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(Latin: prefix; from, away, away from)
This prefix is normally used with elements of Latin and French origins (abs- usually joins elements beginning with c, q, or t).
The form ab- is regularly used before all vowels and h; and it becomes a- before the consonants m, p, and v. The prefix apo- has similar meanings.
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2. A condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible: In school, the students studied the various abjections of human situations and learned strategies that would help them to avoid miserable lives in the future.
Jeffrey sighed and abjectly walked away after being exposed as a swindler.2. In a hopeless resigned manner: Joshua abjectly shrugged his shoulders when his wife started another session of complaining.
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2. Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior: Terri's abjectness revealed that she was so servile and overly willing to serve or to obey other people that no one respected her.
As their father, Tyrone felt it was necessary to abjure the habits of his children's excessive eating and sitting around playing computer games all the time instead of exercising.
Pacifism abjures the use of deadly force.2. To withdraw from or to recant publicly; to disclaim or to repudiate: Douglas abjured his life of bad eating and drinking habits when he determined to stop eating so much fried foods.
Some of the prisoners abjured their past criminal acts during the religious service held in the prison on Sunday.3. To formally reject rights, allegiances, etc. on oath; to renounce; to give up opinions publicly; to recant: The school principal wanted to be sure that Mildred abjured her false story about being tardy because her bus was late before she would be allowed to return to school.
4. To beg or to earnestly entreat: Right after the final decision as to the prisoner's guilt, he started to abjure the judge for mercy.
Henry was abjuring his supervisor to give him another chance to complete the job which he failed to do on time.5. Etymology: from Latin abjurare, "to swear to, to confirm, or to deny by an oath"; from ab-, "away" + jurare, "to swear"; from jus, juris, "law".
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2. Anyone who implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning of a former belief or position, often made under oath: The two abjurers, Steven and Edward, met with the media to explain their joint decision to abandon their previously held political commitments.
The nurse provided an educational booklet to the new mothers about the ablactation of infants.
There is considerable research in the area of ablactation which makes available appropriate information for the nourishment of human infants and other young of mammals.
It would appear that the icebergs are ablating faster than scientists had anticipated.
After a heavy rain, the top soil ablates from the field and runs off into the stream.2. In medicine, to amputate or otherwise to destroy a biological function; for example, of a bodily tissue by cutting, with a laser, or by means of burning with electric heat: The doctor ablated the abnormal number of warts that had formed on Colleen's body with electrocautery.
The doctor indicated that she would ablate the lump from Tanya's leg.
After Patrick's crushed foot was ablated in an accident, he learned to walk and to run with a prosthetic foot and shoe.
2. The erosive processes by which a glacier is reduced; wearing or wasting away: Melting and the breaking off of a mass of ice from its parent glacier or ice shelf are ablations that icebergs undergo during the summer months.
3. In aerospace, the dissipation of heat generated by atmospheric friction: There are ablations in atmospheric reentries of spacecrafts or missiles with the use of melting heat shields.
2. Tending to be removed or vaporized at very high temperatures: The ablative material on the rocket cone fell off.
3. In grammar, applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other Indo-European languages: The ablative case is the removal, separation, or taking away; that is, indicating direction away from, or time when.
Grammatical "cases" are changes in form that are made of nouns or pronouns to reflect how they are used in sentences. For example, the noun "men" is changed to "men's" and the noun "woman" is changed to "women's" to show possession. Nouns in English once had several case forms, but the only one used today is the possessive case.
Pronouns continue to change case forms to show their relations to the rest of the elements in a sentence. The three cases of pronouns are "nominative", "objective", and "possessive" cases.
Raymond's sister had to memorize lists of ablative cases when she was studying a foreign language at school.
All of the ablative cases which the author used made the story interesting but a bit convoluted.
Examples of Grammatical Cases
Nouns and pronouns can be subjects, objects, or possessives and many pronouns and a few nouns show these various uses:
- Nominative Cases: I, we, him, she, it, who
- Objective Cases: me, us, him, them, her, whom
- Possessives: our, my, mine, their, theirs, his, its
The nominative case shows that the noun or pronoun is being used as the subject of the verb: "The students learned about subjects in the English class and they usually know that verbs show what the subjects are doing."
The objective case indicates that the noun or pronoun is functioning as:
- Object of the verb: "Jessica's complimentary remarks about Mike's work made him feel good."
- Object of a preposition: "Everyone went home after the meeting except Phil.
2. The outer surface of a spacecraft or missile: Ablation is the erosion of the protective outer surface, or ablator, of a spacecraft or missile resulting from aerodynamic heating caused by travel at hypersonic speeds during reentry through the atmosphere.
The ablators on the spacecraft were welded into place using a specialized metal that would withstand great heat.
The students were asked to find the single example of an ablaut in the poem that they memorized.
The grammar teacher wrote several examples of ablauts on the chalkboard for the students to study.
There are usually several different abluents available in supermarkets that are used to clean all kinds of things in one's home.
The abluent effects of vinegar are said to be of great value.
In some religions, an ablution may be a prescribed washing of part or all of the body or of possessions; such as, clothing or ceremonial objects, with the intent of purification or dedication.2. The liquid used in showering which may refer to the practice of removing sins, diseases, or earthly defilements through the use of ritual deputation (to become purified or cleansed): Before saying his prayers, Gregory used an ablution that represented the spiritual cleansing of his sins.
Like most ritual acts, ablutions may carry a wide range of meanings for those who perform it; for example, the act of cleansing may be only a gesture that is symbolic of a desired purity of the soul.3. A scrubbing of a person's body or body parts; a bathing, a cleaning: Because of the heat, Charlene felt the need for a refreshing ablution.
After consecutive ablutions at the sink, Pearl was finally able to wash the smell of garlic off her hands.
Gertrude's husband performed an ablution of his feet every night before going to bed.4. Etymology: from Latin abluere, "to wash off"; ab-, "away" + luere, "to wash".


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Abha Dawesar is a novelist and an artist. She is the recipient of numerous honors including the American Library Association's Stonewall Award as well as a Lambda Literary Award. Her talk at TEDGlobal, Edinburgh (June 2013) can be viewed here:
New York's weekly magazine Time Out listed Abha Dawesar as one of 25 people who will make their mark. India's leading weekly magazine India Today named Dawesar as one of twenty-five path-breaking Indians. She has also been called one of India's 12 remarkable women by Femina magazine and named by the leading national English language newspaper, The Hindustan Times in its Next Big Things. The New York Foundation of the Arts awarded Dawesar a Fiction Fellowship in 2000. Her books have been short-listed in France for Le Prix Médicis Roman Etranger, Le Prix Bel Ami, le Prix Femina, and le Prix RFI témoin du monde.
Abha Dawesar has been invited to read, speak and conduct seminars in various cities in the U.S., across Europe, India, and Australia. An internationally exhibited artist, enthusiastic cook, and avid science junkie, Dawesar can be reached via one of the many social media links on this page.
The author of several books of fiction, Dawesar has also published short stories in anthologies and articles. Her novels include:
- Babyji, 2005.
- Family Values, 2009
- That Summer in Paris, 2006
- Miniplanner, 2000
- Sensorium, Upcoming release! Already published in France (French television interview), Sensorium will be released in the US in mid 2013 (preview the cover).
Abha Dawesar's books are translated into several languages including French (Éditions Héloïse d'Ormesson), Italian (Feltrinelli Editore), Spanish (Alfaguara), German (Zaglossus), Thai (Sanskrit book), Dutch (Artemis), Turkish (Meram), Portuguese (ASA), Hebrew (Ko'rim) and Brazilian Portuguese (Sá Editora).
