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Usually a venue for best-selling authors, the Washington bookstore was filled instead with would-be novelists, expectant memoirists and unpublished writers of all kinds. They'd come for Pitchapalooza! — "The American Idol for Books" conducted by husband and wife team Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry. The Book Doctors, as they call themselves, are the authors of "The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published," which instantly sold out at Politics and Prose.
Anyone who bought (or ordered) a copy might be one of the 20 people — chosen at random — to make a one-minute pitch to the Book Doctors along with local guest judges Joe Johnson, a sales rep for Penguin, and Gail Ross, a literary agent who counts several Washington Post reporters and editors among her clients.
One by one, the hopeful scribblers came to the mike and poured as much writerly persuasion as they could into 60 seconds, and not a second more. Thrillers, autobiographies, self-help, medical mysteries, political espionage — the evening was a card catalogue of sure-fire bestsellers.
The first contestant wanted to ghostwrite her mother's memoir, "Paid to Party," the story of an out-of-work housewife who takes a job in a frat house. "Think Betty White meets John Belushi," she said.
"That's going to get you on 'Good Morning America,' " Sterry predicted with his signature enthusiasm. With a full head of scruffy gray hair and blazing eyes, he could sell sand on a beach. He's done hundreds of television commercials and published 13 books, including his most recent, the subtly titled "Confessions of a Sex Maniac." ("If Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett and James Ellroy had a three-way," the publisher claims, "this would be their bastard child.")
Another woman came to the mic and said, "With a nod to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven,' this is a story about a pug."
"Dog books, they sell," observed Johnson, the Penguin rep.
The next writer announced, "I'm an unemployed toll collector and a historian."
"Drop the 'toll collector,' " the judges recommended.
We heard about assassinated Saudi princes and gay ministers and the magic of pancakes. Most of the pitches were polished and quick to the punch. Some aspiring authors described their books like auctioneers: in a single, panicked breath. Others began with such perplexing premises that it was hard to concentrate:
" 'The Last of the Mastodons' is an erotic drug-fueled dramedy," said one.
"Paulo Coelho plus Michael Crichton," said another.
Although strict with the stopwatch, the judges were always kind, gentle and positive when it came to their critiques. No one at this "American Idol for Books" played Simon Cowell. Over the past year and a half, Sterry and Eckstut have conducted hundreds of Pitchapalooza events across the country.
"Don't tell me your book is sad; make me cry," Sterry advised. "Don't tell me your book is funny; make me laugh."
And never, ever, under any circumstances use the word "essay."
A elderly woman in a jaunty green cap won one of the coveted pitch spots but seemed to have wandered in by accident. "This is such a surprise," she confessed. "I'm not really prepared." She thought maybe she'd collect her poems about places around the world. "And I have lovely photographs!"
"Our goal is to help everyone in this room get published," Sterry said, and he has enough energy and good will to make you believe it just might be possible.
Robin, with a penchant for catchy phrases, pitched a self-help book called "Let the Lay-off Pay-Off!" She reassured the packed store of would-be writers that "a setback is a set-up for a comeback!" She could have sold 100 copies that night.
Rochelle hoped to publish a comic volume of "grande dame lit" about a woman with four husbands because "it's hard for a good woman to be satisfied by one man."
"You're going to be on NPR with that," Sterry told her.
"Well, I've made CNN," she shot back. "I don't know about NPR."
After 90 minutes, the judges retired to choose the winner, who would receive an introduction to an agent or publisher.
Jared, a technical editor for a government contractor, came away with the prize. He's working on a book about his great uncle, a sociopathic doctor who specialized in gender reassignment surgery. Eventually, the eager plastic surgeon graduated to cutting off the limbs of people suffering from body integrity identity disorder. His last patient died of gangrene.
Sterry knew just how to sell it: "It's 'Henrietta Lacks' meets 'Running with Scissors.' "
Look for it at your local bookstore. Soon.


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Following his emergence into the world of Hip Hop several years ago thanks to the release of several well-received mixtapes, Carolina rapper J. Cole has gone on to maintain a successful music career, but according to the Roc Nation artist, that success may not have come if his complexion was different.
While speaking with BET.com, Cole spoke on issues pertaining to complexion in black America when asked about his decision to include both dark-skinned and light-skinned women in his music videos.
