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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a serious skin infection that can become life-threatening if left untreated. If you or someone in your family has been diagnosed with MRSA, there are steps you need to take now to avoid spreading it to your family and friends.
Given the recent media attention that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA has received, the Erie County Department of Health has compiled this fact sheet to keep the public informed. The health department is concerned about the spread of MRSA in and outside of the hospital setting. The incidence of Communityacquired (CA)MRSA is increasing, especially among children and young people involved in athletics.
The following information is intended to raise awareness about (CA) MRSA but is not intended to provide a comprehensive medical explanation. For additional information, access the resources listed at the end of the document.
Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of staph infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics. There are two distinct types of MRSA.
CAMRSA infections generally start as small painful red bumps that resemble pimples or boils. These quickly can turn into deep, painful abscesses that require surgical drainage. CAMRSA produces toxins that cause a great deal of redness, pain, and inflammation. It can be readily spread among healthy people and has caused recurring infections in some patients as well as outbreaks in families, households, sports teams, and living units.
Main risk factors for CAMRSA:
Keep an eye on minor skin problems—pimples, insect bites, cuts, and scrapes—especially in children. If wounds become infected, tell the affected person and their family to see a doctor and have any skin infection cultured before starting antibiotic therapy. The wrong antibiotic can delay healing.
Preventing CAMRSA
These commonsense precautions can help reduce the risk of contracting or spreading CAMRSA. Remember that resistance to infection changes, so always take these precautions:
Please share this information with your community contacts.
Read the Booklet - "Living with MRSA"
This booklet was developed with help from people who are living with MRSA. Follow the recommendations and practice good hygiene to take care of yourself. MRSA may cause physical pain and emotional stress, but keep in mind that it can be managed. This booklet tells you how you can live with MRSA.

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This is a really wonderful development, and I am very grateful.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
PETA steps forward: the media step back
This is a really wonderful development, and I am very grateful.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Message from Hendsbee
From: Judy Loudin <@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:57:02 -0600
To: <email@example.com>
Subject: Brindi needs to go home now!
Dear Sir,
Thank you so much for your attempts to reach the people who are in charge of this horrific situation. I hope and pray that sanity will prevail and that Brindi will be released to Francesca post haste. As you noted, the publicity is circling the globe and not putting Halifax in a very good light as a tourist destination. Hopefully reason will prevail and you and those who share your wisdom and common sense will work together to overcome this dastardly situation, release this poor dog from her prison, and allow Brindi and Francesca and the people of Halifax, Nova Scotia to get on with the business of living.
Again, I thank you for your comments to those who have the power to end this travesty of justice posthaste. Blessings from Wyoming, USA Judy Loudin M.Ed LCMT LCRJudy LoudinThe Healing Journey RescueBurns, WY 82053"The last stop on their journey home!"
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Ten months, birthdays, outlook
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Am I a mother?
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Health Reprieve!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
A report on my visit with Brindi
Note: On Tuesday night (May 5, the day of Brindi's surgery) I got an email reply to my faxed request for a visit to the SPCA vice president, Kat Horne, saying I could come the next day, and I responded in time to go at 9:30 am. I was extremely happy to be allowed to see Brindi again. This is only the second visit in over nine months. At the same time a lawyer out of province advised me to sign to the SPCA's 12 conditions regulating the visit only under protest, specifically denying any implied accusations (that I pose a threat to staff). She also advised not to speak to anybody (no photography or other recording was allowed and only a lawyer may accompany me. A lawyer's presence in this instance was simply not feasible - or advisable. I feel it went well despite all that, gladly.9:30 am to 10: 00 am, May 6, 2009, Metro Shelter, Dartmouth
On the way to the shelter, I managed to get batteries and bones and still arrive exactly on time. Lori Scolero, the animal services supervisor, and Kat Horner, the SPCA VP who replied to my email last night, were in the lobby. I said nothing but just handed them the signed protocol – to which I added Kat's email with the permission to be inside, and the statement the lawyer wrote for me.
Next to the lobby is a bigger, newly renovated room they call the adoption center, with two couches at one end and stools and a counter at the other. They told me to go into this room and Kathy, a supervisor at the shelter (might be acting director now) brought Brindi in and unleashed her. She came to me right away, full of kisses. Scolero and Kat stayed in the lobby where they could view me through two large windows. Most of the time they didn't look, so I had some degree of privacy, which was great.
From the surgery yesterday, Brindi's back has three shaved patches, the biggest about 5 square inches, each centered on the incisions where they removed the cysts. One of the cuts was about two inches long. All three looked clean and uninfected, though the stitches looked a bit tight and I saw she was licking them now and then.
I played with her, hugged her, and gave her a lot of massages and practiced a few of her commands. She was very into the treats, more than before but not as bad as in January. She was still impatient though, but I was glad to see that she remembered the "bang!" command. When she spotted the treats though, she started performing all her moves, sitting, paw, and down, then rolling over, in anticipation. (I don't give her a treat unless I give a command first, though.) She looked okay, still a bit heavy, very affectionate, lots of kisses. We hugged and talked and sat on the floor, even lay down together for a spell. I so just wanted to take her through the doors to my car. But I looked at Kat Horne and figured she's much bigger than me and Lori would send the cops after me in a flash; I'd never make the three hour drive to PEI.
As a parting gift to distract Brindi while we separated – the toughest part – I gave her one of the meaty frozen soup bones I brought, not to big to carry in her mouth. It worked: she was a bit uncertain at first if it was really for her (she's very polite about treats) but with encouragement she picked it up and went off with Kathy. Last time parting from her was heart-wrenching and so upsetting, when Sean Kelly (now the president) took her away. I had tried to sneak off but he walked her right into me to get past, and she strained against him with all her might to stay with me, her face showing her determination and fear.
I did speak briefly to Kathy and to Kat as I left, but only to turn over the treats, the bones, and ask Kathy to put my fuzzy jacket in Brindi's cell. And I also said thank you to each of them, nothing more. They seemed cheerful and at ease.
Before leaving my house I called my friend (through Brindi) Bob Riley. He was there when I arrived. I figured he would just stay parked outside but he walked around and managed to look through the outside window at us for a while, undisturbed by Scolero, and then even went into the lobby where he could see us through a glass door. He stood a few feet from Scolero (animal services) with Kat behind the lobby counter. Neither told him to leave. He didn't say much to them, just stood quietly and watched until I left Brindi. So I do have a witness of sorts and they did not object.
When I was leaving, Bob remarked for the others to hear, "Doesn't look like a dangerous dog to me!"
I have not asked for another visit – yet – but I plan to soon, with the hope that they will agree, as this one went smoothly as far as I can tell.
I finally had the chance to put the St. Francis medal on her collar - the one that Linda Koekman had specially engraved for her. It was meant to be blessed and put on her by a minister or a priest, who would accompany me to ask to see her at the shelter. Linda called 16 men of the cloth; I asked the local priest and a retired police chaplain. All declined (though to his credit my local priest did offer to bless the medal, to his credit).
Since last fall I have been wearing Brindi's St. Francis medal on a chain around my neck together with my mustard seed ensconced in a bit of glass (and engraved with the St. Matthew quote). It's now with her and I pray that it will protect her from illness or any harm, always!
Here's what it looks like. Linda added the "We love you" so that Brindi knows...


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Medicaid Estate Recovery
Medicaid estate recovery activities are federally and state mandated. When a Medicaid recipient dies, his/her property's value can be used to repay Medicaid benefits. The Department of Human Services has a claim against the estate of any Medicaid recipient who was age 55 or older, or permanently institutionalized regardless of age when the assistance was issued. The claim is for the amount of Medicaid issued.
No claim for Medicaid that was correctly issued must be paid during the lifetime of a Medicaid recipient's surviving spouse or while there is a surviving child who is under the age of 21 or who is blind or permanently and totally disabled.
