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Program Overview
Master of Arts (MA)
in Art History
General Requirements
for the Degree:
• 30 units taken in graduate standing, including four seminars;
• comprehensive exam;
• foreign language exam (reading comprehension);
• thesis or project
Planning Your M.A. Program in Art History and Visual Culture
A short synopsis of the program given in reverse order to help you see how the parts fit together:
Thesis or Project (3-6 units of the 30 required for the program) completed to the approval of your thesis/project committee of three persons including at least two Art History faculty members, one of whom must be Prof. Bowen or Grindstaff or Simonson. Ordinarily you would ask faculty members with special expertise in your area of interest, usually faculty members from whom you have taken one or more classes, to serve on your committee. It is the student's responsibility to form a thesis committee. Faculty must approve the thesis topic, agree to serve on the thesis committee, and approve the final thesis draft: without such agreement and approval, a student is unable to complete the degree. For this reason, you will want to get to know the faculty.
Before you sign up for your thesis or project units, you need to be advanced to candidacy, and before you are finished with the thesis, you need to file for graduation. The Art & Design Graduate Office helps you with the paperwork for these two steps, and you will need to be aware of campus deadlines for graduation filing. The advancement to candidacy form asks you to list the 30 units that you will be using for the degree.
You need to file for graduation early during the semester in which you plan to finish. You need to file the Grad Studies advancement to candidacy form early in the semester prior to the one in which you plan to graduate (by October 1 for May graduation). View current deadlines for more information.
In order to be advanced to candidacy and to form a thesis/project committee you need to have completed both parts of the Comprehensive Exam and also the Foreign Language Exam and you need to have a thesis/project proposal form (signed by your committee members. The thesis/project proposal form enables you to obtain the add code needed for registration in ART 299 (thesis). You may have a good idea of your proposed thesis topic when you apply to the program; more likely, you will not know what you wish to work on, and your topic will evolve from interests you discover while taking seminars and/or from talking with faculty members and fellow students. Again, you are going to want to get to know both the faculty AND your colleagues. You may wish to explore a potential thesis topic by enrolling in an ARTH 291, special independent study course, and working independently with one faculty member.
Professional Responsibilities Requirement: Although scholarship is sometimes perceived as a private activity conducted by an individual housed "in an ivory tower," a contemporary commitment to art history, on the contrary, involves professional responsibilities and professional practice of the discipline that extend beyond the classroom setting. At SJSU such responsibilities would involve supporting the program and, specifically, events sponsored by your student organization, the AHA, by attending the symposium, for example, and also by exchanging ideas about your own work about current issues in the discipline. Other practices could include museum memberships, membership in the College Art Association and affiliated professional societies, travel to exhibitions, proposing papers to conferences, working (for example, for the VRC or as a reader or graduate assistant) or completing an internship (for example, at a museum) and comparable "résumé-building" activities. The format for reporting on your practice is a comprehensive résumé to be provided to the faculty at the time of the first-year review and again at the time of taking Part II of the Comprehensive Exam and advancing to candidacy for the degree.
May Review ("first-year" or "first-semester" review): Faculty and students dedicate the first Friday in May to public discussion of student progress through the degree program—with time also for faculty to share news of their current professional work and areas of expertise. The purposes here are, again, to extend the professional practice of Art History beyond the usual classroom setting and to develop our scholarly community. In advance of the May Review, all currently-enrolled students will be asked to provide a short portfolio containing examples of current papers and a current résumé for a faculty review. On the day of the review first-year students (and those who have not previously introduced their work to the faculty as a whole) will be asked to give a brief presentation of their current work and to discuss preliminary ideas for the thesis and/or about the intended area of specialization.
The Foreign Language Exam is an hour-long reading comprehension test: you will be given a passage in the relevant language of your choice and have an hour (with dictionary, if you wish) to write out a translation of as much of the passage as possible into English. A written translation requires a degree of precision that you would not necessarily need for the casual reading of journal articles in your research; the purpose of this exam is to ensure that students will be able to access needed information and to interpret it accurately. Unless you are already fluent in the language you will need for your research, you should initiate practice of your language as soon as admitted to the program; most graduate programs require French or German due to the extensive scholarship conducted in these languages. Grad students receive no units for lower-division language (or other) study, so the length of time you spend in the program may depend in part on your language preparation. You can schedule this exam through the Art History Advisor at any time during any semester and may retake the exam twice if necessary.
The Comprehensive Exam is ordinarily given at the beginning of each semester. This is a two-part exam, and you will probably take the parts in different semesters. The first part of the exam examines your broad knowledge of western art—from ancient through contemporary. We expect you to take Part I of the exam at the beginning of your second semester of study in classified status. In preparation for this exam, you will probably want to select upper-division and seminar courses that "fill in the gaps" in your knowledge. Part II of the exam will consist of essay questions based on your thesis proposal. Confer with the Art History Graduate Advisor for more information than is given here.
The 30 units of your program must include four seminars (ARTH 291 may be substituted for one of these seminars). If you are specializing in contemporary art, you will want to consider ART 282A/B (listed under ART, not ARTH, in the Schedule of Classes), courses in Contemporary Art and Theory for two of your seminars. Ordinarily two ARTH seminars are offered each semester, and these may not necessarily be in areas of your specialization. You will want to talk to faculty about possible seminar topics and to plan your program around them.
Each April, the Art History (student) Association puts on a Symposium, inviting graduate and advanced undergraduate students from CSU and other California campuses to give professional papers. You may wish to polish a seminar paper for this exciting venue.
Additionally, we strongly recommend that all graduate students without a strong background in contemporary theory enroll in ARTH 175, "Theory of Art History and Criticism." We anticipate teaching ARTH 277, "Methodology and Historiography of Art History," on a regular basis, beginning in Fall 2007 and requiring that course for graduate students entering the program in 2007-8; ARTH 175 is the recommended prerequisite.
You may wish to apply for an Art History Scholarship (usually about $200-800; information/application from the Fine Arts secretary) or to serve as a Teaching Assistant to Prof. Cohen (talk to her about this) or Graduate Assistant (reading papers and exams: application from the Graduate Secretary).
Nine units of the thirty units listed on your Advancement to Candidacy form may be taken, while you are in graduate standing, from "outside" Art & Design. If you are interested in taking classes in History, Women's Studies, Comparative Religious Studies, Near Eastern Studies, etc., you will want to find out when those classes will be offered. You may ask an "outside" (not Art History) faculty member to serve on your thesis committee, ordinarily as a fourth member of the committee.
Back to the beginning: At first, you will take courses because they interest you, because they are available, because they help you to prepare for the comprehensive exams, because you would like to work with a given faculty member. Please plan to meet at least once with the Art History Graduate Advisor during your first semester, however, and to develop at least a tentative plan for your graduate career at SJSU.