A visual artist, Dawesar has had on-and-off training in photography starting with a plastic 115mm camera when she was a teenager. Her most recent novel Sensorium (American edition releasing soon) includes doodles and cartoons. Her works include pen and ink drawings, paintings, installations, and photogrpahs. Abha Dawesar's work has been exhibited at:
- Soapstone Gallery, NY. Group Show Styles upon Styles, June 2010
- Vidyasagar Art Gallery, Hyderabad, Solo Show, January 2009
- Viridian Artists, Chelsea, NY. Nineteenth annual juried exhibition. Judge: Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of Art. July 2008
- Global Fusion Art, The Spark, Chelsea, NY. July 3rd 2008
- Micromuseum, Brooklyn. Juried group show, "Animals in Your Kingdom" Curated by Kathleen Laziza. June 2008.
- International Group show Your Documents Please curated by Daniel Georges and Rumi Tsuda. Venues: The Museum of Arts & Crafts, Itami, Japan April 4-April 20, 2008; ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan August 2-August 17, 2008; 2b Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Late November 2008; Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany January 2009; Galéria Z, Bratislava, Slovakia February 2009; Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico April 17-May 8, 2009 & Chelsea, NY, USA November 2010
- Solo Painting Show, The Village Quill, NY, July 13-27, 2006
- Photographs, Café Babylon, New York, March-April 1999
- Photography exhibition, The Lincoln Center, NY, Aug 1997
- Joseph Papp Public Theater, Multi-media piece including photo projection, March 1999
- Student group photo show at Carpenter Center, Harvard University, January 1995
- Micromuseum, Brooklyn. Juried group show, "Animals in Your Kingdom" Curated by Kathleen Laziza. June 2008.

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In Congress, Rodney will fight to repeal and replace the flawed ObamaCare. Rodney believes in a market-based approach that provides not only choice in health care for those who are insured, but will address the needs of the uninsured of our country; an approach that will allow those doctors and hospitals to concentrate on delivering needed care and not on what programs they may need to cut due to decreased payments.
Christian Coalition publishes a number of special voter educational materials including the Christian Coalition Voter Guides, which provide voters with critical information about where candidates stand on important faith and family issues. The Christian Coalition Voters Guide summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: "Repealing "Obamacare" that forces citizens to buy insurance or pay a tax"
Christian Coalition publishes a number of special voter educational materials including the Christian Coalition Voter Guides, which provide voters with critical information about where candidates stand on important faith and family issues. The Christian Coalition Voters Guide summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: "Tax credits for purchasing private health insurance"
Project Vote Smart infers candidate issue stances on key topics by summarizing public speeches and public statements. Congressional candidates are given the opportunity to respond in detail; about 11% did so in the 2012 races.
Project Vote Smart summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Health Care: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?'
Congressional Summary: To provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate. This Act may be cited as the 'Equitable Access to Care and Health Act' or the 'EACH Act'. The 'Religious Conscience Exemption' exempts individuals who are members of a recognized religious sect which relies solely on a religious method of healing, and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs.
Supporters reasons for voting YEA: (TheHill.com weblog, April 29, 2013): "We believe the EACH Act balances a respect for religious diversity against the need to prevent fraud and abuse," wrote Reps. Aaron Schock (R-IL) and William Keating (D-MA). "It is imperative we expand the religious conscience exemption now as the Administration is verifying the various exemptions to the individual mandate," they wrote. Religious exemption from ObamaCare has come up before, including contraception. The EACH Act, however, deals only with exemptions from the insurance mandate.
Opponents reasons for voting NAY: (CHILD, Inc. "Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty", Dec. 2014): The Christian Science church is pushing hard to get another religious exemption through Congress. The EACH Act exempts everyone with "sincerely held religious beliefs" from the mandate to buy health insurance. We are particularly concerned about uninsured children: hundreds of American children have died because of their family's religious objections to medical care. The EACH Act increases the risk to children in faith-healing sects and the cost to the state if the children do get medical care. Some complain that their church members should not have to pay for health care that they won't use. But insurance works on the assumption that many in the pool of policyholders will not draw from it. Most people with fire insurance don't have their homes burn, for example.
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Originally, I wasn't going to write about radio talk show entertainer Glenn Beck's supposed "March on Washington;" but, because you, my readers, asked me to comment, I will.
The event was called, "Restoring Honor." Its stated purpose was to be a "celebration of America's heroes and heritage. So, I have a few questions that I wish Beck would have addressed. You can only restore that which was lost. So, what in Beck's mind was lost and how is he going to restore it?
If it was a "celebration of America's heroes and heritage," then why was there no soldier of color participating in any of the activities? All the soldiers were White men. It reminded me of watching the Flintstones and the Jetsons cartoons as a kid---not one Black was ever seen in either. The Flintstones were about the past and the Jetsons were about the future. So, according to Hollywood, Blacks had no past and we don't have a future. Is that what Beck was trying to restore?
Beck claims he had no idea that August 28th was the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream Speech." He claimed on his TV show that "conservatives needed to reclaim" the civil rights movement.
So, let me make sure I understand Beck. He claims that God told him to pick this date. So, this same God couldn't have told him the significance of this date to the civil rights community? Beck was asked by many in the Black community to move the date of his event in deference to our feelings about this date. He refused. But, he wants the Muslims in New York to move the location of their future mosque in deference to him and others who think the location is too close to ground zero. Hmmm, how do you spell hypocrisy? I looked it up in the dictionary and found a picture of Glen Beck!
He wants conservatives to reclaim the civil rights movement. Well, I can't find any history of Beck being involved in civil rights-either historically, or recently. This is the same person that called a sitting president "a racist.with a deep seated hatred of White people." The day after his event, he gave a simi-apology for making that statement. But one would have
thought if he really was regretful of what he said, he would have used the national stage he had during his event to make the apology. But maybe he didn't want his white friends in attendance to see him apologize in front of a national audience.
Afterall, we wouldn't want people to call him an "apologist" for America like they say about President Obama.
Remember, you can't have unity without "u & i." But everything about Beck does just the opposite. Am I the only Black who felt somewhat uncomfortable during the "Black" portion of the program? This was near the end of the event; before Beck's self indulgent, meandering, narcissistic, rambling, tortuous speech.
Beck trotted out about 12 Blacks to come on stage for window dressing. But, my good friend, Alveda King --M.L. King's niece-- gave the best speech of the day. I strongly encourage everyone to pull up her speech from the event.
In about five minutes, she gave a great recitation of the civil rights movement. After she left the stage, I sent her a text message telling her how proud I was of her for not allowing herself to be used and pimped like a lot of the typical Black Republicans/conservatives.
During this "Black" portion of the program, there were two female gospel singers who were awesome! In watching this portion of the show, I couldn't help but think about how Blacks seem to always be there to entertain White folks. Of the three awardees, one was Black. But, there were no Blacks from the military, no Black speakers during the white part of the program, nor many Blacks in the audience.
If this was about "reclaiming civil rights," then why did Beck not say anything about civil rights nor have more meaningful participation from Blacks? I wonder does Beck even have any Black employees on his staff or in his production company? People like him and other conservatives talk a good game about equality, but their actions normally contradict their words.
Be very weary of people like Beck. They have become like the sounding brass or the tinkling cymbal, full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing.
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It was appointment television for just about my entire generation.
After school, throughout junior high and well into high school, I'd come home from Burr Junior High and then Commack Middle School, have a snack, and turn on MTV.
Adam Curry and "Dial MTV" were on, and I had to see if my favorite (fill in the blank among Madonna, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, etc.) video was in the Top 10.
It was important to me that they were.
Why? Because it was. Because MTV was the absolute apex of pop culture cool.
MTV was really important to us back in the day. It was "our" place, the one channel on the dial where we could shut out the world and the grown-ups and the braces and the acne and just enjoy music.
It was Bono belting out "With or Without You." It was Madonna shaking her sexy body all over the place. It was Van Halen and Prince and Michael Jackson and Nirvana and … everyone else you could think of.
