Whatever automata MAF constructs to solve the word problem for a group or monoid, or the generalised word problem for a subgroup, the same utility, reduce, is used afterwards to solve particular cases of the problem. For any input word, reduce will output the corresponding irreducible word. Two distinct input words will represent distinct elements of a group or monoid, or cosets of a subgroup, if and only if the corresponding output words computed for them by reduce are different. In most cases you do not even need to concern yourself with what automata are available to solve the word problem: if no specific instructions are given to it, reduce will pick the automaton that is expected to be fastest.
In the remainder of this section we describe the various automata MAF provides for solving the word problem.
As implemented by MAF and KBMAG, an automatic structure consists of two automata: the first is called the word-acceptor; the second the general multiplier. The latter is a compendium of a number of similar automata, each one telling us how to multiply elements by either a generator, or by the identity element. The definition of an automatic structure requires that the word-acceptor accepts at least one word for every element. The automatic structures usually constructed by MAF and KBMAG have a more useful property: the word-acceptor accepts exactly one word for each element of the group, and it is the least word in the word-ordering specified in the rewriting system describing the group.
Algorithms for the construction of automatic structures are described in [ECH+92] and [HEO05]. MAF uses the same general plan as KBMAG - it uses the Knuth-Bendix procedure to discover equations between words representing equal elements, computes their word-differences, and then tries to build first a word-acceptor and then a general multiplier using these word-differences.
More information about automatic structures can be found in Background material: Automatic structures.
All finite and many infinite groups have automatic structures. Although word-reduction using an automatic structure is generally slower than word-reduction using a confluent rewriting system this is by no means always be the case. In particular, when a recursive word-ordering is used, it might well be the case that word reduction with the multiplier is actually faster, because the number of word-reductions required to reduce even short words using a rewriting system can be extremely large.
It should be noted that a rewriting system is not an automaton. However, both MAF and KBMAG implement word reduction with a rewriting system by using a special type of automaton, called an index automaton; this is constructed from the rewriting system, and its use requires the data from it. There are other, slower, ways of using a rewriting system to perform word reduction that do not need an index automaton, for example, the Rabin-Karp string matching algorithm. These require less memory, but MAF does not implement any such method as yet.
In general, reducing a word with a rewriting system may lead to a different output word depending on the implementation of the procedure that uses the rewriting system. This might potentially happen whenever the input word needs to be reduced more than once, and at some stage of the reduction process there are two choices for the next reduction to apply. Clearly a rewriting system like this cannot solve the word problem. If a rewriting system does not have this undesirable feature, and the output word is independent of any choice made by the procedure, then it is said to be confluent. The essence of the Knuth-Bendix procedure is the attempt to make a rewriting system confluent by systematically searching for words w which have distinct reductions u and v and adjoining a new rule u=v or v=u whenever we find one. If we attempt to follow this process, but the input file does not present a finite object then this process might never terminate. If the input file does present a finite object then the process will terminate, but it might take an arbitrarily long time to do so.
When a finite confluent rewriting system exists for an input file, then there is a smallest such system, which is called the minimal confluent rewriting system. This is the only system that KBMAG constructs, and it is also constructed by MAF. MAF constructs another confluent system, which it calls the "fast" confluent rewriting system. It will be able to directly reduce more words than the minimal system, so reduction will be faster, possibly much faster in some cases. If the object underlying the rewriting system is finite then there is a canonical rewriting system of this type: the one that can directly reduce all reducible words that have an irreducible prefix. MAF does not yet construct this, though in many cases the "fast" rewriting system is probably close to it, provided the -nowd option is not used, because MAF usually creates a large number of secondary equations when a rewriting system becomes confluent, in order to discover the secondary word-differences. For infinite objects this canonical fast rewriting system is almost always infinite, but there is another possibility for a canonical rewriting system larger than the minimal confluent one: the rewriting system that contains all direct reductions that can be recognised by an index automaton with the same states as the minimal rewriting system's index automaton. For infinite objects the "fast" rewriting system constructed by MAF is usually close to being this system.