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I am unemployed. There. I said it. So what if I've been in denial? So what if I've spent the last two months "on vacation," visiting with friends and family, collecting severance and happily not waking to an alarm for the first time in three years. Now, however, my current state of joblessness is starting to sink in. I've finished my "funemployment" phase and have moved into "Uh-oh, I have bills piling up" mode. It occurs to me that looking at the world through the eyes of my newly rescued Spaniel mix, Murphy, might calm my worries.
Tonight when I walked Murphy, I realized that he sees things from a completely different vantage point than I do. I mean, obviously— he's approximately four and a half feet shorter than me. But he also sees and appreciates things in a simpler way. Here are a few of the lessons he's teaching me every day.
Appreciate routine. Since I don't have a back yard for Murphy to romp in, we go for walks at least four times a day. When he hears the jingle of his leash or hears me ask "Wanna…," his eyes light up as though he's been offered five pounds of raw beef with no limitations. Who knew a walk could be so exciting! I might be unemployed but that doesn't mean that I can't appreciate my own new routines and embrace them: a morning smoothie, checking TMZ.com to see what LA gossip I missed, logging into my email account to see if any job leads have come through, walking my completely lovable dog around my neighborhood. I'm learning to appreciate whatever routine I have and be grateful for it, because when I'm back in the nine-to-five routine, I'm going to dream of the "good old days" when I could do whatever I wanted.
Eat well. I'm pretty sure I feed my dog better than I feed myself. I pay a little more for his food, but do it happily because I feel I'm extending the time we'll have together. Since I've been unemployed, I may not have a lot of money to go out to dinner, but I can still meet a friend for a drink and an appetizer at a trendy new hot spot. Just getting out of the house and hanging with my friends makes me feel better. A self-proclaimed "foodie," I've also decided it's a good idea to start cooking, so I search the Internet for money-saving recipes and invite my friends over for a meal. They appreciate the home-cooking— and maybe next time, they'll take me out to the newest hot spot for dinner on them!
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Networking is important. Now, Murphy is not a dog who "networks"— he's not looking for a job or trying to start a business. He is, however, very interested in other dogs, sniffing private parts and making friends. He remembers where he previously ran into Gizmo or Spencer, and lingers in hope of running into one of them again. When we're out walking, we invariably run into a handful of dogs and their people. The dogs wag and sniff, the people chat. You never know when you might hear about a job lead or find out that someone works at that great firm where you've been hoping to get your foot in the door. Network, network, network: it's the best way to get that next job.
Take time to smell the proverbial roses. When I worked full time, I often forgot to look at what was going on around me because I was so busy tackling the crowded freeways, handing in that overdue report or grabbing lunch on the run. When I walk Murphy, he sees and smells everything: the halfeaten cookie on the ground, the wild rosemary by the side of the house and, if he's lucky, another dog. While I'm unemployed, I'm trying to take things a little slower, enjoy the view from my patio, mow my own lawn, window shop, sit at the local coffee shop and people-watch. Enjoy life.
Wake up on the right side of the bed. I am definitely not a morning person. However, when I wake to a cute little dog staring at me with his puppy-dog eyes, willing me to get up and take him for a walk, how can I not start the day with a smile on my face? With a beginning like that, I can't help but have a good morning that sometimes lasts all day. I may not have checks coming in, but I have a dog who loves and relies on me. If I'm in a better mood, I'm more apt to have a spring in my step and more open to the opportunities around me.
Since I adopted Murphy, I've tried to see things through his eyes. If you're currently unemployed, consider adopting an animal or volunteering at a local shelter. It will help you pass the time until you head back to the work-day world.


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Christmas cookies- this year's addition: Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies
This week has been the week of baking lots of Christmas cookies - this year I've been doing the cookie baking (Floyd's still in charge of supplying our dinner breads ;) Im nowhere near making those pretty sourdoughs myself!)
Yesterday I made a big batch of Sour Cream Sugar Cookies. I didn't have any lemons on hand to add the rind so I substituted some lemon juice (and only after dropping it in did it occur to me that with the baking soda in there I might have been producing a volcano, but luckily nothing of the sort occurred and the cookies turned out delicious) and I separated the icing into different bowls and added some color and let the kids paint the cookies with little paintbrushes so they were nice and festive. I'd forgotten that the cookies grew a little bit, so they held their shape but did spread out a little.
The exciting new thing I tried this year came about after an accidental purchase of too much Nutella. I'd not seen the double-jars I had hidden in the back of the pantry and had purchased yet another jar - well with all that Nutella something has to be done!
Someone sent me a link to this recipe and I decided to try it. The recipe there was a bit more uptight than my patience allows, so here is the slightly simplified version of what I made:
Start with roasting the hazelnuts: I got a bag of shelled hazelnuts in the bulk section and spread them on a pan and broiled them until they were toasted. I used about 1 1/2 cups. Next, put them in a little food processor to chop them into little crumbs. (As it turns out, I'm hearing that most folks peel the skin off the nuts when they roast them - I didnt do this and think they taste fine, particularly with such a sweet cookie. I'm also finding that the skins are actually better for you - does anyone know why the norm is to peel them?)
Next, the dough:
Into the bowl of a mixer, beat until creamy a stick of butter and ½ cup sugar until it starts to get fluffy (I skipped the step of waiting to bring it to room temperature, but it didn't seem to matter - this helped too with not having to wait to chill the dough later)
Separate out 2 egg yolks, saving the whites in a smaller bowl for later use, and add the yolks in.
Add 1 tsp. vanilla
Then add 1¼ cups all-purpose flour,
1/8 tsp. coarse salt
and ¼ tsp. baking soda slowly until combined
Preheat oven to 325° F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a shallow bowl, mix the chopped hazelnuts with about 2-3 Tablespoons of sugar (to taste)
Roll the dough into small balls and then dip in the whites and then roll them in the nut mixture before placing them on the parchment with about an inch of space between them.
Squish a little hole in the center of each dough-ball to make a depression with a finger or little spoon, then bake for 10 minutes at 325° F
Remove and using a small spoon, squish the hole again, as it will grow a little bit puffy, before returning to the oven for another 10 minutes.
Allow them to cool a few minutes then move them to a rack, fill with a spoonful of Nutella. (Microwave at 30 seconds to get the chocolate stuff melty and runny)
Throw them in the fridge for a bit to let them set a bit, but these are going to be goopy even cooled.


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There's more to climate fraud than just tax hikes
Written by Atheo | Aletho News | December 4, 2009
By now we know that Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) theory has been built on a mixture of hype and massaged data. Various carbon tax schemes have been put forward, even unprecedented proposals for a world wide taxation authority to be overseen by the UN. Does it follow that the primary agenda behind the fraud was implementing these new taxes, or were these proposed tax schemes secondary and part of a proclivity on the part of the state to seize any opportunity to enhance revenue?
In the three decades since AGW was made into a political tool by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party, tax laws have been "reformed" many times in Britain, as well as other Western nations dominated by the AGW meme. Margaret Thatcher and her Conservative Party were known for their opposition to social leveling through taxation. Reduction of public services, combined with hectoring the disadvantaged about self reliance, were hallmarks of British politics through the 1980's and beyond. In Europe and North America, today's overall level of taxation is not higher than that prevalent in 1979.
