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I, who normally roll my eyes at all things wedding.
I, who didn't even plan my own and is particularly proud of the one that I only spent $125 on.
I, who didn't even have a back up for my outside wedding, we'd just get married at the Elk's, where we were having the reception anyway! Screw it! (My in-laws-to-be thought I was nuts. They weren't wrong, but none of this has anything to do with weddings)
I, who scorned everyone who said anything about all this hoopla, woke up this morning and literally could not find anything else on any station that is supposed to carry news.
At 5:30 a.m. I went to every news station I have and each and every time was met with the same scene. Which did not include the happy couple most of the time and featured a lot of music that I am sure was beautiful if you were there, but frankly left a lot to be desired if you were in America and just wanted to know whether or not it was going to rain, or if we might have a tornado.
Anyhoo, at some point it did show the happy couple. They looked stunning. I had to wait for her to stand up before I loved the dress, but I thought it was beautiful.
With Di's dress, I did not at the time, and to this day I still believe I have not met anyone else who would pick that dress. But maybe this was the point. Maybe she planned it that way. If so, it worked. Up to this point, I had a very bad feeling about this thing ever since he gave her the ring that Diana was given. Why Diana did not drop that bit of bad luck like the old lady did with the "heart of the ocean" in The Titanic is beyond me. (Oh! Charles, I don't know what happened! It just slipped off. I must have lost weight!)
I didn't care for it the first time, and that was before it had all the ugliness associated with it. Of course, Now Diana was in my mind, and I remembered how right after we finally made it home from having the twins, I remember every single detail of her death. Because I was up. It was the only thing on the news, and would be for days. My first thought was "Oh, those poor boys". Then I remembered how Charles actually stood up for her in death, assuring that she would have a royal funeral and walked with those boys into that same church. Here came the tears, and even worse, the realization that I had watched this man since he was born. Really, I had. Whether I wanted to or not.
By now I was hooked, and THEN I think it was Joan Lunden who told a story about a common woman who yelled to William that "his mum would be SO proud of him" and how he looked at her and got emotional, and by that time I had to go dig a new box of Kleenex out of the linen closet. By the time I made it back, it was more of the crappy (no offense) music and I had time to wonder why on earth they would drag trees inside the church. The church, it should go without saying, is absolutely phenomenal.
The camera's panned the audience.
There is Camilla. Ugh. How she ever had the nerve to show her face in public again is beyond me. Some people just have no pride. They could be the lucky ones, for all I would know about that. I have too much. It's a burden I happily bear.
The Queen has most excellent taste in clothes. Choosing the usual suit and hat, but today in a pale yellow.
Everywhere there are strange and mesmerizing hats.
By the time we needed to leave the house,
This is how they get you suckered in. To bring myself out of it, we went and got donuts before school and work and they had these sugar cookie sandwiches with butter cream icing, and we all had one in honor of the happy couple. I didn't mention this to anyone else, but that is what we did. Don't tell the boys.
At the end of the day (I think that's an English expression, Fergie used to say it a lot at any rate, old chap!) I wish them all the best. I hope they are very happy and have as many children of whatever sex as they want. I hope they put that ring in the safe or vault or somewhere where it will finally rest in peace (anything that big is just tacky. I don't care if it's the Hope Diamond, which, incidentally, has not brought a lot of happiness to anyone either...), and I hope that they will above all lead a quiet, private life together.
I will probably never bother you with such shallow drivel again.


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You no longer have to live in New York or California to taste the best food in America. That's because young chefs have set up shop in smaller cities and rural areas, many in order to be closer to the farmers and ranchers who supply their raw materials. For others, it's because the palates of small town diners have grown more sophisticated.
It's no wonder Americans now dish out nearly half their food budgets on dining out, according to the National Restaurant Association. Sales in the industry have grown steadily for more than 15 years and are expected to increase 5% in 2007, to $537 billion, with $181.6 billion of that coming from full service restaurants. The Food Network, owned by
As tourists, Americans are willing to venture ever-farther to find fine fare. About one out of five American leisure travelers plan their trips based on a destination's culinary attributes, according to the Travel Industry Association.
But restaurants are not the only winners. Retailers sold 14.9 million cooking-related books in 2006, according to Nielsen BookScan. That's 2% of total book sales and a 9% increase in the category from 2005. Readers want not only cookbooks--filled with recipes for everything from seaweed butter to truffled ravioli--but the inside stories of the chefs behind them. Best sellers have included Heat (Knopf Publishing Group, 2006), in which author Bill Buford signs on as a "kitchen slave" to celebrity chef--and reigning Forbes.com Tastemaker--Mario Batali.
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This year, Forbes.com has identified 10 of the most influential chefs working in America today. Of the 12.8 million restaurant and foodservice outlet employees, these 10 are arguably doing the most to tease, surprise and gratify our national appetite.
What trends inform their sensibilities? Thomas Keller, one of the finest chefs in America and returning Tastemaker, says the new generation of younger chefs prize ingredients grown close to home by artesian producers.
Locally produced and organic fare is gaining popularity on every level of American dining. In fine, casual and family restaurants, sales of such items are expected to increase by 52%, 42% and 27%, respectively, in 2007, according to the National Restaurant Association.
A related trend: ethical eating. Dorothy Cann Hamilton, chairman of the James Beard Foundation and founder of The French Culinary Institute in New York City, asks: "If you're going to burn 10,000 gallons of oil to bring an organic orange or carrot from California to New York, is that morally viable?"
No, say such chefs as Dan Barber, co-owner of Blue Hill restaurant in New York City and a newcomer to this year's Tastemakers list. Like other "locivores," he uses only local produce grown according to the precepts of sustainable agriculture.
In desserts, one trend has been the fusion of savory and sweet, as illustrated by the surprising, even mischievous creations of Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini of Jean-Georges in New York. His crispy spiced chocolate with beet parfait and yogurt powder is one example.
The ascent of Las Vegas as a culinary destination gathered more momentum in 2006, says celebrated food critic Alan Richman. Many of the chefs on our list, including Mario Batali, Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Keller, Tom Colicchio and Joël Robuchon, have outposts in Sin City.
To put together this year's list of Tastemakers, we interviewed industry insiders, counted media mentions and added a pinch of our taste. Result? The list that you find here--a degustation, if you will. We deliberately excluded certain famous names--such as Alice Waters of Chez Panise, and the late Henré Soul of Lutèce--in order to make room for others we hope will be fresh to you. And we limited ourselves to chefs working in the U.S.
Bon Appétit!

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Is It Too Late for Me?
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Am I ready to do a master's?
