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Remington keeps subscribers engaged on Bank Holiday weekend with email and social conversation
What happens when you combine the power of social media, email marketing and relevant content?
Company name: Remington
Website: http://uk.remington-europe.com/
Campaign details
Subject line: #GetTheLookWithRemington
Open: 14%
Click: 10% of opened
What data was used?
General subscribers to Remington emails.
Who was the campaign targeted at?
Fashion-conscious subscribers who are also active on social networks.
- Encourage email subscribers to participate in a social competition designed to reinforce the brand value proposition. To make the competition relevant to subscribers, it positioned Remington products as tools for looking glamourous during Bank Holiday weekend.
What makes this a performing campaign?
The main message of the campaign is centered around the social conversation and competition based on the #GetTheLookWithRemington hashtag. Using the hashtag as the subject line was tested against a competition-focused subject line of 'WIN 1 of 3 Amazing Prizes!' and it proved more popular when tested on open-rates.
The email and social competition content was centred around looks and fashion for the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend, presenting different hairstyles for women and clothing styles for men. Many people make special plans for Bank Holiday weekend and it's a time when particularly fashion conscious people are worried about their appearance. By inserting Remington products into the conversation, the theme of the email is both on-brand and relevant to the subscribers.
Remington went further by thinking about the experience of the competition as a whole, in terms of making it a seamless journey for the customers. Assuming most consumers would take photos for the competitions with their mobile phone and then use it to tweet their entry, they made the sure the email was optimised for mobile viewing.
The results
The result of the split test showed that subscribers preferred the social conversation aspect in the subject line, rather than the one purely focused on the competition. And with an open-rate above industry-average, it is obvious that this email campaign attracted the attention of its audience.
Adestra's Heatmap Report showed that the two competition links were the most popular, even though the one targeting men was placed at the bottom on the email. This happened even though the competition-based subject line didn't perform as well, demonstrating the power of joining email with your social conversations. And a great way to start the conversation is by drawing attention to it in your customers' inboxes.
The Email Client report also showed that the decision to be optimise the email for mobile viewing was the right one, as 45% of the opens came from the mobile platform.


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Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus, or BVDV
Did you know that "Bovine Viral Diarrhea" is actually an all-inclusive term for a clinical disease manifestation that potentially involves one or two distinct viruses? Two distinct biotypes of the virus, two viral states of infection and five distinct clinical forms of acute disease are seen with the Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV). This complex is also known as "Bovine Virus Diarrhea", "Mucosal Disease", or "Bovine Pestivirus Disease Complex".
Christmas Holly or English Holly Poisoning
Filed Under: Dogs, Cats, Poisoning
Christmas holly, or English Holly is a commonly prized holiday ornamental that may prove to be irresistible to your pets. Although there are two genera of holly, the Ilex genus, with its 29 species, are all toxic. The technical name for the Christmas holly is Ilex aquifolium.
Christmas Cactus
Filed Under: Dogs, Cats, Poisoning
It is just a few short weeks before the Christmas holidays. Your best friend sends you a beautiful Christmas cactus to accent the season. Unfortunately your pets decide that the colorful flowers of your holiday plant are truly irresistible. Your dog, with the help of the family cat, uses the plant as a newly acquired play toy and disassembles the Christmas cactus while you are at work. Should you be concerned that some of the flat segments which comprise the Christmas cactus found their way into your pet's stomach? Probably not!
Feline Trichomoniasis
If your cat has been suffering from chronic large bowel diarrhea and nothing seems to be working, don't overlook trichomoniasis as a possible cause. Feline trichomoniasis is an infection caused by the protozoal parasite Tritrichomonas foetus. The infection is hard to diagnose and even harder to treat.
Canine Parvovirus
Worried about the "New Parvovirus?" Don't be! If your pet is adequately vaccinated for parvovirus, then they will be covered for the newer strain. If your dog is not vaccinated for parvovirus, they can become infected with any strain of parvovirus, regardless of age. So if your dog has not been vaccinated in the past year for parvovirus, see your veterinarian today! Don't delay! It could mean the difference between the life and death for your four-legged friends.
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Filed Under: Dogs, Cats, Diseases
Is your pet suddenly lame when you have seen no indication of trauma? Have you recently removed ticks from your pet or are you late on your tick treatment this month? Has your dog had any abnormal bleeding or are his joints swollen or painful? Then you may want to consider the possibility that your dog could be suffering from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).
Cycas Revoluta: The Sago Palm, or Cycad Poisoning
Filed Under: Dogs, Cats, Poisoning
Do you have a beautiful, full, dark green exotic palm tree as a houseplant? Do you have exotic palms as part of your landscaping? If you have pets or livestock that can access these plants you may want to rethink the use of them in your garden.
Addison's Disease or Hypoadrenocorticism
Has your West Highland white terrier suddenly collapsed? Does your standard poodle have chronic vomiting and diarrhea? Your pet may be dealing with a condition called Hypoadrenocorticism.
Pythiosis in the Dog
Has your dog been losing weight lately, exhibiting chronic vomiting, had diarrhea, or hematochezia (blood in the feces)? Alternatively, does your dog have an ulcerated, draining skin lesion that just won't heal? Is your dog a sports breed like a Labrador retriever, or does he love the water? Do you live in an area with a warmer climate? Then your dog could be suffering from an infection called Pythiosis.
Whipworms in the Dog
Does your dog have bloody diarrhea? Make sure your veterinarian does multiple fecal samples to check for whipworms or Trichuris vulpis. The eggs of Trichuris are not as buoyant as the eggs of many other parasite species, often necessitating special procedures to confirm a diagnosis. These thread-like inhabitants of the cecum have a bad habit of causing anemia, dehydration, and even death in addition to bloody diarrhea. A recent study determined that 14.3% of the canine population may be infected.


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The Avon Maitland District School Board is pleased to announce an opportunity for Grade 8 and 9 French students to spend 5 days in St. Donat, Quebec!
February 14 – 18, 2018
Interested Students should apply to be selected to attend 5 days of workshops and outdoor activities such as skiing, snowshoeing, skating and cooperative games tout en français!
The cost to students will be $200.00* with cheques payable to AMDSB. Payment information will come at a further date. The remaining cost of the trip will be funded by a Ministry of Education grant.
Equipment rentals are extra and will be paid for at the Ski Lodge upon arrival.
Information Nights
- Monday, October 23 @ 5:30 – Clinton Public School
- Wednesday, October 25 @ 5:30 – Stratford Central School
Interested applicants along with your Parents/Guardians: please complete the online application form before Friday, November 10, 2017.
We will email students who have been selected before the holiday break.
Please contact Lindsay Stewart at email@example.com for further information.
*If the cost of the trip is a barrier please let Lindsay know.


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Tiger Adventure and Elective Awards
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The Tiger den is for boys in the 1st grade or 7 years old. Tigers and their parent or guardian attend den meetings and complete activities together as a team. It is really a great experience and a unique opportunity for parents to have dedicated one- on-one time with their son each week.