"That brainwashing that tells us that light skin is better, it's subconsciously in us, whether we know it or not… still pursuing light skin women. There are some women out there that are like, 'I don't even like light skin men' and that's fine," said the Born Sinner rapper. "But Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin. I'm not saying that for sure, I'm still as talented as I am and Obama is still as smart as he is, but it's just a sad truth."
Cole also addressed his own experience with racism as he shared the details of a recent incident he feels was the result of racial profiling and commented on the experience being one someone white wouldn't "have to go through."
"That's something that I feel like somebody my age that's white doesn't have to go through, especially in New York City. On the other hand, every time I'm on the plane in first class — this is a lesser evil but it still represents their mind state — I promise you, 60 percent of the time somebody asks me what basketball team do I play for or do I rap," said Cole.
Although J. Cole's success can be attributed to his work as both a rapper and producer, he says choosing to produce his own records was one of the biggest risks he's taken in his career.
"Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far," Cole revealed. "Constantly taking that risk by not going to whoever is hot and still be as far as I am. It's a blessing but it's also been a huge risk because I'm not using the current hip hop sound. Whoever does the beats for people; I didn't go run to them. Of course I will now because I want to now, I'm tired of having to make the beats from scratch. Up to this point, that's been my biggest risk I've taken, deciding to do it all on my own, production wise."
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Conventions for THDL Directories and Files
This document covers conventions for naming and storage of assets for the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library, www.thdl.org.
Always use all lower case. There is no reason to use Upper Case or CamelCase, or, ALLCAPS. When all files and directories are always lower case, there is never any doubt as to whether something was uppercased or not. Plus it saves on hitting the shift key and prevents errors when entering URLs for links, etc. It is easier on the eyes as well.
Never use spaces in directory or file names. The THDL is run off of a Unix server, and Unix forbids spaces in names.
For multiple term entities in a file/dir name, use hyphens between the words. Do not use dots . except for file extension. Do not use underscores; they are problematic in that they are sometimes mistaken for spaces when the name is underlined, which can happen if it's linked for instance. So, for example, gompa-on-fire.html, but not gompa.on.fire.html or gompa_on_fire.html or gompa on fire.html.
Finally, keep names short, while not shortening them so much that they are inexplicable.
The file name should be author's last name plus an abbreviated description of the content (as short as possible while still indicating the basic content of the essay and being unique). Example: dreyfus-monastic-instruction.xml. If the essay has more than one author, use the same convention but add -etal after the author's name. Example: dreyfus-etal-monastic-instruction.xml.
For PDF files of journal articles, books, etc., the filename format is author's last name plus an abbreviated description of the content (as short as possible while still indicating the basic content of the essay and being unique). Example: hopkins-maps-of-profound.pdf.
First, the general rule of thumb: An asset should be placed only as high on the directory tree as necessary. That is, if you have an image that is used across the whole site, like the THDL logo, it qualifies for the top level /images directory; you wouldn't want it hiding down somewhere like collections/images or whatever. Conversely, if you have an image that is used only in cultgeo, it has no business cluttering up the top level images directory, it should live in /collections/cultgeo/images/.
This goes for html/xml files as well as images and other kinds of assets. Just as it would be senseless to have html files for the Medicine collection living up at the top level directory, the images that are used only in /collections/medicine/ shouldn't be up there either. This standard keeps the upper levels of the site free from clutter and interference – and not just from THDL fulltimers. As we have more and more people working on sub-sections of the site, we don't need want them mucking around in the upper levels of the directory tree, possibly damaging/destroying important things.
A final guideline is to make sure you don't overdo the sub-sub-subdirectorization of the content. Typically content will dictate when you need a new subdirectory, but if any given project spawns more than three levels, you might want to think twice about it.
All essay xml files go in http://texts.thdl.org/essays/, and then in the subdirectory that corresponds to the first letter of the author's last name. So an essay by Dan Martin would go in http://texts.thdl.org/essays/m. If the essay has multiple authors, put it in the directory corresponding to the first letter of the author's last name.
PDfs of journal articles reside in the /collections/reprints/ directory. Within that, there is a subdirectory for each journal (often the initials of the journal name or another abbreviation), a subdirectory for each volume, and a subdirectory for each issue. Example: an article from the Journal of Tibetan Studies, volume 15, issue 3, would go in this directory: http://www.thdl.org/collections/reprints/jts/15/3/
PDfs of single-author books reside in the /collections/reprints/books/ directory, and then in the subdirectory that corresponds to the first letter of the author's last name. Example: a book by Dan Martin would go in /collections/reprints/books/m. If the book is not a collection of articles or chapters by different authors but has more than one author, put it in the directory corresponding to the first letter of the author's last name.