Post-Audition Practicing
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I thought this would be something interesting to talk about on here. If you've read any of my recent posts on this blog, you will know that I recently did some grad school auditions. I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but I completed my fourth year recital before I left for auditions as well! I know it sounds absolutely crazy, but for the low amount of stress and anxiety that I've experienced in the past month, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I read back on some of my posts from September-January and I couldn't believe how much anxiety and stress I was under! It's definitely interesting for me to look back on that and appreciate where I am now even more.
You're probably thinking, "If I were you, I'd just put my instrument away and never practice ever again". Well, it's not that simple. I still have orchestra and chamber music obligations. I can't just waltz into rehearsal and be like "Sorry guys, I haven't practiced in a week". When I go to the practice rooms, I feel like there's this silent judgement. Why I am I less entitled to practice just because I'm done all of my auditions and my recital? I have to keep playing or else I will lose all that muscle memory. I took a week break one time and I swear it took almost a month to get back to the level I was at before.
This has been a great opportunity to work on repertoire that I either didn't get a chance to play in my fourth year recital or just pieces I've always wanted to learn. I am also using this opportunity to work on orchestral excerpts, which is not something I always get a chance to do unless I am preparing for an audition. I was concerned that my practicing wouldn't be very focused because I wasn't preparing for anything and there's no pressure, but actually I've been getting a lot done. I guess I'm practicing because it's genuinely what I love doing. I can really take the time to focus on refining my technique too. I feel like my practicing is almost more efficient than it was before, ironically enough. I guess under the pressure of my recital and auditions, I felt rushed to get through everything and I didn't always take the time to stop and smell the roses. Perhaps this can be something I can apply to my practice in future years. Although I am taking things at a much slower pace and practicing in smaller chunks, I'm still getting a lot done.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not practicing 4+ hours a day. I'm also using this opportunity to get away from my instrument as well, which I think is super important. I'm finally using that hot yoga pass I bought back in September. Ironically, it would have benefited me more when I was going through more stress, but better late than never. I've gone once a week the past month and already I feel a lot stronger and my flexibility has improved. I've also made an effort to walk places that are within 3 kilometres of where I am. Round trip, that's about 6km of walking most days. When school ends, I hope to explore some more non-music hobbies over the summer. I'd really like to get back into reading books for one thing. I used to love reading, but I've just never had the patience to read an entire book in the past few years.
That's basically all I've been up to as of late. Currently, I'm typing out this entry as a means to procrastinate for a paper due in a history class. It's my last paper of my undergrad, it only gets harder from here…
I Just Wanted to Be Different
Whoa, I'm getting fancy and inserting pictures in my entries! I can barely contain myself too!
Well, there is a deeper meaning behind the picture. The title of this post states "I just wanted to be different". So I figured a snowflake would be an appropriate graphic as no two snowflakes are alike. No two humans are alike.
Sometimes we forget just how unique we are. There are so many humans in the world, it can feel like you are insignificant and don't matter. If you have read any other things I have posted in this blog, you will know that it is something I talk about a lot.
When my violin teacher suggested to me at the end of grade 7 that I switch to viola, I will admit I was quite skeptical, as I'm sure you can relate if you are a violist as well. I thought it was a passive-aggressive nudge suggesting that things on violin weren't going so well and that maybe I should just give up. I didn't want to play an instrument that had such horrible jokes written about it, I couldn't be that person! I rented a cheap one just to try it out and give it a chance. I did like the deeper, rich tone quality of the viola. Overall, I thought it was a much nicer and satisfying instrument to play. The next week when I went to my violin lesson, it was my first viola lesson. That summer, I went to the summer string workshop as a violist. I was still a bit shaky on alto clef, but by the beginning of grade 8, I was almost fluent in alto clef. By the time I started youth orchestra, it was like I had been playing viola for years.
I'll admit I still wasn't completely sold on viola. Part of me was still a violinist and missed soaring in those high positions on the E string. I'd watch the violinists have these crazy hard parts all up in 8th position while I was playing tremolo. I would almost wish that I could play something like that, I felt like I wasn't challenging myself enough. I thought people would think that I was being lazy for switching to the viola. Yes, at one point in my life, I thought viola was "too easy". Such a violinist thing to say. I did like being in a smaller section though. There aren't many violists, especially where I was from. I felt I always got lost in the sea of violinists and was constantly compared to other people, making me always feel like the "underdog" or behind others. When I started on viola, I felt like I was my own category and I didn't care if I was behind others or didn't play as well as I "should have".
It wasn't until the end of grade 9 when my parents very kindly bought me a new professional quality viola (the one in the banner of this blog). As soon as I played it, I fell in love with the instrument all over again. It was so much nicer than that cheap rental one I had been using the past 2 years. It was from that moment that I knew that viola was my true calling. I was never meant to be a violinist, I was a violist. I didn't switch to viola because I wasn't good at violin, I switched because I genuinely enjoyed the instrument more and it suited me better.
As I began to identify more with being a violist, I began to be legitimately bothered by all these viola jokes. I knew they were just jokes, but I couldn't help but wonder if there actually was a prejudice in the musical world against violists. Where I was from, a lot of the viola players didn't play very well or work very hard. I got the impression they were violinists, like me, told to play viola and took it the wrong way. Once they switched, they never really got any better. I guess they thought since they're inferior to everyone else and never going to get any better, why bother? These people are the reason that viola jokes still exist.
I wanted to be different. I wanted to work hard and achieve things just like any violinist or cellist. Just because I'm a violist doesn't mean I can't work hard. I wanted to be that violist. I wanted to stand out. I wanted to win all the competitions.
As you can tell, this mentality didn't work out for me. I ended up being way too cocky in certain situations and made myself look even more like a fool. I felt like I had done all this hard work for "nothing". Now as a fourth year university student, I still haven't won any major competitions and feel like I've let violists down. I wanted to be different and show that we're not the out-of-tune, stupid, unmusical losers that those stupid jokes say we are!
But then, I take a step back and think. Am I practicing and working hard to impress other people? Am I wanting to win competitions just to prove that violists are competent individuals? Sounds ridiculous when you put it in those terms. Who cares if people don't think you're good or think you're a loser? All that matters is that you put in the hard work and know you're accomplishing things for yourself. People can think whatever the hell they want, they're not your future employers.
I guess through all these years of being unsuccessful, I felt like people just thought I was just like every other violist in my city. When I moved here, I felt the same way. I tried so hard to be different but just couldn't. But you don't have to try hard to be different. You are different. Not everyone was meant to win all the competitions and be the person that everyone's "in love" with. Winning competitions does not equate success. I've accomplished things that don't get nearly as much praise or attention as a competition, but are unique to me and other people haven't necessarily done. Not saying that I have an advantage, but I'm just as successful as those people who win every competition even though I don't get nearly the praise and attention they do.
