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Please see this request from the Woo family, serving as missionaries in Asia:
Greetings from Thailand. We are here for a training. While we are here Caroline got a lump in her breast checked out. Today the results came back a positive for breast cancer.
We need to make some fast decisions about coming home, or staying here. There is also the need to move all our stuff out of our apartment before June.
So we are asking for three things:
1) Healing
2) Peace- which we currently have
3) and Wisdom
We love you and are so thankful to Jesus for all of you.
Please share this with others that will pray.
The Woo Family

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Here's the review of Waltz With Bashir.
There's a lot of stuff like the above image in Waltz. Weird, metaphoric, disturbing, like that Ralph Bakshi-type stuff.
But there's a lot of stuff like this image, too. People sitting at bars or in their kitchens, or even in front of generic backdrops, just talking. The talking heads convention is bad enough in documentaries that don't have the outlet of the animation arsenal of freakout machinery that Waltz does.
A movie this arresting and original in some places has no excuse to be so boring and conventional in others.


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Restaurant with bar and nightclub
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High Performance Team Coaching program has helped team and project managers throughout the world apply our specific values-based tools to enhance innovation and strategic thinking. This course examines and defines the structure and principles within the team dynamic to effect clear, consistent, and measurable outcomes. Shifting team members from competitiveness to mutual trust and respect, is paramount to successful completion of business goals. You will be surprised at the difference a 24-hour investment can make to your team's efficiency, relationship, and performance!
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Omron E5CSV Temperature Controller
The E5C-SV is a multi-range 1/16 DIN controller with alarm function offers field-selectable PID control or ON/OFF control. The large, single display shows process value, direction of deviation from set point, output and alarm status.
- All setting field configurable with switches
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As my second year at Juniata draws to a close, I've taken a bit of time to reflect upon this year. One of the most major changes in my workload and responsibilities since last year is my position as a Resident Assistant, or RA. As an RA, I am in charge of one floor of my building. I help students with problems they face during the year, plan programs for my residents, and make sure the building stays in tip top shape. It's an interesting and demanding job that, despite its many ups and downs, is extremely rewarding as well.
As an RA, I spend a lot of time interacting with students, both through email and through face-to-face communication. I am quite introverted and was a bit worried at first about the added interactions in my daily life. Honestly, it's something I don't even think about most days anymore; it has become so normal to have to interact with more people that it hardly affects me. By the same token, the number of unread emails in my inbox has increased dramatically with this job. That aspect of the job has been more difficult to manage, and it took some getting used to at first. With more emails, it's harder to sort through them and decide what's most important and to make sure no emails get lost. What I've found to be most helpful with this aspect of Res Life is to maintain personal boundaries. If I'm going on a walk and don't want to be disturbed, I'll turn off my phone or simply choose not to check emails during my "me" time.
A big part of the job as an RA is being on duty on weekends. On duty, you continually check the conditions of your building, deal with any issues with residents, and enforce quiet hours. At first, I found it hard to adjust to staying up late on Friday night after a long week or getting back to a normal sleep schedule on Sunday night after staying up late on both Friday and Saturday nights on duty. That particular aspect of residence life has gotten much easier with time. Another aspect of being on duty is confidence, or lack thereof. I found it difficult to be confident on duty the first few times, but every new experience builds confidence.
The most pleasant and awesome aspect of RA life is the community developed. Even after all these months, I am still amazed by all of the new friends I have made. Almost daily, I see other RAs or RDs around campus and we yell to each other from across the quad or stop for a quick conversation. I have loved becoming friends with a lot of the RDs. As they are older and have been in Res Life for a while, they have a lot of tips on being an RA. Many of them are also just really nice to get to know and excellent mentors to have when things get tough. Res Life can be a stressful job, so having an RD or veteran RA to talk to can be extremely helpful.
Becoming a Resident Assistant is a demanding yet rewarding job as a college student. While it comes with lots of ups and downs, I've found it to be a generally positive experience.


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Glitch Textiles SALE on Fab.com
For the next 3 Days, Glitch Textiles are available on Fab.com with sales prices discounted over 20%!
"Electronic media artist Phillip Stearns translates technical malfunctions onto blankets. Available through his Brooklyn-based venture, Glitch Textiles, the cotton creations exhibit psychedelic patterns made by corrupting the hardware of a digital camera, resulting in imagery that's beautiful in its flaws." -Fab.com
Spread the word!
Announcing Glitch Tapestries
Glitch Tapestries: Year of the Glitch Edition
Three all new weavings just came back from the mill: 36″ x 24″ tapestries. Source images came from camera glitches featured in the Year of the Glitch posts 211, 198, and 192.
I'm offering these as rewards on the Glitch Textiles kickstarter campaign at the $225 level.


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The Centre is located in the main town on Phillip Island, 140 kms south east of Melbourne. The Centre opened on 16th November 2011 and includes a Woolworths Supermarket, a handful of specialty tenants plus a small number of vacancies as well as 214 car parking spaces.
Trading Hours
Monday to Thursday 9am – 5.30pm
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Saturday 9am – 5pm
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Public holidays 10am – 5pm (exc Anzac Day)
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I accept beginning and intermediate (child and adult) students. I use the Suzuki Method (especially for young students) combined with my own teaching techniques passed onto me from previous teachers. My instructors have included Dr. Madeline Schatz-Harris, Charles Gray (St. Olaf College), and Linda Wang (University of Denver).
I also add a bit of Alexander Technique Concepts into lessons for Adults. You can read much more about this technique online, but it can briefly be explained as "a way of learning to move mindfully through life. The Alexander process shines a light on inefficient habits of movement and patterns of accumulated tension, which interferes with our innate ability to move easily and according to how we are designed." (http://www.alexandertechnique.com/). I am not a certified Alexander Technique instructor, but rather weave it's concepts into regular violin lessons. If you would like to take separate private Alexander Technique lessons, I highly recommend local instructor, Heidi Brende Leathwood at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.
1hr lesson once a week required (or .5 hour lessons once a week for young beginning students)
Please contact me for lesson rates and additional details on studio policies.


