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Broken beats for broken times
iDJ meets Texan beatsmith and BRØKEN Syndicate boss Chris Lund
For the first time in almost a decade, it really feels like breakbeat is enjoying a serious wealth of new talent.
No longer are we subject to a wealth of poorly produced bootlegs, electro or dubstep conversions. No longer are the old guard hogging line-ups (or completely denying they ever made breaks at all... ahem). Instead we're enjoying a wealth of original, creative and exciting breaksmithery... and Left/Right is one of those at the forefront.
Dallas-based promoter, co-founder of new label BRØKEN Syndicate and music production teacher, Left/Right (real name Chris Lund) has been no stranger to the breaks scene since the mid-2000s. But, after a short break around 2012, he returned last year with a fresher, deeper, rolling sound. It instantly resonated with the Stanton Warriors, with Left/Right releases now coming regularly on their currently unstoppable Punks imprint.
This year has been especially fruitful for all Left/Right fans, with a seemingly constant slew of releases, remixes, freebies and bootlegs, including one Jamie xx bootleg that was so hot Soundcloud removed it and told him off. His latest is Can't Stop, an ice-cold stepper with partner-in-crime Zander.
We thought we'd call him up and find out more. Get to know…
Other than beats, what was the last thing you broke?
"Oh man, I break things all the time. Things are meant to be used. Probably my sunglasses - I do that on the regular."
You almost broke the internet with that Jamie xx bootleg!
"Thanks man. Yeah, the support on that was unreal. Soundcloud taking it down was a tough loss. I could be upset with them but they have the right to do that. They really should switch their model to YouTube, though – when they flag something for copyright, they leave it but the original artist gets money from ad revenue. That's how it should be!"
Did you hear from Jamie xx about it?
"No. I did put out some feelers at the time but maybe I should again. It always does incredibly well. Stanton Warriors played it at Coachella, and you can hear the crowd roaring on the recording when it drops."
Has it scarred you from making bootlegs forever?
"No, not at all. It's just scarred me from using Soundcloud to share bootlegs/mixes with people. I have no plans for any boots in the near future anyway, as I have a stack of original music coming. No matter the format, I just try to be delivering something forward-thinking that's fresh and sounds like me."
I saw you post the other day about how you'd rather be known for making forward-thinking, often-unknown music than trendy chart music. Was that a shot at someone? Can I smell beef?
"Ah, I just hate to see people copying sound-for-sound what's big. That's really all it is. Everyone imitates their influences - that's how we learn and discover how to write. But to me the next stage is to make music that's your own. A lot of people continue to copy and don't work to find their own voice. Not only does copying get lost, it kind of oversaturates the market.
"The trend machine bugs me: something becomes popular, full-hook sample packs come out, producers put those samples into a song and put it out as their own. My goal is to make something you can't find in a pack. That's what I try and pass on to my students."
Amen! You're working with one your former students now, aren't you?
"Yeah, Zander and I have partnered on quite a bit. We run our label BRØKEN together and have put on various events under that name. Funny story: he booked me for a show but had no idea it was me. I don't tell my students I'm Left/Right and do stuff like this outside of my teaching capacity, so when I turned up he was like, 'What are you doing here?'! He's a great promoter, so we've joined forces on quite a lot of things."
Yeah, BRØKEN hasn't put out a bad release to date! You guys must be thinking of ramping it up?
"As we speak! We've got the distribution up and running to put official releases out in the next two months or so. You might have the release exclusive to buy for a few weeks then give it away for free."
You're one of the A&Rs for Stanton Warriors' Punks imprint, too. Any conflict of interest between the labels?
"There might be a little bit of crossover, but for the most part our labels are different enough that it's not difficult. I was worried about it at first but really it's just about an open dialogue with everyone (including the artists). For the most part BRØKEN tends to be a bit harder and darker but it can be a great testing ground for newer artists."
Yeah, I can hear the difference. So we've managed to get through the whole interview without the dreaded 'Is breaks alive again?' or 'What do you call your music?' questions. Let's bring this shit to a climax!
"Ha! I'll answer a question with a question: who cares? What's important to me is music that's fresh. To me, the best stuff is hard to define because it doesn't fit into normal categories. If I had to use genre terms, I'd say I play between UK bass, garage, broken beat, breaks and bass music.
"A lot of the old guard used to worry about the term 'breaks' but what I've found is much of the newer generations don't have the history to care about the terms as much. Whatever you want to call it, all I want is for people to enjoy it."
Words: Dave Jenkins Pic: Javier Ruiz Photography
Can't Stop by Left/Right & Zander is out now on Punks.
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There's only one thing in fall turkey hunting that resembles spring turkey hunting, and that's that the hunter is
hunting a turkey.
In the spring, Nebraska hunters can take one gobbler with their permit and in the spring, you can call the bird to you.
While in the fall, a Nebraska hunter can take two birds, either sex with his permit, but calling a turkey in the fall can be difficult.
I had the opportunity to take a young man out on not only his first turkey hunt, but also his first experience at hunting, as he'd never fired a shotgun before.
I also outfitted him with some camo, a turkey-hunting vest as well as furnishing him with a shotgun and shells for his inaugural hunt.
Dayton Kadavy, Hartington had recently moved to Hartington, was really into fishing, an excellent angler, and indicated he'd like to do some hunting.
I had taken him to several conservational groups' banquets, Pheasants Forever and Whitetails Unlimited, to introduce him to the events and those hunters that attended.
He'd hadn't taken his Hunter's Safety Course, so when our group of instructors held a class in August; he attended and passed with flying-colors.
Dayton was busy with school and football, so we needed to get together on a date that would work for both of us to go hunting.
We finally found a Saturday that would work for both of us and after stopping at Stop-N-Go for a breakfast sandwich, we headed north to a friend's land where a group had been crossing through.
Arriving at the pasture & CRP we'd set up in, it looked as if we may have gotten there a little late, but we set up, say a deer and fought the mosquitoes for a half hour before deciding to try another area.
As we were storing our gear, I received a call from a friend asking what I was up to, told him we were trying to get Dayton a turkey. He indicated when he was coming into the place a group of birds crossed the road and we were welcome to hunt there.
Glancing over at Dayton, as a big smile came across his face that told me he was ready to go, where we knew we'd find turkeys.
We headed south and as we came off the highway onto a main gravel road, before us lay a road; that because of the recent rains, was a muddy, sloppy mess torn up by other vehicle as they tried to make the first hill and beyond.
We locked the truck in 4-wheel drive and slowly slid our way towards the farm we planned to hunt.
Because of the slow progress getting there, I'd hoped that the birds were still feeding in the open and not into the thick heavy, impenetrable cedar tree shelterbelt that protected the farmstead and cattle yard from the northern winds.
Turning off the main road onto the road leading to the farm place, I stopped on a slight rise in the road to glass the open ground east of the place.
After making several searches, I spotted a gobbler and hen meandering up the hill towards the cattle yard, I gave my binoculars so Dayton could see where they were and we headed that way.
We wasted no time, as we wanted to get in front of the birds before they entered the cedars, we grabbed our gear and proceeded to work our way towards where we last saw the birds.
Turkeys, even when they aren't spooked can cover a lot of ground and as we came to the top of the rise, the birds were no longer there.
Before proceeding any further, it's always a good idea to glass the area ahead of you as turkeys love to meander, wandering in and out of the cedars.
Because we saw nothing in the vacant cattle year, we headed for the first group of cedars, set up, hoping to catch some of the birds in the open areas, which proved to be uneventful.
After setting up several times in the cedars, I thought our best bet would be to move slowly along either side of the cedars and when there was an opening, to move slowly into it and glass the area to see if the birds were in the open.
This is where I made a mistake, as Dayton should have been in the lead and as I looked out into the cattle yard, a gobbler and hen were there off to my left, I signaled Dayton to move forward, but the birds had spooked.
Our best bet in order to hunt the place with its thick cedar windbreaks would be to work along either side of the cedars, hoping to have the birds move into the open where we'd have a shot.
I would be coming down the side adjacent to a u-harvested bean field while Dayton worked his way south through the unoccupied cattle yard on the opposite side.
As I came around the bend in the shelterbelt, not far from the end, I heard a shot with Dayton yelling, "I got one."
There lying on the ground, was a big mature hen and as I came around the cedars, it was obvious by the smile on his face and the way he said, "It was the first time I fired a shotgun" that he was excited.
As this was his first hunt and if I were to guess, from this point on he was not only hooked on fishing, but hunting as well.
After several "High" fives, Dayton picked up his first bird as we made our way back to my pickup for a couple photos.
Dayton immediately text his mother, adding one of the photos I took, letting her know he had been successful.
We then tagged the first bird on his permit, headed for my office where I showed him what we'd do in order to get the bird ready for roasting.
Together we cleaned and plucked the bird, which took just a little less time than the actual hunt.
This was not only a great first hunt for Dayton, but it was also a special one for me, as I had introduced someone new to the sport of hunting, one I believed would be in the field numerous times from this point going forward.
Gary Howey Hartington, Neb. is a former tournament angler, fishing & hunting guide, an award winning writer, producer, photographer and broadcaster, a recent inductee into the "National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame" in 2017. Howey is also the Producer-Co-Host of the Outdoorsmen Adventures television series and Outdoor Adventures radio. If you are looking for more outdoor information, check out garyhoweysoutdoors.com, outdoorsmenadventures.com and like Gary Howey's Facebook or watch his shows on www.MyOutdoorTV.com
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Honest Abe known for his dedication to truth, but Bill O'Reilly's new nonfiction book about the 16th president's death is garnering criticism for playing fast and loose with it. The pundit's Killing Lincoln, which hit stores in late September, has been rejected by the National Park Service for sale in its bookstores due to "numerous factual errors." Rae Emerson, a deputy superintendent at Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot, identified at least 10 inaccuracies. These range from the incorrect use of the word furl to multiple references to the Oval Office despite its not having been built then. O'Reilly vehemently defended his book on his Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor, saying that there were only "four minor misstatements," and publisher Henry Holt and Co. says that corrections have been made. Despite the controversy, one Lincoln-centric place is still offering the book: "We do have it and it's actually our best seller," says David Blanchette of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. He adds, "Although when Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter came out, we carried that, too."