Bottom line is everyone is different. We all have our own set of achievements and stories to tell. Why do we waste so much energy trying to be like "everyone else" or prove that we are just as good as another person? I honestly think, not just myself, but all musicians put too much energy into trying to be different and stand out from other people. People will think what they think, but at the end of the day, we know what we have done and one day someone will appreciate that.
More Than One Right Way
Music tends to be one of those areas of study where people can be incredibly jaded and opinionated about the "right" way to do something. Yes, there are better ways of doing things, but I don't think there is a "right" way to become a musician. This can be applied to many aspects of life as well.
The main point I'm trying to get at is people tend to be very pushy about how many hours a day you should practice at all stages of playing. For example, I saw the following chart posted on Violin Masterclass.
If you play for fun
- Age five: 30 minutes
- Age eight: 45 – 60 minutes
- Age ten: 60 – 75 minutes
- Age twelve to adult: 90 – 120 minutes
If you want to be a professional
- Age five: 30 – 45 minutes
- Age eight: 90 – 120 minutes
- Age ten: 2 hours
- Age twelve: 3 hours
- Age fourteen to eighteen: 3 – 4 hours
- Violin major in college: 5 hours
Let me be the first to tell you that there's no way in hell I practiced nearly that much and I'm here in university doing just fine. I honestly seldom practice 5 hours a day as a music major. I know, shame on me. The chart also kind of implies that one would know they want to be a professional by age 8. I hated taking violin lessons at age 8 and I don't think I practiced anywhere near 30 minutes, let alone the suggestion on the chart! When I first read this chart, I think I was about 10 years old and it immediately made me feel like a failure because I didn't practice anywhere near the amount suggested on the playing for fun chart.
My take on it is, are these kids who follow the practice times on this chart like it's the universal truth really passionate about what they do? For me, I believe that passion and sincerity are the most important aspects of a musician, artist, actor, or any fine arts performer. I would much rather see a person who plays with emotion, passion, and musicality even if their technique is not perfect than a technique robot whose parents made them practice 5 hours a day. In order to practice that many hours as a child, you would have to make a ton of sacrifices and miss out on being a kid. I know when I was a child, I went to public school so I would be in school for 6 hours a day. That's already 6 hours of my day spoken for. When I was younger, I could easily practice for 30-45 minutes after school and be done with it. But as I got older, I got busier and sometimes I'd have rehearsals after school and after supper and I'd be squeezing in homework with any little time I got, even if it was 15 minutes. By the time I got home, it was bed time. Days would go by without even practicing. I'd be playing my instrument, but I just didn't have that individual time each day. I still made it into music school though. Once I got there, I practiced my butt off because I had so much "free time".
Of course, these kids who follow the practice times on the chart did not have a normal or well-rounded childhood as I did. Don't get me wrong, if you have read any of my rant posts on this blog, you know I made significant sacrifices to pursue my music, but these kids are at a higher level of sacrifice than I was. For the most part, they were home-schooled which makes a huge difference in the amount of practice time available to you. However, their "free time" was practicing strictly enforced by the parents. I know people in university now who were home-schooled under this mentality and they said that they didn't even have any friends their own age. They didn't get to play sports, play other instruments, go to clubs, or even play with kids at the park; things that most of us took for granted in our childhood. Instead, they were to practice violin or piano (it's usually those instruments with these types of people) for X hours a day and then study math for X hours a day. These are the kids that grow up to be technical robots and win every competition, but have no genuine passion for the art.
I'll be honest, I do get home-school envy from time to time. When the superstar violin kid came to my school, I felt like such a failure. I thought I was behind for my age and that I should have been home-schooled so that I could have had that time to refine my technique prior to university. He accomplished more before coming to university than I did my whole life. He was used to practicing 4-5+ hours a day already and I could barely wrap my head around practicing that much even as a first year music major. However, by going to public school, I got the opportunity to play in band, jazz band, flute choir and sing in choir, vocal jazz, and musical theatre. These experiences contributed to my musicality. Although I didn't really practice enough to develop solid technique, I had the musicality that can't always be taught. To clarify, I'm by no means suggesting that home-schooled students do so specifically to practice their instruments more or be the "best" at everything. I've met home-schooled students in university who had a very well-rounded childhood and their intentions for being home-schooled were either because it was a family tradition or they have a self-starter personality and wanted to take control of their education.
Coming back to this post title, there is not one right way to do something. The beauty of the music world is seeing the variety of musical backgrounds that people come from. You don't need to be a child prodigy to make it in the music world, in fact I'd almost argue that it's better not to be. People can be very pushy like "Oh you should practice more" but it ultimately depends on what you want to achieve and how much you're willing to sacrifice for it. If you don't want to kill yourself practicing 5 hours a day, no one said you had to. It depends more on the person and their work ethic. There is no step-by-step process to becoming a musician and some people need to stop making one. There are people who pursue music degrees and make it in the music business who only picked up an instrument in their late teens or early twenties. I have so much respect for these people as they enter the music faculty as an older student with less technical ability than the younger students and yet they don't let that bother them and hence they work incredibly hard. Yet, these people get criticized for "not being good enough" because they didn't start at age 3.
My point is, there is not one right way to do something. Don't let people tell you that what you're doing is wrong or that you should have done this and that. You know what's best for your life for what you want to achieve. If you don't accomplish what you were hoping for, that's not a "I told you so" moment for other people, you just don't give up and try again next time.
Unnecessary Rehearsals and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
I have decided to come here and discuss a pet peeve of mine that has bothered me since middle school and high school. Unfortunately, this still occurs in university and I don't understand sometimes.
I remember being in elementary/middle/high school bands, choirs, or orchestras. In those kinds of groups, you get a wide variety of skill levels. There are students who are very dedicated and likely to go into music, students who have no intention of pursuing music but still are just as dedicated, and the students who just don't care and are there because "My parents said I had to". I always found in those groups the people who needed to practice the most were the ones who didn't. The more dedicated students, or students that took music lessons outside school tended to practice regularly and could play their parts very well, even on the first reading. Despite the teacher's best intentions to teach the kids that rehearsals are not substitute for individual practice, many students treat it that way all the way from elementary school to the end of grade 12. Honestly, if you're not planning to pursue music in university or you don't take private lessons, it really only takes maximum of 20 minutes a day to just run over all those difficult passages in band/choir music (perhaps more like 30-45 minutes for orchestra music). It won't be better right away, but Rome wasn't built in a day and improvement will happen over time. Improvement will not happen by showing up to rehearsal every week playing the passages over and over again in a sloppy manner, it only reinforces bad habits.