And now, MTV turns 30 today. And for people of my generation (hell, we were called the "MTV Generation), it's a shell of its former self. Having "music" in its name is as big a misnomer as "gun control."
Just for the hell of it, I called up the programming guide on my TV to see how many hours of music-related shows MTV was showing on a typical 24-hour day.
Today, it's a whole three hours of videos. From 6-9 a.m. The rest is reality shows, reruns ("That 70s Show" and the like) and more inane television.
Three hours of music!
Sunday there was a celebration of MTV's 30th birthday. It was shown on VH1 Classic.
Sigh. MTV can't even take time away from "Teen Moms" and "Jersey Shore" to celebrate itself. I mean come on, couldn't we have gotten Martha Quinn to make a cameo with Snooki? Or had Downtown Julie Brown lecturing the "Teen Moms?"
I no longer want my MTV. But just because it's not what it used to be, doesn't mean I can't, on a day like today, remember how incredibly awesome it used to be.
Thank you, MTV, for helping make my childhood a little cooler.
**So allow me a brief minute to gloat over one of life's unappreciated moments: Saturday night in Manhattan, I performed one of my greatest parallel parking jobs in my life. Not to get all George Costanza on you, but I had been circling my friend's block for 10 minutes and finally found a space I thought I maybe, possibly could squeeze into.
And after 5 minutes of furiously turning the wheel left and right, backing up six inches at a time, I fit into that sucker. There was about six inches between my front bumper and the white van in front of me, and about three inches between my back bumper and the bumper of the red Corolla behind me.
OK, so I tapped each car's bumper once in the process. Sue me. When I got out, I actually stood and marveled at the park.
I used to be a terrible parallel parker. And when you don't live in a big city, your skills grow dormant.
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Genital herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs; these are also known by the older term sexually transmitted diseases or STDs) in North America and Europe, and the percentage of the population with this condition is growing around the world.
It is a viral infection of the genitals that can also affect other parts of the body. There's no reporting system for herpes in Canada, but figures from the US suggest that genital herpes affects approximately 1 out of every 6 people. About 8 out of 10 infected people aren't even aware of their condition.
Genital herpes may be caused by 1 of 2 types of herpes virus: herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) or herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2). These viruses can also infect the mouth, causing cold sores. Most cases of genital herpes are caused by HSV-2; however, HSV-1 may also be responsible. HSV-1 infection of the genitals is often caused by someone with cold sores performing oral-genital sex. HSV-2 infection of the mouth is often caused by someone performing oral-genital sex on someone with genital herpes.
The most common form of transmission is through sexual intercourse. The infection can cause blisters that shed viruses. People who have blisters are always infectious. If another person rubs against a blister, the virus can enter through the skin. However, not all people who are infected always produce skin blisters, and it is possible for the virus to be produced and spread even when there are no visible sores or blisters. Kissing can also transmit the virus if the mucous membranes of the mouth are infected.
The chances of catching genital herpes depend primarily on the number of sexual partners and whether or not protection was used. Women seem to be more easily infected than heterosexual men.
Herpes viruses can't be eliminated with today's medications. The virus infects a person's cells and remains with that person throughout their lifetime. Most of the time, the virus lies dormant in the nerve roots, but it can reactivate and move up to the skin surface from time to time, causing new breakouts of sores. These active sores can spread the disease. Sometimes, reactivations of the virus do not cause blister formation but the person remains contagious nonetheless, even though there are no visible sores. Therefore, an infected person with no visible symptoms, such as blisters or sores, can still infect or transmit the infection to an uninfected sexual partner. This is called asymptomatic shedding and causes a larger percentage of new genital herpes infections.
People infected with genital herpes may have no sores or other recognizable symptoms. When there are sores, they usually form a small cluster of red spots or blisters that appear 4 to 7 days after contact. These crust over and heal within 2 to 3 weeks for the first episode and about 1 to 2 weeks for later episodes. They can appear around the anus, buttocks, or thighs, as well as the genitals. Where they appear depends on the sexual activity that transmitted them.
The sores are sometimes accompanied by other symptoms such as:
For many people with herpes, the symptoms will return. A return of symptoms is called a recurrence. Recurrences are more likely with HSV-2 infection than with HSV-1. People will often notice warning symptoms minutes to days before a recurrence, such as an itching, tingling, or burning sensation in the affected area. The symptoms of a recurrence tend to be less severe and not last as long as the first episode. Over the years, the recurrent attacks may continue but they usually become less frequent with time.
Herpes infection increases the chances of spreading HIV. HSV-2 is itself much more dangerous for people with AIDS and others with weak immune systems.
Pregnant women who have genital herpes may need a caesarean section to protect their babies from infection, as the infection can be very harmful to an infant.
A doctor can identify genital herpes by taking cells from the surface of the sores and looking at them under the microscope. The cells can be sent off for lab tests to confirm the diagnosis.
It can also be confirmed by a blood test that checks for antibodies.
There's no cure yet for genital herpes. Antiviral medications such as acyclovir*, famciclovir, or valacyclovir can reduce the severity and duration of symptoms. Treatment should be started as soon as possible and is most effective when started within the first 24 hours of the onset of symptoms.
Acyclovir, famciclovir, and valacyclovir are available as tablets. Acyclovir also comes in a cream or ointment. Antiviral medications can also be used on a daily basis to prevent breakouts of genital herpes. This treatment, also referred to as suppressive therapy, is usually reserved for people who experience more frequent flare-ups.
It is best to avoid any cream or ointment that doesn't contain a specific antiherpes medication. This includes any preparation containing cortisone or antibiotics. These creams or ointments will not help and in some cases may make things worse. Using rubbing alcohol will only sting – and that's about all. If you are experiencing a lot of pain or discomfort, your doctor may prescribe an appropriate painkiller.
Other measures people can take to ease a breakout include:
It's important to make sure that the infection doesn't spread to other parts of the body. One of the more dangerous areas to spread the herpes virus to is the cornea of the eye. This can lead to blindness. Therefore, it is important for people with genital herpes to wash their hands thoroughly after touching sores or blisters and to use clean towels every time they wash – and not to reuse or share them. Genital herpes is not spread by toilet seats, bathtubs, swimming pools, or hot tubs.
There are a few things you can do to reduce your risk of catching herpes. People with genital herpes should inform their sexual partner(s) that they have the condition, and take appropriate precautions. Condoms can help reduce the risk of spreading genital herpes. During oral sex, the risk of genital herpes may be reduced by wearing a condom on the penis, or using a condom cut lengthwise or a dental dam over the female genital area. It's important to know that condoms and dental dams do not always provide complete protection from herpes because they do not always cover all affected areas of the skin.
The medication valacyclovir can also help reduce the risk of herpes transmission (passing on herpes to a sex partner). It should be used in combination with safer sex practices such as condoms and dental dams.
People with herpes should avoid sex when there are visible sores or use a condom or dental dam every time they have sex. They should also check with their doctor to see whether using medication to reduce the risk of transmission would be an appropriate option for them.
If the first episode of herpes occurs during pregnancy, a woman should see her doctor right away to discuss the steps she should take to reduce the risk of passing herpes on to her baby.
*All medications have both common (generic) and brand names. The brand name is what a specific manufacturer calls the product (e.g., Tylenol®). The common name is the medical name for the medication (e.g., acetaminophen). A medication may have many brand names, but only one common name. This article lists medications by their common names. For information on a given medication, check our Drug Information database. For more information on brand names, speak with your doctor or pharmacist.
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Frozen Golf
With some clear days the temperature is now below freezing, and that means the ground is getting rock hard. Quite a difficult day yesterday at the golf course. At Kjekstad Golfklubb. Snow on the greens and hail on the fairways.