In Britain and the US, governments have been able to utilize the issuance of sovereign debt to increase military budgets while at the same time reducing capital gains and corporate tax rates creating an era of "borrow and spend" growth for the state sector. In the US, the higher income tax brackets have come down while middle class employees have seen increased social security deductions from their paychecks. These revenues were then "borrowed" by the general fund and in fact replaced the revenues lost due to the reduction of corporate taxes.
The burden of financing government spending has been increasingly shifted to the median wage earner and away from the investor and high income earner. Adoption of a tax collection system based on the consumption of energy would seem to fit into this general pattern, since working people spend a larger portion of their earnings on energy, and goods derived from energy, than do the wealthy. However, this outcome could be easily achieved by implementing a flat tax on income or a national sales tax. The rationale used to promote the flat tax is much simpler and would have been more likely to succeed than pushing the AGW carbon tax through fraudulent scaremongering. Right now a national sales tax would be politically far easier to implement in the US than a carbon tax.
Since the 1970's we have seen capital controls lifted allowing for the free movement of capital through most of the world. New tax credits and deductions came into existence which were, in fact, incentives for multinational corporations to shift their operations from industrialized nations to the third world. Lower corporate tax rates could be found in the third world while profits were repatriated at favorable rates. This enabled the shifting of production, and later services, to the third world through tax policies. The Kyoto protocol looked suspiciously similar to these tax policies in that it also created an advantage for the deployment of capital in low wage nations.
A "free trade" regime without tariff barriers would allow for the hyper-exploitation of third world labor while at the same time driving down first world labor costs. But due to the combined competitive disadvantages of poor infrastructure, inexperienced workforces, and transport costs, as well as the necessity of writing off stranded production assets in the developed nations, corporations based in the advanced economies demanded that their governments finance the restructuring of the global economy. Lower labor costs just couldn't compensate for the disadvantages of moving to China or India, at least not until infrastructure was improved and workforces were trained. Without government assistance, offshoring corporations would fail to compete in the marketplace with established industry at home. This motive, providing advantages to investment in the developing nations, is more plausible than the commonly assumed notion that the motive behind the AGW fraud was an excuse to raise taxes on consumers. There is a weakness in this proposition that is similar to the weakness described above regarding carbon taxes though, governments could have aided their corporations through tax advantages without all the complexity and risk involved in the AGW fraud.
Yet, there is another motive that is much more certain than either of the above possibilities, even more certain than the profits that Goldman Sachs stood to gain from carbon credits trading schemes. To understand this motive we must return to the time when the AGW meme was first promoted. Three Mile Island had recently been shut down following a near melt down. Unknown quantities of radioactive material were released across a vast area of Pennsylvania. 2,400 lawsuits were filed for death or disease suffered by family members which were ultimately denied access to federal courts. In the US, applications for construction of new nuclear power plants had a zero chance of approval by local authorities. The nuclear industry had come to a standstill. At the same time national policy makers, in conjunction with the military industrial complex, wanted to maintain a dynamic nuclear industry that included ongoing mining, milling, enrichment, research and development as well as a large pool of personnel with nuclear expertise. In fact, Thatcher's situation was particularly strained in that she wanted to discharge tens of thousands of coal miners, replacing them with the politically poisonous nuclear power plants. This feat would require an overriding fear, something that calls for the public to acquiesce and reserve their strong objections. There would be no way to sell such policies to the public without resorting to a paradigm changing ruse, one that defines any dissidence as a danger to the safety of society. AGW would provide that cover. In fact, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm change that could have subverted the environmentalist opposition to the nuclear industry.
If the AGW theory could be planted within a co-opted or deceived environmental movement, general acceptance of the alarmism would be seen by many as a victory for the environment despite the fact that CO2 is not actually a pollutant. An entire field of "science" could be elevated with the sole purpose of confirming the AGW theory, creating a consensus of credulousness among its membership whose entire careers are always at stake.
The din of propaganda would remain constant until a state of emergency appeared imminent. Nuclear power plants would be presented as the way out while the absence of any solution for nuclear waste disposal would be ignored. The high financial cost of the nuclear facilities would be absorbed much later by rate payers while the government would underwrite the investor's risks.
The AGW Svengali, Al Gore, is no stranger to promotion of the nuclear industry. Since the late 70's, he has been outspoken in support of new reactors, defending the aborted Clinch River Breeder Reactor, which was was scheduled to produce weapons grade plutonium, to the bitter end. Representation of nuclear interests is actually a Gore family tradition going back to the industry's foundation. Keith Harmon Snow reports:
A 1957 study by the Brookhaven National Laboratory estimated "the consequences of a very large reactor accident at a hypothetically small nuclear plant near a large city" at 43,000 injuries, 3,400 deaths and $7 billion in 1957 losses. Congress passed the "Gore Bill" of 1956, championed by then U.S. Senator Albert Gore (Sr.) of the pro-nuclear Gore dynasty. This became the Price Andersen Act — reauthorized by Congress again in 2002 – shielding the industry from significant liability for any major nuclear accident. The 1989 Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Catastrophic Nuclear Power Accidents determined that private nuclear corporations would be unlikely to survive unless the federal government insured the industry against such "unexpected and unknown" potential liabilities as the Bhopal disaster (Union Carbide), Agent Orange (Dow) and the Dalkon Shield.
To better appreciate the imperative of maintaining the nuclear industry one must acknowledge the tenuous hold on power that the Western elites possess. The global mass of humanity have little interest in the perpetuation of the existing power structure. While it is possible for a minority to rule over the majority, without an overwhelming technological advantage, military dominance is too costly both in lives and finance. Weapons of mass destruction have provided the ultimate terror instrument necessary to check organized challenges to military supremacy. This was why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were obliterated. Pax Americana arose from the annihilation of non-combatants. The capability of mass murder is why some nations have seats on the UN Security Council with veto power while others have one vote in the General Assembly. Maintenance of this disparity in destructive power is essential to the continued dominance over the non-nuclear nations according to Peter Phillips:
The U.S. Government is blazing a trail of nuclear weapon revival leading to global nuclear dominance. A nuke-revival group, supported by people like Stephen Younger, Associate Director for Nuclear Weapons at Los Alamos, proposes a "mini-nuke" capable of burrowing into underground weapon supplies and unleashing a small, but contained nuclear explosion. This weapons advocacy group is comprised of nuclear scientists, Department of Energy (DoE) officials, right wing analysts, former government officials, and a congressionally appointed over-sight panel. The group wants to ensure that the U.S. continues to develop nuclear capacity into the next half century.