I'm definitely not suggesting that all high school band kids are like this by any means. When I was that age, there were plenty of students who were very dedicated to the band and really wanted to be there. I could tell they took the time to practice things that they couldn't play and even if it wasn't perfect right away, there was improvement each week. It's unfortunate that even one person who doesn't have this simple, fundamental skill of being in a music ensemble will bring the whole group down. What ends up happening is the band/choir/orchestra director will panic when the concert is coming up and the pieces still aren't ready and schedule an extra rehearsal or sectional. Nobody in the group wants this. I remember being in a group in high school where we rehearsed only once a week. The teacher thought that would be fair as we're all busy and it would give us more time to practice. Unfortunately, people weren't able to take that initiative and we had to go back to rehearsing twice a week. High school kids aren't adults, but they still have things to do; homework, other music groups, sports teams, clubs, jobs, etc. and don't need to worry about extra rehearsals on short notice. These rehearsals are added solely for the benefit of the people who do not practice, the people in the group who took the initiative to learn their music are being unfairly punished. Essentially, these rehearsals are put in place as a substitute for practice, which is just unacceptable in my mind. It's the self-fulfilling prophecy; if you treat students like they don't practice, they won't. I remember in high school choir, our song wasn't sounding so great and people hadn't learned the words yet and just as we were leaving rehearsal, the teacher said "We're rehearsing tomorrow at 7:30am" and expected everyone to be there. I remember that same teacher expecting us to come into school on days off or holidays if we needed that time. That would never happen in a professional orchestra. Yes, it is for the benefit of the group. It would be much better to schedule extra rehearsals than have a half-baked performance, but wouldn't it be better if the people in question did their job? Who is to blame; the teacher for not getting after these students to practice or the student for not practicing? I don't have an answer as it really does depend on the context and the people involved.
Part of the problem could be the long period of time between performances that elementary/middle/high school music groups have. The group will start rehearsing in September and there may not be a concert until November or December. Most students would probably think, why spend hours practicing the music in September when we don't need to perform it until December? It's not that simple. If you were running a marathon on September 1, would you start training on August 31? If you were trying out for a sports team, would you start practicing the night before? It's the same thing with playing a musical instrument. Just because you don't have a performance coming up in a week doesn't mean that you shouldn't be practicing. The kids who take piano, violin, or cello lessons from a young age tend to be more successful if they take up band or choir later in school as they are used to the idea of practicing every day to not only learn the music, but to refine their technique and overall musicianship. This can be a hard message to convey to someone who just picked up an instrument for the first time in grade 6 band, but it is still important if they want to be a valuable member of any musical ensemble. It is irrelevant if these students intend to pursue music beyond high school or not, they are still playing in a musical ensemble and need to work as a team. If they aren't willing to practice or learn their music, then they should not play with the group at all. Unfortunately, the "my parents made me be in band/choir" people are still around until the end of grade 12.
In a university music program, you'd think that we've matured a little bit from this. Well, I guess it would depend on the school, but not always the case. Obviously, the "my parents made me be here" people would never get into a university music program anywhere. If they do by some miracle, they are weeded out by first year. Because in university, we are now adults, the profs cannot schedule extra rehearsals on short notice. I believe there's some policy the prof cannot add any extra class meetings, assessments, etc. that are not listed on the class syllabus distributed at the beginning of the term. However, there have been many times where I felt we had more rehearsals than necessary. We used to have a conductor who would give us no break between concerts. For example, if we had a concert in late November, we would be expected to rehearse the music in December for our concert which wasn't until February. Of course I never really said anything but it didn't make sense. Any work we did in December would be forgotten when we resumed after the break in January. It would have also been nice to have a break to study for finals and stuff.
Our current conductor gives us breaks between concerts only sometimes. We just had a concert last night and I was actually really hoping that there wouldn't be rehearsal tomorrow. We haven't received the music for the next concert and it would be better if we had fewer rehearsals that were more productive. I get an email today that we are having a rehearsal but it'll be more or less a sight reading session. I couldn't believe what I had read. I could do that in my own practice room on my own time. I honestly think sight reading as a group at the university level is a complete waste of time. Yes, sight reading is a valuable skill to practice, but you shouldn't waste 50 people's time to practice this skill (*cough* chamber music reading parties *cough*) If you haven't looked at your music, don't even go to rehearsal. But here is that self-fulfilling prophecy again. The conductor is basically having this rehearsal as a substitute for individual practice. He basically thinks that the people in the orchestra will not look at the music unless we have a "group reading session". Pardon me for having a bad attitude, but this is absolute bull$h!t. People in the university orchestra are preparing for a professional career (for the most part). There is no luxury of a low-pressure group reading session in a professional orchestra, so why would we have that in university? If people don't look at their music, they need to learn that lesson themselves. This is not doing any favours for students planning to have an orchestral career. I was almost thinking of skipping this rehearsal just to make a statement, but literally my only motivation to go is that I will get in trouble if I don't. It's just so frustrating that I am in university, almost done my undergrad, and I am being treated like a child and I am kind of forced into acting like one too. I should be going to rehearsals because I want to, not because I'm afraid of getting in trouble with the profs.
Teachers from elementary school to university really need to stop running on the self-fulfilling prophecy. How are students going to learn to take responsibility if they are constantly spoon fed with extra, unnecessary rehearsals? This doesn't just apply to music students either, the self-fulfilling prophecy is evident in pretty much any classroom for any subject. For example, I remember having random "homework checks" in math. The only reason I would do homework would be so I would get the arbitrary marks on the homework check, not so I would learn and reinforce the math concept into my mind. If a student fails the math test because they didn't do any of the assignments, that's their fault, not the fault of the teacher for not doing homework checks. I actually found that the class average was higher in classes where the teacher didn't do any homework checks. Not treating high school students and adults like children actually causes them to smarten up and do their work.


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Hi Folks,
Firstly I wanted to say how very saddened we were to hear that baby Kaden has lost his fight with CDH. He had an inspiational 17 days on earth and his parents, Craig and Kristi Kuehl were incredible. Please remember their whole family in your prayers.
