be keeping my eye out for his signature from now on!


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After Aston Martin hired Team Principal 'Mike Krack,' F1 fans all made the same Simpsons joke.
After Aston Martin hired Team Principal 'Mike Krack,' F1 fans all crack the same Simpsons joke.
Following Mike Krack's appointment as Aston Martin F1's new Team Principal, Formula One fans couldn't stop themselves from posting memes featuring Moe Szyslak from The Simpsons.
Mike Krack has been named as Aston Martin's new Team Principal, and Formula One fans are all laughing.
The world of sport has seen its fair share of amusing names in recent weeks, including Raymond van Barneveld's manager Ben de Kok at the PDC World Darts Championship and Jeremy van der Winkel vs Jules van Dongen at Q School.
While darts fans marvel at their Winkels and Koks, F1 fans are showing their love for a little Krack.
Krack, 49, will be in charge of assisting Aston Martin in achieving their long-term goal of winning Formula One world championships, which did not seem to bother fans of the sport on social media.
On Twitter, most fans joked about the new boss's name being Moe Szyslak, a Simpsons character.
Bart Simpson prank calling bar owner Moe in his tavern is one of the most popular and longest-running gags on television.
Bart calls Moe anonymously and asks to speak to someone in the bar with a made-up name in a time before cell phones.
"IP Freely," "Jacques Strap," and "Mike Rotch" are among the most popular requests.
Let us know in the comments section if you think Aston Martin will win an F1 world championship in the next five years.
When Moe yells, "Is that person in the bar?" the patrons all laugh at the amusing – and fictitious – name.
Moe usually throws a fit at the 'anonymous' caller at the end of the scene, while Bart cracks up on the other line.
F1 fans have made a playful comparison between new Aston Martin boss Krack's name and the ones Moe usually yells out on the hit sitcom.
The majority chose to share Moe memes, but some openly embraced their childish humour.
"I have the wit of a four-year-old," one person wrote.
"Mike Krack coming to twitter reading all the jokes already made about him," someone else wrote.
"What's next? Ben Dover as Seb's race engineer???" a third person speculated.
Despite the negative feedback he received on social media, Krack is excited to begin working for one of the most well-known automotive brands in the world.
"Astonishing," he declared.
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TT 1958
The 1958 TT was marked by MV's total domination of all four solo classes, a classic Junior and Senior double by John Surtees and the first appearance in the TT of Mike Hailwood.
The Lightweight race turned into all-Italian showdown between Tarquinio Provini and Carlo Ubbiali, riding their immaculate MV four-strokes. They fought a fabulous duel round the demanding Clypse Course, with Ubbiali leading in the early stages. At the end of the fourth lap they were side by side as they crossed the line, but Provini slowly pulled away to win by 8.2 seconds, establishing new race and lap records.
Possibly even more significant was the performance of young Mike Hailwood. He eventually finished third after a thrilling dice with NSU teammate Bob Brown.
The MV duo faced a sterner test in the Ultra-Lightweight race. Luigi Taveri, riding one of the Italian Ducati's, harried the MV's and led at the end of the second lap. Provini then snatched the initiative, but crashed at the Nursery on lap four, and when Taveri retired with engine trouble at Creg-ny-Baa, Ubbiali had a clear run to the flag.
Mike Hailwood was seventh on a Paton to complete a memorable debut for the one of the TT's sons. He also finished 12th in the Junior, 13th in the Senior, third in the Lightweight.
The BMW whitewash of the Sidecar class continued, with Walter Schneider winning comfortably from teammate Florian Camathias. British driver Jack Beeton was third, but even more impressive was the ride by former World Champion, Eric Oliver. He coaxed a standard Norton Dominator, fitted with the standard Watsonian Monaco sports sidecar, into tenth place. With Mrs Pat Wise in the chair, they averaged an incredible 59.95mph and gained a bronze replica.
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