Coset tables
In MAF, a coset table is an FSA in which there is one state for each coset, and in which the transitions are determined by the group multiplication (i.e. by the right action of the generator on the coset). Each state is labelled by the last generator in the irreducible word for the least coset representative. In the case of a coset table for a subgroup of a group this is sufficient information to allow the irreducible word for the coset represented by the state to be constructed. The coset table for an entire group is simply the coset table of the trivial subgroup of the group. Coset tables only exist for finite index subgroups, and automata only constructs them for subgroups of groups. Although one could construct a coset table for a subgroup of a monoid it could not be used to perform word-reduction without computation of the "state definitions" for the coset table.
automata does not construct coset tables unless a coset system is being processed, but the utility gpcosets can be used to construct it from one of the other automata that solve the word problem, or gptcenum can be used to attempt do so using Todd-Coxeter coset enumeration.
The language of the coset table FSA consists of all words which are in the identity coset, i.e. that correspond to elements of the subgroup. The intersection of two finite index subgroups can be computed by using the fsaand utility to compute the intersection of the languages of the coset tables.
Word-difference machines
Word-difference machines encapsulate much of the information present in the general multiplier, and can be used to perform word reduction. Although in general word reduction using the general multiplier will be faster there are cases where this might not necessarily be so. In general the general multiplier has many more states than a word-difference machine, so that if memory is short it may be that using one of the word-difference machines to perform word reduction is faster.
The best word-difference machine to use is usually the "correct word-difference machine" (with suffix .diff2c or .midiff2c), but it might sometimes be the case that the "correct primary word-difference machine" (suffix .diff1c or .midiff1c) is actually faster due its usually much smaller number of transitions. The "complete word-difference machine" (suffix .diff2) can also be used, but generally should not be.
Reduction using a word-difference machine is actually probably most useful at times when MAF's computations have failed to find either an automatic structure or a confluent rewriting system. In such cases a word-difference machine computed from the set of known equations will be the best hope of proving that distinct words do not represent different elements.
The "reduction recogniser" (.rr suffix), "primary equation recogniser" (.minkb suffix), and "equation recogniser" (.maxkb suffix) automata are also essentially word-difference machines, and could be used to perform word-reduction, but MAF does not currently support this, though it is likely that at least the first will be supported properly in future. The principal reason these automata are currently constructed is to allow the computation of the two "correct" word-difference machines.


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One of the things we can see from the Wikileaks document dump is how Iran is striving for regional dominance - and how the US is ignoring that effort.
When the history of this era is written - if it is ever written - the role playing in the collapse of the world order is bound to be subjected to public scrutiny. Unfortunately, by then it will be too late.
At 4:55 AM, Angie said...
"The US is ignoring that effort!" Uh, it isn't our region.
If these arab countries are waiting for obama to do something about iran they are in for a long wait. These arab countries should band together and attack iran themselves.
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FrostyMouse chapter 4 . 9/8/2012 You know, there's no eating of things like that. Everything just explodes into nothingness. I know that you want it to be edgier, but was that really needed?
The chapter itself was well written though.
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Yopkyu chapter 1 . 9/7/2012 Before I read anything, I read the 'summary' and the themes of this story. 'A group of people about fighting against the murderers, what will happen to them?' With the theme of 'Humour and Adventure'. Before I start reading this, I figure it would be nice to know what sort of tone you're story was intended to be read in.
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demonsshade chapter 2 . 9/7/2012 As this chapter was mostly a fight scene, I can't really say too much about it. Maybe throw more story elements in? Two points stand out to me in an otherwise well-written chapter: 1) The first is that the scene where Bluebell is freaking out about dying seems pretty corny. Granted, it is incredibly difficult to write emotional scenes, so don't beat yourself up about it. There's a very fine line between corny and emotional, unfortunately, and it's a struggle all writers have to deal with.
2) My second point is more simple. Who was that guy at the end and where did he come from? It just seemed like something you'd toss in at the end of a chapter to make it a "cliffhanger". I think something like that requires a little bit more build-up.
However, since I also believe that focusing solely on the parts of a person's writing that needs improvement isn't productive, I also have to compliment you. To be honest, I love your descriptions of the fight scenes. They're absolutely perfect for the SAO game. So, if you're gonna have a fight scene in the future, keep doing what you're doing. It's very good.
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We've yet to see nine people, only four plus the one that was mentioned.
I don't really know how that man would've ended up in or around the boss room without them noticing, but...