I had another midwife appointment yesterday. Basically to cut a long story short - because I have been under the care of 3 different institutions they have forgotten to do certain checks on me...being that this is my first pregnancy I didn't know any difference. Anyway, they have now caught up and I am measuring bang on 32 weeks - where I should be. I also had my GTT test which came back normal. My blood pressure is a little higher than it was but nothing to be too concerned about.....I think I may have to cut down on those Cadbury Caramels though ;-) At the moment everything is looking fine with my health. I am however getting a bit fed up with the 'alarmist' nature of so many midwives. They don't appear to understand the stress and worry of carrying a CDH baby, anything extra that could be wrong makes you exhausted at the prospect - all I want is to be the best possible womb for baby James to live in. I've decided to pretty much wait until things are checked by St George's before I panic about anything else. Whine over!!!!
We have another scan and specialist appointment up at St George's tomorrow. I'm hoping little one is doing well - he certainly has a lot of energy so I'm sure thats a good sign. I'll post as soon as we're back to let people know how he's looking.
Less than 7 weeks to go now......yipee?? Mike and I get to meet our pride and joy....!!
Please pray for good news tomorrow......watching so many babies struggle and lose their fight with this awful condition devastates us. We want to help spread awareness and support those amazing medical professionals who are researching this!!
Thanks for checking in xx
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Midwife Appt and Baby Kaden
Hi Folks,
Posted by Michael and Elizabeth Reeve at 04:38
3 comments:
- Maxton's Mommy said...
It is so hard being pregnant and seeing other babies pass away. I struggled with that during my pregnancy as well. Just remain as positive as you can for the little guy!!! :-) From my experience it seemed like my regular doctors didn't really know what CDH was. I think that is sad. How are we supposed to spread awareness when even doctors don't know about CDH! Hang in there. We are thinking of you guys!!
- 22 April 2009 at 07:42
- Stephanie said...
I'm so glad to hear that everything is going well with all your doctor's visits thus far. I completely understand your anticipation and worry. I'm praying that your next appointment goes well, and is completely uneventful.
Sending you lots of love and hugs!
Brooke and *Kamryn's mommy
- 22 April 2009 at 08:48
- Alex & Ingrid Houchin said...
Hi Beth,
Well done for having gotten this far, James has one strong mummy :0).
We are thinking about you and hoping that your next appointment will go well.
Ingrid, Alex & Alina
- 22 April 2009 at 10:23


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Along with our kitchens, our living rooms are the rooms we spend most of our time in our homes. Between entertaining, relaxing, reading and watching TV, your living room needs to be comfortable. But it's not always easy to maintain that level of comfort as well as a high level of style. Try some of these tips for getting a stylish and functional living room space!
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Before you make the final decision on the type of floor you want for your space, consider what your space is used for and choose your floor accordingly. Carpet is great for almost all living rooms and adds another level of comfort. Hardwood can be a focal point of your room, but might not be best for homes with lots of animals.
2) Get a rug that fits the size of your space
If you're choosing a harder floor for your living room, or if you want to make a flooring update without replacing your floors, rugs are your best option. For living rooms, choose a large rug that takes up most of the room. A good rule of thumb is to choose a rug that is big enough that each main piece of furniture's front legs should sit on the rug. You can also layer rugs to get the same effect.
3) Choose unexpected lighting
Most of our living rooms have ceiling lights, floor and table lamps. But if you want to make your living room stand out, consider hanging a pendant light in the middle of the room or above the main sitting area in your living room. Pendant lights are perfect statement pieces, and they free up floor space for more furniture or accents!
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If you've had the same couch for longer than you can remember, it might be time for an upgrade. When choosing a new couch, always consider what kind of look you are going for and then decide on a shape. Structured couches are perfect for formal living rooms, whereas lower couches with more padding are more informal. Modular couches are a fun option and offer the ability to move them around for movie nights or parties. If you don't want to splash out on a new couch, consider re-covering it with a fun new colour for a new look.
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To make your living room look really well put together and intentionally designed, try defining your colour palette. To do this, choose a neutral background colour, one feature colour and an accent colour. From there, you can take any pieces of furniture or decor that don't fit within the colour scheme.
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With any kind of decorating, it's important to have a wide range of textures to make your room look finished. Layering textures is as simple as adding throw pillows and blankets to your couch, adding a wicker chair to the corner of the room, or incorporating some glass vases or metallics into the space.
7) Make a focal point – and not your TV
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So there are 3 books in the series. They are based on the 3 Fuentes brothers and each book is about a different brother. The first book is Perfect Chemistry and it is the story of Alex Fuentes & Brittany Ellis.
My Alex
My Brittany
The second book in the series is Rules of Attraction and it is about the middle brother, Carlos Fuentes & Kiara Westford.
My Carlos
My Kiara
The third book in the series is Chain Reaction and it is about the youngest brother, Luis Fuentes & Nikki Cruz.
My Luis
My Nikki
So what do you think?? If you've read them, who did you picture for these characters?


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I am not sure if I have mentioned this before, but I have been elected into the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. One of these days, I will write more about it.. But got to attend a lovely dinner and the dinner was held in the Ironmonger's Hall. Very formal stuff, was wearing my bib and tucker and all. Had to bow and scrape and tug the forelock and all that.
But it was amazing, to see all these senior technologists, busy with their philanthropic activities, assisting in charity and education. Very humbling indeed, to be part of an association which comprises of professionals going back hundreds of years.... But the hall was amazing. I saw a window with the crest of the first Master of the company, going back at least 800 years. Now that's history for you. And the port was brilliant.
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Erickson Meets The Press
Nov. 5, 2002
(On Washington) 'They're going through some of the same things we've been going through, so I know it's not a lot of fun, either place. They're a talented football team. You look at them offensively, they're probably as talented as anybody in our league. (Quarterback) Cody Pickett, to me, is like a Carson Palmer (of Southern California), a Jason Gesser (of Washington State) - that type of player at that position; good arm, very accurate, very mobile, a tough son of a gun that just hangs in there and plays the game the way the game should be played. I've got a lot of admiration for him; he's a heck of a football player. They've got a lot of skill. You start with Reggie Williams - I don't know if there's a better receiver in all of college football. He's dangerous, he's big, he's fast, he makes all kinds of things happen and he's just a great football player; you've got to make sure you account for him. The difference now from maybe a year ago is that they've got some people to go with him. (Wide receiver) Paul Arnold is making a heck of a lot of plays; and (wide receiver) Charles Frederick, who adds a lot of speed at the other side, is a talented young guy out there. The tight end, (Kevin) Ware, is making a lot of plays. They've got a lot of weapons; that's why they're leading the Pac-10 in total offense and scoring a lot of points. We've got to be able to handle their passing game; that's what they're doing right now. (Tailback) Rich Alexis looks like he's going to be back; (Chris) Singleton is back, he's a very good back who we recruited out of high school and he's playing pretty darn well for them. They've scored a lot of points regardless of who they've played against and create a heck of a lot of problems for you, so we've got to make sure we play as good as we can on defense. It's our biggest challenge, defensively, in the last five or six weeks, without a doubt.
