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By Susan Franks
Numerous sources report that we are now spending 90% of our time within the confines of our homes, offices, schools, or place of business. While a lot of media attention is focused on outdoor air quality, emission control, and smog levels surrounding our major cities, the fact is that for most of us, indoor air quality has a far greater impact on our health than outdoor pollutants. To make matters worse, the individuals that are often indoors the most such as the elderly, young children and anyone suffering from illnesses or chronic conditions are often those most at risk from indoor contaminants. Fortunately, new technology in heating and air conditioning systems, air purifiers, and an awareness of the impact that indoor air quality has on our health is leading to more awareness and education about protecting and improving indoor air quality. The following resources are a sample of the information and research available.
OSHA Ventilation Standards
This United States Department of Labor site addresses the OSHA Ventilation Standards for shipyards, longshoring, general industry, and construction industry.
Indoor Environmental Quality
The Center for Disease Control shares the importance of operating and maintaining HVAC systems for controlling indoor air quality.
Hair and Beauty Salon Ventilation Concerns
While natural ventilation is always best, an air change rate of five times per hour is recommended and more frequently when excessive chemicals are used. This site contains links to Salon ventilation information for the UK.
Guide to Home Ventilation (PDF)
Proper ventilation is needed in the home environment to exchange indoor and outdoor air. Without proper ventilation gases, pollutants, and excess moisture can accumulate and lead to health problems.
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Assessment Model (I-BEAM)
This assessment model released in 2002 by the Environmental Protection Agency is a tool designed to assist contractors and other building professionals to plan adequate indoor air quality control for commercial buildings. Use this model to stay within budget yet improve air quality controls, conduct IAQ audits, train staff, manage housekeeping related to IAQ, and provide documentation of ongoing IAQ practices in accordance with industry standards.
Ventilation Requirements Affecting Patient Care Areas in Hospitals & Outpatient Facilities (PDF)
This document provides a table of ventilation requirements for areas involved in patient care such as Laboratory areas, Treatment rooms, Surgery, Critical Care, Nursing, Dietary service, and Ancillary Services.
Inadequate Ventilation and High CO2 Levels
If your workplace always feels stuffy or you frequently suffer from headaches at work, it could be a sign of inadequate ventilation that allows the buildup of CO2 into the indoor environment. While current standards state CO2 levels should not exceed 1000 ppm, most office levels fall between 600-800 ppm. For individuals sensitive to low levels of CO2 this may be enough to trigger health complaints.
Safety Standards for Underground Coal Mine Ventilation (PDF)
In this 1996 Mining Safety & Health document, the standards for underground coal mine ventilation are addressed. Issues include the use of pressure records, and fan monitoring systems, methane testing during operations, along with specific guidelines for placement and monitoring of compressors and alarm systems.
Mining Technology: Ventilation
This is a review of important ventilation issues in underground mines. Topics include basic mining ventilation safety, regulations, and the importance of adequate ventilation design and safety backup procedures.
Adequate Ventilation for Copiers/Printers (PDF)
This PDF document outlines recommendations for providing adequate ventilation for copiers and printers. Included is a graph showing recommended room air exchange per hour based on room height.
Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality (PDF)
Published in 2001 by the ASHRAE, this document gives full standards for adequate indoor air quality as defined by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers and the American National Standards Institute.
Fact Sheet: Ventilation for Welding and Cutting (PDF)
This fact sheet, published in2009 by the American Welding Society includes safety facts and tips to keep in mind when welding. Adequate ventilation during welding operations depends upon several factors including size of the work area, number of operations, ventilation type, and efficiency of the ventilation system as well as the contents of the fume gases.
Ultraviolet Radiation and Ventilation to Control Tuberculosis (PDF)
Tuberculosis and other air borne infections can be killed with the use of ultra violet light. Adequate ventilation is used to supplement the use of UV light and other precautionary measures to prevent the spread of disease. When are combined with early detection, treatment, and the use of UV light therapy, ventilation procedures offer an additional level of protection against the spread of this disease.
SmokeFree Air: Facts about Ventilation and Secondhand Smoke (PDF)
In this document published by Healthy Mississippi.Org, a convincing case is made that shows ventilation is not effective in removing secondhand smoke from indoor environments fast enough to prevent increased health risks. According to one source cited in this document, a ventilation system would need to work at the strength and speed of a full-blown windstorm to remove second hand smoke fast enough to reduce health risks effectively! According to this document, the only adequate control against indoor pollution from second-hand smoke is to ban smoking indoors.
Smokefree Ireland: Second-hand Smoke and Ventilation (PDF)
This document from Smokefree Ireland also provides evidence that while a ventilation system is helpful in reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, even the best systems do little to remove all or even most of the danger. The reason ventilation is not adequate to remove secondhand smoke is because most ventilation systems use a dilution circulation exchange that mixes 10-20% fresh air with indoor air containing the secondhand smoke. Therefore though less concentrated, inhabitants are still exposed to the health risks associated with secondhand smoke pollutants.
Ventilation Strategies for Energy-Efficient Production Homes
New energy efficient homes are now being built that are designed to be so efficient in blocking outside drafts and escape of indoor heating and cooling that it is becoming necessary to address the need for mechanical ventilation designs to be included in new home construction. This report by the Energy Analysis Department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recommends mechanical ventilation designs for various climates.
Kitchen Ventilation Systems and Indoor Air Quality
This report addresses the need to educate individuals in the need to use kitchen ventilation consistently to prevent air quality issues such as increased moisture and pollutants during cooking rather than simply relying on kitchen ventilation to solve cooking problems such as smoke removal.
Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation in Photographic Processing Facilities (PDF)
Potential contaminants affecting indoor air quality during photographic processing depends on the equipment and chemistries in use. Proper ventilation of the photo processing area will lessen risk of exposure to potential gases and fumes released during the developmental process and comply with set OSHA standards. Without adequate ventilation, gases and fumes released during photographic processing can be highly irritating to the eyes, and lungs. Prolonged exposed could lead to health complications.
Laboratory Ventilation
This is a resource for ventilation recommendations for laboratories and includes a helpful listing of resource references regarding acceptable ventilation standards as well as research papers covering the efficiency of various ventilation methods.
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH®)
For more than 70 years, the ACGHI has focused on occupational hygiene and health safety issues and currently has over nine committees active in topics such as air sampling, industrial ventilation, agriculture safety and health, bioaerosols, as well as threshold limits for chemicals and other toxic substances many airborne in nature.
Air Quality in Animal Structures (PDF)
It may come as a surprise to learn that over 300 gaseous compounds have been recorded within animal housing structures. Excessive gases and other contaminants pose a health hazard to animals, humans, and the surrounding ecosystem. In addition to ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, dust, molds and other biogenic compounds can accumulate and pose a serious hazard unless adequate ventilation is used.
Proper Ventilation of Confined Space Manure Storage Facilities
This article highlights the introduction of improved ventilation standards used in confined space manure storage facilities. Each year deaths occur in these facilities due to exposure to toxic fumes and gases. The new standards will reduce risks by tripling air exchange.
Impacts of Building Ventilation on Health and Performance
This page contains a listing of resources showing how adequate ventilation affects not only personal health but also individual job performance or school achievements.
