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Art and Design Research Guide
Art and Design Research Guide: Article Databases
This LibGuide is intended to help you with the scholarly resources available for researching a topic for your Art courses here at APSU.
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Multiple Subjects including history, literature, biology, political science, communication, business, and African-American studies
*Contains the full text of articles from scholarly journals
*Articles published from early 1900s to 2 or 3 years ago.
Austin Peay State University currently participates in the following JSTOR Collection(s):
Biological Sciences Collection
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Austin Peay State University also subscribes to the following individual journal(s):
19th-Century Music
The American Biology Teacher
The American Mathematical Monthly
The College Mathematics Journal
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Mathematics Magazine
The Mathematics Teacher
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Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Art, art history, contemporary art
*provides access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from thousands of sources
*covers art, architecture, archaeology, photography, interior design, pottery, and more
*retrospective coverage as far back as 1929, full-text since 1997
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Art Encyclopedia Online (formerly known as Grove Dictionary of Art)
*Oxford Art Online is the electronic version of Grove Art (the definitive online art encyclopedia)
*It contains the information found in the print Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 volumes).
*Includes over 45,000 articles about visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present and over 22,000 links to important art images in galleries and museums around the world are included.
Kubikat
Kubikat is the online catalogue of the Art Libraries Network composed of the Bibliotheca Hertziana, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich and the Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte in Paris.
Art Resources for Research
Fine Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Infotrac Journals and eBooks on Fine Arts and Music
Covers such topics as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking with emphasis on full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.
Gale InfoTrac Power Packs are subsets of periodicals found in the Academic OneFile and General OneFile Databases. Each subject specific PowerPack Collection has the content needed by a unique category of researcher. This collection also contains some unique content not available within the databases listed above.
Getty: Union List of Artist Names This link opens in a new window
Names, relationships, notes, sources, and biographical information for artists, architects, firms, studios, repositories, patrons, sitters, and other individuals and corporate bodies.
The ULAN is a structured vocabulary containing names and other information about artists, patrons, firms, museums, and others related to the production and collection of art and architecture. Names in ULAN may include given names, pseudonyms, variant spellings, names in multiple languages, and names that have changed over time (e.g., married names). Among these names, one is flagged as the preferred name.
Although it is displayed as a list, ULAN is structured as a thesaurus, compliant with ISO and NISO standards for thesaurus construction; it contains hierarchical, equivalence, and associative relationships.
The focus of each ULAN record is the concept of a person or corporate body. In the ULAN database, each record for informaiton about a person or corporate body (also called a subject in this manual) is identified by a unique numeric ID. The temporal coverage of the ULAN ranges from Antiquity to the present and the scope is global. Required fields are the following:
name source
display biography
birth date and death date
General Resources for Research on All Subjects
ABC-CLIO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Collection of Electronic Books on various subjects
*The ABC-CLIO eBook Collection is comprised of all the electronic titles from the publisher ABC-CLIO for which Austin Peay State University has purchased access.
*The "Search" option in the upper-left enables you to search through the text in all the listed volumes.
*You can also can click on any individual title to browse the contents or conduct a search.
*contains indexing for 8,200 publications
*contains full text for more than 4,650 titles
*PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for over 100 journals
Academic Video Online: Premium This link opens in a new window
Streaming video for all subjects
Academic Video Online (AVON) delivers more than 66,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, history, business, counseling, dance, ethnic studies, gay and lesbian studies, film, opera, religion, theatre, and more. AVON includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Users will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners as well as the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material. Publishers include A&E, Bullfrog Films, HISTORY®, Sony Pictures Classics, BroadwayHD™, 60 Minutes, PBS, BBC, Milestone Films and many more.
*Complete details for Academic Video Online: Premium including a full bibliography can be found at www.alexanderstreet.com/avon . A guide is available at http://proquest.libguides.com/AVON
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In-depth reports on current issues and news topics
CQ Researcheris an award winning publication that's been around for more than 90 years. It provides in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Our reports are written by experienced journalists, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research
*contains articles reviewing the history, statistics, and pro/con viewpoints of current-interest topics
*covers a wide variety of topics and the Issue Tracker feature allows you to track the progress of an issue through several decades
*articles published 1923 to present
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Doctoral dissertations and master's theses in full-text from universities in 88 countries
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content.
More than 70,000 new full-text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year through dissertations publishing partnerships with 700 leading academic institutions worldwide, and collaborative retrospective digitization of dissertations. Full-text dissertations are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution. Some will be native PDF, some PDF image.
Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDTGlobal provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
Subject coverage
• Business and Economics
• Medical Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Arts
• Humanities
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window
*links to journals with free full-text articles
*covers all subjects
*covers articles from the mid-1990's to the present
Ebook Central (Academic Complete) This link opens in a new window
Electronic Book Collection containing over 134,000 titles as of October 2016. All titles can be viewed online and most downloaded to PC, iOS, or Android.
*Formerly known as ebrary, eBook Central (Academic Complete) is a collection of around 134,000 electronic books provided by Felix G. Woodward Library. The content for this collection covers a wide variety of subject areas and all the titles within this collection can be searched simultaneously. Access is provided to these titles through the link above as well as through the Austin Library Catalog.
Most eBook Central titles include unlimited access and can be downloaded by chapter in PDF format or in full through Adobe Digital Editions or apps for iOS and Android. See http://libguides.apsu.edu/ebrary for more info.
Around 300 titles may have limited access and only allow 1 user to open the the book at a time (download option not available). Follow the guidelines at the bottom of this text for these titles*.
*There is no time limit for reading a limited ebrary book. However, if another user wants to use the book and places it in their queue, it will be passed on to the next user in the queue after 15 minutes of inactivity. (Being active means turning pages, doing full-text searches, making notes, etc).
eBook Collection: EBSCO (Academic Collection, TBR subject collections, and titles formerly in NetLibray COMBINED) This link opens in a new window
*This growing subscription package (EBSCO Academic collection) contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. More than 161,000 titles are included in this package, and additional titles are added to the package each month. Also included in this collection are thousands of previously purchased NetLibrary eBooks from the SoliNet shared collections. NetLibrary was purchased by EBSCO in 2010.
*Books in the Academic Collection have unlimited access and many can be downloaded for offline viewing. See http://libguides.apsu.edu/ebsco_ebooks
EThOS: Electronic Theses Online Service This link opens in a new window
Records for over 350,000 doctoral theses from UK institutions (many full text)
A cooperative project of the British Library, higher education institutions in Britain, and the Center for Research Libraries, EThOS serves as a gateway to theses written in the UK. The database contains more than 350,000 records, some dating back to the 17th century, and a growing number of theses have been digitized for immediate delivery via the web.
Find journal articles, books, and theses on any subject
Use this link to access Google Scholar and links to "Search for Full Text at APSU Library" will be available in the search results.
Features of Google Scholar:
*Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place
*Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications
*Locate the complete document through your library or on the web
*Keep up with recent developments in any area of research
*Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile
Ingenta This link opens in a new window
*Lists citations and summaries from over 18,000 English language periodical articles
*Articles from 1988 to date
*Most articles available by fax at your own expense, or free from another library using the ILL service
OmniFile Full Text This link opens in a new window
*Multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
Online Books Page This link opens in a new window
*Website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. It lists over 30,000 free books on the Web.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new window
Full-text graduate-level theses and dissertations
*OATD is an index of over 1.6 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online.
*The full text of all papers lives on the original hosting site, usually the repository of the university that granted the degree.
Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Pop culture 1980 to present
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art, or liberal arts courses.
*Gale InfoTrac PowerPack collection that provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course.
*The date range for this database is 1980 to present.
Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Infotrac Journals on Current events,
Sports, Science and Health.
Chosen by public library search results, titles are
compiled by what users are searching for
most. Six hundred of the more than 1,000 titles
are recommended in Bowker's Magazines for
Social sciences, arts, humanities
*Project MUSE offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
*Updated continually.
SAGE Premier This link opens in a new window
Electronic access to over 900 peer-reviewed, full-text journals on a variety of topics, with content dating back to 1999.
*High-quality, interdisciplinary content – almost two thirds of the content in the SAGE Premier package is ranked in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2012)
*15 journals received their first Impact Factor with the 2011 report and 7 journals increased their Impact Factors.
*SAGE is market leader (by number of ranked titles) in 6 key disciplines including Criminology & Penology; Education, Special; Social Issues; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology and Urban Studies.
*9 journals ranked #1 in their categories.
Springer Online Journals (LYRASIS Collection) This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed journals from science related fields, philosophy, and business
The Springer eJournal collection includes around 2000 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, engineering, medicine, business, philosophy, and the social sciences.
WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
Search libraries around the world
*WorldCat lets you search the collections of libraries near your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for popular books, music CDs and videos—all of the physical items you're used to getting from libraries. You can also discover many kinds of digital content.
*This edition of WorldCat, provided through OCLC FirstSearch, enables users to search multiple terms in specific fields (title, author, subject, etc.) and limit by characteristics such as format, date, or audience level.
A free version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/
WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new window
Search multiple library databases, the APSU library catalog, and the WorldCat.org index for journal articles, books, ebooks, government documents, manuscripts, maps, audiovisual materials, and music scores.
WorldCat Discovery is a search system that helps researchers find resources available at APSU Library and in libraries worldwide through a single search. It offers search results similar to what can be found in Google Scholar, but it has more advanced searching features and customized options for APSU library holdings. Features of the service include:
*Single entry point for searching many library databases at once, including the APSU Library catalog (Austin)
*Searches also include results from the WorldCat central index of over 3 billion journal articles and 40 million eBooks (along with many other types of content).
*Results can be limited to only contain materials with print and electronic full-text available from APSU library
*Ability to limit searches by date, source type, subject, and content provider
*Option to limit search results for peer reviewed articles
*The WorldCat provider (OCLC) works with more than 370 publishers and content partners from around the world, including ProQuest, EBSCO, Gale, and Elsevier.
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At 3 years old I made my mother walk down every aisle in the grocery store to meet and visit with every baby in the store. Everyone that knows me will tell you that I have always loved babies and would happily drop anything to pick one up or hold a bottle for their tiny human. As I grew up, it was no mystery to anyone that I wanted children and hoped to have a pile of them!
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S1 E2 Coronavirus: The first wave, being BAME and the new normal
Dr Aniqa and Dr Taiba shed light on the current Coronavirus pandemic, why it's so dangerous, and their reflections on the past few months during lockdown. They also share thoughts on the issues raised by the Public Health England document 'Beyond the data: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on BAME groups' published in June 2020 which aims to explain some of the possible reasons why BAME are being disproportionately affected. Please note since the recording of this episode there may have been changes due to the dynamic situation. Ensure you stay updated by checking your latest local guidance.
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Welcome to the start of our podcasting journey!Hosted by Dr Aniqa and Dr Taiba. Join them as they share their experiences navigating life through various lenses. Being female, South Asian, Muslim, hijabis, Doctors, GP's, sisters and friends, they challenge each other by divulging into the conversations they feel we need to be talking more about as a community!


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Therapy riders attend on Monday evenings in segmented rides from spring to fall. These children receive therapy on horseback from licensed physical, occupational, and speech therapists who volunteer their time. These therapists come from the Rockingham Co. Schools and other sources. EC teachers and other educators from the Rockingham Co. School system also participate. A special basic educational curriculum is presented to the children while they are in the riding ring on horseback. Children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, developmental delays, autism, genetic/congenital birth defects and neurological disorders such as tumors, stroke, and varied forms of paralysis or developmental delays experience the joy of outdoor exercise, therapy, and friendships with as much support as is needed for them to accomplish goals such as learning to sit up, walk, or even talk. Some of our autistic children who aren't talking at school are talking/saying words on horseback!
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Winston Fleary
Carriacou's Cultural Ambassador
Winston Fleary, a tall, distinguished, grey-bearded man, wearing a light purple traditional African Dashiki shirt and a colorful red, gold and green Kufi skull cap, sits on a folding chair, a drum between his legs. He looks out smiling at the group of young people standing formed in a ring before him. They have come to the Belair Heritage Park Maroon Village to listen to stories and experience the music of their island ancestors of Carriacou. No one has done more to keep alive Carriacou's rich cultural heritage than Winston Fleary.
Located in the southeast Caribbean, Carriacou is one of the tri-islands of the nation of Grenada. Carriacou's name is derived from the Amerindian word meaning 'Island of many reefs'. Amerindians were the first inhabitants of Carriacou, paddling in dugout canoes from the Oronoco River Valley in present day Venezuela to Carriacou in the fourth century. For 1300 years Amerindians inhabited Carriacou, until they were displaced by the French in the 1700s. The French brought enslaved Africans to Carriacou, transforming the heavily forested thirteen square mile island into vast fields of sugar cane and cotton. In 1763, through the Treaty of Paris, Carriacou, along with much of the French West Indies, was ceded to Britain. Besides a few years of French rule in the 1780s, Carriacou has remained a part of the British Realm ever since.
Though French and British, as well as Spanish, Amerindian and American cultures are present in the culture of Carriacou, it is best known as being the most African island in the Caribbean, and for its Big Drum Nation Dance, the most authentic African drumming, songs and dances in the Caribbean. Big Drum came to Carriacou with enslaved Africans in the mid 1700s. In the late 1700s when the British took control of much of the West Indies, an ordinance was established throughout the British West Indies which forbad slaves from playing the drum. The British feared that the drum, songs, and dances would bring a resolute pride to the enslaved; a valiant and vigilant pride which could lead to insurrection and revolt. It was not until the 1830s, near the end of slavery (1838), that Big Drum was allowed on Carriacou. Yet, it is said, during the slavery years when drumming was forbidden on Carriacou, in the silence of night, off in the unknown distance, the heartbeat of the drum echoed throughout the island.
For Carriacouans, Big Drum celebrates their African identity, while at the same time commemorates their enslaved ancestors who suffered lives of bondage; the ancestors' freedom and bondage giving meaning, pride and hope to their present lives. Big Drums are held at life gatherings such as weddings, wakes, boat launchings, house dedications, stone feasts (the laying of a deceased head stone usually two to three years after burial), and at Maroons, which are large gatherings most usually held in spring to cry out to the gods for rain. At a Big Drum spectators form a large ring. At the top of the ring are three male drummers. The lead drummer plays the cutter drum, and is accompanied by two boula drums, one on either side. The boulas drums act as bass drums, which beat out the rhythm of the song, while the lead drummer improvises and interprets the movement of the dancer. Standing beside the drummers are the singers, usually women comprising a chorus of five to twelve. Beside the singers are the dancers, the majority of them women, barefoot; dressed in traditional African head scarves and white dresses with colorful winged skirts; male dancers wear white shirts with dark slacks.
Big Drum begins with the ceremony of the Opening of the Ring. As the drums and voices of the chorus fill the ring and heaven with prayers and petitions, the old heads (elders) come into the ring and perform the ritual of the Wetting of the Ground. Libations of rum and water are poured in the center of the ring where the dancers will dance. The Wetting of the Ground is an invocation to the gods and ancestors, asking for their blessing and guidance, as well as an invitation to the spirits to come into the ring and join the dance.
The majority of the one hundred and twenty-nine songs and twenty-six types of dances of the Big Drum Nation Dance are from the nine different West and Central African nations of their ancestors: Cromanti, Igbo, Manding, Arada, Chamba, Kongo, Temne, Moko, and Banda. Carriacouans' national/tribal pride and heritage run so deep that the majority of Carriacouans can state their African national identity. There are three different eras of songs and dances of Big Drum Nation Dance. The Nation Songs are the oldest, and are the first dances and songs performed at a Big Drum. These songs are primarily from the three largest nations represented on Carriacou: Cromanti, Igbo and Manding. These songs and dances are invocations to the gods and spirits, asking for their blessings, as well as begging for their pardon from sin, hence the name 'Beg Pardon' songs. The songs and dances of the second era are from the days of slavery, and are sung in Creole. Creole songs are accompanied by secular dances such as the bele and hallecord, which exhibit European dance qualities such as ballroom footwork. The third type of songs is called 'Frivolous Songs'; fun-loving songs, borrowed from the neighboring islands of Grenada, Trinidad, Union Island, and Antigua.
The first dance of a Big Drum Nation Dance is always from the Cromanti nation, which was the largest group of enslaved persons sent to Carriacou, and were most likely the originators of Big Drum Nation Dance on the island (Cromanti is not the name of a nation, but is taken from Kormantin, a Dutch-built Gold Coast slave castle in present day Ghana, where enslaved people were imprisoned to await the slave ships. The Cromanti nation is made up of the tribal nations of Akan, Fanti, Ashanti and Akwapim.).
It is the 'Chantwell' who initiates the song. The Chantwell, the soloist of the troop, sings the initial words of the song, which is taken up by the chorus in a call and response form. All songs are sung in their traditional national dialect. As the chorus sings, the drums enter. The two boulas drums are the first to enter into the music, laying the foundation of rhythm. The dancer, barefoot, comes into the rings, and dances before the lead drummer, who closely focuses on the dancer's feet: the beat of the lead drum converting the movement of the dancer's steps into audible rhythmic patterns. The dancers, usually females, wear traditional African head-ties, earrings, and white dresses with colorful traditional winged skirts, which the dancers hold at the ends with the tips of their fingers, the dancers arms outstretched, giving life and flight to the dances of their people.
