tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63102579988304840782024-03-05T03:16:09.226-07:00The Blog of the Press that is The Press at Colorado CollegeNewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-70862668288593745132017-11-20T15:56:00.001-07:002017-11-20T15:56:43.883-07:00THE AMPLIFY & MULTIPLY WEBSITE IS LIVE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The documentation website for the exhibition, AMPLIFY & MULTIPLY: Recent Printed Activist Ephemera, is now live at <a href="https://www.amplify-and-multiply.com/">https://www.amplify-and-multiply.com/</a> The show was held at Colorado College's Coburn Gallery in March and April of 2017. It featured the work of over 150 artists, from 7 different countries, in over 500 pieces. We filled the gallery from top to bottom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The description from the site:</span></span><br />
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& MULTIPLY presented the art of resistance—the varied means in
which activism has been channeled into visual expression in the fight
against racism, white supremacy, misogyny and other forms of oppression.
On display was an array of activist/social/political printed posters,
protest signs, objects, fundraiser publications and other ephemera
produced and used in the 6 months prior to the opening. </span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span>The site has images of the installation (as seen above), labelled documentation of every piece, and a complete list of participants.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span>The entire exhibition (with only a few exceptions) is archived in Special Collections at Colorado College's Tutt Library. It is available for research use and (possibly) for other exhibitions.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can read the original call for entries here: <a href="http://pressatcc.blogspot.com/2017/02/call-for-entries-amplify-multiply.html">http://pressatcc.blogspot.com/2017/02/call-for-entries-amplify-multiply.html</a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-82298496889560221562017-03-13T15:05:00.001-06:002017-03-13T15:11:25.780-06:00THE OTHER ROOM by BRIAN EVENSON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Press at Colorado College is very excited to announce the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">release</span> of a new book, <i>The Other Room,</i> featuring the first publication of a short story by the renowned writer, translator, and critic, Brian Evenson. (Please click on the images to see larger versions in a separate slideshow.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The typeface used in this book is Lirico, designed by Hendrik Weber and published by OurType in 2008. The painting on the pages is acrylic gesso. The text was letterpress printed from photopolymer plates. The large numbers and letters on the title page were printed from collagraph blocks. The images were made with a variety of collagraph matrices. The text paper is Rives Lightweight, and the cover stock and endsheets are from the French Paper Company. The Cotlin bookcloth wrapping the boards is painted with gesso and printed from collagraph and photopolymer plates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aaron Cohick, Printer of The Press at Colorado College, was the primary editor, designer, and printer. CC students Patrick Lofgren, Amelia Atencio, and Charles Theobald all helped with various parts of design and production.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://furtherotherbookworks.com/" target="_blank">Further Other Book Works,</a> also located in Colorado Springs, consulted on and led work on the binding. Corie Cole helped with proofreading and day-to-day logistics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fifty copies of this book were made. Forty copies, numbered 1 – 40, are for sale. The remaining ten copies, numbered AP 1, AP 2, and so on, were given to the various people who worked on the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />About the author:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.brianevenson.com/index.html" target="_blank">BRIAN EVENSON</a> is the author of a dozen books of fiction, most recently the story collection <i>A Collapse of Horses</i> (Coffee House Press 2016) and the novella <i>The Warren</i> (Tor.com 2016). He has also recently published <i>Windeye</i> (Coffee House Press 2012) and <i>Immobility</i> (Tor 2012), both of which were finalists for a Shirley Jackson Award. His novel <i>Last Days</i> won the American Library Association's award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel <i>The Open Curtain</i> (Coffee House Press) was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild Award. Other books include <i>The Wavering Knife</i> (which won the IHG Award for best story collection), <i>Dark Property,</i> and <i>Altmann's Tongue.</i> He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frémon, Claro, Jacques Jouet, Eric Chevillard, Antoine Volodine, Manuela Draeger, and David B. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship. His work has been translated into French, Italian, Greek Spanish, Japanese, Persian, and Slovenian. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches in the Critical Studies Program at CalArts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To place an order:<br /><br />The price of <i>The Other Room</i> is $300 USD, plus shipping. The edition is complete and ready to ship. If you would like to purchase a copy, please email Aaron Cohick at aaronDOTcohickATcoloradocollegeDOTedu.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><i>The Other Room</i><br />Story by Brian Evenson<br />52 pages, sewn boards binding<br />6” x 7.5” (closed)<br />Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates and collagraph, and hand painted with acrylic gesso<br />Variable edition of 50: 40 copies plus ten artist’s proofs<br />2017<br />$300</span><br />
