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Ein new Kochbuch (lit. “A New Cookbook”), written in 1581 by Marx Rumpolt, was the first textbook for professional chefs in training. He was head cook to Elector of Mainz, Daniel Brendel of Homburg. Currently this is being translated by Sharon Ann Palmer on her lovely blog over here.
I found a few easy salads that are perfect for the Summer.
Salat 20. Schel die Murcken/ vnd schneidt sie breit vnnd dünn/ mach sie an mit Oel/ Pfeffer vnd Saltz. Seind sie aber eyngesaltzen/ so seind sie auch nit böß/ seind besser als roh/ denn man kans eynsaltzen mit Fenchel vnd mit Kümel/ daß man sie vber ein Jar kan behalten. Vnnd am Rheinstrom nennet man es Cucummern.
20. Peel the Cucumbers/ and cut them wide and thin/ mix them with oil/ pepper and salt. If they are salted/ then they are also not bad/ they are better than raw/ for one can salt them down with fennel and with caraway/ that one can keep over a year. And on the Rhine river (in the Rhine valley) one calls it Cucummern.
Take skin off and then thinly slice cucumbers. Clean and slice fennel as well. Place in bowl with the rest of the ingredients. Combine everything evenly. Serve.
Salat 33. Nimm ein rot Häuptkraut/ schneidts fein klein/ vnd quells ein wenig in warmen Wasser/ küls darnach geschwindt auß/ machs mit Essig vnd Oel ab/ vnd wenn es ein weil im Essig ligt/ so wirt es schön rot.
33. Take a red cabbage/ cut it very small/ parboil it a little in warm water/ cool it rapidly/ mix with vinegar and oil/ and when it lays awhile in the vinegar/ then it will be beautiful red.
In a large pot fill with water, leaving at least 3″ from the rim. Boil water.
Get another large bowl and fill with an ice bath.
Once water is boiling, take off heat and strain off liquid.
Drop hot cabbage carefully into ice bath. Let stand for a few minutes until cabbage is cool to touch.
Drain water. Squeeze cabbage loosely to get as much water off as you can.
Place in clean, dry bowl cabbage and add the rest of the ingredients. Toss cabbage to make sure everything is well mixed.
Summer picnic season is upon us. And while banqueting was far more the thing to do in 1615, some of the recipes that were featured in The English Housewife could be nice take alongs.
Here are some of the translations (from this website over here). At least they give you some new ideas for old world dishes.
“Banquetting fruit and conceited dishes There are a world of other bak’d Meats and Pyes, but for as much as whosoever can do these, may do all therest, because herein is contained all the art of Seasonings, I will trouble you with no further repetitions, but proceed to the manner of making Banqueting stuff, and coinceited dishes, with other pretty and curious secrets, necessary for the understanding of our English House-wife: for albeit, they are not of general use, yet in their due times, they are so needful for adornation, that whosoever is ignorant therein, is lame, and but the half part of a House-wife.
To make paste of Quinces To make past of Quinces, first boyl your Quinces whole, and when they are soft pare them, and cut the Quince from the Core; then take the finest Sugar you can get, finely beaten or searsed, and put in a little Rose-water, and boyl it together till it be stiff enough to mould, and when it is cold, then role it, and print it. A pound of Quinces will take a pound of Sugar, or near thereabouts.
To make thin Quince cakes To make thin Quince-cakes, take your Quince when it is boyled soft as beforesaid, and dry it upon a Pewter plate, with a soft heat, and be ever stirring of it with a slice till it be hard, then take searsed Sugar quantity for quantity, and strew it into the Quince, as you beat it in a wooden or stone mortar, and so roul them thin and print them.
To preserve Quinces To preserve quinces, first pare your quinces, and take out the cores, and boyl the cores and parings altogether in fair water, and when they begin to be soft, take them out and strain your Liquor, and put the weight of your Quinces in Sugar, and boyl the Quinces in the Syrup till they be tender: then take them up, and boyl the Syrup till it be thick. If you will have your Quinces red, cover them in the boyling; and if you will have them white, do not cover them.
To make Ginger-bread Take Claret-wine, and colour it with Townsall, and put in Sugar, and set it to the fire; then take wheat bread finely grated and sifted, and Licoras, Anniseeds, Ginger and Cinamon beaten very small and searsed; and put your bread and your spice together, and put them into the wine and boyl it, and stir it till it be thick, then mould it and print it at your pleasure, and let it stand neither too moist nor too warm.
The English Housewife: Going Fishing?
Summer can include camping, and sometimes, fishing for some. The English Housewife from 1615 had a few ideas to make fish. Here they are from the lovely website over here which you should check out the details.
“Additions For dressing Fish: How to souse any fresh fish. Take any fresh fish what soever (as Pike, Bream, Carp, Barbel, Cheam, and such like) and draw it, but scale it not; then take out the Liver and the refuse, and having opened it, wash it: then take a pottle of fair water, a pretty quantity of white Wine, good store of Salt and some Vinegar with a little bunch of sweet herbs, and set it on the fire: as soon as it begins to boyl, put in your fish, and having boyled a little, take it up into a fair vessel, then put into the liquor some gross Pepper and Ginger, and when it is boyled well together with more salt, set it by to cool, and then put your Fish into it, and when you serve it up, lay Fennel thereupon.
To boyl a Gurnet or Roch: First draw your Fish, and either spint it open in the back, or joynt it in the back, and trusse it round; then wash it clean and boyl it in water and Salt, with a bunch of sweet Herbs then take it up into a large dish, and pour unto it Verjuice, Nutmeg, Butter and Pepper, and letting it stew a little, thicken it with the yelks of Eggs: then hot remove it into another dish, and garnish it with slices of Oranges and Lemons, Barberries, Prunes, and Sugar and so serve it up.
“Containing the inward and outward Vertues which ought to be in a Compleat Woman… A Work generally approved, and now the Ninth time much Augmented, Purged, and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the general good of this NATION.
This guide to being a housewife was originally published in 1615, in England, and it is a translation obviously of a 9th edition of the book.
Here are some interesting food sections of the book. The original book had all sort of information one should know at the time such as dying, animal husbandry and physick (and more).
These are not my translations, however, I found them from another source over here. I would highly recommend checking out the persons translations as they are very good and this text in general is a great source for historical cooking.
It resteth now that I proceed unto Cookery it self, which is the dressing and ordering of meat, in good and wholesome manner; to which when our House-wife shall address her self, she shall well understand that these qualities must ever accompany it; First, she must be cleanly both in body and garments, she must have a quick eye, a curious nose, a perfect taste, and ready ear; (she must not be butter-fingred, sweet toothed, nor faint-hearted) for the first will let every thing fall, the seconde will consume what it should encrease; and the last will lose time with too much niceness.
