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Prefeace: I've already been trying to talk to some of my friends who are in the medical field, but hoping to cast a wider net here. I obviously understand that asking you all is no different than going to WebMD and learning that it's either cancer, AIDS, or diabeetus after making a few hops of symptoms. I'm just trying to gather some more input from outside perspectives to see if there's something we may be missing.
To summarize up front, my mother's been in and out of the hospital for the past 1.5 months. Her symptoms have changed since she first admission to the ER. At first we thought it was food poisoning, but my mom's GP dispelled that quickly. (This has been her GP for almost 30 years, mind you, so this doctor knows my mom's entire medical history and isn't doing and saying things blindly).
First set of symptoms were
- vomiting
- nausea, and severe gagging to the point that it induced vomiting at least once
- bloating
- abdominal pains / cramps
- some jaundicing of the skin (more like large patches than actually being all over)
- loss of appetite
After about 3 days of this, we took her to the ER (Vancouver General Hospital, for anybody in the Lower Mainland who is reading) where they "diagnosed" her with a blocked/collapsed colon. However, the CT scan did not show any such blockage and all other blood tests and scans indicated anything but a blocked colon. At this point, they put her on a stomach pump because of a build up of bile in her stomach. Doesn't need to be said that she was in relative discomfort for about 2 weeks in the hospital because of the tube. Because this hospital is also a teaching hospital they wanted to open her up on the second day, but my mom's GP said no to that immediately. The moment they got the "no surgery" from my mom's GP, suddenly the doctors didn't give two shits about her and basically said cased closed. They actually physically brought the discharge papers to the nurse's station and told my dad and head nurse to sign them if the GP and my dad wouldn't let them open her up. My dad told them very specifically in non-medical terms where they could shove those papers, and the head nurse agreed with my dad. (We're going to file a complaint against all 3 doctors once this ordeal is over. Fuck you and your fucking snobbery because you didn't get to open up another patient).
Since the symptoms didn't change, and they still couldn't figure out what the problem was, they discharged her after prescribing her some anti-nausea medications and prozapine to help with her sore throat caused by the stomach pump's tube.
So she's discharged by the asshole doctors, and returns home and we'd been trying to help her settle back home, but the symptoms are largely the same and very bothersome and uncomfortable, to say the least. She still could not keep down home made pure congee (nothing but rice and water; not even salt for taste) as well as different pure broths (water with just chicken or turkey, all fat taken off from the top). She could consume that in small bowls (say 100-200mL), but within about 20-30 minutes of slowly finishing the bowl she is either vomiting it back out or on the toilet effectively doing the same thing. We know she's dehydrated, so we pick up some Gatorade and Pedialyte to try and bring back some electrolytess and energy. We tried mushing up banana for much needed potassium, sugars, and starches. Like the broths, the banana comes right back out either into the sink or a toilet bowl.
At this point, she can no longer walk on her own because she is far too weak. Her symptoms haven't changed, only that she now has diarrhea on top of the others listed above. If she can't even walk to the washroom on her own when the diarrhea comes, it's gotten far too close to dangerous in our books. We rush her to a different hospital, by the recommendation of her doctor.
This hospital (UBC Urgent Care) did a better job of trying to diagnose the issue, but unfortunately they lack the necessary equipment (they are not a full ER, and more of a research hospital than normal hospital). They eventually had her transferred to Vancouver General, but this time under the direct supervision of a UBC Urgent Care doctor who explained the situation to the VGH doctors. They performed a colonoscopy and endoscopy that same day. They say that there doesn't seem to be anything unusual in any of her GI - there was some minor ulceration in her stomach likely due to the vomiting, and minor hemorrhoids from the diarrhea. Nothing in her GI tract appears out of the ordinary. They did a biopsy of her colon during the colonoscopy, and we expect to have the results today.
So this takes us to this past weekend, where she is in the hospital still, but now there is blood in her stool (between 1 and 2 on the Bristol scale). This newer development began early Sunday morning, first time around 4am according to the nurses. Because her hemoglobin count is so low, they have been doing blood transfusions each day as of Sunday (Sunday first time at around 10am, again this morning at 10am, will continue to do so until she is able to produce hemoglobin on her own). Her vitals seem normal otherwise (pulse is a bit high, but nurses say that's normal during transfusion).
So, that's the story up to now.
2 days before her first symptoms showed up back in early October, we had just returned from a trip. The trip was a 1.5 week cruise along the California coast and a dip into Mexico. Cruise line was Celebrity, ship was Infinity; we were away from home between Sept 27 and Oct 10. We thought perhaps it was something like norovirus (common with travelling) or norwalk virus. The GP ruled those out, as did the hospital with blood tests.
Now, I'm wondering if she might have contracted a parasite or worm? A friend of mine who has ulcerative colitis mentioned that as a posibility, and I've brought it up with my dad who will bring it up with her attending doctors (both ulcerative colitis as well as Crohns).
Of course we know that the hospital and doctors are trying to do what they do best and we are just speculating. But since it's been 4 collective weeks of actual time in hospital(s) and there's been no diagnosis, we're just stressed and depressed about it. We wouldn't be on WebMD winding our ways to cancer and AIDS diagnoses if we actually had an idea of what the actual problem is. Because we have no idea, and the hospitals and specialists have no idea either, it's driving us nuts. And of course not knowing is driving my mom up the wall, were she strong enough to be able to stand up right now.
As of yesterday everybody (my dad, me, mom's GP, and the head nurse) is telling ourselves that surgery may be necessary to see what's really going on, but up until now we've been adhering to my mom's wish of no surgery. (She had a horrendous experience with a simple surgery fucked up by an incompetent asshole some 20 years go, and hates the idea of scalpels to this day.)
Anyways, that's my rant/question. I'm sure there's spelling and grammar issues, but that was just a stream of consciousness, so please excuse the typos. If you've read this far, thanks for reading. If you have any knowledge in any related medical fields, can you think of anything it could be? Or perhaps a non-surgical procedure that might be able to test for something?


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Monday, November 30, 2009
Last day of the month...
And also, the biggest bit of knitting for this Christmas (I think, have still to decide what to do for one present!)
The Patent Dryness Test was reached. More photos to come...
Thanks for sticking with the posts this month; I'm going to try and keep up with more frequent posting, but posting every day in December may be a no-no!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Study in contrasts
It was vile outside, and a perfect day for just sitting around knitting and making copious quantities of tea, but I had promises to keep...
After a quick look round the shops (and a reassuring discovery that M&S's sizes for this winter are less punishing than last year) and very nice noodle lunch, Sue and I went to the Val McDermid/Mark Billingham talk at Winter Wordfest (.pdf link). I was delighted to find out the moderator was Nicholas Wroe of the Guardian review, but actually they hardly needed him.
While I haven't seen McDermid speak in person (I had to back out of a previous event), I've heard her on the radio a lot and was prepared to be entertained, which I was; Billingham was an unknown quantity, and because his books are on occasion very dark, I was unprepared for his being quite wonderfully funny (apparently he was a stand-up comedian before he turned to writing). It was a fantastic two-hander with a very light touch from Wroe; and the opening chapters of both books, Blood line (Billingham) and Fever of the bone (McDermid) were gripping enough to send me off to the library catalogue as soon as I got home to place reservations...
And in the interests of continuity; with just over 4 weeks to go the Christmas Threat Level is at Substantial...
Christmas knitting 2009
Items on list: 17 (+2 - one I'd forgotten , and one I'd already done but forgotten to count)
Items started: 12 (+3)
Items finished: 6 (+2, one of them the biggest bit of knitting for this Christmas, yay)
Net progress this week - 0 (hmmnn...)
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Ninja Flossie
Maintained my reputation as a Weather Goddess - was awake for a couple of hours during the night listening to the rain battering against the front windows - but we had a good wander around and shop and I only got completely soaked on my way back up to the station...
Friday, November 27, 2009
Maybe it'd have sounded more harmless if I'd included the haunted castles...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
(Today I am a) small blue thing
A 2-year-birthday sweater for my nephew. I haven't phoned them (haven't been back early enough to call at a civilised hour), but gather from my Dad that the parcel did actually arrive. In which case it will have contained this. Pattern is Ziggy Zag from Stolen Stitches. I did have one problem, which meant counting three times round the neck divide, which turned out later to be a problem with the pattern rather than me. The PDF's been corrected now, though...