As stated earlier, the first dances of a Big Drum are more serious, reverent dances from their African past, invoking the gods and ancestors for their blessings and begging for the pardon of sins. As the songs and dances continue into the night, Creole and Frivolous fun dances are taken up. A favorite dance of dancers and audience alike is the Bele Kawe or Hen Dance. Two women in all their beauty and fury dance against one another, their colorful winged skirts flowing and flapping, their heads bobbing and weaving, trying to out-dance the other for the approval and affection of the cock, who joins the women in their wanton dance, strutting, prancing, dancing with each and both of the women until he chooses his hen, who he merrily dances with to the smiles and applause of everyone.
Winston Fleary, sixty-seven years old, has been drummer, dancer, singer and leader of countless Big Drums throughout his life. He says the first time he consciously "came into the presence of the drum" was when he was five years old at the Big Drum held at a relative's boat launching. The lead drummer of the Big Drum was Sugar Adams, and the Chantwell, Sugar's wife, Mary Fortune, both true masters of the Big Drum Nation Dance. Carriacou's Big Drum Nation Dance was so unique that, in 1962, the world renowned American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, came to Carriacou and made field recordings of Carriacou's cultural music. Besides recording the songs of Big Drum, Lomax also recorded traditional chanteys and spirituals, as well as another musical genre unique to the island, Carriacou Quadrille.
Quadrille music and dance was introduced in the court of France around 1760. The popular dance made its way to Britain by way of British soldiers coming home from the Napoleonic wars in the early 19th century. British and French plantation owners took Quadrille with them to the West Indies. Because of the very limited number of whites on many of the plantation islands, many plantation owners used house slaves to play the fiddle and other instruments, and to fill out the dance squares of four couples per square. As the house slaves learned the stately music and dances of their 'masters', they taught Quadrille to the field slaves. In the beginning, the slaves used the European dances to mimic and poke fun at their masters; however, as time went on, especially after emancipation (Britain 1838, France 1848), the former slaves of many of the West Indies islands made Quadrille their own: each island developing its own unique style of Quadrille music and dance, a syncretic blend of European and African influences.
On Carriacou, especially in the village of L'Esterre, Quadrille became the unofficial music and dance. Carriacou Quadrille is played with a fiddle, steel (triangle) and hand held bass drum (though cuatro, guitar, banjo, tambourine and other percussion instruments may be added). Traditional Carriacou Quadrille is raw and raucous: the European derived fiddle melodies ever-flowing to the driving Afro beat of the steel (triangle) and the bass drum. The true master of the Carriacou Quadrille was fiddler Canute Caliste, who up until his death in 2005 at the age of 91 was one of the leading Quadrille fiddlers in the Lesser Islands. Caliste was also a world renowned folk artist, with some of his paintings making it to the art collections of former American president George Bush senior and Queen Elizabeth II. But it is the Quadrille Canute Caliste was most famous for: the long renowned fiddle master playing concerts in England and North America.
One such concert Canute, as well as Sugar Adams and Mary Fortune performed at was at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, in 1975. Alan Lomax and Winston Fleary, who was living in New York City at the time, were in attendance. Winston was about to enter medical school, but at the concert his vocation suddenly changed. As Winston Fleary states, "Alan was all over me, changing my perception of cultural heritage, and influencing my decisions to abandon medical school in favor of setting up a folklife program for the Big Drum Nation Dance and the music of the people of Carriacou." Throughout the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, Winston Fleary was the Director of the Folklife Institute of Grenada. He wrote the plays, Come to the Village, and The Year in the Life of Say Baba, both of which celebrate Carriacou's rich culture through song, dance, storytelling, music, and traditional crafts and food. The company performed throughout North America, Europe and the Caribbean.
Today, Winston Fleary, retired, makes his permanent home on his homeland of Carriacou. And though he lost a foot to diabetes and wears a prostheses, anytime a Big Drum is held, he is there: playing drum, leading singing (if there is no chantwell), and dancing the dances of the ancestors. And this is the reason why the group of college students from Grenada's St George's University has traveled from the mainland of Grenada to Carriacou, to learn the stories, sing the songs and dance the dances of the ancestors. Winston Fleary looks out at the young people formed in a ring before him. He tells the students of Carriacou's most famous Big Drum dancer, Collie Landore, who danced before Queen Elizabeth II at the Queen's state visit to Grenada in 1965. The same year a photograph of Collie Landore dancing the Hen Dance at a Carriacou Big Drum was featured in National Geographic (Finisterre Sails the Windward Islands, National Geographic December 1965).
When he finishes his story, Winston Fleary rises from his seat behind the drum in order for his son Dywane, a student at St George's University, to take his seat behind the drum. As the beat of the drum fills the ring, Winston Fleary's steps come alive. He calls into the ring Donna Landore, also a student at SGU, and the great-great granddaughter of Collie Landore, to come into the ring. As Donna dances, the beat of her flowing steps dictating the beat of the drum, she reaches out and brings another young woman into the ring, and teaches her the dance. When the dance is finished, Donna touches the drum with her hand for the drumming to stop. Winston Fleary smiles approvingly at the dancers; then motions to his son to begin drumming again. He reaches out his hand to the newly initiated dancer, and leads his new protégé in a formal Quadrille Waltz; the teacher and student smiling and laughing as they dance to the heartbeat of the drum.
If you would like to learn more about Carriacou's unique cultural music, I invite you to read Rebecca Millers, Carriacou String Band Serenade: Performing Identity in the Eastern Caribbean, and Lorna McDaniel's The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight. Alan Lomax's 1962 field recordings, Caribbean Voyage: Carriacou Calaloo, are on CD (see review), and may be obtained through Rounder Records.
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China orders energy firms to secure winter fuel supplies at all costs
Order may have knock-on effects for UK gas bills as second-biggest economy grapples with power cuts
More than a dozen provinces and regions in China have been forced to impose curbs on energy usage in recent months. Photograph: Yangphoto/Getty Images
Phillip Inman and agency
Fri 1 Oct 2021 03.12 EDT Last modified on Thu 14 Oct 2021 05.25 EDT
China has ordered state-owned energy companies "to do whatever it takes" to secure fuel supplies, putting further pressure on the price of gas paid by already struggling UK energy suppliers.
The vice-premier, Han Zheng, told China's energy companies to make sure there is enough fuel to keep the country running as Beijing battles to manage a power crisis that threatens to hit growth in the world's second-biggest economy.
Britain's energy suppliers have come under severe strain in recent months after a spike in gas prices. Several have gone bust after they made promises to customers of maintaining fixed prices that they were unable to honour.
Ministers have faced criticism from business groups for a lack of planning that has left the UK acutely vulnerable to price swings on international energy markets.
A rise in global gas prices, coupled with the soaring cost of diesel and petrol at the pumps after a driver shortage, is expected to help push UK inflation above 4% over the coming months, hitting the living standards of millions of people.
China has been hit by widespread power cuts that have closed or partly shut factories, hitting production and global supply chains.
China's factory activity in shock slowdown as energy crisis hits home
Beijing is seeking to secure supplies of gas and coal for its power stations, which still provide more than 50% of the country's electricity generation.
The crisis has been caused by a confluence of factors, including rising overseas demand as economies reopen, record coal prices, state electricity price controls and tough emissions targets. More than a dozen provinces and regions have been forced to impose curbs on energy usage in recent months.
Gazprom, the Russian state-owned gas producer, is understood to be preparing further price increases, though it mainly supplies continental European countries.
US liquified natural gas (LNG) suppliers have increased production in recent weeks, but not by enough to cope with rising demand as winter approaches in the northern hemisphere.
Britain still has large gas resources in the North Sea, but has become dependent since it decommissioned most storage facilities on a steady stream of ships from the Middle East carrying LNG.
Prices have risen more than fivefold over the past 12 months in Europe and Asia, in what Toby Whittington, lead energy economist at Oxford economics, described as "the perfect storm in global natural gas markets".
Longstanding supply issues, depleted inventories, surging demand, and the coming northern hemisphere winter mean that prices are likely to remain elevated until spring 2022," he said.
Beijing has reduced its reliance on coal since 2017, bringing down the proportion used to generate electricity from more than 80% to just over 50%, but Whittington said China was likely to increase production again, threatening carbon emission targets.