Photographs, musings, culinary commentary, and global travel adventures!
1 year in Canada
Beautiful photos of hiking and other outdoor adventures.
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A wanderlust spirit craving for travel
Lo scritto non arrossisce.
"Travel is flight and pursuit in equal parts" - Paul Theroux
A little BIT OF THE EVERY DAY............A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. - Isaac Bashevis Singer
A Short Selection of My Published Articles
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Tony DiTerlizzi, Rebecca Guay, Raul Colón and more appear at the R. Michelson Gallery on Nov. 7th from 4-7pm.
R. MICHELSON GALLERIES presents our 21st Annual Children's Illustration Show
Celebrate with us! Twenty-one years of exhibiting the finest in original Children's Book Art. Our artists have garnered an astounding 11 Caldecott Medals and 29 Caldecott Honor Awards.
21 Reasons to come to our 21st Annual Illustration Exhibit
1. If you join us for our opening reception on November 7, 4-6pm you will meet more than 50 of the illustrators and writers behind your favorite children's books.
2. We will be exhibiting original artwork from The Odious Ogre, the latest book by Jules Feiffer and Norton Juster. This is their first collaboration since their classic Phantom Tollbooth was published 50 years ago.
3. Mo Willems will be signing books and exhibiting the illustrations from the NY Times #1 best selling City Dog, Country Frog, his very first collaboration with Jon J. Muth. We will also be showing the original drawings from Mo's Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion, the final volume of this iconic trilogy.
4. Wendell Minor will be receiving the third annual Norton Juster Award for service to the world of Children's Literature, presented by Mr. Juster and Reader to Reader, a public charity dedicated to bringing books, free of charge, to needy schools and public libraries across the United States.
5. There will be a rare opportunity to view and purchase original artwork by Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, and Tomie dePaola.
6. Multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner EB Lewis has teamed up with Sharon Robinson, the daughter of Jackie Robinson, to create the Christmas/Chanukah children's book "Jackie's Gift." Original artwork from the book will be on display.
7. Gary Lippincott and G. Brian Karas will both be presenting work from their latest collaborations with local (and worldwide) luminary Jane Yolen. All three will be signing books at our opening reception.
8. Scott Fischer will be showing work from his book Jump, now available on millions of boxes of Cheerios. To see the video for Jump, click here.
9. Jarrett J. Krosoczka author/illustrator of the soon-to-be a major motion picture graphic Lunch Lady series will be exhibiting the work he created for Target House at St. Jude Children's Hospital.
10. Jane Dyer and her daughter Brooke Dyer will be exhibiting art from their newest collaboration.
11. If you come to the opening reception you'll meet Kate Feiffer, Kathryn Brown, Nonny Hogrogian, and David Kherdian.
12. If you come to the opening reception you'll meet Tony DiTerlizzi and Rebecca Guay.
13. Ruth Sanderson will be showing work from Hush, Little Horsie and David Hyde Costello will be showing work from I Can Help.
14. We'll be exhibiting the watercolors from Karla Gudeon's Passover Book and her Hannukah Book.
15. Neil Waldman is coming with new paintings and new illustrations of American heroes from his book, The Land of Big Dreamers.
16. Barry Moser will be here with engravings from Mark Twain's Books of Animals. He will be back on November 12th for an advance copy book signing (publication date is December but we have copies!) of his book, One Hundred Portraits. The event is in conjunction with Northampton's Arts Night Out.
17. Raul Colón will be here! With new work from Play Ball! and Child of the Civil Rights.
18. Eric Velasquez will be here with work from My Friend Maya Loves to Dance and The Rain Stomper.
19. The Eric Carle Museum will be on hand with books from your favorite authors and illustrators to sign.
20. There will be a raffle to support Reader to Reader and you might leave with original artwork by Wendell Minor.
21. We will have surprise guests and more…
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Hearings and Business Meetings
Sep 27 2007
Subcommittee on National Parks: To Receive Testimony on Current Legislation (Hearing Room SD-366)
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room 02:30 PMThe purpose of this hearing will be to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 128, to amend the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to designate a new management entity, make certain technical and conforming amendments, enhance private property protections, and for other purposes; S. 148, to establish the Paterson Great Falls National Park in the State of New Jersey, and for other purposes; S. 189, to decrease the matching funds requirement and authorize additional appropriations for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan; S. 697, to establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania; S. 867 and H.R. 299, to adjust the boundary of Lowell National Historical Park, and for other purposes; S.1039 to extend the authorization for the Coastal Heritage Trail in the State of New Jersey; S. 1341, to provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes; S. 1476, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study of the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County, California, to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a unit of the National Park System; S.1709 and H.R. 1239, to amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act, and for other purposes; S. 1808, to authorize the exchange of certain land in Denali National Park in the State of Alaska; S. 1969, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other sites related to Alexander Hamilton's life on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Witness Panel 1
The Honorable Wayne AllardSenatorU.S. Senate
Carl LevinThe Honorable
The Honorable Bill PascrellUS House of Representatives
Witness Panel 2
Deputy DirectorNational Park Service, Department of the Interior
Witness Panel 3
Chief EngineerAlaska Railroad
CEO and PresidentSteel Industry Heritage Corporation
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Gigabyte Z87 Haswell Competition
Win G1 Snipers and a Haswell CPU's!
Published: 5th June 2013 | Source: OC3D |
So the madness has finally ended and we are feeling like we have an empty void in our working schedule... The Intel launches are never easy and require a great deal of work to get done but we realise we are in a very privileged position to even be able to get a chance to work with this kind of hardware.
We are also very aware that many of you would love to get you hands on some of this Gucci new hadware even if it means selling your nan, mortgaging a kidney or finding a well lit street corner to make your wife stand on to raise the needed funds... Well wait! Thanks to Gigabyte and Intel we have a great competition for you that could be the perfect basis of your new Haswell rig!
First prize is a Gigabyte G1 Sniper 5 that we previewed here and an Intel i7 4770K which we also reviewed here for launch, second prize is the Gigabyte MATX G1 Sniper M5 and an Intel i5 4670K, last but not least our 3rd Prize is an I7 4770K on its own!
So you're thinking we are going to make you work hard to win all this right? Wrong. All you need to do is fill out the form below which basically shows you are a current OC3D forum member (if not join here) and you are willing to sign up to our newsletter. We just use this to email you about reviews and competitions in future to help keep you updated with what is going on with the site! What are you waiting for!?!?!
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
When Carol Sinclair moved into her home 23 years ago, she was part of a sizable collection of neighbors on her residential block on Detroit's east side. But over the years, many have moved, leaving her as only one of two residents on a block now filled with nearly a dozen abandoned homes.
"When I first moved here, I had a neighbor on one side of me and several across the street," said Sinclair, who is retired from a career working for the city of Detroit. "But now, nearly all the homes on my street are abandoned. I am a person who likes quiet. But this is not what I had hoped for."
Her situation is far from uncommon. Detroit is a city with an estimated 90,000 abandoned buildings. It is a city whose population reached nearly 2 million residents in 1950 and is now home to barely 700,000 people. As a result, there are wide swaths of abandoned buildings in many of the city's neighborhoods, from private homes to once-grand offices and city landmarks.
For example, the Michigan Central Station, once the tallest rail station in the world, remains idle and abandoned. The same is true for the old United Artists Theater Auditorium and several once-prominent churches.
With a diminished tax base and no buyers for unoccupied homes, there are many blocks, like the one where Sinclair lives, where there are only one or two homes that are inhabited.
She said that, though she is meticulous about tending to her yard and the sidewalk in front of her home, so many of the neighboring homes are eyesores, making it difficult to feel pride in her block.
"Sometimes, I feel like I have to be responsible for the upkeep of the entire block," Sinclair said, in an interview with BET.com
"I would like it if there were some good neighbors who would move into the block," Sinclair said. "It would be nice if this block were to become a little more stable. It would make things a whole lot better. But I don't feel that will happen any time soon. I'm not optimistic."