I hope it fits, and suits...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
They know how to draw you in...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Supremes, part 1
As ever in this country, radical change comes slowly, quietly and robed in tradition. You had to be quite interested in that sort of thing to notice the UK Supreme Court opening on October 5, despite it being the first formal division between the judiciary and the legislature since the late 14th century. But if you've walked around Parliament Square in the last couple of years, you'll have seen the most beautiful building (which Pevsner described as art nouveau Gothic - two for the price of one, then) being unearthed from a coating of air pollution and neglect.
I had heard all sorts of good things about the building - the Peter Blake carpet; the curtains by Timorous Beasties... So I took my courage in both hands and e-mailed the court from work to find out whether it was possible to visit. Within a day or so, I had an e-mail from the Librarian, inviting us over, and mailed my colleagues to see who was interested; in the end there were three parties of us, and I put myself in the second one. We had a fantastic visit last Friday - the Court rooms are beautiful and it was fascinating finding out how on earth an important legal library is built quickly using chunks of existing libraries and a minimum number of staff.
While we were there, though, we discovered that most of the building (apart from the library) is accessible to the general public, day in, day out. The Court doesn't sit on Fridays so the court rooms are wanderable-about as a tourist then, but anyone can visit the building (subject to airline-type security checks as with anywhere on Whitehall), sit at the back of the court and see proceedings, look at the architecture, visit the exhibition about the court (and watch proceedings on plasma screens) and generally see business being done.
Makes me (quietly, and in an entirely British way, you understand) extremely proud of what's been done. Not as flamboyant, or as scandalous, as many other things which have been happening recently, but possibly, potentially, more important in the long run. While the current members of the Court are Law Lords, the intention is that future appointments won't be; and six centuries of tradition will gently be severed...
(Part 2 of this post will be sorted out if it ever stops raining, and I can take some photos of the outside of the building, which is glorious. Check the links above for pictures of the inside.)
Monday, November 23, 2009
However, I made an excursion to Muji at lunchtime (ostensibly for pens for Wibbo, who's exiled out of Mujiland) and the sun was shining, and after a reasonably productive day at work, I met a friend for dinner (the Papaya Tree on Kensington High Street; I'd recommend it for food and service; apparently, so would Michael Winner; but you can't have it all...) and the train home worked, albeit with only half the number of carriages.
Checking blogs when I got back, funniest LOLcats for a long while, if you've ever had one of those cats who's permanently on the wrong side of a closed door...
Lolcats and funny pictures
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Lazy(ish) Sunday
I did produce my course blurb, syllabus and requirements list for next year's Cottenham Summer School (the link is to this year's programme but gives you an idea of what's usually on offer). Feedback last year said people had enjoyed it and would like an extra day, which is very flattering but will be pretty tiring - 4 days' teaching with the same class is a lot less tiring than multiple classes doing the same thing though...
I also had a good clearout of the spice rack in the kitchen. I got rid of some jars I don't really use, and made a list of what I need to refill (there are South Asian, South East Asian and Korean shops just on the main road around the corner from the Cambridge Blue so I can sort this out before knitting on Tuesday...) It's a big rack (about 90cm/3' by 60cm/2'), with 1-lb jam-jars, and one of the most satisfying things about getting a kitchen built a decade or so ago - you can draw something on the back of an envelope and a cabinet-maker will get together proper plans and produce something like this...
Anyway; got rid of the most out-of-date things including three separate quantities of yeast (haven't even bought bread for 2 years let alone made it) and some generic curry powders I never really liked... And although I really like star anise, I also seem to really like buying star anise more... Most of the jars came from the rather wonderful Daily Bread, but it's not the easiest place to get to without a car; I'll have to try and get there on a Saturday sometime after Christmas.
My hat from the Woolly Wormhead Mystery KAL on Ravelry is done and blocking - but I'll wait for the full reveal to put up a picture; and I started another Christmas present today...
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The countdown begins - 5 weeks to go
Christmas knitting 2009
Items on list: 15
Items started: 9
Items finished: 6
Hmmnnn... A couple of things on the list are smallish, but a couple are quite large... better get knitting!
Probably best that after many years of making my own Christmas cards I realised I was devoid both of inspiration and of time this year; found some nice charity ones online which arrived today... and realised the last overseas posting date for Christmas is actually only about a fortnight away!
Slightly funny moment in the library this morning - went to shelve some Young Adult books and there was this huge gap on the shelves in the middle, in a library which is chronically short of shelving. It took me a minute to realise that that was where the Twilight books would sit - if we ever actually had them in the library for more than 30 seconds or so at a time... Presumably they did come back at some point last week before flitting off into the darkness again...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Pretty, and not so pretty
The page was slightly marred by the quote from the Royal Mail's Head of Speical Stamps, presumably produced by the Royal Mail's Head of Special Spelling without the intervention of the Royal Mail's Head of Special (or, indeed, any) Proofreading.
And then the not-pretty. I went to pull a scarf out of the cupboard today to wear, and found this:
It's not moth; fear not. I think it must have got caught on a door-handle in the cupboard under the stairs... But it's not exactly at the end of the scarf either...
There's a good 18" to re-knit; and it's the infamous "can't count to eight" scarf, and of course it's the end with 5 tassels rather than 4...
I may need to wait until after Christmas to sort it out.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
This is the first end - I'm ploughing down the long stretch of very simple, easy-to-memorise lace in the middle, to the accompaniment of a lot of podcasts (finally starting to catch up after a stretch of audio-book-listening!) Either another 6 or another 14 repeats to go, depending on how much yarn is left... I think it might be the longer version, though. And then another end. There's a little bit of beading on the ends.
The yarn is a quite wonderful Knitwitches blend - 70% baby alpaca, 20% silk, 10% cashmere - which isn't on their website - and the colour is slightly greener than it is here - heading slightly towards the teal end of turquoise.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Baby Mahalia
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Habit of Art
ETA - reviews from the Guardian, the Independent and the Telegraph are somewhat raving and deservedly so; the Times is slightly less convinced...
Monday, November 16, 2009
Stocking chart and guide
I've put up a couple of files for the chart and a bit of a guide to it. To make the stocking you also need a copy of Folk Socks because the braid, heel and toe pattern are lifted from there. Both are PDF files.
The chart file is here; and the guide is here. Let me know if there are problems - I had horrendous trouble uploading them and am still not confident they're viewable by anyone else.
And as a result of this experience I'm looking for someone else to handle my mail and possibly my domain names - anyone got good ISP recommendations please?
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Look! Look!
This is one of those days when I'm so glad I have this blog, otherwise I'd be wandering around the village accosting strangers (or, worse, non-knitting acquaintances) with my knitting, waving it in their faces and saying "Look what I've done!! no, no, look!!!"
I have had so much fun with the binge-knitting this weekend...
It's been a very quiet weekend, which was fine; I was meant to have a dinner guest last night, who had to cancel earlier in the week, but the Knitting Obsession had possessed me by then, and there'd probably have been nothing started and I'd have been sitting in a big pile of yarn and books come 7pm and it would all have been a bit embarrassing...
So this was the view on Friday afternoon/evening when I got back from meeting Rosie... Books include Alice Starmore's Fair Isle Knitting, Nancy Bush's Folk Socks, and Jan Eaton's Cross Stitch Motif Bible. I started off using a pencil and a printed-out Excel spreadsheet, but in the end took it over to the PC and blocked things in there - much easier apart from the lettering...
Then I started with a Latvian Braid. I actually managed the two-colour long-tail cast on this requires; but after I'd finished the braid, I realised that wasn't what I wanted and ripped it back. Repeatedly. In the end, I worked out what I actually wanted to do, and went to bed to sleep on it, and by the time I left for Tesco the next morning, I had a provisional crochet cast-on and braid.
By about lunchtime, I had three braids, one pattern and the lettering...
And then I knitted some more, pausing to blog briefly and change CDs occasionally (Jeffery Deaver's The Empty Chair - I'm working through the Lincoln Rhyme audiobooks in order) until about 8pm when I ran out of chart. Stopped to cook a bit of dinner, add some more rows to the spreadsheet/chart and then settled down to knit some more... and it was just-another-row or just-another-CD until .... erm ... 2:20am. How did that happen? (Actually, that happens to me quite often with colourwork, particularly colourwork which is growing quickly...)
Needless to say, it was a slow start this morning, but while listening to The Archers Omnibus and the rather wonderful Desert Island Discs this morning (it was Julia Donaldson, who wrote The Gruffalo among other things; I haven't read it, or any of her others, but she was funny, and warm, and moving, and picked some lovely stuff), I danced along the foot and finished the toe; and to the accompaniment of the first CD of Dorothy L Sayers's Strong Poison, in the Ian Carmichael reading (of course), I picked up the cast-on, did an attached I-Cord edging and sewed in the ends.
And it is done!!