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NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-28391666364725164392017-02-16T13:41:00.000-07:002017-03-22T17:05:56.213-06:00CALL FOR ENTRIES! AMPLIFY & MULTIPLY: RECENT PRINTED ACTIVIST EPHEMERA<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 of 6 prints from <i>The Continuing Project,</i> by The Press at CC. <a href="http://ladyfingersletterpress.com/collections/art-prints/products/the-work-continues-poster-set-of-6" target="_blank">Available here. </a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">CALL FOR ENTRIES! PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">AMPLIFY & MULTIPLY: Recent Printed Activist Ephemera</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">IMPORTANT DATES: <br />Sign-up Deadline: February 24, 2017<br />Arrival Deadline: March 16, 2017<br />Exhibition Dates: March 27 – April 17, 2017<br />Reception: <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Friday</span>, March 3<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1</span>, 2017<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, 4 - 6 pm</span> <br />Return Shipment: April 25, 2017 <br /><br />AMPLIFY & MULTIPLY will be an exhibition of activist/social/political printed posters, protest signs, objects, fundraiser publications, and other ephemera, made in (roughly) the last 6 months, advocating for social and environmental justice, equality, and the rights of oppressed people. This is a show that will stand in opposition to fascism, racism, white supremacy, misogyny, and every other horrible tool that power uses to maintain its killing grip. We are looking for work that has been deployed in the real world, as opposed to being made just for this show. This show is not limited to professional artists. It is open to anyone who has felt compelled by recent events to produce and share a message in the print medium.<br /><br />The show will be held in Colorado Springs, at Colorado College’s Coburn Gallery, from March 27 to April 17, 2017.<br /><br />IMPORTANT: As this is a show of ephemera, we are not planning on returning the pieces. If you want your pieces returned, you must notify us in advance and use reusable packaging that includes a return shipping label. All of the work that we keep at Colorado College will be housed in a permanent archive in <a href="https://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/special-collections/index.html" target="_blank">Tutt Library’s Special Collections</a>, accessible to students and the general public.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Please email Aaron Cohick at aaron.cohick@coloradocollege.edu if you are going to participate, and please also note if you can donate your pieces or if you would like them returned. The deadline for sign-ups is February 24, 2017.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All work must be printed (letterpress, screenprint, offset, digital, Riso, etc.). We will not exhibit hand-lettered signs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Send as many pieces as you like. Multiple copies are great and will all be displayed if there is space.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Work should have been made since August of 2016, but that is flexible. Definitely nothing before 2016.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No fee. No jury. No sales. No trolls.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Artists are responsible for shipping costs to and from Colorado College. See “Shipping” below for more info.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unframed works/objects only</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The exhibition will be hung salon-style, using binder clips hung on push pins.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Objects that are not posters (like tote bags, buttons, etc.) are definitely encouraged.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Artwork will not be insured by Colorado College during transit or while on site.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aaron Cohick<br />The Press at Colorado College<br />14 E. Cache La Poudre St.<br />Colorado Springs, CO 80903<br /><br />Please write “Amplify Show” on the labels or packages.