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I'll confess, I was a little perplexed by news this morning that Vivek Kundra had been officially named federal Chief Information Officer (the White House press release is here). Not that there's anything odd about the choice in itself, mind you—mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind—but wasn't Kundra reported just a month ago to be taking Karen Evans' old spot as head of e-Gov and IT at the Office of Management and the Budget? Also... when did we get a federal Chief Information Officer?
We phoned up OMB to clarify, and they assured us that Kundra is, indeed, taking the Evans job, which since its creation in 2001 has sometimes been informally referred to as a "CIO" post. The e-Gov and IT chief is essentially responsible for coordinating government IT strategies across agencies, and chairs the federal CIO Council, comprising the CIOs of individual agencies. So is this just old wine in a new bottle—or at least a sexier label? Well, not exactly: apparently the CIO position is a distinct but "complementary" job within OMB, with a big-picturey mandate to transform the way government agencies use tech to interact with the public. In other words—or so it seems to me, anyway—it actually is the same job, but adding the CIO title reflects the broader scope and increased influence and prominence the administration expects Kundra to have, given that e-Gov head has traditionally been a fairly low-profile post. Everyone who had heard of Karen Evans before just now, raise your hand.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Comic: Earth, Wind, and Fire 10m
Yes, the maces look like shovels.
*I* thought it was funny. :3
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::giggling at new cartoon strat:: I LOVE your cartoon strats... especially that note about sharding the loot at the end...
- October 25, 2010 at 10:49 AM
I thought Drau's mace was some kind of picket sign lol
"Why am I not a tree?" Being on my non-tree druid still makes me sad :(
- October 25, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Theladas said...
For clarity, we actually pulled off of the first two bosses around 25%; the tanks beating on the bosses for the rest of the encounter brings them down close to 10% by the time Mr. Koralon bites it.
Pro Tip: Atonement + Glyph of Divine Accuracy allows for semi-reliable destruction of Overcharged adds (with tank's help) without leaving the tank completely void of a healer for those 20seconds. Evangelism + Archangel makes it even more potent, as well as providing a handy mana-restore once the target dies.
But hurray, more art! Forgot how much I missed looking at these (though it's strange to actually be in them o.o)
- October 25, 2010 at 12:41 PM
- Theladas said...
PS: Why is Mujie radioactive?
- October 25, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Kae said...
Because I couldn't remember who we had as third DPS for that boss >_> HUSH YOU, GET IN YOUR BUBBLE.
- October 25, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Kinzlayer said...
Seriously I just light up when I read your posts.
- October 25, 2010 at 1:50 PM
- Theladas said...
d'aww, but I liked the radioactive Mujie...
She-taurens are a new-ish art form though, aren't they? so many months of tree-art and suddenly "bam!" we've got a caster-form Kae and Zy. She looks very happy with her shards at least; these ones aren't made from much-coveted daggers.
- October 25, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Kae said...
Yes, though I admit I momentarily forgot that a certain other tauren was male and almost argued against it.
Girls playing male toons. We has dem.
- October 25, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- Angelya said...
The little cow saying Why am I not a tree? was the cutest <3
Oh, and grats :)
- October 25, 2010 at 6:31 PM
- Nelle said...
Aw I missed seeing myself as radioactive lol. You can make me a she cow if you want ^_^ or a male cow with boobs LOL
- October 25, 2010 at 7:11 PM
*sniff* Prot pally tissue paper 4.0 patch ftl?
*sob sob sob whine whine whine*
- October 25, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Kinzlayer said:
"LOVE ET!!! Seriously I just light up when I read your posts."
I like to make T-shirts out of them, personally (with artist's consent, of course)...
- October 26, 2010 at 5:42 PM


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The Winter, January 2014 (Volume 34, Number 2) issue of Chinook —the journal of the Alberta Family Histories Society—is out, and I am in it!
Last fall, I had asked its Editor, Wayne Shepheard, about doing a possible article on citing sources. I submitted Sources and Citations in Genealogy: What Are They? in November, and it appears on pages 8 to 11 of this issue.
In another article, entitled Starting Over, Michele Simmons Lewis gives very good advice on keeping one's genealogy current.
Lois Sparling, in Organizing Family History Research, explores different ways to keep it all organized. She also reviews a book on the subject by A. C. Fleming called The Organized Family Historian.