The US nuclear energy industry is overseen by the Department of Energy, which also oversees the nuclear weapons complex through the National Nuclear Security Administration. The reliable lifespan of the current nuclear arsenal is measured in decades. Due to the untested decay characteristics of plutonium it is possible that much of the present arsenal could become unserviceable with little advance warning. The existence of a robust nuclear industry is a prerequisite for new weapons production capability which may be the main factor in Energy Secretary Chu's strident support for a new generation of nuclear power plants. AGW has been instrumental in the resurrection of nuclear power in the US and Britain. Seen in this light, the AGW fraud is not surprising.
The mass collusion in lies is actually a normal occurrence when "national security" is perceived to be involved. Institutions and foundations are relied upon to perform their roles. Entire industries conform to the dominant anticipated cap and trade system. Other nations have been co-opted or pressed into accepting the AGW meme. One only has to consider the warmongering lies about "Iraqi WMDs" or "Iranian nuclear weapons programs" to put the AGW fraud into perspective.
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December 3, 2009 - Posted by aletho | Author: Atheo, Economics, Militarism, Nuclear Power | Britain, Conservatives, Goldman Sachs, Margaret Thatcher, Nuclear power, Taxation, Thatcher, United States
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Spaking of Three Mile Island- did you know shortly after the "event" the film "China Syndrome" was released?
Comment by robertsgt40 | December 4, 2009
What a timely article – I've been thinking about this all day.
Don't forget the no-lose business model:
taxpayers will subsidize the building of the plant which will then charge the same people for the power while also they pay for disposal and indemnification costs. What industrialist wouldn't salivate at such a plan – the modern-day "company store".
Nuclear also keeps power-generation centralized… the better to maintain control of the many in as few hands as possible.
If our controllers were actually interested in reducing CO2, one would expect to see a movement toward organic locally-grown farming. Instead Canada is currently negotiating the "Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement" (CETA): A Plan for Privatization of Public Services which promises to outsource/offshore more local goods & services.
According to Newsweek, when Timothy LaSalle suggested to Al Gore that organic farming could eliminate any excess CO2, he was told to "tone it down". Check out LaSalle's ideas here: http://www.grist.org/article/farm-team/
Comment by tal | December 4, 2009
The climate scandal is much bigger than any of you imagine. It has a everything to do with the global chemtrails sprayed almost every day, the "doomsday" seed vault, and the inbound object that NASA announced they found in 1983 then lied about. News and related information here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/6519605/WarNews
Comment by Dude | December 13, 2009
Actually Margaret Thatcher was only interested in breaking the back of the coal mining unions in Britain. She wanted to massively downsize coal production but she didn't trust the arabs with the oil alternative. Her solution was the nuclear industry. To justify this she held a meeting with climatologists at let it be known that there was "money on the table" in the form of large research grants for those who could prove the theory that man-made Co2 largely from coal burning power stations was a climatic threat. Naturally trough feeders such as the university of East Anglia took up the challenge (For money). Honest climatologists were ostracised and fired. The pork feeders than fabricated the case in exchange for over 13 million pounds of taxpayer money funnelled largely into their pockets. The fact that the East Anglian "Jones gang" of climate scam merchants are not facing long jail sentences for grand fraud and racketeering is because this can't be done without exposing huge criminal complicity in the government itself.
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Erotic sketches, a blackmail letter, a closeted aristocrat, his ambitious lover, and a sacrificial murder. Love, betrayal, deception and vengeance in Regency's London's art world.
George Rowlands, an aspiring young painter and apprentice to his father in the Haymarket theatre, meets Sir Henry Wallace while drawing the river at Richmond. Wallace invites George to his home in St. James's square to draw his collection of sculpture and his good-looking valet Gregorio Franchese. Securing him a place to study painting at the Royal Academy of Arts under the eccentric Gothic painter, Henry Fuseli, George meets the mysterious John McCarther who befriends him. Meanwhile, Lady Arabella Wallace records in her diary her suspicions about her husband's night-time absences and his 'enthusiasm' for his new protégé. George discovers his every move with Wallace is being watched after Wallace confesses his love for him.
ebook – 306 pages
Review by Erastes
I've been musing a while as to whether I should still be reviewing self-published books on this blog, and the editing–I'm sorry to say–on this book has pushed me so close to the edge of deciding, it's only going to take one more like this to get me to fall off the fence one way or the other. From the huge list of helpers, encouragers and friends that the author lists in his acknowledgements, you'd think SOMEONE might have pointed out that he has a comma abuse problem. As well as subject confusion, and many other issues such as random tense changes, homonym mistakes and typos.
Sidebar: Self Published authors. I'm sick of this. Don't go skipping towards self-publishing with the attitude that by not having to give most of your royalties to your publisher you can coin it. Think rather that you should be paying a fucking editor the money your publisher would have. Because? If you skip this, cut corners and think gleefully at the money you've "saved" you'll produce a shoddy product which no one will bloody BUY. Rather defeats the object. I apologise for losing my temper, but this book really tipped me over the edge, and when you review books and you read so many self-published books which clearly are not ready for publication, and there's so many authors doing good work, it makes me mad.
That all being said, there is something to like in this book. If it had not had that kernel of promise I would have either not reviewed it at all, or dismissed it with a half of one star for putting words in a line–kind of the equivalent of putting one's name at the top of an exam paper, but there is talent here, there is a knack for description and the ability to communicate a time and place. It's just a shame that the shoddy workmanship drags it down.
The other main problem is the pacing; putting aside all other issues, if this had been the type of polished self-publication–as say, The Painting was–I would still have problems with the execution. It's possibly the most realistic Regency set book I've read, the research has been done mostly impeccably and you really feel that–with the descriptions of the grit and grime of the streets and the dark, candlelit rooms that you are in a time before gas lighting and electricity. But the first half of the book is so painfully slow and laboured if I hadn't been reviewing it I would have given up, and I almost never feel that way. There's just nothing much going on–George meets Wallace by chance whilst out painting the landscape and so slowly you can almost see the glaciers growing faster they move to a position of artist and patron while George falls in love with Wallace. Apart from one instance where George follows Wallace in stalkery fashion to Vere Street and another time he sees someone he thinks is following him, for over 50 percent of the book nothing much else happens. Oh, there's attendance at art school, and the occasional party, and endless pages of George painting and sketching–all interspersed with the increasingly paranoid journal entries of Wallace's wife, but there's no real sense of foreboding or even burgeoning love on either side. George tells us he's (probably, how can he tell?) in love with Wallace on numerous occasions, but he doesn't really give any reason for that, nor is the reader given any. Wallace, for me, was a thoroughly objectionable, spoilt brat who wants everything his own way, and everyone to agree with his own opinions. He's not even depicted as being entirely mesmerising which would explain why George falls so completely under his spell.
As I said, there's a lot of historical detail in the book, most of which is accurate as far as I could tell–I wasn't knocked out by modern language or attitudes. But many of the touches which the author obviously wanted to put in so we can tell he did the research were a bit superfluous and I was often thinking – "yeah, ok, nice scene, good description, but what's the point of it in the plot?" I also rolled my eyes at George being paid £200 for his very first portrait and then wondering how he was going to live – the minimum conversion of that sum of money is well over £11k so it's unlikely he'd have had any money problems for a good long while.
