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Thursday, June 19, 2014
By: Cheryl Adamson
In April 2005, I was given a chance to go to England to become a Master's level Social Worker for the British Council. I was so excited to have the opportunity to live in the town, Plymouth.
However, Plymouth was cold and dreary. I was not happy in that area. So I did some research and found an opening in this town called Croydon. I applied for the Master's level Social Worker position there and was accepted. This town was beautiful, and I was busy doing fun things and I enjoyed my job.
I met a young man, Ali, who worked at the library. We did some fun things like visiting the Buckingham Palace, music festivals, Big Ben, and the Tower of London.
A month later he saved my life.
October 20, 2005
Early in the morning, while ironing clothes preparing for work, I passed out and had a stroke. I laid on the floor for 17 hours. My friend Ali came to visit me from London, about 35 miles away. He knocked on the door but did not get an answer so he left. While he headed back to London, he was wondering where I was and why I did not come to the door. Ali called the police, and the ambulance took me to the May DayHealthcare Hospital.
I was placed on the stroke unit, and was given the very best care. I was released after three months.
Leaving London, Ali was very concerned about me, so he flew back to Las Vegas with my mom and me, at his own expense. Mom was so thankful.
The time in Las Vegas was okay, however, Mom could not find the care I needed. So we moved back to Houston, where I had a home, and I could get better medical care to help me improve.
I am thankful for Stephanie for referring us to the University of Houston Speech Center.
The speech center offered me the chance to work with graduate students, who are planning on becoming Speech Therapists.
And now I am here at The Houston Aphasia Recovery Center. This center is a wellness program for people with aphasia. At HARC, I still work with the students, volunteer, and participate in many of the programs. I enjoy writing and art most of all.
I have been on a long journey and I am still traveling down that road.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
maybe i'm growing up. eh, maybe not.
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that's the opposite of my issue...I'm ALWAYS drawn to neutrals...I have to make myself buy bright pops of color!ReplyDelete
o my goodness.. you are so stunning & beautiful! I adore your blog & look forward to all of your posts.. This was one of my favorite outfits of yours.. I could see myself wearing this & that bracelet is AMAZING!!!ReplyDelete
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Well you need to shop in that section more often b/c this is so stunning on you!! And will you give me your hair, pretty please?? And I am happy to say all three books have been read, I am happy with the ending and more obsessed with arrows now than ever. Don't forget-I'm from the country so shooting arrows is something I have done a time or too- but I will never be Katniss! haha love ya!!!ReplyDelete
ah, i totally love that top. neutral colors are good because you can match them with anything. :DReplyDelete
i love your top!! and how you added colorful shoes! and I would like to own that bracelet. : )ReplyDelete
I feel like I have a good mix of neutrals and colors. Although my last shopping trip saw me buying only bright pinks and teals!ReplyDelete
Ohmyword. This outfit is my absolute favorite of yours...I'm a huge fan of neutrals and the booties bring in the right amount of color into the outfit to pull it all together! You look stunning as always :)ReplyDelete
LOVE this look on you! And I love the Katniss inspired bracelet. :)ReplyDelete
These are seriously the most gorgeous pictures of you ever. Obviously the clothes are amazing, but you are literally glowing and beaming with happiness. So naturally, incredibly stunning. I'm so jealous. PLEASE tell me you have some secret on how to look like this constantly so I can harness this power too. :)ReplyDelete
I sort of love this issue. I think neutrals are really flattering on you because you have such beautiful, noticeable features. Toning down everything else lets your beauty shine through, cheesy though that may sounds. May try neutrals with pops of color in accessories, which is I guess what you did here. A good bright necklace or belt can go a long way!ReplyDelete
as much as i love the color trend, i'll forever be drawn to classic neutrals - it's basically embedded in my dna ha! and love the arrow bracelet :-)ReplyDelete
LOVE your bracelet! I have a Kate Spade bracelet with an arrow on it that I like to call my Katniss bracelet! PS neutrals are my best friend. I'm SO afraid of bright colors, but love how you rock them! XOReplyDelete
such a cute bracelet! you look so adorable as always!ReplyDelete
I love the neutral look on you! Well, I love any look on you, really.ReplyDelete
I love neutrals and this top look so pretty on you!! And I love your arrow bracelet!! Very lovely! xoReplyDelete
Love the comfy neutral look of this outfit!ReplyDelete
Just found your blog via Twitter and am now following :) xx
Love the bracelet, Katniss would be impressed.ReplyDelete
LOVe your bracelet friend! :DReplyDelete
what an adorable fit!ReplyDelete
love the top and your bracelets the most!!!!
cute cute cute
I love how you always photograph!ReplyDelete
Your smile is contagious =)
I am certainly dying over that arrow bracelet!
Have a great day.
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good thing neutrals look good on you!ReplyDelete
good thing neutrals look good on you!ReplyDelete
I used to allllllways wear neutrals & earth tones, ha! But I broke outta that and started wearing more colours. You look great in neutrals! So pretty. :)ReplyDelete
Growing up is WAY overrated. Love your bracelet!ReplyDelete
haha...you crack me up...you do look lovely in the beiges and such ... BUT you can rock some neons like no bodys buisness! you are just over-all gorg!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2012 at 7:58 AM
What fun pictures. And your shoes are so cute.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 28, 2012 at 1:56 PM
I want the bracelet!ReplyDelete
I'm smitten with that arrow bracelet and your look gorgeous in neutrals. Sometimes it's fun to mix it up and wear things you don't normally wear :)ReplyDelete
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Rob Cox, April 13, 2012
Teach your babies to swim!
2012 is the year of the new swimmer! If you have a young person in your house, or even in the house of a friend, relative or co-worker, teach them to swim!
What follows is some tips and hopefully some motivation to get in the water with your kids, and help them practice water skills.
Let's start with the question: Why teach your kids to swim? A valid question perhaps, here's the most common reasons:
- To protect them from drowning or near-drowning, and not just in swimming pools. Bathtubs and buckets for babies, and as they get older - Lakes, Rivers and Oceans.
- To develop the natural love of water, and the fun that water sports, fishing and boating can bring.
- For the fitness benefit; there's no better form of exercise.
- Family togetherness - swimming and water activities are best enjoyed with friends and family.