And following in her footsteps is an article by Marion Peterson called Organizing My Genealogy Files in which she tells us how she has organized her work. Next, Kim Mills, in her article, Organizing Digital Files, lets us see how she does it.
And there are three other articles – Caring for Family Keepsakes: Ten Tips to Help You Preserve the Past by Denise May Levenick; Personal Digital Archiving for Individuals, Families and Information Professionals: Issues to Consider by Donald T. Hawkins; and Succession-Proofing Your Family History by Jim Benedict.
This a very complete journal, with lots of articles, columns, tips, events, and book reviews of interest to genealogists. The journal is not necessarily Alberta-centric, and it certainly appeals to everyone.
For further information, visit the AFHS online at www.afhs.ab.ca.


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Q: John, do you think Tyler Flowers will have any significant transition problems as the White Sox catcher next year, or is he good to go? Would he be a productive major-leaguer already if not for the succession plan the club seems to have him on?
A: He could use more Triple-A time to finish the defensive polish and just see more breaking balls as a hitter, so I don't mind him being back in the minors. I don't think it will hurt him.


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Jack Guntrip pauses for a moment, trying to find the right words to summarize the man that is Usain Bolt. Why is Bolt the single most exciting athlete at the London 2012 Olympics? It is an important question, the blond-haired and befreckled young boy knows, and he wants to make sure he makes his feelings plain.
"He's just the man," Jack says.
In London, he is indeed.
Bolt will run Thursday night in the 200 meters, his favorite event. If he wins, he will become the first Olympian ever to win the 100 and 200 meters at consecutive Olympics – an achievement, he says, that is the last step toward him becoming "a legend."
Michael Phelps might have more medals here, the better work ethic, and the cleaner and more Olympic lifestyle, but he doesn't have it. At least, not by the measure of the hometown crowd. Phelps is respected here, certainly, but Bolt is beloved.
While Phelps is a steely efficient medal machine – somewhat indulgently allowing himself his contented smile here in London – Bolt is a traveling carnival of irrepressible exuberance. When he runs, the crowd is not an adjunct to his performance, but the fuel for it. He is there not just to run fast – which he does, and breathtakingly – but to run fast for them, and they know it.
He is the fastest show on spikes, and for many of those at London 2012, the most enjoyable act in the Olympics' five-ring circus.
"The razz-a-matazz gets the crowd excited," says Ollie Golden, who is at the Olympic Stadium to watch track and field. "He just transcends sport."
For many Britons, track and field is the main event at the Olympics and swimming is the clear undercard. When the US track and field team went to Birmingham, England, for a pre-Olympic camp, the people "treated us like rock stars," said American high jumper Jesse Williams at a press conference.
And Bolt is the best in the world at track's blue-ribbon event. "There is something about the 100-meter sprint that is iconic," says Robert Fox, who has come to the Olympic Stadium with his brother and father. "It's the gold standard."
Not too long ago, the same was true in the US. Think back to 1988. Was America buzzing more about sprinter Carl Lewis or swimmer Matt Biondi? Biondi, who won five gold medals at the Seoul Games was respected, certainly, but Lewis was beloved.
And this is a measure of Phelps's impact on the American Olympic landscape. He has flipped the Olympic calendar. Now, the first week of the Olympics is America's "gold standard," and track has become a second act.
For the rest of the world, though, the image of eight men sprinting down the track at speeds that cars find only in third gear is still one of the most awesome in all sport. "He's the fastest man on the planet," says Gus Guntrip, Jack's father, simply.
And then there's the Swedish handball team.
After winning the 100 meters, Bolt said he would celebrate by taking it easy and getting some sleep that night. The 200 meters was still ahead, after all. That night, though, he posted a picture of himself with three members of the Swedish women's handball team, amid media reports that he celebrated with them for 1-1/2 hours.
He's also repeatedly insisted that he wants to get a tryout for Manchester United, England's most successful soccer team during the past two decades.
"There's an air of unpredictability about Usain Bolt," says Ian Cooper, a teenager watching the track and field with this family.
One minute he's false starting at the world championships and losing to compatriot Yohan Blake in the Olympic trials and being written off as out of shape and unfocused, the next he's winning the 100 meters in Olympic-record time and playfully yelling to Blake after the race that the upcoming 200 is his "pet race," and "I'm not going to let him win."