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An Open Letter to Aakar Patel
Dear Mr Patel, This is in response to your piece published in today's TOI under a presumptuously named column 'AakaarVani'. I'm writing this to correct you on some factual and a lot of perceptual errors that seem to behind almost every sentence in the piece. I'm writing in the hope that you may correct these, unless of course these aren't inadvertent, but deliberate spin that you want to give to bolster the argument you make in the title of the piece. Let me start by pointing out the irony in the title itself, since having written it yourself, you obviously didn't spot it. That an article criticizing the army and saying a lot of things about the faujis is titled "Nothing can be said about our faujis, they're above criticism". If irony … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogitorial, Media, Military
Jaane Mat Do Yaaron
It wasn't very long ago that media (or press, as it was better known as) enjoyed near universal public trust and respect as the fourth pillar of democracy (the legislature, executive and judiciary being the first three). This because of its onerous role of keeping the other three pillars honest. It was rightfully considered as people's watchdog, representing their voice against corruption, injustice, malpractices and all other forms of exploitation that the people were otherwise … Read entire article »
Beyond the headlines
In today's milieu of crisp sound-bites, newsbreak a minute and short attention spans, the struggle to capture eyeballs and mind space of readers and viewers has become fiercely competitive. We, as consumers of news have become increasingly laid back and lazy, preferring our brains to be spoon-fed thoughts and ideas the anchors or journalists find fit to feed us. On the other side of the fence, newspapers and television journalists have become more and more … Read entire article »
FOE- Who Will Guard The Guardians?
With volumes having been spoken about Freedom of Expression in the past few days, its difficult to write about it without a wee bit of apprehension. Has everything that's to be said on the subject already been said? Why bother adding to the terabytes of characters jostling for cyberspace propagating different points of view on the subject. But then, a few more kilobytes won't make a difference, and at least I would get to exercise my own FOE. Will attempt to do so without going into the issues already discussed threadbare, but restricting it to personal experience over the past few days.I will start with the conclusion I have drawn first, and then go on to explain how and why I arrived at it. And that is – people who … Read entire article »
Don't 'Angry' the Common Man
I wonder if Arnab Goswami has seen Chennai Express. If he has, he didn't seem to have taken Shah Rukh Khan's dialogue, "Don't underestimate the power of an ordinary man", seriously. Or maybe its the other way around, and he overestimated his own and his channels ability to control and direct viewers minds. That's possibly why Times Now moved from reporting the narrative to trying to script it. With provocative hashtags scrolling tantalizingly across the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogitorial, Media, Politics
Vox Populi
The lack of any credible response from all political parties to the recent spontaneous protests against the gang rape in Delhi is not surprising. In the last 65 years our democracy has transformed into an elitocracy. Those who like to call themselves leaders have actually lost touch with those they profess to lead. To them, people are at best an unavoidable nuisance to be tolerated for the sake of garnering votes every five years. They … Read entire article »
Filed under: Common man, Media, National Issues, Politics
Muzzling the Mango
Six and a half decades since we got our independence. For all intents and purposes, we are citizens of an independent democratic country whose constitution guarantees freedom of speech. But when the first son-in-law of the country calls it a 'Banana Republic', he definitely is speaking with the authority of an insider. And the grand old party which constitutes his sasural is hell bent on proving him right. Consider the following:- As per Google's transparency report, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogitorial, Common man, Corruption, Cyber, Media, National Issues, Politics
The Importance of Being Anna
Watching Anna's agitation from the comfort of my living room I got the impression that it was a damp squib this time around. As per the news, the crowd was extremely thin, and the zing was missing. Breathless anchors on channel after channel prophesied the lingering death of the Jan Lokpal movement. Various reasons were ascribed to this, from people being disillusioned with team Anna not being above board themselves, to 'agitational fatigue'. Print media was also quick to dismiss the latest episode of the agitation. As per one columnist, Team Anna has been 'knocked off the pedestal' that people had put them on. But then I went over to Jantar Mantar to take a look for myself. I found the story completely different. The crowds are very much there. Ordinary … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogitorial, Common man, Corruption, Media, National Issues, Politics
Morale of the story
Just like honour, morale is a word that has been bandied about a lot in the recent past. Specially in context of the age row that has been dominating the front pages and prime time slots for an unbearably long time. It even prompted a leading national daily to commission a survey to gauge whether the morale of the armed forces has actually been impacted by the shenanigans of the very people charged with preserving … Read entire article »
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Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Project by Travel Man # 7 - The Pillow Project in School
Environment-Friendly Project
A fellow hubber, Sir Don Balderas (DepEd National Trainor) and I have been chatting for a while while I was contemplating on writing about another DIY (Do-It-Yourself) project that I've been targetting to finish this 3rd week of October, 2011. He is an active advocate on environment have been busy with his travels and school visits, making Manila and Bicol as his daily itinerary.
We started on a general situationer regarding the Philippines' arid weather, how people exploit the natural resources and narrowed into the school project that is dubbed as The Pillow Project in School.
The target makers of these pillows are the elementary pupils. I've been requested by the wife of my cousin to help her with the shredding of the plastic wrappers, mostly aluminum foils from the junk foods that are vended in sari-sari stores (retail businesses at home).
It's really an enjoyable pastime while conversing with some neighbors who are also interested to take part with the project.
The elementary pupils are also enjoying shredding the unwanted plastic wrappers. At the same time, a very productive idea and environment-friendly endeavor are slowly spreading in the country in order to combat a yearly catastrophe of massive flooding during rainy season.
This project will also provide a passive income to mothers and interested individuals who would want to venture on this money-making activity.
The Pillow History
I don't know much about pillow history. When I was just a toddler, my young mind interpreted that it was a necessity, then, in order to have a very comfortable sleep. My notion was right then.
When I researched for its history, pillow became a sort of society standard in order to categorize the individual's rank in the society.
Just take for instance:
- Pillows were originally used by wealthy men in Asia. Just imagine having a porcelain pillow in China. Can you sleep with it? Well, it's hard to sleep on it I'm sure but the stature will keep you famous if you live during those times of dynasties in old China.
- Chinese pillows were originally made of stone, wood, metal or porcelain.
- In England, women used it for baby delivery or for weak men.
- Egyptians slept on pillows made out of stone.
The production of pillows were massively produced during the Industrial Revolution. from then on, we can easily recognize a type of pillow we would want to use from the sala or receiving room down to the master's bedroom or typical sleeping room.
- throw pillow -also used as cushion pillow on the sofa in the living or receiving room. It is also called decorative pillows. It is usually square in sizes, just enough to give you a hugging feeling when you grab it and hug.
- bed pillows - is often rectangle in sizes or also a square but bigger ones. It is often cushioned with cotton or feather filling that possesses a very 'soft' feeling whenever you sleep. It is very comfortable.
- orthopedic pillow - is also long but resembles like a log especially if a person has a neck problem. You can always carry a travel or u-shape pillow when you travel in long hours.
There are many terms that are used in the transformation of pillows. From bed pillows down to decorative pillows, a limitless possibilities of being involved in pillow business will give you comfort by just possessing a wide array of imagination.