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What is it with Indiana lately? Every time I turn around something else completely stupid is happening there.
In Wynkoop’s defense, Dr. Pepper is the second leading cause of death in that area. Right after pony bites.
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My guess is that Rob Wynkoop gets a kickback from every can of Dr Pepper sold in Statehouse vending machines. He’s just protecting his income.


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There is something for everyone. Even if they would say, okay, it’s not necessarily my taste. It’s not my type of music, but I truly enjoyed the show and we always aim to do that. We’re here to entertain.
It’s also a way of learning to accept who you are and learning to see those things and kind of turn them around. All the bad sides you have and to turn them around and make something out of it.
All the lyrics I do, the way I perform, I’m not comfortable with my body. I’ve always had a very hard time accepting myself that is, I see myself as more like- Most of the time, the image I have of myself, it doesn’t match reality and I’ve been struggling with that a lot. Therefore, I also had a lot of problems with my weight up and down. I would say that Kerbera is very real and very- What we wanna kind of give to others is the same thing that it does for the people in the band.
It speaks reality.
Yes, we have. We actually have dates booked already but we are not allowed to to tell exactly what dates and where. But it’s gonna be in the beginning of next year, it’s gonna be revealed. We have a lot of plans, we say we have plans about one year ahead. Here in the U.S., we have of course been here in the U.S. now on a press tour where we have met media people and also people behind the scenes, label people and such.
He kind of has this kind of inside the genre that we wanna be a part of, so it was a natural step for us to go here to U.S. because we have a lot of followers and if we check our statistics, we have the most dedicated fans from here, the whole America, both South and North America.
What we did is that we wanna go here, we wanted to record the song together with someone who was in the genre. So we did that. We went on the session, three day session where we wrote the song, we recorded the song, and it’s gonna be mixed and mastered and we’re gonna release it in the beginning of 2019.
That’s something that I can reveal, but exact dates, et cetera will be announced soon.But, that’s one thing. After that, the whole first part of the year we’re gonna release a lot of new things which will lead up to a full length album as it’s seen right now.
What was it like creating music videos such as the one for “Home Is Where I Don’t Belong”?
Yes. It’s always nice when we work with Kerbera, as I said, that’s where all the members get to use their creativity to the max.
I’ve also said that I wanted to be director when I was younger and that’s where the whole direction, director part of me come in. I wrote the script and I also did all the work around that and then together with all the members, we decorated, redecorated the areas where we were gonna record and scout for locations.
We had a good team, all of us. It was really cool process because everything you see with Kerbera are things that we do ourselves. It’s our imagination that comes to life.
We rarely take someone else in that does all that kind of creativity for us. But we love to work with people around us and most of the times, it has been, I would say always it has been friends of ours that we have been like, okay this friend of ours-
When we’re working on “Home Is Where I Don’t Belong”, he is an old, friend of mine who started working and started his own company in film, who’s name is Javier.
He is on the Nordic Star Productions. It was really nice to just bring him in, brainstorm together me and our manager, write the whole script, search for all the people who were gonna be in the video, we actually invited through our fan group.
Said to our fans, “If you wanna be a part of this”, we invited them to- Instead of searching for, a cast.
Instead of just going out and do that, open to everyone, we did it in the fan group so we kinda tried to work very closely with our fans like that and I think that’s of huge importance for us.
When it comes to Kerbera, we mainly are- Our influences, I would say, are mainly from bands such as- I know that our guitarist for example is very much into Avenged Sevenfold. I take all my inspiration from composers such as Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman. I’ve heard from a lot of people that they say that we seem to be very much into Japan, but I would say and think it’s mainly because I had my former band was called Seremedy and it was really all about the whole Japanese thing.
We were a part of that genre and I think a lot of people kind of, it’s still stuck with me since I was into the genre for such a long time. I started getting into it when I was 10 or something.
It’s such a huge part of my life but it’s not, by purpose. We have all these different inspirations like Muse, the band Muse is also a band that we truly love. Usually what we do with music is that we experiment a lot, we usually say that we are an alternative rock act and we are experimenting a lot with the sound.
That’s more what I would say and I don’t think any of the members are actually listening to Japanese artists. It’s cool that


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NEW DELHI: Constituents of the Left parties on Saturday took the viewUnited Progressive Alliance Government for stepping out of line from the agreed Common Minimum Programme.