No claim is made for Medicare Savings Program benefits paid after December 31, 2009.
Medicaid Estate Recovery brochure
What if the decedent leaves a will?
A decedent's estate must first pay the decedent's debts. A will does not change that. Unless an estate has sufficient cash to pay all claims, estate property is sold to pay the claims. Family members can purchase estate property at fair market value.
Can funeral expenses be paid from an estate?
If a Medicaid recipient designates funds for funeral expenses, those funds (up to $9,000) and any earnings from those funds can be used for funeral expenses. If there are no funds designated for funeral expenses, the estate can spend no more than $3,000 to meet the expenses. Any funds designated for funeral expenses must be reported to the county social service office before the recipient's death.
Family and friends can use their own money to help pay for the funeral expenses. Additional amounts cannot be paid from assets in the decedent's estate before Medicaid claims are paid in full.
What other claims can be paid before the Medicaid claim is paid?
The decedent's estate can pay funeral expenses, expenses of last illness, the necessary and reasonable costs of administration, certain other assistance claims, and claims on behalf of the State Hospital. The Medicaid claims must then be paid in full before other creditors or claims can be paid.
What if an account is payable to someone else at the decedent's death?
Unless all estate claims are paid in full, money a decedent left in a joint account, an "in trust for" (ITF) account, or any other payable on death (POD) account must be made available to pay claims and costs of probate. If the money was properly designated as a deposit for funeral expenses, the money can be used for that purpose.
How is the Medicaid claim made?
If a decedent leaves only cash and limited personal property, the county social service board, or the Department of Human Services, will usually collect the amount that must be paid for assistance claims using an Affidavit for Collection of Personal property. Sometimes family members will be asked to help sell personal property that has value so claims can be paid. If there is real property that is worth the cost of probate, or if there is some other reason a probate is necessary, the person named in a will or some other family member can be appointed personal representative and properly distribute the decedent's estate. Attorney's fees and other reasonable costs of administration can be paid from the estate. The county social service office will usually intitiate probate only if there is no family member willing or able to do so.
If you have questions regarding estate recovery, call the estate recovery unit at (800) 755-2716.


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Welcome to Paringa Coastal Retreat!
This is the perfect home for both beach and bush holidays. The property is situated in the quiet surf town of Anglesea. Anglesea is located on the Great Ocean Road, one of Australia's most iconic and scenic coastal regions, running 243 kilometres along the southern aspect of Victoria.
Paringa Coastal Retreat is 50 metres from The Anglesea Golf Course, its world-famous kangaroos and neighbours a large nature reserve called Paringa Park. Visitors enjoy relaxing on the large deck or picnic area of the house, watching the daily rituals of the kangaroos, king parrots, rosellas, blue wrens, kookaburras, magpies, cockatoos and wattle birds which all flourish in this area.
Paringa Coastal Retreat can comfortably accommodate 6 adults. It is a two-storey dwelling with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The 2 bedrooms upstairs contain queen sized beds and the other offers 2 single beds. All bedrooms have built in robes. It features an open plan, well equipped kitchen, dining and living area. A sunny reading corner within the living area looks out onto the large deck and bush setting via floor to ceiling windows. Comfort is assured with split system, reverse cycle air-conditioning plus a Coonara wood fire heater. The living area has a flat screen TV with DVD/Blue-Ray player. The large outdoor deck has an outside setting and a BBQ to make the most of the natural environment. Be prepared to share your time with the friendly king parrots, rosellas, kookaburras and magpies. A laundry with washing machine and dryer is located downstairs.
Relax with your favourite book, or write your own! Create a work of art with the ambience of your playlist in the background, with the sound of the surf to inspire your creativity. Paringa Coastal Retreat provides the perfect space to unwind from the daily grind and enjoy what Mother Nature has to offer. We welcome you to relax and make the most of our home -because you can!
STRICT NO PARTY POLICY (SCHOOLIES, HENS, BUCKS etc.) SEE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This property offers STAY 3 PAY 2 & STAY 7 PAY 5 during OFF PEAK
Barbecue, Mountain Biking, Canoeing, Cycling, Fishing - Beach, Golfing, Kayaking, Photography, Shopping, Sightseeing, Surfing, Wind Surfing, Swimming, Animal Viewing, Walking, Water-based, Wine Tasting.


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Monday, 21 December 2015
Comparing the old and new stereo mixes
Frank Daniels is one Beatles aficionado who has listened carefully to the new stereo mixes as featured on the Beatles 1 CD as well as the new mixes featured on the Beatles 1+ video disc and compared these to the familiar stereo mixes from the past. He has published his comments and comparisons as a pdf-file on his website.
Here is the start of his document:
"Love Me Do" – This is the take with Andy White on drums and Ringo on tambourine. It is the same mix that we hear on the British Please Please Me album and is the mix that was released as an American single. Therefore, it is the "hit" version of the song. This version sounds like the 2009 remaster, but there is a slight difference. This mix has a slightly longer fade; we hear about half a second more than we do on PPM.
"From Me to You" – The song disappoints me by being the mono mix. The original tapes exist, so it would have been possible to compile a stereo mix that included the harmonica intro, but they didn't do it. With so many songs being remixed just for the heck of it, I had hoped that the one song that could use a remixing would have been remixed from scratch.
"She Loves You" – The mono mix is the tape extant. The edits are quite clean here, but it sounds like parts of the song have been re‐EQ'd in order to make the track's eight edits less noticeable. I prefer the original mix unaltered.
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The mix is almost identical to the remaster, but the hand claps sound quieter. The remaster also had a little echo on the vocals, and that's absent here. The vocals sound more clear and distinct in the second chorus, too. Could be the same mix with a bit of sonic tweaking.
"Can't Buy Me Love" – The vocals on this mix are spread out across the stereo image with the drumming in the center, and the main guitar overdub at right. The percussion is somewhat muted at the top end, but the original stereo mix (1964) also had the top end muted.
"A Hard Day's Night" – The bongos are mixed further back, the vocals are spread out, and the guitars at the left are louder. So, while the arrangement is similar to the 1964, this is definitely a new mix.
All 27 tracks from the CD is analysed in a similar way, and from the Beatles 1+ disc, the new stereo mixes of "Strawberry Fields Forever", "A Day in the Life", "Hey Bulldog", "Come Together", "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love".
To read all these reviews, we direct you to his pdf file.
11 comments:
- Patrik said...
I Think some of the tracks sounds much better then the 2009 remixes
Let Giles Martin remix all Beatles records.
- 21 December 2015 at 10:32
it's funny how the cd has the andy white version of love me do,yet the dvd or bluray video for love me do uses the ringo version.also i'm glad from me to you doesn't use the harmonica intro,i prefer the intro without it.
- 21 December 2015 at 12:25
- Unknown said...
I disagree with the analysis of the tracks on 1+
If you hear with headphones it is clear that all stereo tracks are remixed.
All instruments and voices sound cleaner and separate of each other. You just can't get that by simply remastering.
The analysis focuses in where the instruments are located, but I can locate the instruments in exactly the same place in a new stereo mix, and still it is a new mix.
Doesn't mention that now you can hear the piano syncopation on Penny Lane that was almost inaudible before.
The only two tracks that couldn't be remixed were Love Me Do and She Loves You because there are no multitracks from where do the remixing. Unles you do some kind of spectral processing that would have been mentioned, and was not.
In the Steve Hoffman Forums the man himself explained the technique used in this kind of "new school" mixes, despite the fact that they could have been made with "old school" equipment.
- 21 December 2015 at 14:06
- Unknown said...
While I really do like the brightness and clarity of these mixes compared with the 2009 mastering. But for someone like me who listens actually to the 5.1 channels I don't like how the vocals are on all the channels. If you listen to the Help DVD 5.1 the instruments were nicely spread across the different channels. However Giles who did the AHDN Blu Ray and now this tends to put the vocals up center and on the front channels drowning out the instruments. Would have been nice to have an isolated Paul Piano and his vocals on one channel of Hey Jude, but instead it's all muddled together on all channels.