- It's festive and garish and still looks traditional
- It's the size intended (hanging up like that, it measures 65 cm (26") from the top of the hanging loop to the toe)
- The heel is exactly right for a stocking that's designed to hang up (the heel and toe both come from the Mamluke pattern from "Folk Socks"); I was hoping this was the case, but it actually is...
- My swatch came out at 18sts/10cm, which meant casting on 72 sts - which meant I had a huge choice of Fair Isle patterns at my disposal - and then when I reached the heel I discovered that the Mamluke pattern is worked over 72 sts as well so it was a no-brainer...
- It's a proper sock - most of the ones I've seen weren't really in proportion
- After the Latvian braids, I had no ripping back, at all - very unusual for something I've worked out myself
- It was the most satisfying bit of knitting I've done for a long time. I worked on a bit of a scarf a couple of weeks ago which had the same enjoying-the-moment appeal; but this was wonderful - there was nothing at all I'd rather be doing on earth than using this lovely yarn (Cascade 220) and making this great big sock. It's been a busy week after a busy weekend, and having a three-day weekend was just what was required.
- I left long floats rather than knitting them in (other than for the lettering) and that worked very well - it's unblocked in the photos but I think a quick hover with the steam iron will probably sort it out without the need for blocking.
And now, the obligatory reverse-of-the-work shot...
Not too shabby, if I say so as shouldn't...
I've written up some brief instructions and the chart - I need to sanity-check it (possibly by knitting another one for myself without the lettering but with a different chart on it) and will then try and work out how to upload the PDFs somewhere!
And now I need to start all those other little things you do over the weekend... To be fair, I took stretching breaks (generally when I put a new CD in) to do bits of washing, ironing, washing-up etc. so it's not actually unhygienic; and I do have food in; but I could do with giving everything a bit, no make that a lot, of a tidy-up. Time for some more Peter Wimsey, I think!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Getting quite excited about this Christmas stocking - it's looking really good. More on that tomorrow...
Friday, November 13, 2009
Joy and disappointment
I thought I had photos of Rosie's main birthday present (rather belated); but actually I only have a pic of it in somewhat embryonic form in a café in Vienna - but that's appropriate as it's the Farbenfroh sock in the Hundertwasser Silver Spiral yarn...
And now on to the disappointment. I went into the newly re-opened Central Library in Cambridge this afternoon for the second time, but to actually use their services for the first time. I didn't have a huge amount of time to spare; I suspect most people don't...
Step 1: Queue for staff attention for a couple of minutes - one of the sets of CDs I borrowed (via Waterbeach LAP) has a production problem - it's in two sets of 5 disks and although disk 6 (the first of the second set) is labelled correctly, it has the same content as disk 1 (the first of the first set). The staff member is interested in this and says he'll note the error and see what they can do. Ask if I can return my other stuff there as I've queued - but am asked to use the self-return machines instead. OK; this a new thing and I've watched the online videos saying how efficient they are.
Step 2: Attempt to use self-return machines. The first item just sits on the conveyor belt, as does the next one I try. I decide this machine is not working, and move round the corner to use another one. This is also not working; but the woman next to me is returning things, so I decide to wait for her machine to become free. She leaves, and I put my items on the conveyor belt one by one as requested. Neither moves. I keep trying, digging down to the bottom of the bag for actual books rather than the CDs and cassettes I'm trying to return. The hardbacks work fine, as do the cassettes (and it's very cool, actually - you get the title up on the screen and so on), but the CDs and paperback fail repeatedly.
Step 3: Queue again for staff attention. Someone comes to find me after a couple of minutes, and is (somewhat patronisingly) surprised I seem to be incomprehensibly unable to use self-return. She takes me over to the self-return station and (unsurprisingly to me) it doesn't work for her either. So she takes me to another terminal and finds that the items I can't return don't have the appropriate electronic tag. Apparently the problem is that they come from another library - one of the things I've always loved about Cambridgeshire libraries is that this has never ever mattered. While I have a member of staff, I ask where the audiobooks are; except I ask for "talking books" and am briskly corrected; but am pointed in the right direction.
Step 4: Pick my audiobooks. Nice selection, although I'd rather have an A-Z by author for the whole sequence than the division into CDs and Cassettes. I know a lot of people don't have cassette players any more, but most of the people I know who use audiobooks actually do - so having to look in two places is slightly annoying. But they've got a lot of new ones since I last looked and I very quickly find 3 I want.
Step 5: Head cheerily for the self-checkout stations. I've used these for books in the past but I heard in the paper that I can now also pay for other media checkout (I will owe £6.60 for the three audiobooks). When I get to the terminals, I find there's some sort of collection slot, church-style, next to them; I follow the terminals round the pillar to see if there's one which takes cards, and find there's a change machine. There's no sign saying "out of order" so I try inserting a note into the machine. Nope.
Step 6: Queue for attention again. Apparently the pay-at-checkout facility isn't working yet (some sort of indication of this would have been useful). I ask how I can pay for my loans. I'm told that I should go back to self-checkout and then queue for attention again. I decline to, and there's a lot of exasperated sighing; apparently my books can be checked out there and I can pay for them, but they'll then have to hand-write when the books are due, which seems to be a problem.
Step 7: Pay, and leave, gratefully.
As a qualified librarian, I found this whole experience incredibly disappointing. I was attempting to return 7 items and borrow 3, and it took me 27 minutes, only 6 of which were spent actually looking at the stock.
And yes, of course I'm composing an e-mail to the head of user services, or whatever title is currently fashionable.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Heat up an oven to 150C, gas 3 (you'll have to convert if you use fahrenheit); line an 8" square tin with baking parchment.
4 oz butter
2 teaspoons golden syrup
8 oz plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 oz sugar
2 heaped tsps ginger (powdered)
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs, separated
4 oz (you can get away with a 100g tub) mixed peel - you can substitute glace cherries in an emergency, and it's OK, but not as good...
Extra sugar
Method (we talked about cookery lessons this evening and old habits die hard)...
Heat the butter and syrup together gently until they're nicely melted. Meanwhile, measure the flour, sugar, ginger, salt and baking powder into a mixing bowl.
Take the butter/syrup mix off the heat. After a minute or two, put the egg yolks in with them, stirring all the time. Once amalgamated, tip into the flour mix and stir.
Put half of the mix into the tin, distribute and press down slightly. Spread the mixed peel/dried fruit over; then spread the other half of the mix over and level it.
Pour the egg whites over the mixture, tip the tin to level it and pour off any excess. Sprinkle sugar over to give a crusty coating.
Bake for 15 minutes; then give the tin a quarter turn and bake it for another 15 minutes.
Enjoy. It generally doesn't last that long...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The plaque says
And there was this, on the wall of the V&A next to the staff entrance:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Franklin at I Knit redux
Dolores was there in spirit and in narration, but not in person; Franklin did say something about her having headed for Earl's Court on arrival, so I suspect she might have been listening to The Archers and hoped to hook up with an Australian barman...
Yvonne/Stash had brought some wonderful antique knitting books with her;
Snailhannah had brought her Lambies and a row was duly knitted...
Monday, November 09, 2009
2009 books, #64
The tagline on the cover of this says Harry Bosch is back. And this time it's personal. At which point the seasoned Connelly reader will think 'well, when isn't it?' - Bosch is not known for his laid-back equanimity - but the publicity people have a point. Very well-paced and stylish, with some interesting stuff on triads; but there's a sort of emotional hole in the middle. I'm trusting this is something which will come back and bite Harry in a future sequel, but it's not very satisfactory for the current book...
Also currently listening to one of Tony Britton's wonderful readings of Dick Francis novels - Bolt, in this case.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Lovely day
This was the view while I was walking through the village early this morning...
... and this was the replacement bus. The fact the company was called SABLE was rather reassuring...I thought my photos were actually better than they are... But here's a slightly strange one - three of us with cameras on a staircase.
No, Tom's head didn't really ignite; here he is later, examining some slightly dubious lions... There were quite a few very odd animals in the collections today - a dog crushing a snake on top of a cushion was definitely one which made us all giggle...
It was a lovely day; they're excellent company and we had fun. More photos of things in the collection soon.
Meanwhile just a reminder of Franklin's talk at I Knit London on Tuesday night (November 10), 6pm onwards...
Saturday, November 07, 2009
'Tis (the start of) the season
Festively coloured Cascade 220 (two skeins courtesy Pavi Yarns this morning; I had the white from another project).
