Margaret of York was the daughter of one of the principal families who fought the War of the Roses in England during the 15th century. She lost some important family members in the War but two of her brothers became King of England; Edward IV and Richard III. Her brother Edward arranged a marriage for her that was one of the most brilliants matches of the century. She was the Duchess of Burgundy, wife of Charles the Bold, from 1468 to 1477. When she became a childless widow, she managed to create a comfortable, wealthy life and was allowed to have a principal role in Burgundian government for her husband's heirs until her death at the age of fifty-seven.
Margaret was born on May 3, 1446 either at Fotheringay Castle or Waltham Abbey during the War of the Roses. Her father was Richard, Duke of York and her mother was Cecily Neville. Richard had a strong claim to the throne of England but his position at court was tenuous. He would openly rebel against the Lancastrian King Henry VI, making York family life unstable. Richard didn't get much support for his claim and he was to die in the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.
Most of the time between the death of her father and the crowning of her brother as King Edward IV was spent in London at Baynard's Castle. Whether she was born at Fotheringay or not she may have spent some of her childhood there and came to love the books and manuscripts in the collegiate library. She would have had the normal education of a high born lady of the time. When Edward became king in 1461, Margaret was fifteen and became one of the leading ladies in England. Her education and training were accomplished.
Margaret was never described as beautiful. She was slim and fair with light colored hair. She was nearly six feet tall with fine features, grey eyes, a small mouth, a warm smile, and a wry sense of humor. She was gracious and pious, very intelligent, full of energy and had a strong will. She was keenly interested in dynastic and political affairs and had learned how to administer a household from her mother. All this would prove to be significant when she married. It was now up to her brother to arrange a marriage for her and it took seven years to find the right alliance.
In May of 1465, the first recording of an appearance of Margaret was at the coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen to her brother. She was then in the employ of the Queen. Proposals for her hand began to come in. She was nearly betrothed to Don Pedro of Aragon, a nephew of Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy, mother of Charles the Bold, but he died in June of 1466. Isabel began working to ally Burgundy with England, vacillating between an alliance with the house of York or Lancaster depending on the political situation in England. She needed this alliance to fight off detrimental intervention from France and eventually chose the house of York.
Isabel's son Charles, the Count of Charolais, had been married twice. His second wife, Isabella of Bourbon, had born him a daughter Mary in 1457. Isabella suffered from tuberculosis and died in 1465. Within two weeks of her death, Duchess Isabel sent envoys to England seeking Margaret's hand for Charles. Charles succeeded his father as Duke of Burgundy when Philip the Good died in June of 1467.
It wasn't until October of 1467 that King Edward agreed to the match. Edward made his decision public and Margaret appeared before the royal council to give her formal consent. Commercial interests were closely allied with the match and Isabel of Burgundy negotiated the marriage treaty, basing it on her own marriage contract. The treaty addressed the marriage, peace and trade agreements and was really more favorable to Margaret than Isabel's own marriage settlement had been in 1429. Edward IV was to pay for Margaret's dowry of 200,000 crowns in three installments. The agreement was signed by all parties in March of 1468. From November 1467 until the wedding in June of 1468, King Louis XI of France did everything in his power to interfere with the negotiations, including slandering Margaret's character, suggesting she was not a virgin and had born a son. Louis even tried to block the papal dispensation necessary for the fourth degree cousins to marry.
The marriage was to be the first great event of Duke Charles' reign. Margaret sailed in June and arrived at Sluys. Duchess Isabel had carefully planned all the festivities for the marriage. She met Margaret with her grand-daughter Mary and they retired to a private dinner for three hours. Although Mary greatly missed her mother, she had much in common with Margaret. They both enjoyed hunting, riding, reading and falconry. They were to enjoy each other's company for the rest of their lives and Margaret cherished Mary as if she were her own daughter.
Margaret was twenty two and thirteen years younger than Charles, not to mention quite a bit taller. When she finally met Charles the next day, she had to stoop down to receive a kiss from him. They were married a week later in a private ceremony in the home of a merchant in Damme. Charles left immediately afterwards for Bruges and greeted Margaret when she made a grand entry into the city in the pouring rain. Nine days of celebration ensued. The festivities were so splendid they have become near legend and remain in folklore to this day. Charles then left Bruges and Margaret and Marie travelled in Flanders, Brabant and Hainault. They ended up spending the rest of the summer in Brussels.
Margaret's titles after her marriage were: Duchess of Burgundy and of Lotharingia, of Brabant, Limbourg, Luxembourg and Guelders, Countess of Flanders and of Artois, of Burgundy, of Hainault, Holland, Zeeland, Namur and Zutphen, Marchioness of the Holy Roman Empire, Lady of Friesland and of Salins and Malines, etc. These titles represented one of the most wide-ranging, extensive and valuable collections of territory in medieval Europe. Burgundy was a creation of a succession of historic chances and was really only secure when its neighbors were weak. The duchy had one of the largest urban populations in Europe. Margaret's role was negligible in the first three years of her marriage but after 1472, she became active in affairs of state. Margaret would learn the government of Burgundy was widespread and she would be required to travel regularly. She was to play an active role in the government as an administrator and as the Duke's representative.
While she was Duchess she made twenty eight major journeys. Her travels were meant to uphold ducal authority. She attended functions of state and raised money and men for the wars her husband fought. Margaret had to deal with the consequences of her husband's failed foreign policy. The peak of Charles' reign came in 1472-3. His brother-in-law King Edward was back on the English throne. The duchy had withstood a French invasion. Charles had conquered areas of Alsace, Guelders and Zutphen and he was consolidating his power in Lorraine. There was peace and prosperity in the duchy. The household and the army had been reorganized and the government was functioning well.
Margaret had a household that mirrored her husband's. In the summer of 1472, a fire broke out in her castle in Ghent, destroying rings, jewels, tapestries, furs and clothing valued between 50,000 and 60,000 crowns. Margaret was to remain childless during her marriage and she made pilgrimages to shrines for help becoming pregnant. In the first seven years of their marriage Margaret and Charles were only together for a total period of one year. They were together regularly for the first four years. After December 1471, they only saw each other for a total of thirty two days until 1475. After July 23, 1475, they never saw each other again as Charles was continually away at war. Margaret gave her stepdaughter Mary guidance and support during this time and their closeness would serve each other well especially in the seminal year of 1477.
From 1474 on, alliances began to form against Charles. He was forced to make costly campaigns and stay in the field with his armies. After making a truce with France in 1474, Charles began to concentrate on fighting in the Rhineland. During 1476, there were disastrous defeats for the Burgundian army. By November Charles had arranged for Mary to marry the Archduke Maximilian of Austria and started to besiege Nancy in Lorraine. There was hope to an end to the war in Lorraine.
By early January reports began to come into Ghent that the Burgundians had met with disaster at Nancy and that Charles was dead. By January 22, Margaret was wearing mourning garb. Margaret and Mary were acting jointly from this point on. They had to act quickly. They wrote to King Louis XI asking for help but whether they were serious or not is questionable. Margaret knew Louis was ready to seize the Duchy and there were internal disruptions. Their situation was quite serious. Some of their advisors were seized and beheaded. Margaret and Mary hastened to call a meeting of the estates general at Ghent.
Margaret was forced to flee Ghent for her own safety. Mary was a virtual prisoner. Mary made a speech where she renounced a huge levy that had been given to her father, relieving the estates of the debt. There was a charter drawn up designed to restore local rights and privileges. She promised to rule with the advice of the council in all matters, including her marriage, war and peace. Margaret began work to negotiate the final terms of the marriage treaty between Mary and Maximilian. The terms stipulated Maximilian could not inherit the Duchy. All of Burgundy was to go to the children of the marriage.
Maximilian arrived penniless in Burgundy in August 1477. Mary and Maximilian were married immediately. They managed to get along well. In gratitude to her stepmother, Mary provided Margaret her full dower rights. By March of 1477, Margaret had everything that belonged to her. Mary even made sure her full dowry was paid to her as her brother Edward had defaulted on the payments. Margaret proceeded to buy the biggest house in Malines and surrounding lands and established her dowager court there. She had a large household including several doctors. She hosted great noblemen and foreign embassies. There was no question of her leaving Burgundy now. She was one of the richest widows in Europe and held her own court.
Margaret lost her brother George, Duke of Clarence when he was arrested and executed for treason. She carried Mary's son Philip to his christening. She raised men and money to help Mary and Maximilian battle France. She was assigned to negotiate with England in 1480 and travelled there for three months. Her efforts paid off but Maximilian ended up working against her by making an alliance with France. In 1482, Mary died after a fatal fall from a horse while hunting. On her deathbed, she begged Margaret to watch over her children, Philip and young Margaret of Austria.
Mary had named Maximilian as regent for her son but this was bitterly opposed. The estates wanted a council to rule. Margaret and Maximilian held things together and they made some progress, especially when their old enemy Louis XI died. In July 1485, Margaret took physical custody of Philip at her home in Malines and she served as a mother and mentor to her step-granddaughter Margaret.
King Edward IV died in 1483. Margaret's brother Richard usurped the throne from his nephew Edward V. Margaret and Maximilian supported Richard hoping he would subsidize their efforts against France. In 1485, the House of York was eclipsed by Lancaster when Henry VII defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. Margaret did everything in her power to work against the Tudor King, including supporting pretenders to the English throne like Perkin Warbeck and others. There was more civil war, truce and peace in Burgundy. Young Philip came of age in 1494 and Margaret had fulfilled her promise to Mary on her deathbed.
Margaret continued to maintain a lavish household while travelling in the Duchy. She carried out building works on her properties, gave to charity and collected more printed and illuminated books. She contributed her full support and advice to the rulers of Burgundy and Archduke Philip supported her in return. Her health began to slowly decline. She maintained her duties until she died suddenly on November 23, 1503. She was buried at the monastery of the Recollects at Malines. Her tomb and memorial were destroyed sometime during 16th C.
Wir sind sehr froh, dass wir Susan Abernethy für diesen Beitrag gewinnen konnten. Sie ist eine feste Größe im Bereich 'History Blogs' und trägt damit aktiv zur Vermittlung von Geschichte bei. Sie betreibt ein eigenes Blog und schreibt u. a. auch für medievalists.net. Anlass für die heutige Publikation ist der 567. Geburtstag der von Susan porträtierten Schwester des letzten englischen Königs aus dem Haus Plantagenêt, Richards III., dessen Skelett im Februar 2013 eindeutig identifiziert wurde, nachdem die Knochen bereits im letzten Jahr bei einer gezielten Grabung in Leicester gefunden worden waren.
It seems I can't remember a time when I didn't love history. At the age of fourteen, I watched "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" on TV and was enthralled. Truth seemed much more strange than fiction. I started reading about Henry VIII and then branched out into many types of history. This even led me to study history in college. Even though I never did anything with the history degree, it's always been a hobby of mine. Recently a friend graciously allowed me to write for her women's history blog, Saints Sisters and Sluts. I've decided to diversify and write my thoughts on all kinds of history from Ancient to mid-20th Century.
Susan, we share the same passion for history. I, too, do not have a degree in it. I read your posts and thought, these could be the start of books for you. I am currently writing a historical novel set in the second half of the 12th century. My character is a Scottish girl (fictional) but she has ties to the Plantagenets, so I weave that history into her story. Looking forward to reading more from you!
Thank you for your kind words. I may write a book some day. Your book sounds interesting. I love Scottish history too! Best of luck with the book.