'Defensively, they've got talent. They're very good against the run; they match up very well against us as far as that aspect is concerned, because we've been running the football pretty well the last couple weeks. I'm sure they're going to put people down there and force us to throw the football - that's what people are going to start doing. I thought our passing game picked up quite a bit last week. I thought Derek started throwing the ball a lot better, (wide receiver) James Newson again started to make the big play. We've got to continue to do that. That's our personality, and that's what we've got to be able to do. They're talented up front. Ben Mahdavi is one of the better backers in the league, and (linebacker) Marcus Cooper can run. They've got a lot of talent, there's no question about it. They've had some injuries in the secondary that have hurt them a little bit, but (cornerback) Nate Robinson is getting better all the time; he's a true freshman out of the Seattle area who is a football/basketball player. The key, to me, is what can we do as far as our running game against their run defense? And then we've got to be able to stop Cody and those receivers - that's a real key - and try to get some pressure on them. It's going to be an interesting football game, and one we've got to win if we want to continue what we're doing. And playing on the road; we haven't played very well on the road and we've got to play on the road. We've got to start playing well on the road, and that's a tough place to play. Playing at Husky Stadium ... I've been there a few times, and their fans are great fans. It gets noisy in there and it's a tremendous setting to play a college football game; it's fun to go in there and play, so we're looking forward to going there and having the opportunity to play them.'
(How do you defend a wide receiver like Washington's Reggie Williams?) 'You have to change it up - you can't give him the same look all the time. You're going to have to play him one-on-one sometimes and you're going to have to double him sometimes. You've got to change it up. Like I said earlier, they've got some other guys out there now who can get the big play. Paul Arnold made a lot of plays last week for them, real critical plays. Charles Frederick is a guy who makes some big plays. They've got some people, so you can't double him all the time. You've got to change it up. But again, you can't let him get going and start making plays, because once he does, that ignites everything that happens to them offensively.'
(Is Oregon State's defense playing as well right now as you thought it might when the season started?) 'We're playing better the last month, probably starting with the Arizona State game. I know we played pretty well in that football game and we've gotten better as time has gone on. We haven't faced an offense as productive or as explosive as the one we're facing this week, no question about it, but we're playing well. It's like I've said before - we can play better, I really believe we can play better defensively. And that's what we have to be able to do this week - we've got to play better than we did last week.'
(On Washington tailback Chris Singleton) 'Chris Singleton is a heck of a back. We tried to recruit him out of high school, we thought he was very impressive and he's getting an opportunity now and taking advantage of it. He's got good size, he's got good feet and he makes you miss, he's a very strong runner, and he has added some stuff to them. You'll have him, and then (Rich) Alexis back, so you'll have a combination of both of those.'
(Is Washington's defense improving?) 'I thought they played better - they're running around, they playing hard. They've made some changes in the secondary because of injuries, and those guys - like maybe us in some areas - have played now, so they're a lot better with time. So they are playing better, without question. I think they played very well against Arizona State, which, as we know, has been very explosive against everybody; they played well against UCLA, which is a good offensive football team. They've played very well against the run, so it will be interesting to see what happens.'
(On Oregon State defensive tackle James Lee) 'James has really come along. Ever since he's been here, two years, he's gotten better and better. Right now, he's playing as well as he's ever played. He's obviously a big body who is playing very, very well. He's playing with great emotion, he's playing very physical, he's in shape and making a lot of plays. He really makes a difference in that rotation for us at tackle, so that Eric (Manning) and Dwan (Edwards) don't' have to play all the time. It's made a big difference in our defense.'
(Are you shocked at Washington's record right now?) 'I'm not shocked to see anybody in our league go up and down a little bit. I just think that's kind of how the league is. You go back in the four years that I've been here - and maybe even further back than that - and you've seen the USCs go back down and come back up, you've seen the UCLAs go down and come back up. You've seen pretty much everybody in this football league do that. You get some injuries at certain positions, things don't go right - it can happen to anybody in this league. Does it surprise me? Sure, any time that happens. It surprises me that we're 6-3, also. But those things happen in this league, and that's just how it is and that's how it's always going to be. We'll never see a team that's going to be a totally dominant team in this league, year-in and year-out. I'd be more surprised to see that than anything.'
(Tailback Steven Jackson had fewer carries last week than the week before - is that how you wanted it, more success from the passing game to not put the entire offensive load on Jackson?) 'As I've said all along, we've got to be more efficient in the passing game, whether Steven carries it 35 times or whatever he carried it last week ... 27 times? That's still a lot of times. We've got to become more efficient in the passing game, there's no question about it. We were more efficient in the passing game. And that's not just Derek (Anderson, quarterback) - that's protection and catching the football. And we've got to become more efficient. We dropped too many balls the other day, without a question. But I'd like to see Steven carry it 25 times a game; if I was going to say a number, that's what I'd probably say. But we've got to become efficient at throwing it. If things are going in the running game, he might carry it 40 times if we're winning, I don't know. You just don't set a number like that, but I don't think people are going to let him do that.'
(With wet, windy conditions a possibility in Seattle, how much will having a strong running game help? And how much did similar conditions affect your offense last season at Oregon?) 'I hope that after they score, the sun doesn't come out like it did in the Civil War last year. I've always said that in November or late in the season, I don't care what level you're at - high school, college or the National Football League - things change the later it gets in the year just because of the weather. Offenses change. I don't know that you see as many points scored, because of the weather and throwing the football and those kinds of things. I believe teams that can run it real well late in the year probably have a better chance to be successful than teams that depend totally on the pass - if you run into that kind of day. There's no guarantee, as we all know living around here, what kind of day it's going to be Saturday. You can read the predictions in the paper and I'm not sure they're right all the time, either. But if you do have bad weather, you've got to be able to run it. Hopefully, our success running the football will help us in these late games. But I do believe you've got to be able to run it if the weather's bad. And when I talk about bad, I mean a downpour. You can throw it if it's raining a little bit and it's wet out there; sometimes it's an advantage to the passing team in that kind of stuff. But when it's a downpour, you've got to be able to run the football.