The city's trouble with abandoned buildings is particularly pronounced in the various residential neighborhoods of Detroit. In many cases, abandoned homes are magnets for squatters and even criminal activity. In addition, the vacant homes are often the victim of arson.
It is a living situation that is often fraught with tension, many Detroit residents say, adding that they often feel a level of fear living in blocks with few inhabited homes.
"Sometimes, I feel like throwing in the towel and moving," she said. "I often think about moving. I don't know what I will do. But, for now, I don't see any hope for a comeback."
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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American Soldier Connects With Iraqi Citizens Through National Anthem
BASRAH — With towering vocals that defy her small stature, Sgt. Brenda Bushera, a member of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Band, has made a connection with the people of Iraq.
The Wausaukee, Wis., native has sung the Iraqi national anthem at a number of events since deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, including a Transfer of Authority (ToA) ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Basrah, as well as a ToA ceremony and an end-of-mission ceremony at COB Adder celebrating the contributions of the now-departed Romanian forces in providing support during OIF.
Bushera said singing the Iraqi anthem is the easy part. Learning it, however, was a daunting process that required extensive work with interpreters to learn the pronunciation and diction of the Arabic words in the song.
"I worked with a British interpreter and an Iraqi interpreter to learn the anthem," said Bushera, who now lives in Chicago. "The interpreters wrote the words out phonetically for me and I had to work extensively with them to get the diction right."
Bushera, who plays saxophone in the Red Bull Band, approached Chief Warrant Officer Trygve Skaar, the band leader, five days before the ToA ceremony and told him she was ready to sing the Iraqi national anthem.
"That was a goal we had," said Skaar. "We wanted to connect with the Iraqi public in a meaningful way. What better way to do that than through their national anthem?"
Bushera, who has a master's degree in vocal performance from Northwestern University in Chicago, said she worked as hard as she did to learn the anthem because she believes the Iraqi people should hear their anthem and take pride in it.
"Their anthem is relatively new," Bushera said. "Many of them don't even know it. I felt it was extremely important for the Iraqi people to hear their anthem and have pride in it. This was a good way for them to have pride in their freedom."
"It builds nationalism," Skaar added. "You can see the emotion on their faces when they hear the song. When we did it at the Romanian ceremony at Adder, some of them actually broke into applause when it was finished!"
Skaar gives a lot of credit to Bushera for the hard work she put into making this goal a reality.
"She is one of the Army's best, both on the saxophone and vocally," Skaar said. "She's an amazing talent and we are fortunate to have her."


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Carl Jones netted 32 points, including the 1,500th of his career, as Saint Joseph's snapped a two-game losing streak and beat Iona 96-91 Friday night.
Jones entered with 1,499 points and became the 16th Hawk to surpass the mark. Langston Galloway added 23 points and C.J. Aiken had 22 with nine rebounds.
The 96 points were the most by Saint Joseph's (6-4) in a regulation game since beating Massachusetts 98-92 on Jan. 9, 2008.
David Laury's dunk pulled Iona (6-6) within 90-88 with 37 seconds left. Saint Joseph's made four foul shots, then Iona's Lamont Jones hit a 3-pointer to make it 94-91 with 17 seconds left.
After Aiken made two free throws, Jones missed a jumper with 10 seconds left to end the comeback try.
Jones, who entered fifth in the NCAA with 22.2 points per game, had 25 points and Laury added 21 points with 14 boards.


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Our primary focus is our students. We strive to provide the best public liberal arts education in the nation through excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service and through a beautiful campus, the latest technology, a robust co-curricular program, and extraordinary organizational support.
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To outsiders with an interest in the arts, it may be difficult to reconcile what seems at first like two Rudy Guilianis - the one who appoints a much-derided Decency Commission to assess works of art by some obscure medieval standards; and the one who is proposing that the city spend nearly a billion dollars for major cultural institutions over the next eleven years. But insiders know there is one Rudy.
Cultural groups should not be too hasty in counting that billion dollars in capital projects, and not just because of the shaky economy. The proposals have not been approved as yet. The city has a way of proposing large plans for culture and spending very little. In fiscal year 2000, the plan for libraries and cultural institutions was $369.2 million, but only $30.9 million was actually spent.
And then take a careful look at some of the lesser-known recipients of the mayor's largesse. One of the largest this year - up there in the top 15 with Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and other citywide institutions with significant outreach and budgets in the millions - is the John Noble Collection on Staten Island. It is to receive $250,000, as well as its own new line in the city budget. (For those unfamiliar with this city jargon, that means your group does not have to start from zero each year. New lines are rare.)
It seems the mayor had a town hall meeting at this cultural facility. He clearly preferred the more traditional visual art at the John Noble Collection to that of the Brooklyn Museum, where a single work of art inspired both his ire and the idea of a Decency Commission. It should be stated that the John Noble Collection is a worthy cultural group, and has worked exceptionally hard these past few years to demonstrate that fact.
But while the mayor is offering the John Noble Collection $250,000 -- its entire operating budget! -- he is for the eighth straight year recommending large cuts to the Department of Cultural Affairs, a decrease of some $23.3 million in his budget proposal last month. He explained his recommended cuts by saying the reductions will require cultural organizations to diversify and strengthen their funding streams. In the process of raising additional private funds, he maintained, these organizations will become stronger by becoming more self-reliant.
For some, this is a textbook demonstration of what is wrong with the way arts are funded in New York.
The City Council might pass its own budget as it did two years ago, restoring most of the mayor's proposed cuts in culture. Although a Council budget would in fact be fully legitimate, the mayor refused last time to concede that reality. One of the ploys he used was to devise a month-to-month contracting process for hundreds of cultural groups. They were the lucky ones. Many non-profits saw no contracts processed for several months.
The mayoral mischief with the Decency Commission and with the budget process has cultural groups looking at the next mayoral race very closely, in the hopes of avoiding a repeat of the intense frustration of the past decade.
All four Democratic candidates made strong statements in opposition to the Decency Commission. City Council Speaker Peter Vallone has been steadfast in his resistance to cuts for the cultural community. Public Advocate Mark Green has his staff investigating issues of concern to the culturals, and clearly intends to have a specific set of recommendations soon. No specifics have been seen or heard from Fernando Ferrer or Alan Hevesi. Potential candidate Bloomberg is a large contributor to the arts, but that is not seen as a guarantee of support for public funding.
But all that is in the future. For now, non-profit arts groups are hoping just to get through the next few weeks of budget negotiations between the mayor and the City Council, in the hopes that enough of the cuts will be restored so that they can survive.
Norma Munn is Chair of the New York City Arts Coalition, founder and President of the Artists Community Federal Credit Union, and former Chair of The City Club of New York.


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I've been kiting for few years now, consider myself intermediate rider. I want to get into racing but I don't know where to start.
Do I need to buy a racing board or practice with my twintip?
Any special exercising that I need to do?
How can I register for my first race and whether there are any requirements?


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I just tried to watch South Park legally at South Park Studios. I wanted to watch Episode 8 (Dead Celebrities) of Season 13. I was then informed that "Due to contractual obligations, we won't be able to air this episode until November 7th, 2009". This episode originally aired a month ago. Seriously… what the hell don't you get you dumbass idiots? I don't want to watch your show when you want me to. I want to watch your show when I want to. Furthermore, I don't want to watch it on cable or satellite where I have to put up with 3-5 minutes of cheesy and obnoxious commercials during every commercial break. However, I will gladly watch it legally with 10-15 second commercials online, so I'm glad that you do provide me that option. But what the hell is the deal with making the episode available to watch online one month after it has aired? Are you guys that greedy and retarded? Why can't you put it up immediately? Go to hell. You just lost a customer, and the customers that you lose will find other ways to watch your episodes, without having to put up with your petty bullshit. Get a clue, people. You don't control the channels anymore. We do. We decide when we want to watch your content. Either adapt or fail. Idiots.