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Oceans 234 Unveils Its New Menu from New Executive Chef Brian Cantrell
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Drinks. Eats. Beach. That's the lifestyle at Deerfield Beach's premier oceanfront dining destination, Oceans 234.
Photo courtesy of Oceans 234
The restaurant went through an 1.8 million dollar renovation in 2015 and has recently added a few more changes to the mix. Owner Danielle Rosse has brought in a new executive chef and a new beverage director, both of whom have done their share of work to improve the menus. Executive Chef Brian Cantrell has revamped both lunch and dinner, adding his refined touch to familiar favorites and plenty of new creations; and Beverage Director Drew Shane has amped up the cocktail selections with more tropical, beachy vibes than ever before, including the Deep Eddy Tropical Mule with peach vodka, pineapple juice and ginger beer; the Exotico Blood Orange Margarita with fresh lime, agave nectar and blood orange juice; the Peach Sapphire Collins with St. Germain liqueur, fresh lemon juice and real peach puree (none of that processed store-bought stuff over here!); the Ketel One Citreon Arnold Palmer with St. Germaine liqueur, iced tea and fresh lemon juice; and two varieties of "adult" lemonades — one with Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey and raspberry lemonade shandy, and another with Tito's Vodka, fresh lemonade and again, real, blueberry puree.
You can read about my first visit to Oceans after the renovation here — but I was a lot more satisfied with dinner this time around. Chef Brian even took the time to sit down with me and go over the menu, carefully telling me what I could and could not have because of the sugar content. He even brought out a separate portion of one particular dish without a specific ingredient, so I'd still get to taste. Although I wasn't able to taste any of Drew's new cocktails, I did enjoy a nice glass of my favorite pinot gris that paired perfectly with all the seafood.
Speaking of seafood, let's get to it! First things first — OCTOPUS! A good octopus dish is truly the way to my heart, and Chef Brian has certainly gotten there. The grilled octopus comes with fennel, tomatoes, fingerling potatoes, olives and black garlic vinaigrette — there is also chorizo in the dish, which I carefully avoided along with the olives (I hate olives). But the rest of the dish? Perfection. The octopus was crisp yet tender, the tomatoes were bursting with sweetness to balance out the somewhat bitter fennel, and that vinaigrette had so much unique flavor. So far, so good…
Next up was an absolutely beautifully presented dish, the tuna poke. Chef Brian totally changed up the previous Ahi tuna dish that was on the menu and turned it from a stack of tuna and avocado into a masterfully plated dish, half of a coconut shell filled with tuna, cucumber, mango and macadamia nuts, served with crispy plantains. The tuna was extremely fresh and flavorful — but what I really loved was the way it was presented. It seriously just screams tropical paradise in your face, and really makes you feel like you're on vacation. Just dining outside at Oceans 234 already makes you feel like your on vacation, even if you live 10 minutes down the road.
Other new appetizers include the Korean BBQ-style lollipop chicken wings with chopped scallions, sesame and Sriracha; the chicken tostada with ahi panca, queso fresco and avocado; and the kale caesar with garbanzo beans, baby heirloom tomatoes, chipotle pepitas and shaved parmesan.
Entrees were seafood-heavy, which makes sense because Chef Brian has a pretty seafood-focused past. He's worked at Nemo, Prime 112, A Fish Called Avalon and Blue Moon Fish Co. When the plate of diver scallops hit the table, it took all of my willpower to wait for everyone (including myself) to get our pictures before diving in. The gorgeously seared scallops sit on top of a bed of butternut squash puree with curried cauliflower and Moroccan tapenade. All of the flavors on the plate felt warm and comforting and blended together really well. We also tried the macadamia-crusted mahi-mahi with coconut basmati, garlic green beans and papaya-mango salsa. I wasn't able to try the salsa, but the mahi was cooked very well and I loved the sweetness you get from the macadamia nuts.
Chef Brian brought out his seafood special of the night, crab-crusted grouper with asparagus and roasted potatoes in a creamy horseradish sauce. I loved the cook on that piece of fish, and you can't go wrong with a topping filled with yummy crab meat. The sauce was a bit heavy on the horseradish for me, but that didn't keep me from enjoying every last bite. It cleared my sinuses, that's for sure.
But the real winner of the night, the dish I literally could not stop eating, the dish I probably wasn't supposed to have but I don't care because it is too good to ever pass up — the lobster mac and cheese, made with an over-the-top, creamy, dreamy, delicious mascarpone cheese sauce. There's a refreshing, succulent half-pound lobster tail topping this bed of cheesy rigatoni heaven. I'm seriously salivating just thinking about it.
Additional new entrees include the dijon herb-crusted rack of lamb with quinoa tabbouleh, Brussels sprouts and a cabernet reduction, and the chicken milanese with baby arugula, mozzarella, tomatoes and aged parmesan.
Dessert at Oceans 234 is almost as breathtaking as the view. You won't want to miss out on the Chocolate Triology. Luckily, I've had this once before a long time ago before I found out about my sucrose-intolerance, and I can tell you it is a dessert lover's dream. Oreo cookies are baked in between a layer of chocolate chip cookie dough and fudge brownie, dripping in chocolate ganache and served with blackberry cabernet sorbet. I'll give you a second to pick your jaw up from the floor…
But get ready for it to fall again, because they also have a salted caramel cheesecake and cappuccino creme brûlée. Pastry chef Maria O'Hara is a genius in the kitchen. She also makes the Florida staple, key lime pie, with a macadamia nut crust, creamy meringue brûlée and blueberry lime compote as well as a variety of sorbet and ice cream flavors including mango, blackberry cabernet, vanilla and chocolate.
I hear there are changes coming to the brunch menu, so you know I'll have to go back and check it out. But let's be honest, after tasting Chef Brian's new menu offerings, I'll definitely be back for dinner again soon too!
Oceans 234 is located at 234 North Oceans Boulevard in Deerfield Beach.