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The Food Authenticity Network announces industry support and a new Chair for Advisory Board
The Food Authenticity Network has announced that McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC), a global leader in flavour, is its first industry supporter.
In addition, Sterling Crew (FIFST, FCIEH, FRSPH, CEnvH, CSci.), Co-Founder of Kitchen Conversation, Managing Director of SQS Ltd and Strategic Advisor at Shield Safety Group and Dynamic Risk Indicator, Independent Scientific advisor and board member at Campden BRI is to become the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Network as of immediate effect.
McCormick & Company, Inc. sources high-quality raw materials and ingredients from over 80 countries to manufacture, market, and distribute spices and other products around the world.
Clare Menezes (RFoodSP), Global Director Food Integrity, McCormick and Company Inc., said, "Food safety and integrity is vitally important to McCormick and Company. The Food Authenticity Network's resources and website provide the ultimate 'one-stop shop' for anyone involved in food fraud prevention. With so much activity in this space, receiving daily information from multiple sources can be overwhelming. Through the website, member's monthly highlights email, twitter account and newsletter, I am able to get straight to the pertinent information in a condensed and easy-to-understand way".
Selvarani Elahi, UK Deputy Government Chemist and Project Leader, Food Authenticity Network, said, "I believe that we can only effectively combat global food fraud by working together, so, I am delighted that McCormick and Company have become our first industry supporter. We are currently having lots of exciting discussions with the food industry and other governments, and hope that many other organisations will follow McCormick and Company's lead to support the Food Authenticity Network."
Selvarani Elahi continued, "Given the recent report on the negative impact of illicit trade on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Food Authenticity Network is poised to play a valuable role in the global fight against food fraud and positively influence food safety and security. To support our vision to create a global network, the independent management committee will transition into an independent advisory board and I am thrilled that Sterling Crew will be our new Chairperson. Sterling's experience as a regulator and retailer gives him a unique perspective on the development of the food industry and makes him the perfect choice for our new Chair."
Sterling Crew said of the appointment, "It is a great honour to be appointed Chair of The Food Authenticity Network's Advisory Board. It is an organisation I have always held in high regard. The Network plays an important part in helping to protect consumers from criminal conduct. A number of multiple widespread and widely publicised incidents of food fraud over the past decade has increased media attention to issues of food authenticity and has damaged consumer confidence. It has heightened focus in both the food industry and regulatory agencies. Food fraud is an international phenomenon that crosses borders so a global solution is required. Our aim is to build on the current success of the Network, by working with the food industry and other stakeholders from around the globe and to grow it into a truly worldwide network helping to create a harmonised approach. I would encourage those committed to food authenticity to engage with the Network. Working together we can improve global information on food authenticity, help food fraud mitigation and food supply chain integrity."
The Network is the only one of its kind in the world; it is an open access website bringing together global information on food authenticity testing, food fraud mitigation and food supply chain integrity in one convenient location.
Set-up in 2015 as a direct response by the UK government to address recommendation 4 of the Elliott Review, the Network enables best practice information to be shared for the benefit of all stakeholders, helping to raise standards world-wide, so consumers can have confidence in the food they buy.
The Network, now working as a public-private partnership led by LGC, a global leader in the life sciences sector - aims to become truly global and able to respond in a rapid, evidence-based manner to future food fraud incidents so that the impact on consumers and legitimate food businesses is minimised. In just over four years, it has grown significantly, with over 1,300 members from 62 different countries and territories, and 8,000 unique users a year accessing information on the Network's website.
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Calais migrants clash with police, get teargassed ahead of camp's final dismantling (VIDEO)
Dozens of migrants near the French port of Calais clashed with police over the weekend. The slum-like camp known as the 'Jungle,' which houses thousands of migrants, is scheduled to be shut down and demolished next week.
People from the Jungle threw stones at police on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, AFP reported. Law enforcement responded with tear gas.
The clashes came before the scheduled demolition of the camp that will begin on Monday. French authorities expect to remove all of the migrants and refugees from the site in approximately a week's time.
Thousands of police officers are expected to arrive in Calais to assist in the demolition in what the authorities call a "humanitarian" operation.
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Up to 10,000 migrants, primarily from the Middle East and North Africa, are estimated to be living in the Calais camp near the English Channel. While most hope to cross the French-British border and get to the UK, they are set to be relocated to other reception centers across France and in other countries after being moved out of the Jungle, AP reported.
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Tess Martin is an independent animator who works with back-lit paper cut-outs, ink, paint, and sand. Recent works include The Whale Story, animated on a 16 foot high wall in a public park, Hula Hoop, a loopy sand piece, and A Walk in the Woods, a one minute short told with natural materials. Her films have displayed at galleries as well as festivals worldwide. She is a member of Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT), a collective of independent animators, and has curated a program of SEAT films titled Inter-Action, which screened in Seattle, Portland, New York City, and toured Europe in October 2011. She was awarded a 2012 CityArtist Project grant from Seattle's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, and in 2013 was featured on Seattle Channel's Art Zone.
Tess received 2012 GAP Award funding to work with a composer to clean up the audio from interviews and to add music to a new film. The film will address the life of the artist's cat and how the cat's evolution mirrored changes in the family. Additionally, the animated film will act as an exploration of the broader subject of human-animal love and animal consciousness. The funding will also provide the artist with the time to animate the film frame by frame.
Tess received 2009 GAP Award funding for materials and equipment to make a film on the arrival of an entity into a land where buses fly, buildings are on stilts, and word bubbles appear when you speak. The project is a stop-motion, paper cutout animation, linked to the artist's stay in Ghana. Although clearly stemming from Tess' personal experiences, the film includes puppets with masked heads, flights of fancy and symbolism, and a detailed paper universe.
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Q: Reactive boxplot in Shiny with interactive mean line I'm new to R and have been trying some stuff out. Now I want to make a rather simple shiny app with the purpose of asking some question about a Dataset I found at keggle. The dataset regards salaries in San Francisco.
My idea is as follows:
Create a boxplot as in:

Categories <- cut(Salaries$TotalPay, breaks = c(0,30000,60000,100000,500000), labels=c("low","mid","high","highest"))
  boxplot(TotalPay~Categories)

I'd like for a user to select which of these, or all of these he/she wants to see.
Currently I've got:
UI:
library(shiny)

shinyUI(pageWithSidebar(

  headerPanel("Miles Per Gallon"),

  sidebarPanel(
    selectInput("variable", "Variable:",
                list("Low" = "low",
                     "Mid" = "mid",
                     "High" = "high",
                     "Highest"= "highest")),

  mainPanel(
    h3(textOutput("caption")),

    plotOutput("Plot")
  )
)
  )
)

Server:
library(shiny)

Categories <- cut(Salaries$TotalPay, breaks = c(0,30000,60000,100000,500000), labels=c("low","mid","high","highest"))

shinyServer(function(input, output) {

  formulaText <- reactive({
    paste("TotalPay~", input$variable)
  })

  output$caption <- renderText({
    formulaText()
  })

  Plot <- renderPlot({
    boxplot(as.formula(formulaText()),
            data = Categories
            )
  })
})

What am I doing wrong? I think it's issues with importing the data from "Salaries".
Thanks in advance :).

