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Sandfood or Flor de Arena Sonorense (Pholisma sonorae), family Boraginaceae from southern California

photographs by Camden Brower and Kenneth Lorenzen

#plant #plants #botany #flower #flowers #nature

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Micronesia, 1986. Photo by Kenneth Brower. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce9ME7JN9s3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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from my bookshelf

Pytheas of Massalia was a Greek geographer, explorer and astronomer from the ancient Greek colony of Massalia — modern-day Marseille, France. In the late 4th century BC, he voyaged from there to northwestern Europe, but his detailed account of it, On The Ocean, survives only in fragments, quoted — and disputed — by later authors such as Strabo, Pliny and Diodorus of Sicily. The Extraordinary Voyage Of Pytheas the Greek by the noted British historian of ancient maritime Europe, Barry Cunliffe, attempts to draw out the reality of what was an extraordinary sea journey, from the Western Mediterranean north along the Atlantic coast of Europe to the British Isles, then even further north, to the near-mythic land of Thule. Cunliffe makes a strong case for Pytheas being “the first European explorer”, while identifying the most likely locations of Thule, sought so avidly by 19th and early 20th century adventurers and artists.

James Hamilton-Paterson’s Seven-Tenths: The Sea And Its Thresholds, published in 1992, more than two thousand years after Pytheas’s On The Ocean, is an ambitious, expressive exploration of the vast aqueous wilderness that covers three-quarters of our planet by a writer of remarkable literary accomplishment (he was one of Martin Amis’s professors at Oxford). Plumbing humanity’s complex, multi-faceted relationship with the sea, Hamilton-Paterson writes vivid, meditative passages about, well, everything — fishing, piracy, oceanography, cartography, exploration, ecology, the ritual of a burials at sea, poetry, and even his own experiences living for extended periods on a small island in the Philippines.

Tom Neale’s autobiography, An Island To Oneself: Six Years On A Desert Island, describes an altogether smaller, more solitary world: the island of Anchorage, part of the Suwarrow Atoll in the South Pacific. Born in New Zealand in 1902, Neale spent most of his life in Oceania: after leaving the Royal New Zealand Navy, he worked for decades aboard inter-island trading vessels and in various temporary jobs ashore before his first glimpse of his desert island home. He moved to Anchorage in 1952 and over three different periods, lived in hermitic solitude for 16 years, with rare visits from yachtsmen, island traders, and journalists. Among the last was Noel Barber, a close friend of my late father: he gave my father a copy of Neale’s book, in Rome, shortly after it was published in 1966 (I still have it). Neale was taken off his beloved island in 1977 and died not long after of stomach cancer.

The Starship And The Canoe by Kenneth Brower, published in 1978, is an unlikely dual biography of a father and son that draws intriguing parallels between the ambitious ideas of renowned British theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson — who, in the early 1970s explored concepts for interstellar travel, settlements on comets, and nuclear rockets that might propel mankind to the outer reaches of the universe — and his wayward son, George, who lived in a self-built tree house 30 metres up a Douglas fir overlooking the Strait Of Georgia, in British Columbia and devised large canoes based on Aleut baidarkas in which to paddle north to the wild, uninhabited littoral of southern Alaska. Brower’s descriptions of long passages with the younger Dyson in the cold, sometimes fierce tidal waters between Vancouver Island and the Canadian mainland are gripping and I have read them again and again. It is, unarguably, my favourite book.

The late, New Zealand-born doctor and sailor, David Lewis, is not as widely known as he was half a century ago, even by avid readers of sea stories, but from his earliest memoirs in the 1960s — of his participation in the first-ever singlehanded trans-Atlantic race (The Ship That would Not Sail Due West), and of incident-prone voyages to far-flung coasts with his young family (Dreamers of the Day, Daughters of the Wind, and Children Of Three Oceans) — to his practical, first-hand studies of instrument-less ocean navigation among South Pacific islanders, (We, The Navigators and The Voyaging Stars) in the 1970s, Dr. Lewis was not only the late 20th century’s most remarkable and intelligent writer on the sea and small-boat voyaging but also one of its most adventurous. My favourite of his several books: Ice Bird, published in 1972, an account of a gruelling, almost fatal voyage from Sydney, Australia, in an ill-prepared, steel, 32-foot yacht to achieve the first singlehanded circumnavigation of Antarctica.