Tplan to stress this view when the four Left partie RSP and the AIFB, meet here on Sunday.
The Left parties coordination meeting comes close on the heels of the Manmohan Singh Government hiking the price of petrol and diesel and also the growing differences over the approach on disinvestment in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
They said the decision to offload 10 per equity by the Government and divert the proceeds to an investment fund was a "breach of CMP" and conveyed strong opposition to the move. The parties argued that the CMP allowed public sector companies going to market to raise resources for internal use through a decision by the boards and not by the Government.
"We have to send a strong message that the Left parties cannot tolerate these frequent announcements byP. Chidambaram. We also have to remove an impression gaining ground that we are part of the Government,’’ AIFB Secretary G. Devarajan told The Hindu on the eve of the meeting. The Left parties were also coming under pressure from trade unions and farmers associations.
He said the Government had recently ignored suggestions by the Left parties for restructuring excise and customs duties and other measures instead of resorting to increasing petrol and diesel prices. "The Congress continues to push its agenda, if they want to do that the party should get a mandate," he said.
Abani Roy, RSP Central Committee member, said his party would remind the Left leaders a suggestion made by the party congress that it was time to "reconsider" outside support to the UPA Government. He said the Left leaders were also questioning the efficacy of the UPA-Left coordination meeting.
"There is no point in attending these meetings when the Government insists on doing what it wants to do," Mr. Roy said.


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O3 uptake measurements. To measure the nasal uptake of O3, we used a nasal O3 exposure system (Fig. 1) in which O3 is pulled through a subject's nose and out through his/her mouth. Subjects were required to hold their breath and keep their epiglottis closed during the measurement. Normally, closing the epiglottis tends to be an involuntary response that causes the upper airways to be isolated from the lower airways (e.g., before a cough to increase pressure in the thorax). For O3 uptake in upper airways to be measured, the epiglottis had to be kept closed for a minimum of 10 s to obtain adequate uptake data. If subjects could not perform the breath-holding maneuver required to make the O3 uptake measurements, they were dismissed from the remainder of the study. Fifty percent of screened subjects were unable to perform this maneuver.
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Chiangmai (Chang Mai) is one of my favorite spot in Thailand. It locates just barely 700km from the busy, hazy, ever noisy and chaotic urban sprawl found in Metro City of Bangkok ("Krung Thep" in Thai). Surprisingly, this quiet cozy town is the ranked the eighth largest city in Thailand (even smaller than Hat Yai, the border city near Malaysian-Thai. But it is still the largest city at the northern Thailand. The distribution of economic development in Thailand is obviously not very even. Today, the foothill city of Chiang Mai still has retained much of its natural beauty and centuries old culture and heritage. For amulets collectors who may has the interest on old, half artifacts kind of Buddhist images, this is a perfect spot for good harvest because Chiangmai has a very rich and aged history in development of Buddhism as well as influence of raw Indian and a mix of neighboring Burmese culture in this region. Some 700+ years ago, King Mengrai and his dynasty had mostly concentrated their efforts in establishing Chiangmai as the capital of the Lanna Kingdom. Thus, combining Chiang Mai and Buddhism has produced many Buddhist Images of various forms and nature.
Similarly, amulet forms such as Phra Rod, Phra Gong (khong), Hari PunChai, Chiang Sean, Doi Sai, Na Prok, Samkampet (Kampheengphet,)and images by a local legendary monk, Grupa Srivichai are much treasured by amulets collecting groups all over Thailand. Perhaps , with thousands of years in political changes and spread/practice of Buddhism in the Northern Thailand also saw many establishments of very interesting Buddhist landmarks in this region. Popular tourist spots such as Wat Phra Borommathat Doi Suthep on the mid section of the mountain overseeing the entire City is a spot both for good photography as well as studying or appreciating Buddhist heritage. The Chedi was said to host relic of Lord Buddha (best time is either morning or in the evening where the Abbot will perform chanting services to the Chedi. Other equally interesting sites are location of the statue of Grupa Srivichai near the foothill on the way up to the hill site of Doi Suthep; Wat Jedee Luang is a spot that retained historical remains of the Chiang Mai earthquake in 1545; Wat Pra Singh, which locates in the city center for easy access; Wat Chiang Mun, reputedly regarded as the oldest Thai temple in Chiang Mai and many others. In relation to "Lanna" - Chiang Mai folks are still very proud of their history and there are some unique temples that strictly practice this very original code.