It's going to be a Christmas stocking for my nephew... I sort of like this one, but it's knitted in chunky/bulky so I'd have to change the stitch count, and therefore some of the patterns, and I'd like three colours rather than two; and I have the Alice Starmore Fair Isle book which is still untouched; and I love the heels and toes on the Mamluke socks (I really need to knit another pair of those...) I know I want Latvian braids in there somewhere, and the nephew's name knitted in near the top...
So I need to swatch - probably a good thing to do at the KTog this afternoon - and then chart...
Needless to say, this is not what I'm meant to be thinking about this morning; I'm in Full Procrastination Mode over something I have to write and am feeling very ambiguous about... can't tell you what, yet... What I'm meant to be doing is writing on that pad at the back of the photo... but then I had to go and collect the yarn, didn't I, or the post office would have closed and it would have been another week... (I'm ignoring the fact that if I'd collected it a couple of hours later it would have made no difference....)
But the Stocking Project will be a nice ongoing thing I can show you while I stealth-knit in the background...
Friday, November 06, 2009
First thing: normally, I hate music in shops. The music here though is French indie/pop and therefore adorable. Second thing: the prices are completely weird and slightly disconnected to what you're actually buying - anything with a handmade element costs what it really should and some of the homewares are more like IKEA pricing. Third thing: they had French breakfast bowls, in colours which go with the kitchen.
I had one of these, once, before it broke; and every French household has some for drinking tea/coffee/chocolate, or beating eggs, or whatever...
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
New in the neighbourhood...
The yarn is King Cole Mirage in colour Helsinki, bought at the stall in Durham covered market - it's lovely stuff to knit with (if you don't mind a 50% acrylic content)... and I got a lovely thankyou card from the family at the weekend...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
3 packs of Treviso sock yarn in a neutral colour (75% wool/25% nylon, 200g per pack, 840m per pack, £2.99 per pack; totally dyeable, rumours of felting on Ravelry).
This colleague is one of my union reps; I can't work out whether she's assisting my general well-being, or endangering it further; but I'm in her debt (although not financially just at the moment...).
2009 books, #63
Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett. London: Transworld/Doubleday, 2009.
Brilliant. Pratchett takes on the Beautiful Game and wins. We get everything from Real Football, or whatever it was called in the days of bearbaiting, cockfighting and other lethal sports, to the start of the modern game; in conjunction with Ridcully, Rincewind, the Bursar, Ponder Stibbons and a host of new and wonderfully drawn characters. There's academic and sporting rivalry, dwarfmail modelling and serious pie-making.
There's the usual combination of extreme funniness and heartbreaking serious truth; there's a lovely non-typical romance and some Beautiful People; there's that sense you get in the best of the Pratchett books that This Is the Way the World Turns, and occasionally the Way It Should Turn; and there's a bit on the Offside Rule and the Nature of Celebrity.
Wonderful and another Pratchett tour de force.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Couple of bits...
A nice quick knit once I'd figured out the pattern. It's one which is quietly more difficult than it looks; which is relatively rare in knitting... But once you get the hang of it you can't stop... There may be more of these made for Christmas...
Not a great picture - but we're into the several months where I don't see daylight... part of doing NaBloPoMo is to convince myself I'm still alive...
Sunday, November 01, 2009
All Hallows
However, this is one of the funnier things I've seen in a while...
Those cats are so even-tempered. I know I'd be cut to ribbons if I tried this with the Bug, but I know a lot of US indoor cats are de-clawed so maybe that's it... the big one in the tutu looks so much like Tilda. She used to just sit down if she felt foolish, too...

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Flat Belly Foods: 300-Calorie Breakfasts
Supersatisfying and slimming breakfast recipes.
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Chocolate-Cherry Smoothie
Blend 1 cup low-fat milk with 1/2 cup frozen unsweetened tart cherries and 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder. Serve with 1 slice toasted whole-grain bread spread with 2 teaspoons peanut butter.
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Smoked Salmon and Avocado on Rye
Mash 1/3 avocado and spread on 2 slices toasted rye bread. Top each piece of toast with 1 ounce smoked salmon and 1/2 tablespoon chopped chives.
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Apple-Walnut Pancakes with Brown Sugar Yogurt
Mix 1/4 cup whole-grain pancake mix with water according to package directions. Stir in 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts. Heat a medium skillet over medium heat and coat with nonstick cooking spray. Pour batter into skillet to make two 5-inch pancakes; cook 2 minutes a side. Meanwhile, combine 1/2 cup low-fat plain Greek yogurt with 2 teaspoons brown sugar. Top pancakes with yogurt mixture and 1/2 cup chopped apple.
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Banana-Nut Breakfast Cookies
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pulse 1 cup oats in a food processor until they resemble a coarse powder. In a medium bowl, combine ground oats with 1/2 cup whole oats, 1 beaten egg, 3/4 cup low-fat milk, 1 mashed banana, 1/2 cup golden raisins, 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed, 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon honey, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Scoop batter onto a baking sheet coated with nonstick cooking spray; bake 12 to 14 minutes. (Makes four 2-cookie servings.)
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Bacon-and-Egg Sandwich
Beat 1 egg with dried oregano and black pepper to taste. Pour into a microwave-safe bowl coated with nonstick cooking spray and microwave on high 1 minute. Top with 2 slices cooked Canadian bacon and microwave 20 seconds more. Top half of a toasted English muffin with egg, bacon, 2 tomato slices, and remaining muffin half.
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Chai Oatmeal with Peaches and Pecans
Steep 1 chai tea bag in 1/2 cup boiling water 3 minutes. Combine tea with 1/2 cup low-fat milk and 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high 1 1/2 to 2 minutes and top with 1/2 cup thawed frozen sliced peaches, 1 tablespoon chopped pecans, and 2 teaspoons maple syrup.
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Scrambled Egg Tostada
In a small skillet, toast both sides of 1 corn tortilla over medium heat until crisp; set aside. Coat skillet with nonstick cooking spray and scramble 1 egg. Spread tortilla with 1/2 cup warmed low-fat refried black beans and top with scrambled egg, 2 tablespoons salsa, and 1/4 avocado, sliced.
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I wish to thank muzila for this GREAT piece on How to Remove the EGRs
From my very "BASIC" knowledge I believe EGR stands for Environmental Gas Recirculation where a small portion of exhaust gases are recirculated back into the engine to ensure clearer Exhaust emissions (A Japanese idea), but I stress that I could wrong here, if I am, could someone please advise me the true definition and I will edit this post via a PM (personal message).
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Make room for a dual battery setup
No power/economy loss or gain
Over time these units fail and really just do nothing but look ugly.
No one is really sure the legal about taking it off as Australian and NZ cars do not have EGRs at all, but knowing that its meant to help reduce emissions then it might be legal issue?
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BRADENTON, Fla. — Matt Barkley, Geno Smith and Tyler Wilson are tired of the (unfavorable) comparisons from experts who insist the 2013 NFL draft's top quarterback prospects don't stack up with Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III as sure-fire, rock-star franchise players.
ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay went so far as to say he doesn't see a first-rounder among a crop he says is the antithesis of last year's draft -- in which Luck and Griffin established themselves early as the top two picks to the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Redskins, respectively.
But beneath ready smiles burns a smoldering pride. Smith, a former West Virginia passer, and Barkley, from University of Southern California, believe they are franchise answers in their own right.
"I feel like I am the best, and (given) what I've done up until this point, I do have a case for being the No. 1 overall pick,'' Smith told USA TODAY Sports at IMG Academy. "It's up to the GMs and coaches. I have plenty of work to do still as a player and a person. I have to go up to Indianapolis (at the scouting combine) and impress them there.
"I have the capabilities to be a franchise guy. It's just about exhibiting that.''
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The strong-armed Smith (6-3, 220 pounds) will throw on the combine stage Sunday inside Lucas Oil Stadium after declining to play in the Senior Bowl.
Barkley can't begin to prove doubters wrong until his March 27 pro day when he is expected to be 100% recovered from a season-ending sprained right (throwing) shoulder he suffered Nov. 17 against UCLA.
"Geno should think he should be the No. 1 pick like I think I should be No. 1,'' said Barkley, who was viewed to own that position last year when he returned to the Trojans for his senior season. "Just like (Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl MVP) Joe Flacco said, 'I'm the best quarterback in the NFL.' And then he lived up to it.
"I don't have any doubts in my mind where I want to be. My goal is to go out and prove why I should be.''
Barkley steered USC through its rocky transition from former coach Pete Carroll to Lane Kiffin, a period that included NCAA sanctions including a two-year bowl ban. Barkley hoped to finally compete for a national championship in 2012 only to struggle along with his 7-6 team.