"Coal supply will improve as Beijing has restarted several mines, but reserves will take time to ramp up, and consequently, the market will remain tight this winter," he said.
Han, who supervises the nation's energy sector and industrial production, made the demand for energy companies to secure supplies at an emergency meeting this week with officials from Beijing's state-owned assets regulator and economic planning agency, the report said.
Data published on Thursday showed China's factory activity contracted unexpectedly in September and for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic took a grip in February 2020. The weaker than expected manufacturing survey reflected the curbs on electricity use and rising prices for commodities and parts.
Han's statement raised concerns that already high commodity prices could soar even higher. The order "to me implies that we are in no way on the verge of a cool-off. Rather it looks like it is going to get even more crazy," said Bjarne Schieldrop, an analyst at SEB.
The power crunch prompted the banks Nomura and Goldman Sachs to this week cut their growth forecasts for China, as they expect more disruptions to supply chains and production.
Factories that supply multinationals such as Apple and carmaker Tesla are among those affected and told to halt production.
A note from Capital Economics on Friday said: "Power shortages seem unlikely to ease any time soon."
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One factory worker in the industrial hub of Dongguan told AFP this week they were working overnight after being forced to cease daytime production.
"Of course we're unhappy…… but we're going along with the hours that the power curbs take place," he said.
Chinese coal futures on Thursday soared to a record high as the country grappled with shortages in the run-up to a national holiday, with many factories shut for the week-long break.


Last Wednesday, we went to the Louvre to explore our GCSE exam theme "Reflection". Whilst at the Louvre, we took part in a workshop that used similar shapes to the dome of the Louvre and then created models as teams. I really enjoyed how interactive and collaborative the trip was, as I really had to think about what I was building and the meaning behind it. After completing this task, we explored the gallery and took photos of artworks that were relevant to our exam topic. This was interesting as I was able to go through the gallery at my own pace and get a lot of my preparatory work for the upcoming exam.


of the company Korálky.cz s.r.o.
1.1. Those Terms and Conditions (hereinafter only as the "Terms and Conditions") of the company Korálky.cz, registered seat Malešická 2178/20, identification number: 24260452, VAT number: CZ24260452, registered in the Commercial Register of the Municipal Court in Prague, Section C, File 198378 (hereinafter only as the "Seller") are governing mutual rights and duties of contract parties originated in connection or based on particular purchase contract (hereinafter only as the "Purchase Contract") concluded between the Seller and other natural persons (hereinafter only as the "Buyer") through the Seller's e-shop in compliance with the provision § 1751, par. 1 of the Act no. 89/2012 Coll., Civil Code, as amended (hereinafter only as the "Civil Code"). The e-shop is run by the Seller on the web page which can be found at the internet address www.dobeado.com (hereinafter only as the "Website") through the interface of the Website (hereinafter only as the "Web interface of the e-shop").
1.2. Provisions different from the Terms and Conditions can be negotiated in the Purchase Contract. Different provisions included in the Purchase Contract take precedence over provisions of those Terms and Conditions.
1.3. Provisions of the Terms and Conditions form the integral part of the Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract and the Terms and Conditions are executed in Czech. The Purchase Contract can be concluded in Czech or English.
1.5. Text of the Terms and Conditions can be modified or amended by the Seller. This provision shall not affect rights and duties associated with the previous text of the Terms and Conditions.
2.1. Based on the Buyer's registration performed on the Website the Buyer can access their user interface. From their user interface the Buyer can undertake the ordering of goods (hereinafter only as the "User Account"). If the Web interface of the e-shop allows it then the Buyer can undertake the ordering of goods even without their direct registration from the Web interface of the e-shop.
2.2. During registration on the Website and during the ordering of goods the Buyer shall state all their information correctly and truthfully. The Buyer shall update all their information included in the User Account if there is any modification. Information included in the Buyer's account and during the ordering of goods are considered to be true.
2.3. Access to the User Account is protected by a username and password. The Buyer shall maintain confidentiality about such information necessary for access to their User Account.
2.4. The Buyer does not have the right to grant any third person access to their User Account.
2.5. The Seller can cancel any User Account and especially in the case when the Buyer is not using their User Account for more than 2 years or if the Buyer violates their duties arising from a particular Purchase Contract (including those Terms and Conditions).
2.6. The Buyer acknowledges that its User Account does not have to be available at all times, especially with regard to the necessary maintenance of the Seller's hardware and software or hardware and software of third persons.
3.1. Presentation of goods placed on the Web interface of the e-shop is only informative and the Seller is not obliged to conclude the Purchase Contract regarding such goods. The provision § 1732, par. 2 of the Civil Code shall not be used.
3.2. The Web interface of the e-shop contains information about goods including prices. Prices of offered goods and services are provided inclusive of value added tax and all related fees. Prices of goods are valid for the time period when they are displayed on the Web interface of the e-shop. This provision shall not restrict Seller's right to conclude the Purchase Contract according to individually agreed terms.
3.3. The Web interface of the e-shop also contains information about expenses connected with the packing and delivery of goods. Information about expenses connected with the packing and delivery of goods mentioned on the Web interface of the e-shop are valid only if particular goods are delivered within the Czech Republic.
3.4.3. information about expenses connected with the delivery of goods (hereinafter together only as the "Order").
3.5. Before the Order is sent to the Seller the Buyer can check and modify information which it has placed into the Order with regard to the Buyer's possibility to discover and modify errors connected with the completion of particular Order. The Order shall be sent by the Buyer to the Seller using the button "Complete Order". Information included in the Order is considered to be correct. The Seller shall notify the Buyer about its receipt of the Order via the e-mail which the Buyer has listed in its User Interface or Order (hereinafter only as the "Buyer's electronic address").
3.6. The Seller has the right to request an additional confirmation of the Order from the Buyer (e.g. in a written form or by phone) depending on the type of a particular Order (amount of goods, purchase price, expected transport expenses).
3.7. The contractual relationship between the Seller and the Buyer shall be valid from the confirmation of the acceptance of the Order being delivered; such confirmation shall be sent by the Seller to Buyer's electronic address.
3.8. The Buyer agrees with the fact that a means of distant communication will be used for the conclusion of each Purchase Contract. The Buyer's expenses connected with the use of the means of distant communication in connection with the conclusion of the Purchase Contract (expenses for its internet connection, phone calls) shall be paid for by the Buyer themselves and that such expenses are not different from the basic rate.
4.2. Together with the purchase price the Buyer shall also pay expenses connected with the packing and delivery of goods of the agreed amount to the Seller. If it is not explicitly stated otherwise, then the purchase price is considered to be the purchase price and expenses connected with the delivery of the goods.
4.3. The Seller does not require a deposit or any other similar payment from the Buyer. This does not affect the provision of Article 4.6 of those Terms and Conditions about duty to pay the purchase price for goods in advance.
4.4. If the purchase price is paid in cash or by cash on delivery, then the purchase price is due when the goods are received.
4.5. If the purchase price is paid via bank transfer, then the Buyer shall pay the purchase price together with the provision of the variable symbol of the particular payment. If the purchase price is paid via bank transfer, then the Buyer's obligation to pay the purchase price is fulfilled when the particular amount is credited to Seller's account.
4.6. The Seller has the right to demand payment of the whole purchase price before the goods are dispatched to the Buyer and especially in the case where the Buyer has not additionally confirmed their Order (Article 3.6). The provision § 2119, par. 1 of the Civil Code shall not be used.
4.7. Possible discounts from the purchase price provided by the Seller to the Buyer cannot be mutually combined, with the exception of gift (discount) vouchers previously purchased in the e-shop.
4.8. Purchased gift (discount) voucher entitles its owner to a discount from the order price in the amount stated on the voucher.
4.9. If it is usual in the business relations or if it is established by generally applicable laws, then the Seller shall issue the tax document (invoice) regarding payments performed in compliance with the Purchase Contract to the Buyer. The Seller is a payer of value added tax. A tax document (invoice) shall be issued by the Seller to the Buyer after the purchase price is paid and it shall be sent to the Buyer's electronic address.
4.10. The Buyer has the right to cancel their Order without giving any reason and without the cancellation fee, if the Order has not been already dispatched.
4.11. Cancellation of the Order shall be sent to the e-mail address info@dobeado.com by the Buyer. The Seller can accept the cancellation of the Order even by phone, but such cancellation shall be subsequently confirmed as aforementioned. When cancelling the Order the Buyer shall mention the order number, their full name and contact information. When the Order is cancelled by the Seller, the Buyer will receive an e-mail confirmation.