Indoor Air Qualities in Schools
The same basic factors affect indoor air qualities in schools as in any other indoor environment. These factors include sources of pollutants (cooking, cleaning, materials used in construction), pollution pathways, air circulation and ventilation issues, and people. Indoor ventilation, air filtration, and awareness can work together to lower health risks.
READ THIS Before You Ventilate (PDF)
This brochure offers information about the need to balance the flow of inside and outside air for optimal ventilation and health benefits. A discussion on the practical realities of new building construction and the need to choose different systems based on different climates.
Indoor Air Quality Fact Sheet
This fact sheet published by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Healthy gives a good list of sources for indoor pollutant affecting air quality and the hazards of each. Ventilation systems are is discussed as an answer to the problem as well as the potential contributors to the problem if not properly maintained.
Well Ventilated
This is a listing of standards and codes designed to provide well-ventilated homes that keep pollutants to a minimum and safeguard your health and the health and safety of your family.
Better Bedroom Ventilation May Help Reduce SIDS Risk
In this article published by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, a study reported in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine,(Oct 2008),shows that simply by placing a fan in an infant's room to circulate air at night may reduce the risk of SIDS or Sudden Infant Death by 72%.
Carbon Monoxide Safety Advice
Improper heating systems, blocked vents, or leaks can allow carbon monoxide to build up to deadly levels in a home. Since this is an odorless, colorless gas, you may have no idea you and your family are in danger. This site offers advice and tips to lower your risk carbon monoxide poisoning.
New Ventilation Guidelines for Health Care Facilities (2001) (PDF)
New research and concerns for reducing risks in high exposure areas lead to revisions in ventilation guidelines in a number of health care settings including changes to pressurization in some treatment rooms or areas.
Whole House Ventilation Systems for Improved Air Quality (PDF)
This brochure offers insight and tips to considering implementing whole house ventilation systems as part of a new building construction. The advantages include improved health benefits related to reduction in pollutants and increased circulation through an exhaust, supply, or balanced ventilation system.
Removing Fumes during Embalming Procedures (PDF)
Studies found a link between cancer and formaldehyde as part of a 20-year study involving embalmers. As a result, new recommendations for ventilation during the embalming process have been recommended. Adequate ventilation has been cited as the most effective means for controlling exposure to formaldehyde fumes.
WHO Fact Sheet: Indoor Air Pollution and Health
According to the World Health Organization, 3-billion people worldwide depend on biomass such as wood, coal, crop waste, and animal dung for fuel over open fires or using outdated stoves with poor ventilation in their living quarters.
Improve Indoor Air Quality
This British Columbia page offers three ways to improve indoor air quality that is applicable anywhere. Pollutants and others sources that affect indoor air quality are discussed along with the importance of using air cleaners or filters.
A Field Study on Air Quality and Healthy Ventilation
This article from the National Research Council Canada, offers an example of how field studies on air quality and ventilation are conducted.


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Last Supper on a Wednesday?
Good evening readers. I came across this article from Fox News yesterday, and thought I should share it. Easter is coming up this weekend, so I thought it was something to think about.
I really am not into science when it comes to Christianity, so I will be sticking to my beliefs and what the Bible says. Read the article and let me know what you think.
Scientist Claims Last Supper Was a Day Earlier
Published April 19, 2011| FoxNews.com
Christians have long celebrated The Last Supper of Jesus Christ on Maundy, the Thursday before Easter, but new research released Monday claims that evidence shows it took place on the Wednesday before the Crucifixion.
Prof. Colin Humphreys, a scientist at the University of Cambridge in England, believes the mistaken date is due to a calendar mix-up — and says his findings strengthen the case for finally introducing a fixed date for Easter, AFP reports.
In his attempt to pinpoint the exact timing of Jesus' final meal, Humphreys used a combination of biblical, historical and astronomical research
The Bible's different versions of Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples have left researchers puzzled for centuries.
While Matthew, Mark and Luke all say the Last Supper coincided with the start of the Jewish festival of Passover, John claims it took place before Passover, AFP reports.
In his new book, "The Mystery Of The Last Supper," Humphrey's concludes that Jesus, along with Matthew, Mark and Luke, may have been using a different calendar than John was.
"Whatever you think about the Bible, the fact is that Jewish people would never mistake the Passover meal for another meal, so for the Gospels to contradict themselves in this regard is really hard to understand," Humphreys said.
Humphreys' theory is that Jesus went by an old-fashioned Jewish calendar rather than the official lunar calendar that was in widespread use at the time of his death and is still in use today, AFP reports.
This would put the Passover meal — and the Last Supper — on the Wednesday, explaining how so many events took place between the meal and the Crucifixion.
It would follow that Jesus' arrest, interrogation and separate trials did not all take place in the space of one night, but occurred over a longer period.
According to Humphreys, the set date for Easter Day should be April 5.
So what do you think?
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This includes analyzing and discussing theories and practices for engaging with new media in a range of learning environments, as well as critical inquiry with regard to the role of ICT in contemporary personal, professional, social, and cultural contexts.
Stay tuned for exciting announcements and registration for the first Girls' Hackathon @ UBC! We invite anyone in grades 8-12 who identifies as a girl or is genuinely interested to engage in an all-girl hackathon (we have an inclusive view of the word "girl" and we welcome trans, genderqueer, and non-binary youth). No prior coding experience is required. The event will have collaborative and competitive hacking challenges that involve creative computing, coding for social change, and wearable technologies.
My colleague Rachel and I developed a workshop for integrating, implementing, and assessing Design & Technology curriculum in K-12 classrooms. A special thank you to all of the 100+ attendees who pre-registered. As a result of your interest and participation, our two hour session was moved to a breathtaking loft in the Vancouver Convention Centre.
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EDCP 531 is designed to help graduate students develop a framework for understanding cultural and new media studies. Cultural and new media technologies have intensified and transformed the way we communicate, the way we learn, and the way we teach. They have, we might say, transformed the student and transformed the teacher. But what is the nature of these changes?
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It was exciting to be part of the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2016 Presentation Series @ the PNE Forum. I discussed the history, impact, and significance of the maker education movement and shared highlights from the makerspaces I've built with girls @ 101 Technology Fun (UBC campus).
The take-away message from my talk: all children deserve opportunities to be inventors, creators, and makers of the technologies that make our world, and thereby take part in changing who controls, owns, and shapes our future.
Congrats to the HWL Research Team for an excellent symposium at CSSE 2016. I presented my research on The Tween Empowerment & Advocacy Methodology (TEAM).
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- Amazon doesn't carry Pendleton flour anymore. Cash and Carry and Costco Business Center do.
Edit: Restaurant Depot carries it too.
- Can Tony's California Artisan Flour be purchased online?
- I'm still working my way through the book but so far I like what I see. Good work! That said, I do believe there is some room for improvement. Do you envision a second edition?
- If you're having trouble visualizing Tony's kneading technique you can see him doing it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eebcOhm-s#t=132.


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Over at action site 30ninjas, blockbuster film director Doug Liman (Bourne, et al) is explaining what it's really like to work in the movie business.
Doug complains about not sleeping enough. But other than that, it sounds like job-seekers could do worse.
A hilarious thing about the movie business is that you can get away with anything as long as you call it "process." Literally, anything.