Choosing pillow cases and designs
Pillow cases are commercially available. You can choose any designs, colors, shapes and sizes that fancy your imagination.
To think, some of these available products are also homemade by mothers who are also earning additional income coming from their homey ideas.
In the case of my cousin, this pillowcase with the shredded plastic fillers inside it, was chosen by his daughter, much to the detriment of her mother.
When she told me the incident at the market, I told her that in the eyes of the child, this is the most unique design she wanted her pillow to look like.
Hmmn, not bad at all. What do you think?
How to Make Decorative Pillows : Completing a Decorative Pillow by Hand Sewing Opening c/o expertvillage
What's with the Junk-Food-Wrapper Pillow?
Since we don't have an available paper shredder at home, we make use of the three sets of scissors that are available to make the d\cutting and shredding of the wrappers much easier.
I even have to use the additional fish scissor (bigger) in order to give room to occasional neighbors who happened to partake on this home activity, just to pass the time or wait till the rain stops.
You can never take a nap or have a siesta during afternoon if you're already engrossed with this worthwhile activity.
All you need are the following:
- plastic wrappers - clean the 'inside' part before shredding
- scissors -each pair should be sharp enough to shred the wrappers easily.
- pillow cloth - a meter of new textile (any desired color) or cloth that you can buy for less than a hundred pesos or just $3 dollars. You can make four pillows of medium size or 8 throw pillows. You can even use your scraps as filler.
Hand stitching or machine-aided ones can make a difference on the production of pillows at home.
If you prefer hand stitching, then, you have to be an expert in manual method so that the quality of your product will not suffer. It should be in competition with the commercially-produced pillows.
You can add a distinct styling on your pillow designs. A definitive marking or logo will do.
As I asked the wife of my cousin about its effects on her, she said that this project is her main stress-reliever these days. It is also an aid for parenting method, especially if you have two hyperactive kids that occupy most of her time, taking them to school and the routinary activities at home.
So, why not start it now? I'm sure, you'll always have time for this.
Pillow Ideas Online
I am linking my article on one of the many ideas on pillow-making online. This photo of cool pillows really strike me as a recent inspiration to make a pillow-making home industry be one of your passive income earning endeavor.
There are lots of extreme-but-cool pillows that will keep you glued on this site.
With a lot of ideas that can give you a boost on your home business, an easier way to design your original pillow ideas will surely be on the way.
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@travel_man1971 Thank you po for answering. I'm Carlo po and i needed to your name because we have this exam in our school called a concept paper. I chose this pillow project po as my topic and i would just like to credit you because I'll be using your article as a source po.:) Thank you again!
sir may i ask lang po what is your fullname?
Awesome project, travel man. I've heard that a kilo of shredded plastic covers from junk foods is now costing $1.50 dollars. Not bad at all. I hope mothers and those family members who have nothing to do or jobless in the meantime, they should resort with this kind of pastime.
This is a very good tip, travel man. I hope high school students will also indulge in this Pillow Project.
This is very good, travel man. I hope mothers will take the hint.
Thanks for sharing!


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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Christmas Pictures
The stockings were great fun:
The kids LOVED their presents:
BOYNESS - can't you just, you know, make a NORMAL face?
Then we went to Nana's house, where the adults tried their best to stay awake, and the kids had yet more fun. The girls especially appreciated the dresses their Nana sewed for them (she even sewed a tag into them that said "made by NANA" - it was very cute).
The kids got to eat the gingerbread house they had made the week before (surprisingly not nasty - MIL had kept it under plastic wrap and it was pretty fake to begin with):
And yeah, he may be a goofball, but Boyness sure did have a great holiday:
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Lengthening Days
"Happy Birthday [toddlerness]!" I shouted yesterday morning, when she arose late and happy and wandered into the living room. "Mommy, I three! I can go in a kid zone now!! Can we go to IKEA?"
Anyway, we celebrated all things celebratable in one fell swoop at ~L~s house last night: a solstice party where we exchanged Christmas presents and sang happy birthday to Toddlerness (twice - once for her presents and once for her cake).
There was an ungodly volume of child, and a tad too much rum. But everyone had a great time.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Winter Activities
Putting finishing touches on the tree: A trip to the pass: Who said baking couldn't be MANLY: Yes, Fran takes the kids to the snow a lot:
(that is supposed to be video of the kids playing in the snow, we'll see if it eventually loads right...)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
So we had a great time this weekend, really. An impromptu get-together at ~L~s, Girliness had a two night sleepover, Boyness had some daddy time all to himself, and I got to sign Toddlerness in at IKEA for the first time and have an hour and a half of NO CHILDREN and no other pressing anythings. DAMN did that hour and a half fly by quickly.
Toddlerness is really getting into this whole Christmas thing. Demanded green fingernails, wearing sparkly red headbands and green shirts...she's way into it. She's also not even three yet. I shudder to think of the preteen/teenaged years. For now, it is hillarious and fun. Although I'm not sure anyone believes that she dresses herself that way. Oh well. She's happy.
Girliness has taken an interest in a workbook called "sentences to paragraphs" and is progressing nicely along that. Boyness, on the other hand, can think of little other than Super Smash Brothers *sigh*. At least HE is happy. He can kick my butt at that game, too.
I want to curl up in a corner and cry...
I didn't send off my package for my family yet...and they're in Hawaii. Not going to be on time. Again. CRAP.
In over 9 hours of clinic today, I saw 1 miscarriage, 2 blood pressure readings high enough to set my own heart galloping, 1 vbac consult that...I mean, her chances of not having a csection this time around are dishearteningly slim, 1 woman with twins who has had to transfer out of a more laidback homebirth practice into a hospital birth, 1 woman with life circumstances that just SUCK, 1 woman who is sitting at 41w with nary a sign of labor, and only ONE WOMAN who is having a happy, healthy, totally normal time of it.
I did, though, get to talk to a the lovely 9yo daughter of one of the high-bp-reading moms, and explain the function of all the parts of the NST equipment, and what it was measuring, and how we could tell baby was happy and when mom was having a contraction. It was some silver lining in the midst of a day full of telling people things they didn't want to hear.
My preceptor was saying she'd like to trade places with her dog. I want to cry, but it wouldn't fix anything because the distress these women feel isn't even mine, and the FIL issue and the my-family box aren't going to be fixed by a few tears. Instead I think I'm going to finish this blog entry, take a shower, and go read a very non-midwifery book. And head to the post office first thing in the morning.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Visits and Pictures!
And a quick yo-yo teaching session with Papa in the evening, after he arrived on the late flight!
We went to the zoo the next day:
Did I mention Toddlerness took right to her Papa?
And reliving some baby times...riding in daddy's jacket:
The kids were sad, as usual, to see their Papa leave. I'm missing living close to my parents.
Yesterday in the half hour that she was busy with a counseling session for someone that didn't want a student in the room, I wrote SOAP notes and reviewed charts and scarfed down the egg, two carrots, and orange I brought with me. So all yesterday I had that, coffee, and a bowl of spaghetti when I got to Neighbor's house to trade off (she watched my kids, I came back and watched hers).