<br /><br />REMINDER: If you want your pieces returned, you must use reusable packaging and include a return shipping label. <br /><br />CONTACT: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aaron Cohick, Printer of The Press at Colorado College </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">aaron.cohickATcoloradocollegeDOTedu</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <i>A People's Curriculum for the United States,</i> by <a href="http://cuneiformpress.com/?product=a-peoples-curriculum-for-the-united-states" target="_blank">Cuneiform Press</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See you there? It will be the first chance to see our new book, <i>The Other Room</i>, by Brian Evenson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Codex Fair is incredible. Find out more <a href="http://www.codexfoundation.org/book-fair-and-symposium/codex-2017">here.</a></span>NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-54405040650304061062015-10-21T10:33:00.001-06:002015-10-21T10:33:24.816-06:00THE MILLS COLLEGE BOOK ARTS PROGRAM IS IN DANGER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hello Friends of Books and Art and everything in between: </span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mills College has
decided to axe its fantastic Book Arts program, which includes a dual
MFA in Creative Writing and Book Arts. In terms of programs like this,
it is a model for others--I look to it as what the program at Colorado
College could be. And in a larger sense the cutting of the program
follows a larger, distressing pattern in higher ed. where small,
interesting, rare programs are cut in favor of bland, corporate
sameness. If you care about books and art and book arts and education,
please take a moment to sign and share <a href="https://www.change.org/p/save-the-mills-college-book-art-program?recruiter=2524361&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-md-no_src-reason_msg&fb_ref=Default" target="_blank">this petition.</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And here is a website with more info and testimonies from current and former students of the program: <a href="http://savemillsbookart.tumblr.com/">http://savemillsbookart.tumblr.com/</a></span><br />
NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-31788626875424611462014-11-03T09:47:00.000-07:002014-11-03T09:47:25.563-07:00THE PRESS ON BOOK TV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Press at CC was featured as a part of C-SPAN2 Book TV's Cities Tour. They produced a whole show exploring literary and historical aspects of Colorado Springs, and The Press was a part of it. The class in the video is a History FYE (First Year Experience, so these students are brand new to CC), taught by Carol Neel. The image above is just a screenshot, but you can watch the whole video here:<a href="http://www.c-span.org/video/?321938-1/press-colorado-college" target="_blank"> http://www.c-span.org/video/?321938-1/press-colorado-college</a></span>NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-4435646605908076302014-09-01T09:54:00.000-06:002014-09-01T09:54:19.823-06:00YOU NEED MOUNTAIN FOLD BOOKS, MOUNTAIN FOLD BOOKS NEEDS YOU!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There has been a lot of growth in our (still) little print-book-publishing community here in COS in the past year: new independent artists, <a href="http://furtherotherbookworks.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">new publishers,</a> <a href="http://www.raggedprint.com/" target="_blank">new community studios,</a> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rightheelmusic/affordable-recording-studio-for-local-musicians" target="_blank">new recording studios,</a> <a href="http://mamaliberada.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">new zines,</a> <a href="http://ladyfingersletterpress.com/" target="_blank">new letterpress studios.</a> It’s been wonderful, amazing, and I can’t wait to see how far we can take this.<br /><br />The first part of a lively scene is the people doing the work. We’re getting us some people, making us some work. The second part is a place where those people can gather, to share their work with other people also gathered. To bring those “other people” (the public, let’s say) in, to let the artists already there out, to make those “other people” not “other,” but people, each belonging in their individual way.</span><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A secret group with a static membership does not grow as a community, plays no role as a group in the larger community. A place of sharing & gathering & growing/changing is crucial. One such place is on the verge of opening in south downtown Colorado Springs: <a href="http://www.mountainfoldbooks.org/" target="_blank">Mountain Fold Books.</a> (Full disclosure: I am a board member of Mountain Fold, and I believe fiercely in the project.) The description from the MFB website:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mountain Fold Books is a new kind of bookstore. We're a non-profit,
membership-based bookstore and reading room/gallery that will make
small-press books and magazines accessible to the community of Colorado
Springs and the greater Pikes Peak Region. While we have an amazing
library district and two university libraries, small-press books of
poetry and art books remain difficult to access. Our aim is to help
connect Colorado Springs to the growing art and literary communities
along the Front Range of Colorado by providing a welcoming place for the
community to gather, read, exchange ideas, give readings and see books
