The U.S. military may have recently lifted the ban on women in combat, but Loreta Velazquez, a wealthy Cuban planter’s daughter who immigrated to New Orleans in 1849, secretly fought in the U.S. Civil War 150 years ago — first as a soldier in the Confederate Army, and later as a Union Army spy.
I wrote a post about this woman last year! PBS will be airing a documentary on her life today (May 24).
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Presenting the National Post’s Tournament of Star Trek Captains!
From Kirk’s conundrum with Khan to Picard’s battles with the Borg, from Janeway’s brainbusting dilemmas with a holographic doctor to Sisko standing sentry with a Changeling on Deep Space Nine, the captains of Star Trek have provided some of the most iconic moments in sci-fi history over almost 50 years of TV series and films. But what if you had to pick just one? In our positively Q-esque quest to discover which Trek boss is No. 1 to no one (sorry, Riker, you need not apply here), we’ve devised a battle royal of sorts, a Captains Crunch, if you will. Over the next three days, join us and vote for your favourites across three rounds as we pick the one true Boss of the Bridge in honour of the release of Star Trek Into Darkness on Wednesday evening. CLICK HERE TO PLAY AND VOTE: natpo.st/19jJuwL
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Edith Wharton. One of my favorite writers.
RIP, Taylor Mead. Had the distinction of being heckled by this Warhol great while hosting a 2nd Ave Poetry event back in 2006 at the Bowery Poetry Club. You will be missed! Here’s a poem Taylor left behind for us in his apartment:
Every language has its own version of um. French has euh, Korean eum, Finnish öö, Russian eh; even sign languages have signs for um. The fact that most languages have some kind of um suggests that it serves a natural and important language function.
So what is this important language function? Why do people say um? Not because they are nervous. Scholarly studies of the word reveal that the use of um does not correlate with anxiousness or any particular personality traits. Rather, um is used to signal an upcoming pause—usually uh for a short pause and um for a longer pause. The pause may be needed in order to find the right word, remember something temporarily forgotten, or repair a mistake. Um holds the floor for us while we do our mental work. It buys some time for thinking.
Since P & I were just talking about this yesterday. Except it was for the word “like”.
Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/50173/when-and-why-did-people-start-saying-um-when-they-talk#ixzz2R13HfDuP
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If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”
Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.
“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”
The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.
Galimberti said many of the subjects for the project were selected serendipitously, picked while he was working on a project about couch surfing that explored the global phenomenon of staying in other people’s houses. Since Galimberti never slept in hotels while working on the project, he was able to come into contact with people who introduced him to grandmothers in the area.
Galimberti acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.
From top to bottom:
Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).
Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.
Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.
The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.
Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).
Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).
Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).
Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.
So cool:)
the third set is calling my name. i’m calling my mama after work.
I wanna go on a grandma eating tour. Let me rephrase that, I don’t wanna eat grandmas. I just want them to cook for me.
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wnyc:
Obituary for Matt Groening’s mother, who died recently. Simpsons fans will recognize some names.
-Jody, BL Show-
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Photography by artist Myeongbeom Kim whose work has been featured in the U.S. & Korea. You can check out his website by clicking here
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Winona Ryder - Interview by Craig McDean, May 2013
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Top of the Lake — TV drama miniseries (2013) created by Jane Campion
There are plenty of good reasons why you should watch this show, the stunning and eerie landscape (New Zealand) being one of them.
Wiki:
Filming took eighteen weeks and was shot entirely on location in Queenstown and Glenorchy in New Zealand. While Queenstown is referenced during the series, Glenorchy doubles as the fictitious town of Lake Top. The scenes in the women’s commune were filmed at Moke Lake.
[Thanks for the rec, Blondie]
Elisabeth Moss in Top of the Lake (TV miniseries directed by Jane Campion).
She’s sensational as Robin, and I think she ought to prepare a few versions of her acceptance speech because I expect her to be called on stage a lot during the next awards season.
Wiki:
Jane Campion originally offered the role of Robin to Anna Paquin who had worked with her before on The Piano. Paquin declined due to her pregnancy. Originally intended as a co-production with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the network pulled their funding when American born Moss was cast in the lead role. Australian based channel UKTV, wholly owned by BBC Worldwide, filled the funding gap left by the ABC.
cat doesn’t want to get out of nice warm bath [x]
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