It’s said that spending time anywhere with Lorenzo Ricciardi, late ex-husband of Italian photographer Mirella Ricciardi, was an adventure. A film-maker and former senior advertising executive, once described by a British writer as “a penniless Neapolitan count”, he gambled at roulette to raise enough money to buy an Arab dhow, which, in the 1970s, with little seafaring experience and plenty of mishaps, he sailed from Dubai to the Arabian Gulf, and from there down the Arabian to coast of Africa, where the dhow was shipwrecked among the Comoros Islands. The Voyage Of The Mir El Ah is Lorenzo’s picaresque account (illustrated by Mirella’s photographs). Astoundingly, several years later, Lorenzo and Mirella Ricciardi completed an even more dangerous, 6,000-kilometre voyage across Equatorial Africa in an open boat — and another book, African Rainbow: Across Africa By Boat.

Italian madmen aside, it used to be that you could rely on surfers for poor impulse control and reckless adventures, on the water and off. Back in the late 1990s, Allan Weisbecker sold his home, loaded his dog and a quiver of surfboards onto a truck, and drove south from the Mexican border into Central America to figure out what had happened to an old surfing buddy — in between checking out a few breaks along the way. In Search Of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond The End Of The Road is a memoir of a two-year road-trip that reads like a dope-fuelled fiction but feels more real than William Finnegan’s somewhat high-brow (and more successful) Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life.

Which brings me to Dana and Ginger Lamb. In 1933, these newly-weds would certainly have been looked at askance by most of their middle-American peers when they announced that they weren’t ready yet to settle down and instead built a 16-foot hybrid canoe-sailboat and set of on what would turn out to be a 16,000-mile, three year journey down the Pacific coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to the Panama Canal. Dana’s 415-page book, Enchanted Vagabonds, published in 1938, was an unexpected New York Times best-seller and today is more exciting to read than the ungainly, yawn-inducing books produced by so many, more commercially-minded, 21st century adventurers.

First published in Sirene, No. 17, Italy, 2023.

#sea #seafaring #travel #books #adventure #biography #history

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For Fathers’ Day, a lovely reissue from Mountaineers Books of a classic biography. The Starship and the Canoe, by Kenneth Brower, tells the fascinating story of world-renowned scientist Freeman Dyson and his son George who went out into the wild to live in a treehouse and to explore the Northwest coast in a giant kayak of his own design. The new edition includes a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.

#books #kenneth brower #the starship and the canoe #freeman dyson #george dyson #biography #reissues #mountaineers #nature #science #neal stephenson #new books #new releases #fathers day #fathers and sons

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taylorlquick: Pronoun Showdown in San Francisco! 🌉 Loved getting to perform a sold out show with some of my Anastasia castmates & new friends from Jagged Little Pill & Harry Potter and the Cursed Child! Thank you to @abbydephilips, @kimberlyjenna, & @brauhala for asking me to be a part of it and letting me live my Cosette dreams! // 📸: @saraharnoldphoto

#taylor quick #matt rosell #anastasia the musical #anastasia tour #anastasia cast #anastasia musical #production: tour #cast: 1nt #pronoun showdown #delilah rose pellow #lila coogan #jason michael evans #addison valentino #benjamin rauhala #kenneth michael murray #antonio cipriano #stephen brower #ed staudenmayer #q

[earith]

christyaltomare They were in Philly and got a ticket. I walked down the isle and took my seat. The house was packed. The energy was electric. My heart was pounding, filled with anticipation. It was incredible- The show is more beautiful than I could have ever dreamed - the cast was so wonderful and surprise surprise - I cried a lot ! thank you for keeping this show alive with all the magic an opening night would bring but instead ... on just a random Thursday. If you couldn’t catch it on broadway .... the tour is perfect! So proud and grateful to have seen it.