Teaching Babies to Swim:
Not sure if babies can actually swim a 50 meter backstroke without getting a 'DQ' (Disqualified) - but they love to kick and float and can actually motor themselves around the pool fairly well, all while holding their breath.
Babies love the water. Their first home was aquatic after all, and they have no natural fear of the water. They can become uncomfortable and fussy however, when cold water or other environmental factors irritate them.
At 6 months of age, most babies are ready to be introduced to the water. A 'mommy & me' type of swimming class can be a great option to acclimate baby to a swimming pool, and is a fun social class for dads and moms too. Early pool experiences will focus on comfort, and basic skills of breath holding and floating on their back.
If you have your own pool, why not organize your own 'Mommy & Me" class (don't forget to invite dads, too!) for some of the other local parents you see pushing a baby stroller in the neighborhood?
You don't need any special pool floatation devices for your babies, but if you like to spend more time floating with your baby in the pool, there are some baby pool floats that are safe and recommended. Our top baby pool floats are the baby tugboat and the baby spring float, both by Swimways.
No special gear is needed to help your baby enjoy the water, but here are some important safety tips:
- Keep your baby within arm's reach at all times, even if they are in a baby pool float.
- Don't allow your baby to submerge themselves for more than a few seconds.
- Don't allow your baby to swallow a lot of pool water.
- Teach them how to roll over and float on their back.
- Bathe baby beforehand, and use a swim diaper
- Take many breaks from the water, for rest, food, water or diaper check.
Teaching Toddlers to Swim:
Toddlers, or children of a walking age, usually 1-4 years old, are a whole 'nuther thing. More self-aware and active, toddlers can be a handful around the pool. They are much more likely than babies to drown in a pool, or other body of water - and in some parts of the U.S., drowning is the leading cause of death in this age group. Seems counter-intuitive, but let's get these kids into the swimming pool!
Toddlers can be taught specific swimming skills in the water, although their swimming style may look a little spastic. They can be taught to kick their legs and stroke with their hands. Some of the skills appropriate at this age include:
- Blowing bubbles by putting face into the water
- Jumping off the edge, into your waiting arms
- Kicking while holding onto the edge
- Treading water
- Pushing off the wall under water
There is no specific gear needed for Toddler swimmers, but if they're still in diapers, use a swim diaper. These are available at Target or Walmart. Water wings, aka Swimmies, are not recommended by most swimming instruction or pool safety experts.
Never let a toddler swimmer out of your sight, and keep them within arm's length. One product that can be great for toddler swimmers is the Puddle Jumper. This allows for freedom of movement and the solid foam core can't puncture like inflatable vests. Foam filled swimsuits, with foam panels sewn in, can also be useful at this age, as can these USCG approved foam swim vests, in 3 vibrant colors.
If you know of a young person that needs to know how to swim, take some time this year to get in the pool with them. Don't worry about a training regimen, just make it fun - and spend some quality time together - in the pool. Or lake, or river, or ocean!
Thanks to Gaynor's Swim Tots program, Doncaster & Yorkshire, UK for the photos


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Jesus Crap. What is that quivering, worm-like thing poking out of his arm? That's just horrible. It's a good segment, but I only wish they showed the"Stand By Me "-style vomiting that occurred at the E:60 spitball table after the other reporters watched it. I bet Jeremy Schaap even fainted.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Dylan Williams
This post is long overdue, I know. But I needed time.
Dylan Williams, my friend, neighbor, and publisher, died last week. My wife got the phone call from Emily on Saturday. About five minutes later, I got a call from my friend Greg Means who was attending the Small Press Expo in Bethesda Maryland. He asked me if "it" was true. Rumors of Dylan's death started circulating the festival very quickly.
I prefer not to say that Dylan "passed away," but rather that he "died." Passed away implies an expectation of death and also the deceased having lived a long and full life. Dylan did accomplish a lot in a short while, but he had so much more to do and give. I know he had plans. Also, while Dylan did have cancer none of us expected it to take him so quickly. He beat it before.
I first met Dylan in 2006 at The Portland Zine Symposium... Or maybe it was Stumptown. My friend Jeremy Tiedeman introduced me or maybe I introduced myself. I knew who he was an I was inspired by the work he did. He had read my book and was kind to me. He gave me a stack of Reporters. I was humbled by his openness and generosity to someone whom he'd never met before. Soon after that I was invited to Comics Drawing night at Jesse Reklaw and Andrice Arp's house. I had just put out my first mini comic at this time so I had very little confidence to carry me through conversation and drawing on those nights. Everyone was so nice though.. Dylan would stroke Jesse's cat, Littles, over and over and over.
One night I received an email from Dylan writing to all of his friends saying that sometime in the future he might need something like a bone marrow transplant and that we should all get tested to figure out if we were a match. I didn't do this because I didn't really know him too well at the time. I wish I had. I may be totally wrong about the details but it was the first time I heard that he'd been sick.
I never really learned too much about his condition over the years because he didn't exactly offer the information up easily. Dylan's cancer was always with him and it was always on my mind. Dylan got healthier and healthier. He became vegan and gluten free. He'd do Tai Chi and stick fighting at a local martial arts gym. I'd very regularly see him running through my neighborhood. I'd usually speed run up to him and shout to scare him, hoping to get a laugh.
We never really had the long conversations I hear many people talk about having. Sometimes it'd tap out at 30 minutes. We didn't listen to the same music at all, and his adamant dislike for Kurosawa made it hart for us to truly bond over movies. But one thing's for certain, we both loved old Jack Nicholson movies like Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger and Bob Raphelson's Five Easy Pieces. We both liked Yasujiro Ozu. I got him to appreciate John Cassavetes. That was a triumph for me. How do you influence someone who has such clearly defined opinions and who has already seen everything and has decided not to see what they haven't.
Dylan was the first person and one of the only people to buy a piece of artwork from me. With my outright begging and help from his wife, Emily, he co-published a book of mine. Dylan was always a supporter and it felt good. I know he liked my first book. I'm not exactly sure what he thought about my kid's comics but he always made me want to share everything I did with him.
Dylan was an incredibly humble man. If I regret anything, I regret not talking to him more about his own comics. His comics were incredibly personal to him and I think he probably craved more dialogue with others about them. Having re-read all of his books in the past two weeks before he died I was ready to. I was ready for him to get better and right this wrong. We never got the chance.