Since it’s July 4th here in the US and the weather is turning to higher temperatures, perhaps some Sallets are in order?
“Of Sallets, simple and plain: First then to speak of Sallets, there be some simple, some compounded, some only to furnish out the Table, and some both for use and adornation: your simple Sallets are Chibols pilled, washt clean, and half of the green tops cut clean away, and so served on a fruit dish, or Chives, Scallions, Rhaddish roots, boyled Carrets, Skirrets and Turnips, with such like served up simply: Also, all young Lettuce, Cabbage-Lettuce, Purslane, and divers other herbs which may be served simply without any thing but a little Vinegar, Sallet Oyl and Sugar; Onions boyled; and stript from their rind, and served up with Vinegar, Oyl and Pepper, is a good simple Sallet; so is Camphire, Bean-cods, Sparagus, and Cucumbers, served in likewise with Oyl, Venegar and Pepper, with a world of others, too tedious to nominate.
Of compound Sallet: Your compound Sallets, are first the young buds and Knots of all manner of wholesome Herbs at their first springing; as red Sage, Mint, Lettuce, Violets, Marigold, Spinage, and many other mixed together and then served up to the Table with Vinegar, Sallet-Oyl, and Sugar.
Homer considered the Pear God’s gift to humanity. In the 17th Century, the pear was the fruit of the nobility and European courts and in the 18th Century was the hayday of development of the fruit in France and Belgium.
Following along with my “romance” theme and since Pears are in season, I came across this recipe in “Dinning with William Shakespeare” that would make a terrific dessert to a romantic meal.
And when you mix wine with a pear, how can you lose?
Pare them, put them into a Pipkin, with so much Red or Claret Wine and water… as will near reach to the top of the Pears. Stew or boil gently, till they grow tender, which may be in two hours. After a while, put in some sticks of Cinnamon bruised and a few cloves. When they are almost done, put in Sugar enough to season them well and their Syrup, which you pour out upon them in a deep plate.
Poaching Pears in red wine is not a new technique in history, nor to this English period, per Madge Lorwin. She states that there was at least one other recipe dating back to the middle of the 15th century with the same sort of technique.
Find a Pipkin (a clay cooking pot) or a casserole dish and place the pears within. Put in bruised cinnamon stick and cloves. Pour in the wine and water. Place in oven at 350 degrees, covered for 4 hours. Dump in sugar. Mix, remove from heat and serve.
We left ours in for four hours and as you can see by the recipe, we put the cinnamon and cloves in with the wine and the water to stew and poach. I thought this gave a really great flavor. You can always do as the original recipe says and put the cinnamon and cloves in last.
I would think not covering would speed up the cooking/poaching process. Since we had a pipkin, we thought we would slow cook it and really get it going in the best way possible.
It’s great by itself, but I can see this wonderful with ice cream (since there is a syrup that is created by the poaching liquid) or with Angel food cake. Neither are historically correct ways of eating it, but it would be VERY yummy.

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2B: Wells, V (16, Blanton), Scutaro (20, Blanton), Rolen 2 (20, Park, Condrey).
HR: Chavez, R (2, 2nd inning off Blanton, 1 on, 2 out), Lind (14, 6th inning off Blanton, 0 on, 0 out), Barajas (6, 9th inning off Madson, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Lind 6; Scutaro 3; Chavez, R 5; Barajas 4; Wells, V 4; Rios; Inglett; Rolen 4; Overbay.
RBI: Chavez, R 2 (6), Wells, V 2 (30), Lind 2 (48), Rolen (23), Barajas (34).
2-out RBI: Chavez, R 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lind; Rolen 2; Hill, A 2; Bautista 2; Chavez, R 2.
SB: Scutaro (7, 2nd base off Blanton/Ruiz).
a-Homered for Ruiz in the 8th. b-Grounded out for Walker, T in the 8th.
HR: Werth (12, 2nd inning off Mills, 0 on, 0 out), Rollins (6, 4th inning off Mills, 1 on, 2 out), Mayberry (2, 5th inning off Hayhurst, 0 on, 2 out), Dobbs (3, 8th inning off League, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Howard; Mayberry 5; Victorino 2; Feliz; Rollins 7; Dobbs 4; Werth 4; Utley.
RBI: Werth 2 (36), Rollins 2 (27), Mayberry (4), Dobbs (7), Victorino (32).
2-out RBI: Rollins 2; Mayberry; Victorino.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Howard 2; Feliz; Mayberry.
CS: Rollins (5, 3rd base by Mills/Chavez, R), Victorino (4, 2nd base by Frasor/Chavez, R).
Outfield assists: Mayberry (Wells, V at home).
Condrey pitched to 5 batters in the 8th.
Game Scores: Mills 31, Blanton 35.
Pitches-strikes: Mills 94-53, Camp 10-7, Hayhurst 18-13, Carlson 18-12, League 30-20, Frasor 4-3, Ryan, B 11-5, Accardo 5-4, Blanton 105-62, Park 28-19, Romero, J 15-7, Condrey 17-9, Walker, T 13-7, Madson 13-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Mills 3-5, Camp 1-0, Hayhurst 1-2, Carlson 0-0, League 1-0, Frasor 0-0, Ryan, B 0-0, Accardo 0-1, Blanton 3-5, Park 0-0, Romero, J 1-0, Condrey 1-0, Walker, T 1-1, Madson 1-0.
Batters faced: Mills 20, Camp 2, Hayhurst 5, Carlson 3, League 7, Frasor 1, Ryan, B 2, Accardo 3, Blanton 26, Park 5, Romero, J 5, Condrey 5, Walker, T 3, Madson 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Camp 1-0, Frasor 1-1, Accardo 1-0, Park 2-0, Romero, J 1-1, Walker, T 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Chuck Meriwether. 1B: Laz Diaz. 2B: Eric Cooper. 3B: Mike Reilly.


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UK architect George King has used ultra-violet wool thread to produce an installation that appears to be formed by laser beams within an old train underpass in Detroit (+ slideshow).
Called Lasermaze, the installation consists of ultra-violet (UV) string woven through steel chains. The chains are affixed to a square, steel frame that measures 22 feet by 22 feet (6.7 metres by 6.7 metres).
"These materials have been selected due to their contrasting properties," the firm said. "The robust, rough steel scaffolding frame represents Detroit's past while the lightweight, glowing thread represents its future."
More than three miles (five kilometres) of thread – and 3,000 hand-tied knots – were used to create the labyrinthine structure, which features angled walls formed by the string.
Two sets of UV LED floodlights on opposing corners illuminate the space. The UV light interacts with the dye in the wool thread in a way that causes it to glow.