A: To clarify on my comment, you use libary() to load packages, but those packages may be data sets from CRAN or base R. But for your example, you need something like this in your server.r file:
salaries <- read.csv("Salaries.csv")

Make sure that csv file is in the same folder as your ui.r and server.r files
Since you are new to R and shiny, this example app may help with using ui widgets:
https://shiny.rstudio.com/gallery/telephones-by-region.html
Note that the above example uses the data set that is in the "datasets" library.
EDIT:
I noticed some other items that raise some other questions. Are you deploying this app on Shiny Server? Your server function is using ShinyServer when I think it needs to be more like this:
server <- function(input, output) {
#server code

shinyApp(ui= ui, server = server)
}

And your ui should be more like this:
ui <- fluidPage(
#ui code
)

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Q: Rails 4: How to store array of custom-class objects as an attribute? I am trying to store array of custom Cluster class objects as an attribute using Store
The problem now is that when the JSON encoder is passed an array of objects like:
 [
   4.25, 136.25: 4 points, quant: 285.06307738701975,
   47.5, 905.0: 2 points, quant: 11.180339887498949
 ]

This stores as:
[{"center"=>{"coords"=>{"x"=>5.5, "y"=>207.5}},
  "points"=>
   [{"coords"=>{"x"=>6.0, "y"=>195.0}, "z"=>8},
    {"coords"=>{"x"=>5.0, "y"=>220.0}, "z"=>9}],
  "moved"=>false},
 {"center"=>{"coords"=>{"x"=>3.0, "y"=>65.0}},
  "points"=>
   [{"coords"=>{"x"=>4.0, "y"=>70.0}, "z"=>12},
    {"coords"=>{"x"=>2.0, "y"=>60.0}, "z"=>13}],
  "moved"=>false},
 {"center"=>{"coords"=>{"x"=>47.5, "y"=>905.0}},
  "points"=>
   [{"coords"=>{"x"=>50.0, "y"=>900.0}, "z"=>10},
    {"coords"=>{"x"=>45.0, "y"=>910.0}, "z"=>11}],
  "moved"=>false}]

So, instead of Cluster class I get ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess for each array element. If I do not use json it falls down at all. Ruby cannot read 4.25, 136.25: 4 points, quant: 285.06307738701975, as an object from attribute hash.
Do I have other options to store that non-standard objects as array in attribute?

A: Got another solution for this - Instead of using ActiveRecord::Store with json I made stuff working with serialize method:
serialize :cluster_array, Array

so now I am able to save array of Cluster objects as attribute.


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Q: Backward slash when converting dataframe to json file I tried to convert pandas dataframe to json. But a column in dataframe have path like structure (Example:/disk/folder/folder/file.txt).
Before each / forward slash, backward slash \ is occuring.
How to avoid backward slash.
My dataframe:
    path                            time    content

0   /disk/folder/folder/file.txt    3.0     नमस्ते
1   /disk/folder/folder/file1.txt   4.0     नमस्ते

My code to convert pandas dataframe to json
with open('temp.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file:
    df.to_json(file, orient = 'records' ,force_ascii=False, lines=True)

Output Json file
{"path":"\/disk\/folder\/folder\/file.txt","time":3.0,"content":"नमस्ते"}
{"path":"\/disk\/folder\/folder\/file1.txt","time":4.0,"content":"नमस्ते"}

Output Expected
{"path":"/disk/folder/folder/file.txt","time":3.0,"content":"नमस्ते"}
{"path":"/disk/folder/folder/file1.txt","time":4.0,"content":"नमस्त"}

Help me out in this problem.

A: That's alright. The backslash is used to escape a string. It's possible that a forward slash has some special meaning in JSON or pandas, so it's escaped using a backslash. It should be alright if you load/use that JSON back.

EDIT 1
Interestingly, this does not appear to happen without Pandas.
from json import dumps
print(dumps({"path": "/disk/folder/folder/file.txt", "time": 3.0, "content": "नमस्ते"}, ensure_ascii=False))

Output:
{"path": "/disk/folder/folder/file.txt", "time": 3.0, "content": "\u0928\u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947"}

EDIT 2
Looks like someone beat me to the answer: Forward slash in json file from pandas dataframe

EDIT 3 - Full solution by OP for easier understanding
dataframe
    path                            time    content

0   /disk/folder/folder/file.txt    3.0     नमस्ते
1   /disk/folder/folder/file1.txt   4.0     नमस्ते

dataframe to dictionary of records
dict_records = dataframe.to_dict('records')

dict_records
[{'path': '/disk/folder/folder/file.txt', 'time': 3.0, 'content': 'नमस्ते'},
 {'path': '/disk/folder/folder/file1.txt', 'time': 4.0, 'content': 'नमस्ते'}]

dictionary to json by dumping using ndjson library
import ndjson
with open('sample.json', 'w') as f:
    ndjson.dump(dict_records, f,ensure_ascii=False)

sample.json
{"path": "/disk/folder/folder/file.txt", "time": 3.0, "content": "नमस्ते"}
{"path": "/disk/folder/folder/file1.txt", "time": 4.0, "content": "नमस्ते"}