#christy altomare #anastasia the musical #lila coogan #stephen brower #delilah rose pellow #kenneth michael murray #anastasia us tour #I love this ;-;

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taylorlquick: my boys // Kennedy Center Donor Party

#taylor quick #stephen brower #anastasia the musical #anastasia tour #anastasia cast #cast: 1nt #production: us tour #social media #instagram #photos #Peter Garza #kenneth michael murray #ronnie s. bowman jr #event: kennedy center donor party

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YOSEMITE: AN AMERICAN TREASURE by KENNETH BROWER (1990 HARDCOVER)

YOSEMITE: AN AMERICAN TREASURE by KENNETH BROWER (1990 HARDCOVER)

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Q&A: ‘Anastasia’ Comes to The Broward Center

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to present the Fort Lauderdale premiere of Anastasia from April 23 through May 5.

From the Tony Award-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime and inspired by the beloved films, Anastasia is the new Broadway musical that’s “one of the most gorgeous shows in years!” (New York Observer). This dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920’s as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family.

Anastasia features a book by celebrated playwright Terrence McNally, a lush, new score by Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics), and direction by Tony Award®-winning director Darko Tresnjak.

The new musical has played to sold out crowds on Broadway since officially opening in April 2017, in addition to garnering multiple Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards and nominations.

The original Broadway cast recording is available at BroadwayRecords.com, Amazon.com and iTunes. The 75-minute album includes the Academy Award-nominated favorite “Journey to the Past” alongside new numbers from the show such as Christy Altomare’s haunting “In My Dreams,” Ramin Karimloo’s passionate “Still,” and Derek Klena’s heart-racing “My Petersburg.”

The National Tour of Anastasia is produced by Stage Entertainment, Bill Taylor (Sister Act, Rocky), Tom Kirdahy (It’s Only A Play, The Visit), Hunter Arnold (Kinky Boots, Spring Awakening), 50 Church Street Productions, The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth Dewberry & Ali Ahmet Kocabiyik, Carl Daikeler, Warner/Chappell Music, 42nd Club/Phil Kenny, Judith Ann Abrams Productions, Broadway Asia/Umeda Arts Theater, Peter May, David Mirvish, Sandi Moran, Seoul Broadcasting System, LD Entertainment/Sally Cade Holmes, Seriff Productions, Van Dean, Tamar Climan and in association with Hartford Stage.

The touring company stars: Lila Coogan (Anya); Stephen Brower (Dmitry); Jason Michael Evans (Gleb);

Joy Franz (Dowager Empress); Tari Kelly (Countess Lily); Edward Staudenmayer (Vlad); Victoria Amelia Bingham (Little Anastasia) and Brianna Abruzzo, Ronnie S. Bowman, Jr., Alison Ewing, Peter Garza,

Jeremiah Ginn, Brett-Marco Glauser, Lucy Horton, Mary Illes, Kourtney Keitt, Beth Stafford Laird,

Mark MacKillop, Kenneth Michael Murray, Claire Rathbun, Michael McCorry Rose, Matt Rosell,  

Sareen Tchekmedyian, and Addison Mackynzie Valentino.

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Stephen Brower

It was a pleasure to sit down with Stephen Brower (Dmitry) for this exclusive Hotspots interview:

At what age did you begin performing, and how did it happen?

I started performing when I was about 8 years old since there was a neighborhood playhouse, which had an improv summer camp for kids. The year before I started I saw my brother perform a homemade performance of Peter Pan, and I decided I could do it much better. I started acting, and never stopped.

What was your first professional role?

It was in the Lear Theater in Oklahoma City. My high school drama teacher told me to drive over to an audition, and I did. I was in the ensemble of Oliver and Hairspray that summer. I was paid, but next to nothing.

How did you get cast in this Broadway Across America production of Anastasia?

I auditioned for the Broadway show and was lucky enough to get cast and get put in the show right away as an ensemble member. I then started to understudy for Dmitry. About six months later they were casting for the national tour, which I auditioned for and got the lead.

Other than this role, what has been your favorite to play?

I loved playing Adam Hochberg in An American in Paris. I started as an understudy, and they promoted me to the lead for the last two months of the tour. It’s such a fantastic role and the show has amazing music.

What is your fantasy role?