(Having played at Montana State and coached at Wyoming and Washington State, do you have more confidence coaching in bad weather because of that experience?) 'I'd like to think so, but you're talking about a couple of places that I don't know if rain is a real key - it's whether you can move your toes or not. But yeah, when the weather is different, you've got to do different things. If you're stubborn enough to try not to ... it's a lot easier to hand it off than to take a snap and throw it and catch it when it's a downpour. But weather is different. It's a little different when it's cold and snowy and not wet; that's different, you can throw it and catch it. But when it's a downpour - downpour and wind are probably the hardest to play in; they're the hardest to throw the football in. When we were at Wyoming, we played in cold weather all the time and threw it up and down the field, it was just windy a little bit.'
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text: ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) government was committed to implement its manifesto and would fulfill all the promises it made with the people.While talking to members of the National Assembly from Swabi, Mardan, Charsaddah, Nowshera and Peshawar districts here at the Prime Minister's Office, Imran Khan said that maintenance of law and order situation and writ of the government was the top priority. He said when the PTI came into power, the country was facing a critical financial crisis and the government's first priority was to approach the friendly countries to stabilize the economy.The prime minister said the government was working on giving required facilities to the export industry to increase country's exports, besides making efforts to provide health, education and other facilities to the people on priority basis. He told the parliamentarians that five million housing scheme of the government would not only provide housing facilities to the people but also generate huge economic activity in the country and provide job opportunities to the youth."Work is also in progress to provide temporary shelters and two times meal to the poor and destitute in various cities," he said.The prime minister said MNAs of those constituencies where Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) survey had not been conducted should inform the government so that survey about poverty could be conducted in those areas on priority basis.He said presently the country was passing through a critical juncture, but expressed the hope that the people would see a visible change in the next six years. Pakistan has a lot of potential, he said, and added that about 100 million talented youth under the age of 35 years had the ability to change destiny of Pakistan.The prime minister said the ministers had been made responsible about their duties and their performance would be reviewed regularly, adding that the PTI government had set the tradition of reviewing performance of the ministers for the first time.He said the process of accountability would continue despite all hue and cry. The parliamentarians informed the prime minister about problems of their respective constituencies and development projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The prime minister assured them of resolution of problems of their constituencies on priority basis.Separately, while chairing a meeting about poverty alleviation and related reforms, Prime Minister Imran Khan said the PTI government did not want to limit poverty alleviation to the financial assistance alone, but wanted a durable solution of the issue by reforming various sectors and creating job opportunities in the country.


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This was just over a year ago now.
Plenty rough.
It was all just an idea and didn't have a name.
(And AmyD was still platinum blond.)
This was just over a year ago now.
Plenty rough.
It was all just an idea and didn't have a name.
(And AmyD was still platinum blond.)
from charles leadbeater.
just in from wwoz.
ernie k-doe's 1970 classic 'here come the girls' has apparently caught fire in the uk after being featured in a boots commercial over the holidays.
don't know much about cosmetics, but i know nola music and i know nola characters. and you don't claim to be the 'emperor of the universe' for nothing.
first, a couple weeks ago, killing time in the dallas/ft worth aiport, i stumbled upon an ipod vending machine, which, maybe these are all over the place, but it was the first one i'd seen; then, somewhere outside indianapolis this past weekend, in a fix, we stopped in a mcdonald's and there was this "redbox" dvd kiosk thing, which i'd certainly never seen before, and five people waiting in line to use it. $1 per dvd, per night, plus tax, no late fees. 30 or so selections to choose from, maybe more.
the new value meal?
there's a number of separate yet interrelated microtrends in columbus right now, which is part of the reason it's such an exciting time to live here — both the potential and possibilities are limitless. and they're all about to intersect.
and it's all pretty much fueled by two things:
(1) the do-it-yourself aesthetic: frustration with, and rejection of, the status quo, followed by the realization that if nobody else can get it right, i'm just going to do it myself, better. and then doing it.
(2) technology: it's democratized the dissemination of pretty much everything.
what better illustration of this than the indie art capital of the world campaign, which is spreading like a california wildfire (not to make light, but it's the most apt analogy).
city sucks at marketing itself? fine. we'll just do it ourselves then.
(the meters with stevie wonder on drums, new orleans jazz & heritage festival, 1973)
writer/professor/dj/cultural-critic-at-large (not necessarily in that order) oliver wang had a great post on soul sides last week about "cissy strut" and the seemingly inexhaustible supply of covers out there.
thinking back, "cissy strut" was certainly the first meters tune i was exposed to, if for no other reason it was the first track on the indispensable funkify your life: the meters anthology 2-disc set a college roommate had who at that point was waaaay cooler than me (one look at that cover and you just knew those guys were good).
so good, in fact, that it didn't seem unreasonable for us to move to new orleans based on the fact that it was where they were from. seemed unreasonable not to, more like. then again, music's always been a source of inspiration for me, so maybe that's neither very odd nor unreasonable.
and, because i'm human and self-involved and often tend to make the assumption that everybody else around me operates the same way i do, it was a curious suprise when i met daniel from skreened last week and found out that he sits in his office pretty much all day not listening to music. go figure. he's democratizing the t-shirt business with sweat-shop-free labor, though — plus he's got interns blogging for him, which, frankly, makes me jealous; i just don't know if we'll ever be able to co-work together.
read more about co-working here.
listen to more meters covers here.
watch the meters with professor longhair here:
been back to new orleans twice for brief trips since katrina (my wife, three) and though we made it as far as vaughan's in the upper 9th, we never got beyond. last month, bob belden did, and he brought his video camera. take a look at how the lower 9th ward stands today.
it's tuesday, which means i've got a standing lunch date with my mom. if you don't see us at hunan house, q2 bistro, or yuen's, you're not looking hard enough, friend.
today we're at hunan house and we're talking work.
"we've been selected as one of columbus' 'best places to work' by business first," i say, in between bites of kung pao, "but we've got a long way to go." i cite young isaac as a local agency (albeit in a different industry) that i admire for its ethics, for making it unmistakable that its work's about much more than just business, also for recently going 'green.' it's a model worth aspiring to, i think.
"does anybody know what we stand for?"
artie isaac has had tremendous influence upon my work at jda. from his list of promises, to his consistently interesting blog, to this classic advert, to this recent post on the perfect client — great clients do inspire great service!
and i bet he never looks less than resplendent in that bow tie.
but we've never met.
five minutes after this conversation, i glance around the room. who's sitting three tables away, having lunch? artie isaac. at least i think it's artie; his back's mostly to me, so it's hard to tell. but his hair looks right, he's got frames on. but i can't… quite… see… that sartorial signature….
so i excuse myself from our table and fake like i'm getting a mint. it's artie — unmistakably so. i say hello and introduce myself, begging his pardon for the intrusion. great guy, fun to talk to, equally impressive in person as in print. ready to talk s'more tomorrow.