- 21 December 2015 at 20:30
- Unknown said...
Unfortunately Jeff Ammonski, the audio of the Hey Jude lips on "1+" are straight from the TV audio, wherein Paul sung live over the top of an instrumental / part vocal track. As this video soundtrack only existed in mono, the 5.1 has been 'shaped' from this mono as a basis. Either way - I must say - considering they added a second Hey Jude with original audio to 1+ anyway - this was a chance to use all the "Hey Jude" video takes, and create / edit the perfect video clip that was synchronized to the original studio recording. I mean - this was a chance to have the first 5.1 mix of Hey Jude ever - and with pictures - arguably the Beatles biggest hit - but no...
- 22 December 2015 at 13:19
- Andy 2bit said...
There is no stereo "Me To You" with harmonica and vocal intro
The mono was created by playing both the vocal intro mix and Harmonica only intro mix in at the same time by starting the two tape machines together.
Hence the phasing on the drum fill.
see " Recording the beatles' book.
I think, to avoid guess work as to a remixers motives, a background knowledge of the technicalities involved is helpful.
- 22 December 2015 at 15:59
Strange comparisons in the article. Me too disagree with the analysis.
1 2015 (album) is a new mix (except for Love me Do and She loves you). Giles took the mono masters as a reference. He did a very good job. Just like they did with the Yellow Submarine Songtrack. Especially the brightness and clarity of these mixes compared with the 2009 remasters. Wish they give the 2009 stereo masters the same treatment. I never listen to 5.1. mixes by the way. Hey Jude still sounds strange, compared (burried instruments) to the Love version. Listen tot the wonderful bass line on the Love version.
Concerning the Blue Ray: the new mixes of Free as a bird and Real Love are amazing. They did a wonderful job. Better versions than the Anthology versions.
Best regards from Holland. Happy Holiday Season. Patrick.
- 22 December 2015 at 19:17
- Martin said...
Who said the guy from Grapefruit said 'F***ing Hell!' on 'Hey Jude?'
According to Geoff Emerick, John Lennon said that Paul McCartney had
'hit a clunker on the piano and said a naughty word.'
I also disagree with the analysis. 'The Ballad Of John & Yoko' has more 'slap' on it in the 1+ remix. More similar to John' '1950s Now' sound (as heard on 'Instant Karma') than the original version of 'Ballad....'
'Hey Jude' also fades out too quickly. Where is the fancy bass run right at the end?
- 22 December 2015 at 20:49
- Unknown said...
Yes - correct about Hey Jude on the CD finishing too soon. Amazing, considering the LOVE remix took that bass line, and used it throughout. None of the Hey Jude mixes (since the original) have ever hit the bass 'thump' of the drum fill entry like the original stereo - not the LOVE or the new 1 mix. I'll stick with the original Hey Jude mix thanks...It's always been a good clean mix hi-fi mix...
- 23 December 2015 at 04:34
- Martin said...
I agree about the original 'Hey Jude'. A bit like the original mono 'Paperback Writer' and 'Rain' or even the mono version of 'Revolution'. These newer remixed versions do not match the bottom end and firepower of the original 45 single versions.
- 23 December 2015 at 10:22
- db said...
Sonically, there's a flow to '1' that wasn't there before. It hangs together as an album much better I think.
- 24 December 2015 at 10:49


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Top 5 Date Night Restaurants in Mississauga
Hey guys, I have an idea. Next time you go on a date in Mississauga, change it up a little. Perhaps she is getting a little sick of the big box restaurant dates or the 50-minute ride to a Toronto restaurant after you're in a bad mood for paying $20 for parking.
Here are 5 great date night restaurant in Mississauga:
5 - Aielli
Mark your calendar or book your next date night out to Aielli Restaurant! This place is a little more chill. No late night dancing here, but you are in Port Credit, so there is still a lot to do afterwards. It is one of the finer Italian restaurants in Mississauga that caters to its customers and it is a great place to dine. Its 30 year history in Port Credit is a testament to what they do best - food and wine. It's a perfect night for a hearty Italian meal created by Chef/Proprietor Luigi Macerola. The resto boasts old school Italian wall murals that create a charming and intimate setting for nice romantic date.
What you need to try: Brome Lake Duck Trilogy - Duck cooked three ways (as seen below)
Price for mains: $20 to $28
4 - Rogues
Rogues Restaurant, located on Dundas St. W in Mississauga, is marking their 29th year - a tenure that's hard to achieve, especially in the food scene. At Rogues, you can expect traditional fine dining with a twist. The environment is elegant and they have also taken care not to make it too pretentious or stuffy so you feel right at home. They have a large open kitchen so you can watch the Executive Chef Bevan Terry in action. The menu is inspired by the delicious cuisine of northern Italy and the Mediterranean.
What you need to try: Gnocchi
Price for mains: $22.95 to $39.95
3 - Casalinga Ristorante
Located in the southwest corner of Mississauga on Royal Windsor and Southdown (yes that is still Mississauga) in a plaza is one of the best kept Italian restaurants in the city called Casalinga. This place can't be any bigger than 40 seats and get packed pretty fast, especially on weekends. They offer house-made gnocchi (small dumplings made from potato, semolina or flour that are usually served with sauce) and house-made gnocchi is usually hard to find, especially in Mississauga. That right there it said a lot about the restaurant. We ordered the potato gnocchi that came with lamb, caramelized onions, cherry tomatoes, roasted garlic, mushroom and tomato sauce. The dish was absolutely delicious and the gnocchi melted in our mouths. You won't be hungry after eating something this generously portioned. They also have thin crust pizza cooked in a stone oven. Casalinga has been around for just over three years and if they keep serving this hearty Italian food, they will be here for generations to come.
What you need to try: Seafood Risotto
Price for mains start at: $16
2 - 17 Steakhouse & Bar
This might be a date night for a special occasion as 17 Steakhouse is the epitome of fine dining. 17 Steakhouse has stepped up the fine dining game in Mississauga. There is something for everyone on the menu with varying price ranges so don't let "fine dining" scare you away from having lunch or hosting a business meeting or get together. 17 Steakhouse is a majestic Vegas-style game changer to the fine dining scene in the city. Millions were spent designing the 32,000 sq. ft. space filled with over the top features such as a gorgeous oversized fresh water aquarium filled with a colourful array of African cichlid fish that's visible from both the main bar and one of the two private dining rooms. The menu includes a number of U.S., Ontario and Alberta prime cuts of beef, including the tenderloin, strip loin, prime T-bone, porterhouse and tomahawk. You will also find Japanese A5 wagyu and a reasonably priced American flat iron wagyu at $40 for 8 oz. Other options include oysters, ahi tuna, seared scallops, tempura shrimp, fish options, salads, duck confit, bison tenderloin, risotto, chicken, braised back ribs, charcuterie board, calamari and a seafood tower.
What you need to try: Snake River Farms American Wagyu Flat Iron $39.00 8oz
Price for mains: $26.00 to $200.00
1 - Michael's Back Door
Before we start talking about the food and the restaurant, we've got to say that we love the name and where Michael's is located. The setup is so unlike anything else in Mississauga, as it is located at the back of a building in Clarkson off Lakeshore Road and is almost a secret because it's completely hidden from public view. As you park in the back alley, you will find a glass solarium protruding from the back. It's almost like you are walking into a secret location. We tried the risotto pescatore which had risotto with shrimp, scallops, fresh tomatoes and white wine (as seen below) and it was some of the best risotto we've had. The shrimp were huge, the seafood was plentiful and the rice was perfectly cooked. The server was very pleasant and knowledgeable and gave recommendations, as any good server should. This isn't a big place, so make reservations -- especially on Friday and Saturday nights. This would be a perfect place for a date and they even have a piano room that can accommodate 40 people, which is great for a corporate dinner. They recently introduced a wine room for up to 16, which is great for family parties when you just don't want to cook at home. Michael's is expanding so much that it might have a front door one day. Also, Michael's Back Door has been around since 1981, so you know they're doing something right.