The major conflict, when it happens is not unexpected, but is actually well-handled. Wallace proves himself to be the git I took him to be all along which was gratifying, at least. I think what the author was aiming for was a gradual escalation of the plotline as after the middle of the book things start to kick off, but the beginning needs to have some acceleration rather than pages of walking around painting and or looking at things.
So, I'm torn about the book. On one hand it's well done to the extent of the feel and the paranoia and the atmosphere of the times, but the painfully slow pacing would make it a do not finish for many. I would probably recommend it as a read if you can get past the pacing – AND if you are prepared to put up with the legion of grammatical errors throughout. I would advise the author to get it very carefully proofed by someone who knows how to punctuate, at the very least. A neatly edited version of this would have earned a 3.5 but as it is–specially the conversion from PDF to Kindle where all the double Ts were entirely missing–I can't give it more than a 2.5
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Whew, I can finally breath. and sit. It has been a particularly busy past few weeks, with not a single moment to write a post...or sleep for that matter. I can't complain too much though, I got to spend every waking minute (when I wasn't at one of my two jobs) in the kitchen.
After the success of the tarts I made for my good friend's bridal shower, she apparently had enough confidence in me and my newly acquired baking skills to ask me to provide the dessert table for her wedding reception. I quickly said yes, and then realized what a monumental task this was going to be. It all came together after about two and a half weeks baking and filling the fridge and the freezer full of tart shells, mini bundt cakes, pistachio brittle, and cake pops. It was an amazing learning experience, the bride and groom were extremely appreciative, and all the drunken wedding guests enjoyed the abundance of baked goods when 10:00 rolled around at the reception.
The day after the wedding was spent catching up on sleep, nursing a slight hangover, and actually eating food other than cake and sugar for the first time in about a week. When Monday hit, I was right back at it, baking a three-layer red velvet cake and a dozen cupcakes for my boss's baby shower. I guess almost 700 mini desserts wasn't enough, I just had to get back in the kitchen.
I am going to have to slowly chisel away at all these pictures and recipes that I have accumulated over the past few weeks. I have decided to start at the end of my baking extravaganza and work my way back. The photographer at the wedding was nice enough to stick around and take some pics of the dessert table, so I will wait until I get my hands on some copies to present the table in its entirety here.
But first, the red velvet cake. I was always under the impression that a red velvet cake wasn't really anything special, just a whole lot of red food coloring. Turns out, some buttermilk, cocoa powder, baking soda, and a teensy bit of vinegar can really take an ordinary cake to a new level. This was some of the fluffiest, moist, flavorful cake I have ever had. Topped off with some cream cheese frosting and a big bunch of hydrangeas for decoration (stolen with permission from the wedding), this cake was a big hit at the shower. I had some leftover batter so I threw in a dozen cupcakes for good measure.
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
adapted from Patent and the Pantry
Each batch makes 2 thick 9-inch layers, or 3-thinner 9-inch layers, or 1 thick 9-inch layer and 12 cupcakes. I made 2 batches, and ended up with a fairly tall 3 layer cake, with 12 cupcakes on the side.
For the cake:
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 - 1 ounce bottles of red food coloring
1 cup unsalted butter (the recipe called for 1/2 cup, but in my sleep deprived delirium I used double that, but it was freaking delicious so I wouldn't change a thing if I make this again)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon white vinegar
Butter and flour your cake pans and set aside. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl sift the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, mix the food coloring and cocoa powder until completely incorporated. Set aside.
In a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer) cream the butter and sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, and beat until thoroughly combined, being sure to scrape down the sides. Add the vanilla and the red food coloring-cocoa mixture and beat well to combine. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture, beat on medium speed until combined, then add 1/2 of the buttermilk, and beat until incorporated. Add another 1/3 of the flour, beat well, then the other half of the buttermilk, scraping down the sides after each addition. Finish with the last 1/3 of the flour mixture and beat until just combined.
In a small bowl, mix the vinegar and baking soda, and immediately add to batter. Mix on high speed for just a few seconds until evenly dispersed, and pour right away into cake pans or lined cupcake pans.
Bake 2 9-inch cakes for about 40 minutes, (less time if you are going with thinner layers, and about 20-25 minutes for the cupcakes) or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Let cool completely before frosting.
For the Frosting:
I made a double batch of this frosting and had enough to generously frost a three layer cake and pipe a good amount onto 12 cupcakes, with some leftover.
16 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
pinch of salt
In a stand mixer, combine the cream cheese and butter, and beat on medium high speed until smooth. Add the vanilla and salt and mix until incorporated. Gradually add the sugar, and beat until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
Frost the cake however you fancy, or spread/pipe onto cupcakes. Someday when I get really good at frosting cakes, I will put a step by step tutorial on here. Someday...
I will say though, that I think the best part of making a multi-layer cake, is having to cut the domed tops off each layer so that they lay flat. You then have an excuse to eat cake scraps all afternoon. We wouldn't want them to go to waste now would we?


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So where in Mexico can you eat veggies and fruit, drink tap water, forget the Imodium, yet feel really safe?
Cabo, that's where. And, that's why celebs like the late Frank Sinatra, George Clooney and others have sought refuge in this sun- drenched Mexican hideaway.
Leaving a Toronto blizzard last February, my wife Rhoda and I took a non-stop 5 hrs. 40 min. Air Canada flight landing at San Jose del Cabos International Airport.
But I was confused. San Jose del Cabo? Los Cabos? Cabo San Lucas? Baja California? What happened to Cabo and why the different names?
Located in Baja California Sur about 1,600 kilometres from the US-Mexican border, Los Cabos boasts three distinct areas; Cabo San Lucas (west) where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific, the Corridor, and to the east San Jose Del Cabo.
The Corridor is a new highway about 30 kilometres between the two. A more traditional town, San Jose del Cabo was founded by the Jesuits in the 1700s. Cabo San Lucas was a small fishing village. The original inhabitants were neither Aztec nor Mayan, but Pericu Indians, known as the Cora or Edues.
Initially a collection of fishing villages and a few resorts, the area burgeons with palatial homes dotting the shores with picturesque taquerias and local families pulling in the daily catch. Tranquil town squares with historic architecture share space with designer nightclubs. Celebrity sightings happen.
Lazing by one of the three Hilton Los Cabos pools, we walked the beach in 30 C sunshine, spying the stone arch at Land's End in the shimmering blue-green Sea of Cortez. This is paradise.
A one-hour drive to Todos Santos, is a treat for the eyes, where we found a thriving community of artists, surfers and North American expats. Galleries, cafes and the Hotel California make for time well-spent.
There are championship (read difficult) golf courses with ever-present sand traps and some water holes. My golf partner Marvin Geist showed me how to play Puerto Los Cabos, with its front nine designed by Greg Norman and back nine by Jack Nicklaus. Eventually this will become a 36-hole complex.