If you want to install ndjson - refer ndjson Package


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Nicole Mitchell Assumes Presidency of University Presses' Association
Credit: Hayley Young
The University of Washington Press Director Begins Term as 2017–2018 President
NEW YORK (August 17, 2017) — The Director of the University of Washington Press, Nicole Mitchell, began her one-year term as President of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) on June 11, 2017. Mitchell assumed the role at AAUP 2017, the Association's annual meeting in Austin, Texas. She is preceded by Darrin Pratt, Director of the University Press of Colorado.
As President, Mitchell looks forward to working with the Executive Director and Board of Directors on a number of organizational goals. In Austin, she announced that she wanted to focus on three major areas during the coming year: establishing a Diversity Task Force; forming a working group of non-US members to better understand the needs of international members; and, working with the Research Task Force to strengthen the case for the unique value and impact of university presses.
Nicole Mitchell has served as Director of the University of Washington Press since 2012.
Over the past five years, among other milestones, she has restructured the press, raised the press's profile on the University of Washington campus and in the Seattle community, refreshed the press's editorial program, and secured new funding for East Asian studies and work by Pacific Northwest writers.
"I am particularly proud of UW Press's leadership role in establishing the Mellon-funded University Press Diversity Fellowship Program in partnership with Duke, Georgia, MIT, and the Association. I am also excited to be collaborating with the University of British Columbia Press and First Nations communities on a new multimedia digital publishing initiative, also recently funded by the Mellon Foundation," said Mitchell.
Mitchell has previously served the Association on the Professional Development Committee (including a term as chair in 2009-2010), the Task Force on University Relations, the Nominating Committee, and through a previous term of service on the Association's Board of Directors.
Mitchell started her career in scholarly publishing in 1983 as a Graduate Trainee at Cambridge University Press and soon became the press's first Children's Book Editor, helping to create and launch the imprint Cambridge Books for Children. Moving to the United States, she became the first full-time acquisitions editor at the University of Alabama Press (UAP). Seven years later, Mitchell was tapped to lead the press. During her tenure as director, she expanded Alabama's publishing program, increasing sales by 50% and moving UAP from an AAUP Group 1 to Group 2 tier press.
In 2001, Mitchell was appointed Director of University of Georgia Press. During her ten years at Georgia, Mitchell led a staff of twenty-six, guiding the press's editorial program as Editor in Chief, increasing sales, and establishing the press's fundraising program by recruiting an influential Advisory Council. Mitchell also served on executive committee of the New Georgia Encyclopedia, a pioneering state-focused, online-only encyclopedia.
Mitchell holds a joint honors degree in Art History and French from the University of Bristol and a certificate in Management from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
"It is a great honor for me to be serving this Association as President. I have spent my entire career in university press publishing and look forward to giving back and advocating for an association that supports and nurtures high-quality scholarly publishing around the globe," said Mitchell.
About the Association of American University Presses: The Association of American University Presses is an organization of over 140 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. Since 1937, AAUP advances the essential role of a global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. The Association holds integrity, diversity, stewardship, and intellectual freedom as core values. AAUP members are active across many scholarly disciplines, including the humanities, arts, and sciences, publish significant regional and literary work, and are innovators in the world of digital publishing.
About the University of Washington Press: Established in 1920, the University of Washington Press supports the research, education, and outreach missions of the University of Washington by publishing peer-reviewed scholarship for an international community of students, scholars, and intellectually curious readers. The press is known for groundbreaking lists in critical ethnic studies; Native American and Indigenous studies; Asian American studies; Asian studies; anthropology; art history and visual culture; environmental studies; women's, gender, and sexuality studies; and U.S. history, among other fields.
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July 2017 News, Reviews, and Events
Next Thursday evening, Seattle Theatre Group will present a screening of the film Promised Land, a documentary about the Duwamish and Chinook fight for treaty recognition influenced by several UW Press books. The Neptune Theatre screening is free and open to the public and will include preshow songs and drumming with the Chinook Indian Nation and Duwamish Tribe, and a postshow discussion with representatives from the tribes and the filmmakers. There's still time to RSVP, and we hope you can join us!
The Scholarly Kitchen features the Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship program and interviews editor in chief Larin McLaughlin: "The [Mellon] University Press Diversity Fellowship program is not a lament at how the pipeline is limited but rather a recognition that university presses can take responsibility for expanding their own recruiting pool directly."—Roger C. Schonfeld
Senior acquisitions editor Catherine Cocks moderated a live panel discussion on the how, when, and why of developmental editing for the monthly Association of American University Presses (AAUP) Art of Acquisitions Panelists included Ann Regan (editor in chief, Minnesota Historical Society Press) and Matt Bokovoy (senior editor, University of Nebraska Press). You can watch the recorded Hangout video on YouTube, and catch up on public Art of Acquisitions Hangouts on the AAUP site and follow the series on Twitter at #artofACQ.
Book of the Month Giveaways
Enter to win one of this month's picks! (Open to US residents only.)
Playing While White by David J. Leonard (Entry form)
The Portland Black Panthers by Lucas N. N. Burke and Judson L. Jeffries (Entry form)
The giveaways will close on Friday, July 14, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. PT. Winners will be notified by Monday, July 17, 2017.
No-No Boy by John Okada gets a mention in an advice essay at Inside Higher Ed.
Anthropology News features an article by Sanctuary and Asylum author Linda Rabben.
New Books in Genocide Studies / New Books network (NBn) interviews editor John Roth about Losing Trust in the World: "A compelling body of essays. . . . Readable and challenging. In the end, I'm not sure I know exactly how to 'confront' torture. But I am better equipped to try."—Kelly McFall
Penn State News interviews author Madhuri Desai about Banaras Reconstructed.
UW Today features a May 2017 Perspectives newsletter article about UW art professor Zhi Lin and his eponymous exhibit. The Zhi LIN exhibit is view at Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) from June 27, 2017 – February 18, 2018, and we will distribute the accompanying book, Zhi Lin, for TAM.
The Rumpus reviews Vagrants & Accidentals by Kevin Craft: "A pleasure to hold and behold. . . . Through the conflation of music, birds, personal lives, and a shaky natural world, Craft troubles the reader with the impossible question: How are we to live when loss—personal, environmental, and political—is heaped upon loss?"—Cate Hodorowicz
artnet News features Queering Contemporary Asian American Art and coeditors Laura Kina and Jan Christian Bernabe: "Via its challenging and diverse reflections, Queering Contemporary Asian American Art shows how the specific questions of Asian American art history make the stakes of resisting a homonormative queer community (i.e. one that models itself after standards of success defined by white privilege and capitalism) even more vivid."—Terence Trouillot
In conjunction with the book's release and Pride month, the Center for Art and Thought is hosting a virtual exhibition called "Queer Horizons," featuring artists showcased in the book, and curated by the coeditors.
Inquirer.net mentions A Time to Rise edited by Rene Ciria Cruz, Cindy Domingo, and Bruce Occena (forthcoming October 2017) in an article about the retirement of community organizer-leader Lillian Galedo.
Library Journal Xpress Reviews includes a short review of The Hope of Another Spring by Barbara Johns: "Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in Asian American studies, art, art history, and U.S. history; in particular, those wanting to read more about Japanese American history."—Tina Chan
Bronxnet features video from a lecture by City of Virtues author Chuck Wooldridge, taped at Lehman College's Leonard Leif Library this past April.
Waterway by David B. Williams, Jennifer Ott, and staff of HistoryLink (dist. for HistoryLink) gets some nice coverage ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, including features at Shelf Talk, Pacific NW Magazine, and Seattle Magazine.
What did nineteenth-century cities smell like? And how did odors matter in the formation of a modern environmental consciousness? Smell Detectives follows the nineteenth-century Americans who used their noses to make sense of the sanitary challenges caused by rapid urban and industrial growth. Melanie Kiechle examines nuisance complaints, medical writings, domestic advice, and myriad discussions of what constituted fresh air, and argues that nineteenth-century city dwellers, anxious about the air they breathed, attempted to create healthier cities by detecting and then mitigating the most menacing odors.
The Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
By Lucas N. N. Burke and Judson L. Jeffries
"Readers will gain a valuable new understanding of what the Black Panther Party meant to a city far away from the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and activists will get priceless lessons in the dos and don'ts of local organizing."—H. Bruce Franklin, author of Vietnam and America
Classical Seattle: Maestros, Impresarios, Virtuosi, and Other Music Makers
By Melinda Bargreen
"Bargreen offers compelling personal insights into her subjects' lives as performers and residents of our region. No other book provides such a well-informed and well-written perspective focusing exclusively on Seattle's classical community."—Dave Beck, KING FM
"Spagna's enthusiasm for their dedication and causes is irresistible. Such struggles are the real deal, after all, and what reader wouldn't cheer on these tenacious underdogs trying to remedy past damage? We're blessed with opportunities to make a difference, the writing shows. . . . The lessons of her journeys. . . are 'Do what you can. Hope without hope. Expect the unexpected."—Irene Wanner, Seattle Times
Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road
By James Longhurst
"Bike Battles is masterly in its treatment of public policy toward the 'roads as commons,' and has given new depth to our understanding of cycling in America. I envy the light and easy style of the author."—Glen Norcliffe, author of Ride to Modernity
The Tanoak Tree: An Environmental History of a Pacific Coast Hardwood
By Frederica Bowcutt
"Bowcutt examines the history of the tanoak tree, bringing to life a rich story about how humans are connected to this beautiful yet unassuming tree. . . . [T]his valuable book will be important for a broad audience."—Choice
July 6 at 8 p.m. (Doors at 7 p.m.) STG & Tall Firs Cinema present Promised Land documentary screening at the Neptune Theater, Nights at the Neptune, with University Book Store, Seattle, WA (Press books will be on display; authors featured in documentary)
July 7-9, Eileen Bjorkman, The Propeller under the Bed, Arlington Fly-In, Arlington, WA
July 8 at 2 p.m., David B. Williams, Seattle Walks, King County Library System – Burien, Burien, WA
(SOLD OUT) July 10 at 6 p.m., Paula Becker, Looking for Betty MacDonald, Historic Seattle and the Shoreline Historical Museum, Firland Sanatorium | CRISTA Ministries, Seattle, WA
July 11 at 7 p.m., Paula Becker, Looking for Betty MacDonald, Humanities Washington, Asotin County Library, Basalt Cellars Winery, Clarkston, WA
July 12 at 7 p.m., David B. Williams, Jennifer Ott, and staff of HistoryLink, Waterway, MOHAI, Seattle, WA ($15 general public / $10 members; RSVP)
July 12 at 7 p.m., David Berger, Razor Clams, Humanities Washington, Guemes Island Community Center, Anacortes, WA
July 13 at 7 p.m., Judy Bentley, Walking Washington's History, King County Library System – Auburn, Auburn, WA
July 22 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Judy Bentley, Walking Washington's History, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, Guided hike of Coal Creek Trail, Newcastle, WA (RSVP; $10-25)
July 23 at 2 p.m., Kathleen Alcalá, The Deepest Roots, Pierce County Library System – Sumner Library (flyer), Sumner, WA
July 23 at 3 p.m., David B. Williams, Jennifer Ott, and staff of HistoryLink, Waterway, Seattle Public Library – Central Library, Seattle, WA