and art that currently can only be found in larger metropolitan areas. </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are entering the last week of Mountain Fold’s first Membership Drive & Fundraiser. Success in this endeavor means that MFB will be funded until July of 2015, which means that the folks in charge can focus on making it the crucial thing that it needs to be, that this community needs, and that the small press-artists’ book-zine-print-etc. community at large needs. All of the information that you need to make your (tax deductible) donation is here: <br /> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.mountainfoldbooks.org/shop/"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">http://www.mountainfoldbooks.org/shop/</span></a><br />
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<br />NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-87021737406011293902014-05-16T09:40:00.000-06:002014-05-16T09:40:46.551-06:00TYPE NERD: A SHORT FILM ABOUT THE PRESS AT CC<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">CC Student Cameron Boyd made this short film about The Press at CC in the documentary film class in Block 5 of this year. He was shooting during one of our quiet times, but really managed to capture the look & feel of our well-loved studio.</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/87539970">TYPE NERD</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user25424745">Cameron Boyd</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
<br />NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-92166513591171952812014-02-04T10:09:00.000-07:002014-02-04T10:09:31.186-07:00EVERYONE IS HAPPY WHEN THE TYPE GOES HOME<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Found this on my desk this morning, a note from one of our apprentices letting me know that she put her type away. & we all win.</span><br />
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<br />NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-24935241189328104512013-10-25T14:23:00.002-06:002013-10-29T13:35:16.725-06:00TYPEFACES: THE ARTISTRY OF LETTERING<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; min-height: 14px;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Each of the examples illustrates a completely different way of writing the letter A. Some of these types have been around for a long time, acting as standards. Others, like the Chalkduster example illustrate the new ways we can use technology to make typefaces. One of the older types is Baskerville. It belongs in the "Transitional" category of type. First created by print enthusiast John Baskerville, we have been using this style of font </span>since the 1760s! <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is a Baskerville A. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The distinguishing characteristics include a distinct differences between the wide and narrow strokes. In a way, it imitates a calligraphy nibbed pen. It definitely tapers a bit, and it is longer than say, the Garamond A. This makes it great at extending the text slightly, and creates a uniformity among the capital letters. Best of all, it is very clear and easy to read. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">My hand-drawn attempt is slightly too narrow, and the feet are not equal. But in general, the strokes imitate the typeface. After a few tries, I find that I start noticing distinguishing characteristics of typeface. It becomes a question of visual clarity, sharpness of </span>corners, and rigidity of text. From there, the technical aspects diminish in importance and the letter itself achieves an unmistakable level of beauty. Which font to use is not just a technical question; it is a question of art. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>-All photos and text by Erin Conner</i></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556479217299442696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-87206636751276604122013-10-17T04:00:00.000-06:002013-10-17T04:00:01.862-06:00TOOLS OF THE TRADE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The word originally appeared meaning <i>low, flat-built seagoing vessel of one deck.</i> Printers allegedly started using the word around 1650 because of it's similarity in shape. (Really? These look like boats?) I'd like to think it's because the type is in transition</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">—</span>not at its home drawer, not at its destination of the press bed, but traveling. Like it were, say, on a boat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Our <i>guillotine. </i>This can cut through a stack of paper as thick as your head in one clean swipe. It could probably also cut through your actual head. You can guess where its name came from. Used for cutting paper. Although I did once meet a man who ran a lumberyard and used an old guillotine blade he had outfitted with a couple handles to peel bark off of logs. He had an impressive beard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A group of CC students have designed and printed letterpress posters about the recent floods in CO. We are selling them to raise money for continued relief efforts and long-term mitigation projects. The posters cost $10 and will be available at the Tutt Library Circulation Desk and The Press at CC in Taylor Hall. All money raised will be donated to <a href="https://www.unitedwayfoothills.org/floodrelief" target="_blank">Foothills United Way</a> (Boulder area) and the <a href="http://www.ppcf.org/products/manitou-springs-emergency-and-recovery-fund" target="_blank">Manitou Springs Emergency Recovery Fund. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">by Ashley Johnson, Patrick Lofgren and Katie Smith </span>