At the post-race press conference, he makes faces at the press, he explains his pre-race antics in great detail, he asks the press not to be too judgmental because there were vegetables in the McDonald's chicken wrap he ate for lunch, so "it was healthy."
If the Olympic athletes were to produce a yearbook, Bolt would be "Athlete Most Likely to Pull a Practical Joke on the Moderator."
"He's just a showman," Fox says.
And so far, he has never failed to deliver at the Olympics.


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The Chicago Bulls announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Taj Gibson on a multi-year extension. According to the Chicago Tribune, it is a 4-year deal worth up to $38 million
"Taj has proven to be a key member of our team and we are very pleased to have reached an agreement with him," said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman. "We look forward to him to continue to develop his game and we are happy that Taj will be a Bull long term."
In his first three seasons with the Bulls, Gibson (6-9, 225) played in 225 games (89 starts), and averaged 7.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.29 bpg, 0.8 apg, 0.52 spg, 23.2 mpg and shot .485 from the field and .648 from the line.
"I'm very happy that I'm going to remain a Bull for the long haul," said Gibson. "The Bulls are like my second family and I'm excited to know that I'm going to continue to wear 'Bulls' across my chest."
The 27-year old Gibson has also played in 27 playoff games (five starts) with the Bulls and owns postseason averages of 7.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.30 bpg, 0.6 apg, 20.9 mpg, .500 from the floor and .625 from the free throw line.
Chicago drafted Gibson in the first round (26th overall) of the 2009 NBA Draft.


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MAYPORT, Fla. – The threat of sequestration continues as the countdown reaches closer to the March 1st deadline on Capitol Hill.
There have been cuts considered by the Department of Defense, but the impact of those cuts go deeper than security checks at airports or FBI staff sitting on furloughs.
The proposed cuts could impact the people of Jacksonville, especially the restaurant businesses in Mayport.
Owner of Bongiorno's Philly Steak, Jeff Bongiorno, is worried about the future of his restaurant.
"I'd hate to lose this. We don't have any children, so this is what she puts all of her time into," said Bongiorno, speaking about his wife, who helps run the restaurant.
The dining atmosphere is different across the parking lot at Simply Tasty Thai, but the restaurant's owner, Chris and Nancy Straw share the same emotions as the Bongiorno's.
"It's not only my restaurant, my family, my dream, my everything in here," said Chris Straw. "If they get one unpaid day off per week, that's one day less they may come here, consequently it's tough for everybody."
"It would hurt our business to the point, we might have to consider shutting down," said Bongiorno. "If we don't keep some of the personnel on the base coming here."
Both families are invested in the Mayport community and are devastated by the news of possible defense department cuts.
"It's not a job you're going to get rich at, but you have to feel it in your heart it's the right thing to do," said Straw. "That's why I served. Naturally, through my business, I want to serve the people who are serving now."


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Religious groups speak out against that "filthy" Barbie doll based on Black Canary, a comic superhero who wears fishnets and a black leotard. • An office manager in the Sichuan province of China has become the first man jailed for sexually harassing a female worker. Sexual harassment and domestic violence laws have only been recently introduced in China • A real sweetheart named Paulette Nelson volunteers at a USO where she personally flies to greet and see off soldiers coming home from or leaving for Iraq and Afghanistan. • Female students in Bangladesh protest against sexual harassment on their campus and their university's handling of women who speak out against such acts as "indecorous." • A study finds that people can generally agree on what makes a voice attractive, but it cannot be successfully scientifically mapped.
A recent study has found that keeping an active mind with activities like crosswords can prevent dementia. My grandma will be thrilled! • A group of brides are super pissed at a shop owner who went out of business and never supplied them with their dresses or a refund. • Venus Williams is set to write an inspirational book for HarperCollins about memorable advice her coach once gave her. Wasn't her father her coach? And wasn't he kind of an asshole? • A 33-year-old man in Michigan was caught trying to meet with a 14-year-old girl for sex wearing a "World's Greatest Dad" t-shirt. Irony or social statement? • Authorities have found thousands of marijuana plants being grown in a remote part of a Girl Scout camp in Indiana. Thousands of "badge for pot farming" jokes coming to a blog near you!


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Monday, August 10, 2009
We Are Family: A Wedding
A little girl who loves olives more than any other food.
Little girl creeping in, along with her sister, to the family room, where D and I are sleeping on the pull-out sofa. "Are they awake?"
"I think they're awake."
"Mommy said we're not supposed to wake them."