I am really interested in doing new work and developing new characters, however, I do love some of the classics. I would love to play Billy Crocker in Anything Goes.

What should our readers expect from this production of Anastasia?

You can expect an epic journey full of romance, and dance, with beautiful costumes and a good time for all ages. And we are all really excited to be in Florida, and to soak up some warm weather!  

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For more information on Stephen, you can follow him on Instagram.com/StephenBrower.

Tickets for Anastasia are available at the Broward Center AutoNation Box Office, 201 SW Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33312, browardcenter.org or call 954.462.0222. Ticket prices start at $40.25*.

For more information on the show go to: Anastasiathemusical.com.

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Q&A: ‘Anastasia’ Comes to The Broward Center

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to present the Fort Lauderdale premiere of Anastasia from April 23 through May 5.

From the Tony Award-winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime and inspired by the beloved films, Anastasia is the new Broadway musical that’s “one of the most gorgeous shows in years!” (New York Observer). This dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920’s as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love, and family.

Anastasia features a book by celebrated playwright Terrence McNally, a lush, new score by Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics), and direction by Tony Award®-winning director Darko Tresnjak.

The new musical has played to sold out crowds on Broadway since officially opening in April 2017, in addition to garnering multiple Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards and nominations.

The original Broadway cast recording is available at BroadwayRecords.com, Amazon.com and iTunes. The 75-minute album includes the Academy Award-nominated favorite “Journey to the Past” alongside new numbers from the show such as Christy Altomare’s haunting “In My Dreams,” Ramin Karimloo’s passionate “Still,” and Derek Klena’s heart-racing “My Petersburg.”

The National Tour of Anastasia is produced by Stage Entertainment, Bill Taylor (Sister Act, Rocky), Tom Kirdahy (It’s Only A Play, The Visit), Hunter Arnold (Kinky Boots, Spring Awakening), 50 Church Street Productions, The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth Dewberry & Ali Ahmet Kocabiyik, Carl Daikeler, Warner/Chappell Music, 42nd Club/Phil Kenny, Judith Ann Abrams Productions, Broadway Asia/Umeda Arts Theater, Peter May, David Mirvish, Sandi Moran, Seoul Broadcasting System, LD Entertainment/Sally Cade Holmes, Seriff Productions, Van Dean, Tamar Climan and in association with Hartford Stage.

The touring company stars: Lila Coogan (Anya); Stephen Brower (Dmitry); Jason Michael Evans (Gleb);

Joy Franz (Dowager Empress); Tari Kelly (Countess Lily); Edward Staudenmayer (Vlad); Victoria Amelia Bingham (Little Anastasia) and Brianna Abruzzo, Ronnie S. Bowman, Jr., Alison Ewing, Peter Garza,

Jeremiah Ginn, Brett-Marco Glauser, Lucy Horton, Mary Illes, Kourtney Keitt, Beth Stafford Laird,

Mark MacKillop, Kenneth Michael Murray, Claire Rathbun, Michael McCorry Rose, Matt Rosell,  

Sareen Tchekmedyian, and Addison Mackynzie Valentino.

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Stephen Brower

It was a pleasure to sit down with Stephen Brower (Dmitry) for this exclusive Hotspots interview:

At what age did you begin performing, and how did it happen?

I started performing when I was about 8 years old since there was a neighborhood playhouse, which had an improv summer camp for kids. The year before I started I saw my brother perform a homemade performance of Peter Pan, and I decided I could do it much better. I started acting, and never stopped.

What was your first professional role?

It was in the Lear Theater in Oklahoma City. My high school drama teacher told me to drive over to an audition, and I did. I was in the ensemble of Oliver and Hairspray that summer. I was paid, but next to nothing.

How did you get cast in this Broadway Across America production of Anastasia?

I auditioned for the Broadway show and was lucky enough to get cast and get put in the show right away as an ensemble member. I then started to understudy for Dmitry. About six months later they were casting for the national tour, which I auditioned for and got the lead.

Other than this role, what has been your favorite to play?

I loved playing Adam Hochberg in An American in Paris. I started as an understudy, and they promoted me to the lead for the last two months of the tour. It’s such a fantastic role and the show has amazing music.