The Robert Trent Jones II-designed Cabo Real plays through mountains with spectacular views. The front nine is unforgiving, but a must play. Club Campestre is another Nicklaus-designed challenge with hundreds of traps and diabolic greens. One par 5, the 625-yarder has 23 traps and after looking back from the green, they disappeared.
We also fished the Sea of Cortez in a 22-ft. boat and caught tuna and mahi-mahi which they call dorado. We didn't catch marlin for which the area is famous, but over four hours we witnessed migrating grey and humpback whales swimming the Baja waters to birth their young. Our filleted dorado became a wonderful four course lunch, back at the hotel. It gave "fresh fish" a new definition.
A quick snapshot of eating out found us at Mi Casa in Los Cabos, a truly Mexican experience with terrific food and definitely not a tourist trap; H, a real find, owned by a former Mexican national polo and hockey player who mounted his ice skates on the bar, served the best flounder and pizza. The Office on Medano Beach is where we actually ate dinner. Their tequila sommelier, a 25-year persona, is a 300 lb. John Belushi look-alike. Salvatores is an Italian oasis serving gigantic portions of the lasagna and tiramisu. To survive the experience, it helps to share.
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Glitch Suicide is a 31-year-old SuicideGirl from Canada. She likes tea… a lot. She drinks tea…a lot. She works at a tea shop and is probably more into tea than she would be into you, if you dated her — which is unlikely.
Glitch Suicide is a very kinky lass who appreciates deviancy, fetishism and all the wonderful actions and feelings that go along with a healthy life. She even honed her knowledge in an adult gift shop prior to her foray into tea. While fetish play isn't the sort of activity you'd expect to see celebrated in your local tea shop, your local tea merchant probably doesn't have more than a half-dozen tattoos and a hood piercing.
Glitch is not as keen on conservatism, misogyny, racism, animal cruelty or fake breasts. We think you'll agree with her that most of those things are boner-killers for you, too. …
'Cept one, natch. Vive la
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LOCATION: British Columbia, Canada
OCCUPATION: Tea Shop manager, ex-body jewelry retailer, ex-adult shop associate, alchemist, vegan, vagabond, student of life, kinkster, activist, moon child, space enthusiast, ninja bot, moon child, Sith apprentice.
MAKES HER HAPPY: Sci-fi, weed, space, blood, ocean, boobies, kitties, robots, tea, cartoons, pretty ladies, drugs, bikes, makeup, tea, music.
MAKES HER SAD: Politics, stereotypes, religion, breakouts.
INTO: Polyamory, zombies, freaks, glasses, girls, art, fans, alchemy, aromatherapy, fruit, anime, science, stars, moon, witches, satanism, atheism, insects, riots, revolution, cats, corsets, vampires, bicycles, makeup…more.
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Mushroom-Sweet Potato Burritos
A treat for vegetarians, these burritos with roasted portabella, button and shiitake mushrooms mixed with baked sweet potato and sauteed pinto beans are hearty enough to be enjoyed by anyone.
2 med. portabella mushrooms, cut into 1⁄2-in. pieces
12 white button mushrooms, quartered
8 shiitakes, stemmed, halved
1⁄2 tsp. dried thyme
1⁄2 tsp. ground coriander
1⁄2 tsp. salt
1⁄2 tsp. ground black pepper
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
4 large flour tortillas, warmed
1 cup cooked pintos, sautéed with garlic and epazote
1 sweet potato, baked, peeled, cut into fourths
8 oz. queso fresco, crumbled
1 avocado, cut into wedges
1 cup shredded romaine lettuce
4 slices fresh tomato
Salsa (recipe follows)
2 tomatoes
1⁄2 onion
1 clove garlic
1 tsp. chipotle in adobo
1 tsp. honey
1⁄2 tsp. salt
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss mushrooms, thyme, coriander, salt, and pepper; toss in oil. Spread on baking sheet; roast 15-20 min., until tender.
- Spread each tortilla with 1⁄4 of each of the remaining ingredients, ending with Salsa. Roll up into burritos and cut into halves on the bias.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place tomatoes, onion, and garlic on baking sheet; roast 15 min. Place in blender with accumulated juices. Add chipotle, honey, and salt; cover and blend smooth.


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On Friday, reports surfaced suggesting that Katherine Jackson has been snubbed from the premiere of "This Is It," but it's not true according to a source at Sony Pictures, the studio behind the film.
All of the Jackson family have been invited to the official Los Angeles premiere on October 27, a day before "This Is It" hits movie theaters, the source told Access Hollywood.
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And not only has Michael's mom been invited to the premiere, but CEO of AEG Live Randy Phillips said they are hoping to set up a private screening for the Jackson family.
"We have an offer out to Katherine," Randy, whose organization was producing the "This Is It" tour, told Access on Thursday. "John McClain, who is one of the executors [of Michael's estate] and [is] close to the family, has approached them and as soon as they tell us when, we will set it up at the Sony lot."
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Randy said AEG Live has been working to arrange the screening for a while.
"We're trying to get the family to come see it and we've been trying to arrange a screening for them," he said. "It's just hard getting them all together at the same time."
In fact, Randy said AEG is already thinking about whether they need additional help on hand if Michael's three children – Prince Michael I, Paris and Blanket – are brought to see the film.
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"We want them to, but we made need to have grief counselors and stuff like that," Randy said.
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2002 Daytona 500 - Ten To Watch At Daytona
Team DEI, NASCAR, Safety, Tires ... There's Plenty To Hold Your Interest
Every year, NASCAR opens its season with its biggest event. The Daytona 500, run this year on Feb.17, is the culmination of two weeks of hard-charging, let's-rock-'n'-roll racing known as Speedweeks. All the pre-season testing, which is really just a continuation of the previous season's racing, boils down to three hours on a winter Sunday afternoon. The first week is about speed and winning the pole, or at least posting a solid qualifying effort to be assured of making the starting field for The Great American Race. The second week, with the Gatorade Twin 125 qualifying races, is about making the right moves at the right time. There are also races for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Busch Series, the True Value International Race of Champions, ARCA and the Goody's Dash Series.
But on 500 Sunday, when the green flag waves and the pre-season becomes the real thing, there will be quite a few things to keep track of and plenty to watch. Therefore, Circle Track has consulted the tea leaves, rolled the dice and pulled out the Magic 8 Ball to offer its Ten to Watch at Daytona list for 2002. Read on.
Dale Earnhardt Inc.The tea leaves spelled "Budweiser" and the Magic 8 Ball responded with a smirk when we put this question to it. DEI cars driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip won three of the four restrictor-plate races in 2001, including a pair of one-two finishes in the Daytona races. Waltrip is the defending Daytona 500 champion, although his victory was overshadowed by the death of team owner Dale Earnhardt just 200 yards from the finish line on the final lap. Junior was second, just a car length or so behind.