I mean, [one famous director I know is always sound asleep during the filming of climactic scenes]! The director is literally sound asleep on set — what the hell's going on here? Well, he's slept through his last three movies, and they were huge hits. It's how he works; that's his "process." He'll wake up at some point and give notes, but for now, let him catch a few Zs. I haven't been in the business that long, but at this point I can't think of a single outrageous behavior that I haven't seen occur on set and then heard excused as someone's process.
I have a friend who was directing his first feature film, and the actor who's starring in it came up to the director, my friend, and said: "Just to let you know from the beginning, I'm going to be stoned in my trailer every morning and all day long. But before anyone panics, I've been stoned in every movie I've been in, and I was stoned when I auditioned for you. You've basically never seen me when I'm not stoned. The guy that you've cast is basically stoned, so don't be alarmed that I'm in my trailer getting stoned."
Then there's the director who was known for fondling P.A.'s in the video village. Explicitly fondling them — putting his hands down the pants of P.A.s in the video village in front of everybody. And what did the studio do? They built a tent so no one could see. They created a private little video village for him so they wouldn't get sued for sexual harassment by the rest of the crew.
So there it is. You know, I feel a little lame that my unusual behaviors aren't that extreme, but I have started to like it when people say I turn up on set and I'm so disorganized that it's just my "process." They're like, "Where's your shot list?" Well, I didn't have a shot list on Swingers, and I didn't have a shot list on Bourne, so that must be my process. So I've started to use that to justify certain things, to get certain people off my back. Then again, I'm now meticulously going through Moon shot by shot for special effects. So much for my "process."
More Doug Liman tales of the real-life movie business:
- Doug Liman Blog: Science Fact — On the Moon, You're Superman
- Doug Liman Blog: Moon Crash Party at Dawn — Descent Into Darkness With a Roomful of Astrophysicists
- Doug Liman Blog: Mountains, Cliffs, and CGI — Envisioning the Moon
- Doug Liman Blog: Previsualizing a VFX Moon Rover Chase
- Doug Liman Blog: Moon VFX Shot by Shot, and When the "I'm an Artiste" Argument Gets Jettisoned
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I've had a few people approach me wanting to take part but can't cope with the 3 posts. One post is absolutely fine! I'd love for you to take part. This is all about self challenge. We're heading on to week B now but it's not too late to start joining in… Catch up with an A and B this week, forget A altogether and just start with B. No one will shout at you!
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1. Make Room for your Mat
2. Pack Ambiance
No, we really don't want you bring candles and incense in your pack and light them in the woods. What we mean is don't skip on the essential oils. Essential oils can really enhance your practice on the go, as well as serve plenty of dual purposes on your trip. They can serve as anti-inflammatory and other first aid replacements. A little dab on your towel, wrists or clothing can really go the extra mile to give you that same relaxing feeling you get in the studio.
3. Bring Your Instructor With You
As nice as it would be for you to pack up your instructor and take them along with you, we know that's not always an options. What you can do is take advantage of some of the fantastic yoga instructors on YouTube. While they'll never take the place of your actual instructor in your heart, they are fantastic for keeping up your practice on the road.
4. Wireless Headphones
What better way to listen to your instructor on the road that with wireless headphones. You can't always choose the noise outside of your tent, hotel or mother-in-law's house, but you can always cancel it out out with a great pair of wireless headphones. Wireless headphones will move with you in all your poses and you don't have to worry about any of those pesky wires to get in your way.
5. Modify Your Practice
The best tip we can give you is not to let the break in routine mess with your practice. Doing your yoga in a new place can be a great way to strengthen your practice and build your stamina. Changes happen in your travels all the time, and learning to be able to meditate through them adds another problem-solving skill to your repertoire.
It's as simple as that! Keeping up with your practice, or starting a new practice, will also help improve strength and stability while on the trail! What are your favorite yoga positions?


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what are you grateful for ~ please share…
Thank you!
Since starting menopause a few years ago I find my life, my spirit, my body, my soul and my mind are going through different phases.
In Phase One I became an obsessive QVC shopper. I was not a shopper, I hated going to the Mall, I didn't watch QVC and I only bought things when necessary…well that was…until a few years ago. One day, as I was flipping through the tv channels, something caught my attention on QVC and the rest, as they say, is history. In addition to that, I had lost a lot of weight. I had quit smoking and was afraid of gaining weight so I started working out, I went from a size medium to an extra small. I have now moved beyond that phase and am no longer a shopaholic nor am I exercising at the moment. This leaves me with shelves of clothes, all extra small, that no longer fit me as I am back to being a size medium. Anybody an extra small?
Phase Two found me reading, watching, meditating and listening to everything that had to do with creating my own reality, setting goals and thinking about becoming a life coach. I listened to Louise Hay, Esther Hicks (Abraham), Tony Robbins, Joel Osteen, Oprah and Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Napoleon Hill and so many more. I learned about the Law of Attraction, something I had not heard of before, but soon began practicing. Here is the definition of The Law of Attraction according to Wikipedia…The law of attraction is the name given to the maxim "like attracts like" which in New Thought philosophy is used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative experiences into their life.
I now find myself shifting from Phase Two into Phase Three, where all things spiritual in the manner of Tarot Cards, Horoscope, Reiki, Angels, Guides, and God are calling to me. I'm drawn to the moon and moon phases, learning about new moons, waxing moons, waning moons, full moons, blue moons and black moons. I've looked up my Rising Sun – Scorpio, my MC (Medium Coeli or Midheaven sign) – Leo. My sun is Libra, my moon is Aries, and that's just the zodiac portion of Phase Three. There's an enormous amount to learn regarding Tarot and Reiki also and I find it all so fascinating. When I stop and think about this, I've actually been interested in these things my whole life…perhaps I'm being led back to my passion and my new career.
I burn Reiki candles, have purchased crystals, rocks, pendulums and various decks of mystical cards. I recently purchased the Mystical Wisdom Card Deck, pictured above. These cards are gorgeous and there is so much going on in each picture, I love them! Also there are thousands of YouTube channels you can watch for Tarot readings, Horoscope readings, and all sorts of information.
As I look back at these phases it seems to me that I am evolving. I started with Louise Hay and affirmations and am now listening more to my inner-self, angels and God. It's been an enlightening journey, one I look forward to continuing.
For those of you who have meandered (or are meandering) through menopause, do you recall going through different "phases"? Did your desires and lifestyle continuously evolve into various areas? There is such a thing as male menopause so men don't be shy, tell of your experiences too. If you so choose, please share…I'm curious.
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It was great to test out a live performance of In Search of Silence at the Anywhere Theatre Festival in Brisbane. For me it was "proof of concept" and a new installation style opportunity to pursue. Live performances allow a latitude that studio production doesn't offer. And I was lucky enough to have an official reviewer turn up. A big thanks to Books@Stones bookshop for having me perform in their wonderful bookshop. Subscribe to find out about future performances.