"I competed with Andrew Luck every year when he was at Stanford,'' Barkley said of his former Pac-12 rival. "He had our number in the win column. But I've been hanging with him step by step.
"It's not like I can't make all the throws, not like I'm not a leader. ... I led USC through some of the most troubled times in the university."
Just don't throw Barkley, Smith and their IMG Academy training buddies Tyler Wilson of Arkansas and Zac Dysert of Miami (Ohio) into afterthought territory.
"It's just the luck of the draw for us that our class comes behind those guys,'' said Barkley, who was 34-11 during his USC tenure and passed for a Pac-12 Conference record 116 touchdowns with 48 interceptions and a 64.1% completion rate. "I don't think it puts any more pressure on me — or changes who I am as a quarterback.
"I know I can be a franchise, winning quarterback.''
2012 class 'first class,' but this one 'economy'?
Though Barkley's confidence is unwavering, it's not shared by the experts who predicted greatness for last year's rookie quarterbacks. Luck, Griffin III, Ryan Tannehill and third-rounder Russell Wilson drew rareified comparisons to the 1983 Hall of Famer class headlined by John Elway, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. And that was before Luck, RGIII and Wilson led their teams to the postseason.
The difference between last year's quarterbacking crew and this uncertain one?
"It's the difference between flying first class and economy,'' says former Dallas Cowboys personnel guru Gil Brandt. "Right now, this doesn't look like it's going to be a vintage class of quarterbacks. But there's some guys who have some ability.''
Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider still wouldn't be surprised if three quarterbacks ultimately come off the board in the first round.
"In this year's draft, there's a really good chance that Tannehill could have been the No. 1 pick when you think about his skill set and compare him to these other guys,'' Schneider said, referencing the man who went eighth overall to the Miami Dolphins in 2012.
"There are teams that have spent more time with these (current) guys that feel differently about them at this point. ... They're interested in qualities that teams have pulled out and are emphasizing with each one — whether it's Matt Barkley with his poise, accuracy, touch and playing experience. Or whether it's Geno with his arm strength and deep-ball accuracy.''
Former NFL quarterback and IMG passing guru Chris Weinke also sees promise in his pupils.
"There's no question when you look at Geno Smith, Tyler Wilson and even Matt Barkley, though he's coming off an injury, they can throw it as good as the guys last year,'' said Weinke. "This year's quarterback crop, they're not getting as much love as the guys last year. We all know that. ... But when it comes down to it, this group of quarterbacks can be just as good as the group that came out last year. That remains to be seen. But when you spend every day for seven weeks with somebody and you see them making positive changes in their mechanics, there's no reason why I don't see these guys being successful.
"I'm probably more excited about this year because the expectation level is a little bit lower. I think these guys are going to prove a really solid class of quarterbacks.''
Smith, 26-13 as the starter at West Virginia, grew up in Miramar, Fla., with an early talent for painting. His portfolio was lost to a hurricane several years ago. Since then, the football field has become his canvas.
"Quarterback is my art, my craft now,'' Smith said. "When you look at the franchise quarterbacks, those guys who carry themselves a certain type of way, I wanted to be that type of guy. ... I felt it was necessary for me to carry myself that way."
Smith was an early Heisman Trophy favorite but flamed out as the Mountaineers lost six of their final eight games. Still, he threw for 42 touchdowns with just six interceptions, completing 71.4% of his passes.
"Geno is on a mission to prove people wrong,'' says Jake Spavital, West Virginia's former quarterbacks coach who's now at Texas A&M. "He's the total package.
"I'd be shocked if he didn't end up going No. 1 overall (to the Kansas City Chiefs).''
Barkley resents comparisons to former Southern California passers such as Matt Leinart or infamous NFL bust Todd Marinovich.
"People have this stereotype of a USC quarterback which I want to debunk,'' Barkley said. "That we're beach boys. I don't even know how to surf.
"I just want to convey that I'm a hard worker and will do whatever it takes to prove it.''
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Vin Diesel: Paul Walker's Mother Comforted Me After His Death
Grab a tissue. Seriously. You'll need it.
It's clear that Paul Walker's sudden death has dramatically affected many, many people, from his family to friends to colleagues to fans. And one person who was especially close to the actor and has been open about the tragic loss, is his Fast & Furious costar Vin Diesel.
The actor took to Facebook today to share with fans that he paid a visit to Walker's mom after the news of what happened broke and shared a part of their conversation that just makes us want to cry.
When I heard, I immediately flew back to California, and went directly from the plane to his mother's house...
I thought they needed my strength, but realized when I got there and broke down before his family, that it was I who needed theirs.
His mother hugged me and said I am so sorry... I said sorry? You're the mother who lost a son?... She said yes, but you lost your other half...
"To live in the hearts we leave behind, is not to die," the actor quoted Thomas Campbell on his Facebook page in speaking out for the first time about the death of his longtime friend.
"Pablo, I wish you could see the world right now... and the profound impact, your full life has had on it, on Us... on me...I will always love you Brian, as the brother you were... on and off screen."
Diesel also paid tribute to the late actor on Monday, Dec. 2. After attending a private memorial service in Santa Clarita, Calif., the movie star made an impromptu speech in Valencia using a sheriff's car's microphone.
Calling Walker his "brother," the 46-year-old action star thanked attendees for their support in light of the actor's Nov. 30 passing. "At this hard time his family gets to see all of you show the love that you've shown Paul. It's going to stay with me forever," Diesel said. "I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for coming down here and showing that angel up in heaven how much you appreciate him."
still has not sunken in that this has happened. :( why ugh
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corneal(redirected from corneal edema)
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Related to corneal edema: Corneal abrasion, Corneal ulcer
pertaining to the cornea.
corneal reflex a reflex action of the eye resulting in automatic closing of the eyelid when the cornea is stimulated. The corneal reflex can be elicited in a normal person by gently touching the cornea with a wisp of cotton. Absence of the corneal reflex indicates deep coma or injury of one of the nerves carrying the reflex arc.
corneal transplantation transplantation of a donor cornea into the eye of a recipient, done to improve the vision of patients with distorted curvature of the cornea (keratoconus) or corneal edema, infection, trauma, or intractable pain. Vision should improve beginning the day after surgery with optimal vision 6 to 12 months later. Because the cornea does not have a blood supply, corneal transplants were one of the earliest successful types of organ transplants. Called also keratoplasty.
Relating to the cornea.
Relating to the cornea.
Pertaining to the cornea.
pertaining to the cornea. See also keratitis, keratopathy.
corneal anomaly
includes microcornea, coloboma, megalocornea, dermoid, congenital opacity.
corneal black body
see corneal sequestrum (below).
corneal coloboma
an uncommon congenital defect in the continuity of the cornea; may have concurrent herniation of the uveal tract. See also coloboma.
corneal dystrophy
a developmental condition, inherited in some breeds of dogs and cats. May cause corneal edema and ulceration. See also keratopathy.
corneal ectasia
see kerectasia.
corneal edema
occurs when fluid accumulates in the corneal stroma, disrupting the normal lamellar structure and causing a loss of transparency. Commonly called blue eye.
corneal erosion syndrome
see refractory ulcer.
feline focal corneal necrosis
see corneal sequestrum (below).
corneal hyaline membrane
an abnormal, semitransparent membrane on the posterior surface of the cornea, attached to the endothelium. Can be associated with persistent pupillary membrane. Caused by inflammation or a developmental defect.
corneal inflammation
see keratitis.
inherited corneal opacity
congenital opacity of the cornea occurs in cattle. The animals are not completely blind and the rest of the eye is normal. Both eyes are affected. The lesion is an edema of the corneal lamellae.
corneal laminae
the limiting membranes that separate the bulk of the cornea from the covering epithelia; the anterior is Bowman's, the posterior is descemet's membrane.
corneal lipidosis
cholesterol crystals and lipid vacuoles may be found in the corneal stroma as a result of persistent hypercholesterolemia or chronic stromal inflammation.
melting corneal
see collagenase ulcer.
corneal mummification
see corneal sequestrum (below).
corneal pigmentation
results from chronic irritation. The melanin is in the superficial stroma and the basal layer of the corneal epithelium. See also superficial pigmentary keratitis.
corneal reflex
a reflex action of the eye resulting in automatic closing of the eyelids when the cornea is stimulated. The corneal reflex can be elicited in a normal animal by gently touching the cornea with a wisp of cotton. Absence of the corneal reflex indicates deep coma or injury of one of the nerves carrying the reflex arc.
corneal ring abscess
an infected corneal ulcer in which there is a surrounding zone of liquefaction encircled by a zone of neutrophils.
corneal scar
corneal opacity.
corneal sequestrum
a central, focal, dark necrotic plaque on the cornea of cats, especially Persians, associated with chronic ulcerative or inflammatory disease of the cornea. Called also focal superficial necrosis, corneal mummification, keratitis nigrum.
corneal shield
protection used in the treatment of corneal ulcers or wounds; commercial products consisting of collagen which is dissolved in the tear film are claimed to enhance healing.
corneal stromal depositions
minerals, lipids or pigment deposited in the stroma following injury.
superficial corneal erosion
see refractory ulcer.
corneal tattooing
done mainly in horses to obscure unsightly scarring of the cornea.
corneal transparency
the quality of being able to see objects through the cornea; partly the result of the strict horizontal lamellal distribution of its collagen fibers, parallel to the corneal surface.
corneal transplantation
see keratoplasty.
corneal ulcer
a defect in the corneal epithelium and some amount of stroma; may be caused by trauma, chronic irritation as from distichiasis, entropion or keratitis sicca, or infectious agents. Deep ulcers can lead to rupture of the cornea, the escape of aqueous humor and often prolapse of the iris with a secondary uveitis and endophthalmitis. See also ulcer.
corneal vascularization
results from inflammation of the cornea, the vessels growing in from the limbus. It is a necessary repair process but it reduces visual acuity.