Earnhardt Jr. won the Pepsi 400 there in July in an emotional return to the track that claimed his father, and Waltrip pushed him across the finish line. The two then met on the infield grass for an impromptu victory ceremony. To win the race, Earnhardt Jr. came from sixth on the final restart to claim the lead, and in one of those supremely ironic twists that seem to lend themselves to NASCAR events, took the top spot in Turn 4, almost at the very spot his father crashed five months before.
The three-team DEI effort seems to have hit upon the combination for restrictor-plate racing, but there is no telling what the new aerodynamic rules will do to that combination. When NASCAR met with teams in November to discuss aero rules for restrictor-plate tracks, the result was the elimination of the spoiler flange and roof air deflectors from the top of the cars and an increase in the angle of the rear spoiler. The air dam, or valance, height was to be determined by the results in pre-season testing at Daytona and Talladega.
Sterling MarlinCoo Coo's boy was the best Dodge in the race last year, despite finishing seventh to polesitter Bill Elliott's fifth. He won the first Gatorade 125-mile qualifying race to earn the third starting spot and was in the lead pack battling for the victory off the final corner when he nudged the rear of Earnhardt Sr. 's car as the latter surged up the track.
In the aftermath of Earnhardt's death, Marlin received death threats from grieving Earnhardt fans, and a good run this year would go a long way toward erasing that awful memory, or at least putting it in perspective. Throughout Dodge's comeback season, Marlin was by far the most consistent Mopar man, winning at Michigan in August for the nameplate's first victory since 1977. That triumph also ended a 170-race personal winless streak dating back to July 1996 when he won at-you guessed it-Daytona. He was the only driver in the top 10 in points from start to finish in 2001, winning at Michigan and Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Jeff GordonYour soon-to-be defending NASCAR Winston Cup champion has a streak of his own at Daytona. The last time he won the series championship, in 1998, he opened defense of his title with a victory in the Daytona 500. It's pretty easy to pick Gordon as one to watch at Daytona, as the four-time series champ always seems to run well there, but now that he and crew chief Robbie Loomis seem to have figured things out it might just be back to the same old domination of the 1997-98 seasons.
Winning the title in 2001 chased away a lot of ghosts, particularly those who whispered he'd never be dominant again without Ray Evernham. He's got the old fire in his eyes these days, matching the flames on the hood of the No. 24 Chevrolet.
Dale JarrettHere's another easy pick. The man who was so dominant at Daytona in 2000 hasn't lost a step; he just stepped wrong in 2001, getting caught in one of the big wrecks in the late stages of the race. If horsepower counts, then Jarrett is a threat because team owner Robert Yates and son Doug still put the most ponies under their drivers. Now, if we could do something about that paint job
Joe Gibbs Racing, Bobby Labonte and Tony StewartWhen will this team and these drivers catch a break at Daytona? Last year the two drivers were eliminated in the full-field scrum on the backstretch 25 laps from the finish. In fact, Stewart's Home Depot Pontiac ended up atop Labonte's Interstate Batteries machine in a bizarre piggyback ride as the crash wound down. Snake-bit doesn't cover this team; it's more like being swallowed whole. Despite qualifying poorly (Stewart started 24th, Labonte 37th), the two drivers were in the thick of things late in the race when all hell broke loose. This could be the year it all works out.
Engine buildersWith the advent of the one-engine rule for 2002, engine builders will be at the forefront this year. Whoever can figure out how to make an engine go 750 miles instead of the normal 500 will be a hero. Those who can't will be zeroes, or at least will be scurrying back to the dyno to regroup. The one-engine rule will be altered somewhat by the fact that teams have both the 125-mile qualifying races and the 500 in the same week, but as yet those alterations have not been announced.
The way it stands now, teams need permission from NASCAR to change engines prior to a race. Boiled down, if there's a connecting rod hanging outside the engine block, you get to change. If not, it's fix it and hope. The trouble is going to come from the penalties assessed by NASCAR for changing an engine without permission. Right now, it's start at the tail of the field. Realistically, if a team is starting 36th, why not change an engine? You're only going to lose seven spots, and the draft will generally keep the leaders off the rear bumper until the first caution. It will be interesting
SafetyOne year after Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona, the changes NASCAR has made for 2002 will be front and center in everyone's mind. NASCAR made mandatory either the HANS or Hutchens Devices for all drivers in its top three divisions, so that will bear watching. Crash recorders will be mandatory in all three divisions at Daytona too, so data is readily available for analysis. Left unaddressed at press time is a decision on whether to require helmets for over-the-wall crewmembers after the debacle at Homestead in which three Robert Yates crewmen were injured.
If ever there was a time when racing in general and NASCAR in specific needed a safe, non-controversial race, it is here at Daytona. The majority of NASCAR races are safe, if you look at the number of miles raced without incident. However, the arena has gotten larger, and new fans aren't as likely to accept "it's just racing" as an answer when somebody dies. This is something to watch at Daytona, yes, but it is also something that must be paid attention to at all times.
Ricky RuddThe Virginian, coming off his best season ever, is another one of those snake-bit Daytona drivers who cannot seem to catch the right break at the right time. Short of Dave Marcis pulling off a huge upset or Richard Petty coming out of retirement to win No. 8, there could hardly be a more popular winner than Rudd. He has the horses with Robert Yates power, and he has the savvy needed to outwit all the younger pups in a game of high-speed chicken. What he doesn't have is a rabbit's foot, a horseshoe or a four-leaf clover. Should he find any one of these, it just might be his year.