5.1. The Buyer acknowledges that in compliance with the provision § 1837 of the Civil Code it is not possible to withdraw from the Purchase Contract on delivery of goods which have been modified according to the Buyer's wish or for its person and from the Purchase Contract on delivery of goods which has been irretrievably mixed with other goods after its delivery.
5.2. If it is not the case mentioned in Article 5.1 or another case when it is not possible to withdraw from the Purchase Contact, then the Buyer has the right to withdraw from the Purchase Contract within fourteen (14) days since the receipt of such goods in compliance with the provision § 1829, par. 1 of the Civil Code and if there are several kinds of goods or the delivery of several parts in the Purchase Contract, then such a period begins when the last delivery of goods is taken over. Withdrawal from the Purchase Contract shall be sent to the Seller within the aforementioned time period. The Buyer can send their withdrawal from the Purchase Contract to the Seller's address – Korálky.cz s.r.o., Malešická 2178/20, Praha 3 – 130 00, Czech Republic, or to the Seller's electronic mail address – info@dobeado.com. The form for the withdrawal from a particular contract is available on the website (pdf file, doc file).
5.3. In the case when there is a withdrawal from the Purchase Contract according to Article 5.2 of those Terms and Conditions the Purchase Contract shall be cancelled from the beginning. Goods shall be returned to the Seller within fourteen (14) days of the Buyer's withdrawal from the Purchase Contract. Expenses connected with the returning of goods to the Seller shall be paid by the Buyer even if such goods cannot be returned via common mail due to their nature.
5.4. In the case when there is a withdrawal from the Purchase Contract according to the Article 5.2 of those Terms and Conditions the Seller shall return monies received from the Buyer within fourteen (14) days of the Buyer's withdrawal from the Purchase Contract in the same way as it was accepted by the Seller from the Buyer. The Seller also has the right to return accepted monies to the Buyer even using different means if the Buyer agrees with such a procedure and there will not be any additional expenses. In the case when there is a Buyer's withdrawal from the Purchase Contract the Seller is not obliged to return accepted monies to the Buyer unless the goods are returned by the Buyer or unless the Buyer proves that they have sent goods to them.
5.5. In compliance with the provision § 1832 of the Civil Code the Buyer has the right to demand the return of monies connected with the transport of goods (postage) when it was purchased (not when it was returned). But this claim is only of the amount of the cheapest option offered by the Seller (even in the case where the Buyer selected a more expensive option during their Order), but personal receipt cannot be considered as this type of delivery.
5.6. The Seller has the right to unilaterally offset the claim for the compensation of damages of goods against the Buyer's claim for the refund of the purchase price.
5.7. Before the goods are received by the Buyer the Seller has the right to withdraw from the Purchase Contract at any time. In such case the Seller shall refund the purchase price to the Buyer without undue delay and via transfer to the bank account defined by the Buyer.
5.8. If the Buyer receives a present together with goods, then such deed of a gift between the Seller and the Buyer is concluded with the resolute condition that if there will be a withdrawal from the Purchase Contract, then such deed of a gift about such present will cease to exist and the Buyer shall return the sent gift together with the goods.
6.1. In the case when the type of transport is negotiated based on a Buyer's special request, then the Buyer shall bear the risk and possible additional expenses connected with such type of transport.
6.2. If the Seller is obliged to deliver the goods to the place defined by the Buyer in their Order in compliance with the Purchase Contract, then the Buyer is obliged to take receipt of such goods on delivery.
6.3. If the goods have to be delivered repeatedly or via other means due to the Buyer's reasons, then the Buyer shall pay expenses connected with such repeated delivery or expenses connected with other types of delivery.
6.4. When the goods are being received from a carrier the Buyer shall check to see whether the packaging is not damaged and if there are any defects, then the Buyer shall notify the particular carrier immediately. If it is discovered that the wrapper is damaged and that there was any unauthorized opening of such delivery, then the Buyer does not have to take receipt of such a delivery from the carrier.
6.5. Other rights and duties of the contract parties during the transport of goods can be modified by Seller's special delivery terms if they are issued by the Seller.
7.1. Rights and duties of the contract parties with regard to rights arising from a defective performance shall be governed by relevant, generally applicable laws (especially provisions § 1914 to 1925, § 2099 to 2117 and § 2161 to 2174 of the Civil Code).
7.2.5. goods are in compliance with the law.
7.3. If there is a defect within six months from when the goods were received, then it is considered that such goods were defective when they were received.
7.4. The Buyer can execute his rights arising from a defective performance within 24 months since when the goods were recieved.
7.5. Rights arising from a defective performance shall be executed by the Buyer by the filling out of the complaints sheet which is available at the website (pdf file, doc file) and its sending to the address of the Seller's company registered seat or via e-mail to the address info@dobeado.com. Such claims shall include the Order number, description of defects and possible documentation (e.g. photos). The moment when the Seller has received the returned goods from the Buyer is considered to be the moment of submission of such a complaint.
7.6. After receipt of the returned goods the Seller shall send confirmation about the acceptance of the Buyer's complaint within 3 days from the submission of such a complaint. Confirmation about the commencement of a complaint procedure shall be sent to the Buyer's email address that was included in their Order.
7.7. The Buyer shall prove that they have purchased goods from the Seller and that their right is executed within the proper period. The Seller does not have to accept the Buyer's complaint unless those facts are proven.
7.8. Rights arising from a defective performance do not cover wear and tear of goods caused by their usual use or defects of goods caused by the Buyer or if the Buyer has known about such defects.
7.9.4. discount from the purchase price, and only the Buyer has the right to choose their claim.
7.10. In the case when the complaint is approved by the Seller then the Seller shall pay the minimum expenses connected with the sending of goods back. If the Buyer will not select the cheapest option of a standard delivery of goods offered by the Seller in compliance with the provision § 1832, par. 2 of the Civil Code then only the expenses corresponding with the cheapest option of a standard delivery of goods offered by the Seller shall be returned to the Buyer. In the case when the complaint is unjustified then the Buyer does not have the right for the compensation of their expenses connected with the complaint and at the same time the Seller does not have the right for the compensation of their expenses.
7.11. The time period for the processing of a complaint is suspended when the Seller has not received all documents necessary for the processing of the complaint (parts of goods, other documents). The Seller shall request completion of documents from the Buyer as soon as possible. Such a time period shall be suspended from this date until requested documents are delivered by the Buyer.
7.12. The Seller shall notify the Buyer about the processing of the complaint within 30 calendar days via the e-mail address included in the Order.
7.13. Other rights and duties of the contract parties connected with the Seller's liability for defects can be modified using the Seller's Complaint Procedure.
8.1. The Buyer shall acquire the ownership right for goods when the full purchase price is paid.
8.2. The Seller is not obliged by any codes of conduct according to the provision § 1826, par. 1, letter e) of the Civil Code in relation to the Buyer.
8.3. Extrajudicial settlements of the consumer's complaints are ensured by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (CTIA), registered seat: Štěpánská 567/15, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic, internet address www.coi.cz/en/.
8.4. The Seller has the right to sell goods based on their trade license. Trade supervision is performed by the Trade Office within its authority. Supervision over the area of personal data protection is performed by the Office for Personal Data Protection. Czech Trade Inspection Authority performs within the given scope supervision over the compliance with the Act no. 634/1992 Coll., on consumer's protection, as amended.
8.5. The Buyer is responsible for the change of circumstances within the meaning of the provision § 1765, par. 2 of the Civil Code.
8.6. According to the Czech law about online sales reporting No. 112/2016, we are obliged to issue you a specific receipt and register the sale online at the Czech tax administrator. Wording of the obligation in the Czech language is as follows: Podle zákona o evidenci tržeb je prodávající povinen vystavit kupujícímu účtenku. Zároveň je povinen zaevidovat přijatou tržbu u správce daně online; v případě technického výpadku pak nejpozději do 48 hodin.
9.1. Protection of the personal data of the Buyer who is a natural person is provided by the Act no. 101/2000 Coll., on personal data protection, as amended.
9.2. The Buyer agrees with processing of those personal data: first name and surname, address of their residence, name of the company, identification number, VAT number, electronic address, phone number (hereinafter together only as the "Personal Data").
9.3. The Buyer agrees that the Seller will process their Personal Data for the purpose of the realization of rights and duties arising from the Purchase Contract and for the administration of the User Account. If the Buyer does not select another option, then they also agree with the processing of the Personal Data for the purpose of the sending of information and business notifications by the Seller to the Buyer. Consent with the processing of the Personal Data in the full scope of this article is not itself the condition which could thwart conclusion of the Purchase Contract.
9.4. The Buyer acknowledges that they are obliged to provide their Personal Data correctly and truthfully (during registration, in their User Account, in any Order via the Web interface of the e-shop) and that they are obliged to inform the Seller about any change of their Personal Data without undue delay.