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Mailo Piccolo dress blue, pink
The Mailo button-up dress is made of cotton poplin with the blue and pink Piccolo pattern. The dress has three-quarter sleeves with single-button cuffs, a concealed button closure at the front and side seam pockets. There is a horizontal seam at the waist and the hem has a slight A-line cut that ends at the knees.Check store availabilityInstore availability can be checked below. Product availability can change rapidly, please contact the store to confirm that your chosen item is available to purchase.
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Hi, my name is Stasi. I am 4 1/2 years old and I have had Juvenile Diabetes since April 15, 1998. My age at that time was a mere 16 months old. Talk about a major adjustment for me, even at that age, and for my family. I am now nearing the age of 5 and this is my story.
My mom had taken me to the ER the night of April 15, 1998, after so much vomiting and not eating any kind of food. All I ever wanted to do was drink milk every half hour and I wet through my diapers every hour on the hour. My mom and dad say that when the doctors told them my diagnosis, it felt like a truck just completely ran into them and left them numb and speechless. The guilt that was felt by my parents was unbelievable. The doctors immediately started administering insulin into my body upon diagnosis.
It's been very hard for my family, especially for my 8-year old brother, Jimmy. He feels sorry for me all the time and, in the beginning, always asked if I was going to die. Mommy and daddy always told him that I will be around for a long time and all I need is just some extra care to keep me healthy. He won't eat any sweets hardly either, to help me out with the wants of BAD food! I love him so much, he is my brother and my best friend.
We were to start the pump last year, but unfortunately, that didn't go through with the plans. I just wasn't ready. But, oh what a year I've had this year. I started Pre-K 3 in the winter and am now in Pre-K 4. Mom and dad don't feel as nervous as they once did with the LETTING GO phase of this disease. Mommy said that this was the best thing that ever happened to me. I am learning and interacting. Now, I have one year to prepare myself for Kindergarten next fall, 2002. I had a bad bout with seizures for a while, but I'm doing much, much better now. I still take 4 shots a day and hopefully, in the near future, I will attempt the pump again.
I would love to have pen-pals, get e-mail and just chat about this disease, (especially my mom!) I love Dragon Tales, Arthur and Blue's Clue's. My family has done the annual "Walk To Cure Diabetes" walk for the past 3 years now and my family team name is "STASI'S MIRACLE MARCHERS." Over the past 3 years we have raised over $14,000 for diabetes research. Here is also a picture of me and my best friend, my brother.
Hope to hear from someone soon. My parents' e-mail is [email protected]
Thank you,
Stasi in her dance outfit
Published October 13, 2000
Updated September 8, 2001
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Meet the Nutella lock that keeps your gluttonous friends at bay
Nutella is the solution to most of our daily problems and such a precious thing cannot be left unattended. Nutella thieves are everywhere, concealed as your friends and relatives that do everything they can to reach for that jar you hid somewhere in the kitchen or under your bed.
The latest invention from a fellow Nutella lover allows you to stop stressing out when you can't maintain eye contact with your favorite spread. It's a Nutella lock, and it prevents anyone without the key to steal your creamy delicacy.
You can purchase the lock on eBay for EUR 9.99 ($11) and it will be shipped from Germany to protect Nutella containers across the world. Until your oder is shipped, check out these mouth-watering Nutella snacks:
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And by the way, it's pronounced 'New-tell-uh". Mind blown?
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Title: Shadow of a Dead Star
Author: Michael Shean
Publisher: Self-published
Pages: Ebook; 228
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Source: Author
Intended Reading Group:
Cyberpunk, Crime Thriller
HDB Rating:
5 Keys to My Heart
Seattle, 2078. The future hasn't been kind to the spirit of humanity; commercial obsession and technological fetishism rules the day, religion and belief has died screaming in the fires of war, and what remains is moral decrepitude. Cities of glass and exotic metals reach toward the poisoned sky, and every night sees a host of sins played out under glittering neon. Life in the future is hard on the soul.
As an agent of the Industrial Security Bureau, Thomas Walken knows that better than anyone. His job is to keep the worst kind of black-market technology out of the hands of citizens, technology born out of the shadowy nation nicknamed Wonderland. But the kind of fantasies that come out of that place aren't for the good people of the world, only nightmares made from sequenced proteins and printed circuits. Wonderland technology is like black magic in the flesh.
Walken's newest assignment, intercepting a trio of girls-turned-sex dolls smuggled into the country from Wonderland, starts out simply. But when the girls are hijacked from federal custody and Walken gives chase, he finds a trail of bodies in their wake as he tries to recover them. And the mysteries don't stop there; before he's through Walken will find himself confronted with not only the truth behind Wonderland but the truth behind the rest of his sick and cynical world. The revelations he pursues will answer every question that the troubled lawman has ever had about himself and the world he lives in - but his mind and soul may not survive it.
If you're a fan of detective stories, but feel like every single one is the same as the one before, welcome to your answer. I'm not sure whether to call Shadow of a Dead Star cyberpunk, tech noir, or a crime thriller. What I can say without a doubt, is that it's wonderfully original! Ready to step out of that mundane pile of mass market crime novels? Grab a copy of Michael Shean's book.
Thomas Walken, our main character, isn't your typical lawman. His world is dark, gritty, and full of some of the most horrific things he's ever seen. Despite everything that he's been through, Walken definitely isn't a hardened man. Deep down inside he is constantly questioning everything. Especially how he seems to fit into the mess he's found himself in now. What I loved about his character is that he is so believable. Caring and afraid on the inside, but doing his best to put forward a manly bravado on the outside. In a town like his, being soft just might get you killed.
Which brings me to my next point. The world, the city, that Michael Shean builds for his characters is absolutely fantastic. Equal parts terrifying, dark, and seedy, this is a world that is falling apart at the seams. Organized crime runs rampant. The city has pulled in on itself to protect what's left, leaving the outer parts crawling with filth and violence. Add into this a set of new technology that has the power to turn people into mindless drones, and it literally feels like hell on earth. While reading I felt every emotion that Walken felt, heightened by the world around him. Michael Shean builds a world that brims with the possibility of actually occurring, and soon. It's that very fact that allowed me to immerse myself so fully.
Reading Shadow of a Dead Star was like getting into a very fast car. I was terrified the entire time, but elated at finding out what would happen next. Every twist and turn brought something new and interesting to mull over, and with Walken at the wheel I was never sure where we would end up next. Although the pace is lightning fast, it flows beautifully. Michael Shean's writing is wonderfully descriptive and gripping. It was like I was right there, in the scenes. It's no surprise that I devoured this entire book from start to finish, without a single break.
Final verdict? Shadow of a Dead Star was something different and refreshing. It pulled out emotions long forgotten in reading piles of similar books, and reminded me of why it's important to take a chance on something new every now and then. Before this I'd never read a book in the cyberpunk genre, and I thought that all crime thrillers were filled with mundane characters and plots. How very wrong I was. If you're looking for something exciting, something dark and fantastic, look no further than this book. Strap yourself in tight. You're in for quite a ride.
FTC Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not monetarily compensated for my opinion.