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text: Asthma Treatment Print Xolair and Cancer: Does the Medication Increase Your Risk? By Pat Bass, MD Updated September 20, 2019 Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD on November 25, 2019 More in Asthma Treatment Symptoms Diagnosis Triggers Living With Prevention Asthma in Children There has been some concern over a potential association between the medication Xolair (omalizumab) and cancer. Prior to Xolair being approved for use in the United States, the original FDA safety officer's report included the following passage: "Comparisons of malignancy rates suggest (but do not establish) an increased rate for Omalizumab-exposed subjects ... Comparisons of the clinical study data to a large epidemiological database suggested Omalizumab-exposed subjects experienced more malignancies than expected while the control group experienced fewer malignancies." Possible Links In clinical trials, cancers were seen in one of every 200 Xolair-treated study volunteers (20 of 4127 patients) compared to one of every 500 control volunteers who did not take Xolair (5 of 2236 patients). The cancers were of various types. The cancers that occurred more than once in this group included: Breast cancerSkin cancer (melanoma and non-melanoma)Prostate cancer There were five other cancers that each occurred one time. It is important to realize that if someone had cancer before participating in the Xolair studies, they were not excluded from the study - in fact, it is thought that at least 5 patients had symptoms of cancer before participation in the clinical trial. As a result, it would be very unlikely that Xolair caused cancer in these patients. Patients also developed the cancers in a very short period of time after beginning treatment with Xolair. It is unlikely that the cancers would have grown in such a short time period -- meaning, they may already have been developing cancer before starting Xolair. Subsequently, a panel of oncologists has stated that it does not feel that Xolair treatment causes cancer based on currently available data. Long-Term Use The impact of longer exposure to Xolair or its use in people at higher risk for cancer (such as smokers or those with a family history of cancer) is not known but is undergoing further study. The Epidemiologic Study of Xolair (omalizumab): Evaluating Clinical Effectiveness and Long-Term Safety in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Asthma will examine the long-term effects of Xolair related to various types of cancers. A 2014 review of 5-year safety data for Xolair found no difference in cancer rates between Xolair patients and those who were not being treated with Xolair. The drug has also been associated with mini-strokes known as transient ischemic attacks. Heart attacks; sudden, unexpected chest pain; high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs called pulmonary hypertension; and blood clots in the lungs and veins. However, the FDA is not able to say whether or not Xolair contributes to these problems or not based on their assessment of the currently available evidence. Because the FDA is not able to definitively state there is an absence of risk related to these heart and brain problems, the FDA added them to the package insert in the Adverse Reactions section of the drug label. Similarly, the FDA is unable to definitively say there is not a risk of cancer with Xolair, so information discussing this topic was added to the Warnings and Precautions section of the drug label. If you are going to consider Xolair as a treatment for your or your child's asthma you should discuss these issues with your doctor. The FDA suggests that doctors periodically reassess the need for continued Xolair therapy based on the patient's disease severity and level of asthma control. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Sign up for our Health Tip of the Day newsletter, and receive daily tips that will help you live your healthiest life. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Article Sources Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial policy to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy. Lanier B. Unanswered clinical questions and speculation about the role of anti–immunoglobulin E in atopic and nonatopic disease. Allergy Asthma Proc 27:S37–S42, 2006) Approval History, Letters, Reviews, and Related Documents. XOLAIR (OMALIZUMAB) Review Document F SA.gov FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA approves label changes for asthma drug Xolair (omalizumab), including describing slightly higher risk of heart and brain adverse events. Katie Eder. Pharmacy TimesFDA Adds Risks for Heart and Brain Problems, Cancer to Xolair Label. Continue Reading


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Democracy in Lao must come from the fruit of our effort. All Lao people must work together to achieve that common goal. We have a shared interest in liberating our country and people from the yoke of tyranny. We have done it in the past; surely we can do it again in this century. Don't wait for this ex-general or that ex-minister to lead the way. We, the People, must take the lead.
Sixth Anniversary of the Lao PDR's Constitution
This article was contributed to the Laosfreedom.com
(August 2000)
August 14th, 2000 marks the sixth anniversary of the Lao PDR Constitution. The world must ask what had the Lao people achieved since the promulgation of the Constitution on August 14th, 1994? We are sad to report that despite the glowing promises found in the Constitution, the Lao people still find themselves living under tyranny.
The Constitution speaks of lofty ideals, such as freedom of the press and expression; the ability of the people the lodge grievances against their government; equality among all ethnic groups; freedom of movement; and the people's right to be secured in their persons and houses. These promises remained unfulfilled despite six years have passed. We are compelled to ask whether these promises can ever be fulfilled in the next sixty years under the present regime? If the past is any indication of the future, every person must answer this question in the negative.
Democracy in Lao must come from the fruit of our effort. All Lao people must work together to achieve that common goal. We have a shared interest in liberating our country and people from the yoke of tyranny. We have done it in the past; surely we can do it again in this century. Don't wait for this ex-general or that ex-minister to lead the way. We, the People, must take the lead.
We must not only dream to live under the rule of law, but work towards that end. A desire without commitment and an objective without action are nothing more than empty words; much like the promises the Constitution of the Lao PDR made to the people.
If the Communist leaders never intended to enforce the constitution, why did they promulgate in the first place? Such an inquiry is a legitimate question. For the communist leadership to whom Lao is nothing more than the loot of war, the Constitution is another propaganda. It is used to boost their legitimacy in the eyes of the international community. Many foreign donors condition their financial aids and developmental assistance on the communist leadership in Vientiane to show a commitment for the rule of law. By promulgating the constitution in 1994, the communist leadership deceived the world into believing that the Vientiane regime is the only legitimate ruler of Lao. To bolster their claim they purposely delayed the promulgation of the constitution for 19 years. Under the facade of educating the public and generating public participation in drafting the constitution, the communists in Lao claim that they earnestly began the drafting of the constitution since 1984. By promulgating it in 1994, the communists in Vientiane deceived the world into believing that they had seriously undertaken a ten years commitment to draft a perfect constitution for the country. However, the Lao people can never be fooled into believing that those ten years were nurtured in peace and harmony. Thousands still fled the country to seek political freedom elsewhere. Thousands more languished in death camps.
Indeed they had succeeded in deceiving the world for they have mastered the art of deception. Do not think for a second that the Lao PDR's Constitution was an edict sent from Hanoi or Beijing. It was the handy work of constitution law professors and other western scholars from the west. These constitutional scholars were enlisted to work for the Lao PDR at that government's behest. How effective a propaganda ploy it was to have used constitutional scholars from western democracies to draft a constitution for a totalitarian state.
The election of the National Assembly is scheduled for the year 2002. Presently, there are 99 seats in the Assembly. These seats are contested among the party cadres. The Lao people have 2 years to demand for changes in the political structure of Lao. This demand means that the 1994 Lao PDR Constitution has to be dismantled. The first 2 Chapters or the first 20 Articles of the Constitution will have to be deleted if democracy is to be seen in Lao. Chapter 1 of the Constitution speaks of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (Lao Communist Party) as the vanguard of Lao's politics. In order to function as a legitimate regime, political monopoly by the Lao Communist Party must be torn asunder. A multiparty system of politics must be instituted. Politicians must compete for the favors of the people. Chapter 2 speaks of the economic system of the country. By naming the State, i.e., the Lao Communist Party, as the guardian of the Lao economy, corruption among the Lao communist elite is assured. This entire Chapter has to be eliminated. The people must have the power to determine the destiny of their country. The economy of Lao should be governed by market forces. The role of the State should be kept at minimum.