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Orzo Recipes
Roasted Butternut Squash Orzo Recipe
This orzo pasta dish can either appeal to a vegetarian as a main course or to others as an accompaniment for the meat or fish course of the meal. And the ingredients make it perfect for Thanksgiving.
To make the dish, I simply roasted a butternut squash, mixed in cooked orzo pasta and added a wide range of vegetables such as carrots, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts and string beans, as well as pan-fried tofu cubes for extra protein and dried cranberries to bring home the autumn-theme of the meal.
This sweet and tart side dish can easily be prepared in advance. All you have to keep in mind is to cut all the ingredients the same size for a homogeneous texture. I also tried selecting various colors to make the dish look appealing.
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Salmon Orzo Salad Recipe
Today, I prepared a salmon orzo pasta salad. The dish is fairly simple. I broke baked salmon into large pieces and combined them with orzo pasta and a variety of vegetables such as zucchini, corn, roasted bell peppers and string beans.
Baby Aria has a good appetite and given that she's more of a toddler now, she's able to eat whatever we eat. She's becoming independent and discovers the textures, colors and tastes of new foods every day, especially since she's able to pick up food with a spoon and eat by herself. With dishes like this one, feeding kids nutrient-rich, colorful foods couldn't be easier!
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Lobster Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe
This is one of my favorite salads. I pan-seared halved lobsters and garnished them with fennel, lemon and celery orzo salad. To add a luxurious touch to an already luxurious dish, I drizzled the salad with truffle oil.
To ensure that my husband Lulu was able to share the same meal with me, I prepared the orzo salad separately from the lobster so both of us could enjoy it to our liking; Lulu loved his flavorful vegetarian meal and I absolutely adored the addition of seafood. Feeding a vegetarian has never been this easy!
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Saffron Carrot Orzo Risotto Recipe
I usually cook risotto when I want to make good use of excess pantry staples in my kitchen. In this risotto, instead of using rice, I selected orzo pasta. I kept the dish vegetarian and flavored it with saffron, carrots and very little Pecorino cheese.
To ensure a good, creamy consistency, I moistened the orzo risotto with white wine, homemade vegetable stock and a dab of butter.
I find that the combination of butter and shallots makes for the most flavorful dishes, and this is no exception. The risotto was so exquisite, I served it as the main course. It's filling and delicious; you won't be disappointed.
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Beet Orzo Pasta Salad Recipe
Orzo salad is an easy one-dish, summertime meal. You could add anything you like, so you can adapt the recipe to fit whatever you find at the market. The most labor intensive work involved in preparing the salad is chopping all the ingredients. For this version, I added cherry tomatoes, broccoli, sugar snap peas, pickled carrots and canned black beans. The main event though, was the addition of the roasted beets. I prepped them in the morning and let them cool to room temperature.
We spent a very low-key, relaxing weekend and I didn't feel like cooking a ton, raising the temperature in the kitchen with the stove and oven during the afternoon, as the temperature got higher. This cold pasta dish was light, complete but still flavorful, and we got to enjoy it by the scoopful in our garden.
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There's a lot of Jimmy Page's "loud little amp"-style ambience on Brothers.
Small amps are all I've ever played, honestly, apart from live stuff. I've only played little amps in the studio, before I even knew that's what so many of those old guys did. I was always trying to make my guitars sound like Willie Johnson from Howlin' Wolf's early electric stuff. And I think you gravitate toward that sound if you like those old blues records, because that's typically what they were using—those little tweeds that were just exploding!
The fuzz on "Next Girl" and elsewhere on the album has a very glam feel—very fat, with a lot of low end and buzz. Did you double those lines with a bass or did you use some kind of octave pedal?
There's no octave pedal on the album. It's generally doubling, tripling, or quadrupling a guitar line in unison with the bass.
Donning cans and a biker jacket, Auerbach takes to the studio to wrangle riffs out of his Harmony H77.
I've got shelves of pedals—sick amounts of pedals. But I swear, I use the same pedals I've always played. I bought an early-1970s Ibanez Standard Fuzz pedal—the octave fuzz with the two sliders. I've been using it since the first record, and I cannot top it. It's got two basic tones, bassy or trebly, and I use it on bass and guitar. It's just wild. I also use those green Sovtek Big Muffs on the road. They're fun for blasting a bigger amp. But when you want to get character out of a little amp, you really can't beat those little Japanese fuzzes like the ones from Shin-ei. Those are my favorite—the absolute best.
No matter what size amp I use, I'm generally trying to find that sweet spot where the overdrive— the tube or speaker or combination of both—is constant but it still reacts well to pedals— fuzz especially. If there's too much overdrive, the fuzz pedal farts out, and if there's not enough the clean sound is too wimpy.
Do you have a preferred amplifier rig for live shows?
Right now, I'm using a Fender Quad Reverb along with a Marshall JTM45 and a vintage Marshall 8x10 cab.
Earlier you mentioned being more of a team player. And the rhythm on "The Only One," for instance, is very inventive, but unobtrusive and deceptively simple. It reminds me of Steve Cropper playing in one of those Cambodian psychedelic bands.
[Laughs.] We actually felt like we were going for a Mulatu Astatke feel for that song. The super funky drums, the really tight bass, and the cheesy organ were the meat of the song, so I wanted to keep it simple but melodic on the guitar. It just needed to propel the song and not get in the way.
How does the open environment of guitar and drums affect the way you approach guitar— do you need to be more disciplined?
I don't ever practice, if that's what you mean by disciplined! [Laughs.] We just do what's best for the record. I guess thinking more about the song is the discipline. I mean, we're spending just as much time thinking about tambourine and handclaps, and then I let that guide the guitar playing. You can't think about that stuff too much. You really just need to play and feel it. I was working with Scott Asheton from the Stooges— he was coming to my studio to hang out—so I asked him what kind of drums he needed. He told me he stopped caring about that stuff a long time ago. He said "A carpenter can't blame bad work on his tools." So I don't think about the ways that gear or the fact that it's just Pat and me working on a song limit what we do.
Your new studio figures significantly into the production of this record. How did you configure it, and what sound were you going for?
I've already learned a ton from recording bands in other studios. And more than anything else, I've learned the value of keeping it simple. Brothers doesn't have a single song with any more than 12 tracks. All the drums are in mono—literally mixed to one channel—or sometimes we put the kick drum on its own channel. Then we'd put the bass on there, a couple of tracks of keyboards, the vocal, and the guitar. It's super simple, and it always sounds bigger than when you mess with more tracks.
That seems to be common knowledge, but it's a philosophy few have the courage to adhere to.
I think the '80s really twisted peoples heads. Folks sold a lot of records back then. But not too many of them will stand the test of time. I want to make records that are timeless, that you can play whether you're 80 years old or 25. That simplicity helps that happen—it gives you a more solid foundation.
It must have been different working in a hip-hop environment on the Blakroc record. What did that teach you about other possible roles for guitar in production?
The approach we took on Blakroc was really influential on Brothers. We started most of those tracks with bass and drums, which carried over to this record. That influenced the overall sound of the record and the way the guitars went on. I don't think any hip-hop record has been made that way. We started writing the songs in the morning, finished them in the afternoon, and the rappers came in at night. They'd spend a couple of hours working on lyrics, cut the lyrics, and that was it. Song done. Hip-hop is so alive—and it comes alive even more in that kind of environment. Watching [Wu-Tang Clan MC] Raekwon— who could essentially write a film treatment in 45 minutes and then put it to a really raw backing track—felt like what it must have been like to hang out with Dylan or something.