This is the part that I'm afraid to talk about but I feel I need to. Exactly one week before Dylan died I had a dream. It was the most realistic dream I've ever had.
In my dream I was at a party and everyone was there. Dylan was there but being Dylan he had lots of friends and he was making the rounds. Famous people were there too. It was in a house and there were several levels. At one point I ended up noticing that Hayao Miyazaki was there. No, it was not Miyazaki but Charles Shulz. No, Osamu Tezuka.
I ended up talking with Maurice Sendak. Sendak was talking with me and asked where Dylan was. I said that I knew Dylan was here but he was probably making the rounds and that Sendak would have to look for him. I remember Maurice Sendak clearly, lovingly shouting, "Where's that sunuvabitch Williams? Where's that sunuvabitch Williams?" It made me laugh.
Later, during the party I ran into Dylan. Dylan was sick but he was standing with another person at the end of a hall next to a staircase that descended. I could tell he was sick because of his spirit. He asked me where "he" was. The "he" person he was referring to was the Sendak/Tezuka/Shulz/Miyazaki composite. I told Dylan that "he" wanted to meet him but that "he" couldn't find him. "Where is he Aron!? Where is he?!"
Dylan look so gravely at me. He was disappointed that I didn't bring Sendak/Shulz/Tezuka/Miyazaki to meet him. I felt that Dylan was implying that there wasn't much time left and that he'd missed his opportunity to meet this person/people. Dylan did at least seem pleased at my impression of Sendak saying, "Where's that sunuvabitch Williams..." It kind of softened the blow of not meeting those guys, I felt.
Because of Dylan's sickness I started to feel really bad for him and I went down the stairs. I started feeling really sad. The lighting was kind of dim and warm like in a bar. I went and slumped down on the ground next to an empty sofa chair. I curled up and started to cry. I tried to control it and did a little. I didn't want anyone seeing my face so I put my arm in front.
Dylan came into the room. Dylan was exactly himself and no combination of any other people. No misunderstanding. This was the real Dylan. He had been working on some drawings upstairs on large crinkly sheets of paper. He handed one off to someone sitting at a booth in front of me. It was meant for that person. He made it for them.
Next, Dylan turned and came towards me. I felt his presence and it made me feel loved. He came to me and unfolded a sheet of paper. I knew it was for me. It said my name in the corner with black pastel scribbled letters. He came to me with this sheet of paper and when I reached out for it he pulled back. He pulled back slowly and revealed that the paper was constructed to have 3-d parts coming off of it. He put his hand through the middle to reveal that it was like a hand-puppet plane. He handed it to me. I wondered if Pixar was going to do a lame movie about planes next or if it was up to me to make a lame book.
Dylan's present to me felt like a parting. I started to feel really bad. I thought how could this be a parting if he was still alive. Is it that he knows he's dying? Then I started to lift off the ground and everything started filling with a white wash. A printed program was coming into focus front and center of my field. It said on it, "Dylan Williams Memorial Service." Dylan was now dead. I knew that there was to be a coffin and service later. I started to feel really sad, because he had known he was dying and had arranged this party for everyone to be with him before it happened. So he could say goodbye.
After the dream, I woke up and immediately started sobbing and shaking. The clock read 5:26. I thought Dylan had actually died in real life. I stayed up crying all morning. I checked Facebook to see if it was true. I wrote Emily a letter saying that we'd like to visit him in the hospital if he'd let us. It was my way of asking if he was still alive. Fact was, Dylan was still alive. He was getting better even.
I got my wish to see him in the hospital. I felt like an idiot for having that dream and for freaking out. We visited him on Labor day and the hospital was eerily empty. I told him about my dream, minus the part about him dying of course. He said, "whoa!" We talked about food. We talked about my new kid's book which I gave him a copy of. I tried to talk to him about an issue of Reporter but I think I misinterpreted it. We talked about his various stages of hair and facial hair. We talked about people in their twenties trying to figure things out for themselves. I was lamenting friends who'd moved away. Friends who were instrumental at bringing people together. Friends like Dylan. But, not exactly, because I feel like Dylan could have moved away and he'd still be there.
A few days ago, when I attended Dylan's real funeral, Emily related to us a story. About how after Dylan had his last surgery, a surgery that he might not have woken up from, he woke up and told her that he had been in a place where he felt everyone's love. It was really positive. I like to imagine that this happened at the same time as my dream. That my dream was more than just my uncontrollable fear of losing my friend.
The three photos here are the only ones I have that really relate to me and Dylan. The first was taken by Sarah Oleksyk at SPX in 2007. It was a lot of fun. I dove in-between a bed and Dylan jumped on top. The second was taken by Greg Means. Alec Longstreth was in town and luckily we all could meet up. The third was taken by Dylan himself on my computer when I was reading at Powell's. His little joke that I didn't discover for a few weeks after. That's all I have.
The comics community I knew and loved has been changed forever by this and many other blows this year. It'll never be the same. I hope we can learn something from Dylan's incredible gift of connecting and communicating with people and make something new and amazing. I'm trying.
Goodbye my friend.
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As you probably know, I live in Hawaii. From my office in Pearlridge, I look out over Pearl Harbor. I see the Arizona Memorial, the Battleship Missouri, and the bridge to Ford Island.
But it is funny. During the course of my Karate research and writing, one of the people I speak to most is David Chambers of Classical Fighting Arts. I also am in contact with Graham Noble and Harry Cook. What do these men have in common? They are all from England. David now resides in California, but Graham and Noble remain in England.
All three are excellent researchers and writers, and David gives us a great place to publish our work.
I actually lived in England as a child. My father was in the Air Force and stationed a Greenham Common. We lived off base. My parents would dress me up in little suits. I looked like a miniature Winston Churchill -- really.
Harry Cook visited Hawaii last year. My friend Kimo Ferreira and I reminded him that the great explorer Captain James Cook, visited Hawaii in the 1700's, and experienced Hawaii 's martial arts firsthand.
Karate research has become a global phenomenon. With the internet, we are as close as our computers.
From Okinawa, Karate has spread to the four corners of the world. I routinely interact with researchers in the United States, England, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Okinawa.