The rationale for Chapters 1 & 2 in the Constitution is quite clear: to legitimize the monopoly of power by the Lao Communist Party. Chapter 1 guarantees the political power for the Communist Party. To say that the Lao Communist Party is the vanguard of political organ of the State is the same as telling the Lao people that no other political parties will be tolerated. As the Constitution exists now, the Communist Party can eliminate any dissent, even by brute force, and will get away with it. The Communists in Vientiane will point to the fact that the Constitution does not allow any other political parties to participate in the politics of the country. Chapter 1 of the Constitution reserves for the Lao Communist Party a monopoly of political power. Such a power will be difficult to conserve unless there is a system to support it. This foundational support is provided by Chapter 2 of the Lao PDR's Constitution. Chapter 2 guarantees the role of the State, i.e., the Lao Communist Party, to centrally plan the economy. When these two Chapters of the Constitution are read together, it is clear that the Communist regime in Lao is held together by Chapter 1 which guarantees it a political power. Chapter 2 gives it the economic bounty needed to maintain that power.
Many people criticize Lao's State structure for lacking check-and-balance. The criticism is misplaced. Lao is a communist state. A totalitarian state, by definition, is dictatorial. Therefore, the idea of separation of government is nonexistent. Advocating check-and-balance structure of government in communist Lao is absurd. Unless the totalitarian structure is dismantled, there is no use of discussing a multiparty system. Before a multiparty system can come into existence, the monopoly of political power must be wrestled from the hands of the Communist. By dismantling Chapters 1 & 2, political liberalization will be assured.
The problem in Lao is not whether the legislature should be a unicameral or bicameral system. A unicameral system, as it now exists in Lao, will work as well as a bicameral system. It is the constituents of the National Assembly that matters. If the membership of the Assembly includes non-communists, the composition of government---hence the cabinet---will also change to reflect the political persuasion of the Assembly. Therefore, check-and-balance does not come from separation of power as we see in the US, but from balancing political interests of different groups or players in the Assembly. In essence, democracy in Lao would tend to take the form of parliamentary democracy commonly found in Thailand, Cambodia, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
The model above is not a mere mutation of "democratic centralism." It is an entirely different structure. Democratic centralism allows a unicameral system without political dissent among members of the Assembly. A workable Assembly, as conceded above, maintains a unicameral system, but members of the Assembly are drawn from various political factions through an electoral process. Such an Assembly has more institutional integrity than a bicameral system because a parliamentary democracy tends to be controlled and corrupted by special interest groups. A unicameral system will minimize such a corruption because all legislative events are confined to one House. Within that House, the President, the Prime Minister and his cabinet will arise. Only the best and brightest will rise to the top to serve the country and people. The electorate will confine their political participation to the electoral process. In rare instances, the people will voice their opposition to the government through recalls and referendum to express disapproval of the government. This is a check-and-balance less advocated by critics of the Lao government. If this type of governmental structure is propounded, the chance for Lao to become democratic is more realistic. However, to advocate the check-and-balance, based on separation of power between the executive, legislative, and judiciary---effectively taking civic lesson from grade school in America and try to apply it to Lao---the light of democracy will not likely dawn on Lao in this century.
A multiparty politics in a unicameral system will produce two effects. On the one hand, popular democracy will take place among the populace. Members of the Assembly will come directly from the people. The people will control the destiny of the country by carefully selecting their legislative representatives. This is the essence of demos (the people). On the other hand, the unicameral Assembly tends to be ruled and run by a meritocratic system. The President, the Prime Minister, and members of the cabinet will be drawn from the membership roster of the Assembly. Since the Assembly is a single House and its members are bonded to one another by national interests, the government will be constituted with competent candidates. This is the essence of cratos (the rule). The description of this type of government structure can aptly be called meritocratic democracy. This system of government is best suited for a small and demographically diverse nation, such as Lao.
This model of government is very different from other parliamentary systems found in Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, or Singapore. In pure parliamentary democracy, politics is reduced to power sharing among various interest groups who succeeded in placing their representatives in the Assembly. The cabinet is drawn from the ranks of various parties. The ruling government tends to be a coalition government. Instability comes from dissension among smaller parties who had been left out of the coalition. The working of the coalition government is nothing more than "power sharing;" or honesty among thieves.
Check-and-balance in such a system of government comes from competing interests among parties. Lacking an institutional integrity in check-and-balance, such a system of government tends to be corrupt. The defect of democracy can easily be seen when powerful interest groups can outspend their opponents. Electoral violence and vote buying are also common in such a parliamentary democracy.
Meritocratic democracy is a workable model for Lao and is the most practicable system compatible with the current political structure in Lao. The Constitution of the Lao PDR can best accommodate this type of government. The people who advocate a multiparty politics can also be accommodated under this Constitution. On this sixth anniversary of the Lao PDR Constitution, we must reflect and analyze how can the Lao people work within the existing power structure in Lao. To reinvent the wheel, i.e., engaging in another war to overthrow the government, will most likely thrown the country into protracted sufferings. At the end, Lao will end up as a proxy for some foreign powers. To have Lao remain in the hands of the Lao people, we must have solution that comes directly from the minds of the Laotians.


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I received the opportunity to review Maleficent on Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital HD. My kids saw the previews multiple times and could not wait to see the movie. When it arrived, that night we popped some popcorn and had a movie night.
Explore the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain in this wickedly fun twist on the classic Sleeping Beauty. In an unforgiving mood after a neighboring kingdom threatens her forest, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) places an irrevocable curse on the king's newborn daughter, the Princess Aurora. But as the child grows, Maleficent finds herself becoming fond of the girl. And as the conflict between the two realms intensifies, Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land. Journey beyond the fairy tale in this soaring adventure.
My kids enjoyed every aspect of the movie and I did too. I was never a big fan of sleeping beauty, but I loved the twist with this movie and how it had the villain side. I am a big fan of Angelina Jolie and think she played the part of Maleficent excellent and I cannot imagine any other actress doing that part as well as she has.
Maleficent was released on Blue ray/DVD November 4th 2014. You can find some great extras on this 2 disc set.
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I am not one to want to watch a movie over and over again. I usually watch a movie and never watch it again unless it is a super good movie. I feel that with Maleficent, I could watch this movie many times and not get tired of it. The animation and graphics were superb, but I did not expect nothing less from Disney. This Movie would make the perfect gift for the holiday season.
Maleficent is rated PG and 97 minutes
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Daily ArchiveThursday, May 4th, 2017
Life &Music simon on 04 May 2017
Groundhog Day
Oops! I haven't posted in a while.
I thought I'd offer my thoughts on the Groundhog Day The Musical Broadway Original Cast Recording! I've listened to it a few times now so I think now's a good time to do a mini-review :)
I'm already a massive fan of Tim Minchin, and some of the team that worked on my favourite musical, Matilda the Musical worked on this musical too so naturally I was already super excited!
Onto the (very brief!) review…


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NEW DELHI: PayPal has announced enhanced caregiving paid leave policies for its employees in India, including more than doubling its current maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks and doubling its paternity leave from 5 to 10 days.
The extended caregiving leave policies are effective from January 1, 2017.
The company has also introduced paid adoption leave of 16 weeks for its female employees, while the paternity policy has been adjusted to include adoption leave within its mandate. The move is part of PayPal's continuing efforts to ensure a balanced approach to work and life among its employees in the country.