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Next Generation In Collection: East Waste With Isuzu's FVY Dual Control
In the sweet, cool mist of a spring morning there comes a quiet rumble, followed by the clink of glass on glass. From the inner-city Town of Walkerville to the broad sweeps of the Adelaide Hills, residents in the East Waste service area are waking up to the familiar sound of waste removal trucks, diligently going about their duty.
With a quick stop by every household within East Waste's Seven Member Councils, up to 40 domestic side and rear loaders—including a fleet of new Isuzu FVY 240-300 Dual Control trucks— cruise the urban streets and climb steadily up the slopes to visit those perched in the higher regions.
The roads and services may differ markedly across the seven council areas, but East Waste's approach remains constant: high quality, efficient waste and resource recovery that adapts with growing South Australian communities.
An integral part of this approach is to maintain a first-class fleet, and East Waste's operations team—headed by Operations Co-ordinator, Ray Pawa, Manager of Operational Services, Brian Krombholz, and Risk & WHS Co-ordinator, Ian Lampre—are helping to ensure the company is keeping one step ahead of the competition, and living up to their Member Councils and community expectations.
Covering over 1,200 square kilometres of collection area in the seven member councils, East Waste runs a five-day-per week operation.
In the suburbs close to Adelaide's CBD, Ray's operations logs record the drivers navigating around 100 kilometres a day of waste collection. Up in the Adelaide Hills precinct, it's closer to 300 kms per day.
Getting behind the wheel at least once a week Ray, Brian and Ian note how new innovations in truck manufacturing are slowly changing the face of waste and resource recovery—driving safety, efficiency and environmental standards, while improving on the job working conditions for drivers.
"The development of the equipment over time is chalk and cheese, comparing these new models to what we used to run," said Ray.
"We take our rules and regulations very seriously, constantly monitoring the weights, making sure we don't overload the vehicles and looking out for the staff."
Telematics improvements play a huge role here, giving both East Waste's drivers and operations team detailed feedback on performance.
"All our trucks are hooked up with a 3Logix GPS system and six cameras around the vehicle. We know what speeds they're doing, where they stop, how long they stop for, and this means we can make sure our drivers are having sufficient fatigue breaks," said Ray.
"The community needs to have confidence that we're doing the right thing, always.
"An independent auditor comes out annually to check the fleet, but we keep a close eye on repairs and make sure our vehicles are roadworthy," Ray continues.
"North East Isuzu has already been a big help to us in this regard. They took on the audit this year and got through the whole fleet in just over two weeks—it was fantastic.
"It usually takes us three months to get through a comprehensive audit like that."
With community and driver safety of utmost priority, Ray's new fleet of Isuzu FVY 240-300 Dual Control models come highly recommended, featuring Isuzu's standard offering of rugged anti-lock braking system (ABS), large electric mirrors and cornering lamps for urban laneway safety. Additionally, the FVY Dual Control comes updated with further elements including interlocks for control change over, and highly visible safety grab handles and steps.
Keeping costs down
With 20 years of experience behind the wheel as a side-lift operator and eight years in management, Ray's industry knowledge stands him in good stead supporting East Waste's operations team. And when it comes to waste and resource recovery, economy and reliability are non-negotiable, notes Ray.
"The councils are absolutely focused on financial performance and efficiency of the business, in terms of how we're running things and the equipment we use to assist us—as they should be.
"We need to keep a close eye on the return figures, and a big part of that is the weight."
Typically, the company looks at changing over their side and rear loading trucks every 190,000 to 250,000 kilometres, ensuring the fleet is up to date with the latest technology.
Like all their capital equipment acquisitions, the selection of a new East Waste truck goes through a rigorous evaluation process, considering many whole-of-life factors including purchase price, fuel efficiency, safety checks and ongoing maintenance and repairs.
Ray commenced the latest round of fleet upgrades in 2019, choosing Isuzu Trucks to provide a solution for East Waste's growing requirements. North East Isuzu put in a successful tender to support East Waste with 15 new Isuzu FVY 240-300 Dual Control models, the last of which is due to hit the roads in early 2021.
"Our traditional supplier continues to make very nice trucks, but we just couldn't get the payload we needed out of the newer models," said Ray.
"The FVY Dual Controls offered 500 kg in weight savings per truck, maintaining our internal goals, while offering us the latest technology too.
"When you talk about 500 kg across an entire fleet, that's a considerable weight saving of around a truck or a truck and a half.
"We've also experienced around an eight per cent reduction in fuel costs with the new Isuzus… you do the sums, it's pretty straightforward."
Easily integrated with a selection of Superior Pak compactor bodies, the advantages of better fuel efficiency and lower tare weight in the FVY chassis made a compelling argument for Ray to make the move to Isuzu's newest generation of work-hard, work-smart, medium-duty trucks.
Letting the details determine
With greater focus on productivity in local government and civil services, Isuzu's Dual Control offering has been gaining steady traction with operators seeking improved payload and operating efficiency. Certainly, the practical mix of price, smart engineering and capability for application is what brought the FVY 240-300 Dual Control to East Wastes Operations Team's attention as a suitable fleet option.
The FVY 240-300 Dual Control features identical twin steering for maximum operator ease; the left-hand steering input is transferred through a gear driven cross shaft mounted inside the cab, meaning the steering columns adjust in unison for the optimum position.
Hendrickson airbag rear suspension and double acting shock absorbers provide an unrivalled weight advantage. For East Waste's requirements, Ray also notes the 6-cyclinder Isuzu engine is well up to par: with peak power reaching 221kW (296 HP) @ 2,400 rpm and torque of 981 Nm @ 1,450 rpm.
Meritor axles in the front and rear (with the rear axle tandem set featuring driver-controlled inter-axle lock and cross-lock), Meritor "Q-Plus" air brakes and Allison LCT 3500 Series 6-speed automatic transmission rounds out a comprehensively engineered package.
Ray says driver acceptance of the new FVY models has been high, with positive feedback provided on the functional dual control layout—which can be adjusted with a simple switch on the dash.
The comfort of an ISRI 6860 pneumatic lumbar support driver's seats on both sides of the cab have also been well received.
"Most of the people I put in the cab are head over heels for the new Isuzus. They've been totally converted from what we were using previously.
"Anyone driving a truck and operating the controls knows the physical toll it can take on you. It's exhausting. It can be up to 8 or 10 hours a day," he adds.
"The comfort in these new cabs is fantastic… and the Allison auto is definitely appreciated. The package is bullet proof."
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Shop our handbags and beach bags on December 13, 2010, Lua Restaurant, Hoboken, NJ. We are proud to be participating in the Hoboken Shop Til You Drop charity event. The event raises funds and collects new toys and worn coats for the families in Hoboken that don't have the means to celebrate Christmas on their own. As you know, Promising Growth's entire existence is to help the poor, so we are very excited to be joining this event. I couldn't do it last year because I had just given birth to our son!
WOW! Done (kinda) and done! The new handbag site has been ported and all we need to finish doing now is uploading our existing product line. Can't wait for Promising Growth start doing some good again.... it's my passion and I hope to pass the 'giving' gene on to my children!
We will be pulling in our previous fair trade directory as well. Should finish exporting it on Saturday. In the meantime, if anyone sees any site issues, please let me know.
By the way, we used an amazing tool to recreate the site called Weebly. I can't say enough about it!
Today I'm spending a hot and humid afternoon inside trying to get the Promising Growth project re-started. I'm so glad we'll be able to get our supporters involved again, and look forward to getting handbags sold so that we can start sending funds back to the artisans for new products. We don't buy new inventory until we are nearly sold out, so without the site and sales, we can't get back to the business of "promising growth"!
I took a necessary personal break from this over the past year because I was blessed with our first baby. He has brought nothing but happiness, but needless to day, took away all of my spare time and energy! I was also extremely busy (and continue to be!) running a start-up during the worst economic downturn in my lifetime. The business is no different than the baby really - I think about it day and night! Zaps my energy, etc! etc!
Regardless, my commitment to the ideas and people behind this project remain, and I am glad to be getting engaged again. More soon.