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Authorities warn of lethal 'gray death' drug
It's a combination of opioids that can kill users with one hit and has already been found in southern states like Georgia.
A dangerous drug cocktail called "gray death" could be on its way to Florida.
It's a combination of opioids that can kill users with one hit and has already been found in southern states like Georgia.
The Drug Enforcement Agency fears Florida is next.
The drug looks like a concrete mix. It contains heroin mixed with other chemicals, like animal tranquilizers.
Lee Health has almost 400 heroin patients. Nearly 4,000 people in Florida have died because of opioid overdoses.
Drug-Free Southwest Florida says with the opioid epidemic growing, it's just a matter of time before "gray death" is here.
"Lives are being destroyed. It's a disease, and we need to stop thinking of it as something purposeful people are doing," said Deborah Comella, executive director of Drug-Free Southwest Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott just declared a public health emergency to address the opioid epidemic. The state will now be able to draw more than $54 million in federal funds to fight it.
Opioid abuse often starts with the abuse of prescription drugs, and when the state started cracking down on pill mills, opioid abuse began to rise.


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My body felt immersed in a cloud of blue. Floating yet moving with purpose. I'm flying a helicopter. Filled with a sense of peace I'd never felt before, I sat with my right hand extended before me, clutching some imaginary object. My breath slowed to the point I wasn't sure I was still breathing. My mind was spinning, trying to make sense of the intense emotions flowing through my body. Suddenly, I "got it". I understood the feelings of wonder coursing through my body. Turn the clock back twenty minutes and I had just met a man with whom I would connect in the most spiritual...Read More
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STI component stocks: winners and losers end Q1 2018
- Q-Q, Straits Times Index is up 25.05 points or 0.74% to close at 3427.97.
- 13 stocks posted gains, 17 stocks posted losses for the quarter.
- Gain leaders are Venture Corp and DBS.
- Loss leaders are Hutchison Port Holdings and Starhub,
- End of Q4 2017 performance is available here.
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- STI is down 89.97 points or 2.56% from 3517.94.
- 8 stocks posted gains, 22 losses.
- Gain leaders are Capitaland Commercial Trust and ST Engineering.
- Loss leaders are Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Hutchison Port Holdings.
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Renowned economist and Berkeley alumna Ann Harrison named new dean
Renowned Wharton economist and Berkeley alumna Ann E. Harrison has been named the next dean of the Haas School of Business.
Harrison will begin her term on January 1, 2019.
Harrison, the William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, has deep Berkeley roots. She earned her bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley with a double major in economics and history in 1982. She also served as a professor of Berkeley's Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics from 2001 to 2011.
"Professor Harrison is an accomplished administrator as well as a world-class economist who has dedicated her career to creating forward-looking policies in development economics, international trade, and global labor markets," said Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, who announced the news today. "It is a great honor to welcome her back to Berkeley to become the dean of Haas, and I have no doubt that she will be a wonderful leader the institution."
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The Family Medicine Clerkship at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is looking for interested community preceptors. The clerkship is a six week required third year rotation that involves 5 weeks of clinic time. We are seeking board certified Family Physicians who are interested in teaching and whose practice could accommodate a learner for a 5 week period of time, 5 days/week. This might involve a single physician or be shared among a group. We are most interested in students experiencing broad spectrum Family Medicine, but obstetric care is optional. We are especially interested in sites within 30 minutes of Concord, Manchester, Nashua, or Keene as there is student housing already available. There is a stipend for this work. Preceptors must have a Geisel faculty appointment. Our office will assist you with this process.
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4 December 2005
The Diva & The Showgirl
Today, my friend Mikael who's just come home for the holidays, gave me a precious gift: the Kylie Showgirl DVD. It was released last week and recorded from Kylie Minogue's Showgirl tour which was abruptly cut short when she discovered she had breast cancer. She began the tour early this year and was scheduled to close the tour in her home country, Australia, in late May. I am one of millions of her devoted fans.
I remember I first saw her in Neighbours. I must've been about 12 or 13. Like two of her songs, it was love at first sight. Then she released her first single, Loco-motion, which became the biggest selling single of the 80s in Australia. I didn't even know that it was released until one day, my synchronized swimming trainer said we were doing a new routine to this song. I asked who it was and the rest, you know, is history.
Many years on, and I collected every available piece of recorded material she had, but I never had the opportunity of watching her perform live. (I've been on stage with her sister Dannii but I'll leave that for another day.) Till one day, another great friend, Cheng Han, calls from Sydney and teases me about buying tickets to watch Showgirl. She called the ticketing agent but the tickets were sold out. She called the day they released them. She then tried another agent and could only wing us seats somewhere in Siberia. Well, I didn't expect to go anyway. When Kylie tours, her tickets sell out fast. BUT, at the end of the week, Cheng Han calls and says "Guess What?!?" Not only did she get them but she scored seats 2 rows off the stage front! And as luck would have it, the MAS Travel fair came a week later.
Come May 19th, I was ready. I arrived in Sydney 2 days before the show and on that very day, Kylie was admitted to hospital.
My lifetime dream. It will come true. All my dreams do.
Because of Kylie, the statistics of women in Australia having mammogram tests rose by over 200%. The same effect was seen the world over.
Kylie completes her chemotherapy this week. Not everyone is that lucky. For those of us in cities, medical expertise is close at hand. Early detection is better than no detection. Or ignoring pain.
My mother is a cancer survivor but my father, unfortunately, detected it too late. He was gone in 10 days. May he rest with the angels.
You know the moral of the story. Feel yourself up sometimes.
love always... Edwin Sumun at 11:32 pm
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- monmon said...
Hi there,
hope you're feeling better...
Will pop by regent tomorrow with zoe
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- YeePei said...
Cancer's a scary subject... but people forget that if they'll go for the regular checkups their docs recommend, many cancers when detected early actually have very good prognosis. Then there's the normal quit smoking, dun drink too much blah blah blah advices.
And then there are those cancers that even regular checkups cannot detect.. sigh...
I don't think I am making much sense here. Back to studyin' :P
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- cyber-red said...
yea I found a lump when i was 16. lucky it was benign..
everyone should not take their health or anyone granted for that matter..
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Members of the public are invited to observe the lunar eclipse with astronomers from Letchworth and District Astronomical Society from their Letchworth Observatory at Standalone Farm. Also on show will be the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars as well as a bright pass of the International Space Station. Note that this event may only go ahead if weather is favourable -- please contact the event organisers to check!
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