"At PayPal, we believe that fostering an open, diverse and innovation-driven culture is essential for our employees to be at their creative best. As part of this effort, our extended caregiving policies not only enable women to come back to work after having children, but also offer a supportive, family-friendly environment for both parents. We are aware that enabling an inclusive workplace also includes helping fathers spend more time with their newborn children and our enhanced paternity leave, along with the newly introduced adoption leave policy, reflects our understanding of the evolving family dynamics among our employees," said Jayanthi Vaidyanathan, Director, Human Resources, PayPal. "


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Internationally renowned artist Anish Kapoor has joined forces with architect Arata Isozaki to design an inflatable concert hall for Japan. The luminous red bubble, called Ark Nova - A Tribute to Higashi Nihon, will tour the parts of Japan that have suffered from the earthquake and tsunami disaster in early March this year.
The inflatable concert hall is a giant amorphous amphitheater that seats 500 to 700 spectators. Rising out of a long tunnel entranceway, the stretchy, bright red skin encases the oval interior. A ramped walkway reaches around the perimeter, and the orchestra stage is set at one end while the lobby area is located on the other end. The shell can be inflated and deflated quickly, and it folds up compactly for transport. The acoustics were designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, ensuring beautiful sound for the portable space.
Initially conceived by the Lucerne Festival and Japan's Kajimoto agency, the portable amphitheater was conceived to bring inspiration and music to tsunami victims in the Higashi-Nihon region. Ark Nova will provide a program of jazz, dance, classical music, and multimedia art projects from leading international artists and performers to cheer the region's victims. The concert hall will also be used as a social meeting place, for finding creative inspiration and new friends.
The Ark Nova concert hall harkens back to Kapoor's orb-like fine art sculptures showcased recently at the Guggenheim, and permanently in Chicago's Millenium Park. The uplifting program is financially supported by UBS.
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Video may have killed the radio star, but podcasts are alive and thriving. With this year being dubbed the year of podcast (just like last year, and the one before that), it's about time Toronto got its own festival dedicated to the popular craft,.
Canadian international documentary festival Hot Docs is hosting the first ever podcast festival in the city. Combining live shows, listening parties and panels, whether you're a podcast listener or podcast host yourself, this festival is not to be missed.
The multiple live shows make up the main events of the Hot Docs' podcast festival. Some of the best programs on air right now, including Criminal, Reply All, Song Exploder, Science Vs. and Mystery Show, will be premiering new episodes, with some even making their Canadian debut.
In addition to live shows, the festival will host two panels focused on hosting and marketing original podcasts for anyone looking to be the next Ira Glass. Learn everything you need to know about producing, recording and marketing the next great podcast with guidance from JP Davidson (Risk Takers), Dan Misener (Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids, Pacific Content), Katie Jensen (The Imposter) and Hannah Sung (Colour Code).
Hosts and producers will come together at an informal (and free!) networking event at the Markham House. Mingle with Criminal's Phoebe Judge, Song Exploder's Hrishikesh Hirway and other members of the Radiotopia collective. You can RSVP here.
What: A series of live shows, listening parties and panels for podcast lovers.
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KIEV, Ukraine, May 2 (UPI) -- Russia revealed Friday that it has notified the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that it will no longer meet with representatives of Ukraine's foreign ministry regarding implementation of the Geneva Statement signed on April 17.
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Jimmy Webb
The Legendary Songwriter Comes Home
An Exclusive Interview by Stephen SPAZ Schnee
"By The Time I Get To Phoenix". "Up, Up & Away". "Wichita Lineman". "McArthur Park". "Galveston". "Didn't We?". "The Highwayman". Songwriting doesn't get much better than this. Say what you will about certain renditions of these songs, but there's no denying the power and the majestic beauty of the words and melodies themselves. These are songs that will outlive us all. Your great, great, great grandchildren may not know much about you many years down the line, but they most certainly will know all the lyrics to "Wichita Lineman". And they may even have already deciphered the meaning of the rain-soaked cake in "McArthur Park" by then!
So, when I got a call to interview Jimmy Webb, the man who wrote these classic songs, I had to pinch myself. Me? Interview THE Jimmy Webb? Hell, yeah! The following day, his 2010 album Just Across The River, showed up on my desk and it never left my side for at least a week. This glorious album finds Webb revisiting some of his finest songs, aided and abetted by some of Nashville's finest players… and some of his famous friends such Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, Mark Knopfler, Michael McDonald, Vince Gill and Linda Ronstadt. The album is warm, organic, sincere and uplifting and an absolute must-have for any real music fan.
It was an honor to speak with Jimmy Webb (THE Jimmy Webb) about this new album and much more. Jimmy is one of our nation's greatest living songwriters yet he remains humble and very personable. That, in itself, is a rarity in this business that tends to add extra helium into the over-inflated egos of less talented mortals.
SPAZ: How did you come up with the concept for Just Across The River?
JIMMY WEBB: My producer, Freddie Mollin, who did a great album with me about 10 years ago called Ten Easy Pieces. We actually did it up in Toronto and it was a real departure for me… away from heavily produced things: orchestrated, sustained guitars… I really came from the L.A. school, you know. He did this nice little album called Ten Easy Pieces and it really became kind of a minor classic. It's still being manufactured, it's still being sold. Actually, EMI is re-releasing it in about two weeks. It's such a special album. He called me up last year and he said "I want you to come to Nashville. I want you to have the most wonderful experience of your life working with the top line of the session musicians, the guys that I've been working with here that are all anxious to do an album with you. They're all calling me and saying when are we going to do a Jimmy Webb record!" Believe it or not, this is really what happened! He said we'll take two days, we'll cut a dozen, 13 tracks. Believe me, you'll be transported. You'll have an epiphany. You'll actually have some fun making this record.
And you know, that's exactly what happened! I went down, we didn't have much of a budget, it was a low budget album, but some wonderful people that are on that record: Chuck Mitchell, who loved the idea and wanted to help as much as possible within the 'new' financial picture in the record business is quite different from the way it was years ago…..they offered us everything they could and believed in us. So, really, that's the way it got started. We cut 13 tracks in two days and every track, to my ear, was more beautiful than the one before. I kept crying. I kept laughing. I didn't play a lot of piano on this record. I ended up only doing one piano track on the JD Souther track. I was too busy. I sort of put that one together. Mostly, I just listened to these guys play and marveled at the consistency of the musicianship and they way they listened to each other and they way they related to each other' playing in a kind of awe. From the first moment of the first note of the first track, there was something special about this project. It just seemed to be a communicable disease that everybody caught who became involved as we moved down the line.
I wouldn't want anybody to think that we intended to create a celebrity album. That was the last thing on our list. We didn't think we could afford it and it wasn't what we set out to do. But celebrity artists began to become involved. Lucinda Williams sort of asked if she could be involved in the song "Galveston" because it meant so much to her personally. Of course, I was honored. I've always had an idea that "Galveston" would make a great duet, that it'd be a great dialog between a man and a woman. The man being a soldier, far away from home and the woman at home giving her side of things, waiting to see if this guys gonna come back. So, that worked. That came off so beautifully.