9.5. The Seller has the right to appoint any third person as the processor of the Buyer's personal data. The Buyer's personal data shall not be transferred to any third person without the Buyer's prior consent with the exception of persons responsible for the transport of the goods.
9.6. Personal Data shall be processed for an indefinite period of time. Personal Data shall be processed electronically and automatically or manually on a printed form.
9.7. The Buyer confirms that the provided Personal Data is exact and that they were informed about the fact that it is a voluntary provision of Personal Data.
9.8.2. demand removal of such an issue by the Seller or processor.
9.9. If the Buyer will request information about processing of its Personal Data, then the Seller shall give the Buyer such information. The Seller has the right to demand adequate compensation of expenses for provision of above mentioned information, however such expenses shall not exceed expenses necessary for the provision of information.
10.1. The Buyer agrees with the sending of information connected with goods, services or the Seller's business to the Buyer's electronic address and they also agree with the sending of business notifications by the Seller to Buyer's electronic address.
10.2. The Buyer agrees with the saving of so called cookies on their computer. If it is possible to purchase something on the Website and if it is possible that the Seller's obligations arising from the Purchase Contract can be fulfilled without the saving of so called cookies on the Buyer's computer, then the Buyer has the right to withdraw this consent.
11.1. The Seller can deliver anything to the Buyer to the Buyer's electronic address included in their User Account or in their Order.
12.1. If the relationship established by the Purchase Contract contains an international (foreign) element, then the contract parties agree that their relationship shall be governed by Czech law. This does not affect the consumer's rights arising from generally applicable laws.
12.2. If any provision of those Terms and Conditions is invalid or unenforceable or if it becomes invalid or unenforceable, then the provision which is as similar as possible to such provision shall be used. Invalidity or unenforceability of one provision shall not affect the validity of remaining provisions. Modifications and amendments of the Purchase Contract or Terms and Conditions shall be in a written format.
12.3. The Purchase Contract including the Terms and Conditions is archived by the Seller in an electronic form and it is not accessible.
12.4. Seller's contact information: delivery address is Korálky.cz s.r.o., Malešická 2178/20, Praha 3 – 130 00, Czech Republic, electronic address is info@dobeado.com, phone +420 604 845 737.


Cut fish into chunks, about one inch (I used tilapia). Put these in a bowl and season heavily with pepper and seasoned salt (I used Jane's Crazy Mixed-Up Salt). Drizzle with olive oil. Throw in some roughly diced white onion. Fry this in a hot pan for a couple of minutes until just done, do NOT overcook!
Repeat with shrimp. I use the frozen bagged 31-40 shrimp from Costco (thaw out a handful in a bowl of water for 10 min while you're doing other food prep). Season, add oil, add onion, fry it up without overcooking.
Warm up your tortilla, either corn or flour. Add some thinly chopped red cabbage, diced green onion and throw on some of the fish or shrimp with onion (or both, like I did!).
Now add a couple of dollops of the sauce -- low fat sour cream mixed with Asian chili sauce (about 3 parts sour cream to 1 part chili sauce).
Can't quite get the motivation for that new diet?
This girl loves her bean dip!
Ever since I had one of Misty's Oreo truffle balls at Christmas, I have been craving some more. Last night we followed our usual tradition of making treats after dinner and I finally got a chance to make some.
I heard that you can actually can dry beans without even having to soak them, so I gave pinto beans a try (with some pinto bean seasoning).
1) Kids do not observe daylight savings time. In fact, Ava has chosen to get up even earlier than usual both days so far. Awesome!
2) Got everybody ready to haul Ryan to the airport this morning. About 10 minutes after dropping him off, get a call that his flight schedule changed today (he takes the same flight every weekend), and it left an hour before he got there. I'm sure he'll get to San Diego sometime today.
3) Told kids we'd hit the bookstore on the way back home to get some books for our road trip to San Diego this weekend. Arrived at Border's to find that they've changed their opening time to 10:00. It was 9:00 am.
4) Tell kids, OK, we'll do an Amazon order when we get home and the books will be here on Wed. Decided to start some eggs boiling downstairs while I take Delaney's book order.
5) At least 45 minutes later, as we are finishing up the entire book order (and certain people had to take a very long time deciding....) I hear a loud pop noise. Get up to yell at the kids who were wrestling around while they were watching a Discovery channel show on my bed. Look around and realize that there is nothing broken. So what was that loud noise?
6) Realize that something smells like it is burning.
7) Remember boiling eggs downstairs.
8) Discover that of the 6 eggs we started off with, only 4 are still in the pan. The other two have exploded all over the kitchen and have even made it into the living room.
I was also reading an article last night that suggested rinsing out the plastic containers on the WW/frozen food entrees, and using those as a plate the next time, as a good guide for a serving size. I thought that was another nifty idea.


Myndin er sjálfsagt háð höfundarrétti en er birt hér engu að síður enda gæti þjóðaröryggi ef ekki heimsfriður verið í húfi.
Yet for three and a half years the US government deemed this elderly, infirm man an "enemy combatant", so dangerous to America's security that he was imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay.
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Mystic Seaport named Gary Jobson the 2013 recipient of the museum's America and the Sea Award.
Presented annually by the maritime museum, the award recognizes an individual or organization whose contribution to the history, arts, business or sciences of the sea best exemplify the American character.
Jobson was to receive the award at a benefit gala held in his honor in New York City Tuesday evening.
The America and the Sea Award honors and celebrates those who embrace the scholarship, exploration, adventure, aesthetics, competition and freedom the sea inspires.
Distinguished past recipients include the founder of WoodenBoat publications, Jon Wilson; former Navy Secretary John Lehman; oceanographer and deep sea explorer Sylvia Earle; maritime collector and yachtsman William I. Koch; Thomas B. Crowley Jr., president and CEO of Crowley Maritime Corp.; Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian David McCullough; and famed yacht designer Olin Stephens.
Jobson has spent much of his life sailing the world's oceans. He is a decorated sailor, television sailing commentator, Emmy winner, sailing lecturer, sailing coach and author.
The documentary shares the adventures of the famous sailing couple, who completed seven round-the-world voyages between 1933 and 1958 and later in life traveled throughout the inland waterways of Europe. Jobson, in partnership with Mystic Seaport, hosted the Mystic, Conn., premiere of the film in April 2012.


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Barely a month after Election Day, Galvin floats tweaks to 'millionaires tax' to exempt some homeowners
Voters narrowly approved the measure last month, which will add an extra state tax to incomes over $1 million a year.
By Matt Stout and Dana Gerber Globe Staff,Updated December 8, 2022, 11:22 a.m.
Secretary of State William F. Galvin intends to tweak the newly approved ballot measure, known as the millionaires tax, to exempt some residents from paying the surtax when selling their homes.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/file
In the first sign that lawmakers may tweak the newly approved ballot measure raising taxes on Massachusetts' wealthiest residents, Secretary of State William F. Galvin said Thursday he intends to file legislation that would exempt some longtime homeowners from paying the surtax when selling their primary house.
Galvin signed the final certification of the constitutional amendment on Thursday, officially increasing the state's 5 percent income tax rate to 9 percent on annual income exceeding $1 million, as of Jan. 1.
Related: Read more Globe coverage of Question 1
But while doing so, the Brighton Democrat said he believes it's incumbent on the Legislature to further clarify how the new law is implemented. He also said legislators, who will have wide sway in deciding where the money is directed, should recognize that concerns over the measure deeply split the state's electorate before passing Question 1 with 52 percent of the vote.
"It's a justifiable tax," said Galvin, who voted for the measure. "But we should be considerate to people who are caught up in it."
Galvin's proposals mark the first attempt at tweaking the divisive surtax to transform it from concept into practice. Legislative tinkering with ballot measures once they pass is fairly common, but lawmakers have up until now been quiet on what exactly they might do to refine the so-called "millionaires tax."
The measure is designed to fund education and transportation, and has been projected to raise anywhere from $1.2 to more than $2 billion per year. But the ballot measure, by making the revenue "subject to appropriation," does not guarantee the Legislature will actually increase spending in those areas, and critics have questioned whether Beacon Hill can be trusted to spend the revenue appropriately.
Galvin said he will propose creating a separate trust to where at least a portion of the revenue can flow in order to fund education initiatives. He said he intends to discuss the bill's specific language with potential sponsors, but believes that the majority of the revenue raised should go toward education, be it on the local or college level.
"I think the more urgent need is [to ensure] that education has a seat at the table and a clear share of these funds," he said.