"Lasermaze's playful structure invites visitors to get lost within a unique surreal space as they journey toward the centre," said the firm. "The complex geometry of the form combined with the ethereal, semi-transparent nature of the walls add to the challenge of this spatial puzzle."
The installation was inserted into an underpass along Dequindre Cut, a linear park and pedestrian path that was built on the site of a former rail line that was decommissioned in the 1980s.
The conversion of the rail line was initiated in 2003, and a 1.2-mile (two kilometres) section of the Dequindre Cut opened in 2009. Graffiti that had been painted on concrete bridge abutments over the years was preserved.
The park provides a pedestrian link between the city's riverfront, various residential neighbourhoods, and the Eastern Market. Dating to the 1890s, the Eastern Market is one of the largest historic public markets in the US.
"Lasermaze's arrival on the Dequindre Cut forms part of a larger regeneration effort for the area, which includes street art, greenways and walking paths that link Detroit's riverfront with the bustling Eastern Market district," said the architect.
Lasermaze is on view until mid November. It was conceived as part of Detroit Design Festival, which ran from 26 September to 10 October.
King is the former founding director at NEON, and he also worked as a senior architect for Zaha Hadid. He recently launched in his own studio, George King Architects, which is based in London.
Other projects that incorporate string include an installation at a French cathedral by Paris studio Atelier YokYok and an inflatable cube filled with thin ropes by the Croatian-Austrian design collective Numen/For Use.
Photography is by Keenan Hastings.

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Formula One is like a game of snakes and ladders - the object is to get to the end, get to the goal, but along the way there are things that can help push a driver forward to the goal, and there are things that can slide a driver backwards, down and away.
With just twenty racing seats in the series, just getting into Formula One is now a goal in itself, but the ultimate ambition of any racer is to take the title, as any of thousands of interviews will attest - any driver when asked will say that he wants to be the Formula One World Champion, whether his abilities are sufficient to the task or otherwise.
Ability will help you to get there, but luck will always play a part - every driver needs to come across a ladder in their career, all the while looking out for the snakes. Kimi Raikkonen had a manager he trusted to help him move up, but it wasn't until Peter Collins told David Robertson "you should take a look at this guy - he is good"; wasn't until Robertson paid for a year in Formula Renault; wasn't until he told Peter Sauber what he'd been told himself; - that the ladder appeared. Even talent needs a ladder, a step up along the way.
But we can't judge luck, we can't measure it against another's luck and make an empirical decision about its worth. What we can judge is talent, how it manifests itself, how it makes itself known.
Ferrari have come in for a beating this year for failing to live up to their recent past, for failing to dominate Formula One as so many people have become accustomed to them doing. In a way the team have been a victim of their own success, but the comparison needs to be against their competitors and not their history, and in that comparison Ferrari are coming out behind.
By racing in a version of last year's benchmark car, no matter that it's a highly modified version, and failing against the competition shows more irrefutably the levels of improvement in Formula One year on year than any collection of words could. Put plainly, the car that was the class of the field has been improved, but the competition has come up with new cars that make their own older ones look like a different, lesser, series.
So it's clear to see that Ferrari have found a snake - their modifications weren't good enough, nor those of their effectively exclusive tyre manufacturer Bridgestone - and the decisions they are making with the new car bear the hallmarks of plans made in haste.
The old car wasn't quick enough, but it was reliable and known - Rubens Barrichello pushed it onto the podium from a lowly start in Melbourne, through a combination of familiarity and dependability - while the new car, rushed to the racetrack to answer the improvements of the other teams, seems fast but fragile, lacking in the bulletproof consistency that has been a hallmark of Ferrari's cars this decade.
Perhaps it's to be expected that Ferrari would slide backwards one day - no team dominate a sport forever, no collection of people can excel permanently - but what of their drivers? Barrichello, once derided for his impetuous nature which manifested itself in wildly differing performances, has been fairly metronomic in his driving this year - he is not improved, he is not sliding back, he is driving at Barrichello level, which despite the thoughts of his critics is better than a number of his competitors week in, week out.
His drive in Melbourne from eleventh on the grid to second was flawless, an example if it were needed of the level Barrichello performs at after so long at the heart of the Ferrari machine, when the competition doesn't perform to perfection. His Malaysian qualifying was indicative of the reduced abilities of his team against the others, but nonetheless he managed to push his recalcitrant machine into the points before its untimely demise, while Bahrain was a further indication of the decline of his team.
Schumacher, on the other hand, has underperformed relative to his own, admittedly towering, history, even taking into account Ferrari's slide. Caught out by the weather in qualifying in Melbourne, the expectation was of a masterclass of overtaking and pure racing ability, such as he has provided so many times in the past.
That he struggled comparatively to his teammate was clear, but his part in the collision with Nick Heidfeld was amateurish at best, a possible indication that so many years at the front of the grid have dulled his ability, or appetite, for wheel to wheel racing in the pack. In Malaysia too he looked anonymous, following Barrichello at some distance while he was in the race, and then taking advantage of retirements to scrape a points finish.
Against this is Bahrain, of course, when a fast but fragile new car allowed him to compete from the front after qualifying, until his first car malfunction in years took him out of the event. The performance was what we expect of the seven times Champion, but not enough to outweigh the poor performances of the opening two rounds. While it is safe to assume that Schumacher will improve over the season, at present he has found a short snake backwards.
In comparison Renault have found a large ladder, and they are climbing it with gusto. Three pole positions, three wins and a commanding lead in both Championships are all the proof needed.
Fernando Alonso too has stepped up after sliding backwards last year in comparison to then teammate Jarno Trulli - his storming drive through the field in Australia was second only to Barrichello's equally meteoric rise, while his dominant performances in Malaysia and Bahrain point to a young driver who has found the maturity needed to pair with his already sparkling pace.
Giancarlo Fisichella's start has been markedly different to his teammate. A lucky result in qualifying gave him a race result on a plate in Melbourne, where the Italian's composure shone through - while his race looked simple on the outside, a quick look at the laptimes shows that, when needed, Fisichella could increase his performance at will to keep a steady gap behind him to his pursuers.
This composure abandoned him in Malaysia, however, when struggling with an ill-mannered car threw Fisichella into the clutches of the pack. There was no sign of his maturity in an ill-conceived attempt to keep a fast charging Mark Webber behind him, sliding through the dust off the racing line and into the chasing Williams. An awful second qualifying session in Bahrain is all that we have to look at for the weekend given his car problems in the race, but the season so far has been a slight backwards step from pre-season expectations.