Yeah, I'd lose weight for sure.
Which would be a good thing at this point.
While I love *who* I am, I am continually stunned...to see pictures of myself, to look down and see chubby hands, things like that. And I fluctuate all over the place, from pants almost falling down at the moment to barely fitting just before a period. Which drives me NUTS and has to be a function of the lovely padding I've got on my midsection right now. What is funny is that there is a very accurate scale at the YMCA, and I've found that even when I'm stretching/falling out of my pants, the scale tells me I'm only about a pound off. Am I destined to be this weight? Well, that would stink, eh?
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Concluding the Dryer Saga
This weekend my dad came (more on that when I find the camera). In addition to a trip to the zoo and more eating out than we're used to, he spent a couple hours replacing the socket and the dryer plug, to no avail...the old one was definitely fried.
Craigslist to the rescue! Before he'd even left town, I'd arranged to pick up an elderly but clean and working dryer for a whole $20. That I accomplished yesterday. Only to find that the plug wasn't quite the right type. DAMNIIIIIITTTTT. Went to Home Depot to see if I could get a different socket cover (seriously, it was a tiny difference and the internal stuff in the socket would connect just fine, I just couldn't get it through the plate). But no.
So armed with some more advice from dad, I spent nearly an hour today wrestling dryers and exchanging plugs from one to the other. And finally (finally!) I have a working dryer today.
Oh my goodness, the crazy. I am not sure I've ever been so happy to have accomplished something appliance-related, though! I have a fear - probably healthy but still - of dealing with electricity. I'll mess with the washer hoses or with plumbing any day (well, any day that I HAVE to), but damn if I didn't put off that job as long as humanly possible.
Lessons? I apparently can do pretty well without a dryer for a fairly extended amount of time. I suspect it wouldn't have been a problem at all if it weren't for the humidity of PNW winters.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Last Night
Monday, December 03, 2007
Boyness is SIX!
Deciding what we were going to do for his birthday was a bit of a fiasco. For a month, Boyness has proclaimed a desire to go to Red Robin for his birthday - which would be an our-family-only party. As we were finalizing that plan a couple of days ago, he changed his mind. Friends at the Science Center!! Drat, too expensive. Friends at the Zoo! Drat, snow/heavy rain forecast. In the end, all Boyness wanted for his birthday was fries and bacon. So out came the fryer, and Boyness had himself some fries and bacon. And was a very happy Boyness.
And now he's six. The first of my kids to kick over to the next year. Toddlerness will follow soon, and then Girliness, and then I'll have 3, 6, and 8 year olds on my hands, which somehow sounds very different indeed from the 2, 5, 7 year I am just finishing surviving.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Filling In the Blanks
We made the rounds for Thanksgiving, big-time. Which makes sense for us, because that is what we are most thankful for - these connections we have to our families and friends. So on Thanksgiving we went to MILs for the standard spread:
On Friday we grazed leftovers at ~L~s while the kids ran in and out of the house in full-play mode:
On Saturday we hung at the D (itandme) and had yet another re-Thanksgiving! The boys treated us to crazy stories, too!
We stayed the night, went to ~L~s, watched her kids for a couple of hours, goofed off with her for a couple hours, slept over, and flipped on into onsite week.
I have some pretty decent pictures of our placenta lab, but not everyone wants to see that (classmates of mine, I'll email them out).
I ate too much sugar and broke out big-time. I cried more often than is customary for me, but had a pretty low-stress week after all. On Friday I came home and for the first time, did not feel the need to go into a post-onsite catatonia. I cleaned up the kitchen and desk (!) and we ran off to IKEA, which was the kids' choice of activity.
We begun our day outside yesterday (after a hearty breakfast), wrestling the lights into place and making the kids pick up random trash they'd left around the yard. Just as I was completing the light-hanging, it began to snow. What timing! We didn't get any really great pictures, but here are a couple anyway:
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Odd Childhood-ism
So to me, communism = everyone has the same blender.
Of course I've learned a ton since then. But it is just one of those things that comes up to remind me that we have to be careful about how we describe things to children. They might stick.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Placement (Probably) Accomplished, Moving (Probably) Planned
And I submitted the rental applications for a place in Kirkland. Three bedrooms, here we come. Again, barring any major weirdness.
How strange to have those two things fall into my life at the same time, relatively out of the blue! As needed and looked-for as both events are, neither came through my direct efforts or in quite the way I was expecting. The Universe works, yet again...or so I hope. We haven't signed papers yet. So I may be bestowing a royal jinx upon myself. I shall knock on several large pieces of wood in penance.
Next challenge? WHO THE HELL IS GOING TO WATCH MY KIDS WHEN I GET CALLED TO A BIRTH once I've moved?! Holy nerve-wracking! Oh all ye Kirkland/Bellevue homeschoolers/unschoolers/homeschool or unschool friendlies....I'll trade you babysitting hours. Seriously. You'd only have to cover my ass in the daytime, no middle of the night babysitter calls...Fran's got that.
Non-Insomniac Insights
Still, they're not getting out otherwise, so here are a few that I can remember at the moment:
I just gotta love this whole "cesarean by choice" issue. Oh, gotta love it. A woman has a right (a right, I tell you!) to get a cesarean on request despite the fact that it is riskier than vaginal birth in low risk (and in many "risky") pregnancies. But she doesn't have the right to chose a vaginal birth? I've used up my thoughtful writing allotment for the month (how I'm going to get through onsite, I don't know), so instead of giving these points full treatment, I'm going to go ahead and just run the list:
- Doctors say they are after patient rights - what they're really after is their own right to make a living. If they were really after patient rights, they would be all over letting women chose VBAC after a risk/benefit discussion, just as they're all over letting women chose csection after a risk/benefit discussion. The fact that they're promoting the option that is more profitable, easier to schedule, less time consuming, more predictable, less likely to result in lawsuit, and *cannot be performed by alternative practitioners* is highly telling. When are women going to wake up and see this for what it is?
- Csection carries similar risk to vaginal birth for the fetus (various studies have shown slighly elevated risk to the same risk for csections performed without 'firm' indicators). Csection carries elevated risk for the mother and more trauma than vaginal birth (almost regardless of how traumatic the vaginal birth was! Csection is major surgery, remember, and even a very generous episiotomy...well...doesn't expose the abdominal organs). This proves *getting to the point here* that we STILL VALUE THE FETUS OVER THE WOMAN. If a woman balks at the stats that say she's more likely to DIE, that she will certainly experience morbidity, that her recovery will be difficult...she is told that it doesn't matter. Her baby will be fine. WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES, about their own health, their own well-being, and their own recoveries. They have a right to care about these things, to ask about these things, to demand these things, without being treated like selfish know-nothing amoral pains in the ass.
- We can cut into the abdominal wall, severing abdominal muscles. But heaven forbid that the vagina and pelvic floor get a little wonky for a couple of weeks. Shows where our priorities are, eh? Are women good for nothing else?