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<br />NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-70603109020864231192013-10-07T14:05:00.000-06:002013-10-07T14:05:29.242-06:00PAUL MOXON IS COMING TO CC TO TEACH A VANDERCOOK MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are excited to announce that the Press at CC will be hosting a Vandercook Maintenance Workshop, taught by Paul Moxon, on Saturday, Nov. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 3. The workshop will run from 10 AM – 4 PM on both days. In the workshop:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Participants will learn all the points of maintenance, cleaning and lubrication so as to be prepared for potential problems and make or direct repairs. We will also discuss all models of interest and other brands as warranted. Whether you use studio presses, own a press, or are thinking of buying one, this workshop will provide excellent direction for your future presswork. Bring your questions, photos and/or broken parts. Paul will also share examples from his collection of Vandercook literature. [text from <a href="http://fameorshame.com/workshops/upcoming/" target="_blank">Paul Moxon’s website</a>]</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The total number of participants is limited at 12. Six of the spots will be open to the general public, and six will be reserved for CC students. The cost is $150 for the public, and free for CC students. If you would like to reserve a spot, please email Aaron Cohick, Printer of The Press at CC, at aaron[dot]cohick[at]coloradocollege[dot]edu by Friday, Oct. 25. Once your spot is reserved we will contact you to arrange payment. Please direct all questions to the email above as well.<br /><br />For more info, you can visit <a href="http://fameorshame.com/" target="_blank">Paul’s personal website,</a> and his <a href="http://vandercookpress.info/vanderblog/" target="_blank">amazing Vandercook resource site.</a></span>NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-28559247102668595232013-09-19T16:03:00.001-06:002013-09-21T16:34:24.616-06:00jeNGK: C BLOCK BOOK ARTS AND LETTERPRESS<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The book is pictured along with our other projects during our class opening on August 2nd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We worked together on nearly every aspect of the final project and the outcome is a true, nine-person collaboration (with lots of help from Taryn Wiens and Aaron Cohick of course!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Group projects are not always exciting and successful, but this experience was an exception. Each member of the class has a distinct design style, which allowed the final to be a coherent and differentiated piece reflective of each student's efforts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We worked hard, and had a wonderful time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>All photos and text by Leeds Mallinckrodt-Reese. </i></span>Leedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00957647463661818157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-948048523410282032013-09-16T05:00:00.000-06:002013-09-16T05:00:00.600-06:00THE REBIRTH OF TRUTH"Madness" writes 19th century German philosopher Heinrich Shleschmann Zuute, in his groundbreaking literary manifesto <i>Zuberflagen</i>, "has deprived the common man of his common dream in a common world surrounded by commoners. Only through the purge of a spiritual lobe can we release yet another suture in the tapestry of a mortal plane." My work at the press aims to realize this goal through a direct attack on the human psyche.<br />
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Above you may witness the object in which my methods have come to fruition. I have descended to the still widely unknown of this institution of higher learning; and by utilizing the medium of letterpress printing, I have crawled back. Spreading these brief glimpses throughout a reality that many of you exist in each painful day. A piece must have a frame, however subtle, otherwise the artism of reality can "flood the fluvial cellar of the mind, reducing civilization and nature to a state of desperation." *<br />
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*Heinrich Shleschmann Zutte<i>, Zuberflagen</i><br />
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Below, you can see the pure form of philosophy. In order to obtain such genius, one must first strip away all inner sight, then strip away the schema of the self, the unself, and, of course, the bookself. The vision below is where truth lies in an ultimate form. The image of a lyrical poet, similar to a modern day bard, hovering over simple, centered, soulful syllables from my intellectual expeditions, is the most reliable form. <br />
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With this form as a template I am able to deconstruct and reconstruct this prose vector pattern however I desire, while still remaining efficient and true to the moral and philosophical standards the categorical imperative has set for us.<br />