Toyota's ladder has been almost as high as Renault's. While performance at the top is different to that further back - the fiercer the competition, the more difficult it is to take the fractional improvements on offer and utilise them to positive affect - the fact that Toyota have leapt out of the backmarker pack and are now competing towards the front is proof positive of a genuine rise.
Jarno Trulli, long derided for his lack of race results in underperforming teams until a stunning first half of 2004 regenerated his career, has improved again this year, running as comfortably at the front as he did all those years ago in Austria driving a Prost that had no business leading a race but nonetheless was.
A fortunate qualifying result in Melbourne flattered to deceive, with a tyre-chewing rear end pitching Trulli back into the pack, but the level of improvement both team and driver could force upon the car was an indication of the steps forward both have made. Top three qualifying results in the next two races were no flukes, and Trulli annexed second place behind a better car, and ahead of other superior vehicles, on talent alone. Results this year have shown the Italian has stepped up into the top flight of drivers.
On the other side of the garage Ralf Schumacher has seemed to be marching on the spot. It's a harsh representation, but for a man hoping to come in and dominate a team in the manner of his brother, he has been handed a beating by his less fancied teammate. Trulli has long been considered a master of qualifying, which has gone against him when his car wasn't able to manage the race performance he coaxed out of it in a fast lap, but the comparison in qualifying was always going to be a harsh one for Schumacher.
Unfortunately for the German, his race performances have been similar to those seen in his past; he looked ordinary fighting for position in the first two races, and while Bahrain was a marked improvement in that area he has always managed to compete on his day, albeit inconsistently. In a field full of ladders and snakes, young Schumacher has rolled the dice and landed on neither, but he will need to take a step up soon if he wants to be more than a speck in his teammate's mirror.
After an off-season more notable for the battle over the second race seat than for impressive laptimes, Williams bosses admitted that all was not well within the team in respect to pushing the car forward. Problems with the new windtunnel were the main culprit, and the team sheepishly confessed that a lot of the work would need to be reconsidered.
It was a surprising admission, yet more remarkable was the turnaround in performance between the last few tests and the first few races - for a team who were so harsh in their self-criticism, their performance looks worthy at least of podium finishes at present, which against recent times has to be seen as at least a slight step forward.
The question has been whether, after the much-discussed dispensing of former drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher, Williams had the driving talent to push the team up the grid. Both Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld have looked impressive in their former teams while driving in the midfield, but what people wanted to know was could they transfer this talent into the front end furnace.
Webber has always looked as though he would end up in a front running team, and now it has come to pass. With a qualifying talent comparable to Trulli - he has put a wayward Jaguar on the front row of the grid - this season was going to show if he had a racing ability to match.
So far he has lost a spot at the start in his home race but was unable to find a way past a slower car on a narrow track, run at a strong, podium level pace and overtaken cars before being taken off in a racing incident, and defended strongly but ultimately futilely against a clearly faster car. Against this he has had a car with a detuned engine for at least one race, and been driving with a broken rib that just last week forced him out of a test early because of the pain. A push, then, but Webber will need improvement from both his team and himself.
Heidfeld and Webber seem to be alternating in performances - the German slipped backwards in Melbourne, was there to pick up the pieces after Webber dropped out of Malaysia, and was the innocent victim of an engine problem in Bahrain. While Heidfeld has been slower than his teammate, the gap is not huge, and if anything the competition between the pair has been entertaining to watch. However, like Webber, Heidfeld will need to improve his game if the team do.
On pure speed, McLaren have stepped up a level from an incredibly disappointing 2004, but the team haven't been able to show it when it counts. Third driver Pedro de la Rosa showed this by claiming the fastest lap in Bahrain, but changes to the tyres have meant that McLaren are as yet unable to generate enough heat into their rear tyres in qualifying to push the drivers up the grid and give them the opportunity to fight at the front. Until they solve this problem, the step forward is a small one.
Kimi Raikkonen's season with a misbehaving car last year has given him the ability to wait for a race to come to him, and the podium in Bahrain was due reward for his patience. His driving has been solid rather than inspiring, but car problems and wayward driving in Melbourne, and a tyre blowout in Malaysia, have conspired to make his results look less than they otherwise might. Bahrain was a good race for the Finn, but at present Raikkonen is largely meeting expectations, rather than exceeding them.
Teammate Montoya is not yet performing at Raikkonen's level - any driver new to a team can be expected to struggle slightly in his new surroundings, but for a man tipped for Championship glory the results have been disappointing. Montoya was unruly in Melbourne and appeared sluggish in Malaysia, running off the pace of his teammate despite picking up points in both events. For a top line driver in a pace-setting car his performance has not been up to expectation, although his off track injury ahead of Bahrain has denied us the opportunity to see if an improvement is underway.
Of all of the teams, BAR had found the longest snake, falling well away from their top line performances of 2004. BAR are the only team to have failed to reach the finish with either driver in any race, and when their drivers have been on track they have generally been down the order before the onset of car problems. In testing they've shown the pace they've been missing in public, but there are no prizes for winning outside of the races.
Given these problems is it hard to evaluate just how the drivers have performed - other than in Melbourne, where both drivers were pulled into the pits a lap before the end, Jenson Button has 51 race laps, Takuma Sato has 28, and fill in driver Anthony Davidson a mere two.
Button and Sato spent most of the Australian race sandwiched between the Sauber pair, while they both struggled in minor points positions in Bahrain before succumbing to car problems. Sato appears to have come to terms with his teammate's race speed, which indicates a small step forward, but with insufficient laps and an ill-performing car the only thing that is certain is that the team's current woes are not induced by their drivers.
In stark contrast, Red Bull have turned around the inadequate performances of last year's Jaguar to put the team far higher up the grid than anyone gave them any prospect of reaching. With a new management organisation, as well as a lot of change of personnel in the team, the improvement can't be attributed to any one thing, and the only question mark will be how long they will last against competitors with far more resources at their disposal.
David Coulthard is used to running at the front of the field and has used that experience to be one of only two drivers - the other being Alonso - to have scored in every race this year. In many ways, the move to Red Bull has done Coulthard wonders; he looks refreshed and happy, and that has translated into better performances on track. A fortunate qualifying session in Melbourne was filtered through experience into points, while some strong showings in the next two races point to a step up from the underperforming McLaren driver of last year.
Christian Klien has possibly made an even larger step up from the surly, wayward driver of 2004 - this year's model seems to have opened up and looks to be even enjoying himself after a year where he seemed at times to be in the paddock against his will. Two solid points' finishes were an indication of the move forward Klien has made, while a breakdown on the grid in Bahrain was merely unlucky ahead of handing over the drive for the time being to Vitantonio Liuzzi, rather than a reason to sulk. Their advertising seems to be true - in motor racing at least: Red Bull does seem to give you wings.