July 24-30, Eileen Bjorkman, The Propeller under the Bed, EAA AirVenture Fly-In, "Author's Corner," Oshkosh, WI
July 27 at 5:30 p.m., Judy Bentley, Walking Washington's History, Timberland Regional Library – Vernetta Smith Chehalis Timberland Library, Chehalis, WA
July 27 at 6:30 p.m., Jennifer Ott, Waterway, Mukilteo Yacht Club, MYC General Meeting, Everett, WA
July 28 at 7 p.m., Linda Rabben, Sanctuary and Asylum, Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative) annual session (Program), Scattergood Friends School, West Branch, IA
July 30 at 2 p.m., David Berger, Razor Clams, Humanities Washington, Mason County Historical Museum, Shelton, WA
August 4 at 7 p.m., Ernestine Hayes, The Tao of Raven, Alaska State Library, Summer Lecture Series at the APK, Juneau, AK
August 5 at 11 a.m., Jess Thomson, A Year Right Here, Bear Pond Books, Stowe, VT
August 7, David B. Williams, Seattle Walks, King County Library Services – Renton Highlands, Renton, WA
August 15, Judy Bentley, Walking Washington's History, King County Library System – Lake Forest Park, Lake Forest Park, WA
August 15 at 7 p.m., David B. Williams, Seattle Walks, Co-presented with Capitol Hill Historical Society and Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
August 31, David B. Williams, Seattle Walks, with Kevin O'Brien, Third Place Books, Seward Park, Seattle, WA
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June 2017 News, Reviews, and Events
We were thrilled to announce our 2017-2018 Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship recipients earlier this month. Please join us and the MIT Press, Duke University Press, the University of Georgia Press, and the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) in welcoming the 2017-2018 fellows and in congratulating the 2016-2017 fellows on their accomplishments, including securing full-time positions within scholarly publishing! Read the full press release.
We are delighted that Western Washington University's Western Reads committee has chosen Tulalip, From My Heart: An Autobiographical Account of a Reservation Community by Harriette Shelton Dover, as their common book for the 2017–18 school year. The Western Reads common book selection is just one example of how communities and readers engage with the work we publish. Read more from the desk of the director.
Congratulations to American Sabor coauthor Michelle Habell-Pallán, awarded the 2017 Barclay Simpson Prize for Scholarship in Public!
Building the Golden Gate Bridge by Harvey Schwartz is 2017 San Francisco Book Festival runner-up in History. The book is also a 2017 Nautilus Silver Award Winner in Young Adult Non-Fiction. Congratulations to the author and all involved!
Enter to win one a book bundle or the new Western Reads book! (Open to US residents only.)
Native American and Indigenous studies summer reading bundle (Entry form)
Native Seattle by Coll Thrush
Dismembered by David E. Wilkins and Shelly Hulse Wilkins
Unlikely Alliances by Zoltán Grossman
Network Sovereignty by Marisa Elena Duarte
The Gift of Knowledge by Virginia R. Beavert, edited by Janne R. Underriner
Tulalip, From My Heart by Harriette Shelton Dover (Entry form)
The giveaways will close on Friday, June 16, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. PT. Winners will be notified by Monday, June 19, 2017.
High Country News reviews and features photographs from Once and Future River by Tom Reese and essay by Eric Wagner (May 2017 print issue): "From the recovering chinook salmon to the manufacturing plants that turned the Duwamish into a Superfund site, the images in this book portray a dynamic river carrying its complex legacy into a difficult recovery."—Rebecca Worby
Critical Inquiry reviews Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan translated by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li, and David Schaberg (5/1/17): "It is impossible to do justice to this monumental publication in a brief review; let me merely emphasize that these renowned translators, working as a trio, amount to even more than the sum of their parts because their strengths are complementary. No single human being could have handled so many aspects of this text . . . which is compact but rooted in three lifetimes of learning and reflection."—Paul R. Goldin
The New Statesman reviews Ice Bear by Michael Engelhard (with Yoko Tawada's Memoirs of a Polar Bear): "Beautifully illustrated."—Tim Flannery
National Observer also reviews the book: "Lets compelling images and snips of history tell the tale of human projection onto the bear's white furry screen."—Carrie Saxifrage
TheKitchn features an article by A Year Right Here author Jess Thomson, as well as an adapted excerpt from the book. ParentMap features the book in a round-up of parenting books to read this summer: "While readers have front row seats to razor clamming on the Washington coast, truffle hunting in Oregon and a winery tour in British Columbia, it's the way Thomson's preparations are thwarted that make this book an interesting read."—Nancy Schatz Alton
New Hampshire Public Radio's "Word of Mouth" interviews Bike Battles author James Longhurst. La Crosse Tribune also features the book and author.
Humanities Washington blog features Nisei Daughter by Monica Sone in a round-up of prominent Washington literary books (5/11/17): "With perspective, humor, and understanding, Monica Sone describes growing up in Seattle in the 1930s, then being deported with thousands of other Japanese Americans during World War II. Her descriptions of the roundup, the move to the Puyallup fairgrounds, and life in the camps opened the hearts and eyes of her readers, and the book continues to urge Americans to be more decent to all its people."—Dan Lamberton
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown publishes an online excerpt of Mother's Beloved by Outhine Bounyavong.
Seattle Times reviews Woodland by John Bierlein and staff of HistoryLink (dist. for HistoryLink / Woodland Park Zoo) in a round-up of new summer books (print edition): "An intriguing history and exploration of the challenges, innovations, lore and controversies surrounding Seattle's zoo that will enrich your next zoo visits, this summer and beyond. . . . Full of superb photography."—Brian J. Cantwell
New Books in History interviews The Social Life of Inkstones author Dorothy Ko (5/18/17): "Dorothy Ko's new book is a must-read. . . . It is a masterful study that is equally sensitive to objects and texts as historical documents."—Carla Nappi
Playing While White: Privilege and Power on and off the Field
By David J. Leonard
Whiteness matters in sports culture, both on and off the field. Offering critical analysis of athletic stars such as Johnny Manziel, Marshall Henderson, Jordan Spieth, Lance Armstrong, Josh Hamilton, as well as the predominantly white cultures of NASCAR and extreme sports, David Leonard identifies how whiteness is central to the commodification of athletes and the sports they play.
The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnuwit Atawish Nch'inch'imamí: Reflections on the Sahaptin Ways
By Virginia R. Beavert
Edited by Janne L. Underriner
The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnuwit Atawish Nch'inch'imamí is a treasure trove of material for those interested in Native American culture. Linguist and educator Beavert narrates highlights from her own life and presents cultural teachings, oral history, and stories (many in bilingual Ishishkíin-English format) about family life, religion, ceremonies, food gathering, and other aspects of traditional culture.
Dismembered: Tribal Disenrollment and the Battle for Human Rights
By David E. Wilkins and Shelly Hulse Wilkins
Since the 1990s, Native governments have been banishing, denying, or disenrolling citizens at an unprecedented rate. Nearly eighty nations, in at least twenty states, have terminated the rights of indigenous citizens. This first comprehensive examination of the origins of this disturbing trend looks at hundreds of tribal constitutions and interviews with disenrolled members and tribal officials to show the damage this practice is having across Indian Country and ways to address the problem.
Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country
By Marisa Elena Duarte
Given the significance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to social and political life, many U.S. tribes and Native organizations have created their own projects, from streaming radio to building networks to telecommunications advocacy. Duarte examines these ICT projects to explore the significance of information flows and information systems to Native sovereignty, and toward self-governance, self-determination, and decolonization.
Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands
By Zoltán Grossman
Foreword by Winona LaDuke
Unlikely Alliances explores the evolution from conflict to cooperation through place-based case studies in the Pacific Northwest, Northern Plains, Great Basin, and Great Lakes, from the 1970s to the 2010s. They suggest how a deep love of place can overcome the most bitter divides between Native and non-Native neighbors. In these times of polarized politics and globalized economies, many of these stories offer inspiration and hope.
Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions, and ghats (riverfront fortress-palaces). Desai examines the confluences, as well as the tensions, that have shaped this complex and remarkable city.
The U.S. Festival of India was conceived at a meeting between Indira Gandhi and Ronald Reagan to strengthen relations between the two countries at a time of late Cold War tensions and global economic change, when America's image of India was as a place of desperate poverty and spectacular fantasy. Using extensive archival research and interviews with artists, curators, diplomats, and visitors, Rebecca Brown analyzes a selection of museum shows that were part of the Festival of India to unfurl new exhibitionary modes: the time of transformation, of interruption, of potential and the future, as well as the contemporary and the now.
June 10 at 7 p.m., John Bierlein, Woodland, Barnes and Noble, Federal Way, WA
June 10 at 5:30 p.m., Kathleen Alcalá, The Deepest Roots, Time Enough Books, Ilwaco, WA
June 11 at 3 p.m., Kathleen Alcalá, The Deepest Roots, with Iris Graville and Vicki Robin, Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island, WA
June 12 at 7 p.m., Judy Bentley, Walking Washington's History, King County Library System – Issaquah, Issaquah, WA
June 15 at 6:30 p.m., James Longhurst, Bike Battles, Whitefish Bay Public Library, Milwaukee, WI
June 17 at 10 a.m., David B. Williams, Too High and Too Steep, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, Guided walk of the Denny regrade, Seattle, WA (RSVP; $10-25)
June 20 at 5:30 p.m., Jennifer Ott, Waterway, Structural Engineers Association of Washington, SEAW Annual Spring Social & Awards, Seattle, WA (RSVP; $50)
June 21 at 12:30 p.m., Frederick L. Brown, The City Is More Than Human, Eagle Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island, WA
June 22 at 5:30 p.m., James Longhurst, Bike Battles, Bike/Walk Alliance for Missoula (BWAM), Bike History with BWAM at Imagine Nation Brewing, Missoula, MT
June 24 at 12:30 p.m., Jennifer Ott, Waterway, Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, Ivar's on Northlake, Seattle, WA
June 24 at 2 p.m., Judy Bentley, Walking Washington's History, King County Library System – Enumclaw, Enumclaw, WA
June 24 at 2 p.m., David Berger, Razor Clams, Humanities Washington, Monroe Library, Monroe, WA
July 10 at 4 p.m., Paula Becker, Looking for Betty MacDonald, Historic Seattle and the Shoreline Historical Museum, Firland Sanatorium | CRISTA Ministries, Seattle, WA (RSVP)
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Our job posting for the 2017-2018 Mellon Diversity Fellow is now live and we are accepting applications through March 15. If you know of excellent candidates, please send them our way!
The New Yorker's Page-Turner blog features No-No Boy by John Okada: "Reading No-No Boy, this week, it no longer seemed bound to its past; it felt like a prophecy, a cosmic tragedy, a message in a bottle that arrives a half century later."—Hua Hsu
A collaborative piece with PRI's Global Nation Education and Densho mentions Miné Okubo's Citizen 13660 in an article about activists working to keep the story of Executive Order 9066 alive today. Bustle also features the book in a round-up of "10 Graphic Novels Written by Activists That You Need to Read Now More Than Ever": "Heartbreaking, candid. . . . Okubo recounts her experience with poignancy and a surprising amount of humor."—Charlotte Ahlin
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February 2017 News, Reviews, and Events
We are pleased to announce that Catherine Cocks is joining our acquisitions team as Senior Acquisition Editor, starting February 15. She started her career in academic publishing at SAR Press, the publishing arm of the School for Advanced Research, where she established the cutting-edge series in Global Indigenous Politics, among other accomplishments. She worked most recently at the University of Iowa Press, where she is currently Editorial Director. Please join us in welcoming Catherine to the press!
"The Afterlife of Sai Baba" by Karline McLain (Designer: Dustin Kilgore)
"Rural Origins, City Lives" by Roberta Zavoretti (Designer: Dustin Kilgore)