To some extent, foreign researchers are more serious about Karate research than many Japanese and Okinawan Karate experts? Why? Because Japanese and Okinawan experts are more likely to take the history of the art for granted. It is so familiar to them. To us (foreigners), it is something valuable and precious, worthy of study and preservation. Sensei Morio Higaonna is a notable exception to this. His passion for preserving Karate's rich history is incredible. I am also very encouraged by the work of the Okinawan Karate and Kobudo Encyclopedia Committee. My Sensei is a member of this committee, as is Higaonna Sensei.
But for now, from what used to be called the Sandwich Islands, I send my compliments to the British Karate researchers and writers. Cheers!
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In Praise of Karate's Brits
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"There are a dozen ways to hit a key." Charlie Banacos
How do you say goodbye to someone who truly changed you; someone who you know caused you to be a better person just for having known them? How do you say goodbye to someone you came to love and respect for their brilliance and sense of humor, who also made you the best musician you could be? I haven't come up with an answer other than to just try to continue to live the way he did, doing the best you can, looking inside to self improve and trying to share his essence with others.
Charlie Banacos wasn't a household word, though being a musician/music student in Boston in the mid-'80s, every household I knew rang with his name. If you were serious, either you were studying with him, on his waiting list or taking a break to practice his material (or recover).
"He who can, does; he who can't, teaches," right? When it came to Banacos there's only one response to that: bullshit. The question was never: could he hang with the best in the jazz and classical worlds, but could they hang with him. In many instances the answer would be no.
He could not only effortlessly play rings around some of the biggest names in (not just) improvised music, he also happened to be gifted with the ability to instantly analyze, distill, codify and impart that knowledge in ways that were the most effective, yet sometimes unconventional. You would never realize you were learning as much as you were until much later.
He wasn't for everyone. A lot of people couldn't handle Banacos.' (How bad could it be?) They'd think they could and they'd all start with good intentions and then...not come back. The irony was that he knew exactly what you needed for years into the future just from listening to you play for a minute, and would invariably save you years of work just by making sure you focused on what you needed the most.
Banacos was an experience, a gauntlet you more than willingly ran. It was a marathon, not a sprint.
It took everything you had and then some. He always knew though, what was best, what was enough or too much. He used to say, "You can't have a life if you're going to do this... you can't have friends, a social life, anything." And he was right, it was a life decision. Practicing 8-10 hours a day while attending Berklee was impossible. You couldn't really do both, so you made a choice.
A multi-creative study in contrastshighly private yet high energyan attempt at description might include: Clear, quick, witty, honest, insightful, intuitive, visionary, inquisitive, curious, caring, manic and truly alive are among the descriptions you might hear. He was also an author (six cult status books on pentatonics and voicings), composer, genius, inspiration, brilliant improviser/ reluctant performer, joker, guru, artist, multi-linguist, matchmaker, family man, a true force and living legend.
Though one of the finest improvisers in the world, on any instrument, Banacos chose to spend his 50 year career1959-2009beyond the limelight, behind his Steinway or B-3, bringing the best out (sometimes only he knew was there) in those who were fortunate enough to find themselves in his presence for a half hour each week. From his small home studio tucked away by the shore of the lobster fishing capital of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Banacos churned out the next generations of improvisers, performers and inspirations in the sonic arts.
Boston was absolutely swarming with musical talent in the '80s, especially if you were a guitarist looking for a new sound. For at any given moment you could hear Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Bill Frisell, Wayne Krantz, John Scofield and Mick Goodrick playing small dives, stretching out and making the hippest, most definitive statements; trying out what they were working on. And things you would not hear on record. What you might not realize is that there was a brilliant, hermetic, pianist behind much of what you were hearing. If you were to ask any of them who Banacos was or what he was about, get ready to stay awhile, there's a lot to tell.
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Quoted from "Sym"In other words, this game's code looks like it's written by 5 year old kiddo compared to how DICE did things with BF3.
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<reclover_cello> lol i found this in a drawer
<LucidNonsenze> What?
<LucidNonsenze> Your penis?
<reclover_cello> might as well hook it up
<reclover_cello> yes
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<reclover_cello> actually
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<reclover_cello> 2004?
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<Lt_Col_Jesus> (Exaggeration for comedic effect)
<ToTheSun> we should all report nick
<ToTheSun> for kill stealing
<reclover_cello> i think it was 2003
<reclover_cello> dude
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It has been four years since Microsoft last put on an event like X10, but the publisher seems to be making up for lost time with all the announcements it made yesterday: official release dates, collectors editions, a brand-new console bundle, and previews of some of the biggest games coming out this year were all on the docket.
Normally, you don't see this many headlines outside of shows like GDC or E3. That Microsoft was comfortable making as many announcements as it did at a private event in San Francisco makes us wonder what they'll have in store for us later on this year. In the meantime, hit the jump for some of the bigger news items.
Halo: Reach
Everyone has wanted to know about Halo: Reach since it was announced at E3, and Microsoft gave everyone a good, long look at the game. Since the multiplayer beta is set to launch on May 3 (but you can only play it if you have a copy of Halo 3: ODST), Bungie displayed one of the multiplayer maps, "Powerhouse." It turns out that this area will be used as both a part of the single-player campaign and as a multiplayer arena.
The map showcased a number mixed environments (both indoor and out), and it looks like Reach will live up to Microsoft's claim of it being "the definitive Halo experience." Players will assume the role of a rookie Spartan warrior in Noble Squad; during the demonstration, the team consisted of eight soldiers going up against roughly 30 members of the Covenant. The game's creative director, Marcus Lehto, said that the game will help reintroduce the Covenant to players; in order to make them feel truly alien again, Covenant forces will have new designs and won't have translations provided when they speak.
The game is set to feature a "completely rewritten" game engine that will not only provide higher-quality graphics, but has also let Bungie create a much more expansive world. More importantly, battles will have a more dynamic, sandbox-like style; every participant's actions will affect the outcome, and fights won't be nearly as scripted as they have been in the previous Halo games.
Crackdown 2
Crackdown 2 was also on display at X10, and players will be thrilled to hear that the game will provide the same sense of freedom and exploration that made the first game so much fun. In fact, the game will feature even more skyscrapers to climb and leap off. This element will be aided by the inclusion of helicopters and glide suits: both will help you in traveling around the city, though the helicopter won't be available until near the end of the game because of the way it affects gameplay. The suit will allow players to glide over the city after they leap from a building (or out of a copter).