What you need to try: Seafood Risotto
Price range for mains: $15.95 to 34.95
Risotto Pescatore
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I think he would look something like Michael Jackson in This Is It. We finally watched this fascinating and bizarre film, and when I wasn't happily grooving along to the beat (I loved this man as a teenager, and still think Billie Jean is one of the best songs EVAH), I was struck by how slimy it was for this 50 yr old man to be pretending to be Michael Jackson. The Philosophe's description of him was, aptly, alien.
This was the only picture I could find (=poach) of this jacket he wears quite often. Unfortunately it doesn't do justice to how truly weird it makes him look. But I guess we all knew that about him already. And also that he did have some serious groove.
(Un)relatedly, the Sunday Times today published a picture of Queen Elizabeth getting onto a train. The caption reads: "Disguised as a little old lady, Queen Elizabeth II boards a passenger train at King's Cross Station in London from where she travelled to Norfolk for Christmas." Disguised indeed. (See for yourself).
Well, we all like pretending, I suppose. Just a few nights ago we enjoyed an afternoon of creating, and then an evening of eating, smushi. (Danish open-faced sandwiches pretending to be sushi. Obviously).
On the left, rye bread with herring and quail egg (plus piece of Katjes herring liquorice), a little salmon rose with caviar, and the highlight: shrimp cocktail (the crisp is the clue).
Top left, quail confit (bound with some delicious hoisin sauce) with a litte egg and a little lollipop drumstick, starry bread with salami, remoulade and crispy onions, choux bun "hotdog" with chipolatas and most of "det hele", and finally pariserbøf (genius really: a burger pattie fried with a slice of bread) – the radish slice is a good indication of the preparation implications of this stuff. An hour in the kitchen, a minute on the lips (as they say).
There was a cheese plate too, and a dessert plate, each of which was delicious – as was the copious good wine, which made for copious merriment. In fact I'd say we were all as full and happy as this lump of marzipan pretending to be a pig.
(The pig was the prize for finding a whole almond in a spoonful of Danish rice pudding, so it is no longer in my care. I do not know if it still exists in its present form. But I can tell you that it had a good life, and produced very little methane.)


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A part-time teller position in high school put Lucy Mazany on the path to a banking career.
"I was immediately drawn to the strong relationships you can build with clients and the ability you have to help them through life-changing events," she said. "As I have moved up the ranks in my career, I have been able to support my clients on different levels, and many of them have become like family."
Mazany will now be supporting clients from the Jericho private-client office of Signature Bank, which she recently joined as group director and senior vice president. An industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, Mazany most recently oversaw 15 Long Island branches of Valley National Bank in her post of senior vice president and division manager. She's also a former vice president and branch manager for European American Bank/Citibank.
She came over to Signature with three team members she's worked with for the past decade. Richard DeMartino joined as associate group director and vice president; June Alleyne came aboard as a relationship manager; and Hillary Bogi will serve as a senior client associate.
In joining Signature, Mazany touted the bank's "exceptional reputation" and its single-point-of-contact approach to serving clients, which she said is uncommon in the industry.
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Among other charitable pursuits, Mazany helps Molloy College raise funds for scholarships through golf outings and other events.
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Janis Whitlock is a Research Scientist and the Associate Director for Teaching and Training in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research. She is also the Director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery. She is the author of publications on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescence and young adulthood, social media and mental health, and in youth connectedness to schools and communities. She earned a doctorate in Developmental Psychology from Cornell University (2003), a Masters of Public Health from UNC Chapel Hill (1994), and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley (1988). Her current primary research focus includes development of early detection and intervention in mental health and wellbeing using social media and other technological affordances, particularly in the areas of self-injury and suicide. In addition to NSF funded research in these areas, she focuses on broadening understanding of non-suicidal self-injury, particularly in relation to recovery and parent experiences. She is also a Principal Investigator for an early intervention project aimed at reducing sexual violence and is pursuing a newer line of research related to sexual health and development in the digital age. She is dedicated to translating research into practice and policy through broad dissemination of user friendly materials and through development of web-based training and education programs for parents and professionals (see www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu), largely as an outgrowth of her work as a practitioner in adolescent and women's health in a variety of clinical, administrative, and education-related capacities for over a decade.
My current research is dedicated to exploration of the relationship between context, development, and behavior, with a focus on longitudinal assessment and development and testing of interventions. Although known for my work in non-suicidal self-injury, my current work focuses more broadly on health and wellbeing trajectories with particular interest in the role of social media in both affecting mental health and as an intervention tool. The role of parents in supporting recovery and wellbeing has been a major research activity for the past couple of years and is the fodder for a recent book I wrote with a colleague for parents and caregivers of self-injurious youth. I also developed and support a web-based training and educational programs for youth serving professionals and parents.
In addition to my work in self-injury, I collaborate closely with the Cornell Department of Communications Social Media Lab on a number of projects related to the effects of social media on wellbeing and development of design and app-based features useful in promoting wellbeing and prosocial behavior online. Lastly, I am also the Cornell PI on CDC grant intended to evaluate an intervention for middle school boys aimed at reducing or eliminating sexual violence.
Recent Publications (since 2017)
DiFranzo, D., Hyung Choi, Y., Purington, A., Taft, J. Whitlock, J. & Bazarova, N. (2019). Social Media TestDrive: Real-World Social Media Education for the Next Generation. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019), May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland UK. ACM, NewYork, NY, USA, 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300533
Whitlock, J. & Lloyd-Richardson, E. (2019). Healing self-injury: A compassionate guide for parents and other loved ones. Oxford University Trade Press. New York, New York.
Waals, L., Baetens, I., Rober, P., Lewis, S., Van Parys, H., Goethals, E.R., & Whitlock, J. (2018). The NSSI family distress cascade theory. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 12(52). doi: 0.1186/s13034-018-0259-7
Kruzan, K. & Whitlock, J. (in press). Prevention of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. Non-suicidal Self-Injury: Advances in Research and Practice. edited by J. Washburn. Routledge Press.
Lewis, S.P., Heath, N.L., Hasking, P.A., Whitlock, J.L., Wilson, M.S., & Plener, P.L. (in press). Addressing self-injury on college campuses: Institutional recommendations. Journal of College Counselling.
Whitlock, J. L., Baetens, I., Lloyd-Richardson, E., Hasking, P., Hamza, C., Lewis, S., ... & Robinson, K. (2018). Helping schools support caregivers of youth who self-injure: Considerations and recommendations. School Psychology International, 0143034318771415.
Kazerooni, F., Taylor, S. H., Bazarova, N. N., & Whitlock, J. (2018). Cyberbullying Bystander Intervention: The Number of Offenders and Retweeting Predict Likelihood of Helping a Cyberbullying Victim. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 23(3), 146-162.
Chang, P. F., Whitlock, J., & Bazarova, N. N. (2018). "To Respond or not to Respond, that is the Question": The Decision-Making Process of Providing Social Support to Distressed Posters on Facebook. Social Media+ Society, 4(1), 2056305118759290.
Whitlock, J. & Hasking, P. (2017). Hurting from the inside out: Understanding self-injury. Educational Leadership, 75(4), 24-30.