Sauber, having had their wings clipped when their sponsor turned competitor, are on a slide down the grid this year. Propping up the back of the grid is not where the team wanted to be when they commissioned the new windtunnel and supercomputer for their design team and, a lack of sponsorship notwithstanding, the sudden slide in performance is as alarming for the team as it is surprising for everyone else.
The most obvious change in a team who pride themselves on consistency is Jacques Villeneuve, whose loss of form is less blip, more nosedive, even after an erratic 2003. The Canadian looked lost at sea filling in for the final three races last year, and if anything has fallen back since then, admitting as much to reporters in Malaysia.
After a lucky break in qualifying in Melbourne he dropped like a stone in the race, finishing the race behind teammate Felipe Massa, who had started at the back of the grid. In Malaysia he was again off the pace before throwing the car off the road in the race, while in Bahrain he outqualified only the Jordans and Minardis before following his teammate around in the race. With question marks over his continued future in Formula One, it just remains to be seen how long the snake Villeneuve has found will stretch.
Massa is perhaps being flattered by the poor performance of his teammate, but it is hard to tell how well he is driving without an effective yardstick. His drive in Melbourne was impressive, jumping up to thirteenth on the first lap in a very heavy car and holding on for a tenth place finish, while a points finish in the ill-handling car in Bahrain and keeping Michael Schumacher behind him until his first stop in Malaysia were notable achievements. The results point to a small step up, but it is hard to point to more until he has some competition from the other side of the garage.
Behind Sauber is the second race, the effective Scholarship Class of Formula One. Jordan and Minardi are unable to hope for more than to race against each other this year, somewhat through problems of their own making.
Jordan have been sold to the Midland Group, who have stated that they will put in the bare minimum of funding this year ahead of a re-launch as Midland in 2006. They've been true to their word - all three drivers are bringing funds to the team, there is apparently no one looking for addition funds in the form of sponsorship, and with a large number of staff having left in the off-season, the team are relying on the input of a number of inexperienced ex-Carlin Formula Three mechanics and engineers, which has resulted in the inevitable slide backwards.
Narain Karthikeyan has achieved as much as could be expected - he has mostly kept his car on the road and has shown good speed relative to his competition. Qualifying 2.5 seconds faster than teammate Tiago Monteiro in Melbourne showed what he was capable of, and he wasn't overawed by the more experienced drivers around him on the grid. Malaysia was another solid race, while Bahrain saw a dip in form in second qualifying to drop behind Monteiro on the grid ahead of an early retirement. Apart from that lap, Karthikeyan has been a worthwhile addition.
Monteiro, on the other hand, has struggled with the car from day one. While the inability of his team to do anything more than field a car hasn't helped, he has been left behind by his teammate and is struggling for form. Monteiro has made the finish of all three races and been ahead of the Minardis when he did, but that's no great recommendation for a driver.
Minardi, as ever, have struggled at the back with cars that almost creak with age in the pitlane. After a dramatic first weekend back in Melbourne, where team boss Paul Stoddart went to court to ensure his team's entrance to the grid, the Italian team have gone on with their business and awaits the debut of the all-new PS05 in the hope that it will at least push them past the Jordan pair. It's hard to slide backwards from the rear of the grid, but they aren't stepping up either.
Christijan Albers was highly rated before arriving in Formula One but hasn't got much speed out of a chassis which, to be fair, was raced by Mark Webber as far back as 2002. He had car problems in both qualifying and the race in Melbourne, limped around to finish last in Malaysia, and finished behind Patrick Friesacher in Bahrain. While no one could expect miracles in a Minardi, he needs to at least match his teammate.
Friesacher knows all about the snakes and ladders of motorsport, having gained sponsors, lost sponsors, done the same with his management, and spent more time in Formula 3000 than was strictly wise. However, he is in Formula One at last and making the most out of it - he has outqualified his teammate twice, and outraced him as well. Some poor luck in Malaysia where he spun on oil deposited by an exploding BAR has been the only blot on his copybook so far.
But perhaps Friesacher's most important performance was finding the ladder into Formula One in the first place. By getting in he was given the chance to show that he can perform at the top level, and by default that many other drivers could too, if they had the possibility.
Which is what each of the drivers wants to do - having found the ladder into the sport, they are all hoping that their abilities are enough to keep them away from the snakes.


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There are tangible benefits of having your DNA tested. Knowledge about your genetic makeup can help you optimize your health. You may have inherited tendencies to suffer from particular diseases. A DNA test can alert you to what the dangers are, and you might adjust your lifestyle or seek medical treatment to counteract your disadvantageous genetic makeup. Similarly, you might discover you are a carrier of genes that could compromise the health of your children, and you can take steps to minimize the chance of harming your offspring.
There are reasons to test your DNA that are less important but still compelling for some people. Ancestry enthusiasts have a curiosity about their ethnic origins and are fascinated to learn which people are “related” to them because they share similar DNA. They may go out of their way to meet their “relatives,” bond, and become good friends.
And, like many tools, a DNA test can be misused. It can bolster a fallacious view of humanity where a person’s identity is not a matter of choice but is essentially fixed by the genetic code inherited from his ancestors.
What is the problem with this commercial? It embraces and touts the Marxist leftist view of humanity. That is, race, class, and gender (the commercial focuses on race, DNA) are the key factors that determine how a person behaves and how he should act. Individual choice and personal values so far as they exist at all (according to this dogma) are the products of a person’s group membership.
Notice that this is the exact opposite of the correct conceptualization of human beings as autonomous agents that have the capacity to exercise free will and act rationally (with the understanding that they may or may not choose to do so). It is significant that the history of the United States demonstrates that people from all over the world were able to come here and become Americans – that is take on the values and customs typical of Americans. This is a clear demonstration that conscious choices made by individuals is key and overrides “genetic determinism.” When you accept or reject a particular way of life you do so because of your deliberate decisions – not because of the identity of your distant relatives.
When you examine the essence of the ancestry.com commercial there are two possible interpretations, and each is highly problematic.
The first is the commercial is an attempt to refute free will. Perhaps the man had been feeling uncomfortable for some time. When he had trouble locating relatives who were German he felt (notice feeling is more “authentic” than thinking) that something was wrong. The DNA test placed him into the correct category with his “true kin.” Since group membership (defined by your genes, not the “illusion of choice”) is all-important to this version of leftist doctrine the man feels relief when he trades his lederhosen for a kilt.
Note that there are many features of German, Scottish, and Irish culture that are admirable. A rational person might find parts of each of them that are compelling and can decide to take on some of the distinctive customs that are associated with being German, Scottish, or Irish. And this decision should be grounded in free will and clear thinking – not DNA.