The University of Washington Press has five selected entries in the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) 2017 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show. Congratulations to the designers, our Editorial, Design, and Production department, and all involved!
"The Deepest Roots" by Kathleen Alcalá. Photo by Joel Sackett.
"Looking for Betty MacDonald" by Paula Becker. Photo by David Ryder.
"The Propeller under the Bed" by Eileen A. Bjorkman
"The Rising Tide of Color" edited by Moon-Ho Jung
"Once and Future River," photographs by Tom Reese, essay by Eric Wagner
"A Year Right Here" by Jess Thomson. Photo by Clare Barboza.
"The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag" by Thaisa Way.
"Seawomen of Iceland" by Margaret Willson. Photo by Raul Campoverde.
Nine University of Washington Press authors will be participating in the 12th Annual Literary Voices event on May 3, 2017. Annie Proulx is this year's keynote speaker.
The Times Literary Supplement reviews Ice Bear by Michael Engelhard: "Engelhard has an apt and unusual background for a book such as this. . . . Among the strengths of Ice Bear is its grasp of the rituals by which humans have always aspired to draw the strength of the polar bear into themselves."—Mark Abley
The Spectator also reviews the book: "[A] beautifully illustrated, hugely engaging book. . . . For all its nightmare-haunting power, however, the aspect of the polar bear that really makes it an icon of the age is its vulnerability . . . . Another merit of the book is the author's willingness to track these themes to their origins."—Mark Cocker
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UP Staff Spotlight: Niccole Leilanionapae'āina Coggins on community and food sovereignty
Today is UP Staff Spotlight day on the 2016 University Press Week blog tour. The fifth annual University Press Week of the American Association of University Presses (AAUP) continues all week (November 14 – 19, 2016) with the theme Community. Today's blog tour posts feature staffers making good and doing interesting things in their local communities. Please share this and today's other posts on social media with the #ReadUP and #UPWeek hashtags:
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Our UP Staff Spotlight contribution to the #UPWeek blog tour offers a guest post from 2016-2017 Mellon University Press Diversity Fellow and assistant editor, Niccole Leilanionapae'aina Coggins.
On October 26, I attended a talk entitled, "hishuk'ish tsawalk—Everything Is One: Revitalizing Nuu-chah-nulth Foodways and Ecological Knowledge," by Dr. Charlotte Coté, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. Professor Coté's lecture was about her community, the Nuu-chah-nulth-aht, and their history of colonialism and imperialism, as well as their resistance and revival. One way that communities, and indigenous communities in particular, resist colonialism and imperialism is through food sovereignty. The Nyéléni Declaration (2007) defines food sovereignty as, "the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustained methods, and their right to define their own food and agricultural systems. It puts the aspirations and needs of those who produce, distribute and consume food at the heart of food systems and policies rather than the demands of markets and corporations."
Coté spoke of her mother teaching her to explore and try various wild plants—minus mushrooms—like qaalh qawi (wild blackberry), may'ii (salmonberry shoots), and quilhtsuup (wild celery), even t'uts'up (sea urchin) from the ocean. Coté shared stories of her aunt going blackberry picking; the family women fishing, in the traditional way, with a net for the first time, and the buckets of salmon they caught, and the hours it took to smoke (and how good salmon jerky is). Coté also talked about her community reclaiming traditional ways of fishing and preparing salmon, kuch'as (salmon cooked over an open pit fire); and reviving the tradition of a whale hunt and the environmentalists that protested.
As Coté talked I started thinking about other communities, especially those in "food deserts," where it's hard to access affordable, healthy, quality food, in particular fruits and vegetables. My cousin worked at the Kaiser Permanente Center in Watts where, with the leadership of the community, a weekly farmer's market occurs. Other KP centers adopted similar programs to access locally grown produce.
I thought about my family and the blackberry bush behind gramma's house. My aunts and uncles gathering to eat from the bounty of the ocean: fish, 'opihi (Hawaiian limpet), limu (seaweed), and wana (sea urchin).
I thought about the colonialism that changed Native Hawaiians' relationship with food and language. Food was sacred before the missionaries arrived and made food secular. Since then words associated with food do not carry the same weight of sacredness as before. The literal translation of the word hānai (foster child) is "to feed." When food is sacred, the relationship you have with that person is sacred and carries weight. It circles back to Coté's talk about food sovereignty, and responsibility and relationships.
This entry was posted in AAUP, Guest Post, Native American and Indigenous Studies and tagged AAUP, Association of American University Presses, University Press Diversity Fellowship, University Press Week on November 16, 2016 by uwpressblog.
Throwback Thursday: Exploring 100 Years of UW Press History
It's Throwback Thursday (#TBT) on the University Press Week blog tour. The fourth annual University Press Week of the American Association of University Presses (AAUP) continues all week (November 8-14, 2015). The University of Washington Press and more than forty other presses are participating in this year's blog tour, which highlights the continuing value and relevance of university presses in academia and the world at large: Project MUSE celebrates its 20th anniversary. University of Minnesota Press highlights materials for its 90th birthday. University of Chicago Press throws back with a letter from 1991, the year the PDF was founded. University of Manitoba Press pulls from their 48 years of publishing. Duke University Press showcases surprising journal covers. University of Texas Press looks back through the lens of street photographer Mark Cohen. University of Michigan Press explores the evolution of their book Michigan Trees. University Press of Kansas ties in relevant books with "Today in History." Minnesota Historical Society Press features Mike Evangelist's Downtown: Minneapolis in the 1970s. University of California Press reflects on the 2010 publication of Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press Journals looks at cover designs over the years. Fordham University Press takes a trip through NYC's unbuilt subway system.
Since 2015 marks the kickoff of our centenary celebrations, our Throwback Thursday (#TBT) contribution to the #UPWeek blog tour offers a brief history of the University of Washington Press through highlights from each decade. Happy 100 years, UW Press!
The University of Washington Press traces its origins to the first book published by the university, Edmund Meany's Governors of Washington, Territorial and State in 1915. Five years later, the University of Washington Press publishes The Poems of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, edited by Frederick M. Padelford, under its own imprint.
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UW Press News, Reviews, and Events
Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley, our wonderful distribution from the Fowler Museum at UCLA, has been awarded the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association. Congratulations to the editors, Marla C. Berns, Richard Fardon, and Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, as well as all the contributors to this wonderful volume.
This week we learned that two University of Washington Press titles received Association of American University Presses Jacket & Cover Design Awards! Senior designer Thomas Eykemans won for Temple Grove: A Novel, by Scott Elliott and designer Dustin Kilgore won for Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945, by Arne Hassing. We feel very lucky to have such a talented design team on staff–congratulations to both Tom and Dustin!
Charming Gardeners by David Biespiel
"On the surface, Biespiel's poems seem like the private meditations of one man. However, his poems encompass each of us, socially and politically, by illuminating our nation's contradictory character: a longing for enchantment in a disenchanted world." -John Ebersole, New Books in Poetry. Listen to the full New Books interview with David Biespiel here.
Car Country: An Environmental History by Christopher W. Wells
"In Car Country, Christopher W. Wells offers a compelling history of America's signature car-dependent landscapes.The text is at once a deft synthesis of recent literature on motor vehicles, highways, urban planning, suburban development, and land use policy, and a persuasive reinterpretation of these histories through the lens of landscape ecology. With lively anecdotes, effective imagery, and dozens of illustrations, the book also presents an accessible narrative that will help students visualize how Americans gradually and profoundly transformed their nation into a place 'where car dependence is woven into the basic fabric of the landscape.'" -Michael R. Fine, American Historical Review
Temple Grove: A Novel by Scott Elliott
"Elliott achieved his goal as a novelist — to help a reader fall in love with the natural world, especially that place perched on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. It's a book worth reading, especially for those of us who already love the Pacific Northwest…[a] fine, timely work" -Skip Nelson, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Courage in Action: A Symposium in Honor of the Life and Legacy of Gordon K. Hirabayashi, University of Washington, February 22 with special guest Lane Hirabayashi, coauthor of A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirbayashi v. United States
The annual meeting of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) convenes in Seattle next week. UW Press will be at the meeting, sharing booth 509 with our distribution partners, Lost Horse Press and Lynx House Press. The book exhibit will be open to the public on Saturday, March 1 so swing by our booth to check out our books and meet our authors.
P. Dee Boersma, coeditor of Penguins: Natural History and Conservation, Future of Ice Lecture Series, University of Washington Kane Hall, March 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Margins and Mainstreams: Asians in American History and Culture by Gary Y. Okihiro
The second edition of this classic work on multiculturalism features a new introduction by the author and a new preface by Moon-Ho Jung. While considering anew the meanings of Asian American social history, Okihiro argues that the core values and ideals of the nation emanate today not from the so-called mainstream but from the margins, from among Asian and African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, women, and the gay and lesbian community.
Family Revolution: Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture by Hui Faye Xiao
Reading popular "divorce narratives" in fiction, film, and TV drama, Hui Faye Xiao shows that the representation of marital discord has become a cultural battleground for competing ideologies within post-revolutionary China.
Songs for a Summons by David Guterson / Distributed for Lost Horse Press
Written well into mid-life, Songs for a Summons are explorations and observations of a writing life. David Guterson is the author of Snow Falling on Cedars, recipient of the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest; The Other; and Ed King. Songs for a Summons is his first poetry book.
This entry was posted in UW Press News and tagged AAUP, AWP, design on February 21, 2014 by uwpressblog.
AAUP Listening Tour: Q&A with Peter Berkery
Peter Berkery, Executive Director of the Association of American University Presses, stopped by the University of Washington Press offices in Seattle last week as part of his Mellon-funded tour of the AAUP member presses. Peter agreed to sit down and chat with us about what he's learned from what he calls his "Listening Tour" so far, as well as other thoughts about the changing landscape of scholarly publishing and the value of university presses to their regions and host institutions.
Thanks to Peter for taking the time to answer our questions so thoughtfully and we look forward to hearing further reflections as his listening tour continues. Follow the Listening Tour on the AAUP Digital Digest.
Question: First of all, what inspired you to start the Listening Tour and how has your approach to the meetings with presses evolved over time?
Peter Berkery: The Listening Tour was born of necessity, when I took over the reins at AAUP last March, but quickly became a labor of love. The initial goal was to embrace more aggressively my own learning curve; I knew from prior association management experience that there's no substitute for meeting with members in their own offices to quickly and fully grasp the challenges and opportunities they—and by extension their association—face. What I wasn't anticipating was the overwhelmingly warm welcomes and serial invitations I'd receive.
This entry was posted in Q&A and tagged AAUP, digital publishing, scholarly publishing, university presses on January 29, 2014 by uwpressblog.