One thing is for sure, these images are simply acted as an introduction. Chiangmai, I will be back.


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This is one of those weeks in which I don't have performances. Nice to have a little break to catch up on office work and other stuff. Yesterday I mowed the lawn, then went out to help my brother-in-law split and stack firewood. That's for next year--I'm hoping I've lit my last fire of the season.
We used the hydraulic splitter, which is much easier than how I split wood at home. Here's the home method: get a log set up, set a wedge in the top, whack it with the maul and have it fall over, pick it up, whack it again, pick it up, whack, pick it up, whack, repeat until the wood gets tired of being knocked over and decides to split. Average time, 5 minutes. With the splitter, it takes seconds. Watch the fingers, though.
I stayed for lunch, and then my sister and I worked on choosing new pictures for my website. The pictures up now are about five years old--time to update. I know some storytellers who are still using photos from many years (and hairstyles and clothes sizes?) ago. Do they think people who book them won't notice? Maybe it's like a combover.
I spent the rest of the afternoon doing more office work at home, then went to yoga. It was a pleasant slow-paced day, wrapped up by watching the BBC Mystery series Campion.
I've got plenty to do today, but I'm taking the same easy pace. When I've hung the laundry on the line, I think I'll have lunch on the porch swing.
Mid-Missouri Storytelling Festival, part II
Back to the festival. Did I mention that it's put on by the Missouri River Regional Library and the Daniel Boone Regional Library, with tons of other sponsors? This year was the 10th anniversary, and there were 13 storytellers.
I performed at two Catholic schools on Thursday, two public schools on Friday, and twice at the Columbia Public Library on Saturday. On Thursday, I had kindergarteners through eighth graders in one group, then kindergarteners through sixth graders a the other school. Though I can perform for such a wide range of ages (5 to 13), and everybody did have a good time, I find a smaller range of age to be more effective. Obviously, kindergarteners are developmentally different from adolescents, so what fits for the younger kids might feel too small for the older kids. I end up spending extra time reassuring the older kids that I respect them.
On Friday I had a smaller range, kindergarteners to third graders (age 5-8). This made more sense. I was reminded of how every performance is different: the morning show had 60 kids who listened with quiet enjoyment. The afternoon group was about 250, in a sweltering gym just as a storm was rolling in, and the kids came in already excited. I had a good time playing with the energy, watching how the students settled in to a quiet story and then got a little wild with a more active tale. I always try to bring them back down to a manageable place before I send them back to class.
On Saturday at the Columbia Public Library, in the shows I shared with Beth Horner, we had families. The morning show was full of active tinies, the afternoon listeners had that post-lunch quiet energy. The really tiny children must have been at home having their naps.
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Mid-Missouri Storytelling Festival, part I
I meant to blog while on the road last week, but I left the power cord to my laptop sitting quietly on my desk. I jumped online for a few minutes each day, not daring to spend too much of my battery power. Oh, and if you tried to e-mail me near the end of last week, try again. Had a few other glitches, now resolved.
I was in Jefferson City and Columbia, MO at the Mid-Missouri Storytelling Festival, my third year in a row at this mostly school-based festival. Some festivals take place at one site, some are spread over a larger region. For example, the Cape Girardeau Festival was held in three tents, while Mid-MO took place at almost 50 sites, mostly schools and libraries. Depth and breadth? Each style has its merits.
One of the fun things about this festival is getting to see the other storytellers in between shows (and we get to see some of them tell stories, tra la!). We check in with each other, talk about what we're working on, see pictures of grandchildren (Jim Two Crows even brought his grandson Zach), tell stories and jokes, play dice, sing and generally behave like the kind of grownups we are. That is, the kind who still remember how to play.
Labels: Columbia Missouri, Jefferson City, Mid-Missouri Storytelling Festival, storytelling
Outside In Storytelling Boot Camp
Remember this? Back in February I flew out to Phoenix to join Sean Buvala of Storyteller.net at the first Outside In Storytelling Boot Camp, which focused on marketing. We spent three days immersed in practical ideas about how to make a living as a storyteller (or other performing artist).