Are you curious about your DNA? Get it tested. And be sure to keep in mind that your identity is essentially self-made. You are not your ancestors.


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Because of the nature of their jobs, therapists can give advice on a ton of different topics. And over the course of their training, as they work towards obtaining the credentials needed to practice, as well as over the years they spend working with patients or clients, therapists learn an awful lot that can benefit others. Some of the things all therapists learn that everyone should actually know might sound familiar and some might feel more like a revelation or something new, but knowing about some of these things that therapists learn over time can be really useful to apply to your own life — and those things allow them to be better, more competent, caring, and qualified therapists.
There's quite a bit that you can learn about yourself, your relationships, your goals and aspirations, motivations, and more when you work with a therapist. You can learn and master skills that will help you better make your way in the world and interact with other people, as well as skills that help you know yourself more and handle whatever might come your way. Working with a therapist can be really helpful, regardless of how "fine" or well-adjusted you think you are. There doesn't have to be something obviously wrong or upsetting you in order to seek their help. Knowing the kinds of things that therapists know, whether you're actively working with one or not, can help you feel more self-assured, less alone, and more capable.
"Many of our thoughts are unconscious and by making them conscious we can decrease the power they have over both our emotions and our behaviors," Dr. Gail Saltz, MD, an associate professor of psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine, tells Romper by email. That might sound easier than you think it will be in practice, but working with a professional like a psychiatrist, psychologist, or other therapist, can help you figure things out.
This might not be that surprising when you stop and think about it, but the way that you feel about something or the emotions that a specific set of circumstances might elicit can change — a lot — over time. Nothing's set in stone.
"In the midst of some difficult emotions we may be experiencing, it can feel so hard and sometimes you may think that life cannot go on," Celeste Viciere, LMHC, a therapist, author, and podcast host, tells Romper by email. "I have watched people during their difficult times and have seen them come out of it. Every time I am sitting with them, it reminds me of the fact that our emotions will eventually change, and to always stay focused on your goals and never lose hope. Having hope about your life can help you get through some really difficult situations."
You might think that a therapist's job is to fix people's problems, but that's just not the case. Toni Coleman, LCSW, CMC, a psychotherapist and relationship coach, tells Romper by email that therapists are intended to guide those with whom they work.
"We learn that all the answers they need are inside them and our job is to guide and empower them," Coleman explains.
"Ideally, everyone would have been raised believing that their feelings and emotions are valid, even if others don't understand them, but that is usually not the case," Julie Williamson, LPC, NCC, RPT, a therapist and owner of Abundant Life Counseling St. Louis, tells Romper by email.
Knowing that your feelings have merit, even if they're not shared by those around you or not understood very well, is important. Your therapist knows it and so should you.
Christine B. L. Adams, MD, a psychiatrist and author of the soon-to-be-published Living on Automatic, tells Romper by email that people don't spend much time thinking about their relationships with the people closest to them. "Instead, we conduct them on autopilot, responding with knee-jerk reactions," Adams says. Thinking about your relationships allows you to interact with people in a more genuine and authentic way.
Some people seem to think that therapists are somehow doing it all better than everyone else, but Dr. Alisha Powell, PhD, LCSW, a therapist and social worker, tells Romper by email that that's not exactly true. "Therapists are just as messed up as you," Powell says. "We don’t have the magic formula and many times we help others because we need to escape the utter chaos of our personal lives."
If you've ever worked with a therapist (or even chatted with one), you might have noticed that they tend to be skilled reflective listeners. But that's a technique that you can work to develop yourself, as well.
"Reflective listening is an amazing skill we learn as therapists that requires consistent practice, but leads to deeper understanding and connection," Williamson says. "It's amazing to watch couples and families learn and practice this skill and see how their communication improves and relationships deepen!"
No one is perfect. Everyone is dealing with something. And while that can sometimes be difficult to remember, it's something that therapists know well. Coleman says that people have different amounts of dysfunction, but that everyone has it to some extent.
"Everyone goes through rough times but so much depends on your coping skills," Powell says. "We all have our vices, but some are more destructive than others." Working to develop the skills necessary to make it through the difficult patches will hopefully help you come out of the situation a little less negatively-affected than you may have been otherwise.
"Therapy helps folks to address their particular dysfunction and find ways to live a happier and more meaningful life," Coleman says. It's not just about dealing with a diagnosis or only focusing on major, life-changing issues. It's about acknowledging what's going on in your own life and working towards making your life happier and healthier.
"I feel like in today's society, we think that everyone has it better than we do and that everyone is doing bigger and better things than we are," Viciere says. "We look at social media and compare a brief snapshot of someone else's life to our entire life. It's important to recognize this comparison because it will help you understand that you are not alone with the issues you find yourself struggling with."
Even when it feels like you're the only one dealing with the loss of a job, a family member's illness, extreme stress, or anything else, you're not — and remembering that can really help.
"Humor is necessary sometimes in order to deal with really stressful or sad things," Powell says. "You have to be able to laugh and shrug things off."
Even if people don't always understand how you can find humor in a devastating situation, sometimes finding a way to laugh can help you get through it.
Coleman says that therapists also learn that people have different definitions of happiness, which would definitely be something good for everyone to know. When they don't realize this, they turn to others to see what they should be doing, even though they might be on an entirely different path.
"They look to the therapist to provide the answers and insights and if a therapist were to see their role as providing those answers, they would be sending a signal that the person is not competent to do so, which leads to greater dependency and self-doubt," Coleman says.
Taking breaks is so important, but a lot of people don't recognize how much value there really is in giving yourself some time off. Powell says that a break or vacation can help you come back feeling more certain about what might be next for you or what your goals might be.
"One thing we learn as therapists is that emotions provide information and we should pay attention to all of our emotions, even if we don't fully understand them or they don't seem to make sense in the present," Williamson says. "Some emotions are what we call 'secondary emotions,' which means we are experiencing and demonstrating one emotion on the surface, when really, we are experiencing something deeper under the surface that we may or may not be aware of."
Overlooking emotions instead of allowing yourself to be uncomfortable or confused by what you're feeling really isn't helping you as much as you might think it could be in the moment. Acknowledging your emotions can help you sort through what you're really experiencing.
Viciere says that it's extremely important to remember your priorities and what you want out of life when you're looking for a partner. "It's crucial to not forget about yourself while looking for a mate," Viciere explains. "If you lose focus of your desires and dreams, when you do find someone it can force the relationship to feel empty."
Making yourself a priority isn't always something that comes easily to people and sometimes compromise is something that comes all too easily. Knowing that therapists learned that you have to remember yourself can help be a reminder to you to do so.