- When is the last time you heard of a woman getting a legal order compelling a doctor/hospital to allow her a vaginal birth? Never, right? But there has been such a thing as legally compelled cesarean section. And there is, and continues to be, such a thing as doctor-coerced (institution-coerced, insurance-coerced) cesarean. Why does the opinion of a doctor, a hospital, or (worst of all) an insurance company trump that of the woman whose body (and perhaps very life) is on the line? Why can't a woman DEMAND vaginal birth from the very providers that allow her to demand cesarean? The answer, I am afraid, is that women simply don't mean very much. In the scuffle to achieve an ethical solution, we've placed the fetus above the woman. Her elevated risk doesn't matter. The fact that the fetus is likely to be as safe or safer (this is debatable but most doctors believe it) - that is what is important.
Reading into some of the issues surrounding legally compelled medical procedures (I'm so distractable, that wasn't what I was looking for in those journals...) I've come several times across the rather inflammatory notion - and one I happen to at least partly agree with - that it is our own damn fault that we're in this frigging mess. If women would disagree with their providers more frequently and more vehemently, maybe their providers wouldn't feel like they had this moral imperative to decide things for women. Maybe they wouldn't be so confused by dissent. Maybe they would realize we have brains after all.
The pregnancy websites and magazines are still littered with listen-to-your-doctor advice. As if most women needed any MORE prodding to be compliant! We've got this "thing," we women do - whether it is natured or nurtured into us is largely irrelevant for this specific discussion - we want people to be happy with us (to be happy at all, really), and we do a lot to make it so. It is difficult for women to stand up to their doctors and their nurses. Why? Intimidation, conditioning, desire to make things quicker and easier, sincere belief that the doctors and nurses are acting in their best interests.
I've officially run out of coherent thoughts for the night. 'Till next time...
Monday, November 19, 2007
Lake in the Fall
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Random Parenting Rules
3 children x 3 harmonicas = ∞ potential to induce parental insanity
1(2 year old) + 1(5 year old) = 7 broken glasses in one month
1c milk + 1(5 year old) = 5 weeks of stinky carpet
300 pages midwifery care reading + 1(2 year old) = (1 very messy floor + 1 very mad mama + 2 hours refiling)x6 hours headache
5 minutes to complete an exam x 1(2 year old) = 2 vomiting episodes = 5 loads of laundry
2 completed vomiting episodes + 1 insanely stressed-out mommy + 1 week until the exam is graded = oh fuck, I can't add 2 + 1 + 1 anymore
1 broken dryer x 5 loads of laundry = 5 days of drying clothing/sheets in front of the woodstove
500sqft house x 5 days of stuff in the sole walkway into the kitchen = 2 insane parents
(2 parents / 3 kids)*(24 hours in a day) = accumulating mess and unfinished tasks, apparently increasing on a parabolic curve which plateaus at the shove-stuff-aside-to-walk-through-the-living-room point
Laws of Reduced Sleep:
The amount of time you need to complete an exam or assignment is directly proportional to the amount of time it will take your toddler to go to sleep.
The amount of time you need to complete an exam or assignment is directly proportional to the number of times your toddler will wake in the night.
Distilled to its purest form, the law of student-parent sleep is:sleep lost = (time required)^2
Add some, would you?
Sunday, November 11, 2007
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Smoking Ruins Your Boobs
Breastfeeding Study Dispels Sagging Myth
ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2007) — Nursing mothers needn't worry. A new study shows that breastfeeding does not increase breast sagging. University of Kentucky plastic surgeon Dr. Brian Rinker and his colleagues conducted the study with patients at UK HealthCare Cosmetic Surgery Associates. The study found that breastfeeding does not adversely affect breast shape.
"A lot of times, if a woman comes in for a breast lift or a breast augmentation, she'll say 'I want to fix what breastfeeding did to my breasts'," Rinker said. As a result, Rinker decided to find out if breast sagging was a direct result of breastfeeding.
Rinker and his colleagues interviewed 132 women who had come to UK for a breast lift or augmentation between 1998 and 2006. The women were, on average, 39 years old; 93 percent had had at least one pregnancy, and most of the mothers--58 percent-- had breastfed at least one child. Additionally, the research team evaluated the patients' medical history, body mass index, pre-pregnancy bra cup size, and smoking status.
The results showed no difference in the degree of breast ptosis (TOE-sis)-- the medical term for sagging of the breast--for those women who breastfed and those who didn't. However, researchers found that several other factors did affect breast sagging, including age, the number of pregnancies, and whether the patient smoked.
"Smoking breaks down a protein in the skin called elastin, which gives youthful skin its elastic appearance and supports the breast... so it would make sense that it would have an adverse effect on the breasts," Rinker concluded.
Rinker presented the findings of the study this week at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons conference in Baltimore.
Adapted from materials provided by University of Kentucky.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Pumpkin Procrastination
On the plus side, I've processed pumpkins all weekend and now have approximately 2 gallons of pumpkin butter, 20lbs of pumpkin puree, two pumpkin pies, and three loaves of pumpkin bread. I'd love to link you recipes, but in typical Niki fashion I read a bunch of recipes and just kind of threw shit together, and it worked. Oh, it totally worked. On the downside, I have no idea how to replicate it. Which tends to result in me, a year later, wondering why the hell my baking is coming out shitty and lamenting the fact that I didn't measure or write anything down. So here they are, the recipes as best as I can replicate them:
Pumpkin Puree
Wash pumpkin well. Cut in half-ish. Scoop seeds and strings out. Cut into chunks, roughtly 3x3inches. Place rind-up on baking sheets or dishes, pour a small amount of water into the dish. Bake at 350 degrees f until soft, approximately 45 minutes.
Remove from oven, let cool. Remove rinds, blend the remaining pumpkin to desired smoothness.
Pumpkin Bread
1.5 cups all-purpose flour
1.5 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup multigrain/flax hot cereal mix
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2/3 cup canola oil
3 eggs
just under 2 cups pureed pumpkin
1 cup apple sauce
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Combine dry ingredients (through nutmeg) in a large bowl and stir with a fork (or have your toddler use her hands); make a well in center of mixture. Combine canola oil, eggs, carrots, apple (if using) and pumpkin in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk until smooth. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
3. Spoon batter into 2 (9 x 5-inch) lightly greased loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool loaves in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool loaves completely.
Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Filling
• 1 package (8 ounce) cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup pumpkin puree, canned or homemade
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Preheat oven to 325°. Lightly grease one 11x5x3-inch loaf pan. In a medium mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 egg, and the orange peel; beat until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
Into another bowl, sift 1 2/3 cup flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg; set aside. Put pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, 2 eggs and 1 1/2 cup sugar in a large mixing bowl; beat well. Stir the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture just until combined.
Pour half of the pumpkin bread batter into the loaf pan. Spoon cream cheese mixture on top of pumpkin batter layer and then pour on the remaining pumpkin batter.
Bake in preheated 325° oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool bread in pan for 10 minutes; remove to a rack to cool completely.
Pumpkin Pie
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 large eggs
approx. 2c pumpkin puree
1 can (12-13oz) coconut milk
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell
MIX sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger and cloves in a container. Blend eggs, pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture together. Pour in coconut milk and blend until smooth.