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"BEHOLD! THE BIRTH OF A NEW GOD. REASON HAS WROUGHT IT AND FAITH HAS BIRTHED IT"* Now you have seen the beauty and symmetry of my grand design. As all the stark prose is four vectors in length, I am able to exchange any four vector length piece of prose out for another, thus rendering my design fluid. The design is only three simple runs, a number and simplicity laced with imagery of the tiger lily, oft referenced in manuals of human beauty. </div>
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The truth was being forged by a man who was listening to Will Smith. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Press at Colorado College is very excited to announce the publication of its newest title, <i>Orpheus the stutterer: a poetics of silence,</i> by the poet & letterpress printer <a href="http://electioeditions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alan Loney.</a> From the colophon:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The design and production of large book projects distorts time in strange ways: the process seems unending, but there is never enough time; there are many steps & pieces, but the imagined & unpredictable gestalt drives the whole thing; once the long production ends the fun really begins; the book begins again & again with each new reader. You may be reading this colophon at the beginning or end of your experience with this book — either way we are grateful for your company.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The typeface used throughout most of <i>Orpheus</i> is Lirico, in its Roman & Italic forms and in Normal and Light weights. Lirico was designed by Hendrik Weber and published by <a href="https://ourtype.com/#//" target="_blank">OurType</a> in 2008. The Greek typeface is Neohellenic, produced & published by the <a href="http://www.greekfontsociety.gr/" target="_blank">Greek Font Society.</a> All of the text was letterpress printed from photopolymer plates on our well-loved Vandercook 219. The large sections of color on the covers and the opening and closing pages of the book were printed from collagraph blocks made with a brush texture in acrylic gel medium. The covers were hand-painted with acrylic gesso, and the pages were painted with acrylic ink wash.<br /><br /><i>Orpheus</i> was made in a variable edition. The text and division of the pages is the same in each copy but how they were articulated with color changes from book to book. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Orpheus the stutterer: a poetics of silence</i> was written by the poet & letterpress printer Alan Loney. This book was designed and printed by Aaron Cohick at The Press at Colorado College during the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013. Two student apprentices at The Press, Taryn “Centauryn” Wiens and John “John Baskerville” Christie, assisted in the binding and hand-coloring. Corie Cole supported the production of this book in various ways, many of them intangible, but all of them absolutely vital. This book would not exist without the participation of our wonderful community here at Colorado College.<br /><br />Forty copies were printed, thirty of which are for sale. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Orpheus the stutterer: a poetics of silence</i><br />Text by Alan Loney<br />64 pages, Hardcover, Coptic stitch with channeled thread<br />8” x 13” (closed)<br />Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates & collagraph, hand-colored with acrylic ink wash<br />Edition of 40: 10 archival/artist’s proofs, 30 copies for distribution<br />2013<br />$600<br /><br />If you are interested in purchasing a copy, or have any questions or comments about the book, please email Aaron Cohick, Printer of The Press at Colorado College, at aaron(DOT)cohick(AT)coloradocollege(DOT)edu.<br /><br />Some production images, as well as more thoughts on & around <i>Orpheus,</i> can be found <a href="http://andrewtirado.blogspot.com/2013/04/not-so-strang.html" target="_blank">here,</a> on the blog of CO Springs artist Andy Tirado. The post was written by Grace Gahagan, a student at Colorado College.</span><br />NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-24083103700489416942013-02-27T06:00:00.000-07:002013-02-27T06:00:01.397-07:00JESSY RANDALL: HOW YOU LOSE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And here’s another one! This time only dating back to the first semester of the current academic year (what can I say, we’ve been busy). <i>How You Lose,</i> by Jessy Randall. The colophon (printed on the back) reads:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“ ‘How You Lose’ is a found poem by Jessy Randall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The source text is Ken Uston’s 1982 book <u>Score! Beating the Top 16 Video Games.</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This broadside was instigated by Shanon Lawson, designed by Steve Lawson, and realized by Aaron Cohick at The Press at Colorado College in September of 2012. Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates on Rives BFK, using fluorescent inks and two rad fonts downloaded from the Internet: Synchro LET and 04B_21.