Tonight we had a follow-up conference call with a few of the participants. While I knew that I had benefited from the camp, I didn't know the extent to which others had. It was great to hear about specific changes participants have made since then, such as redefining their niches in storytelling, getting new promo pictures taken, launching web pages, and rewriting marketing materials. It was inspiring to hear how people's perspectives about the business of storytelling had changed for the better, thanks to the camp.
Sean has asked me to join him for another OISBC in August (he's doing a special one-day Storyteller.net Live in Austin, TX on May 10, so check that out if you're nearby). They'll have to crank the air conditioning up at the conference hotel, because all those good ideas generate lots of energy and heat!
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Home from Going Deep, part III
Now back to your regularly scheduled program...
One of the many things I enjoy about the Storyteller's Riverhouse is helping in the kitchen. At WOW weekends, it's expected; at Going Deep, it's graciously accepted as long as there aren't too many people milling around. After lunch on Saturday, I pitched in on dishes and potato peeling. What is it about kitchens that brings out good conversation?
That evening after a feast of pork roast, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and more, we were ready to settle in to the ancient world, to Helen's Troy, told by Megan Wells. She's deliberate about the title--this is about the Trojan war from Helen's point of view. I'd seen Megan tell this a few years ago at the National Storytelling Conference in Oklahoma City, so I knew it would be excellent. It was. This story was full of strong, clear images and characters we could believe in (whether we liked them or not).
On the way back to the Riverhouse, after putting the schoolhouse mostly back the way we found it, Olga and I talked about the richness of Megan's story and of the experience, about how wonderful it was to have three different styles of storytelling at Going Deep. Though our stated goal is depth, we also get breadth.
Back at the house, we sat up for a while longer talking, eating cake, drinking a little wine, some of us playing dice. I was exhausted when I finally went to bed.
The final workshop has the added dimension of being cumulative: our discussions brought in perspectives we'd touched on with the other two stories. Megan opened windows on her process for us, showing us ways she thinks about stories and how she works on them. Because of her candidness, and because of the way we had all made the workshops into a safe place, I think we all felt permission to speak (or not) about the issues she raised. We also had the poignancy of knowing it was the last group session.
We did it! It worked! Stay tuned for an announcement about next year.
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Labels: Going deep, Helen's Troy, long traditional stories, Megan Wells
Hansel and Gretel puppet opera
I'll get back to my posts about Going Deep tomorrow. Before I forget (and in case any of you are close by and can get to the last show at 2 p.m. on Sunday), I want to mention Paul Mesner Puppets and the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra production of the opera, Hansel and Gretel. I went last night and thoroughly enjoyed myself. The voices are done by soloists who are in full view of the audience, as well as a children's chorus. The puppets are five feet tall, on rods worked by up to three puppeteers at once (they're not visible, unless you're in the balcony). I especially liked Gretel and the Witch, who had 80s glam-rock hair.
I sat next to an eight-year old who also had a good time. Before the show, she and I discussed The Secret Garden and A Little Princess in detail, and I heard her speaking French to the adult cousin who brought her to the show.
The crowd of older folks in the row behind us enjoyed the performance just as much--I heard one gent guffawing at one of Paul's lovely comic touches. He's great at working comic relief into the show. For example, before the witches' dance, a puppet who looked very much like a popular young wizard from a contemporary series of books flew around the stage, and there was some nice silliness with a goose and a chicken. One of the women behind me announced to her friends in the intermission, "There were 14 angels , just as there should be."
The show is at the Folly in downtown Kansas City. I highly recommend it!
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Labels: Hansel and Gretel, Opera, Paul Mesner Puppets
Home from Going Deep, part II
After Olga's story, we went back to the house for dessert crepes. Did I mention the food yet? Every meal and snack was not only delicious but imaginative. Thanks to Lee and Mary, who fed us well.
In the morning, we were ready to talk about Olga's story. Though we didn't plan it this way, the morning workshops followed a pattern: the first half was a lively discussion of the story from the night before (process, images, correlations with other stories, metaphors, questions); the second half was about the broader themes or about specific story processes, with participatory exercises. We settled into the story and into our own stories.