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1Woe to those who are complacent in Zion,
secure on the mount of Samaria,
Leaders of the first among nations,
to whom the people of Israel turn.
2Pass over to Calneh and see,
go from there to Hamath the great,
and down to Gath* of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms,
or is your territory greater than theirs?
3You who would put off the day of disaster,
yet hasten the time of violence!
4Those who lie on beds of ivory,
and lounge upon their couches;
Eating lambs taken from the flock,
and calves from the stall;
5Who improvise to the music of the harp,
composing on musical instruments like David,
6Who drink wine from bowls,
and anoint themselves with the best oils,
but are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph;
7Therefore, now they shall be the first to go into exile,
and the carousing of those who lounged shall cease.
8The Lord GOD has sworn by his very self—
an oracle of the LORD, the God of hosts:
I abhor the pride of Jacob,
I hate his strongholds,
and I will hand over the city with everything in it;a
9Should there remain ten people
in a single house, these shall die.
10When a relative or one who prepares the body picks up the remains
to carry them out of the house,
If he says to someone in the recesses of the house,
"Is anyone with you?" and the answer is, "No one,"
Then he shall say, "Silence!"
for no one must mention the name of the LORD.* b
11Indeed, the LORD has given the command
to shatter the great house to bits,
and reduce the small house to rubble.
12Can horses run over rock,
or can one plow the sea with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into gall,
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,c
13You who rejoice in Lodebar,
and say, "Have we not, by our own strength,
seized Karnaim* for ourselves?"
14Look, I am raising up against you, house of Israel—
oracle of the LORD, the God of hosts—
A nation* that shall oppress you
from Lebo-hamath even to the Wadi Arabah.
* [6:2] Calneh…Hamath…Gath: city-states overcome by the Assyrians in the eighth century B.C., whose fate should be a lesson to the Israelites. The prophet castigates the leaders for being more intent on pursuing a luxurious lifestyle (vv. 1, 4–6) than reading the signs of the times.
* [6:10] In this desperate situation there seems to be a profound fear of the Lord, who is the cause of the deaths (cf. 3:6).
* [6:13] Lodebar…Karnaim: two towns recaptured from Judah by Israelite forces during the reign of Jeroboam II (see 2 Kgs 14:25). Some mockery of at least the first of these victories is probably intended by the prophet here, as Lodebar can be translated "nothing."
* [6:14] A nation: Assyria. Lebo-hamath…Wadi Arabah: the territorial limits of Solomon's kingdom, north and south respectively, as re-established by Jeroboam II (see 2 Kgs 14:25).
a. [6:8] Is 28:1–4; Jer 51:14.
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I'm so happy to join the OpenHouse team!
Sweet! :)
Surprise flowers are the best!
I heart HomeGoods forever :)
wow Kim congrats on the HomeGoods gig! I have been spending a bootyload of time there recently trying to get Caroline's bedroom all put together. Love it! Thanks for turning me onto it...
I am considering using poms to decorate Ellison's/Charlotte's room.
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Release Notes for Clozure CL 1.7
Supported Platforms
Clozure CL 1.7 runs on the following platforms:
- Mac OS X 10.5 and later (x86, x86-64)
- Linux (x86, x86-64, ppc32, ppc64, armv7l)
- FreeBSD 6.x and later (x86, x86-64)
- Solaris (x86, x86-64)
- Microsoft Windows XP and later (x86, x86-64)
The preferred way to get Clozure CL is via Subversion. For example, to get CCL for Mac OS X on x86, one would run the following command from a shell prompt:
$ svn co http://svn.clozure.com/publicsvn/openmcl/release/1.7/darwinx86/ccl
Versions for other platforms are available by changing the darwinx86 to one of linuxx86, freebsdx86, solarisx86, windows, linuxppc, or linuxarm.
Both 32 bit and 64 bit binaries are included with all versions (except for ARM, which is 32-bit only).
See also http://trac.clozure.com/openmcl/wiki/SystemRequirements.
Reporting Bugs
Please use the Trac instance at http://trac.clozure.com/ccl to review existing bug reports and to submit new ones.
Platform Notes
The 32-bit Windows lisp now runs on 64-bit Windows.
The 64-bit Windows lisp kernel now builds with (and requires) a recent version of the mingw-w64 toolchain. See WindowsNotes.
Linux ARM
An ARMv7 processor is now required. There have been a great many improvements and bug fixes to the ARM port since it was first released in version 1.6.
Mac OS X
Support for Mac OS X running on PowerPC has been dropped. Linux on PowerPC is still supported.
The FreeBSD binaries were built on a FreeBSD 8.1 system. If you are running 6.x or 7.x, you should be able recompile the lisp kernel on your own system and run the lisp without any further trouble:
$ cd ccl/lisp-kernel/freebsdx8632 # or freebsdx8664, as appropriate $ make
New exported symbols
The following new symbols are now exported from the CCL package:
- *disassemble-verbose*
- dparef, sparef
- allow-heap-allocation, heap-allocation-allowed-p, allocation-disabled (r14807, ARM only)
When ccl:*disassemble-verbose* is true, the x86 disassembler will print the opcode bytes along with the disassembled instructions.
The macros dparef and sparef are shorthand for paref of :double and :float arrays. For example, (dparef p 3) => (paref p :double 3).
The image and fasl file versions have changed. Old heap images and fasl files won't work with 1.7.
The bundled version of ASDF is now 2.016.
asdf-install is no longer bundled. (See http://www.quicklisp.org/ for an alternative.)
In previous versions of CCL, *gensym-counter* was thread-local. It is now global, which means that gensym will produce lisp-wide unique symbol names. This implies, however, that user code that modifies *gensym-counter* must arrange to serialize access to it in some way. See http://trac.clozure.com/ccl/ticket/799 for discussion.
Further code coverage improvements.
An obscure low-level change: On Unix-like systems, we now have the operating system restart system calls interrupted by the signal used to suspend a thread. (The GC suspends all other threads every time it runs, so this is not rare.) We don't foresee any problems with this, but mention it here just in case.


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Hamad Suwaid, Information Technology Manager, Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd.
Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd.) is a Qatari LNG transport company providing an essential transportation link in the State of Qatar's LNG supply chain. Its LNG shipping fleet is the largest in the world, comprising 63 LNG vessels and four large LPG carriers. Nakilat operates the ship repair and construction facilities at Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City via two strategic joint ventures: N-KOM and NDSQ. The company also offers a full range of marine support services to vessels operating in Qatari waters.
In the past, Nakilat operated multiple servers with six storage devices dispersed across its three main lines of business. The organization had an interest in implementing a consolidated IT environment that would unify the company, reduce operational demands and make Nakilat SAP HANA® equipped.
After evaluating numerous vendors, Nakilat decided that Fujitsu demonstrated the best combination of cost-effectiveness, hardware and expertise. It rolled out SAP HANA® using the FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX® platform, combined with FUJITSU FlexFrame Orchestrator for SAP as a basis for a highly efficient private cloud.
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The Cornell Method of Note Taking
Having a method for taking effective notes is essential to each student's success in college. During most classes new information is introduced, much of which is not available in the text for the class. Writing this information down in a well organized manner not only assures that you can refer to it in the future, but the act of taking notes assists with recall of the information. The Cornell note taking method is a strategy that many students find helpful. The method, also called the split page, or 1/3 - 2/3 method is outlined here.
- Take a piece of regular, lined notebook paper. Draw a vertical line about 1/3 of the way from the left margin.
- Think of the right hand column, as "the instructor's section". This is where you would take note during class, writing in outline, abbreviated form the information given during class.