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The five books removed from Mat-Su English electives and why
Author: Zaz Hollander
Materials supplied by the Mat-Su Borough School District describe the five books that the school board voted to remove from upper-level English elective classes, and the challenges against them:
• "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (1969) by Maya Angelou. An autobiography that details Angelou's sexual abuse as an 8-year-old and how strength of character and love of literature helped her overcome racism and trauma. It was challenged for sexually explicit material and "anti-white" messaging.
• "The Great Gatsby" (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Considered one of the great American novels, this work catalogues a summer of 1922 spent by a Yale graduate on Long Island and describes "the excess of the Roaring Twenties, the crime associated with prohibition, and unrequited love." It was challenged for language and sexual references.
• "Invisible Man" (1952) by Ralph Ellison. A complex National Book of Fiction winner that centers on a narrator who is a nameless young black man and addresses racism as well as personal identity and the anonymity of modern life. It was challenged for language, rape and incest.
• "Catch-22" (1961) by Joseph Heller. A satirical description of World War II that follows an "anti-hero" bombardier as he maintains "sanity in crazy times." It was challenged for racial slurs, misogyny and racist attitudes, and violence of war and against women.
• "The Things They Carried" (1980) by Tim O'Brien. A collection of short stories about the Vietnam War that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and considered by some to be the best literary work of its kind. It was challenged for profanity and sexual references.
Zaz Hollander
Longtime ADN reporter Zaz Hollander is based in the Mat-Su and is currently focused on coverage of the coronavirus in Alaska. She also covers the Mat-Su region, aviation and general assignments. Contact her at zhollander@adn.com.