You once mentioned learning a lot from watching videos in your early days.
Yeah, I used to get videos from the library—blues and bluegrass guys— and just watch how they did it. Watch their hands, pause it, rewind, replay, over and over again for hours. I remember getting [Les Blank's 1967 documentary film] The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins, and watching it was just humongous for me.
Outside the realm of soul and blues, which guitarists turn you on?
Marc Ribot. I got way into the Prosthetic Cubans record he did with Los Cubanos Postizos—I played along with it all the time. So it was a thrill when I was able to have him come in and play on Attack and Release.
Some of the tones on Brothers evoke the Latin Playboys records— which had some of the coolest, most oddball guitar sounds ever.
That's why I got in touch with Tchad, because I loved those Latin Playboys records. Musically, they're just blues and tejano, but when you add those sounds and guitar tones and a mix by Tchad, they become future music. It's future and past combined into something timeless, and it's beautiful. Tchad would call just to tell me how excited he was to be mixing our album. I don't think he had gotten anything that minimal in years.
It sounds like that future-past thing has become a guiding philosophy for you.
Yeah, but I would never try to replicate the past or record someone stuck in the past. You have to have some individual sense of what you are and what you want to do. It's cool to pull from those old sounds, because they're timeless. But, again, one of the beautiful things about keeping the production simple is that it leaves plenty of room for your own ideas.
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If you're 11 to 16 years old and enjoy creating music there's still time to enter this year's Fanfare Competition Fanfare offers young composers the chance to create the music that calls our daily audience of thousands into Royal Opera House performances on the Main Stage.
We're looking for exciting ideas that will really grab attention and stand out from the crowd. All you need to do is record your idea and submit it as an MP3 before Monday 4 March. You can record your proposal any way you like;sing it, play it on an instrument or use music software – anything goes!
If you're after inspiration, watch Music Director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano on what makes a good fanfare.
Listen to one of last year's winners, Junaid Rehman, whose original submission was created using music software. We really liked how much drive and force was in his musical idea and knew it had real potential to be developed:
After he was selected as one of the 10 winners, Junaid worked closely with a composer and musicians from the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House to develop his initial ideas, working out how he wanted it to sound when played by an orchestra. Professional composer Duncan Chapman then wrote and orchestrated Junaid's ideas into the final fanfare, which is now played over the front of house tannoy to alert audiences to take their seats. Take a listen to the final version here:
If you want the chance to work with a professional composer and have your music heard by thousands, we'd love to hear your initial ideas. Good luck!


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The Washington Redskins got right to work adding new pieces to their offense at the start of free agency.
NFL Media's Jeff Darlington reported Tuesday that the team will sign wide receiver Andre Roberts and guard Shawn Lauvao.
The Redskins also will bring back wide receiver Santana Moss on a one-year deal, according to Darlington.
I'm elated to be apart of the #Redskinsnation & to play with @RGIII & along side @PierreGarcon ect..Time to be great!!! #HTTR #SALUTEâ Andre' Roberts (@AndreRoberts_FA) March 11, 2014
Roberts spent the first four seasons of his career with the Arizona Cardinals. He finished last season with 43 receptions for 471 yards and two touchdowns. He likely will step into a starting role opposite Pierre Garcon.
Lauvao returned from an early-season injury and started 11 games for the Browns. Pro Football Focus ranked Lauvao 70th among 81 qualifying guards in 2013.
Moss, nearly 35 and coming off a down season, likely will fill out the back end of Washington's wide-receiver depth chart.
In the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast," the guys study the free agency picture with the help of NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport.


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I keep posting on Post Breaks and forgetting my own little blog here.... Of recent note Les Maitres du Desordre at the Musee Quai Branly in Paris. (The above Bosch image was one of the paintings I was more obsessed with there).
And now bigging up me and Seana Gavin's contribution to Kathy Grayson latest uber group show Portrait of a Generation at The Hole which opens June 7!
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Everywhere you look you see it
thriving: runs by most mornings in Spandex; rests
in a hammock sipping tea
each afternoon. The songs you adore rush
mellifluous from someone else's mouth.
A Humvee, a log cabin in Montana, a model's body—
a life collaged from chic magazines
tattered and taped to your refrigerator.
Yet, your sorrows continue to grow faster
than your garden. Self-help books explain
how flowers understand serenity better, so you resent
their beauty, their quiet knowledge. Anxiety
a dog that always needs walking. Envy a hive
in your head. You repeat, again, the angelic
affirmations. Then forget it all
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the clerk because she's slow, hating
the guy in front of you for buying so much stuff, pissed
because they haven't discovered a way
to squeeze enlightenment into your shampoo; because you
can't order it off a drive-thru menu, get it
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gogo Inc said on Monday it had agreed to provide Japan Airlines Co Ltd with in-flight Internet service on the airline's domestic fleet of 77 aircraft, marking Gogo's first significant international contract, according to the company's chief executive.
Shares of Gogo were up 10.6 percent at $17.94 in afternoon trade in New York on Monday.
The in-flight Internet provider, based in Itasca, Illinois, said the JAL service would use Gogo's satellite technology and begin operating by mid-2014.
The deal is another step in a global race to provide better Internet connections on more planes, especially over oceans, using satellites and aircraft-mounted antennas that swivel as a plane flies to keep tracking the satellite beam.
Gogo's current system is largely ground-based and operates mainly in the United States, where it is the largest in-flight connectivity provider, with about 80 percent market share of WiFi-equipped aircraft.
JAL will be among the first airlines to employ Gogo's satellite system operating in the so-called Ku-band frequencies, Gogo Chief Executive Michael Small said in an interview.
Gogo offers Ku-band in conjunction with satellite services companies SES SA of Luxembourg and IntelSat SA of Luxembourg.
Delta Air Lines Inc also has contracted to use the Ku-band service on all 170 of its planes that fly international routes, Small said, noting that either Delta or JAL would be the first to offer the service to customers.
Without satellite systems, airline passengers had limited or no internet access over oceans. But that's about to change as more airlines sign up for satellites.
A competing satellite internet standard using a slightly different Ka-band frequency spectrum is scheduled to begin operations over the next few years. JetBlue Airways Corp and United Continental Holdings Inc are scheduled to roll out Ka-band internet service using a ViaSat Inc satellite by the end of 2013, pending regulatory certification.
ViaSat began operating its first Ka-band broadband satellite in January and plans to launch a second in 2016. The system offers many more times the bandwidth of Ku-band systems, said Don Buchman, ViaSat's director of mobile broadband.
JetBlue plans to offer broadband free to passengers checking email or doing light web browsing and charge for upgrades if passengers want to stream video, he said.
United is equipping long-haul international planes with Ku-band systems and U.S.-based flights with Ka-band. It also is offering passengers tiered service, with passengers paying a $2-$5 premium to get faster broadband. United says it also uses Gogo's air-to-ground service on some routes.
Small said the differences between Ka-band and Ku-band are minor and the Ku-band system is available now.
JAL's deal also makes that airline the first Japanese carrier to offer domestic in-flight internet, the airline said.
Small said Gogo aims to increase the number of aircraft using its system in the United States and is working on international deals.
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NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office manager Don Yeomans spoke to SPACE.com about Asteroid DA14, the small space rock that will come between us and the moon on Feb. 15th, 2013.
Though the asteroid will pass within 17,200 miles of our planet, scientists at NASA have ruled out any potential danger associated with the flyby. In fact, they believe the event will be a once in a lifetime experience that will allow for the study of near-earth objects up close.
"The flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close," NASA said in a statement.
According to Yeomans, DA14's close approach to the geosynchronous satellites orbiting at 22,245 miles above Earth, is nothing to worry about.
"The orbit of the asteroid is known well enough to rule out an impact," he said.
NASA scientists will be tracking the space rock from Feb. 16 to Feb. 20 with their Goldstone radar from California's Mojave Desert.


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NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A "game changing" $2 million donation will help Kenyan surgeons to give 1,200 women life-transforming surgery to cure incontinence caused by fistula, a hole in the birth canal, and will train more specialists to perform the operation.
Two million women around the world live with fistula, a devastating childbirth injury caused by prolonged labour without access to caesarian section. Tissue dies due to pressure from the baby's head and a hole forms through which urine and/or faeces leak.
Some 3,000 to 7,000 Kenyan women develop fistula each year, according to surgeon Hillary Mabeya, and only 666 received treatment in 2011, according to the Global Fistula Map. Kenya has a backlog estimated at somewhere between 30,000 and 300,000 cases, according to Human Rights Watch.