The secretary of state said he is also crafting language that would carve out exceptions for the "one-time profit on the sale of a homeowner's primary residence, if the homeowner is elderly and income-limited," according to a Thursday release. He envisions exempting those who sell their primary residence, have lived in it for at least five or 10 years, and meet other income qualifications. That could include those who have successfully applied for a senior abatement on their real estate tax, he said.
At this point, Galvin's proposals are just that, a proposal. They would need support from Beacon Hill legislators, and, ultimately incoming Governor Maura Healey, to become law. Healey, Senate President Karen Spilka, and House Speaker Ron Mariano all supported the millionaires tax, and both legislative leaders issued noncommittal statements in response to Galvin's ideas Thursday.
"The House will review any legislation filed next session through the formal legislative process," Mariano's office said.
The Raise Up Massachusetts coalition — which led the campaign to pass the millionaires tax campaign, largely funded by teacher's unions — said in a statement that it is "committed to working with legislators to ensure that every dollar in new revenue reaches our classrooms, campuses, roads, bridges, and transit systems." On the subject of housing, the coalition reiterated its stance that few home sales will be impacted by the tax "thanks to the many existing deductions that can be taken when a home is sold."
Mass Budget, a think tank that supported Question 1, estimated that just over 2,000 home sales notched a capital gain high enough to qualify for the tax last year — though, when combined with other income, the sale of a home could push some residents over the threshold.
A budget expert who has studied the proposal said the impact from exempting lower- and moderate-income seniors would likely be negligible. Evan Horowitz, the executive director of The Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University, said the exemption was a "reasonable" move since much of the concern over the tax focused on its impacts on retired homeowners.
And yet, he added that it would not be particularly meaningful policy, since the number of people who would qualify both for the exemption and reach Question 1 territory would be in the dozens or perhaps hundreds.
"The short version is, man, that's a teeny number," said Horowitz.
The more meaningful move, he said, would be the separate trust for the surtax revenue. He anticipates the proceeds from the millionaires tax being highly volatile, with windfalls during good economic years and major dips during bad ones. The fund, he said, would serve as a sort of savings account to insulate from shaky economic stretches.
What the trust wouldn't do, however, is ensure that the proceeds are additive — that is, that the money goes where Beacon Hill says it will go.
Galvin acknowledged he has yet to clearly define the proposal, but cast the trial balloon as a conversation-starter "so it doesn't get lost in the activities of January," when Healey and a new legislature will be sworn in and a new two-year legislative session kicks off.
"There should be an upfront commitment to identifying these funds from the get go," Galvin said. But he said it's unclear whether Democratic leaders in the Legislature will have an appetite for legislative changes around the new tax.
"The Legislature may just ignore it," said Galvin. "But I think they do so at their own peril. And they shouldn't be allowed to ignore it."
Matt Stout can be reached at matt.stout@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @mattpstout. Dana Gerber can be reached at dana.gerber@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @danagerber6.


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My Reflection on Pride Month
I am Michael Lesher, a Texas State Board Licensed Professional Counselor and "friend of Dorothy". I have had the joy of working at Nick Finnegan Counseling Center for the last year. My experience spans many years of work in public education where I worked with many diverse populations. As a counselor, I work specifically with teens, young adults, and the LGBTQ+ community.
Being that it is June, it means that it is Pride Month. It is during the month of June that we celebrate the impact the LGBTQ+ community has had on the world and commemorates the events that started the movement toward equality. It was June 28, 1969 that the riots and demonstrations began after the police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village of Manhattan, New York. The riots and marches were quite different from the flag-waving and joyous celebrations we see in every major US city today. It was a memorable experience for me to have had the opportunity to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall by walking in the World Pride March in New York City last year.
Even Houston has had its moments in the spotlight for LGBTQ+ rights since the Stonewall demonstrations. On June 16, 1977, the LGBTQ+ community rallied against the appearance of former Miss America and anti-gay Florida Orange Juice spokeswomen, Anita Bryant by a protest and concert boycott. On July 13, 1991 "Queer Nation" protested the murder of Paul Broussard, a 27-year-old gay man, which was a peaceful demonstration where 2,000 Houstonians blocked the streets of Westheimer and Montrose against anti-gay (LGBTQ+) hate crimes. In even more recent history, the election of Mayor Annise Parker as the first openly gay mayor of a major city.
In addition, it is inspiring to think of the progress our nation has seen in the last 50 years, such as the Supreme Court ruling on June 26, 2015 that ruled the right to marry is guaranteed to same sex couples and recently on June 15, 2020 ruling that federal law protects LGBTQ+ workers. However, during the stress of Covid-19, the disparity of the unresolved racial tension in our nation, and the intense feelings of isolation within quarantine, it is often difficult to find the hope and joy of this year's Pride Month. It has been during the month of June that I have had to dig deep. It is through my own personal reflection and internal celebration of Pride that I have been able to find joy.
Just last Friday, I had the opportunity to present virtually to the Houston Association for Marriage and Family Therapists about how to be an ally to their LGBTQ+ clients and their families. It was an honor to be invited to speak on the topic and provide information to a group of individuals yearning for knowledge. It is my belief that through education and depleting ignorance we can truly make a difference. It is my hope that through reading this editorial, a few questions have come to mind that you will be provoked to Google or learn more about. For instance, what does a "friend of Dorothy" mean, what does the "Q+" mean in LGBTQ+, or what is an "ally"? If anything, I hope that I have encouraged curiosity.
As a counselor I have a mission to help clients achieve personal mental wellbeing. In my work with LGBTQ+ clients, I have found the greatest struggle faced is tackling the internalized fears especially those that are influenced by the thoughts and beliefs of friends and family. Sometimes families and friends are met with uncomfortable feelings. Often it is my role as a counselor to educate about identity, attraction, and expression and to ultimately encourage curiosity that leads to growth and healing.
In conclusion, as Paulo Freire, a leader and advocate of education, suggests in his book the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, "Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who you are- so you can more wisely build the future." So, let's find joy in learning about diverse communities, let's find hope in the celebration of LGBTQ+ history, and let's find peace in putting what we are learning to action. Wishing you a Happy Pride Month!!!
By Michael Lesher, M.Ed., LPC


This week's #WCW is the gorgeous Taylor Manning of taylormanningcreative.com! Taylor and I first connected on a FB group and she was also kind enough to invite me to speak with her on her weekly blab! I adore her and everything she's doing! She's making some huge progress and big waves in our industry and I adore her tenacity & grind! I'm so thrilled to share a little more about her with you this week!
What do you REALLY do?: I help women take their offline expertise and turn it into a thriving online business. I have two main sides of my business: my four month 1:1 coaching program for women looking to really get their marketing in place and see results in their online business and I do Facebook Ad management and testing.
How/when did you get started?: I got started in the online space a few years ago working as freelancer on UpWork.com. I was in college and ready to do anything to make some good money! I was majoring in Advertising so social media, writing and designing was really exciting for me to do for clients. My very first gig was putting pre-written tweets in HootSuite for 10 hours a week for $7 an hour. HA! Then I dabbled and explored writing, creating strategy, doing paid advertising, project management, web design, print design, social media, email marketing and the list goes on. Finally I cam across this Facebook group of women entrepreneurs. It was pretty much love at first sight. I felt so empowered, so excited and that I finally had the chance to make a real difference in other's lives on so many levels versus just working at an agency doing work for big corporations.
What's your next big thing?: I'm working on creating an amazing, highly engaged and HUGE Facebook group of women entrepreneurs - the Creative Corner.
What's the one thing you'd like to share with all other #girlbosses?!: Stop waiting and just do what your heart is dying to do. I see so many women waiting for everything to be perfect before they put themselves out there. Here's the thing YOU are already perfect and you are your business. Share what you love with open arms and the money, clients and thriving business will follow.
Celeb Crush: I have a major girl crush right now on Ashley Graham.
Go-To lipstick color/brand: No lipstick for me!
Favorite Outfit // Play: See above.
Fave part of being a #girlboss: I love making an impact and being able to mix with my business with my style!
One thing about you that might surprise others: I NEVER wanted to own my own business - in fact, I despised the idea after growing up with my dad having a small, "family" business.
2016 Goals: six figures! 3-4,000 in my Facebook group! Get healthy and even more confident!


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Twitter has reportedly thrown its hat in the ring to keep TikTok active in the U.S. Back at the White House, Trump's flailing away at the situation owes to a battle between his advisers.
The Washington Post reported Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and trade adviser Peter Navarro had a shouting match in front of Trump over how to handle TikTok: Mnuchin wants to see a sale and Navarro is pushing for a ban.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Twitter has shown an interest in the video-sharing app's U.S. operations, though it's a longshot behind front-runner Microsoft. Trump has said a deal has to be struck by 9/15 or it would be banned.