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Grow mushrooms in your yard – workshop!
Tara is getting ready to run our first workshop of 2019! The title of the workshop is "Growing edible mushrooms in your backyard".
The workshop is offered in Calgary on Saturday February 9 at 9am.
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This panoramic photograph shows members of the 1927 All-Kansas Special tour at a White House reception in Washington, D.C. The two-week tour was sponsored by the Kansas Farmer and featured visits to industrial plants and historic sites. Thirty-two farmers signed up for the tour. The group left November 27 by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe passenger train. They made stops in Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Windsor, Canada; Buffalo, New York; Schenectady, New York; New York, New York; Philadelphia, PA; Akron, OH; and Washington, D.C. The group spent three days in Washington. When they visited the White House, they had this photograph taken with President Coolidge. William Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture and former Dean of the School of Agriculture at Kansas State Agricultural College (Kansas State University), hosted a luncheon for the farmers. Several of the people in the photograph are identified: Melvin Taylor Kelsey, 9th from left; Senator Arthur Capper, 13th from left; President Calvin Coolidge, 15th from left; and Representative Daniel R. Anthony, 19th from left.
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This totally uninteresting film gets a woeful 1.5 Icees (out of 5), primarily due to the beautiful sets, designs and costumes. Otherwise this movie was a total bust. Heck, even the title is a miss. The nutcracker is just a supporting character and a bad acting one at that.
Let's start with the story. It's boring, uninteresting and I found myself drifting off in my mind, thinking of far more engaging things… like the french fries I hadn't yet finished. There is nothing within this movie that makes you care about anyone in it. The main character is mostly whiny, then suddenly courageous. Huh? The plot plods along unexcitedly.
The young man who plays the nutcracker gives such a woefully plastic performance I shuttered every time he was about to speak, knowing it would come out without any emotion or acting ability whatsoever. Can you tell I didn't care for this movie?
The only thing that made me wince more was the voice that Keira Knightley used. Each time she spoke, it was like she found every nerve in my body and decided to jump up and down on it like a trampoline. Think fingernails on a chalkboard times 100.
There were several children in the theater that lost interest so fast and just started chatting with their parents and for once… I didn't mind. What they were saying was far more interesting that what was on the screen. There is one scene with clown-like characters that scared some of the children, so be warned of that.
But remember…. it has beautiful sets, designs and costumes.
There is some dancing during the credits, but that's about it. Not only should you not stick around for the closing credits, don't even show up for the opening ones! You want to avoid this movie!


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Q: Exercise 13, Section 6.4 of Hoffman's Linear Algebra
Let $V$ be the space of $n\times n$ matrices over $F$. Let $A$ be a fixed $n \times n$ matrix over $F$. Let $T$ and $U$ be the linear operators on V defined by $T(B)=AB$ and $U(B)=AB-BA$.
(a) True or false? If $A$ is diagonalizable (over $F$), then $T$ is diagonalizable.
(b) True or false? If $A$ is diagonalizable, then $U$ is diagonalizable.

My attempt: (a) Suppose $A$ is diagonalizable. By theorem 6 section 6.4, $A$ is diagonalizable$\iff$$m_A=(x-c_1)\cdots (x-c_k)$, where $c_i\in F$ and $c_i\neq c_j$, if $i\neq j$. By exercise 10 section 6.3, $m_A=m_T$. By theorem 6 section 6.4, $T$ is diagonalizable.
(b) Suppose $A$ is diagonalizable. Let $R:V\to V$ such that $R(B)=BA$. Then $U=T-R$. By (a), $T$ and $R$ are diagonalizable. How to show $T-R$ is diagonalizable?

A: Note that $TR=RT$, as for any matrix $B$, $$TR(B)=T(BA)=ABA=R(AB)=RT(B).$$
Therefore, $T,R$ can be made diagonal simultaneously in a basis, which means $T-R$ is diagonal in that basis.

A: As a hint towards an alternate, more constructive solution, I'll point out the following: if $v\in F^n$ is an eigenvector of $A$ and $w\in F^n$ is an eigenvector of $A^T$, then the matrix $vw^T\in V$ is an eigenvector of both $T$ and $U$. I'll leave it as an exercise to show that matrices of that form in fact span all of $V$.