Players will once again play as an Agent, patrolling the streets of Pacific City ten years after the first game. As it turns out, the battle for the city will be waged against the civilian-terrorist group known as "The Cell" and a group of science experiments gone wrong, "The Freaks."
Two other major revelations were made about Crackdown 2: leveling up one's driving skills will be far easier this time around, and four player co-op will be available. The driving skills will be easier to increase because Freaks come out en masse at night. With so many targets to hit, it's easier to acquire orbs and thus increase the characters' driving attributes. The four-player co-op wasn't on display, but there was a demonstration of two-player sky diving that has drawn rave reviews.
Alan Wake
Alan Wake has been a long time coming, and most of us were expecting to hear about another delay during the event. As it turns out, Microsoft announced an official release date of May 18 here in the States, with a Europe/Japan release during the following week. That said, no updates were provided for the Windows version of the game, which is still on hold.
A collector's edition of the game was also announced, though not priced. The Limited Collector's Edition will include in-game audio commentary, a 144-page book with a short story written by the title character (and all the FBI dossier files about the game's events), the game's soundtrack, a "Game Add-on Token" that will be good for the the first DLC expansion, and an official Xbox LIVE Theme and Xbox LIVE avatar.
Fable 3
Peter Molyneux was on hand to show off Fable 3, and explained that players will play as the child of the main character in Fable 2. Importing saved data from the second game will alter the overall story, but not significantly. The game takes place in a steampunk-esque Albion, and players will become the ruler of the land about halfway through the adventure.
Gameplay will incorporate a "touch mechanic" loosely-based on ICO which will allow players to lead NPCs around by the hand. The demonstrations involved leading the player's child home and tricking a beggar into following the player to factory where he was then sold into slavery. Molyneux also revealed that gamers will be able to engage in weapon-crafting.
It was also announced that the game would feature a stripped-down interface: no health bar will appear during gameplay (instead, desaturated colors will be used to imply a lack of health) and experience orbs will be gone, too. Instead, "followers" will play a bigger role in how you level up in the game; unfortunately, this was left fairly vague. Molyneux promised Fable 3 will come out sometime this fall.
Xbox LIVE Arcade
March is going to be a huge month for Xbox LIVE. Not only will The Game Room (a virtual arcade where players can purchase classic games in the form of arcade cabinets) be launched, but there are some pretty big titles coming to the service, too.
The biggest game arriving on LIVE next month will be the port of the N64 classic Perfect Dark (800 MS Points). Also hitting the LIVE Marketplace in March is top-down combat racer Scrap Metal, and Toy Soldiers, an action/strategy/tower defense title that will feature army toys fighting for control of model maps in hobby rooms. Both Scrap Metal and Toy Soldiers will sell for 1200 MS Points.
The fantasy 360 bundle
Final Fantasy XIII is due out on March 9, and Microsoft thrilled JRPG fans everywhere by announcing a new bundle themed around the upcoming Square-Enix game. Of course, we already knew it was coming, but it turns out that the console will come with a FFXIII-themed faceplate, so we'll admit that we were wrong about the bundled console not being branded to the game.
Capcom provided a double-whammy by giving out details about two of its most-anticipated sequels: Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2. Dead Rising 2 will hit store shelves here in the United States on August 31, and will receive a downloadable prologue via Xbox Live a couple of weeks beforehand.
Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO "will introduce main protagonist and former motocross champion Chuck Greene and provide a link between the original game and the events that await players in the gambling paradise of Fortune City."
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Dr. Marc Simon Rodriguez of the University of Notre Dame faculty will present the address "The Legacy of César Chávez - Politics of Activism" through the annual César Chávez Lecture Series at HopeCollege on Wednesday, March 31, at 4 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Rodriguez is an assistant professor law and a Fellow of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Working within the fields of Mexican American and American legal history, he focuses on the relationship between migration, ethnicity, youth politics, state reform and labor after 1945.
He came to the University of Notre Dame in 2003 after spending the 2003-04 academic year as The Bill & Rita Clements Research Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He was previously an assistant professor in the Department of History at PrincetonUniversity, where he was also executive secretary of the ShelbyCullomDavisCenter for Historical Studies.
He most recently completed two edited volumes dealing with international and North American migration in comparative context. In 2007, Rodriguez received a Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Rodriguez is currently completing his first book, tentatively titled "Mexican Americanism: The Tejano Diaspora and Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin after 1950" (forthcoming, University of North Carolina Press), which details the growth of Mexican American politics among migrants and activists in both Texas and Wisconsin after 1950. His new research project is an examination of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments with an emphasis on the struggle for jury representation for Mexican Americans, African Americans, and women.
He holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University, and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
The César Chávez celebration at Hope is named in honor of César E. Chávez (1927-93), who played a leading role in the 1960s in organizing the nation's migrant farm workers, and was the first head of the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers. March 31, his birthday, is the official César E. Chávez Day of Service and Learning, which is a holiday in multiple states, including Michigan, and dozens of cities and counties throughout the nation.
The lecture on March 31 is co-sponsored by the college's La Raza Unida student organization, Office of Multicultural Education, and Dean for International and Multicultural Education.
The MaasCenter is located at 264 Columbia Ave., on Columbia Avenue at 11th Street.


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Nationwide Insurance Company Rescinded Job Offer to Recovering Drug Addict Because of His Disability, Federal Agency Charges
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Chicago-based insurance company violated federal disability discrimination law when it refused to hire an applicant at its in Raleigh, N.C., office because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's complaint, Craig Burns is a recovering drug addict who has been enrolled in a methadone treatment program since 2004. In January 2010, United Insurance offered Burns a position as an insurance agent in its Raleigh office, conditioned upon Burns' passing a drug test. After Burns' drug test showed the presence of methadone in his system, Burns submitted a letter to United Insurance from his treatment provider explaining that he was participating in supervised methadone treatment program and taking legally prescribed medication as part of the treatment. Upon receiving this information, United Insurance notified Burns that he was not eligible for hire and withdrew its offer of employment.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which protects employees and applicants from discrimination based on their disabilities. The EEOC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Insurance Company of America, Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-430) after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. The EEOC seeks back pay, compensatory damages and punitive damages as well as injunctive relief.