POUR into pie shell.
BAKE in preheated 425° F oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350° F; bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours.
Pumpkin Butter
This one is going to be the hardest to translate into concrete terms. OK, I really can't. Best guess:
In a big 'ole pot, combine a large amount of pumpkin puree with about 1/4 that amount of apple sauce. Add a tablespoon-ish amount of cinnamon and ginger, about a half a tablespoon nutmeg and clove. Throw in a bunch of sugar. A lot-ish, but not as much as the apple sauce. Bring to a "simmer" and keep it that way until the consistency seems right. I think it was about an hour. Holy imprecise! It worked though.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Visit Here
Spread it around. I am loving the due date range calculator :). This needs funding and development...the intent is a positive antidote to the obstetrics-centered industry of pregnancy websites. Start by spreading it around a little!
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Pumpkin Farm Fun
We arrived just in time to see the farm owner instructing a crew of volunteers in arming a 3000lb counterweight trebuchet!Before he set it off, he had the kids gather around and delivered a short history and physics lesson. Then...
And off the kids ran to grab bits of shattered pumpkin...
...to feed to the pigs!
We wandered through a greenhouse full of declining tomatos:
And found a hay bale maze in the barn attic:
We took ride out to the pumpkin patch:
And got some choice seats for the ride back!
Before we left, we grabbed some crackers with pumpkin butter, took a ride:
Ran out of camera batteries (d'oh!), and took a stroll through the apple trees.
What a day!


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Pasta sauce
Recipes, like ingredients, travel. This pasta sauce travelled via my friend Jane from Nice where she learned to cook it one New Year's Eve. It can be made all year round by substituting three cans of whole tomatoes when tasty fresh ones are not available.
- Take 12 big fat juicy tomatoes and dice them. Sweat them down in their own juices over a moderate heat. Pass them trough a mouli or blitz them and sieve to remove the skin and pips.
- Return this paste to the pan adding 5 chopped garlic cloves and 5 dried bird's eye chillies.
- Simmer gently to introduce the garlic and chilli, then, judging by eye, double the volume of the tomato sauce by adding an equal quantity of olive oil. Mix, although this will not integrate totally and the sauce will be oily. It's meant to be.
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Depending on whether you are using Outlook as a stand-alone e-mail client or using Outlook in conjunction with Microsoft Exchange Server, the process to recover accidentally deleted distribution lists is as follows:
Recovering a distribution List
- In the Navigation pane, click Deleted Items
- Find the distribution list that was accidentally deleted, and drag it to the Contact button at the of the Navigation pane.
Recover a distribution list once the Deleted Items folder has been emptied
Note: Your Exchange administrator specifies the retention time for items that are deleted permanently on the server running Exchange. After this time elapses, you cannot recover the deleted items.
If you use a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2003, or Exchange Server 2000 account, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 provides a way to recover items after you delete them permanently, even after you empty the Deleted Items folder.
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Ashta is a small village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is a part of the Sehore district of the Bhopal division. It lies in the midst of an interesting triangle comprising Bhopal, Indore and Ujjain. It lies exactly midway between the cities of Ujjain and Indore. The nearest urban agglomeration is Bhopal at a distance of 82 km.
Places to Stay
Hotels are very basic in Asta, Bhopal has numerous lodging options. Some of the options which are worth a try are Ranjeet Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 800), Silver Inn Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 800), Gaurav Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 700) and Hotel Sonali Regency (Tariff – Rs. 650).
The official language of Asta is Hindi. Urdu is also used in some areas of the region.
The important festivals celebrated are Holi in March, Hanuman Jayanti and Dusshera in September-October, Diwali in November and the two Eid(s).
Places of Interest
The village in itself may not have anything interesting to offer. However, the state in itself is a haven of tourist attractions, often referred to 'Hindustan-ka-Dil' or the heart of India. The neighbouring city of Bhopal has a couple of tourist attractions among which Van Vihar National Park, Taj-ul-Masjid, Bharat Bhavan and Lower Lake are worth a visit.
How to Get There
The nearest airport is the Raja Bhoj Airport at a distance of 78 km.
Bhopal Junction Railway Station is the nearest major railway station at a distance of 80 km.
Both state transport as well as private buses cater to the needs of passengers in the region. Get the best bus ticket booking offer on Ticketgoose.com
Pune is said to be the cultural capital of Maharashtra. The place, which has been in existence since 847 AD, is famous for its magnificent land and forts. This cultural city was actually the capital city of Shivaji. Today this city takes pride in its traditional Marathi culture, education and theatre. Pune city attracts a lot of tourists for its old world charm. The weather is warm and pleasant in this place because it is surrounded by hills and mountains.
Budget Hotels in Pune
There are good budget hotels in Pune. Some of them are Hotel Pearl Continental, (Tariff – Rs.1512), The North Pride Hotel (Tariff – Rs.1,600), Hotel Castle Rock (Tariff – Rs.1911) and Hotel Maple Regency, (Tariff – Rs.950).
The official language of Pune is Marathi. The other languages spoken include Hindi and English.
Events in Pune
Some famous festivals and events of Pune include the Ganapati (Ganesha) Festival (August/September), Shaniwarwada Dance Festival and Sawai Gandharva Music Festival
Places to See in Pune
There are several places of tourist attraction in Pune. Some of the places include Aga Khan Palace (7kms from bus stand), David Synagogue (12kms from Railway station), Shinde Chatri (5km from Pune) and Pataleshwar Cave Temple (2Km from bus stand)
How to Get There
Pune Airport is located on the north-east of Pune. The airport has domestic and international flights. Two international flights Lufthansa and Air India Express provide Air transport services to Frankfurt and Dubai.
Pune railway station is the main railway station of Pune. It's railway station is connected to the Mumbai and Chennai railway line. This railway junction is well connected to some of the major cities in the country.
Pune Bus Stand is the one of the busiest bus stations in Pune city. Buses from major cities and states operate from this city. Some of the best bus operators that offer good experience for passengers include Neeta Pragati Volvo, AR Tours and Travels and Natraj Travels. Avoid standing in queues in bus counters and go for online bus ticket booking facility instead.


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The SabbathRead Now
Here is a Bible-study summary about the sabbath:
The Sabbath
Leviticus 23:1-3
Leviticus 23: This prologue shows us that the Sabbath was a feast, along with all the other festivals and feast-days. This prologue lets us know us the sabbath was one part of the over-all Old Testament ceremonial law.
Exodus 20:11 – The sabbath commemorated God's finishing of creation. Just as God stopped working at the end of the sixth days of creation, the Jews were to stop working on the sabbath.
Deut. 5:15 – The sabbath also commemorated the Jews' deliverance from Egyptian slavery. Although this is a second distinct reason behind the sabbath, the theme of not-working is shared between the two reasons. God stopped working at the end of the sixth day of creation, and the Jews were set free from the back-breaking labor of slavery by God's mighty deliverance. Both meanings involve no longer working.