Kiekens, G., Hasking, P., Bruffaerts, R., Claes, L., Baetens, I., Boyes, M., & Whitlock, J. (2017). What predicts ongoing non-suicidal self-injury? A comparison between persistent and ceased self-injury in emerging adults. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
Whitlock, J, Lloyd-Richardson, E., Fisseha, F., Bates, T. (2017). Parental secondary stress: The often hidden but important underbelly of non-suicidal self-injury in youth. Journal of Clinical Psychology: doi:10.1002/jclp.22488
Bazarova, N. N., Choi, Y. H., Whitlock, J., Cosley, D., & Sosik, V. (2017). Psychological distress and emotional expression on Facebook. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 20(3), 157-163.
My current professional agenda is dedicated to research, outreach, advising, and adminstration. My research revolves around young adult social and emotional health with a focus on connectedness, self-injury and suicide prevention, sexual violence prevention and intervention development. I am also pursuing a new emphasis on sexual health and development in the digital age and the interaction between social media and wellbeing. I also regularly provide training and talks to youth serving professionals in and outside of university settings on issues germane to college mental health and young adult development.
All of my research activities contain outreach components of value to the Cornell Extension mission. Since I feel strongly about the importance of disseminating information amassed through the research process, I work hard to find mechanisms for supporting the dissemination and outreach component. For example, students in our lab as well as professionals associated with our team develop "translational" products intended to make cutting edge science accessible to lay audiences through fact sheets, web-based power point presentations, and web accessible video segments. We add materials to this pool of resources every year. Materials have been designed for a broad constituency: individuals with self-injury history, parents, peers, and schools and other youth serving agencies seeking guidance about protocols for handling self-injury in institutional settings. Many of these information briefs have been translated into multiple languages including French, German, and Spanish. The website receives over 7,000 unique visitors a month and our factsheets are downloaded multiple times a day. We have also worked with e-Cornell to develop and support a series of web-based training programs on self-injury for professionals and parents. I have a new book for parents and other caretakers coming out now which is a natural outreach extension of extant research in this area.
I am also the Associate Director for Teaching and Training for the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research. In this capacity, I oversee all regular talks (our "How To do research in real world contexts" series as well as our popular Talks at Twelve series). I also direct the Cornell Translational Research Summer Institute (started in 2018), a 2.5 day workshop that attracts emerging scholars from outside of Cornell and builds on the "How To" series referenced above. All of these are very much focused on engaging the public to bridge science and practice and policy.
I regularly do talks to local and national groups, academics and non-academics, in areas related to my expertise and much of my youth-development and school climate-related research is conducted as part of university-community partnerships. All research findings are then made available to our partners and, through them, to the larger communities they affect. I am also co-PI on a team in the Communications Department that has received funding from the Morgan Foundation to work with Common Sense Media in developing "Project Test Drive", a social medial simulation for youth designed to prepare them to safely navigate the social media realm and to engage in prosocial behavior.
In addition, my students and I created another website, one intended to encompass a greater array of the activities we undertake, called the Youth Risk and Opportunity Lab: https://www.yrocornell.com/. This will be where we share information related to activities not directly germane to self-injury and recovery.
Teaching: I teach a course for HD graduate students and CIPA masters students (PADM 5380 & HD 6580) that typically enrolls anywhere from 12 - 40 students. This course typically runs in the spring. Beginning in summer of 2019, I wil teach a course on the intersection of adolescent development and wellbing and social media. I also annually advise 8-10 students through my research lab and co-run a lab with Natalie Bazarova with a rotating set of 4 -6 graduate students from Communications and Computer Science. I supervise another 3-4 in independent studies or honors theses per year. I am currently an ad hoc member of 3 graduate committees. I enjoy interacting with students and view their involvement in lab settings as a tremendous asset since the vast majority of them are motivated, highly talented, and capable of significant focus when engaged.
In both lab and classroom settings I believe strongly in coupling cognitive engagement with opportunities for applying concepts learned through development of materials, synthesis, and other concrete products useful for the project (e.g. materials that go onto our website for distribution). Students benefit through acquiring new skills and, in some cases, having reports or other publications to add to their resume and the program benefits through their fresh perspective, ideas, and finished work. They also work in teams to accomplish these goals so benefit through new relationship ties and the shared learning that happens in this environment.
HD 3530: Risk and Opportunity in Childhood and Adoelscence (not curently offered)
HD 4170: The Translation of Research Evidence into Practice and Policy
PADM 5380 / HD 6680: Seminar in translational research: Bridging research, programs and policies
HD 1100 Growing up in the digital age: Identity, relationships and wellbeing in the modern era
2003. Ph.D., Human Development, Cornell University.
Dissertation: Voice, Visibility, Place, and Power: Correlates to School and
Community Connectedness Among 8th, 10th and 12th Grade Youth
1994. MPH, Health Behavior & Health Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Masters Thesis: Helpless but not Hopeless: Parental Perspectives on Adolescent Dating Abuse
1988 B.A., Social Sciences Field Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate Thesis: The Women's Self Help Movement: Ideology and Action.
- I serve as the Associate Director for Teaching and Training for the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
• Member Council on Sexual Violence Prevention
• Member Council of Mental Health and Wellbeing
Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery: www.selfinjury.bctr.cornell.edu
Youth Risk and Opportunity Lab: https://www.yrocornell.com/
Social Media and Mental Health Lab
I maintain (with a lot of student support!):
A Facebook page for the CRPSIR
A Twitter account for the CRPSIR
A linked in account for the CRPSIR
A personal twitter account where I push out professinoal but non-CRPSIR related material


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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Havin' fun at the pumpkin patch
Bethany, Joanna & Carter are in town for the week! We're having lots of fun with them here. Grandpa took the kids to get pumpkins- they had lots of fun carving them! =)
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Happy Anniversary!!
Happy Anniversary Dad & Mom, we love you!!!
They've been married 34 years today.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Pretty in Pink!
Here's a recent picture of Joanna. She's loves pink, especially her new pink shoes that Aunt Rachel bought her.
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SURGE is Web Summit's first conference in India. In 5 years, Web Summit, held annually in Europe, has grown from 400 attendees to over 42,000 from more than 134 countries. It's been called "the best technology conference on the planet". Here are the startups that will be pitching in the event to get the title of the best startup in 2016
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Founders: Mani SVS & Mallikarjun Sarvepalli
The company is currently operating its online car service platform Carmozo. This Bangalore based startup aims to provide innovative car management solutions. Ziotiv basically provides vehicle management solutions and repair services, connecting user to the nearest repair centre.
Read more at http://www.iamwire.com/2016/02/40-startups-pitch-surge-the-startup-year/132762


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People taking part in fun-runs need to be well informed of the potential health risks involved in these events, the AMA (WA) said today.
Following the deaths of two fun run participants at last year's City to Surf event, the AMA (WA) has prepared a set of guidelines providing health advice to participants.
"We will be seeing a number of fun runs in the upcoming months, and now is the time for people to be aware of the potential health implications involved.
"Fun runs are great initiatives with hundreds of thousands of people taking part each year across our nation," AMA (WA) Immediate Past President Dr Richard Choong said.
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"Where an event requires high physical exertion, and attracts novice exercisers, there must be comprehensive health information provided to anyone registering in the event.
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"This is especially important for individuals with a history of chronic medical issues (such as diabetes, high blood pressure or arthiritis) or high risk factors, such as smoking, being overweight or have a family history of heart disease or sudden death at an early age.
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Holy shit, just got the results for this. Two years ago we rode the double century and it was the maiden voyage of the Seven. Last year we rode the entire King of the Mountains series of centuries and had done pretty well. We were amped for this.
Friday night Jack raced the downtown alley-cat criterium and won $187, but it cost him his legs for this. We rode as a group for a bit, then this kid John dropped us and ended up second overall. Brian (Davidson) and I split up after Decker Canyon and I rode the rest of the course alone. Two weeks ago I went out and rode it alone from home, 125 miles in 9 hours, so I knew what I was in for. The start is staggered, and they ask the sub-8 riders to start last, which means you spend the day passing people. It makes you feel faster than you really are. Did my best to stay focused, which is difficult with so much climbing. When I got to the top of Stunt Road, I was not coherent enough to talk to the people at the checkpoint. Brutal. It's a tough love. This course is so beautiful; it's why I love southern California. I don't have any pics from the ride, but since it is the two-year anniversary of the Seven, here's a pic my friend Kelly took for an upcoming book.