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ESPN is not being funny. They are not being cute. They are in bed with the NFL and they are talking shit about about the greatest quarterback to ever play the game for them. That is a fact. They are embarrassing Tom Brady and trying to make him look like the asshole in the bullshit DeflateGate saga when the reality is Roger Goodell was the asshole.
There is no reason why Tom Brady should be treated this way. There is just no excuse. That network is being run by a bunch of fucking assholes and they need to be taught a lesson. Tom Brady needs to hire a lawyer and sue their asses off. End this bullshit once and for all.
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"Solidarity between women can be a powerful force of change, and can influence future development in ways favourable not only to women but also to men."
― Nawal El-Saadawi, The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab World
Courageous and fierce are just 2 words to describe this Octagenarian. She has fought for women's rights, equality, religious freedom and social change in places where such ideas are not tolerated. Born in 1931 Egypt, she was forcibly circumcised at age 6, narrowly avoided being married off at age 10, and told by her own grandmother that girls are a blight, that boys have 15 times more value than girls.
But her unwavering spirit and strong sense of self-worth wouldn't give in to social norms, and she went on to become a medical doctor specializing in psychiatry. She wrote highly controversial books, even by today's standards, and took on high profile positions including Director of the Ministry of Health, university lecturer, and Chief Editor for Health Magazine in Cairo. She became a champion for women's rights based not only on her own experiences, but on the cruelties suffered by the many women she treated, especially opposing the religious practice of FGM (female genital mutilation, aka female circumcision). Writing, however, has always been her primary passion, even when it caused her to lose multiple jobs, endure imprisonment, and ultimately be forced to flee Egypt. As always, adversity only made her more determined to carry out her will. The writing never stopped, even in prison: "Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies." (Memoirs from the Women's Prison, Nawal El-Saadawi)
Homa Khaleeli, The Guardian, 2010
Katherine Ross, The Best of Habibi
Her activism crosses multiple lines: gender, religion, culture, social class, politics, national borders— she should be celebrated by everyone as a heroine against human injustices of all kinds, and the fact that she accomplished all she did as a woman in an anti-feminist era makes her that much more remarkable. It's crucial for all women to follow her lead and stand up for our rights as equals. Even here in the US, women can't take for granted the rights that have been won, nor turn a blind eye to the injustices still present.


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Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
 Thursday Series
 Patricia Hayes, University of the Western Cape
Abstract: The belated colonization and taxation of northern Namibia after World War I offered South African administrators a fertile field to develop their own brand of "indirect rule." But while indirect rule purported to keep native subjects locked in a fictitious time of tradition and local authority, increased labor migration to the metropolitan Cape quickly produced new forms of association and subjectivity across racial lines and dispersed among various political tendencies. Social mixing, political romance, and socialist education all contributed to heady new sensibilities that fed into an emerging liberation movement, giving the initial nationalist impetus a pluralist flavor.
Patricia Hayes studies colonial Namibian history and has published widely on the relationship between colonial photography and administration. She is co-author of Namibia under South African Rule: Mobility and Containment (1998), as well as The Colonising Camera: Photographs in the Making of Namibian History (1998), which was nominated for the Sunday Times non-fiction award in South Africa. She runs a visual history research project at the University of the Western Cape, which focuses on Southern African documentary photography.
Free and open to the public.
This lecture is part of the Thursday Series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.
Patricia Hayes, University of the Western Cape


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Introduction to Security Audits
Providing Services and Technology Solutions for the security of Information Systems since 1993
Security Diagnosis
Our services seek to identify an organization's state of security by means of two complementary approaches: an information systems risk analysis or by comparison with a standard.
Application life-cycle security
GMV not only analyzes application security from different points of view (black-box testing, privilege escalation, source code review, etc) but also grafts on security as an ongoing process throughout the whole life cycle of any corporate application.
Technological audits
GMV determine an organization's degree of technological protection against any malicious activity from inside or outside with the aim of minimize the impact of Advanced attacks.
Compliance Audits
Compliance audits determine the gap between the real and desired (Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos: LOPD), the Information Society Services Act (Ley de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información: LSSI), the National Security Scheme (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad: ENS) or PCI (Payment Card Industry).


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Published Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 | 2:59 p.m.
Updated Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 | 6:45 p.m.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura will not face criminal charges related to his arrest last week on suspicion of driving under the influence, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said.
In a statement, Wolfson said that although Bonaventura's preliminary breath test showed he was over the legal blood-alcohol limit when he was pulled over Feb. 12, that test is not admissible in court. An arrest report indicates he registered a level of 0.099 on that test.
A second, admissible breath test showed Bonaventura's blood-alcohol level at 0.069, below the legal limit of 0.08. That test was administered at the Clark County Detention Center less than two hours after his arrest, the report said.
"For these reasons I do not believe that this office could prove Mr. Bonaventura's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt," Woflson said in the statement.
Lou Toomin, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Township Constable's Office, said Bonaventura would not have a comment on Wolfson's decision.
"The constable made a statement when he got out of jail: 'I'm not guilty.' That's his statement," Toomin said.
Bonaventura was pulled over after Nevada Highway Patrol officers responded to a report of an erratic vehicle traveling on U.S. 95 near Boulder Highway, according to an arrest report.
Officers followed the vehicle as it exited west onto Tropicana Avenue and clocked the vehicle at 50 miles per hour, five over the speed limit, as it made its way into a nearby Wal-Mart shopping center, the report said.
After initiating the stop, the officer reported the smell of Bonaventura's breath and that he had "bloodshot, glassy and watery eyes," the report said.
Bonaventura told the officer he hadn't been drinking and said he was on his way home from his office, the report said. His official weapon was in the car's center console when he was pulled over, according to the report.
After he exited the vehicle, the situation became tense as Bonaventura refused to follow the officer's commands, prompting the officer at one point to draw his Taser, the report said.
The officer reported he felt Bonaventura was trying to use his law-enforcement status to intimidate him.
Bonaventura failed two of three field sobriety tests and was arrested after registering a blood alcohol content of 0.099 on the preliminary breath tests, the report said.
He was booked into Clark County Detention Center and was released the next day.
Bonaventura's arrest came the same day Clark County commissioners announced they'd consider an ordinance to abolish the Las Vegas Constable's Office, which has been dogged by controversy since Bonaventura took office in 2011.
He alleges that he was followed by NHP officers after leaving his office downtown and that his arrest was retaliation against him by county officials.
Commissioners will hold a public hearing on March 19 and could decide to eliminate the office then.