The GM of Commercial GE Operations, Chris Bevacqua joins us and shares that originally he was a sales guy who was asking a lot of questions about shared services. So many in fact, that he was put in charge. From there he dove in on intelligent automation. Realizing that a client was on-boarded over 400 times, he and the team chose on-boarding for a first project. They automated 80% of process saving FTE's who have been up-skilled to high-end triage. Mark him down for not only cutting cost but adding value to the organization as well as the customer.


The plane carrying President Nicolas Sarkozy was forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday after a problem was detected with the aircraft's braking system.
The Falcon 7X plane, which is decked out in a special République Française design, was taking the president to an appointment in Ariège, close to the Pyrenees.
When the problem was detected on Tuesday morning the plane was forced to land in Toulouse, causing the president to be late.
"It didn't bother the president too much," said an adviser, reported daily newspaper Le Parisien. "He was talking to representatives from the agricultural workers' association."
A second Falcon 7X was commandeered to fly the president back to Paris after his visit while the first remained in Toulouse to be repaired.
France's president also has a specially designed Airbus 330, nicknamed Air Sarko One, at his disposal.
The second hand jet carries anti-aircraft missiles and has been refurbished with a double bedroom and a conference room. The plane is reportedly also kitted out with a pizza oven.


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Víctor Montoya (né le  à La Paz) est un écrivain, journaliste culturel, pédagogue et éditeur bolivien contemporain, vivant en exil en Suède.

Biographie

Víctor Montoya a vécu dans les centres miniers de Siglo XX et de Llallagua.  En 1976 pendant la dictature militaire de Hugo Banzer, il fut persécuté, torturé et emprisonné.  Alors qu'il était au centre Panóptico Nacional de San Pedro et à la prison de sécurité maximum de Viacha-Conchocoro, il écrivit son livre-témoignage Huelga y represión (Grève et répression). Libéré de prison grâce à une campagne d'Amnesty International, il arriva en tant que réfugié politique en Suède, en 1977.

Il poursuivit ses études de pédagogie à l'Institut supérieur des professeurs de Stockholm.  Il dispensa des cours de langue quechua, coordonna des projets culturels pour une bibliothèque, dirigea les Ateliers de Littérature et pratiqua l'enseignement pendant quelques années.  Il collabore actuellement à des publications en Amérique latine, aux États-Unis et en Europe.

Il a aussi dirigé les revues littéraires « PuertAbierta » (PortOuverte) et « Contraluz » (Contre-jour). Il est membre de la Société des écrivains suédois et du PEN club international. Un grand nombre de ses contes ont été traduits et publiés dans des anthologies internationales.  Il est l'éditeur responsable de la publication électronique des Narradores Latinoamericanos en Suecia (Narrateurs latino-américains en Suède).

Œuvres principales
 Días y noches de angustia (Nuits et jours d'angoisse) (1982)
 Cuentos Violentos (Contes violents) (1991)
 El laberinto del pecado (Le labyrinthe du péché) (1993)
 El eco de la conciencia (L'écho de la conscience) (1994)
 Antología del cuento latinoamericano en Suecia (Anthologie du conte latino-américain en Suède) (1995)
 Palabra encendida (Parole enflammée) (1996)
 El niño en el cuento boliviano (L'enfant dans le conte bolivien) (1999)
 Cuentos de la mina (Contes de la mine – Conversations avec le Tio) (2000)
 Entre tumbas y pesadillas (Entre tombes et cauchemars) (2002)
 Fugas y socavones (Fuites et excavations) (2002)
 Literatura infantil : Lenguaje y fantasía (Littérature enfantine : langage et fantaisie) (2003)
 Poesía boliviana en Suecia (Poésie bolivienne en Suède) (2005)
 Retratos (Portraits) (2006)
 Cuentos en el exilio (Contes de l'exil) (2008)
 Conversaciones con el Tío de Potosí (Conversations avec le Tio de Potosi) (2013)

Liens externes

 Contes de la Mine - Conversations avec le Tio
 Víctor Montoya
 Los Noveles
 Crónicas mineras, de Víctor Montoya
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Écrivain bolivien
Romancier bolivien
Romancier du XXe siècle
Romancier du XXIe siècle
Nouvelliste bolivien du XXe siècle
Nouvelliste bolivien du XXIe siècle
Auteur de contes
Essayiste bolivien
Pédagogue
Journaliste bolivien
Naissance en juin 1958
Naissance à La Paz

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Eligius is feeding apples to a horse. On the side is a replica of his actual signature. The bees and hive symbolize industry and the two thrones symbolize his integrity (referenced in his legend). There is also a gold coffer, a metal smith, and a coin minted at Limoges.
Click here to see the Eligius Scroll image.