"People think, behave, and show emotions differently, but they follow similar patterns across all families," Adams says. So you might actually be more alike than you previously thought. You may be able to get more insight into yourself by looking at your family than you'd expected.
Williamson says that one of the reasons that it's so important to acknowledge emotions is because they have a way of coming out eventually, whether you want them to or not. "So even if we don't understand why we're so mad or sad or worried, it's important to accept the reality that they are present," Williamson adds. You feel what you feel and it's important to take stock of what's going on at a given moment.
"Everyone won’t like you and you won’t love everyone," Powell says. "Invest in healthy relationships and mind your own business."
This can be difficult for some people to accept, even if they've heard it before or even know it from their own experience. But therapists learn that this is just part of life and it's something that everyone really does need to know.
"Throughout my time as a therapist, I have learned that, many times, for someone who is single or looking for someone, it may feel like life is not good because everyone else is in a relationship and you are the only one who has not been able to find someone," Viciere says. "I have watched people put so much energy into finding a relationship that they take the focus off of themselves. Understand that there are a lot of people in relationships now just for the sake of being able to say they are in a relationship, but they are not truly happy."
It can seem like that's why you're not as happy as you could be or that you'd be happier if you were in a relationship as well, but being in a relationship is no guarantee of life satisfaction.
Acknowledging all of your emotions might seem as though it'd lead to your emotions controlling your life, but it's important to remember that you're the one who controls your life.
"We can acknowledge that they're present and decide that we are going to continue to live our lives and do what's important to us without those negative emotions negatively impacting how we live," Williamson says.
"We carry out our relationships in 'roles' we assume rather than recognizing ourselves and others as individuals," Adams says. Seeing yourself and everyone else around you as the individuals you all are can make for more authentic relationships.
Self-care is more than just a trendy buzz-word. "No one is really enjoying themselves or taking the time to stop and smell the roses," Viciere says. "People may be gaining tangible things, but finding themselves feeling empty and incomplete inside. Start taking time to enjoy yourself. You can do this easily by taking the time to do something as simple as watching the sun rise or set or going to a flower bed and looking at the flowers. These simple pleasures help ground us and keep us connected to our true selves."
Taking care of yourself really is important, whether you spend all day helping others or not.
"We tend to think others think the same as us and we base our expectations of them on seeing the world as we do," Adams says. It can be easy to misunderstand or misinterpret other people when you're assuming that they see things exactly the way that you do, when, in reality, their perspective is actually their own.
Therapists learn a lot that can help you if you apply it to your personal life, and knowing what some of those things are is the best place to start.


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The Falldien Law Office provides legal advice and representation to clients in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
The services provided by this office cover a broad range of practice areas including: real estate law, corporate services, collections, constitutional law, wills, estates, family law, appeal litigation, and occasionally criminal defense.
Currently there is only one lawyer at the office, which is me (Trent). I have established the Falldien Law Office as a firm of purpose, courage, and fairness.
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I know its been a while since I've posted a blog, but I've had a lot of work I needed to get done. Seriously, if I wasn't glued to my computer to get work done, I was doing a lot of homework. And do you know what that mean? Only two weeks left of school. By 10 pm next Thursday I'll be done with all of my papers, my presentations, and my semester. I'll be done with my first year of grad school, thank you or summer vacation.
I'm doing a project (of which I have ideas I'm not announcing yet as I need them to be approved) so I don't need to do a summer class, so that gives me a lot of time to get some writing done, mostly on other novels and projects that have been pushed back, as well as to get another job. I've been applying for internships and lots of other jobs, including at Slover Library with Steph, for months so something's bound to come in soon. (Still holding out hope for Vans, but at this point I'll be glad to work anywhere). Working at the library will be good as I have an understanding of what the job is already because of Steph, and because it would be good for carpooling and what not.
Thankfully because of my time-management and multi-tasking skills I haven't stressed out much over what is due these next two weeks. These last two weeks are going to go by quickly and I'm excited.


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there is also a car show in Florence, SC at the Skyview drive-in, on the same weekend. Bring the civics!!

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When a pig named Mercy arrives at the Watsons' front door, she brings love and chaos to their lives.
Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Chris Van Dusen.
For fans of Mercy Watson, here is the story of how it all started. Loaded up with Chris Van Dusen's brilliant illustrations, you will find out how the Watsons ended up with a pig, and how Mercy discovered toast! Charming.
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Maia: I’ve been throwing comic cons for about five years now. I started out by partnering with another local convention. After about five years, I decided that it was best if I used my experiences and start my own. This will be the second year of MECCAcon. I’ve networked very heavily with artists, writers, and publishers for years, so my connections were very beneficial. I try not to piss people off, so it works in my favor in the long run. I’ve also thrown art installations for years as well, so it all ties together. I’m also a poet who has retired her pen. I’m just your average Detroiter trying to do 99 projects with 99 cents. And I’m a mama of a soon-to-be 16-year-old who lives for all things black indie comics. He helps me keep up.
What are you into and how did you get into it?
Maia: I’m actually honestly into all of it: comics, science fiction, speculative fiction, afrofuturism, steampunk, etc. OK, well, not all of it – I pass on anime. (It might be illegal to say this because I swear every time I get interviewed, they pass out and are ready to plaster me with scarlet letters). Other than that, I truly love it all. I’ve been a bookworm since childhood. My mother would tell me it’s time for bed. Ten minutes later, I’m under the sheets with a flashlight. My parents would end up ordering almost every book in the Scholastic book pamphlet. As far as comics are concerned, I’ve been known to root very hard for all things indie. If it’s mainstream, it’s mostly Shaft. (In my heart, I’m in denial. I say to myself that Shaft is still indie. LOL) I dibble and dabble in a few mainstreams, but 95% of my collection and my son’s don’t come from Marvel or DC, etc. My son is a huge fan of Black Panther, Blade, Vixen, Storm and Cyborg, though. I’m very excited about the upcoming new Cyborg relaunch with David Walker.
Why did you start the Midwest Ethnic Convention for Comics and Arts?
Maia: I wanted to contribute art to the children of the Metro Detroit area. Many have absolutely NO idea that there are heroes that look exactly like their fathers, their mothers, their aunts, their uncles, their cousins, and even themselves. They have never seen them, never read them, and definitely never owned them. It is amazing to see the babies running over each other and losing their minds from table to table! I’ve been knocked over once and I almost started crying! It was beautiful. That means more than anything else.