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There are a number of doctors and other medical professionals who diagnose and treat people with lung cancer. Together, they make up the comprehensive medical or healthcare team that a patient sees over the course of his or her care.1,2
Your healthcare team can describe your treatment options, the expected results of each option, and the possible side effects. You and your healthcare team can work together to develop a treatment plan.
Having an expert team on your side can help you get the best treatment for your type of lung cancer and for any side effects resulting from the treatment. Here are general descriptions of the different types of doctors that a patient may see:
Family practitioners and internists are doctors who have completed a residency in family medicine or internal medicine. They are often the first to find your cancer. They can work together with the specialists and subspecialists to help coordinate your care.
Pulmonologists (also called "pulmonary specialists") are doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating lung diseases. They can also treat breathing problems caused by cancer or its treatment.
Pathologists are doctors who specialize in identifying diseases. They use a microscope to examine the tissue sample taken during a biopsyThe removal of cells or tissues for examination by a pathologist. From this exam, the pathologist will diagnose the type of cancer and how advanced it is. You may never meet your pathologist, but he or she will consult with other doctors on your team.
Thoracic surgeons (chest surgeons) are doctors who specialize in surgery on the lungs and other organs inside the chest. A thoracic surgeon can treat cancers of the lung, esophagus, and chest wall. Some thoracic surgeons also have special training in surgical oncology.
Oncologists are doctors who specialize in treating cancer. There are three main types of oncologists:
- Medical oncologists treat cancer by using medicines, such as chemotherapyTreatment with drugs that kill cancer cells or targeted therapyA type of treatment that uses drugs to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells. Your medical oncologist may also refer you to other specialists for treatment.
- Radiation oncologists use X-rays and other types of radiation therapyThe use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, protons, and other sources to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors to treat cancer.
- Surgical oncologists use surgery to diagnose and treat cancer. They can do biopsies and remove tumorsAn abnormal mass of tissue that results when cells divide more than they should or do not die when they should. A thoracic surgical oncologist specializes in surgeries on lung tumors and other tumors found inside the chest.
Diagnostic radiologists are doctors who specialize in diagnosing disease by using imaging tests, such as X-rayA type of radiation used to diagnose diseases by making pictures of the inside of the body, MRIA scan that provides detailed pictures of areas inside the body by using radio waves and strong magnets that a computer translates into an image, CT scanA procedure that uses a computer linked to an X-ray machine to make a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body. The pictures are taken from different angles and are used to create three-dimensional (3-D) views of tissues and organs, and ultrasoundA procedure that uses high-energy sound waves to look at tissues and organs inside the body. Interventional radiologists may also use imaging tests to guide them as they perform biopsies. A diagnostic radiologist may specialize in radiation oncology, to diagnose cancerous growths specifically. Having a radiologist with experience in diagnosing lung cancer can improve the accuracy of diagnosis.
In addition to physicians, your medical team may consist of some or all of these healthcare professionals:
Oncology nurses specialize in treating and caring for people who have cancer. They are often a major point of contact for patients and their families.
Patient navigators are trained, culturally sensitive health care workers who provide support and guidance throughout the cancer care continuum. They help people "navigate" through the maze of doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals, outpatient centers, insurance and payment systems, patient-support organizations, and other components of the health care system.
Rehabilitation specialists, such as physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and recreational therapists, help people live as independently as possible.
Respiratory therapists are trained to evaluate and treat people who have breathing problems or other lung disorders.
Social workers are trained to talk with people and their families about emotional or physical needs, and to find them support services.
Registered dieticians have special training in the use of diet and nutrition to keep the body healthy. A registered dietitian may help the medical team improve the nutritional health of a patient.
Updated January 3, 2018
1. ABMS Guide to Physician Specialties. American Board of Medical Specialties. http://www.abmsdirectory.com/pdf/Resources_guide_physicians.pdf. Updated 2017. Accessed December 20, 2017.
2. The Oncology Team. Cancer.Net website. https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/cancer-basics/cancer-care-team/oncology-team. Approved January 2016. Accessed December 14, 2017.


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How it works with FreshBooks
- Load data from or to FreshBooks from other data source via an import package. You can also automate routine tasks, like adding new FreshBooks clients to Google Contacts or to a MailChimp mailing list, with trigger-action-like integration using an import package.
- Synchronize FreshBooks with other cloud apps and databases in both directions via a synchronization package.
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- Export FreshBooks data to CSV files with an export package.
Skyvia has some predefined integration packages for most common use cases:
- Create/Update Google Contact from FreshBooks Client
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Skalsko Lodge is situated in Central Bulgaria, in the beautiful hilly plain to the North of the Balkan Mountains,
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Microsoft / business objects have changed the way Crystal Reports based applications can be deployed. It used to be complicated enough, now things have changed and apparently the documentation is scarce on the subject. I was sitting in a cafe a couple days ago trying to upgrade the source of one of my apps to visual studio 2008, I realized the crystal reports merge modules were not found anymore and wasn't able to find any info about this in the documentation… god I hate that, everything should be findable in the docs (either the search function or the content have something to do with it, but somehow msdn docs can be unsettling sometimes). I found the solution to the problem as soon as I got connected to the internet.
It used to be be that you could deploy a Crystal Reports based project using merge modules, the new way to deploy crystal reports under visual studio 2008 is to use a redistributable msi package located under "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SDKsWindowsv6.0ABootstrapperPackagesCrystalReports10_5CRRedist2008_x86.msi". I haven't figured out a visual studio UI supported way to deploy this package at the same time as my application, and it looks as if, for now, one needs to deploy crystal reports separately. I will post my solution to this problem when I find out how to do this.