Other people fell into place. Guys like Vince Gill, who I have a long-standing friendship with and we're both Oklahomans, we wrote the Centennial state song for Oklahoma in 2007. Vince and I wrote that together and we performed quite a few engagements together. We got to know each other. Amy (Grant) and I knew each other for years. She sang the part of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in this cantata I wrote called 'The Animals' Christmas', so I've known her for a long time.
It was like bits and pieces of family coming together and saying "Oh, you're doing this. I wouldn't mind being asked! I sure love that 'Oklahoma Nights'!"
There were occasions where actual love affairs where already in place. Jackson Browne loved "P.F. Sloan". Lucinda loved "Galveston". Billy Joel has made no secret that he is a special fan of "Wichita Lineman" and I've heard him do it a coupla times: one time when they gave me the Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. Bit by bit, in dribs and drabs, these things came together. I've worked with Michael McDonald on many many albums and it just wouldn't have been right to do it without him. He just proved once more that he's just the greatest background singer in the world, never mind that he's a superstar! There's just nobody who can touch him when he does all those parts.
In so much that we were conscious of it, we did not contrive to make a celebrity album. It was something that just kind of evolved as a labor of love and people stopped by the studio.
Willie Nelson stopped by the studio to do the song that had been recorded years ago by Waylon Jennings called "If You See Me Getting Smaller". It was one of the funniest things in the world. Willie came into the studio and Freddie Molin was there and Willie said "Hi!" and Freddie said "Hi!" And he (Willie) says "Where's the mic?" then he went in and sang a couple of takes and then he said "What do ya think?". And Freddie says "I think it's great!" and Willie says, "If you see me getting smaller, I'm leaving! Tell Jimmie I love him!" and he walks out and his bus was parked outside the studio!
So many cool things happened making this record. It was just a great thing. If nothing ever happened at all to make this album popular or successful, I'd be happy with this whole experience. It's just been so great.
Q: When sitting down to figure out which songs to choose for the album, what was your criteria?
JW: Well, I wasn't the one picking. It was really up to Fred. His philosophic picture of this album was very clear. This is, to him, Jimmy Webb comes home. He puts all those high falutin city airs behind him and he's not singing for crowds at the Regency Hotel. He's coming home to get back to where he came from, vocally. And I think that's pretty much right. The first cut on the album says "Put the top down on this ol' mustang and I'll buy you a bottle of wine. We'll head down south to see the old gang, I wanna see some friends of mine". That was pretty much the philosophy of the album in a phrase. And he followed that line with consummate skill in picking the songs because there's almost a kind of meandering story that kind of holds this whole thing together. To my mind, and I've deliberately made a lot of concept albums, this one seems to hold together in a very nice way right up until the moment when Linda Ronstadt and I sing "I Love You And That's All I Know". She was officially retired. She had had a press conference and said "I'm not going to sing anymore". And this is because of some problems I still don't feel comfortable talking about because to me, it's just a tragedy. It's a modern day tragedy. I can weep over the fact that Linda has had some vocal problems and she feels like she doesn't want to burden the public with her vocal problems. And so she had officially hung it up, which I think is a tragedy in the history of American Pop music. Yet, when she heard the track that we had prepared with just this simple guitar, I said "Freddie, I can't ask Linda to do this. I can't and I won't because I know how she feels. This is not a good time. " Freddie said "What would you say to sending her the guitar track?" I said "I think that would be cool. I think that is the only way that you can approach it, frankly" And he MP3'd the file out to her and a couple of days later, she e-mailed back and said "I have to try this. If you'll come to San Francisco and record me, I'll try to do this but I'm not sure that I'll be able to". I think what we got from her is just as pure and precious as anything Linda ever sang. I'm hoping that that will be an encouragement to her and that in some way, it helps her resume her career. That's what I'd like to see. It certainly is the capper on the album for me. Its just a moment when you kind of pause and you think about some of the tracks you've heard and you think about Michael McDonald. You think about Vince Gill on "Oklahoma Nights". You think about Mark Knopfler on "The Highwayman". And it seems like some of those things were meant to be. They don't sound forced. They don't sound like someone trying to ram a square peg into a round hole. I think we were lucky but we were also dealing with consummate talent. We weren't dealing with people who….this wasn't their first rodeo, you know? There's something to be said for experience and we had plenty of it on that album.
SPAZ: When an artist goes in and revisits their back catalog, may times it does sound forced, as if the artist is just going through the motions… but I never sensed that on this album. It all sounds so natural. Billy Joel sounds better than he has in decades.
JW: I'm so pleased to hear you say that. When he comes in (on the second verse), I start crying.
SPAZ: The way I got into Jimmy Webb was, as a kid, I was a big Glen Campbell fan. In fact, Glen was my first concert back in 1969 or 1970. In the years since then, I've heard some of Glen's live albums where it just sounds like he was sleepwalking through the songs. But when I heard his voice on "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" on Just Across The River, it blew my mind. I don't think he's sounded better. He just sounds amazing!
JW: We had done a concert the night before in Nashville with the Nashville Philharmonic and, to tell you the truth, without sounding like I'm bragging too much, it was just one hell of a concert. I came out and I did about 35 or 40 minutes and then he came out and we did all the hits together and we did "McArthur Park" with the full Philharmonic and, believe me, it's a closer. So, we were on our little puffy white cloud because we had really scored in Nashville… and Nashville is a place where people are pretty discerning about what they listen to…. And we had really done well. There was really good word of mouth on the street about how Glen and I had performed together. And Freddie, that night, before he went to bed, called me up at the hotel and said "Somehow or other, we have to get Glen in the studio tomorrow. You guys have never recorded together. And I started thinking… oh my God, we've never recorded together! In all these years, we never recorded together. And he said "This will be an historic moment. You guys were great last night. We have to get this!" So, he called Glen and Glen was there on time. He came walking in and said "Where's the booth?". He walked in and listened to me sing the first verse and came in. It was basically a one-taker… we might have had two takes on it, but Glen is phenomenally strong as a vocalist at 74 years of age. He sings like a kid.
Usually, we resign ourselves to a decline in our vocal prowess as we get older. I think it also depends a lot on the way people sing. Some people are really hard on their voices. Some people would say that's because they don't sing correctly. I certainly don't sing correctly and I'm getting stronger as I get older. I think you reach a certain point where you do begin to fall off but Glen Campbell has, by no means, reached a point where he can't sing anything he wants to sing. He sings all those songs in the original keys as well. The aging singer's trick is to just to start dropping things down a half step and then a whole step and then two whole steps, but Glen's never done that. I know his show forwards and backwards and he does everything in the same key he recorded it in. I just find him to be an American treasure. I hope that there are people out there who appreciate and love him as much as I do. I've made no secret that I would like to write another Glen Campbell album and do it with him before it's too late. I don't know whether we'll get a chance to do it or not.
SPAZ: Were there any finished recordings that didn't make the album?
JW: No, there really weren't. As it was, we were one over and you always have to go back to the record company and bicker around to get that 13th song on the album. In this case, you get your money's worth.
SPAZ: How does it feel that you are mentioned in the same breath as other songwriters like Burt Bacharach, Richard Rogers, Lennon & McCartney and other legends?