"It is unfortunate that many employers still deny the opportunity for work to people who are ready and able simply because of inaccurate perceptions of disabilities," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District, which includes the EEOC's Raleigh Area Office, where the charge was filed. "Employers' decisions are often based on irrational fears or stereotypes about individuals with a record of past substance abuse. The EEOC will continue to fight for the rights of people victimized by such prejudices."
United Insurance Company of America is a national insurance company that sells life, accident and health insurance policies and employs over 2,600 employees nationwide.
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Depression and Anxiety Improve After Epilepsy Surgery
Depression and anxiety are common problems for people whose epilepsy cannot be controlled by medication. A new study found that depression and anxiety improve significantly after epilepsy surgery.
The study, which is published in the December 13, 2005, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found that the rate of depression and anxiety disorders decreased by more than 50 percent up to two years after the surgery. People who no longer experienced any seizures after surgery were even more likely to be free of depression and anxiety.
"These results are important because depression and anxiety can significantly affect the quality of life," said study author Orrin Devinsky, MD, a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology with the New York University School of Medicine. "For people with refractory epilepsy, studies show that depression is more likely to affect their quality of life than how often they have seizures or how many drugs they have to take."
The study involved 360 people in seven U.S. epilepsy centers who were undergoing epilepsy surgery to remove the area of the brain producing the seizures. Epilepsy surgery is generally reserved for those whose seizures cannot be adequately controlled by medication. The majority of participants had surgery on the brain's temporal lobe. The participants' mental health and any symptoms of depression and anxiety were evaluated before surgery and at three months, one year, and two years after surgery.
Prior to the surgery, 22 percent of the participants met the criteria for a diagnosis of depression, compared to 9 percent two years after the surgery. For anxiety disorders, 18 percent met the criteria for a diagnosis before the surgery, compared to 10 percent two years after the surgery.
Of those who had no seizures following surgery, 8 percent met the criteria for depression, compared to 18 percent of those who still had some seizures after surgery. For anxiety, 8 percent of those who were seizure free had depression, compared to 15 percent of those with ongoing seizures.
Researchers aren't sure why depression and anxiety improve after epilepsy surgery. "Removing dysfunctional areas of the brain may be critical," Devinsky said. "Whether the benefit comes from reducing or eliminating seizures or other effects is not clear. People may also be benefiting from an improved sense of self-control, less fear of seizures, higher activity levels and a lessened burden from medications."
The American Academy of Neurology, an association of nearly 19,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, and stroke.
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By burdastyle
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High waists are IN in high fashion! Create your own with the Marie skirt. This pleated skirt is super simple and easy to make. You can try it in a bright color like we did, or opt for a more sophisticated office look using a classic black or gray.
Material Notes
Wool/silk blend
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Mar 17, 2017, 10.32 AMby paulroy735
Good job
Jan 18, 2017, 09.49 AMby Stullhee5
I love the fabric and colour.
Jan 11, 2017, 11.25 AMby joemorris5
Nov 16, 2016, 05.04 AMby MeganBarahona
Lovely Dress
May 12, 2016, 01.18 AMby momentsbycharlie
I really like this look.
Sep 10, 2013, 12.32 AMby Ezzles
I made this out of a polyester shantung and the pleats stuck out quite badly. I don't need any help making my butt look bigger!
I ended up ripping out the back piece and sewing a centre seam (essentially an enormous dart) instead so it would sit flat at the back. I did have to make an improvised slit at the hem so I'd be able to sit down and navigate stairs.
If I'd realised earlier I'd have made the front pleat stitching longer, as it also puffed out. It was too late without completely ripping it out as well, so I compromised by putting in a single stitch further down on each pleat to hold them flat.
Dec 10, 2011, 02.03 AMby Kazmoda
Maybe I am the only one to think this way, but this skirt has the most horrible fit! It is very bulky/puffy at the hips, too narrow at the bottom. I could not wear it at all. I ended up ripping it apart and making a new skirt using a different pattern. The only part I kept was a waist band.
Dec 6, 2011, 09.16 AMby tocha
I do not understand one thing. If the pattern for front and back of this skirt is the same, why patterns for waistband (front and back) have different lenght? I had to suit waistband back pattern… So in my opinion there should be different pattern for a back of this skirt.
Nov 11, 2011, 04.46 PMby LaraGa
Has anyone found that this skirts runs big? I made a 38, and it most definitely doe NOT sit on my natural waist, more like right no my hips. What did you do if you had the same problem?
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Dec 6, 2011, 09.20 AMby tocha
Yes, I usually wear 36, but I measured patterns and made 34. I had to suit the waistand, because it would be on my hips… I just made a new waist band pattern…
Jan 28, 2011, 03.50 AMby Caitlin Dietrich
oh! iam also going to make the waist band thicker :)
Jan 28, 2011, 03.49 AMby Caitlin Dietrich
i think this pattern is very simple! i was only confused about doubling the actual skirt part :) ha, iam attempting to hand sew the whole thing and instead of a zipper putting a number of tiny buttons up the back :)
Jan 26, 2011, 10.07 PMby eva42100
Bonjour à toutes, je suis très heureuse de rejoindre votre petite communauté, je m'appelle Eva, et j'habite en France…
Je fais du 36 et j'ai choisi la taille 36, comme j'ai utilisé du jersey, j'ai réduit l'ampleur de la jupe et de la ceinture de 4/5 cm de chaque côté, et j'ai également ceintré le bas de la jupe, mais cette petite jupe est un régal à coudre, c'est un modèle vraiment très facile, et qui tombe bien…
Dec 31, 2010, 11.17 AMby surfjewels
Has any one else had trouble sewing the hem because it is curved? I'm having trouble because it is curved up in the middle.
The pattern is great though, looking good, although I didn't use the instructions because like a few others have said they are confusing, so I just worked from the actual pattern. It has come out perfect size, just the hem that is causing me problems.
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May 3, 2010, 12.52 AMby scgoble
Great design, but the instructions make no sense. Maybe more experienced sewers could understand, but since this is rated for novices, I would expect them to be clearer.
May 2, 2010, 06.56 PMby figgy
I cant understand this pattern. The instructions are not clear. :-(
Apr 11, 2010, 12.48 AMby silkrugs
Thank you, MarmotaB, for the link. It is a great resource.
Feb 17, 2010, 04.21 PMby Katka Vitkova
Please help :) Pattern PDF is for A3 size print or larger? Thans a lot!! ♥
Jan 17, 2010, 03.49 AMby sofi2412
I was looking for cute high waisted shorts patterns but this one looks soo much better. Thanks!!