It was raining on that second day. I needed to tell myself Queen Berta and King Pippin, so I went for a long walk, mumbling to myself the entire way. Part of my walk was down by the Ohio River. When my sneakers were too wet, I went inside and finished the story in my room, pacing around the bed.
That evening, I wore a red velvet trousers and jacket, a particularly good bargain from the 100 Good Women clothing swap ($1!). Olga and Liz assured me that it would be the right combination of comfort and elegance.
I did my best to record each of the evenings' performances. I did each one differently: with Olga's story I patched the recorder into the headset microphone, with my story I patched into the microphone on a stand, and Megan's story was recorded directly from a spot on the side of the stage area. I'm not sure how they sound yet--one of my tasks this weekend is to listen to these. They might just be our mediocre archival copies.
My performance felt pretty good. I'm trying not to be too critical--there are always parts I wish I had done differently. The audience seemed to like it. It was nice to have quite a few listeners who were not part of the festival workshops. Once again, we went back to the house, this time for cake (dinner for me) and wine.
It can be hard to sleep after telling one of these big stories with a brain full of images. I did eventually conk out, though, and was up early to get ready for my workshop. As Hope mentioned in her blog, participants felt strongly enough about the story that the discussion got really loud in the morning session. We talked, we sang, we told stories, and we wrote.
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Labels: Going deep, Queen Berta and King Pippin, stories, workshops
Reviews of Going Deep
I'm going to post my own thoughts on Going Deep: The Long Traditional Story Festival. In the meantime, I highly recommend reading Hope Baugh's reviews. I've linked here to the overview. Don't miss her three following posts about each evening. I love reading Hope's reviews, because she lets her whole self shine through, without letting the posts be self-indulgent.
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Labels: Going deep, Hope Baugh, Indy Theatre Habit blog
Home from Going Deep, part I
Whew! That's all I seem to be able to say about the last week. Whew! I arrived at the Storyteller's Riverhouse in Bethlehem, IN on Wednesday afternoon. Nobody else was there yet, so I spent a few hours working on my story and napping. Very pleasant.
There were seven of us there early, so we got to work on Thursday morning, setting up the schoolhouse for the performances and attending to last minute details. In the afternoon we had a lovely wildflower tour--Mary Hamilton showed us Dutchman's britches, May apples, bloodroot and many more treasures near the road between Bethlehem and New Washington. Then three of us went on to the grocery store in Charlestown.
I'm trying not to dwell on the fact that my car got run into in the grocery store lot in Charlestown. Kitrina was napping in it, but wasn't hurt, thank goodness. It was hugely disappointing to have my new-to-me car hit. Today I got an estimate on the body work (insurance will take care of it) and they pounded a little bit of it out so I can now open the driver's side door all the way.
Anyway, that mishap didn't mar my enjoyment of Olga Loya's performance of The Aztec Creation Myth that evening. The story was even better than two years ago--and it was masterful then. Here's a picture of Olga next to the altar she set up:
We reveled in the sounds of the gods' and goddesses' names, we chanted, we joined a parade, we laughed and wondered and strongly felt the emotions of the story. Aaaah.
Going Deep was as intense as two years ago, so I can only write about it in bits. More soon.
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Labels: Bethlehem IN, Going deep, long traditional stories, Olga Loya, storyteller's riverhouse
I wish I had a picture of the baby puppet and Maynard the Moose doing improv together at the Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival last weekend. Of course, Willy Claflin and I were there as well, but the puppets did all the heavy lifting.
To begin, Willy asked the audience for a problem and an animal.
It turned out to be a tattoo of a chicken, on the marmot's head. First the marmot tried to scrub the tattoo off. Then he went to the zoo, where the elephant worked on it. Then he went to the dermatologist, who used a sanding block.
I thought the baby could have come up with a better last choice, but it seemed to go over well. It was our first try ever at this kind of improv. I wonder if we'll get another try at it later this month, at the Mid-Missouri Storytelling Festival.
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How 'bout them 'Hawks?
Okay, I'll get back to storytelling in my next post. I'm in Murray, KY on my way to Bethlehem, IN. I watched the NCAA Championships last night with a friend who graduated from KU. I taught Susan's son Sam to play dice while we watched the game. It was easier to watch without the sound. I'm not a rabid fan, but I do like to listen to the Kansas Jayhawks basketball games on the radio when I'm home.