"This is the largest donation ever provided by any organisation or individual in the history of fistula," said Kate Grant, chief executive officer of the Fistula Foundation, the recipient of the $2 million grant from Astellas, a Japanese pharmaceutical company.
"We're thrilled with this partnership with Astellas and its potential to be a 'game changer' for fistula treatment. We hope to make Kenya, and what we are doing here, a model that we can take to other places."
Until now, donations have tended to focus on providing money to hospitals to perform free surgery, as women who get fistula are usually very poor.
This project aims to dig deeper. In addition to providing 1,200 women with fistula treatment over the next three years, it will set up a training centre for surgeons in Kenya and create a referral network to ensure patients with serious injuries receive the best possible care.
Some women have multiple operations but remain incontinent because their cases are complex and surgeons are inexperienced.
"The purpose for us was supporting a programme that was really sustainable," Astellas's president, Ken Jones, told Thomson Reuters Foundation. "The bottleneck really is the capacity of the surgeons in Kenya."
There are 13 centres offering fistula surgery in Kenya, but most do not have a dedicated surgeon permanently onsite. Instead, visiting surgeons perform 'camps' where they operate on as many patients as possible over several days.
There are only three internationally recognised fistula surgeons in Kenya, plus seven to 10 surgeons who have been trained to perform simple operations, Mabeya told Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Patients with several holes, or who have had most of their bladder destroyed, require lengthy operations by experienced specialists to become dry again.
"We want to have at least three more expert surgeons," Grant told Thomson Reuters Foundation. "In addition, we are going to be bringing people up a learning curve so that we will have more surgeons with at least modest degrees of training."
Mabeya has performed over 1,000 operations on women and girls aged between one and 94 at Gynocare in Eldoret, 300 km northwest of the capital, Nairobi. A recent high-profile case was that of Liz, a 16-year-old who was gang raped and thrown in a pit latrine.
"My prayer is that we are going to help these women who have suffered for so many years," he said at an Astellas and Fistula Foundation launch event in Nairobi. "Stigma from fistula is worse than stigma from HIV."
Women with fistula often become outcasts. Some are thrown out of their home by their husbands, believing that their condition is untreatable. The majority are clinically depressed.
Sarah Omega Kennedy lived with fistula for 12 years after being in labour for almost 40 hours before her dead baby was delivered by caesarean section.
"I was discharged with the hopeless message that only a doctor from abroad could correct my condition," she said at the launch. "I wished I could have died during childbirth rather than live with that condition."
She only found out that surgery was possible when she was hospitalised for depression, and is now the outreach manager for a charity called One by One, walking door to door and telling women about fistula surgery.
"For me this is a dream come true," she said. "Women shouldn't keep suffering when the help they need is available."
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Ryan from Critical 7 sadly lost his life last wednesday 14th July 2004.
He was involved in a car accident which resulted in his death.
Ryan was an up and coming producer with major talent and is best known for his recent release on Lost Language Records.
Critical 7 - Lost ( a 2 x 12" release with remixes by Pesh, Recluse and Maurice)
This release was massively played by Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto and even Deep Dish and Steve Lawler.
My deepest sympathy to Ryan's brother Paul and the rest of Ryan's friends and family.
Ryan, i shall miss our conversations on MSN and i shall miss your talent - REST IN PEACE
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*pays his respects to Ryan*
Fare well friend !! You will be missed !!
Rest In Peace Ryan !
Rest in peace, Ryan. You were a good person, producer, and most of all, friend.
I'll miss talking with you... My deepest condolences to Ryan's family...
You will be remembered.
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Rest in Peace Ryan, you will be missed by me.
Wow. VERY VERY bad news indeed. Deepest sympothy.
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Oh no, that's really hard, another good trance producer sadly passed away??
I got the Critical 7 - Lost vinyl myself, quality tune!
My condolences to the family!
Rest in Peace Ryan!!
The world we knew is gone.
The conditions which framed and taught us our standards have gone with it.
Our needs are now different, and our aims must be different.
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MIGLIERINA _ Ryan 1980 - 2004 Ryan Miglierina of Calgary passed away suddenly as the result of a car accident near Hope, BC on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at the age of 24 years. Ryan was born on April 18, 1980 in Calgary, AB. He was an accomplished musician and a creative and energetic composer whose abilities and experience included working as a producer, arranger, and orchestrator. Ryan studied music composition under the direction of John Abram. He was awarded a scholarship to study piano performance at the Mount Royal Conservatory of Music under the direction of Marcel Bergman. At the time of his death, Ryan was anticipating acceptance into the University of Calgary. Ryan was the founder, curator and content coordinator of SonicControl.com, and the founder of music and multimedia production label Port One Studios. Ryan will be deeply missed and never forgotten by his family; loving parents, Mario and Lynne Miglierina; his brothers, Paul and Brent (Meghan), all of Calgary; his beloved girlfriend Melissa Anderson of Burnaby, BC; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and colleagues across Canada and the United States. His love of music will always be remembered by those who knew and loved him. Relatives and friends are invited to Prayers and Tributes at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY'S Park Memorial Chapel (5008 Elbow Drive S.W.) on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church (321 - 90 Avenue S.E.) on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Henry Rosenbaum, Presider. To forward condolences go to www.mcinnisandholloway.com. The family respectfully requests that donations be made to the Ryan Miglierina Memorial Scholarship Fund at Mount Royal College. Donations may be made directly to "The Mount Royal College Foundation" in the name of Ryan Miglierina, Attention: Sue Lee, Mount Royal College, 4825 Mount Royal Gate S.W., Calgary, AB T3E 6K6 (Phone 403-440-7725). In living memory of Ryan Miglierina, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W., CALGARY. Telephone: 403-243-8200. 275308
And only 24 years old...
Rest In Peace...
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haven't had the chance to get to know his personality, but it's another loss for music and for... humanity.
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Honestly, I did not know him or of his music but it is always sad when an artist dies under such tragic circumstances and dies so young. My deepest regards go out to his family, always difficult to deal with, when someone is snatched so young.
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Holiday hunger a really big issue, says Jamie Oliver
TV chef Jamie Oliver has called for an end to "holiday hunger".
The 41-year-old star, who has previously campaigned about sugar tax and school dinners, says children who are eligible for free school meals are going hungry out of term time.
In his new Channel 4 show, the father of five meets parents who are struggling to provide meals during the school breaks.
"There's a whole area of kids' nutrition that's completely slipped under my radar until now," Jamie said.
"When kids are off for their summer holidays, Easter holidays, we're seeing patterns where kids are really getting bad nutrition.
"They're not getting enough access to nutritious food, or even enough food.
"Holiday hunger is a really big issue ... we need to prove to people in power that (it) has to stop."
The star says that 1.7 million children from low-income families depend on hot, nutritious free school meals during term time.
He wants to see school canteens in areas of need kept open during the holidays, with food waste - from supermarkets but still edible - served to children.
Jamie meets a mother who is struggling to feed her family of eight on £50 a week.
He adds: "We don't need a new anything. It's here. Right under our noses ...
"Teachers, councillors, parents, MPs, this is something together we've got to tackle. The campaign starts here."
Jamie And Jimmy's Friday Night Feast is broadcast at 8pm on Channel 4 on December 30.


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News from the world of Maths
They've done it again! GIMPS has discovered the largest known prime number: 257,885,161-1. This massive 17,425,170 digit number was discovered thanks to clever distributed computing software that uses idle computer time donated by volunteers.
How would you go about adding up all the integers from 1 to 100? Tap them into a calculator? Write a little computer code? Or look up the general formula for summing integers?
Sometimes you just can't argue with the evidence. If a large sample of
very ill people got better after dancing naked at full moon, then surely
the dance works. But hang on a second. Before you jump to conclusions, you need to rule
out a statistical phenomenon called regression to the mean.
Scientists find a new method of storing information in DNA.
Climate change is causing populations to sync in different species in the high arctic, increasing their risk of extinction.
Stephen Hawking was once told by an editor that every equation in a book would halve the sales. Curiously, the opposite seems to happen when it comes to research papers. Include a bit of maths in the abstract (a kind of summary) and people rate your paper higher — even if the maths makes no sense at all.
The London Underground turns 150 today! It's probably the most famous rail network in the world and much of that fame is due to the iconic London Underground map. But what makes this map so special?
Without doubt the biggest event in physics and maths this year was the discovery of the Higgs boson. Relive the excitement and understand what it's all about with these Plus articles.
Merry Christmas!