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Feb 3, 2010, 04.22 AMby patsijean
Actually the waist of the skirt is at the natural waist. the tern "high waist" is correct if the garment extends upward from the waist toward the rib cage. We are too used to everything being at the abdominal level or lower for some time.
Jan 14, 2010, 02.42 AMby limmi
Im having a problem with the waist band, not sure if its me or the waist band pattern it a little to short for the skirt..how do you attach the waist band? the instruction is abit hard to understand
Jan 4, 2010, 03.33 PMby allibwahbwah
Hey, I have been dying to make a pencil-ish skirt but I have rather large-ish hips so my attempts have always failed. Could someone please tell me if the extra pleats would allow room to not hug my hips and make me look like this: ( ) ???
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Feb 3, 2010, 04.18 AMby patsijean
The pleats are design ease not wearing ease. Always fold out the pleats, then measure for your size. If you do not do this the pleats will distort if you try to use them to add wearing ease to the pattern. I see no reason why you could not wear this style of pencil skirt. It is a cute style and the pleats add interest.
Dec 31, 2009, 08.59 AMby muffinsgoesrawr
I've just made this using a black flannel-backed satin. I feel that using an overly heavy fabric would cause the pleats to stick out geometrically, rather than drape nicely and would not be flattering on the hip area.
It came together very quickly and I feel that the simplicity of it leaves room for customization. However, I had to extend the pleats by two inches each because being that this is meant to be high-waisted, the pleats ended too soon and left a very unflattering pouf on my stomach and rear end. I think extending the pleat line made it much more flattering and was very easy to do.The instructions were a little vague but overall, I enjoyed making this and I think it's a fantastic project for a new sewer and makes a wonderful addition to any wardrobe.
I plan to make more of these skirts in different colors and patterns. :)
Dec 14, 2009, 07.55 AMby modernnature
Has anybody ever made this with leather or fake leather? And how did it turn out?
Nov 16, 2009, 06.14 PMby jbsewingbee
I just made this skirt over the weekend. It was pretty easy. I used silk taffeta in red so that I will wear it for the holidays.
Oct 7, 2009, 06.52 AMby starrbegley
I'm planning on making this out of a silky bamboo twill that is relatively heavy while retaining drape. It's quite magical. Any one out there disagree with the fabric before I cut it out? What were some of the winners in terms of fabrics to use? Thanks ladies!
Aug 18, 2009, 03.44 AMby sabrinahart
I downloaded the instructions but when i opened it, the pages were all black. This also happens with other patterns i downloaded from here. What happen? Help!!!!
Feb 16, 2009, 10.17 AMby marelica
what kind of fabric is this? i love it!
Jan 10, 2009, 01.48 PMby kbmg28
What kind of fabric do you use for this skirt? Does it look better with a specific material?
Nov 30, 2008, 03.52 PMby tutizfashion
where can i get the pattern?!
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Apr 4, 2011, 09.06 PMby candeecutiee
Oct 20, 2008, 06.10 PMby chel02
ah-dore this pattern, plan to make an army of pencilish skirts and wear them all the time :)
Oct 15, 2008, 11.03 PMby madeleinefashion
This is fantastic! I love the fabric and colour. It looks positively wonderful. xoxox
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Presents United States Premiere of Lisa Nelson and Steve Paxton's Night Stand
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Thursday, October 10-Saturday, October 12, 2013, 8 pm
Thursday, October 17-Saturday, October 19, 2013, 8 pm
New York, NY-Dia Art Foundation will present the United States premiere of Night Stand (2004), created and performed by postmodern choreographers and longtime collaborators, Lisa Nelson and Steve Paxton. In October 2013, six performances will take place at Dia:Chelsea. The presentation of Night Stand marks Dia's first performance program in New York City since 2003.
Night Stand, which premiered in 2004 at the Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier, France, follows the twenty-four-year run of Nelson and Paxton's duet PA RT (1978), continuing their development of the theater of improvisational dance.
As a founding member of the seminal experimental dance groups Judson Dance Theater (1962-64) and Grand Union (1970-76), Paxton was instrumental in defining American postmodern dance. Paxton focused on pedestrian movement, specifically the acts of standing still and walking, and he affirmed his interest in 1964 by stating, "I might spend five or six hours a day working on my body and working on dance . . . and yet all the rest of the time my body was just carrying on by itself and I became really interested to see what was happening on that level." By 1971, Paxton had begun to develop a new dance movement that utilized duet improvisation to explore touch, time, weight, and falling in unprecedented ways, eventually calling it Contact Improvisation. Nelson and Paxton met in 1972 at Bennington College, where they were both teaching dance.
Nelson's explorations of how composition arises in the body and its environment, widely known as Tuning Scores, have sought to capture the essence of and unite the experience of dancing with the performance of observation. As Nelson states, "The scores call on everything one knows, combining the discipline of observation through multiple senses with the art and crafting of memory: keys to the art of improvisational dance as I know it." Nelson and Paxton's collaborations are an ongoing dialogue with the body's imagination.
Night Stand demonstrates Dia's ongoing commitment to presenting experimental dance and performance through commissions and retrospectives of historical works. Past presentations include Yves Musard's The Chelsea Dance Promenade (1996); Hiroshi Sugimoto and Naohiko Umewaka's Noh Such Thing as Time (2001); Robert Whitman's Prune Flat and Light Touch (2003); Joan Jonas's The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things (2005-6); Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Beacon Events (2007-9); Trisha Brown Dance Company (2009-10); Robert Whitman's Passport and MoonRain (2011); and, most recently, Yvonne Rainer (2011-12).
Thursday, October 10, 2013, 8 pm
Friday, October 11, 2013, 8 pm
Saturday, October 12, 2013, 8 pm
Thursday, October 17, 2013, 8 pm
Friday, October 18, 2013, 8 pm
Saturday, October 19, 2013, 8 pm
General tickets: $35
Dia member / student / senior tickets: $25
Visit www.diaart.org/paxton for tickets and more information.
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This program is made possible in part by Dia's Commissioning Committee: Jill and Peter Kraus, Leslie and Mac McQuown, Genny and Selmo Nissenbaum, and Liz Gerring Radke and Kirk August Radke.