Here was the scene in downtown Lawrence--if I'd been home, I probably would have heard it! In 1988 when they won, it was wild, with cars overturned and revelry all night long. I don't mind that I wasn't in town this time.
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More on the Cape Storytelling Festival
Another beautiful day. Yesterday I had a couple of sets, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The morning session was titled (not by me) "Living in the Midwest." I do live in the Midwest, it's true (how 'bout them 'Hawks!), but I don't tell regional stories. When requested to, I usually tell folktales from countries where Midwesterners' families originated.
Even after years in Kansas, I'm still a New Englander. I had a conversation with Willy Claflin about feeling like a foreigner outside of New England--when we're there, we understand the language, both verbal and nonverbal, and the way of thinking and being. We relax into home.
Anyway, back to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Marilyn Kinsella went first with some reminiscing stories of growing up in the '50s. I began with "Gramps' appendix," because the emcee reminded the listeners to gather their family stories. As a nod to the theme, I told "It's in the bag," a personal story about a temp job I had in a dog food factory in Lawrence. Then I ditched the Midwest altogether and told "The Belltower," about going back to St. Martin's Church in Providence, RI, where my father was minister in the 60s and early 70s. Nobody seemed to mind.
I shared the afternoon set with Willy Claflin and Dan Keding in a set with a title I liked better, "Stories for kids." Fun! After I got Trixie to stop brushing her hair with her toothbrush, I told "Goulu, the glutton," a school-inappropriate story and "We share everything" by Robert Munsch.
Today my first set, shared with Joyce Slater and Willy Claflin, is entitled "Kid's Stories." Easy peasy. Then the last set, with just Willy, is "Tickling the funny bone." We're considering having our puppets do an improv story.
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It's sunny today! Yesterday was gray and cold, yet the first day of the first-ever Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival was well attended. About 700 kids were brought in from area schools during the day, so they joined quite a few other attendees. We're hoping for good crowds today and tomorrow.
The organizers have been working on the festival for about two years, after getting inspired by the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN. They decided to start with a big splash, so they have a wonderful lineup of four headliners (Donald Davis, Sheila Kay Adams, Willy Claflin and Dan Keding), and five regional tellers (Joyce Slater, Jim Two Crows Wallen, Marilyn Kinsella, Doug Mishler and me). Blake Travis was scheduled but was very ill, so he's not here.
I'd never been to this pretty Mississippi river town. There's a long mural of river history down by the the banks, on the walls that protect the town from flooding. They've had incredible rain this year (one day a few weeks ago, they had 13 inches, I heard!), so the river is high. Today in one of the breaks I'll go down to have a look.
Time to go. I'll try to write more about this later.
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You never know who might be a client
On Monday, the loss adjuster from the insurance company delivered a check for the old car. I mentioned that I switched the registration to my newer car because I have a vanity license plate (STORYTL).
Of course, the usual question followed, "What exactly do you do?"
We chatted about storytelling and then she gave me a funny look. "You aren't by any chance going to Valley Falls?"
Yup. I'll be there in two weeks. It turns out she has two kids at that school and she's on the PTO. They just approved the payment for the performances.
A few years ago, I was at a bluegrass festival, buying a fresh lemonade. The young woman making it asked if I was a storyteller. She had heard me when she was in elementary school. Another time, I was at Go Chicken Go!(love that name for a chicken restaurant), and the kid behind the counter asked if I was a librarian. He had heard me tell stories as part of the library program at the Juvenile Detention center a year before.
You never know. Treat everybody as if they were a potential or past client.
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Just like that, a career was born. The story doesn't end there, however. What happened next inspired a lifelong hobby as well.
"He said, 'Jerry, how would you like a car?'" McAuliffe remembers. "I told him I didn't need a car."
McAuliffe accepted the deal. Fifty-three years later, not only does he still own the Rolls, but it is the centerpiece of more than a dozen classic and "special interest" cars that make up his private collection.
The 1960s were a golden time to start a business in or around Seattle. The 1962 World's Fair brought the city into the spotlight. The economy was booming and new homes were popping up everywhere. And these new homes needed landscaping, as did the accompanying new businesses. Jerry McAuliffe's fledgling company, McAuliffe Landscaping, quickly became established as a major player in design and installation.
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