What is your fantasy role?

I am really interested in doing new work and developing new characters, however, I do love some of the classics. I would love to play Billy Crocker in Anything Goes.

What should our readers expect from this production of Anastasia?

You can expect an epic journey full of romance, and dance, with beautiful costumes and a good time for all ages. And we are all really excited to be in Florida, and to soak up some warm weather!  

  View this post on Instagram

  🐧🐧🐧

A post shared by Stephen Brower (@stephenbrower) on Apr 14, 2019 at 1:54pm PDT

For more information on Stephen, you can follow him on Instagram.com/StephenBrower.

Tickets for Anastasia are available at the Broward Center AutoNation Box Office, 201 SW Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33312, browardcenter.org or call 954.462.0222. Ticket prices start at $40.25*.

For more information on the show go to: Anastasiathemusical.com.

from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2019/04/18/qa-anastasia-comes-to-the-broward-center/

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Izrael kontra ktokolwiek: ocena sieci wojskowej na Bliskim Wschodzie

Izrael kontra ktokolwiek: ocena sieci wojskowej na Bliskim Wschodzie

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  Żołnierz IDF 595. Batalionu Wywiadu Polowego stacjonującego na północnej granicy Izraela, fot. Kpr. Eden Briand, Dział Rzecznika IDF

  Kenneth S. Brower

PODSUMOWANIE: Większość publikowanych ocen sieci wojskowych na Bliskim Wschodzie opiera się głównie na listach jednostek i wyposażenia. Niestety historia dowiodła, że ​​takie listy zbyt często są nieprawidłowe. Nawet jeśli były…

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These candidates filed to run for election in Utah in 2018

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These candidates filed to run for election in Utah in 2018

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People wanting to run for public office in Utah’s 2018 election had to file by March 16, 2018.(Photo: Jud Burkett / The Spectrum & Daily News)Buy Photo

A long list of residents have their eyes set on public office in Utah, signing up to run in the 2018 election.

Nineteen candidates filed for the chance to claim the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Orrin Hatch; 11 of them are Republicans vying to upset Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and GOP presidential candidate — and Hatch’s stated choice as a replacement.

Friday was the filing deadline in the state.

Six candidates signed up to take on incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart in the 2nd Congressional District. Hopefuls include Democrats Shireen Chorbani and Randy Hopkins and Washington County Republican Mary Burkett.

Some smaller races in Washington and Iron counties will see incumbents going unopposed, but most legislative races are set to see some competition. The one exception locally is Utah House District 62, where the lone candidate is Republican Travis Seegmiller. Party leaders picked him as a temporary replacement for Jon Stanard, who resigned last month just before a report was published in a British tabloid detailing an alleged affair with a prostitute.

Several races in which the incumbents have announced they are not running for re-election will see plenty of competition.

In Iron County, five Republicans filed to replace outgoing incumbent Dale Brinkerhoff, and four people signed up seeking to replace outgoing Sheriff Mark Gower.

In Washington County, a commission seat being vacated by Zachary Renstrom has four candidates.

Full list of candidates

Here is a full list in random order of candidates who filed this week and their party affiliation, according to the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office and Iron and Washington counties:

Federal

Senate: Samuel B. Parker, Republican Party; Jeff Dransfield, Democratic Party; Craig R. Bowden, Libertarian Party; Loy Brunson, Republican; Mike Kennedy, Republican; Tim Aalders, Constitution Party; Mitt Romney, Republican; Tim Jimenez, Republican; Abe Lincoln Brian Jenkins, Republican; Torrey Jenkins, Republican; Mitchell Vice, Democratic; Stoney Fonua, Republican; Jeremy Lewis Friedbaum, Republican; Alicia Colvin, Republican; Larry Meyers, Republican; Reed C. McCandless, Independent American Party; Larry Livingston, Democratic; Joshua C. Lee, Republican; and Jenny Wilson, Democratic.

House District 2: Randy Hopkins, Democratic; Chris Stewart, Republican (incumbent); Mary Burkett, Republican; Shireen Chorbani, Democratic; Jan Garbett, United Utah Party; Ken Clark, Republican; and Jeffrey Whipple, Libertarian. 