Exodus 23:10-12 – Every seventh year was also a sabbath year. Lev. 25:4. The Jews were commanded to leave their fields unplowed and unplanted, and to live off that which grew naturally. It was a programmed exercise in faith in the Lord's provision. Their refusal to observe it (because it appears they never obeyed it) is why Israel spent 70 years in Babylon. Their term of exile was dictated by the number of they had failed to keep the sabbath year.
Exodus 31:14 – How important was sabbath-keeping? Breaking it was a death-penalty crime. Some poor fool was caught gathering firewood on the sabbath, and the Jews stoned him. The fact that the sabbath was a death-penalty law reveals to us that it was a civil law in addition to be a ceremonial law.
Exodus 31:16 – The sabbath day symbolized God's national covenant with Israel, and in this way it was equal in importance with circumcision. This fact illustrates why Christians are not required to keep the sabbath. Unlike His covenant with the Jews, God does not have a national covenant with Christians. Christ's new covenant is made with individuals only, and always results in that person's sins being remitted, and the Holy Spirit writing God's law upon their reborn heart.
Erroneous teachings about the Sabbath


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Jancis Robinson, 26 January 2016
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"I feel extremely lucky to have been sent recently two particularly exciting collections of fine Australian wines from small-scale producers…….It was Karen Coats who was responsible for a collection that was really mind-blowing, wines from some of the newer, smaller producers in and around the atmospheric little old mining town of Beechworth in the state of Victoria, home of so many of Australia's quirkiest producers……
Karen Coats is one of the partners of the tiny Virago vineyard and is treasurer of the 30-strong Beechworth Vignerons Association. Hardly any of them owns more than 10 ha of vines and some of them much less; this is small scale stuff indeed. I had the most memorable visit to Beechworth in 2002, ….. The most famous producer there is Rick Kinzbrunner of Giaconda, profiled in A most unusual Aussie after his visit to London last year. But he and the likes of Barry Morey and Julian Castagna have clearly been joined by a bevy of smaller, newer outfits….
I was particularly impressed by the Beechworth Chardonnays. They provided yet more evidence of current Australian Chardonnay proficiency as outlined in The new Pulignys of Australia. As for the reds, they were made from a wider range of grape varieties, with cool-climate Shiraz featuring, not surprisingly. What was more surprising was how impressive the Nebbiolos are."


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Meet Fake Willy!
For years, California Sea Lions had been gorging themselves on salmon on the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks. Non-lethal deterrents were tried on the animals, in an attempt to make them go away – like loud noises, explosions, music underwater, and even relocation. None of these worked, and each time one was tried the Sea Lions would make their way back to the Locks for their super-snacks.
So in 1996, DJ Bob Rivers on KISW brought Fake Willy to town in an effort to scare the Sea Lions away for good. This massive fiberglas orca whale was like others who had successfully scared prey away from Atlantic Salmon along the coast of Scotland. It cost over $20,000 for Fake Willy, with much of the cost provided by KISW listeners. He was long, magnificent, and considered laughable by some in the Seattle area.
Nevertheless he was put in the water near the Locks.
While the Sea Lions knew he was there, they continued to munch on salmon. Fake Willy didn't completely help, but in the end he was a vital part of an orchestrated effort to finally remove the Sea Lions – with work that included capture and release of the Sea Lions in other far away places. After his job was done, Fake Willy was on display at a chocolate factory in Fremont after his job was done; research loses track of him after that.
Anyone know where to find Fake Willy these days?
The photograph above was taken in the Fall of 1996, when KISW was displaying Willy at several venues around Puget Sound. One morning my friend Paul and I hopped our motorcycles and met him and his trailer at Factoria Mall. At the time I was riding either a 1986 Suzuki 650 Savage or a 1982 Yamaha 650 SECA. Check out the Lamonts sign in the background.
Enjoy the weekend!
The Independent UK, 1996 – If Fake Willy fails, who'll save the sealions from Seattle?
Seattle Times, 1996 – Sea Lions Were Aware Of Presence Of Fake Willy
Seattle Times, 1996 – Dear Fake Willy, — Willy, My Main Orca, Let Me Get This Straight


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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Welcome Morning by Anne Sexton
There is joy
in all:
in the hair I brush each morning,
in the Cannon towel, newly washed,
that I rub my body with each morning,
in the chapel of eggs I cook
each morning,
in the outcry from the kettle
that heats my coffee
each morning,
in the spoon and the chair
that cry "hello there, Anne"
each morning,
in the godhead of the table
that I set my silver, plate, cup upon
each morning.
All this is God,
right here in my pea-green house
each morning
and I mean,
though often forget,
to give thanks,
to faint down by the kitchen table
in a prayer of rejoicing
as the holy birds at the kitchen window
peck into their marriage of seeds.
So while I think of it,
let me paint a thank-you on my palm
for this God, this laughter of the morning,
lest it go unspoken.
The Joy that isn't shared, I've heard,
dies young.
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A Fresno four-car accident was caused by a driver who was trying to escape from paying a salon bill. Authorities reported that they were responded to a call that a woman was struck in the salon parking lot. They reported that it was the salon owner who was struck after she had an altercation with a customer regarding their salon bill. Two women who received services from the salon ran out and the owner ran after them and was struck and drug through the parking lot. The driver then was trying to escape when she drove through a red light and struck three cars causing injuries to one passenger in the other car. Accordingly to authorities the driver is being investigated for outstanding warrants on fraud charges and will face charges for felony hit-and-run.
Thousands of Americans are injured each year by distracted drivers. Whatever the case may be, just like the news story we reported, distracted driving can be caused by a number of issues. Unfortunately there were two different incidents due to the distracted driver in Fresno. Whatever the case may be, it is always important to be aware of your surroundings when others may not. Injuries can be painful and cause victims to lose time and wages from work, possible physical therapy, suffer from stress and can face large medical expenses for their injuries. Always contact a personal injury attorney if you are injured in an accident. A skilled attorney can assess your legal options and help the victim retain compensation for their injuries.
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There have been some previous best-of configurations (some more extensive than this one), from what I can see on Amazon.com. But if you're late to this particular party, here's the official word:
Shout! Factory has announced the January 22 release of The Very Best of the Pogues, a new collection of 18 stellar tracks by the beloved Irish-English punk band. The album features an 8-page book with new liner notes in which The Pogues� Spider Stacy writes �All these songs have something special and so have the Pogues. I�ve always known it.�
Many bands have tried but few have ever equaled the unique power of the Pogues. Nowadays, folk music is enjoying the spotlight as bands like Mumford & Sons have reached the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. But back in the �80s era of MTV, the wild, careening jigs and ballads of the Pogues were startling: the group was broadcasting from another planet. Their music was so alive, so vital that it retains its punch all these years later, as Shout! Factory�s new compilation The Very Best Of The Pogues vividly illustrates.
Chronicling the Pogues� prime and containing many of the group�s best-known songs�songs that are threaded into popular culture, with �If I Should Fall From Grace With God� surprisingly soundtracking a recent Subaru ad, �Body of An American� heard in a memorable scene on HBO�s acclaimed urban drama The Wire, and the Kirsty MacColl duet �Fairytale of New York� existing as that rare modern holiday perennial�The Very Best Of The Pogues tells the story of one of the great Irish bands of modern times. And what a rich history it is.