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The Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road (Norwegian: Atlanterhavsveien) is a 8.3-kilometer (5.2 mi) long section of County Road 64 that runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averøy in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It passes byHustadvika, an unsheltered part of the Norwegian Sea, connecting the island of Averøy with the mainland and Romsdalshalvøya peninsula. It runs between the villages of Kårvåg on Averøy and Vevang in Eida. It is built on several small islands and skerries, which are connected by several causeways, viaducts and eight bridges—the most prominent being Storseisundet Bridge.
The route was originally proposed as a railway line in the early 20th century, but this was abandoned. Serious planning of the road started in the 1970s, and construction started on 1 August 1983. During construction the area was hit by 12 European windstorms. The road was opened on 7 July 1989, having cost 122 million Norwegian krone (NOK), of which 25 percent was financed with tolls and the rest from public grants. Collection of tolls was scheduled to run for 15 years, but by June 1999 the road was paid off and the toll removed. The road is preserved as a cultural heritage site and is classified as a National Tourist Route. It is a popular site to film automotive commercials, has been declared the world's best road trip, and been awarded the title as "Norwegian Construction of the Century". In 2009, the Atlantic Ocean Tunnel opened from Averøy to Kristiansund; together they form a second fixed link between Kristiansund andMolde.


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Премія НАН України імені І. І. Шмальгаузена — премія, встановлена у 1993 році Національною академією наук України за видатні наукові роботи в галузі зоології, морфології, філогенії, екології тварин та біоніки. Названа на честь видатного зоолога Івана Івановича Шмальгаузена.

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Премія імені Д. К. Заболотного (1975-1991)
До встановлення Премії НАН України імені І. І. Шмальгаузена у 1993 році, за видатні праці у галузі зоології (а також мікробіології, вірусології та епідеміології) АН УРСР вручала Премію імені Д. К. Заболотного, що таким чином була прямою попередницею Премії імені Шмальгаузена. Зоологи отримали 9 премій імені Д. К. Заболотного (14 осіб) у 1975-1991 роках, а саме:
 Єрмоленко Валерій Михайлович (ІЗАН, 1975)
 Монченко Владислав Іванович (ІЗАН, 1975)
 Пучков Василь Георгійович (ІЗАН, 1977)
 Щербак Микола Миколайович (ІЗАН, 1978)
 Шарпило Віктор Петрович (ІЗАН, 1978)
 Зерова Марина Дмитрівна (ІЗАН, 1981)
 Осичнюк Ганна Захарівна (ІЗАН, 1981)
 Мажуга Петро Маркович (ІЗАН, 1983)
 Долін Володимир Гдаліч (ІЗАН, 1985)
  (ЗІН, 1987)
 Кононова Світлана Василівна (ІЗАН, 1987)
 Толканіц Валентина Гнатівна (ІЗАН, 1987)
  (ІБПМ, 1989)
 Пучков Павло Васильович (ІЗАН, 1991)

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 Премія НАН України імені Д. К. Заболотного
 Шмальгаузен Іван Іванович
 Премії НАН України імені видатних учених України
 Інститут зоології імені І. І. Шмальгаузена НАН України

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 Нагороди Національної академії наук України [2-ге вид., переробл. і доповн.] / В. О. Цибань. — Київ: Академперіодика, 2013. — 493 с.
 Постанова № 27 Президії НАН України від 12.02.2014 «Про присудження Національною академією наук України премій імені видатних учених України за підсумками конкурсу 2013 р.»
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Linn County voting smooth, flood victims may have voted early
The top election official in Linn County says Cedar Rapids-area flood victims apparently had few problems casting their votes today. Linn County Auditor Joel Miller estimates as many as 10,000 voters were affected by this year's flooding.
Flood victims who have moved for good were to vote in the precinct where they're living now. Others were given the option of voting in their old neighborhood if they intended to return. Miller says there didn't seem to be too much confusion today.
"We've had a lot of Election Day registrations. I don't know how many of those are necessarily from the floods," Miller says, "but it seems like everyone — the voters and the workers — have all been handling the issues just kind of matter-of-factly and going through the process."
Lindsey Vanecek went back to her old Cedar Rapids neighborhood to vote. "It's still sad," Vanecek says of the flood damage that's still evident, "but it's getting better."
Many flood victims may have voted early, as about 26 percent of registered voters in Linn County opted to vote early. "And that did what I hoped it would which is take off the peaks at the polling places. I'm standing at a polling place right now. This one wasn't affected by the floods, but it's pretty slow actually and I'm kind of wondering where the five, six o'clock rush is," Miller told Radio Iowa during a telephone interview at 6:30 p.m. today.
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Home / Projects / Margaret Murie Life Sciences Research Facility
Margaret Murie Life Sciences Research Facility
Owner: University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
The UAF Life Sciences Facility is a nominal 100,000-sf, $88M state-of-the-art researching and teaching laboratory facility built in Alaska's interior region. The four-story facility includes utilidors links to the campus-wide utility system as well as surface and underground pedestrian and service links to adjacent facilities. The civil and structural designs address challenging site geometry, topography, drainage, and soils conditions. The facility is designed to be highly energy efficient.
Challenges included developing an efficient building for arctic conditions and optimizing building loads by use of a radiant floor system that handles concurrent heating and cooling for the facility. The building envelope employs an R-40 curtain wall system with an R-60 roof assembly. The radiant system effectively uses a four-pipe common load configuration which is the first application of its type in Alaska.
A 1,800-ton central steam absorption chiller system for campus distribution was designed consisting of (2) 900-ton steam absorption chillers installed in the basement of the facility, coupled with (2) cross-flow cooling towers located on the site. The chiller plant is designed to run in the summer where it will use steam from the campus power plant. The facility is connected to this campus network for its chilled glycol source. In the winter, the campus chilled glycol system is shut-down due to low cooling load and the fact that the steam is used primarily for heating on campus. There are still cooling loads in the facility, so a wintertime free-cooling system was designed to piggyback on the building chilled glycol system using outside ambient air to chill the glycol for cooling.
A unique challenge included matching specific heat recovery to systems based on application and life-cycle analysis. Due to the corrosive and toxic nature of the fume-hood exhaust system, a run-around style loop was used to transfer heat out of the exhaust stream to preheat incoming outside air. A higher efficiency heat pipe system was used to recover heat from the laboratory general exhaust stream. Rather than waste the heat from the chilled glycol system in the wintertime, outside air serving the ventilation units is initially drawn through a parallel duct with a coil that functions as a dry cooler for the chilled glycol system. The outside air is preheated and then routed back to the ventilation units for use in the building. Bypasses were installed to prevent overheating.
A centralized electrical service and upper level power and communications core maintained efficient power delivery within minimal losses in delivery to laboratory and classroom equipment. LED lighting with networked occupancy and daylighting controls coupled with automatic shade controls were used to reduce electrical and solar heat demands. Coordination with UAF's audio visual and distance learning were enhanced with lighting controls located at instructor and door locations. Critical mechanical HVAC systems were equipment with primary and backup variable speed controllers where delivery of typical manual bypass starters could damage research conducted in the laboratory section. Access control systems used wired door controllers to a allow quick lock down at the perimeter and wireless controllers for interior spaces. Installed and future MRI facilities were incorporated into the project's lower level. A lightning protection system was included to protect high value equipment and research within the building.