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This broadside is from about a year ago, but now we’re finally getting it up online. The colophon (printed on the back) reads:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“This broadside was designed and printed by Aaron Cohick, with assistance from Matvei Yankelevich, at The Press at Colorado College, for the occasion of Noel Black’s reading as part of the Visiting Writers Series at Colorado College on April 5th, 2012. The poem originally appeared in a chapbook, <a href="http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=218" target="_blank"><i>Moby K. Dick,</i></a> and a full-length book, <a href="http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/catalog/browse/item/?pubID=191" target="_blank"><i>Uselysses,</i></a> both published by <a href="http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/" target="_blank">Ugly Duckling Presse</a> in 2011. The artwork for this broadside was adapted from the graphic novel <i>Watchmen</i> (written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons), published by DC Comics in 1986. Printed from lead type and photopolymer plates on Rives BFK in an edition of 40.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are some more copies for sale. The cost is $20 plus shipping. If you’d like to purchase one, please email Aaron Cohick, Printer of The Press at CC, at aaron[dot]cohick[at]coloradocollege[dot]edu.</span>NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-27846829331699325982012-10-09T10:18:00.002-06:002012-10-09T10:19:13.123-06:00FRED HAGSTROM LECTURE THIS THURSDAY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Press at Colorado College is hosting visiting artist Fred Hagstrom this week! On Thursday, 10/11, he will be giving a public lecture about his work in prints & artists' books. 7 PM in the WES Room in the Worner Center. Free! We would love to see you there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For more info on Fred's work, you can visit his website here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of our student apprentices, Demetria Humphries, just made this great short documentary about The Press at Colorado College. It's got printing, talking about printing, and more printing! And some books! What more could you want in a film? </span>NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-36978494181436574892012-07-13T14:14:00.000-06:002012-07-13T14:14:05.499-06:00POSTERS SO FAR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">
Last year I wrote about the first letterpress poster I ever made <a href="http://pressatcc.blogspot.com/2011/03/keep-exploring.html">here</a>. Since then I have printed many more posters, even as I spent last semester away from Colorado College and the press. As I go into this school year with new ideas and fresh perspectives, I would like to first reflect on my posters so far: the trials, tribulations, and successes of printing a poster the letterpress way.</div>
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This was my second poster and is still one of my favorite designs. Type and image mesh well and I got a few things right by chance, like type sizes and ink colors. It was a three-color poster with wood type, lead type, and two different linoleum blocks. Abe is a little more purple in person. It was also my most frustrating poster, by far. Somewhere in the translation from email to paper to design to type, I mistook the speaker's last name "Chiras" for "Chiaras". I didn't realize until the poster client called and told me the 70 posters I just delivered had a rather unacceptable typo. LETTERPRESS LESSON NUMBER ONE: PROOF-READ AGAINST THE ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS AND THEN PROOF-READ AGAIN. Nothing like a ten-hour all-nighter at the press to build character!</div>
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This was my next poster and the first of the school year. I printed it within the first four days of being back at school, probably my fastest poster ever. I was quite happy with the final design, the one thing I would change the shade of the blue ink: it isn't as legible from long distances as I would like, and it's too soft against the dark red. Printing this poster I learned that when working with metal type, printing is much easier if you set all the lines to the same width using extra spacing. The lock-up (how the type is placed in the press bed) can get very complicated if your lines are all different lengths.</div>
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This was my first and only poster using photopolymer plates. Although I enjoyed designing and printing with photopolymer, it is not a very cost-effective method. This is a three color poster (dark blue, black, and silver on a light gray-blue. To get the design I traced a map of the colorado river basin, fiddled with it in the Adobe Creative Suite, added text, and separated the image into three layers which would become my three colors (with the help of Aaron). I loved being able to see the image on the computer before making the plates and printing: it allowed me to make the text all the optimal size and have the optimal placement, something I still struggle with when setting lead type by hand. I also took advantage of the ability to create negative text. Although the design process took longer than it would with type and linoleum, doing the lock-up and printing was a breeze. Definitely one of my favorite results.</div>