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Here are some more quotes on creativity. I received these as a part of the A' Design Awards' campaign on good design. Since some of these quotes are really golden, decided to share with you and I am wondering when they will start making posters or t-shirts out of them. Here are some of the best quotes on creativity, design and innovation, as usual with my comments!Design is thinking of improvement, forever. Good design shall advance mankind. I like the philosophy of A' Design Award, they state their mission as: to create incentives for designers worldwide to come up with superior products that benefit. I think that is what Dr. Cobanli is talking about.Good publicity starts with good design. This one is an absolute reality. You need a good design to ensure your advertising campaign or publicity work. Otherwise, without good design, it is just loss of money. Of course you need design not just for the campaign, but also the products themselves.Great design comes from interaction, conflict, argument, competition and debate. True. I think best designs come when there is a sort of interaction, passing of ideas, arguments etc, design should make use of prior knowledge, so no wonder great design comes from interaction.The secret to creativity is designing often. This is indeed a fun quote for creativity. I totally agree, it is like practice makes it perfect, or mostly perspiration and a bit of inspiration, or many others that relate to hardworking, I guess the design field is no different, you need to work hard and occasionally you will have great ideas. Competitors keep you active and dynamic. Most people hate competitors, well because they compete with you, but it is so right, they push you and make you active and dynamic, your competitors make you competitive. The starting point of all great design is the need to do the best. I think any good design starts with a need, but for great design perhaps there is actually a need, by the designer, to achieve the best result, it might be satisfaction of ego or anything else but it matters.Bad design is not just ugly, it is dangerous. This is true. Bad design can be literally dangerous. But if I had written this one, I would write something like: Sometimes good design is not beautiful, but bad design is always ugly. - Frank Scott!Good design is never fast and cheap, but it is also never expensive and slow. I remember the phenomenal sentence: Choose 2: Good, Cheap, Fast. I think this quote very well integrates this philosophy, and turns it into something relevant to design. Great (not just good) design is great (not just good) business. So perhaps now we live at a design-aware time, where every good company already have good design, thus it is so true that you would need great design to be a great business. Competitors push you to achieve more. This quote on competitors is so true. If I may, I just thought that competitors are like evil step-mothers; they watch you always, they never approve your work, and they will push you to achieve more, only if it would bring them something good. However I think, in this quote the original meaning was, competitors make you work hard or similar.Great design inspiration comes suddenly if you work long enough. This quote on inspiration makes me laugh. The secret recipe of good design is working hard. True. Inspiration is sudden, but you need to have experience to grasp it when it comes.Each cent spent for design returns as a dollar in profits. I think this is true, everyone wants to buy the best looking product, always, provided of course if the prices are the same. So if two commodities compete with same price but one with a better design, that better one, will sell like hundred times more.Gut reaction to good design is love. I think at this quote on design, the author wants to say that great design makes an emotional bond by its users or consumers. Creativity and inspiration are valuable because they are rare. I think this is the issue why some designers fail, the lack creativity and inspiration both; I sincerely believe inspiration can be acquired as well as creativity, so why not work hard to acquire these skills?Competitors understand your business the best. Indeed a wise statement. Competitors are probably the ones that understands your business the best. They of course monitor each and every action you take, they share same market, and grasp all your ideas!Great design is not just a solution, it is the elimination of the problem. He has a similar quote on great design: Good design solved the problem, great design prevented it. I like this version more, but this one is more straightforward, more like a statement.Good design has a great story. As a media member, I could guarantee you that a good design must have a great story, at least you must create one to pitch it right. But I think the author wants to say that good design arises due to a great inspiration.Great ideas are like diamonds, you must dig hard for them. Yes. The work hard quote. These quotes are everywhere, now we have one for design. I think it is actually necessary, we shall be reminded to stop procrastination and get things done.Competitors stimulates demand in your industry. Interesting and a wise statement. Competitors could indeed stimulate demand in any industry by releasing new products, and advertising product benefits. I think each competitor should also be a sort of a collaborator, since as they say in Italy, they are in the same boat.Exerpt:Here are some more quotes on creativity. I received these as a part of the A' Design Awards' campaign on good design. Since some of these quotes are really golden, decided to share with you and I am wondering when they will start making posters or t-shirts out of them. Here are some of the best quotes on creativity, design and innovation, as usual with my comments!Design is thinking of improvement, forever. Good design shall advance mankind. I like the philosophy of A' Design Awar..
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TV Bits: 'South Park' Documentary Details, Boardwalk Empire' Season 2 and 'Person of Interest' Posters, 'American Horror Story' Teaser
Posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2011 by Angie Han
Last week, we reported on an as-yet-untitled documentary about South Park that would be airing on Comedy Central October 2, days ahead of the show's October 5 return. We now have a bit more detail on what, exactly, the special will be about. According to Playbill (via Collider), the documentary will be:
an all-access pass to the behind-the-scenes world of creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone at South Park Studios in Los Angeles through this special documentary, providing an exclusive, insiders look into the making of a 'South Park' episode.
The documentary is apparently part of a year-long celebration of the series to mark its 15th anniversary. Other components of the celebration include the "South Park Fan Experience" at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, a traveling exhibit curated by artist Ron English, and limited-edition South Park-branded merchandise.
After the jump, lots of TV marketing: posters for Boardwalk Empire and Person of Interest, plus a poster and an intriguingly creepy teaser for American Horror Story.


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COASTAL SOUTH — Wilma threw a final and powerful punch to the coastal South in late October ending what was the most active hurricane season ever on record. Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma all produced damaging winds and rain adversely affecting the fitness industry in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. While many fitness facilities in the affected areas are reopening their doors, others are still closed indefinitely.
Hurricane Wilma's over 100-mph winds caused substantial damage to Energy Fitness Center's roof in South Beach, FL. In fact, one of the club's members videotaped the 900-member, upscale club's roof blowing off.
"Every area was wet, and there are water marks on every inch of the ceiling," said Robin Retherford, director of operations/general manager of Energy Fitness Centers. "It's horrendous."
The facility closed the day Wilma hit and the day after due to power shortages, but was reopened with a temporary roof in place by Oct. 26. Then on Halloween night, it rained again, causing a third of the club's ceiling to cave in.
Retherford and a small staff spent the next 24 hours moving equipment, cleaning and trying to protect the facility's wood floors. On Nov. 1, the club reopened its doors to members. Some members whose homes were affected by the hurricane were understanding of the repair efforts, while others with unscathed homes asked for their money back, she said. Despite the difficulties, Retherford is keeping her sense of humor.
"We now have a skylight in our steam room," she joked. "That's a bonus, but it's been tough."
The University of Miami's Wellness Center suffered landscape damage and minor structural damage. The facility was closed for a full week after Wilma made landfall but then reopened with limited hours.
24 Hour Fitness Centers in the Miami area sustained minimal damage to parking lots and roofs, and many lost power. However, shortly after the storm, all Miami-area 24 Hour Fitness clubs opened their doors to the public for free. Patty Guinto, spokesperson for 24 Hour Fitness, said many people took advantage of the offer.
Also due to the recent hurricanes, two Jewish Community Centers in Florida are closed until further notice — Samuel M. and Helene Soref JCC in Fort Lauderdale and Posnack JCC in Hollywood.
In Katrina-wrecked New Orleans, the Uptown Jewish Community Center fitness center reopened in early November with limited service, and more than 70 people came in to work out. Another New Orleans JCC, however, will not open for several months. The Metairie facility was flooded with eight inches of water, and the first floor had to be demolished to get rid of mold.
Across the nation, relief efforts continued to help those affected by the active hurricane season. In Arlington Heights, IL, the Wellness Center and the Buffalo Grove Fitness Center joined together to help employees from the West Jefferson Medical Center (WJMC), a not-for-profit community hospital in Marrero, LA, located 10 minutes from downtown New Orleans. The medical facility has an on-campus fitness center as well as a fitness facility in Terrytown, LA.
In the "Jeans for a Means" program, full-time employees were encouraged to donate $75 (or $35 for part-time employees) in exchange for the opportunity to wear denim to work for the entire month of October. Employees could also choose to give on a day-to-day basis, donating $5 to wear denim to work for one day. For those whose standard uniforms could not consist of denim (group exercise instructors, lifeguards and special program instructors), a 30-minute massage was offered for their full-month donation. A total of 28 employees contributed $2,000 to the WJMC.


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