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This summer, the Urban Land Institute will host its first-ever national conference in Detroit, featuring an opening keynote address by Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans.
"Public/Private Partnerships: Best Practices and New Opportunities," which will take place June 25–26 at the Westin Book Cadillac in downtown Detroit, will focus on why public/private partnerships are so critical to successful development today. Attendees will hear from experts in the public and private sectors who have combined their strengths and resources to complete development projects that would have been impossible using more traditional methods of economic development.
Gilbert has invested more than $1.3 billion to purchase and renovate commercial properties in Detroit's urban core and brought thousands of jobs to the city. Rock Ventures is also collaborating with the Downtown Detroit Partnership and Detroit Economic Growth Corporation to implement a visionary place-making and retail plan centered on creating activity and vibrant, distinct destinations to draw people to the region using a multifaceted approach to the planning, design, and management of public spaces. Gilbert will share his vision for Detroit and discuss how his passion for the city led him to make such a significant investment and become the catalyst for change in a city most of America had written off.
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Guns from Governor's Island and the Old Gunhouse
As I described yesterday, British soldiers and sailors had entered that harborside fortification and spiked all the cannon inside. That ensured that those guns, normally used by a local militia company, could not be fired at the Royal Navy ships in the harbor—at least not for a while.
Whig activist Joseph Palmer assured Robert Treat Paine that those cannons' touch-holes were soon "drill'd" so they could be used again.
However, within hours Bostonians learned that the maneuver at the North Battery had been only part of the British military's work the previous night. The Boston Post-Boy had to report, "the Cannon in the Batteries back of Governor's Island were removed by the General's Order."
Gen. Thomas Gage had thus secured ten larger guns from a hard-to-patrol harbor island. Even with the North Battery cannon back in working order, British soldiers patrolling the North End made it hard for the locals to do anything with those guns. The general definitely seemed to come out ahead in that leg of the "arms race" to control local artillery.
However, another development that night never got into the newspapers. Merchant John Andrews explained in a letter to a Philadelphia relative:
Ever since ye. cannon were taken away from Charlestown, the General has order'd a double guard to ye. new and old gun houses, where ye. brass field pieces belonging to our militia are lodg'd:Those two brass field-pieces were small cannon—probably only two-pounders, compared to six-, nine-, and twelve-pounders in the North Battery and on Governor's Island. But because they and the Boston train's other pair were bronze, they stood out from all the other militia cannon in Massachusetts. The Patriots prized them. Gage wanted them back.
notwithstanding which, the vigilance and temerity of our people has entirely disconcerted him, for We'n'sday evening, or rather night, they took these from the Old house (by opening the side of the house) and carried [them] away through Frank Johonnot's Garden.
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U. Delaware teams with Koreans on nanotechnology research
|(Nanowerk News) A team that includes two faculty affiliated with University of Delaware (UD)'s Center for Composite Materials (CCM) and researchers from the Korea Institute of Materials (KIMS) has been selected to receive a $5 million grant from the Korea Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) for work in the area of nanotechnology. Tsu-Wei Chou, Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Engineering, and Erik Thostenson, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, will lead the UD effort in the nine-year program.
|MOST provides central direction, planning, coordination and evaluation of all science and technology activities in Korea. The funding comes through MOST's Global Research Laboratory (GRL) program, which is aimed at developing fundamental and original technologies through international collaborative research between Korean and foreign laboratories. In addition to nanotechnology, GRL program supports collaborative research in biotechnology and information technology.
|The UD-KIMS team is one of only two teams awarded GRL funding in the nanotechnology area, out of 39 proposals submitted to the competitive program. The Korean principal investigator at KIMS is Joon-Hyung Byun, who received his doctorate at UD in mechanical engineering in 1993 under Chou's supervision.
|The program, which will establish a global collaborative network between KIMS and UD-CCM, will enable us to advance the research in hybrid micro- and nano-composites for structural and functional applications, Chou said. I am very excited about this opportunity for international collaboration and really pleased to be working with Dr. Byun and Dr. Thostenson on this program.
|International collaborations are highly valued here at UD as we strengthen our global presence, said Michael Chajes, interim dean of the College of Engineering, and this program is an excellent example of the knowledge-based partnerships that President Harker is encouraging faculty to develop.
|Tsu-Wei has established some very high-impact international collaborations over the past three decades, and this latest program further expands his global visibility, said Jack Gillespie, CCM director. This grant has added significance in that all of the funds are coming from MOST.
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MIDDLEBURY — Usually we say that the kids are "going away to college" because they're doing just that: going away and leaving their parents behind. Not so for Caitlin McCluskey, who this past Saturday graduated from Community College of Vermont alongside her mother, Angela McCluskey.
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VERGENNES — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has reopened the contract to operate Northlands Job Corps for new bidders. On Thursday, June 9, interested parties will inspect the federal job-training center on Macdonough Drive, and could conduct additional research there and in Vergennes in the days to come.
Current operator CHP International, the Illinois company that has operated the center for the past 30 months under contract with the DOL, will seek to stay on board, according to a letter sent last week to community members and the Independent.
MIDDLEBURY — The following Middlebury businesses will be participating in "2nd Fridays in Middlebury" this week on June 10, from 5-7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. The listed business will offer extended hours and special exhibits or art performances.
• Edgewater Gallery on the Green. Opening reception for "Back Roads and Country Places," works by Janis Sanders.
• Sarah Wesson Studio. Oils and watercolors. Follow the signs on the second floor of 10 Merchants Row.
STARKSBORO — The historic Starksboro Village Meeting House returns to the 1860s on Sunday, June 12, at 11 a.m. Chaplain Michael Blakeslee of the Second Vermont Volunteer Infantry, accompanied by Lois Burbank, will lead a recreation of a typical Civil War-era church service.
During the 1860s the meeting house was the center of the community of Starksboro. Many Starksboro Civil War soldiers enlisted in that very building, and while the upper floor held regular Sunday services, the lower level functioned as a town meeting hall.
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150 members and delegates of local branches of Ensemble ! (1) met on the weekend of 26-27 April 2014 in Montreuil, in the suburbs of Paris, for a national meeting to discuss the political situation and draw up a balance sheet of the first few months of the new organisation.
The first session on Saturday was devoted to the political situation after the recent local elections. The main feature, of course, was the debacle of the ruling Socialist Party and its allies, who lost control of 155 town and city councils to the right and the far-right National Front.
There was also general agreement that the Left Front, of which Ensemble ! is a member, along with the much larger French Communist Party and the Left Party, had also lost ground. (Translator's note : This failure to provide a clear and credible alternative to the government's austerity policies was in part due to the decision of the Communist Party, in many but not all areas, and crucially in a number of large towns including Paris, to form an alliance in the first round of the elections with the Socialist Party, thus confusing the issue for many voters – an analysis which is shared with the Left Party.)
A political crisis has now developed. The Greens have left the government (while claiming to remain part of the ruling majority in parliament) (a decision which was opposed by a section of the party), and several dozen Socialist members of parliament have come out in opposition to the policies being followed by the government under the new prime minister Manuel Valls, who was appointed by president François Hollande in the aftermath of the elections.
On the plus side, the April 12 demonstrations called by the Left Front and supported by the New Anticapitalist Party, left Greens and even by one Socialist parliamentarian were a success. Unusually for an event organised by political parties, several trade union federations and local trade union councils also took part, as well as associations representing the social movements.
The conference delegates were unanimous in pointing out that the turn-out demonstrated the potential for resistance. What is needed now is to build on the success of the demonstration by creating local initiatives with a view to a further national mobilisation.
The meeting adopted the following political text (here in French on our website) :
Following the break on the Saturday, the delegates discussed a report dealing with two subjects : the Transatlantic free trade treaty - and the opposition to it which is beginning to take shape - which is being negotiated in secret by the European Union and the United States, and the campaign for the European elections..
The following session took the form of working groups on the organisation of Ensemble!, ecological questions, international work, the movement's logo (a question which has not yet been resolved !), the work of local councillors belonging to Ensemble ! and feminism. Regional commissions then discussed the campaign for the European elections.
The day finished with the customary (in France !) apéritif and speeches of welcome from the new mayor of Montreuil, Patrick Bessac (a member of the Left Front), Clémentine Autain (a national spokesperson for Ensemble !) and newly elected local councillor and member of Gauche Anticapitaliste-Ensemble ! Capucine Larzillière.
The Sunday session began with further working groups on the movement's summer school, education, health, workers' self-management, the social movements, etc., followed by a report back to the assembled delegates.
The next national meeting of Ensemble ! will take place on the weekend of 14-15 June.
Report by Angèle Mondini, translated with additional material for clarification by Colin Falconer
(1) Ensemble ! (full name in French : Ensemble ! Mouvement pour une alternative de gauche, écologiste et solidaire) is a merger of several organisations belonging to the Left Front : Gauche Anticapitaliste, Convergence et Alternatives, Fédération pour une alternative sociale et écologique (with the Association des Communistes Unitaires), Les Alternatifs, as well as Unitaires !, an association of members or former members of Gauche Unitaire. The new organisation also has individual members who are unaffiliated to any of the above.