This weekend is my first real road race, a 3-stage, 2-day race called Conquer the Canyons.
Mulholland Challenge 112 miles, 12,000 ft elevation
Holy shit, just got the results for this. Two years ago we rode the double century and it was the maiden voyage of the Seven. Last year we rode the entire King of the Mountains series of centuries and had done pretty well. We were amped for this.
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matt, you're crazy and amazing.i'll be in LA in july, will you be there?-lisa
Good luck this weekend!
Mulholland was a great ride, wasn't it? I felt the same at the top of Stunt, I asked Bobbi Fisher to "sticker me" and I took off so I could recover on the descent…I had minimal brain function by that point. ;)I found your blog when you commented on George Vargas' blog…then I realized we've done some of the same rides. I wonder if you're the guy from LA (or if you were in the group with the guy) that I rode up Del Dios Highway with for a while on the SD 200K Brevet. I had gotten a late start on that one too (too many women in the bathroom) and we rolled out a few minutes behind everyone else. I ended up talking to a guy from LA who did doubles, told him my plan was to do Butterfield as my first this year. Hmmm…Great blog, by the way…I'll have to read some more. :)~Brandy
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On a hot day, there's nothing quite like biting into a chocolate-dipped ice cream cone only to be hit with sudden, sharp pain from your sensitive teeth. Many people turn to special toothpastes to get rid of sensitivity in their teeth, but it's important to note that these toothpastes work by blocking the pain signal from being transmitted inside your teeth. Like taking ibuprofen for back pain, these toothpastes can help with the symptoms; however, it's better to prevent the underlying cause.
The center of your tooth is called the pulp, where the nerves are. The pulp is surrounded by dentin and then by hard, protective enamel. Tooth sensitivity is caused by exposed dentin; dentin is filled with tiny fluid-filled channels that run down to the nerves in the pulp. These channels can be disturbed by contact with hot or cold food and drink, and this irritation is passed on to the nerves in the teeth.
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If the enamel on a tooth has worn thin or even worn away completely, the dentin underneath can be exposed and cause sensitivity. Enamel loss has many potential causes. It can be worn down if you grind your teeth or if you brush excessively hard, and trauma that causes your teeth to chip or crack can expose dentin as well. Not taking care of your teeth through regular brushing also leads to tooth decay as the bacteria in your mouth feed on plaque and produce acids.
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January 30, 2014
Mid Michigan customers just had a chance to vote for their favorite businesses and professionals in the Clare County Review's 2014 annual "Best of the Best" contest for 2013 service.
See the Best of the Best Section C in this issue of the Review.
The fifth annual list of winners include:
Best Auto Body Shop -Jim's Body Shop
Best Auto Parts Store – Palmers
Best Auto Service Department – McGuire Chevrolet
Best Independent Auto Service – 5th Street
Best Car Wash/Detailer – Waterfall
Best Gas Station – J & D Market
Best Place to get Oil/Lube – Double D's
Best Place to Buy New Vehicle – McGuire Chevrolet
Best Place to Buy Used Car – Krapohl Ford
Best Place to Buy Motorcycle/ATV – Mott Motorsports
Best Tire Store – Bob's Tire
Best Bakery – Cops & Doughnuts
Best Breakfast – Big Boy
Best Coffee – Friends & Coffee
Best Fish Fry – Ruckle's Pier
Best Hamburger – The Whitehouse
Best Seafood – Ponderosa
Best Sandwich/Sub – Herrick House
Best Family Restaurant – K's Diner
Best Fast Food – Arby's
Best Chinese Food – Hangs
Best Grocery Store – Witbecks
Best Ice Cream Shop – Dairy Phil
Best Pizza Place – Buccillis
Best Place to Buy Meat – Steve's Market
Best Place to Buy Produce – Tice's Farm Market
Best Italian Restaurant – Monte's
Best Salad Bar – Ponderosa
Best Tavern – Evening Post
Best Deli – Witbeck's
Best Steakhouse – Ponderosa
Best Beer – Ruckle's Pier
Best Campground – Wilson St. Park
Best Bank/Credit Union – Isabella Bank
Best Barber Shop – Faber's
Best New Business – Mad Café
Best Customer Service – Value Video
Best Carpet Cleaner – Schuh's
Best Funeral Home – Stephenson-Wyman
Best Clothing Store – Her Place
Best Convenience Store – Clare Party Store
Best Dog Groomer – Best Friends
Best Farm Equipment Dealer – Bader & Son
Best Well Driller – Brad Malley
Best Home Improvement Store – Harrison Lumber
Best Computer Repair – Nitro
Best Feed Store – Johnston Elevator
Best Flower Shop – Maxwell's
Best Unfinished Furniture Store – New Wood Store
Best Fitness Center – Clare Family Fitness
Best Furniture Retail – Woods
Best Gift Shop – Herrick House
Best Golf Course – Eagle Glen
Best Hair Salon – Covet
Best Hardware Store – Clare Hardware
Best Heating & Air Conditioning – Martins Heating and Cooling
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Best Landscaper – Sod Busters
Best Lumber Company – Seiter Lumber
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Best Pharmacy – Gateway Pharmacy
Best Place to Buy Cellphone – Russell Cellular
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Best Place to Buy Floor Coverings – Woods Household
Best Apartment Complex – Brookwood
Best Place to Tan – Brenda's
Best Propane Company – Coyne Oil
Best Place to Buy Manufactured Homes – Clarks
Best Real Estate Company – Century 21 Pioneer
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Best Resort/Motel – Doherty
Best School – Farwell
Best Video Rental Store – Value Video
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Favorite Attorney – JJ Klaus
Favorite Car Salesperson – Chuck Rogalski
Favorite Chiropractor – Lisa Jaco
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Favorite Dentist – Fred Austin
Favorite Police Officer – David Saad
Favorite Local Musician – Night Shift
Favorite Hair Stylist – Trisha Lloyd
Favorite Local TV Personality – Michael Stevens
Favorite Physician – Joe Hough
Favorite Plumber – Mike Leary
Favorite Real Estate Agent – Sandy Jeffrey
Favorite Columnist – Pat Maurer
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I had done this for the first time last year, as memorialized here. The idea is to give a humorous talk that mocks academic seriousness, with different participants speaking on different subjects.
I agreed to do it again provided I could do a different subject, since - as I told the organizer - I had said every funny thing I had to say about Talmud last year. So this year I did Comparative Linguistics. I got lots and lots of laughs. I realize 25% of the humor is in the delivery, and another 25% is in the alcohol consumption of the audience, but here for your consideration is this year's speech, in the hope that it garners a laugh or two. It's behind the cut, with stage directions as needed.
Thank you, David, for kicking off with that…interesting talk. And thank you, Elizabeth, for inviting me back to speak again this year. I should say at the outset that once again I feel quite out of place here with all you professors and such like. You've all got enough letters after your names to make alphabet soup with. You've got those fancy robes. You wrote dissertations on something nobody ever wrote one on before – which, it seems to me, was likely a lot easier to do when they thought this system up in the Middle Ages.
And then there's me. Well, you all know me. I'm just a plain-speaking, plain-thinking, plainly out of my depth gal from the Great Plains of North Dakota. So how can I compete with all you fancy people with your fancy degrees? I didn't graduate from some hifalutin college like you did, but I did graduate from the School of Hard Knocks. ::Put on hard hat:: And I'll tell you – this ::rap hard hat:: might serve me better with this tough crowd.