Venture capital company Sequoia Capital, which owns 10% of TikTok parent Bytedance, may be key to finding a solution. Sequoia's Global Managing Partner Doug Leone, a Trump backer, has been the president's advisers such as Mnuchin and Jared Kushner to keep TikTok to keep operating in the U.S., the Journal reported.
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As a photographer there are a few things I am SWEAR BY! One of those things I swear by is careful outfit selection! Style and fashion can really make or break the image. There are a few ways to go about styling your family for photographs. You can do like I did and start with one key piece, one FAVORITE garment and head straight to Nordstrom. Nordstrom has its own, very talented stylists, who can piece together the perfect ensemble for your entire tribe. It was too easy! Another option is to hire a stylist. Yes, that is really a thing, and it is more popular than you might expect. Ask your photographer if they have a name of a stylist they recommend. Another tried and true option is to style your session on your own. If you have those incredible skills, my hat is off to you! If you do choose to style your own family I recommend three things... First, coordinate vs match. Matching shirts and jeans can look real bad real quickly! Second, over dressing is preferred! Go for the amazing dress over jeans any day! Third, Do not, ever, please, unless you are 80+ wear socks and sandals. Haha! I am half kidding. This family perfectly pieced together everything and they look so on point! This was such a fun family photo session. I love candid looks and am a big fan of capturing all those in-between moments. Those, in my opinion, are the moments that matter the most.


This is a random find on Netflix as I mentioned before. I got through season 1 and 90% of season 2. However...that is all I can do. I know there is one more season and I just cannot get myself to watch it.
Season 1 was really good. I liked it. It was super funny. I loved Cuckoo even though he was a major narcissistic hippie. I also really liked the Dad. He was the complete opposite of Cuckoo and wanted Cuckoo gone. But he was a huge hoot.
Now...season 2 was a whole different matter. Cuckoo is gone and is replaced by his long lost son. Sure I liked him, but he wasn't as funny or as entertaining. I also did not really like the girl who replaced Cuckoo's wife. She was missing that charm of the original actress. I honestly feel like they should have stopped after Season 1.
In the end, this was a flop for me. I stopped watching after a few episodes in season 2. Maybe someday I'll continue, but for now I will consider this a DNFW (did not finish watching). I'll give this show 2 stars. It only gets the extra star because season 1 was good.


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TT: The corpse in the cupboard
July 26, 2013 by Terry Teachout
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review an important revival, Westport Country Playhouse's production of Joe Orton's Loot, and the off-Broadway transfer of a new musical, Nobody Loves You. Here's an excerpt.
Is there a blacker comedy than "Loot"? If so, I haven't seen it. Alas, Joe Orton's horrific tale of what happens when a thick-witted police detective in hot pursuit of a sexy multiple murderer takes the law into his own hands is so dark that American audiences have yet to embrace it. First performed in England in 1965 and last seen on Broadway 27 years ago, "Loot" ought to be far more familiar than it is. Not only is it gobsmackingly funny, but its anti-authoritarian message grows more timely by the hour. Yet major revivals remain uncommon on this side of the Atlantic, enough so that Westport Country Playhouse's riotous production is the first chance that I've had in the past decade to write about "Loot."
The trouble with "Loot," if trouble it be, is that Orton's plays, all of which were written between 1963 and his untimely death four years later, have a reputation for being too sexually forthright for the comfort of the matinée crowd. But what was once thought shocking is now anything but: I saw "Loot" on Sunday afternoon in Westport, and nobody in the audience seems to have been appalled. Presumably they were all too busy chortling at the lunatic twists and turns of a whodunit that revolves around a corpse that has been extracted from its coffin, stashed in the nearest cupboard, and replaced with a bagful of cash. Enter Inspector Truscott (David Manis), who suspects Fay (Liv Rooth), the corpse's nurse, of having done away with her client, not realizing…and that'll do for the plot of "Loot," which is so magnificently complicated that a fuller synopsis would spoil at least half the fun, if not more.
The point of "Loot," of course, is that Truscott, far from being a shining symbol of British justice in action, turns out to be a vicious and corrupt buffoon: "When I make out my report I shall say that you've given me a confession. It could prejudice your case if I have to forge one." But Orton, whose contempt for authority in all its guises was limitless, swathes his anarchic sermon in the gaudy robes of farce…
"Nobody Loves You," the new Itamar Moses-Gaby Alter musical about a reality-TV series, has transferred from San Diego's Old Globe, where it had a deservedly successful run last summer, to New York's Second Stage Theatre. I saw the show in California and found it both ingenious and touching, so I'm pleased to report that "Nobody Loves You" is as fine here as it was there. It is, in fact, the smartest new musical comedy to come along since "The Drowsy Chaperone."
For those of you just joining us, Jeff (Bryan Fenkart) is a snobby-nerdy philosophy major who gets dumped by his TV-addicted girlfriend and chooses to pursue her by auditioning for "Nobody Loves You," a "Survivor"-style series hosted by a pretty-boy airhead (Heath Calvert) whose contestants compete with one another to find true love. Instead of courting one of the other contestants, he falls for the show's no less snobby-nerdy production assistant (Aleque Reid), after which things get really complicated really fast.
So what's good? Absolutely everything. The book is sharp-witted, the parody-flecked songs clever and catchy….
The trailer for the 2012 Old Globe premiere of Nobody Loves You:
"In a close-up the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage. In a large theater it is the entire proscenium arch, so that no matter what you do, it becomes a theatrical event."
Marlon Brando (with Robert Lindsey), Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me


If we were to ask, what room of the house holds the best memories for you? Most of us would say the kitchen because it is where we connect with our families. It is where we gather to give thanks for all our blessings, to celebrate birthdays, to bake those secret family recepies passed down from our grandmas.
One of the most common things that we hear when customer are looking for a table is,"we want a table that can seat our whole family when we get together." We can help you choose a table to seat your entire family during gatherings no matter how big they are, and when you don't need that big table it will self store the leaves inside to seat only four to six.
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B2ST Hyunseung performs solo at 'Immortal Song 2'
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B2ST member Hyunseung proved his performance skills as he participates on the recent Twin Folio's episode of Immortal Song 2 on December 14..
Hyunseung performed Twin Folio's folk song 'Wedding Cake' and revamped it into an R&B ballad showing off his dancing and singing skills.
Though Hyunseung didn't take home the win that night, fans commented on his performance, "His voice is amazing. What is a pity is that this song didn't have enough to show it","That's an amazing performance!","I hope he could show off more, he's so talented." and so on.
Meanwhile, Kim Ba Da wins the episode. Watch his performance below:


Summer cucumbers, with their lively flavor and crisp texture, are fun additions to the garden. However, the often viney plants can take up a lot of room and reduce the space available for other types of plants. Planting cucumbers in a container conserves garden space, while still providing you with a good growing environment for the fruit.
Some varieties grow better than others in containers. Excellent options in selecting cucumbers for pots are the bush varieties such as Hybrid, Salad and Picklebush. These will still require some staking but have a more robust plant that adapts well to containers.
Cucumbers need a male and female flower to pollinate unless they are parthenocarpic, which means they set fruit without pollination. A small parthenocarpic variety perfect for container grown cucumbers is Arkansas Little Leaf. Bush Baby is a very small 2- to 3-foot vine, but it requires numerous plants to ensure pollination.
Fruit yield can be just as high with container grown cucumbers. Just research the type of fruit you want (burpless, pickling) and make sure its maturity day matches your zone.
Growing cucumbers in pots hydroponically has been a common commercial method of cultivation. The home gardener can mimic the process or simply grow them in a container with soil. The best results will come from healthy plant starts rather than seed, however.
Make a soil mixture specific to cucumber needs with one part each of compost, potting soil, perlite and peat moss. Container grown cucumbers need plenty of water, but you must ensure they have good drainage as well. You'll need a large container with several drainage holes. You may either use a plastic or ceramic pot for planting cucumbers in a container, but it should be at least 12 inches across and 8 inches deep.
Container cucumbers are every bit as crisp and fresh as those grown in the ground. Growing cucumbers in pots allows you to start the plants earlier than those planted in soil. You can move young plants to a greenhouse or sheltered area if necessary.
Container cucumbers should be set out in pots in early May in most areas. Put a stake or trellis in the pot when the cucumber is young. You can tie the vines to the support as the plant grows.
Keep the pot in a brightly lit area with temperatures 70 to 75 F. (21-24 C.). Watch for bugs and fertilize with a low nitrogen food.