We at Heritage have recognized our responsibilities to protect the environment. With this, we are dedicated to expand our green footprint and thus we have started our clean energy journey by entering into renewable energy projects for captive consumption.
We have commissioned and been distributing energy through our captive solar & wind power plants at 11 different plants and locations, namely, Bangalore packing station in Karnataka, Battiprolu packing station in Andhra Pradesh, Bobbili packing station in Andhra Pradesh, Kalluru packing station in Telangana, Madanapalli in Andhra Pradesh, Mulugu in Teangana, Sangvi packing station in Maharashtra & Vadamadurai packing station in Tamil Nadu. Wind power plants are located in Chinahothur, Vajrakarur & Beluguppa, Ananthapur District in Andhra Pradesh.
In recognition of our efforts, the Ministry of Energy, Government of India, has awarded us the First Prize for "Conservation of Energy in the Dairy Sector" for the years 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016.


Finding a niche topic requires more than just identifying your interests. You need to divide the topic down to a very specific area so that you can better target the audience. Let's look at how to break down a niche idea using a popular online search topic: how to make money with online marketing.
That's much too broad and difficult to market. You'll also bump into many competitors. Think of the process as an upside down funnel. Or, if you're mathematically inclined, it's like reducing a fraction to its lowest terms.
Overall Topic: How to make money with online marketing.
Wow! That's an entire set of niche topics that can be developed merely by taking time to analyze why people might want to earn money from online marketing. Out of the six topics generated, select two that really interest you or represent areas where you have personal experience.
Take the first topic you chose and brainstorm five to seven key questions that people might ask in searching for the topic. Next, start a niche search using the keywords you developed and see what you find. Using Google Notebooks or designated files, collect this information. Add to your research those websites that deal with the niche topic.
Finally, look in ClickBank and on similar sites for affiliate products that you can use in developing the niche. If you decide to write your own information product, create an outline for each eBook that you'll prepare. Then get ready to dominate your area of expertise.


violations of the expectations hypotheses, predictability of excess returns, and the levels and volatilities of nominal bond yields, in addition to well-known equity premium and the risk-free rate puzzles.
Equally surprising is the recent evidence on large moves in asset prices, and the over-pricing of the out-of-the-money index put options relative to standard models. In this work, I argue that the long-run risks type model can successfully explain these features of financial markets. I present robust empirical evidence which supports the main economic channels in the model. Finally, I develop econometric methods to estimate and test the model, and find that it delivers plausible preference and model parameters and provides a good fit to the asset-price and macroeconomic data.
In the first chapter, which is co-authored with Ravi Bansal, we present a long-run risks based equilibrium model that can quantitatively explain the violations of expectations hypotheses and predictability of returns in bond and currency markets. The key ingredients of the model include a low-frequency predictable component in consumption, time-varying consumption volatility and investor's preferences for early resolution of uncertainty. In this model, varying consumption volatility in the presence of the predictable consumption component leads to appropriate variation in bond yields and the risk premia to provide an explanation for the puzzling violations of the expectations hypothesis. Using domestic and foreign consumption and asset markets data we provide direct empirical support for the economic channels highlighted in the paper.
In the second chapter, co-authored with Ravi Bansal, we develop a general equilibrium model in which income and dividends are smooth, but asset prices are subject to large moves (jumps). A prominent feature of the model is that the optimal decision of investors to learn the unobserved state triggers large asset-price jumps. We show that the learning choice is critically determined by preference parameters and the conditional volatility of income process. An important prediction of the model is that income volatility predicts future jumps, while the variation in the level of income does not. We find that indeed in the data large moves in returns are predicted by consumption volatility, but not by the changes in the consumption level. In numerical calibrations, we show that the model can quantitatively capture these novel features of the data.
In the third chapter, I present a long-run risks type model where consumption shocks are Gaussian, and the agent learns about unobserved expected growth from the cross-section of signals. The uncertainty about expected growth (confidence measure), as in the data, is time-varying and subject to jump-like risks. I show that the confidence jump risk channel can quantitatively account for the option price puzzles and large moves in asset prices, without hard-wiring jumps into consumption. Based on two estimation approaches, the model provides a good fit to the option price, confidence measure, returns and consumption data, at the plausible preference and model parameter values.


Birdland Jazz Club, located at 315 West 44th St New York, NY, is thrilled to welcome four time Downbeat Top 10 Vocalist and Composer Judi Silvano and the Zephyr Band for a performance on Monday, February 18th. Taking the stage at 8:30pm, Judi will be joined by special guests Joe Lovano on tenor sax and Matt Wilson on drums, along with Ratzo B. Harris on bass, Adam Kolker on bass clarinet and saxophone, and guitarists Kenny Wessel and Bruce Arnold. The performance will take place at the Birdland Theater, the intimate cabaret-style venue located on the lower level of the historic venue. Tickets range from $20-$30 and are available here.
A veteran to the jazz recording and performing world, Silvano has released 14 critically acclaimed recordings on Blue Note, Soul Note/ Black Saint, Zoho, Jazzed Media and JSL record labels. Over the course of a lifetime in jazz, Judi has had the opportunity to perform at festivals and concert houses across the globe with such renowned artists as Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Bill Frisell, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Vic Juris, John Abercrombie, Wynton Marsalis and Gunther Schuller, to name a few. Silvano's newest release Lessons Learned, is a reflection on the earlier stages of her eminent career. This 10 track opus of original songs, produced by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano, is a collection of stories from the singer's life that have accumulated and resulted in lessons she has personally learned. By reflecting upon her own individual experiences, Silvano has been observing the consciousness of society as a whole and hopes her perspective will encourage empathy in others towards their communities.
Parallel to Lovano's adventurous arrangements, Judi's writing varies from tender and spiritual to raucous and whimsical. On Lessons Learned, the vocalist is not afraid to bare her heart and sing of intimacy, and she tackles the realities of aging with hilarious candor. Silvano addresses the topic of self-doubt in her song "Dark Things," She notes that "Acknowledging our vulnerability is key to being able to adapt and grow." The artist certainly allows herself to be vulnerable on this recording, writing songs about her appreciation for her own life "Round and Round", and lessons learned about love and relationships "Hand and Heart." The album closes with "The Music's in My Body", which demonstrates that Judi's sense of rhythm and space from her years as a dancer, are always a part of her songs.