Lisa Nelson was born in New York City in 1949. She began her training in traditional modern dance and ballet as a child at the Juilliard School in New York City and then Bennington College in Vermont. Throughout the 1970s she investigated diverse approaches to dance improvisation, including performing with Daniel Nagrin's Workgroup, and began her research into the sense of vision and the performance of movement through the medium of video. Her intensive practice in dance and video led her to develop the Tuning Score, a rigorous model for real-time editing and communication for ensemble and solo work. Nelson performs, teaches, and creates dances internationally, and maintains long-term collaborations with other artists, including Image Lab, Daniel Lepkoff, Steve Paxton, Scott Smith, and Cathy Weis.
Nelson received a New York Dance and Performance Award, or Bessie, in 1987, and an Alpert Award in the Arts in 2002. She coedits Contact Quarterly, a journal focused on dance and improvisation founded in 1975, and directs Videoda, a project that archives, produces, and distributes videotapes of improvisational dance. In 2001, the French-language magazine Nouvelles de Danse published an issue about her work, titled Vu du Corps: Lisa Nelson, Mouvement et Perception. She lives in Vermont.
Steve Paxton was born in Arizona in 1939. He began his movement studies in gymnastics and then trained in ballet and modern dance. In summer 1958, Paxton attended the American Dance Festival at Connecticut College, where he trained with choreographers Merce Cunningham and José Limón. Soon after, he moved to New York City. He was a member of the José Limón Company in 1959 and a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1961 to 1964. He was a founding member of Judson Dance Theater (1962-64) and Grand Union (1970-76), two movements that indelibly redefined dance for the following decades. In the late 1960s, Paxton created work from pedestrian, everyday movement, including such preeminent early dances as Flat (1964), Satisfyin Lover(1967), and State (1968). In the 1970s, Paxton was involved with Grand Union, a dance theater collective that included Becky Arnold, Trisha Brown, Douglas Dunn, David Gordon, Nancy Lewis, Barbara Lloyd (Dilley), Yvonne Rainer, and Lincoln Scott. It was during his time with Grand Union that he first formulated Contact Improvisation, which has remained an influential dance form. He then developed the movement practiceMaterial for the Spine from Contact Improvisation in 1986. Paxton's interest in improvisation has continued to guide his choreographic practice over the past twenty-five years.
During his fifty-year career, Paxton has received two New York Dance and Performance Awards, or Bessies, in 1987 and 1999, and has been the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Contemporary Performance Arts Foundation; Change, Inc.; and Experiments in Art and Technology. He received the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1994 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995. He has also been a contributing editor to Contact Quarterly dance journal. In 2008, Paxton published the four-hour DVD Material for the Spine, which examines technical movement outward from the core of the body. He lives in Vermont.
CAROL MULLINS, Lighting Designer
Carol Mullins has been designing lighting for the stage since the 1970s and has served as resident lighting designer for the Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery since 1982. She has designed lighting for dance works by choreographers including Douglas Dunn, John Kelly, Wendy Perron, and Elizabeth Streb. In addition to Night Stand, she designed lighting for Lisa Nelson and Steve Paxton's PA RT in 1983. Mullins has received three New York Dance and Performance Awards, or Bessies, and an Obie Award in 2003 for Painted Snake in a Painted Chair by the Talking Band.
Dia Art Foundation, founded in 1974, is committed to initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving extraordinary art projects. Dia:Beacon opened in May 2003 in Beacon, New York. Dia also maintains several long-term, site-specific projects including Walter De Maria's The New York Earth Room (1977) and The Broken Kilometer (1979), Max Neuhaus's Times Square (1977), Joseph Beuys's 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks) (1988), and Dan Flavin's untitled(1996), all in Manhattan; the Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton, New York; De Maria's The Vertical Earth Kilometer (1977) in Kassel, Germany; Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970) in the Great Salt Lake, Utah; and De Maria's The Lightning Field (1977) in Quemado, New Mexico. Dia also commissions original artists' projects produced for the web and produces scholarly publications.
Dia currently presents temporary installations, performances, lectures, and readings on West 22nd Street in the Chelsea section of New York City, the neighborhood it helped pioneer. Plans for a new project space are underway.
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I thought I'd give you a summary in pictures of what we have been up to the past 6 months so we are all caught up. Despite my last post, where I claim to only be doing a whole lot of house work during the day and nothing else, we really have been the busy family we always have been.
A little blurry, sorry. Sometime I like to just take a picture of my kids room when they are clean, because it is an amazing and rare sight.
The kids had to say goodbye to their first beloved pet, our little rat, Chrysanthemum :(
The Boy turned 12 and celebrated with his best friend at the new LEGO store grand opening.
Our last minute Halloween costumes. I borrowed the shirt from The Boy.
I liked Bruce's costume as Walter White better.
I crocheted 2 Rainbow Dash hats for the girls for Christmas.
We took the kids to their first theater experience to see A Christmas Carol.
Christmas morning, everyone with their new hats and toys ready to go to Grandma's house.
The Boy got a Sonic Screwdriver, just like The Doctor. Probably his second favorite gift, behind the new Kindle Fire.
In 2014 I decided we would have family only birthday parties and continue on doing an every other year system for large parties with friends. This didn't stop me from making it fun for her though, it just simplifies my life a bit more.
And lastly I'll end with C's dance recital. She did great!
Well, now we are all up to speed, right?
Yeah, there is a bunch in between. My kids are the smartest and cutest kids in the whole school, my husband is the greatest lawyer that ever lived and I never forget to make dinner in the evenings and end up making bowls of cereal for everyone (one of those isn't completely true).


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It's just been a few weeks since Gary Ross' curious disappearance from the director's chair of Catching Fire, but already it appears the filmmaker is cooking up his next project.
EW has confirmed that Ross is in talks with Summit Entertainment to direct an adaptation of the 2006 biography of famed magician Harry Houdini, The Secret Life of Houdini, The Making of America's First Superhero, by William Kalush and Larry Sloman. (The book suggests that that Houdini also worked as a spy for Britain.) Ross has not yet decided, however, whether his next film will be this project, which at one point had Catch Me If You Can screenwriter Jeff Nathanson attached to write and direct.
Summit, notably, was recently acquired by Hunger Games studio Lionsgate.
(The Hollywood Reporter first broke the story.)
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