Utah Legislature

Senate

District 28: Mark Chambers, Democratic; and Evan J. Vickers, Republican (incumbent).

House

District 62: Travis Seegmiller, Republican.

District 71: Mark Borowiak, Republican; Chuck Goode, Democratic; and Brad Last, Republican (incumbent).

District 72: Rex P. Shipp, Republican; Zeno B. Parry, Democratic; and Barry Evan Short, Libertarian.

District 74: V. Lowry Snow, Republican (incumbent); and Daniel Holloway, Libertarian.

District 75: Walt Brooks, Republican (incumbent); Keith R. Kelsch, Independent American; and Michael A. Gardner, Libertarian.

Washington County

County Commission A: Gil Almquist, Republican; Slade Hughes, Republican; Robert E. Ford, Democratic; and Allen J. Davis, Republican.

County Commission B: Victor Iverson, Republican (incumbent).

County attorney: Brock Belnap, Republican (incumbent).

County clerk: Kim Hafen, Republican (incumbent).

County sheriff: Cory Pulsipher, Republican (incumbent).

School Board District 4: Larene Cox (incumbent).

School Board District 5: Kelly Wade Blake (incumbent).

School Board District 6: David B. Stirland (incumbent).

School Board District 7: Laura J. Hesson (incumbent); and Greg Brooks.

Iron County

County Commission A: Michael P. Bleak, Republican (incumbent); and Fred C. Rowley, Republican.

County Commission B: Sam Brower, Republican; Paul Cozzens, Republican; Jennie Hendricks, Republican; Michelle Jorgenson, Republican; and Stuart E. Bunker, Republican.

County Attorney: Scott Burns, Republican; Matthew Carling, Republican; Chad Dotson, Republican; and Scott F. Garrett, Republican (incumbent).

County Auditor: Dan Jessen, Republican (incumbent).

County Clerk: Jon Whittaker, Republican (incumbent).

County Sheriff: Caleb Anderson, Republican; Kenneth K. Carpenter, Republican; David Evans, Republican; and Del Schlosser, Republican.

School Board District 4: Michelle Lambert.

School Board District 5: Harold Haynie; and Dale M. Brinkerhoff.

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an interview with c.c. o’hanlon

[In 2018, I was appointed editor of The Island Review, a journal focussed on the literature and visual art of islands, founded by Scottish writer Malachy Tallack and editor Jordan Ogg. It was an opportunity I relished, although I stepped away from it after just a few months in the role.

Shortly before I took over, Jordan conducted a short interview to introduce me to The Island Review’s readership and contributors.]

Welcome to your new role as skipper of The Island Review. I think you will enjoy it here. What three things should readers know about you?

Oh God, how do I begin to answer that? [long pause] I’m insatiably curious, and always eager to encounter the unusual or unfamiliar or unsettling. I love story-telling in all its forms; my father was a novelist so, I guess, it’s been part of my life since childhood. I’m particularly drawn to visual storytelling. Finally, I'm a sea person; I’ve spent extended periods away from the sea, unfortunately, but I only really feel whole when I live in close proximity to it — or, better yet, on it. I’ve never really had a sense of place, of belonging, ashore.

You are from Australia, which means you are well placed to help answer the perennial island conundrum: Australia — is it an island or landmass?

It's a continent with the mindset of an island. Which is not altogether a good thing. Being Australian is, in part, defined by a consciousness of being far from anywhere — there's this unsettling sense of disconnection from a ‘mainland’ that is actually the rest of the world. Awareness of Australia as an island is unavoidable if you’re living on its coasts but even far inland, the stations and small communities that survive in the arid semi-desert of the outback are kind of lonely archipelagoes, too.

Why do you think islands have such an extraordinary appeal to artists and writers?

An old nomad adage holds that some people are born in the wrong place and they spend the rest of their lives looking for the right one. Deserted or sparsely populated islands are places where ’the right one’ can be imagined and, to some extent, created, and this has an appeal to those of us who find themselves disenfranchised — or, more likely, have disenfranchised themselves — from conventional social constructs. More simply, islands suit those who want to insulate themselves from the commonplace of urban living, to restore themselves, to reconnect with nature, or to reflect without too much distraction. For me, there’s something almost baptismal, soul-cleansing, about the passage over water to get to them (and no, a flight is not the same).