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Enameling is often associated with jewelry or small decorative objects, but I use vitreous glass enamel as a painting medium. My "canvas" is copper, steel, or fine silver. I apply colors using transparent overlays over opaque grounds and build my surface from successive applications of glass with multiple kiln firings for each piece. My current studio is part of a large maker space at the Artisan's Asylum in Somerville, MA where I have access to many shared shop tools in addition to my own enameling cubicle. My inspiration is from places visited and imagined, and I work freely focusing on colors, textures and organic forms.
Formally educated in painting, I discovered vitreous enamel in a public high school teaching context in 1980, and my painting techniques using vitreous enamel are largely self -taught. I continue to both paint in traditional watercolor and create jewelry. Each medium has unique challenges of mastery, but my expressive style remains consistent.
My satisfying lengthy career as a public school visual arts educator has a significant impact on my own creative art. I attribute some of my creative spontaneity to observing children at work.
I am a member of the international Enamelist Society and have academic degrees from Skidmore College and an MFA degree from Boston University. I have taken many workshops with masters of enameling, metalsmithing, and painting and continue to explore new possibilities.
- Boston University School for the Arts, Master Of Fine Arts with a dual concentration in painting and art education
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- City of Newton, MA, Mayor's Office.
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- Somerville Museum, Somerville, Massachusetts
- Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College
- Liberty Gallery Invitational Exhibit, Louisville, Kentucky
- Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky
- Sarah Squeri Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Concord, MA Art Association
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Frontier legend Kit Carson established Fort Nichols in 1865 to guard travelers along the Santa Fe Trail. Stone buildings were constructed. Troops occupied the fort for less than a year. One can see a fine trace of the Santa Fe Trail from the site.
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The Mormon Battalion crossed into present-day Oklahoma on September 19, 1846, and camped just north and west of Boise City enroute to Mexico as part of General Kearney's Army during the War with Mexico. When they reached Mexico the war was over. The Army was ordered to form a trail to San Diego. At San Diego they built a courthouse. They were then ordered to Los Angeles, then back to San Diego, where they were discharged.
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The Santa Fe Trail provided one of the earliest contacts with the Southwest. Running 780 miles from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, it cut across the Oklahoma Panhandle and became an important trade route that was patrolled by army troops. The heaviest traffic came in 1849 as Easterners headed for the gold fields in California. The trail remained in use until the railroads came in 1880.
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The southern entrance of Los Vaqueros generally has fewer trails, and the trails tend to be less scenic, than the northern entrance. The one exception is the Valley View Trail, which starts right at the entrance kiosk and climbs to a wide-open ridgetop with some really striking views over the Livermore Valley. In fact the entire hike is over open, treeless grasslands; in the winter and spring it can be very refreshing, but it gets oppressively hot if it's over 85 degrees.
The adjacent Morgan Territory Regional Preserve also has a Valley View Trail, but it's not connected with the one in Los Vaqueros.
Here's the trailhead location in Google Maps.
Start at the County Line Staging Area, next to the kiosk at the south entrance. Take the Black Hills Trail, which immediately starts climbing a treeless, grassy hillside. The trail is a wide, dusty dirt road with a lot of cow manure. It's fairly steep at first but eventually becomes less steep.
The huge wind turbines, which were added in 2012, are an ever-present backdrop to the reservoir. Their rotors appear to be moving slowly, but in fact the tips of the blades can reach speeds of 100 mph and each turbine can power 500 homes. The turbines look a little odd at first but eventually they seem like just another, somewhat unusual, part of the scenery. They're definitely a lot more visually arresting than the masses of smaller, older windmills visible from Brushy Peak.
At the top of the Black Hills Trail, turn left onto the Valley View Trail, which continues to climb to the ridgetop. There's another intersection at the ridgetop; a short, unmarked road to the right leads to the highest point of the ridge. The views are slightly better from the high point but not really that much different than what you can see from the official trail.
The trail gradually descends along the ridgetop, with great views over the wide, flat Livermore Valley and the town of Livermore in the distance. The prominent road that cuts across the valley is North Livermore Avenue. Los Vaqueros Reservoir is visible in the distance to the left.
The best scenery of the hike ends as the trail drops off of the ridge to a saddle. Continue back to the Black Hills Trail and the parking lot.
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The title is a quote from Heart of Darkness, and there are a couple of other Conradisms in there too.