I love Detroit, I love being Moor, and I love art. I wanted to do something that would mix all of those things in a bowl, and benefit my community in the process. Detroit had already had a black comic con. That’s great. I wanted an event that would highlight art as a whole…not just comics. I wanted it to be culturally and artistically inclusive. We have so many outstanding visual and fine artists, it’s overwhelming. Detroit is also a historic melting pot. That’s what the city was built on. When folks say we are “built Ford tough,” we don’t take that phrase lightly. We are full of culture and arts; it’s what we do. With that said, art is also a huge medium of gentrification. People who gentrify communities hit the art scene first, and boy, do they hit it hard. Galleries, museums, pop ups, coffee shops, restaurants…bam! Down goes Frazier. You never know what hit you. Three years later, your community is no longer your community anymore. The media tears down Detroit for propaganda. Folks who are in the art community here know how much Detroit is really thriving. People from all over the world are being paid to move here. There are galleries and museums everywhere you turn. But the news will never let you know that. So I decided to utilize my connections and resources and try to make an event that would do something differently. I wanted to not only focus on comics and a few performances, but highlight art and community involvement as a whole. I wanted it to be family friendly and educational. I sat down and talked to artist Shawn Alleyne one day, and we decided together to name the convention MECCAcon. We came up with the entire concept together, acronym included.
What kind of response have you gotten from the comics community?
Maia: Oh, boy. I’ve gotten major support from my peers. People have been very proud of what I’ve accomplished, and even more of what I’m trying to accomplish. Artists, writers, publishers and collectors have all rallied behind me, and want to see me do well and be successful. It means the world. Shawn Alleyne, Jason Reeves of 133art, N Steven Harris of NS WORKS, and Regine Sawyer of Women In Comics NYC International are my biggest supporters. I also give major praise to Erika Freeman of Dark Matters Project, Joe Illidge, Dr. Sheena Howard, Michael Davis of Milestone, and so many others. The support I’ve gotten from them has been absolutely amazing. I wouldn’t survive out here in this comic world if it wasn’t for them.
Lots of the old school DC and Marvel comics that feature black superheroes give those characters Detroit roots. What do you think that meant at the time (1940s-1960s)? If there are/were black superheroes coming out of Detroit now, what does being from Detroit represent now?
Maia: Well, when it comes to my favorite Detroiters, it would be Cyclops, Deathlok and Vixen. DarkSeid basically brought all the hell here! I believe that those characters probably had a pretty damn hard time, you know? ESPECIALLY in the ’60s. I also believe that Cyclops was probably a huge jazz head, and hung out in the Black Bottom/ Paradise Valley with Steel. Deathlok probably enjoyed black burlesque. Vixen and Dale Gunn probably had summer homes in Idlewild (for those of you who do not know, the movie was actually based on a place here in Michigan – not Atlanta – that was basically a black Martha’s Vineyard, where all black celebrities, doctors, musicians, etc., owned second properties and vacationed). In the ’60s, Black Power reigned and I’m sure DC and Marvel made note of it. Blade chilled here, too. I can see why we were such a prominent location to base stories and characters on. Dakota City (Milestone Comics) is based on Detroit; co-founder Dwayne McDuffie was from Detroit so we have a very strong foundation.
If characters were created now, I believe they would represent adversity and advancement in the community. I believe they would be about environmental and social activism, and they all would be urban farmers! Our city is rough but gorgeous…like a butterfly with bandaged wings.
Why focus just on indie comics?
Maia: I’m always representing for the independents. They don’t get their proper due. I also put my money where my mouth is and have receipts to prove it. Yes, I like a few mainstream [comics], but the way Storm got passed around like Olivia Pope makes me want to just be like, “Eh, let me just cop Concrete Park instead and see what they’ve been up to. Let me see what’s going on these days with Watson & Holmes. Maybe I should catch up on Miranda Mercury, Bounce, Eating Vampires, Malice in Ovenland or Kid Code.” I completely support indie EVERYTHING.
How do indie comics improve the overall comics landscape, particularly among consumers of color?
Maia: Easy. Self ownership and cooperative economics. Create that POC dollar, and return that POC dollar right back. It’s also very important that we create our own stories instead of whining about how others aren’t doing it for us. Marvel and DC don’t owe us a damn thing. Never have and never will. But if one day I wake up and Griot Enterprises, Lockett Down or Rosarium aren’t representing “my blackness” the way I feel they should, then I will have something to say. But knowing Jiba Molei, Regine Sawyer and Bill Campbell, I highly doubt that will ever happen.
Diversity is key in all forms of art. I wish in the future to introduce myself more into the Asian diaspora of the comic book industry. I won’t say it doesn’t exist, I wish to find them. One thing in America that is a huge problem is that everything is black or white. I would love to support comics from our indigenous people PERIOD.
DEETS: MECCAcon2015 is Sept. 19 in Detroit. Applications are now being accepted. Vendor/artist registration is only $75 (first come first serve). Please send inquiries to AmonyetEnterprises@gmail.com. This is a family oriented event. All are welcome. Maia is currently have a t-shirt crowd funding campaign with limited edition tshirts from artists including N Steven Harris, Shawn Alleyne, Jason Reeves and Khary Randolph. Donations are being accepted via PayPal: crown7176@gmail.com. All proceeds go strictly to organizing the convention. Maia also does a weekly feature, #MECCAconWeekly, where she highlights comic book artists, actors, filmmakers, writers, authors, publishers, artists and more. You can find it on http://MECCAcon.wordpress.com.
Shout out to Aiesha Little over at #MBSFA ! Thanks for the opportunity for #MECCAcon2015 !


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In March 2011, media brought us some of the saddest and most shocking images in recorded history as multiple earthquakes and a tsunami devastated Japan. Jeff Cotrupe shared links about the tragedy, called the world community to action on Twitter and Facebook and contributed to disaster relief via the International Federation of the Red Cross. At the same time he was thankful for better media developments closer to home.
In early March, Cotrupe conducted a series of interviews about the IBM Systems Director product line with executives and customers at the IBM Pulse 2011 event in Las Vegas. Then in late March he presented a high-action sports video show at the end-of-season banquet for the Vista High School Cheer team. The VHS show (total time 15 minutes) uses nearly 600 images, a multitude of visual effects and a hard-charging soundtrack to tell the story of the squad in 2010-11, including a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championship. Cotrupe has previously created banquet shows for the VHS Field Hockey and Water Polo teams.
Links to the Cheer show and to the first two IBM Systems Director interview videos appear at the top of the home page at Cotrupe’s core website under the heading New For Your Review. The IBM videos are the first in what will be a series of 12 or more videos resulting from Cotrupe’s Pulse 2011 interviews. Cotrupe, along with Charlie Vickery, Jason Fryer and the digital media team at Stratecast’s parent company Frost & Sullivan, are currently “in post” (post-production) on the other videos in the series.

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