You are a sailor and a cartographer. This means you must have loads of good island stories. Can you tell us one or two?

They’re not so much stories as moments: sailing alone to Les Îles Saint-Marcouf, off the coast of Normandy, to picnic atop the ruin of a Napoleonic fort on deserted Île du Large; being becalmed at night close by the Aeolian volcanic island of Stromboli as lava spilled down its slopes; being caught by a huge rogue wave south west of St Kilda and capsized; seeing jagged Skellig Michael loom out of a mist off the south-west corner of Ireland, and sailing by it so close I could see the ancient ‘beehive’ monk cells on its high upper slopes; hooking squid with traditional fishermen off the north-east coast of Sardinia, then going ashore on a tiny, rocky islet to cook black-ink pasta for lunch; smelling damp, sweet soil in the night, out in the Atlantic, when still 100 miles west of the Azores island of Flores, which is pretty much the experience its 15th century discoverer, Diogo de Teive, had.

Do you have a favourite island-related book, poem or artwork you would like to share with us?

Well, my childhood favourite was Erskine Childer’s Riddle Of The Sands, set among the shifting tidal banks of the Frisian Islands, off the north-east coast of Germany, but as an adult, The Starship And The Canoe by Kenneth Brower. It’s a dual biography of the renowned astro-physicist Freeman Dyson and his son George, now a distinguished science historian. When the book was written, George was a young, hippie-ish guy who lived in an illegal tree-house he’d built 90 feet above Burrard Inlet in Vancouver; he also built large voyaging baidarkas (a type of kayak) in which he ranged as far north as Alaska. A father who dreamed of island settlements on asteroids and a solitary son who paddled his own, self-contained islands to some of the emptiest shores of the Pacific north-west — irresistible!

What are your plans for The Island Review?

No, no, don’t ask me that. Not yet. It'd be insufferable of me to propose plans before I’ve had a chance to immerse myself in the community that Malachy and you have built over the past five years. I need to take some time to survey and understand what's gone before. Possibly, I might broaden the definition of ‘island’, possibly I might try to challenge contributors to take on specific themes. My most immediate hope is to continue to grow the readership, continue to offer great original writing and strong images.

Finally, which is best: Shetland or Orkney?

I’ve spent half a lifetime recovering from a single night of heavy drinking at the Lerwick Boat Club, in Shetland. Sleepless, drunk, I ended up being cajoled into taking part in a race involving a handful of unstable, over-canvassed, open boats, each crewed by half a dozen unstable, intoxicated Vikings who kept flinging heavy lead ingots into the arms of those of us who were stupid enough to be sitting on the windward gunwhales trying to keep the bloody things upright in a rising gale. None of us were wearing lifejackets or waterproofs or, in my case, any kind of footwear. I suspect Orkney’s ancient hermitic traditions might suit my temperament better. The Shetlanders are fucking nuts.

Thank you, as a Shetlander myself I am most pleased to hear this. Wishing you all the best as our new editor.

First published in The Island Review, UK, 2018.

#interview #islands #islanders #literature #indie #journal #sea #shetland #orkney #editorial #memoir

[stopkingobama]

Condom-wielding liberals demand Senate reduce human population numbers

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As part of the United Nations’ campaign to eliminate billions of human lives, a U.S.-based liberal group sent the United States Senates crates of condoms.

The condoms, printed with pictures of so-called “endangered species” are part of “World Population Day,” dedicated to spreading the myth that human population numbers must be culled to “save the planet.” The event was staged by the “Center for Biological Diversity,” which claims human reproduction is endangering species and causing global warming.

“We need to draw the connection between human population growth and the wildlife extinction crisis, but that’s not enough,” said CBD event organizer Leigh Moyer, the Daily Caller reports. “We also need to protect straightforward solutions like universal access to contraception for everyone on Earth, starting right here in the United States.”

These same liberals are currently playing dress-up and pretending to be characters from the fictional novel “A Handmaids Tale,” as part of protests claiming conservatives want to control women’s reproduction.