Okay, I'll tell you one thing that makes my lack of education an advantage on this particular occasion. All these experts have to come up with something to say in their area of expertise that's new, and interesting, and clever, and funny. Nice try, David. I, on the other hand, have absolutely no area of expertise. So last year I talked about Talmud and this year I can talk about something else I know nothing about. I decided on comparative linguistics. So, in the plain-speaking, uneducated, gosh darn down-to-earth manner I'm known for I present you with my lesson on the whole question of latkes vs. hamentaschen. It's called "Comparative Linguistic Approaches to the Latke/Hamantaschen Problem Utilizing a Post-Whorfian Metasyntactical Framework."
So, I suppose the best way to begin would be to review just what the Whorf Hypothesis was, how was it disproven, and how did Benjamin Whorf become a hissing and a byword wherever linguists gather to hiss and byword. Who would like to tell the class about the Whorf Hypothesis? ::look around:: Let's not always see the same hands. ::call on someone and see where it goes::
Okay, to recap (or "to paraphrase" or "since none of you did the assigned reading" depending on what happened), Benjamin Whorf was a linguist who was best known for the hypothesis that is named after him. The Whorf Hypothesis says that the language a person speaks constrains that person's thought processes. In a Whorfian world if there is no word in your language for a concept you cannot understand that concept.
Now, who here believes that? Common sense and common experience make clear that the Whorf Hypothesis is wrong. After all, if we could only understand concepts we have words for, how would we come up with new words? And how many times have you heard a word you didn't know previously but you had often thought "there ought to be a word for that"? When I'm called upon to disprove the Whorf hypothesis – and I must live a peculiar life because people (usually children) often ask me whether it's possible to have a concept if you don't have the word – the example I like to give is Schadenfreude. It's a good example because it's a word most children don't know, as well as many adults, but everyone understands the concept. Who here knows what it means? Who doesn't know? ::Pick on someone:: Okay here's what it means: it's a pleasure – often a slightly guilty pleasure – in someone else's misfortune. It's the feeling you were just having thinking that you are sooooo glad it's me up here making a fool of myself and not you.
Okay, so if it's so obvious that Whorf was wrong, why did every linguist in the academy believe him for years, decades even? I guess linguists must be a particularly credulous bunch. Plus, Whorf was a protégé of Edward Sapir, who was the Chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Yale. But most convincingly, Whorf had what he claimed was proof: the Hopi language. As Whorf told it, Hopi has no way of indicating time. There are no tenses – no past, no present, no future – and the Hopi people, he claimed, live in a state of exquisite timelessness. They are completely unconcerned with when things happen, have no idea of sequencing of events, and just live in an eternal present. A whole lot of linguists found that argument persuasive – if a whole nation of people had no idea about time and their language had no tenses, well can that be coincidence?
Now there aren't a lot of Hopis left – less than 7000, according to the 2000 census, and in Whorf's time there were already very few, so it's likely that none of his credulous linguistic colleagues were familiar with the Hopi language. Really, very few linguists had even met a Hopi. Whorf, on the other hand had met a Hopi man, something he continually mentioned at parties in the linguist's equivalent of name dropping. But, then, it turned out that the Hopi man he met was a cab driver in New York City. What's more, Whorf's belief that the Hopi language lacked any sense of time came largely from one very long trip from Midtown to what was then Idlewild Airport, resulting in a missed flight. Well once that came to light suddenly the Whorf Hypothesis was deemed useless and linguists all over the world declared that there is indeed no relationship between language and thought.
But there has to be, doesn't there? Not the relationship Benjamin Whorf… made up, but some connection between language and thought? Doesn't common sense tell us that, as surely as it tells us that Hopi people must know the difference between past, present, and future as much as anyone else does? Surely anyone who speaks more than one language knows that some things are easier expressed in one than another. Surely there's some effect on thinking in the way language is typically used.
For example, there are approximately 250,000 words in English and your average English speaker knows about 60,000 of them. Overeducated people with fancy degrees like Elizabeth, David, and Angela probably know twice that many. On the other hand there are only 16,000 words total in modern Hebrew. Does that really have nothing to do with the more direct – some would say blunt – approach Israelis tend to take to communication, compared to Americans? Let's not throw out the Hopi with the bathwater here.
I submit that there has to be a relationship between words and thought, just not as simple a relationship as the one Benjamin Whorf… made up. And in this relationship is the answer to the question of which is superior – latkes or hamentaschen. I know – you thought I'd never get there. I propose that we replace the Whorf Hypothesis with the Rosenberg Hypothesis. The Rosenberg Hypothesis says simply that words are imbued with meaning that they've acquired as they develop and metamorphosize in their travels through different languages, both extant and extinct, and that that meaning interacts with cognition in a metasyntactical, subliminal and effervescent manner both affecting and effecting change in the synaptic connections and cultural referents that in turn impart understanding of the inherent and relative value of the items in question. Isn't that obvious? In other words, if we look at the etymology of the words "latke" and "hamentaschen" we will glean clues as to the rightful winner of this debate.
Now this is the point in this discourse where Shabbat restrictions may make what I have to say a little hard to follow. Ordinarily I would draw the derivations on a black board, but since that's not possible you're going to have to just follow me carefully.
Latke and Hamentaschen both sound like Yiddish words, understandably so since that's the language we got them from. But they have very distinct derivations and distinct original meanings. Let's begin with Hamentaschen, generally thought to be derived from Haman in Hebrew and tasch in German, meaning pocket. Yet for some reason they are generally thought to be so named because they are the shape of Haman's ears or his hat. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, Hamentaschen in Yiddish is derived from amentozhen-shchanko in Russian which comes from amenozhia-imtonteh in East Baltic, which is derived from ambrosia-biscotto in Greek. That's a combination of the Greek word for "cookie" - biscotto - and ambrosia, which is of course the same in English as in Greek. And what is ambrosia? It's the food of the gods. If we had a world map and a language genealogy diagram I could show you how it all happened, but the point is that the original meaning of the food we call hamentaschen is really "baked goods of divine origin."
By contrast, latke has a completely different origin. It comes from lusshka in the Montenegrin dialect of Serbo-Croatian, which has ancient roots in the long dead language of Ugaritic, in which the word was alush-hash-kata. Alush – meaning an object of great horror. Hash being the Ugaritic word for oleaginous and kata being a meaningless ending that's used to indicate a noun of the aboritic form. So, latke really means "disgusting or horrifying oily thing."
What could be plainer than that? Divine Baked Goods or Disgusting Oily Objects? Which is superior? Really even Benjamin Whorf could get that one right.
Once again, it's a mixture of actual information and stuff I made up out of whole cloth.


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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Same thing when I came here. Now I have a routine I need to mix things up a bit.
What I have been thinking of doing is break my routine up by adding a new routine for a week.
So a few weeks ago I blogged every day for 7 days.
The week after that I messaged a new person on this dating website everyday (not too successful).
I am looking for a new routine for next week. Perhaps starting work at 7:30 as I used to in Dublin (but there I had to wake up before 6, here I could wake up at 7:25 and still get into work on time ; )).
Any suggestions for routine busting routines are welcome! : )
Shutdown and Standby in OS X
I am a fan of listening to radio while I go asleep, but not that keen on having it on throughout the night.
I couldn't find a decent app to do the job, but surprise surprise the classic Unix commands are in OS X.
So, you want to shutdown the computer in 60 minutes?
shutdown -h +60
into the terminal.
Want to put it to sleep in 30 minutes?
shutdown -s +30
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
I am a Feminist
But... there's always a but... let me say something about women and work (in response to Delvi).
Women often get paid less and are discriminated against when hired.
Why is this?
Many societies are male dominated and men bring their prejudices to the table when it comes to hiring women.
There is another reason though. Women are statutorily given time off when they are pregnant and are more likely to choose to leave their careers and bring their kids up.
These are good things.