Formed by singer/songwriter Shane MacGowan�a ruffian raised on punk rock who was famously photographed with a bloody ear in the front row of an early Clash gig�and guitarist/tin whistle player Spider Stacy in 1982, the Pogues took their name from a Gaelic phrase for �kiss my arse.� Quickly earning a reputation as an invigorating live act, the group signed with legendary British indie label Stiff in 1984, releasing their debut Red Roses For Me that year.
An underground sensation in the UK, Red Roses For Me showcased the Pogues� gift for revitalizing traditional songs but also the wildly gifted pen of MacGowan, whose original �Streams of Whiskey� was one of the album�s highlights. With producer Elvis Costello, the Pogues quickly recorded a follow-up called Rum Sodomy And The Lash, a 1985 album that�s often cited as the band�s best and one of the great albums of the �80s. MacGowan�s originals �A Pair of Brown Eyes� and �Sally MacLennane� reached the UK charts and the LP earned the band a cult audience in the U.S. Soon, the band made the leap from indies to the majors, signing with Island Records in 1987, and recording their next album If I Should Fall From Grace With God with Steve Lillywhite.
By many measures, If I Should Fall From Grace With God is the Pogues� high watermark, generating a genuine UK hit single in �Fairytale of New York� and winding up as their most popular album in the U.S., partially due to the title track being a college radio hit. Hot on the heels of this success, the band released Peace And Love in 1989, a record that included the Jem Finer-penned highlight �Misty Morning, Albert Bridge.� Despite their success, the band was struggling to deal with MacGowan�s alcoholism, eventually replacing him with ex-Clash singer Joe Strummer in 1991 during a tour in support of the album Hell�s Ditch. On 1993�s Waiting For Herb, Spider Stacy became the group�s lead singer with Finer writing the bulk of the material. After the release of Pogue Mahone in 1996, the band broke up. However, the disbandment was short-lived. In 2001, the Pogues reunited, complete with Shane MacGowan as their lead singer. Over the next decade, the group played regularly in the UK and the US, cultivating several new generations of fans. For those new listeners The Very Best Of The Pogues is an essential introduction; but for those who have stuck with the band through thick and thin, it�s a bracing reminder of just how damn good this band has always been.
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory�s DVD and Blu-Ray� offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials in lavish packages crammed with extras.� Shout�s audio division boasts GRAMMY�-nominated box sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable �best of� compilations.� In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America.� Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, HighTone Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention.� Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com
The Very Best of the Pogues
1. Dirty Old Town
2. The Sunnyside Of The Street
3. If I Should Fall From Grace With God
4. The Irish Rover
5. Rain Street
6. A Pair Of Brown Eyes
7. Boys From The County Hell
8. Fairytale Of New York
9. Body Of An American
10. Thousands Are Sailing
11. Sally MacLennane
12. Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
13. Tuesday Morning
14. Rainy Night In Soho
15. Streams of Whiskey
16. The Sickbed of Cuchulainn
17. Young Ned Of The Hill
18. Love You �Till The End


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I was working in London last week, slogging with the masses on the Tube. Just passing the time reading the posters on the Tube train.
When I saw one poster that was intriguing:
stop the information monopoly
Go to the website, and it reads:
Did you know that more than 75% of people in the UK use just one search engine to find information? The same search engine. The biggest search engine. The most popular search engine. Why? It's not that there aren't choices, it just seems that most people don't use them.
The search engine Ask.com is behind the campaign.
Gary Price is the director of information resources at Ask.com, and somebody I have admired for many years. Coincidentally (not) Searchenginewatch.com recently interviewed Gary Price, and whilst there was no direct mention of the campaign, Gary said:
"Google is a great product, and I use Google plenty too. I like to take a look at everything, but I think that when it comes to information retrieval, options are very important. It's one thing if my mom is searching and she has become entrenched with Google. But, it is another thing for people who are in teaching, or teaching younger people information retrieval skills, as these skills are more important now than ever before.
I have to agree with Gary: information retrieval skills are essential in an information society, indeed more important than ever. And Google isn't the only answer.
It's great to open the debate, and also to raise awareness of other search tools: each with a particular strength. I'm going to write more about those in future postings.
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OPEIU / COPE History (1946 – 2008)
Saskatchewan Insurance Employees' Union, Local #1, a direct charter of the Canadian Congress of Labour, was certified as a bargaining unit and chartered in 1946. The Local was comprised of 31 members employed by Saskatchewan Government Insurance Office.
The first president of the Local—for the years 1946 and 1947—was Doreen Virginia Christiaens. The longest serving president was Bill Wittal, who served for ten years in the 1970's and the early 1980's. A total of seven of our 23 presidents have been women.
In 1948, with William (Bill) Turner as President, Saskatchewan Insurance Employees' Union, Local #1 went on strike. The strike lasted 18 days resulting in a 35% wage increase for the members. The Local was the first Union to strike a Crown Corporation.
On May 1, 1956 the Local affiliated with the newly created Canadian Labour Congress and on October 9, 1957, we affiliated with the SFL.
The Local took a giant step forward on February 1, 1962 when it affiliated with the Office Employees' International Union as Saskatchewan Insurance, Office & Professional Employees' Union, Local 397. Joining a large organization such as Office & Professional Employees' Union provided the strength and stability needed to remain a strong Local Union.
Local 397 provided strong vice-presidential representation to OPEIU's International Executive Board. Local 397 Presidents that were elected as International Vice-Presidents have all enhanced the Local's image with the International Union over the years because of the dedication they have shown in representing Region IX (the Prairie Region) on the Board. Bill Wittal retired as an OPEIU Representative in 1988. He remains as Vice-President Emeritus of the International Executive Board—a rare and important achievement for Bill and the Local Union.
In 1983, under the Progressive Conservative government, SGI planned to close Motor Vehicle Offices around the province. In order to protect our members, OPEIU Local 397 was successful in getting the first ever injunction against the Crown to stop the closures.
OPEIU Local 397 also collaborated with the NDP during the late 1980's to stop the privatization of SGI. In addition to an advertising campaign, our members spent weekends leafleting around the province. With the combined efforts of our members and the NDP, the public put sufficient pressure on the PC government to stop the privatization.
On June 20, 2004, the OPEIU Locals across Canada took another giant step by separating from the International Union and creating a new Canadian Union named the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE). There are 46 Locals and 35,000 members across Canada. We are very proud to truly be all Canadian with all the member's dues money staying right here in Canada.
Since the inception of COPE in 2004, the Presidents of Local 397 have served as the Vice President for Region 3 (the Prairie Region) on the National Executive, continuing the tradition started with OPEIU of bringing a strong voice and dedication in representing the prairies.
Today COPE Local 397 has approximately 1700 members. We represent seven bargaining units, including Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), the SK NDP Provincial Office, the SK NDP Caucus Office, the SK NDP Constituency Assistants, the RM of Alexander, the U of R Faculty Association and our Calgary Unit.