As usual, liberals are projecting their own self-hating beliefs on others. Liberals have long used “global warming,” “endangered species,” “acid rain,” “acid oceans” and “global cooling” as excuses to push policies that would make human reproduction a subject of central government planning.

What do liberals really think of women’s bodies, and government controls on them?

“Childbearing [should be] a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license … All potential parents [should be] required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing.” – David Brower, founding Executive director of The Sierra Club, 1990

“Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on earth, social and environmental.” — Dave Forman, Founder of Earth First!

“To feed a starving child is to exacerbate the world population problem.” — Lamont Cole, President of the Ecology Society

“The right to have children should be a marketable commodity, bought and traded by individuals but absolutely limited by the state.” – “Sustainable development” movement founder, Kenneth Boulding, 1982

So far, none of them have offered to help by killing themselves.

#liberal quotes human extinction #population control #World Population Day #zero population growth #Environmentalism

[christinealtomare]

From Abby DePhillips’ Instagram story (August 4, 2019).

#taylor quick #lila coogan #anastasia the musical #anastasia tour #anastasia cast #anastasia musical #production: tour #cast: 1nt #stephen brower #jason michael evans #delilah rose pellow #kenneth michael murray #pronoun showdown #abby dephillips

[earith]

Lila Coogan, Stephen Brower, and Jason Michael Evans Will Star in Anastasia Tour

Lila Coogan has been cast in the starring role of the national tour of Anastasia, the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical based on the 1997 animated film that begins a 30-city U.S. national tour in Schenectady, New York, this fall.

Joining Coogan will be Stephen Brower as Dmitry, Jason Michael Evans as Gleb, Joy Franz as Dowager Empress, Tari Kelly as Countess Lily, Edward Staudenmayer as Vlad, and Victoria Amelia Bingham as Little Anastasia.

The ensemble includes Brianna Abruzzo, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Alison Ewing, Peter Garza, Jeremiah Ginn, Brett-Marco Glauser, Lucy Horton, Mary Illes, Fred Inkley, Kourtney Keitt, Beth Stafford Laird, Mark MacKillop, Kenneth Michael Murray,Taylor Quick, Claire Rathbun, Michael McCorry Rose, Matt Rosell, Sareen Tchekmedyian, and Addison Mackynzie Valentino.

Tour dates follow: Schenectady, New York: Proctors Theatre October 9–14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Benedum Center October 16–21 Greenville, South Carolina: Peace Center October 23–28 Washington, D.C.: Kennedy Center Opera House October 30–November 25 Providence, Rhode Island: Providence PAC November 27–December 2 Baltimore, Maryland: Hippodrome Theatre December 4–9 St. Louis, Missouri: Fabulous Fox Theatre December 26–January 6, 2019 Appleton, Wisconsin: Fox Cities PAC January 8–13 East Lansing, Michigan: Wharton Center January 15–20 San Antonio, Texas: Majestic Theatre February 5–10 Austin, Texas: Bass Hall February 12–17 Dallas, Texas: Music Hall February 19–March 3 Houston, Texas: Hobby Center March 5–10 Kansas City, Missouri: Music Hall March 12–17 Nashville, Tennessee: TPAC March 19–24 Chicago, Illinois: Oriental Theatre March 26–April 7 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Academy of Music April 9–14 Durham, North Carolina: Durham PAC April 16–April 21 Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Broward Center April 23–June 5 Tampa, Florida: Straz Center May 7–12 Orlando, Florida: Dr. Phillips Center May 14–19 Fort Worth, Texas: Bass Performance Hall May 28–June 2 Memphis, Tennessee: Orpheum Theatre June 4–9 Detroit, Michigan: Fisher Theatre June 11–23 Grand Rapids, Michigan: Devos Hall June 25–30 Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marcus Center July 23– 28 Madison, Wisconsin: Overture Hall July 30–August 4 Denver, Colorado: Buell Theatre August 7–18 San Francisco, California: Golden Gate Theatre September 3–29

#anastasia the musical #anastasia tour #long post for ts #not gonna put it all over the tags but figure the dates might be useful