- Think of the left hand column, as "your section". This is where you would make notes to yourself about the information the instructor presented. Usually this is done after class. It might contain a 1 or 2 word summary of the right hand column, or a reminder, something to emphasize the information. You could also use this to write your own "quiz" question.
- To review your notes, cover either column and try to recall the information. You can write out your answers, repeat them out loud, or mentally.
- A sample is given below:
|3" (Left --"Your Section")
5" (Right --"Instructor's Section")
Put main ideas in this column
Take notes on what is said during class here.
Put supporting ideas - explanation, details, definitions, examples - here
Use abbrev., symbols as shorthand
Use lots of space --> easier studying Avoid outlining here and complete sentences - take too much time.
Good for test-taking
Becomes an instant review/study sheet (fold on 2" line and recall supporting ideas from main ideas)
Easy to forecast test questions by looking at main ideas.
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My friend and Master woodcarver and turner Richard McDonald picked this wheel up at a local flea market. It is in excellent condition and appears to have never been finished, it is 'in the white'.
All that was missing was the distaff and the pitman (footman) needed to be replaced. I designed the new distaff and pitman from turning details on the original, Richard turned the pieces and I assembled the parts.
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Xiu Xiu's latest album is called Dear God, I Hate Myself, which so neatly encompasses the band's ethos that it could serve as a title for a greatest-hits collection. For almost a decade now, Jamie Stewart and a rotating cast of musicians have released some of the least comforting music around, stocked with personal trauma and sexual crises, heavy on anguish and light on restraint. Although Stewart's songs are rock songs, basically, they're deconstructed and fragmented beyond recognition. Electronic hiss, cheap keyboards, a beautiful, vulnerable voice: Imagine throwing pop songs out of a fifth-floor window and watching them shatter. Xiu Xiu songs are what you'd sweep off the sidewalk afterward.
For Dear God, I Hate Myself, Stewart bid farewell to longtime contributor Caralee McElroy and welcomed new member Angela Seo, a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist who seems to have nudged Stewart's songs to bigger and bolder places. Dear God includes plenty of the fractured experimentation that's marked every Xiu Xiu album so far, but some of these songs, like the Morrissey-hued opener "Gray Death," have an orchestral majesty that cuts through the despair. The A.V. Club recently talked to Jamie Stewart about examining the past, singing about sadness, Xiu Xiu ringtones, and why he won't ever play some of his songs again.
The A.V. Club: You shook up the Xiu Xiu lineup before recording Dear God, I Hate Myself. What was the impetus for that, and what's changed?
Jamie Stewart: Angela Seo joined the band as a full member. She had been tangentially involved for a couple of years, and she made a couple videos for us. She is technically a really brilliant keyboardist and pianist, so we were able to do things with that instrument we weren't able to do before. She had a different background, really different choice of music than I do, which is good. I am tired of my own brain and very, very tired of my own ideas.
AVC: Do you mean you're tired of them in a vacuum, or that you need to hear what other people have to bring to the table?
JS: I need to hear what other people bring.
AVC: What were your ideas lacking?
JS: [Laughs.] I don't know if they were necessarily lacking. One's mind is a finite instrument. Although I wish I were, I am not a genius. It certainly never hurts to bring in somebody extraordinarily creative and driven to be creative.
AVC: Would it be fair to say that Xiu Xiu is a confessional project?
JS: Oh, absolutely.
AVC: How did you come up with Dear God, I Hate Myself as a title?
JS: It came from one night of extreme psychological distress, of literally being down on my knees praying to God and feeling that way. Not really knowing how to get on with my life, and feeling extraordinarily confused and stupid about who I am as a person. So it's a direct address rather than an exclamation.
AVC: What's it like to bring an experience like that to your band?
JS: I never discuss it with them. [Laughs.] Everybody I've played with, I've been friends with for a long time. It's not like I'm going to bring in some random side person. We're good enough friends where it doesn't really require an explanation. I know that they're all serious musicians and are serious enough about their own creative pursuits that me sort of foisting my issues upon them—they don't need that. They are dealing with their own personal issues and attempting to put forth their own creative ideas. They are generous enough to play in Xiu Xiu and be members of Xiu Xiu. The reason they work in the band is because they have their own thing. And like I was trying to say before, that is because we are friends. It's the kind of thing I can just bring up with them in the context of being friends.
AVC: Do you see your songs and albums more as therapy or documentation?
JS: Probably more as documentation. I don't really feel better after having worked on a song that may be really brutal in subject matter. But if I didn't do it, I'm quite sure I'd lose my fucking mind. I've been in the extraordinarily fortunate position to continue to work on music for most of my adult life. I've gotten more and more dependent upon it as a place to put my emotions and experiences, for a lack of a better description.
AVC: What specifically are you trying to document?
JS: The songs are all attempts at documenting life—the lives of people I'm close to, or my life, or things that are happening in politics. For some people, sex and sexuality are really intense driving forces, or really intense aspects of personal torture, or a really deep part of personal identity and personal politics and social politics. I think because the band is all about those things, it's not as if we're a band that's just about dirty, weird, fucked-up sex. Dirty, weird, fucked-up sex and sexual politics are part of life.
AVC: Are you listening to any music now that excites you?
JS: Let's see… there's a classical composer from the '50s and '60s named [Krzysztof] Penderecki that I've gotten really into lately. I don't know how to pronounce his name. It's almost unbearably intense.
AVC: People say that about your music.
JS: I'm a huge Penderecki copycat. [Laughs.] It's so apparent that he has no intention whatsoever of letting up on the listener. His music seems incredibly plain, but you'll hear a piece about the bombing of Hiroshima, say, and the fact that he writes about an unfathomably horrible event without being plaintive about it is really appealing to me. I don't think he's trying to get someone to reflect on the past, I think he's trying to get them—and obviously this is impossible—to experience that overwhelming and incredibly confusing terror that must have been happening at the time.
AVC: How do you think your own music approaches trauma?
JS: We are certainly not always successful at it, but the attempt is to be as explicit about it as possible without seeming self-aggrandizing—although certainly that always does occur. I think that is probably the point of the band. I don't think that is the point of, you know, music in general. And occasionally we'll work on some music and it's not the point of that music. But it is definitely the point of Xiu Xiu.
AVC: Do you ever go back and listen to your old records with a critical ear, or wonder what you were thinking when you wrote a particular song?
JS: For me, and probably for any band, it is not a good idea to examine your past too closely, because that time is done. Hopefully you did your absolute best at that time, and if you didn't, then you had no business putting out that record. So no, I guess. When we have to learn a song for a tour, I am generally relieved to find that it's not a stupid song. I know there are some songs from before that don't have any relevance to what we're doing now, or there is no emotional relevance to it at all—it's about subject matter that has been resolved, more or less.
AVC: Could you give an example of one of those?
JS: There's a song on A Promise called "Ian Curtis Wishlist" about a very particular, very humiliating kind of heartbreak. I can barely even remember this person now. We tried to play the song one time, and it was well past the time I was feeling that way. We played it twice live, and it just seemed really lame and really phony. We learned our lesson with it. The song in and of itself… I don't think that song is irrelevant or a stupid song by any means. But if we were to play it live now, there is no way I could convincingly sing it, because that subject matter doesn't mean anything to me in my current state. I know at the time when I recorded it, I meant what I was singing, and I think it still could be meaningful if someone came across it.
AVC: What keeps a song fresh for you?
JS: It stays fresh because the subject matter is still relevant. There is stuff that happens to everybody 10 years ago that you still think about because it still means something to you.
AVC: Can you discern any sort of grand narrative throughout your albums?
JS: There might be, but I don't want to know what it is.
AVC: Why is that?