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For this poster I used a mix of lead type, a linoleum reduction cut, and wood type placed upside-down. I had really wanted to try upside-down wood type, but it may have distracted from thinking about the poster design as a whole because this design is my weakest, in my opinion. There is too much white space and the ink colors are all wrong. If I did it again I would set the title type in a larger size, make both the blue ink colors darker, and use some of the orange/pink florescent ink for the text. (I unfortunately didn't know we had florescent ink at this point).</div>
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This poster was a sort of rebellion against the last and I had a lot of fun with it. Printers-in-training Mariel Dempster and Julia Belamarich helped during the designing, type-setting, and printing which was very appreciated: having people to bounce ideas off definitely makes the final product better. This was a two-color poster: bluish-black and silver on yellow paper. It incorporated lead and wood type, like my first two posters, and a reduction linoleum cut. If I did the <a href="http://www2.coloradocollege.edu/stateoftherockies/speakerseries.html">State of the Rockies Speakers Series</a> again (the client for my last five posters) I would have liked to use the line of wood type at the top in all of them, to make the series more cohesive. I think it's a strong, attention-grabbing template and quite versatile.</div>
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This is the poster I ended on, before I took a poster and press hiatus after the fall semester. Although it was a simple two-color linoleum and lead type poster, it was a good note to end on. The texture of the linoleum cut turned out well and these colors on the chip board gives an earthy, subtle feel that goes well with the design and the text.</div>
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This year I'll printing some of the <a href="http://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/english/visiting-writer-series/">Visiting Writers Series</a>, using turn of the century book covers as inspiration for layouts. I couldn't be more excited to jump back into the world of keys and quoins (Use that in your next game of scrabble. You're welcome.)</div>
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And Colorado College librarians Steve Lawson and Jessy Randall are here to tell you why the Denver Zine Library is a good thing:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A meta/historical book produced by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the History & Future of the Book class during half-block of 2012</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">12 pages, soft cover, pamphlet stitch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Letterpress printed from handset lead and wood type</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Edition of 100</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The History & Future of the Book class, which is ending today with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayzgoose">wayzgoose,</a> was taught by librarians Jessy Randall and Steve Lawson. The class, as you might have guessed, dealt with the changing forms and roles of the book in culture, in the past and in our current time. The class also involved this project at The Press. As usual, the students decided the parameters of the project (letting them choose always gives them more ownership of the project and allows for a more significant engagement—they’re not just doing an assignment, but actually making something that they are invested in). They decided on a traditional codex book, but to explore and deconstruct that form by looking at its parts and qualities and researching and writing short texts about those parts. Their meta-text was then placed in the book where the pieces described would usually go. For research, writing, and typesetting the class was divided into pairs (it was a large class—24 students) based on what parts or subjects they were interested in researching. They were given total license as to what their text would be and what information it would contain. As you can see in the book above, some of the texts are straightforward descriptions, while others are poems or “notes” from the book itself. After the text was written, they set it in lead type, and then we printed the book in teams of four, working in shifts over a two day period. Yesterday afternoon we all got together and did the binding as a group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because the class was the history and future of the book, we also decided to add a digital component to the project, shown above. So the book exists both as a limited edition letterpress book and as a theoretically infinite edition, readable, shareable, and downloadable ebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Enjoy!</span></div>NewLights Press: Et Al.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08649189570407683892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310257998830484078.post-73394557291239852162012-01-18T08:44:00.002-07:002012-01-19T09:04:53.726-07:00KNOWLEDGE/POWER<div>
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