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DORNIER Do 17 The Luftwaffe's 'Flying Pencil' (Kindle)
Rare Luftwaffe Photographs From Wartime Collections
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For the first three years of the Second World War, the Dornier Do 17 was the Luftwaffe's principal light bomber. Designed to be fast enough to outrun contemporary fighter aircraft, the Dornier helped to spearhead Germany's Blitzkrieg as Hitler's armies raced through Poland and then France and the Low Countries. Until its withdrawal to secondary duties in 1941, the Dornier Do 17 served in every theatre of war involving German forces. This included the invasion of the Balkans and Greece as well as the battle to capture Crete.
After suffering heavy losses at the hands of Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain, the Do 17 was employed in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. The Do 17 was withdrawn from frontline service later in 1941 but continued to be used by the German Air Force in various roles until the end of the war, including seeing service as a glider tug and in the defence of the Reich in 1944 as a night fighter.
In this compilation of unrivalled images collected over many years, and now part of Frontline's new War in the Air series, the widespread deployment of the Dornier Do 17 is portrayed and brought to life.
This book is a compilation of decent wartime images nicely reproduced over 136 pages, in a slightly larger than A5 soft-back format, that complements the volumes already published on the Bf 109, He 111 and Ju 88.
Flightpath - reviewed by Neil Page
Recommended to anyone with an interest in World War II, the Luftwaffe in general, or the Do17 in particular...and especially if you're building any of the Do17 variants....you will not be disappointed!
IPMS Magazine March 2018
A curious and interesting visual documentation for modelers, amateurs and researchers.
Read the complete Spanish review here.
José Manuél Rico Cortés (Mister JM) - Miniaturas JM
The publisher has established a number of series of books featuring many rare photographs and these have become very popular with an expanding readership, beyond the original target of historians, professionals and military enthusiasts. This new addition to popular the Air War Archive series is a worthy addition with some excellent photographs that have not been published before in books available to the general public – Highly Recommended.
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Firetrench
The subject of the Dornier 17 is interesting in itself, though I suspect that it will hold a special attraction for all those who with an interest in the aircraft involved in the Battle of Britain. So plenty in here for the WW2 aviation historian and a lot of super detail for modellers, along with many ideas for potential diorama scenes to recreate. A welcome addition to this Air War Archive series which is growing very nicely and deservedly popular.
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Having retired from the RAF with the rank of Wing Commander, Chris Goss is a regular and highly sought after contributor to major aviation publications in the UK, France and Germany, as well the author of fourteen critically acclaimed books covering the air war between 1939 and 1945. Chris completed an MA with Merit in War Studies in 2001.
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Art on Paper returns to downtown Manhattan's Pier 36 this March 8 - 11, 2018 with eighty-five galleries featuring top modern and contemporary paper-based art.
Art on Paper's medium-driven focus lends itself to significant projects - unique moments that have set the fair apart and established an important destination for the arts in New York City. The fourth edition will include 85 national and international galleries presenting photography, drawing, sculpture, and large-scale installations – all from, by, or on paper – and all challenging the notion of what a work on paper can be.
Art on Paper's public projects program will return with large-scale installations that push the boundaries of work on paper. Michele Brody's Reflections in Tea, presented by Julio Valdez Project Space is an interactive community-based project inspired by the tradition of drinking and sharing tea. Will Kurtz, presented by Garvey | Simon, will have a series of realistic life-size figures constructed out of newspaper. Jae Ko's Force of Nature Series "FLOW," presented by Heather Gaudio Fine Art, takes kraft paper rolls and industrial paper to creature sculptures by stacking the paper, producing folds, pleats, and gaps. WilliamBeckman'scharcoalonpaperworkssuchas TheBullSeries#10 andB athers ,presentedby Forum Gallery will be featured throughout the fair. Understory by Timothy Paul Myers and Andrew Barnes, presented by Walter Maciel Gallery, replicates a suburban American basement, with objects transformed by a meticulously wrapped layer of pale pinkish colored felt.
The FLATFILES focus section highlights print dealers and publishers from across the country. Flatfiles exhibitors are chosen because they represent one of the longest and most traditional uses of the fair's central medium while simultaneously celebrating contemporary subjects. Each booth illustrates the relevance and importance of paper and print-making. Featuring Aspinwall Editions, Burnet Editions, Center Street Studio, Jennifer Melby Editions, and TODAY IS THE DAY FOUNDATION.
Art on Paper welcomes the return of Beneficiary Sponsor, Brooklyn Museum, and Presenting Sponsor, The Wall Street Journal.
This year celebrates four years of partnership with New York City's The Lower Eastside Girls Club, presenting The Power of Pink, a photography and multi-media exhibition produced by their students. Speaking to the waste stream of popular culture, The Power of Pink weds the documentary to the surreal, allowing the artists and designers of the LESGC to break the bounds of peer-defined normal behavior and learn to take risks in their art making.
Art on Paper's Opening Night Preview on Thursday, March 8, will be sponsored by the City Parks Foundation's Young Patrons. The City Parks Foundation is dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community building and education programs for all New Yorkers.


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Van Slyke Named Big 12 Player of the Week
LAWRENCE, Kan. – University of Kansas junior outfielder A.J. Van Slyke was selected as the Big 12's Player of the Week on Tuesday following his strong play and late game heroics in the Jayhawk's series with Northern Colorado over the weekend.
Van Slyke batted .556 with a 5-for-9 week, two homers and six RBI with a slugging percentage of 1.333, but his late-game heroics proved to be critical for the Jayhawks. He launched a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning of a 9-8 comeback win over Northern Colorado to give KU the series and to provide the first walk-off home run victory in the three-year tenure of coach Ritch Price at Kansas. He also blasted the first grand slam of the season for the team and doubled to start a three-run rally, which tied the series finale at 8-8 through nine innings and set the stage for the game-winning shot last Sunday.