Captain James T. Kirk was the commander, star, and hero of the original 1960s sci-fi TV series Star Trek. As played by William Shatner, Captain Kirk was an impetuous fist-fighting alpha male, leading the multi-racial, mostly-human crew of the starship Enterprise on a series of space adventures throughout the universe. According to the futuristic mythology of the show, Kirk was promoted to captain of the Enterprise in 2264, and given a five-year mission "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before." He was assisted by his emotionless Vulcan science officer, Mr. Spock (played by Leonard Nimoy), and the emotional Dr. McCoy (played by DeForest Kelley). Capt. Kirk appeared in the original series (1966-69) and in seven feature films: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991); and Star Trek: Generations (1994). A younger version of Kirk was played by actor Chris Pine in the 2009 feature Star Trek and its 2013 sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness.
James T. Kirk's middle name is Tiberius… According to the official Star Trek history, James Kirk was born in Riverside, Iowa on 22 March 2233, and at age 34 became the youngest captain in Starfleet history. He died in 2371 after spending 78 years in a timeless energy distortion called the Nexus, which he entered in 2293… The call letters of the Enterprise were NCC 1701… According to the official Star Trek biography of Captain Kirk, his accolades include the Palm Leaf of the Axanar Peace Mission, the Grankite Order of Tactics, and the Prantares Ribbon of Commendation… Captain Kirk was created by Gene Roddenberry, producer of the original Star Trek series.


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This airticle is aboot North Caucasian Federal District creatit in 2000 an renamit. For destrict creatit in 2010, see North Caucasian Federal Destrict.
Soothren Federal Destrict (Roushie: Ю́жный федера́льный о́круг, Yuzhny federalny okrug) is ane o the aicht federal destricts o Roushie. Its territory lies maistly on the Pontic-Caspian steppe. Its population wis 13,856,700 (62.4% urban) accordin tae the 2010 Census, livin on an aurie o 589,200 square kilometers (227,500 sq mi). On Januar 19, 2010, the federal destrict wis split in twa, wi its umwhile soothren territories formin new North Caucasian Federal Destrict.
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Back when life was all "Raindrops on Roses"
I love the movie "The Sound of Music". I have enjoyed watching it ever since I was a little girl. My favorite has always been the music. Who can compete with the beautiful singing voice of Julie Andrews belting out "Raindrops on Roses"? Probably not me, but I sure do try!
The other day, this song popped into my head and as I sang it, I started to think, "Wouldn't it be great if life was that simple and beautiful?! It's kinda like life was BEFORE kids, when I could focus every day on me, and me alone…"The good 'ole days".
Or so I called them.
These are a few of my daily happenings!
Wait! That's MY shampoo you're using for bubbles!
Get out of that laundry or you'll be in trouble!
Where did you get that?! I can't save a thing.
But you know what? Even as I wrote out those words, I realized, somewhere along the road, this has become my "good 'ole days"! Being a mom is both a blessing and a lesson in patience and perseverance. A lesson that doesn't end until the kids are grown and on their own, and sometimes not even then!
So the question is: Would I change it? Would I give up these sticky times for a life of lonely emptiness?
Never! Not in a million years! Every single sticky moment has morphed into a beautiful memory that I can one day share with my grandchildren….As I load them up with sugar and then send them home with their parents.
I re-published this post as a tribute to my sweet Brennan starting preschool today. (She is featured in all these wonderful pictures!) This post was originally published on Sticky Fings.
The always funny Mommy Needs a Swear Jar shares with us today!
Today is the first day of fall and it's my favorite time of year. The trees are beginning to turn. Also, my birthday is a week away, which means a totally legit 24-hour pizza and donut binge is just around the corner.
Well, here it is! The moment you ALL have been waiting for....that time when I tell you ALL about my restaurant adventures! This time my parents took me (and my brother and sisters, too!) to Steak 'n Shake, which made me pretty excited! I LOVE that place. I love it SO much that I was even willing to jump out of the bathtub in order to go there. And that is BIG. I really, really LOVE my baths. I take about 10 every single day. Or as many as I can whine my way into convince my mom I neeeeeed!
But, anyway, back to my review!
It was lunchtime. So my belly was pretty hungry. But this place is good because they give you all the things to do while you wait for your foods to come out! I had papers to color, and cars to build, and STICKERS! I LOVE stickers! AND they give you these pretty neat hats to wear! I ALWAYS wear mine!
And my dad likes to wear one too. *giggle* He's silly.
And I got lemons for my water. Cuz that is how my mom does it and I like to do things like my mom does it! Oh that makes me think of something funny! When my mom's water came out hers had a rotten lemon in it and when she was trying to get it out, she spilled her water ALL over the place! Ha! It was pretty funny! Then my dad got kinda irritated. (He gets like that at ME sometimes too! Then I have to tell my mom about how he is all irritated.) But I didn't tell her this time cuz I was too busy laughin' at her.
And then it took a REAL long time for our order lady to come around to give her some napkins, so we all had to give her ours and she STILL got water on her shirt! Hehehe! THAT was FUNNY! And then when she told the order lady about her rotten lemon that lady got mouthy with my momma! I know she was mouthy cuz my mom got that SAME look she gets when I get mouthy! Then my mom told that lady she KNOWS what a rotten lemon looks like! Bwhahaha! My mom REALLY was makin' me laugh today! I don't think dad thought it was as funny as I did. He got that irritated face again.
Then that lady brought new water. And new lemons. And she told my momma she was REAL sorry. (My momma said that she probably heard her say all that mean stuffs about her to my dad.) Then my momma was happy again and I got back to colorin'.
And she wasn't even using all the cool things they give you to do while you are waitin' for your food to come out! Dad says it's cuz she thinks she's too grown up now. Too grown up? Ha! Who wants to be all growed up??!
I got JUST the RIGHT amount!
And then you will NEVER guess what song came on the radio there! LET. IT. GO. (My mom's FAVORITE!) And I had to stop eating and sing it loud enough for EVERYONE to hear it! I sure do LOVE that song! I don't think my dad likes it too much, though, cuz he kept tellin' me to quiet down and just eat my lunch. He's weird. Who doesn't like me singing REAL loud?
I was soooo hungry that I ate ALL my food. It was super good. I like corndogs. 'Specially with ketchup.
I hope I get to go back again soon. So I can show mom and dad how good I am at doing my OWN ketchup.
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Please pull up a chair and enjoy my amazing guest blogger.....Liv of Live By Surprise!
My son is 14 months old. He's (finally) started talking in the past few weeks. He's just on the brink of walking. Some might say that he's a little slow. A little behind. To them I say - you have not experienced the full extent of his talents.
And now...I give you...the great Poodini!!
A big thanks to missteenussr.com for being the very 1st Guest Blogger here on DQM!
If you're like me and have a picky eater, "they" say to get your kids involved with the food purchasing and preparation. Um, have you been to a grocery store lately? Those howls you hear? Those are not coupon clippers in a rapturous state.
Wow! The last couple weeks of this summer REALLY dragged out for me this year. (And every year. Let's keep it real!) The kids are FINALLY back in school. Only a 1/2 day today, but at least it was a couple hours of sane time! Tomorrow it is back to regular business in this house and I am SO ready. And even though summer seemed long, we managed to squeeze every last drop of fun out of it!
Here are the last week (and a half) of highlights. Enjoy!
Dinner: 4p Casino: 6 Home by 9. My hubs is living up his bday in style...old man style! 38 is the new 90.
And he even managed to win back all the money I lost! What would I do without this man?!
It's those glasses AGAIN! Silly girl!
She sure was ROCKIN' the glasses this week!
And Brennan decided that she wanted a "tooth fairy" for a pet!
Kk: Momma! I am going to lose my tooth today! It is soooo loose!
Brennan: Does that mean the tooth fairy will come tonight??!
I guess it's a GOOD thing that our tooth fairy is so terrible at her one and only job. It just might save her life.
AAAAAAH! I need a mom-cation! Seriously! I just cleaned poop out of the bathroom sink. POOOOOOP in my SINK! How does that even HAPPEN?!
P.S. It was Brennan. She has a pooping issue.
Brennan: Hey Kk! Wanna play the game "left out" where I feel left out?
Kk: *laughing, looks at me and says* I don't know WHAT she is TALKING about!
Ah. The joys of being the youngest sister.
Brennan FINALLY got to go away for the day to Grandma's ALL by herself!
The big girls got cute new hair cuts for school over the weekend. Yay! School!
Hubs: Ooooh! Honey I REALLY wanna go to the buffet today! But it's so expensive...... and the kids.....We gotta make that happen!
Me: Ya gonna sell a kidney?!
And JUST LIKE THAT....summer was over! We now OFFICIALLY have a 10th grader, a 6th grader, a 4th grader, and a soon-to-be preschooler!