However it makes women more expensive to hire. If I hire a woman there is a chance I will have to pay for her pregnancy leave, and a chance that after investing time in training her up she will leave my company. This is costly, and it has an impact on hiring and compensation decisions.
You can argue how much of an impact such considerations have, but there is undoubtedly an impact.
Some European countries have tried to mitigate this difference by allowing men the same statutory time off as women, allowing them maternity leave. This goes some way to even things up, however men generally opt to take less time off than women, and women are still more likely to leave their careers to bring up their kids.
Also, such laws end up making men more expensive to hire and therefore can contribute to higher unemployment.
There's a lot of scope to reduce sexism in the workplace, but some decisions are due to hard coded social mores rather than outright prejudice.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Word from Tehran
I was part of the protest in Valiasr Square. When we got there, there were riot police and plain clothes guards shooting at people, I could see that people had been shot and were on the ground. There were also water cannons. We decided to head towards Azadi Square, and there were guards on motorbikes and attacking people with batons.
There were thousands of people out on the streets the police were using tear gas - the whole experience was terrifying. Towhid (Unity) Square looked like a battle ground.
There were lots of female protestors - I saw a guard attack one women and then she went back up to him and grabbed him by the collar and said 'why are you doing this? Are you not an Iranian?' - he was totally disarmed and didn't know what to do but her actions stopped him.
There were no ambulances around - people were helping each other - helping the wounded - taking them to safety away from further attacks.
Siavash, Tehran, Iran
Plain clothes guards were carrying batons, and some riot police were blocking protesters from entering the square. The guards used tear gas to push the crowds back. This battle went on for about an hour with the protestors moving forwards then back. The crowd was dispersed when about 50 or 60 guards on motorcycles drove into the crowd dispersing them completely. There were about a thousand or so people there, mostly young people. I left shortly after.
Siamak, Tehran
My friends told me that in front of Sattar Khan Street, forces were telling people on megaphones: go away before the basijis attack you. My friends are saying many of the people in Enghelab Square are holding copies of the Koran, and are chanting. People are running away through side streets but these forces who are well armed are waiting for them there too. The street is filled with smoke, and the local underground station (Darvaze Dowlat) is also full of soldiers, and they are chasing after defenceless people. There are helicopters from Enghelab Square to Azadi Square.
Today is a different day. I and my friends may never return home. We want the world to at least picture our being killed on streets to help democracy in iran and save the world. Pray for us.
Farshid, Tehran, Iran
Today we tried to join the protestors in Azadi and Enghelab square, but every route that we tried was blocked by the police. The plain clothed forces are all Sepah (revolutionary guards), as most of them have the Sepah badge on their clothes. In Sattar Khan I saw with my own eyes two ordinary 40-year-old women being beaten severely with electric batons, for nothing but raising their voice in protest.
Ehsan, Tehran
I am around Enghelab Square now. There is plenty of Basijiis armed with batons and steel cables standing at the beginning and end of each of the surrounding streets. Their numbers are high. Plenty of them are gathered in Amir Abad street, and I see lots of people going towards Enghelab Street. Ahmad - Tehran
Thousands of police men have gathered and closed all streets that ends main squares. But people have gathered to go to the areas.Ali, Tehran
We set out around 3pm to go to Enghelab Square, but from four different directions our way was blocked. There were riot polices and plain clothed basijis with batons and vans and water cannons blocking the way. From 4pm the crowds started to gather and grow larger. The crowds went towards Azadi Square with their hands in the air in a sign of victory but they were silent. Police blocked the crowds and then started attacking them first with batons then with guns, the crowds stated running away and there were lots of women screaming, it was very frightening.Anon, Tehran
Anti-riot police are hiding in an elementary school building in Jamalzadeh street, they came out, beat up people and dragged them into the building, it's getting nastier as it goes on. Protestors are not afraid at all, they get beaten, they disperse and come together in larger group in a minute. People have learnt lots of tricks during last week and came up with much guts today. Helicopters can be seen all over the sky and I can see smoke rising from different parts of the central part. They beat people up brutally not knowing that they get more and more angry and used-to such behaviour!
Mania, Tehran, Iran
We will continue to protest and we have several reasons to do so. First because we demand our rights. Second because were not afraid. Third - we will not be fooled. And fourth - in this way, the true face of this regime will be revealed to the whole world.
Iman, Iran
Thursday, June 18, 2009
iPhone 3G S
No, I have hired a homeless bloke to sleep out side for me, and wait in line. I am sure to be the first iPhone 3G S owner in New York! : ) My only worry is that someone buys my homeless bloke off or he goes and takes a piss at some inopportune moment and my place gets taken.
The problem with the new iPhone will look exactly like e.v.e.r.y. other bloody iPhone ever made. How can I show off? Apple you change iPods every year, forcing hipsters to upgrade accordingly. What's the point in buying the latest and greatest iPhone if I cannot show it off?
Any ideas how I can make sure everyone knows I have the new iPhone? Use the video feature non-stop? Make use of the compass to tell people which way is north? Use the "voice control" feature to dictate snotty text messages to my homies? MMS my blog with pictures of me picking my nose?
My dad's 3 year old phone has all of those features, plus a built in torch. Hopefully a torch will be included in the iPhone 3G T, due out next year; then followed by the iPod Torch. Genius.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Clowns without Borders
Saturday, June 13, 2009
German Graffiti in Dublin
Be Erhard!
New Glasses
Sunday, June 07, 2009
My Sis
Friday, June 05, 2009
Agony Aunt
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Straight to Hell
Insouciant Qualities
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Dating Website
I had sworn that I never would join a dating website (cos they're sort of daggy I suppose) but in a trademark Mr-Burns-style-change-of-heart (and cos of one of my roomie's best pals) I signed up.
Why the hell why not, eh? Thing is, I am not sure what to do on there... chatting up girls through websites sounds kinda awkward, ah well, suppose can't hurt to give it a shot. Tips appreciated! : )
Monday, June 01, 2009
Free Coldplay Album
I find thinking about myself pretty abhorrent (its a minefield) but there is something about the process of writing in general. I suppose it secures ephemeral ideas, nails them down in black and white, whatever worth that is.
This week I will endeavour to write a post a day.


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The Chinese embassy in Stockholm issued a complaint on Saturday concerning an incident in which three Chinese tourists were refused permission to stay in the lobby of a hostel in the Swedish capital, before being taken to a cemetery by local police.
The incident, which occurred earlier this month, involved a Chinese man, identified only as Zeng, and his elderly parents. They arrived at their hostel, Generator Stockholm, at 12.05 am on September 2.
As they were not allowed to check in until 2 pm that day, the family asked if they could wait in the lobby, given the poor health of Zeng's elderly parents. Staff refused and called the police, who then took the family away and dropped them off near a cemetery, the disgruntled tourist claims.
However, what happened next is unclear, as Zeng, the hostel and the police all have differing accounts.
Two weeks later, a statement on the Chinese embassy's website announced that it was "deeply shocked and outraged" and "strongly condemns the conduct of the Swedish police". It added that both the mission and the country's foreign ministry had "made solemn representations" to the Swedish government. It is also demanding a thorough investigation and a response to the tourists' demands for an apology and compensation.
Videos (see above) taken by bystanders showing a Chinese man being dragged out of a hotel by Swedish police went viral on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, over the weekend.
The incident has triggered an intense online debate in China. While some believe Zeng's family did not respect the rules of hotel and should have been treated that way because of their embarrassing behaviour, others think that the police are guilty of an abuse of power.
State-backed news portal Guangming commented on Sunday that "we need a truth, an apology and a kind of consciousness to respect the rules".
The diplomatic row regarding the incident follows a visit by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader that Beijing considers a separatist extremist, to Sweden last week. The relations between the two countries have also been somewhat strained by the continued detention of Hong Kong-based Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai by Chinese authorities.