JS: I just think you're going to get into trouble if you start thinking about what your trajectory is, rather than just dealing with what is important to you at this moment. If I ever stop doing Xiu Xiu and don't have anything to do one night, maybe I'll examine each record with a lead pencil and protractor. Each record is trying to be about now. To go back and figure it out is not about now, it's about a little while ago.
AVC: One thing that's changed from record to record has been the music industry, and the way music is distributed. There are Xiu Xiu ringtones floating around now. What do you make of the industry?
JS: Luckily, we're on a pretty punk-rock label, so there are a lot of aspects of the music industry that if I don't feel like dealing with them, I don't have to. [The label] would like us to do stuff, but they certainly don't make us do anything stupid like be in a commercial or some shit. As for extraneous shit like ringtones—this kid wrote me and asked me to send him part of a song he wanted to turn into a telephone ringtone, and it just seemed like a dopey, fun thing to do. There's no way that the bell sound from "Ten-Thousand-Times-A-Minute" is somehow going to make us huge fucking rock stars. These are just sort of tangential art projects. If three people download that, I'll think it'd be fascinating and hilarious more than anything else.
AVC: What separates a ringtone from, say, using a song on a commercial?
JS: That would be the opposite of being subversive. If there were a song about some grisly subject matter and we put it in a commercial, its not like we'd be tricking somebody. We would have completely diluted the meaning of that song, and it would be pointless. Totally, totally pointless.
AVC: Do you intend for to Xiu Xiu stand in opposition to a consumer culture?
JS: I would want it to. But the fact that we sell records at a record store means we're already sort of not-that.
AVC: Well, now it seems like not many people buy their records at a record store.
JS: I mean, we attempt to sell our records, with decreasing amounts of success. [Laughs.]


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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Rain Running
It was pouring outside, as promised. After a summer long drought, MN is now 7" over the average year of rain, as we have had a very wet fall.
Troy and Tyler spent the night at friends and would be home between 1030 and 11. I figured I could run from 7-10 and be home before they arrived.
Thankfully, before pulling out of the garage I went back into the house to grab my hat and rain jacket. I wore them the whole time I ran!
During the first 5 miles as Topaz was running ahead of me, he began to cower and walk slowly, apprehensively. I couldn't figure out what could make him look so afraid. Here as I approached Topaz and looked at the direction he was looking, I saw it: a white helium balloon tangled up in the brush. Topaz has a balloon phobia; he has since he was a puppy! Too funny.
As the rain poured upon us I was thinking to myself that I wouldn't trade this morning run in the rain for anything. I enjoyed my three hours of peace, of quiet meditation, of relaxation, of soul searching. I enjoyed the fresh air of the outdoors, the smell of the woods, the different chirps and songs of the birds. I noticed how the earth changes from the dry, hard sand in the summer, to the now soft and mushy grass of the fall, to the bright green mossy areas under the pine trees since it has been wet. The mushrooms are huge, the ponds and rivers are full. The oak leaves are changing from browns and golds to deep russets and maroons. The maples are changing from greens to bright red, orange and yellow. The loons and sand hill cranes have left; the Canadian geese, wood ducks and trumpeter swans are now here. The monarchs are gone; I see bluebirds, blue jays, cardinals, pheasant and grouse. The many many deer are always visible.
I can't imagine not being able to spend some time outdoors running every day. Even in the rain.
Today we ran 20 miles in 3 hours. Nice and easy, steady running. As I pulled into the driveway, the boys were following. The Mom said to me in an animated voice "YOU HAVEN'T BEEN RUNNING IN THIS?!" Well, yeah, I needed my fresh air fix. I wouldn't give it up for anything. It may be selfish to keep those three hours to myself, but now, the rest of the day is for the boys. They are talking about going to the movies, the water park or indoor golf. The rest of the day I'm here for them.
I'm grateful for today.
10 comments:
- keith said...
i'm grateful for your blog. the rain was certainly lovely this morning. i was pretending to be amphibious.
I ran my first 100 miler in Kansas last weekend! Threat of rain all race, but only got 20-30 minutes worth. But I enjoyed that part and took whatever weather came our way - even the 30mph winds. Finished in 24:30 with my three kids running beside me the last 1/4 mile. Your attitude towards running is contagious, and I just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration and wisdom you've shared on this blog. Brent
Amen sister. This is the first thing I read this morning and am grateful for you sharing and opening my eyes.
Honestly, I do get to the 20 miles n 3 hours and go ACK! GULP!
But again, you are an amazing inspiration!
Have fun today with the boys!
- Julie B said...
Congratulations Brent! Wow, what an awesome feeling for you and an incredible achievement..and to have your children with you, what fun! Glad your first 100 went so well!
- Carilyn said...
Hi Julie,
What a great post! Sounds like a wonderful run. So jealous, as I had to run on the treadmill this morning - ick! Still hoping to see you at Ultracentric, although I know getting to Texas is tough!
- Emma said...
Sounds like heaven Julie!!
Hi Julie,
It's Phil - I've been reading but now posting comments - you are the greatest!!
I have a few questions on my upcoming 50 miler - can I have your email address?
Thanks, :) phil
- Julie B said...
Phil! I thought I lost you!! I'm glad you are still here. I think of you running along the ocean, watching the dolphins. Has your foot pain become better? It was PF, wasn't it?Yes, yes, yes, ask away about training for your 50 miler. It still suprises me that I know something about that, it wasn't too long ago that I was asking questions to finish my first 50 miler too! email@example.com Glad to hear from you again :)
Thanks Julie. Yes, PF knocked me out last year, but I've come back with a year of training (P90X + running + swimming) and I am in the last few months before the Catalina Island 50 in Jan - YIKES!!! I stopped posting cuz I felt ashamed of dropping out last year - well, you know how we can be on ourselves.
3 months to the 50 - I am terrified!! :) It's cool!!
I printed out your whole blog - seriously :) - 3 notebooks full and I'm studying away :) You really are amazing girl.
I'll pop you an email soon - thanks so much!!
Congratulations on your great year - especially Superior Sawtooth - you just ROCK Julie!!
:) big hug, phil
- Travis said...
I love the "you ran in this?" comment. It really does not matter what the weather is, non-runners always ask that. I always tell them you have to be careful with saying "it's too (insert current weather conditions here)" You'll never get anything done if you live by it's too warm, too cold, too nice :)
I hope all is well


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My husband has started building a little greenhouse/shed out by the garden. I am staying out of the way while the building is going on. My job is to deliver sandwiches and cold drinks. Oh – and the occasional "Great job, Honey!" I think this tiny building will be used more for storage of his various tools, than anything else, because there doesn't appear to be any windows for sunlight in the design. I think this is like the joke about the man that buys his wife a fishing pole for her birthday, even though she doesn't fish? So he is building a windowless greenhouse…….hummmmm. But, it keeps him active and busy, and that is good for him. He turns 74 years old this year and has not yet started to slow down. The love of my life.
You may have already heard that our dogs – two of the three – thought it an excellent idea to chase a skunk. Ugh. Douglas and Abigail were immediately put into the shower, scrubbed with Dawn dishwashing liquid and hydrogen peroxide to break up the skunk oil, and then scrubbed again. They still have a slight scent, but we will just have to tough it out for a few days until the scent finally dissipates. Of all the things that they could chase around here, they choose the skunk. And most skunk families have their babies by now, so you don't mess with the mom and her babies.
My daughter was driving home from work late last evening, and saw a tiny kitten on the side of the road, playing and chasing bugs in the tall grass. She stopped to get it, but it wouldn't come to her – it took off in the field, probably back to its mom. So our mission is to keep on checking in that area, to find that family of kits. Barn cats are common in a farming community, but I would much rather they be OUR barn cats because we put out feed every day for our one barn fella. I haven't been able to tame him, but I keep working on it. People need to take better care of each other, and their animals.
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