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Jayson Sherlock
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Jayson Sherlock
|Birth name
|Jayson Andrew Sherlock
|Also known as
|12 July 1970
|Melbourne, Australia
|Christian metal, unblack metal, doom metal, death metal, thrash metal
|Musician, graphic designer
|vocals, drums, guitar, bass, keyboards
|Years active
|Associated acts
|Horde, Mortification, Paramaecium, Altera Enigma, Fearscape, Deliverance, InExordium, Soundscape, Revulsed
Jayson Sherlock (born 1970) is a Christian metal musician from Australia. He began his career in the Australian death metal band Mortification, which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre. Sherlock was the founder of the one-man project Unblack metal band Horde, in which he played every instrument. He has also been in other bands such as Paramaecium, inExordium, Altera Enigma, and Soundscape. During 2012, he was the drummer for Deliverance.[1] He is currently the drummer for the death metal band Revulsed.
Sherlock is known for his unique and extremely fast double bass pedal and blast beat technique.[2][3] He also plays guitar and bass. Sherlock is left-handed.[4]
In 1990 Sherlock joined Mortification after Steve Rowe disbanded LightForce, established the new band and released Mortification's debut album Break the Curse. Then came the self-titled album Mortification. Mortification changed to a more death metal style in 1992 and subsequently released the groundbreaking album Scrolls of the Megilloth. Mortification then released another album titled Post Momentary Affliction and the live album Live Planetarium. During this time Mortification was said to belong to the elite of the death metal movement and Sherlock had a notable role in the band as he wrote some of the more well-known songs such as "Terminate Damnation". Scrolls is widely noted as a piece of Australian metal history and a classic of the genre. After releasing these albums, Sherlock left Mortification in 1993 to join the doom metal band Paramaecium.
In 1993 Paramaecium released their debut album Exhumed of the Earth, which was considered to be one of the greatest Christian doom metal albums of the time.[5][6] After the success of its previous album, the band proceeded to release the concept album Within the Ancient Forest, based on a book written by the band's vocalist Andrew Tompkins. According to Doom-metal.com, Paramaecium "are the only Christian death doom band that made it to the top of the genre."[5] After the success of Paramaecium, Sherlock left the band in 1996.
After a year Sherlock formed the one-man band Horde. He released the album Hellig Usvart under the pseudonym "Anonymous" on Nuclear Blast Records in 1994, followed by a re-release on Rowe Productions. The title "Hellig Usvart" is Norwegian, a fact which at first led many to believe that Horde originated in Norway, a theory backed up by the grim production quality on the album, considered to be a trademark of Norwegian black metal.[2]
Upon the initial release of Hellig Usvart, a publicity campaign was launched throughout the black metal community, revolving around Sherlock being credited as "Anonymous", a play on Euronymous.[7] Death-threats were sent to Mark Staiger at Nuclear Blast to reveal the identity of the anonymous musician who had created the album; later the musician was revealed to be Jayson Sherlock.[7]
Hellig Usvart pioneered the previously unheard-of genre of "Christian black metal"[7] (sometimes referred to as "Holy UnBlack Metal" as Sherlock called his music). Since its release, bands such as Dark Endless (also a black metal band with one anonymous member), Crimson Moonlight and Antestor have emerged as proponents of Christian black metal.
In 2010 Jayson and Sheldon D'Costa left inExordium to form Revulsed, a faster and more technical and extreme death metal band based in Melbourne. In 2014 they acquired the services of Konni from Defeated Sanity and Despondency to perform the vocals for the debut album Infernal Atrocity released thru Permeated Records on 31 October 2015. In 2017, Revulsed released Live Atrocity - The Inception of Sufferance, thru Brutal Mind, It featured Damien Miriklis on vocals and Mark Smith on bass guitar.
Other projects[edit]
Sherlock is also involved in a number of other bands. In 2000 he joined the band Soundscape and in 2002 he joined the band Where Shadows Lie.[8] In 2006 he rejoined the doom metal band Paramaecium and appeared at the '06 Black Stump festival. In 2007 they went to the NordicFest in Oslo, Norway which was to be Paramaecium's final show before the creation of InExordium by the remaining members of the band. Sherlock is also part of a progressive metal band called Altera Enigma, in which Jason De Ron (Paramaecium, InExordium) is also involved. In 2009 Jayson recorded as guest drummer for Fearscape's Nightmare Hymn (to be released mid-2009 on Bombworks Records). In mid-2009, Jayson was asked to fill in for Teramaze drummer Julian Percy as Julian was unable to fulfill commitments due to a chronic heart condition. Jayson has since fulfilled his commitments with the band, and they now have a permanent drummer. Jayson joined the band Deliverance to record the album Hear What I Say!.[1]
Digital graphic artist[edit]
Sherlock was known to illustrate the cover art for most of his bands' albums. He created the artwork for Mortification's albums during 1990–1993 and designed a number of their T-shirts. These works are characterised by their underground approach, which is typical for death metal music. He also created artwork for Paramaecium's debut, which showcases detailed calligraphy artwork, and Horde's Hellig Usvart, among others. Eventually Sherlock became a professional digital graphic artist.
- Break the Curse – (1990)
- Mortification – (1991)
- Scrolls of the Megilloth – (1992)
- Post Momentary Affliction – (1993)
- Live Planetarium – (1993)
- The Best of Five Years – (1995)
- Grind Planets DVD – (2005)
- Live Planetarium album and DVD – (2006)
- Ancient Prophecy/Overseer EP – (2017)
- Exhumed of the Earth – (1993)
- Within the Ancient Forest – (1996)
- Repentance (EP) – (1997)
- Hellig Usvart – (1994)
- Alive in Oslo album and DVD – (2007)
- Soundscape – (2007)
- inExordium – (2008)
- Nightmare Hymn – (2009)
Altera Enigma
- Angular Momentum – (Not Released)
- Awakening – (2012)
- Infernal Atrocity – (2015)
- Live Atrocity – The Inception of Suffering – (2017)
- Hear What I Say! – (2013)
Further reading[edit]
- Interview in HM Magazine No. 65
- ^ a b "Deliverance – About". Facebook. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ a b Morrow, Matt. Horde – Hellig Usvart. The Whipping Post. Retrieved 26 November 2007
- ^ Taylor. Mortification – Scrolls of the Megilloth. Guitar6. Retrieved 26 November 2007
- ^ Revulsed (23 August 2013). "Jayson's Revulsed Kit Tour". YouTube. Missing or empty
- ^ a b Panagiotou, Kostas. "Paramaecium". Doom-metal.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
- ^ Exhumed of the Earth on the Christian Metal wiki page
- ^ a b c Erasmus. Interview with Horde. Cached at Unblac.de. Retrieved 26 November 2007
- ^ Jayson on the Soundscape website Archived 28 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Jayson Sherlock at MySpace
- Jayson Sherlock at inexordium.com