JW: I feel flattered. The night I got the Johnny Mercer Award, it was such an emotional night for me because Billy (Joel) gave it to me. I think that there's a disbelief…. But I'm certainly flattered to be mentioned in the same breath as Bacharach and Hal David, who I worshipped as a teenager. To me, it's gratifying and rewarding to see your music last for so many years. I think it would hurt to be 40-50 years old and look around and have no one playing or listening to your music anymore. I think that wouldn't feel good. I've been blessed to see my music performed right up to the present day. I've been blessed to be able to get away with this for so long without anyone saying "He doesn't really know how to do this!"
SPAZ: What's next for Jimmy Webb?
JW: Right now, I'm writing my first ground-up Broadway show, which is an idea that I've actually been working on in the back of my mind for many many years and I finally just decided that I'm not going to get any younger… and its never going to get any easier to get a Broadway show on. I've written several and I've had several failed attempts to get these shows on but this is a dream of mine, something I really want to do. I'm doing that…and pecking away at my memoirs. I've got an offer to tell these wacky stories, I've got thousands of them. The first two chapters of this book, I've pretty much devoted to my father and my grandfather because I felt like there's not point in writing a book about me without telling you where this all comes from. Sometimes you get a little resistance there from the publisher: "Can't we get into some sex and Rock 'n' Roll right away? Maybe on the first page?" (all laugh)
SPAZ: You should just a glossary at the beginning that sez 'Sex with so-and-so: Page 17!"
JW: (laughing) That's a good idea!
SPAZ: What is currently spinning in your CD and DVD players?
JW: In my car is Chopin's Piano Concerto #1. In my house, I have a boombox. I don't have a big fancy stereo at all. And, believe it or not, Just Across The River is in my boombox (laughs). I haven't heard it in a few days, but I cannot deny that I like to listen to it. Some of my albums, I just didn't listen to because I didn't like 'em! (laughs).
Thanks to Jimmy Webb
Special thanks to Robin Siegel, Tony Pellegrino and Mike Logan


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Heart Softeners
// June 26th, 2008 // 4 Comments » // Blog
Two heart softeners from my feed reader this week…
British Blogger, Desi Dreamer, Mad Muslimah
// June 26th, 2008 // 4 Comments » // Blog
Two heart softeners from my feed reader this week…
// January 9th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog
Please check out this video that I posted onto Ijtema.net.
It's too funny to miss!
// June 25th, 2007 // No Comments » // Blog
For the attention of all British Citizens & Residents:
Please click on the link below and sign the petition demanding that the government stops the extradition of British citizen Babar Ahmad to the US and puts him on trial in the UK:
For more information on the case, please visit www.freebabarahmad.com.
For the attention of all Global Citizens:
The initiative was first announced in Washington during the ADC Annual Convention on June 10, 2007
Can unarmed civilians break the siege of Gaza?
We can try
// May 25th, 2007 // No Comments » // Blog
My name is Bryn and I'm an Australian Muslim who is leaving for Indonesia soon and has a very quick, but important request to ask of people before I go!
My mum is working in Indonesia and has become friends with a teacher at a rural Indonesian 'pesantren' (Islamic boarding school). Apparently most of her friend's students are terrified of Westerns, and basically equate Westerners with people who want to hurt Muslims (sounds a bit like some of the misconceptions we get over here in reverse!)
Our idea…
Together with my husband we've decided to make a collection of photos and short messages from Muslims living in the West, and most importantly, from Muslims for whom Western countries are our homes. Basically if you're Muslim and feel some connection to a Western country, we'd like to hear from you!
What we would like you to do…
**Before the end of May 2007** Send us a photo and a short message…
Photos – Send 2/3 of your favourite photos – you with family, friends from uni/work, interfaith gatherings… whicever you think fits with the message that you want to send. The idea is not to say that the West is faultless and wonderful but that, like Indonesians, and Muslims everywhere, it's complex and can't be put into a box. And hey, there's a decent number of us who are Muslim!
(Quality of the pic – we need it to be good enough that we can blow it up a bit when printed)
Message – short and sweet! We'll be working to translate all your messages into Indonesian, so please don't write too much! A catchy line or two would be perfect.
Something along the lines of… introduce yourself… my name is ___, I'm ____ ( e.g. Lebanese Australian) I am married… (family stuff is good!). And then something to do with your home/experiences… I live in Canada/a small town/a big city, I work with people who are European, have friends who aren't Muslim…
Pick the message you want to get across to students in a village somewhere who are scared that all Westerners (including us!) don't like them and, given the chance, might want to hurt them. The idea is to reassure them that we're not all that bad! Write it in English or Indonesian and send it through to Bryn and Ro at: email@example.com
This request – Pass it on!
Look forward to hearing from you soon inshā'Allāh!
// May 21st, 2007 // 4 Comments » // Blog
I never usually read advice columns in the papers, but for some reason, this one caught my eye. I love the response to it. He really did deserve it, i think!
Dear Mariella:
'I was with my partner for 15 years before falling for another woman with an intensity I've never experienced. Foolishly, I confessed to her and now I am on my own …'
Mariella replies:
Did you expect your partner to thank you for confessing your feelings for another? If there is a word like 'lobotomy' that relates solely to the removal of our romantic instincts I'd like to hear it. Meanwhile, how did you expect your partner to live with you in this condition?
// May 6th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // Blog
I saw this advert for the first time, last night, and it completely freaked me out!
// April 29th, 2007 // 1 Comment » // Blog
For all my fellow Desi bloggers, and anyone else who happens to be interested, please check out brother Mushir's latest entry on his trip to his home town of Khambat; a truly inspirational read, māshā'Allāh.
Khambat is a celebration of life, of children, of family, of ties, of relationships, of people, of love.
// April 22nd, 2007 // 19 Comments » // Blog
Unique Muslimah has done it again… a powerful piece of fiction, that speaks straight to the heart.
She was embarrassed, she didn't want to cause a scene, she wanted to scream and tell him to stop, but what would happen then? She had never been in this situation before, she was confused, frightened, scared. "Protect me Hani, don't do this in public" she told him, edging away. He woke up from his trance. He looked at her and told her, "We're in love, we have the right to do this". She shook her head, "No, not here. When we're married". She had made it clear, didn't she? But he ignored her and pulled her into his arms again, trying to kiss her. He needed her, the atmosphere was so right. He just wanted a kiss, a taste. He wouldn't give up until he had. Shayma squirmed, tried to break free, but he was stronger.
If i could, i'd dump her whole blog on I J T E M A – but she hasn't offered to bribe me, yet. Plus, we're trying to employ an unofficial rule of not linking to the same blog too often, in order to highlight 'lesser known' gifted writers. So, instead, i shall honour her with a link on my 'lesser known' blog.
Organic's comment in response to the entry also deserves a mention; it spoke volumes to me:
When you truly love someone, you would want to preserve their self dignity and honor. You will try to raise them above you, you want them to be better than everyone–including yourself. You will never try to hurt them. You will protect them. Your own selfish needs will become unimportant. When you love, you respect.
Hani doesn't respect his fiance. He thinks only of his own needs. He might think he loves her, but love can never hurt, right?
// April 16th, 2007 // 7 Comments » // Blog
// April 16th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // Blog
I think i may be a little out of date with this, but i'm linking to it anyway…
More T-shirt slogan hilarity here.
Warning: there are a few shots of sisters in T-shirts – so if you're not into that kind of thing, then you know not to click!