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101 (St Peter, St Innocent & St Gervais)
Panel C2
- Death of one of the murderers of St Gervais ?
Hucher considers this to be the death of one of the brigands who murdered
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Shrapnel from another "Mommy Drive-By"
Categories: Parenting, The Juggle, Working? Living?
We've all experienced it at one time or another: The Mommy Drive-By. When a someone — a relative, another mom, a total stranger — takes it upon herself to question your judgment or criticize your parenting.
Single moms get flak about their social lives. Step moms are looked down upon for not being "a real parent." Breast-feeding mamas get hit when they nurse their child in public; formula-feeding mothers get the evil eye when they whip out a bottle instead of a breast. Mothers from all walks of life are questioned for decisions large and small. And working mothers, well, they get a little bit of "all of the above."
I'm positive that I thought I knew more about parenting before I became a parent, so I can kind of see why non-parents feel compelled to tell parents what they should do differently, whether are qualified to say anything or not. But when the drive-by comes from another mom, I'm baffled… why do we do this to one another?
One mom told me that I'm much too lenient with my kids, but "you can't help it, you don't get to see them much because you're always working." Another once told our older kids that she loved her kids enough to stay home, leaving my big kids to question my commitment to them. When my husband and I worked different shifts to cover childcare, I was criticized for "tag-team parenting" and being "too busy to be a good mother."
Drive-byes don't always happen in person, either. I got hit by a drive-by online last week by someone who has never met me before. My post about my preschooler and how her "Mama Drama" slays me sparked this lovely comment: "Wouldn't it be easier to stay with your toddler and give her compassion and love from her mom, rather than drop her off with a stranger? Try being a Stay at Home Mom."
The daycare question always triggers interesting drive-byes, with plenty of shrapnel to tweeze out of your flesh days and even weeks later. Yesterday, I was taken to task for saying that my youngest two kids go to preschool instead of just calling it daycare.
Never mind that my preschooler is actually in, well, preschool, and my toddler is in the daycare portion of that same facility. This person told me that she thinks I call it a school because it makes me feel and look better about what I'm "doing to" my kids.
I thought I'd be furious, but I wasn't. I was surprised by the source of the drive-by, but mostly I was just tired. I pointed out that different solutions work for different people and suggested that, until she was faced with having to make the decision herself, it would make sense for her to stop criticizing me for mine. Then I changed the subject.
These drive-byes don't make my question my judgment. But I sure am tired of being asked to defend it.
Have you been hit by a mommy drive-by? How did you handle it?
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Saturday, 25 September 2010
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO by Stieg Larsson
Yes, this is the piece of crap I bought for 12 euros and read in 2 days because I was so desparate for some fiction. The protagonist is a journalist (as the author was) who reads a lot of murder mysteries (as I suspect the author of this murder mystery did) and has lots of beautiful women who want to have sex with him all the time (think not, if his picture on the backflap is anything to go by). I don't know if you really need to know the plot, as I suspect you already know it, due to it being the plot of all these books. I'll give you the highlights: loose cannon investigator blah blah serial killer blah blah it gets personal blah blah killer is one you least suspect. So it was pretty blah, BUT immensely page-turning. No denying it. I also enjoyed the way it was so thoroughly set in Sweden, so they were constantly eating foul fish dishes and putting on thick jumpers.
One thing that made me REALLY MAD was the inclusion of an entirely unecessary and very sadistic rape scene. I've had this before with other books, where you are reading along quite comfortably, and all of a sudden you are like: ah. I see this book was written by a man. And a certain kind of man, too. I don't mean he is a sadistic rapist, but rather that he is clearly someone who comfortably participates in that strand of our culture that eroticises female pain. I'm not saying these sorts of scenes are never acceptable: of course they are, if they are central to the plot or important to the book's theme. But it's incredible how often they are just sort of chucked in there. And I think the reason they are is that they give the writer, and some of the readers, a distinct thrill. Nice. Really nice.
A brilliant example of this is some stupid book I read, the title of which I can't remember. It's set in post Civil War America, which I am sure was a dark time for many people – eg, recently empancipated black people, traumatised white soldiers, etc etc. You'd never know it from this book, which is pretty much one long rape scene, written with precisely detailed excitement. What's incredible, is that this piece of nonsense won the Pulitzer. Honestly, these people ought to phone their moms to apologize.
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I really hated that scene too. And quite a crappy book overall, although with extreme page-turning powers which looking back on it now, simply amazes me. I can't believe I wasted my life reading this book! It was strange too how every chapter had that whole 'violence against women, men hate women' statement preceding it. I suppose he was trying to show that he was actually a feminist and therefore excuse the rape scene as pure titallation? All in all, its quite tawdry and strangely has been made into a film (twice now) which surprises me as I have no desire to see any of this on film. I think it will really up the gross level in all the grotty bits. ugh!ReplyDelete
Oh my god! I am glad you hated it too. I was worried I was becoming extremist in my old age. Also, I had totally forgotten the bizarre and irrelevant gender quotations. That was odd. Maybe he was trying to pretend the book was rather more literature than it actually was?ReplyDelete
I was going to read "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" but I think I'll stay clear now. I'm a complete sucker for page turners (big Stephen King fan) I managed to read the complete Twilight series before realising that they are very poor books with very weak female characters. I think these writers are very skilled at what they do – they are sales people able to get us to turn the page via a shallow promise… "Turn the page and we'll reveal an interesting plot twist" you turn the page and lo and behold it says "Turn the page and this time we really will reveal an interesting plot twist" and so on until you reach the end of the book feeling cheated and brain dead.ReplyDelete
Dude, totally. That is so true. It is weird how you think you are enjoying it while you are in it, but afterwards, you think: what did I just do with my life? But it is a really strong version of the genre, for sure. I see that it is on course to overtake the DA VINCI CODE in UK sales. Yikes.ReplyDelete
Oh god, I have remembered the name of the book I hated so much: REDEMPTION FALLS by Joseph O'Connor. Avoid it like the PLAGUE.ReplyDelete


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Its Halloween, so in preparation for pretending I'm not in when the trick-or-treaters come, here is some possibly cool but certainly interesting stuff I have come across this week:
FOOD! – The Harvard Business Review this week discussed how what we eat can affect our productivity. A really interesting read, especially for those mixing training and full/part-time employment.
BACK INJURIES! – Obviously given my history, I tend to pay quite a bit of attention to the science surrounding back injuries. This article on back injuries in children is really interesting. Why are so many young athletes getting spinal issues? Is there something about our lifestyles that are contributing to this (i.e. sitting and poor movement skills?
GENES! – BBC Horizon ran an interesting article on how you genes can/should affect your diet. The nest big step in personal health?
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BIOHACKING – Interesting article in Outside magazine about biohacking your way to a better life.
CAFFEINATED – Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Hooks, Helps and Hurts Us – this book on caffeine in daily life is excellent, particularly in the face of an increasing market in sports drinks containing caffeine, which appear to be less safe than first thought. Really enjoyed reading it.


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