I lie there, trying not to laugh, getting ready to "wake-up" suddenly and throw them into fits of giggles.
Middle school girl getting ready to move from everything she's ever known in Massachusetts to completely unknown Tennessee for her 8th grade year. It's going to be tough. I know this, as an 8th grade teacher. We discuss social strategies.
Dinner in New York, just moved there with her boyfriend. They're breaking into theater, he's doing tech, she's stage managing. She looks great - sparkling eyes and the same dimpled smile the sleepy girl had.
Last Saturday, a young woman dances, gazing dreamily into the eyes of that same boyfriend, now husband. She is heartbreakingly beautiful, her red hair caught up into a twist with "diamonds", her dress a clinging drape of lace and pearls.
She's currently in San Francisco, enjoying her first week of married life with her longtime love.
And yet, my lovely niece, whom I've seen all too rarely since we both moved from Massachusetts, was not the big surprise this past weekend.
Families are complicated. We all know that. We all know the phrase "You can choose your friends, but..."
Sometimes our own family is challenging, sometimes our significant other has the challenging group, and sometimes you may love both, but there are those particular personalities who just throw you, no matter how hard you try to suck it up and breathe tolerance.
For a variety of reasons, I hadn't seen many of these family members of D's for a long, long time. There wasn't any estrangement, it was more a matter of circumstances - moves, blizzards, illness, elderly parent needs, lack of communication.
Seeing them all again, I was struck how my earlier interpretations of behavior and personality were radically wrong. As I've aged, I see people who are far less powerful, less secure, than I once thought. People I saw as kinder are maybe less so, and those I used to fear a bit, seem more desperate than arrogant.
A wonderful experience was meeting and re-meeting some of my delightful sister-in-law's family members - I enjoyed each and every one of them, and I understand even more why I like her so much.
It was definitely a weekend of new-found knowledge.
What about you? What family (or other) relationships have you managed to see in a new light? Do you see your close relationships as everlasting or everchanging?
24 comments:
- Dru said...
We have a small fammily, just my mom and my sisters. The one sister that I thought was stronger and had a head on her shoulders suprised me when she allowed herself to be in a strangled relationship. We were close but now she's distance herself from the family.
The sister that I'm most close to I see growing as we age.
- August 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Goofball said...
My relationships with my family often depend on my own patience, fatigue and moods as well. Sometimes I find "those that chatter constantly" amusing & cute, sometimes endlessly irritating for example. Sometimes I am happy with some good advice, sometimes I am so annoyed by their predictable judging and mingling :p
I think people evolve a bit and so do I and that's why relationships are not totally constant. But the base usually is constant though.
- August 10, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- Jen said...
Dru, it's very sad when that sort of thing happens. D's family is pretty small, but then as you go through the generations it's gotten much larger. I hope your sister can break free of the damaging relationship and finds her way back to you and your other sister and your mom.
Goofball - I like your stating that the base is usually constant - and the mood thing is very true, too. Absolutely!
- August 10, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- painted maypole said...
ust spent last week in Cabo with my inlaws, and although they are nice people, it gets old very quickly. I can't just sit by the pool for a week without quietly going crazy. But my MIL and FIL are old and not in good health, and that is more than enough for them. I also find it difficult to know how to engage MQ with them... because they make little effort. I know they love her and enjoy her company, but I think that between their age and then their social expectations of adults/children they don't engage much, and find the onus on me. sigh.
sorry. i could write a whole post on it except i'm pretty sure they are silently reading my blog, so I won't. ;)
- August 10, 2009 at 10:12 AM
- Jen said...
I think many of us have been there, PM! It's so hard when grandparents are much, much older and just don't "get" their grandchildren.
- August 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Brian Miller said...
you paint a beautiful picture of her growing up to this moment...it seems my views of family grow and change with maturity as well. my strained relationship with my sister has mellowed...we don't always agree but it has moved beyond tolerance to love again. i agree with goofball..my own patience seems to play a role...we are a lot more forgiving with strangers it seems than the ones we are close with...at times. great piece jen!
- August 10, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Jen said...
Thanks for the kind words, Brian. I was really glad that Goofball brought up the patience factor. The significant other of one family member was brought in to meet everyone for the first time this weekend, and it was clear that she was straining to go by the end of the weekend. I think she might have felt differently if it had been a different weekend/occasion, perhaps. I'm glad that you're doing better with your sister - I had ups and downs with mine, but she died many years ago and I always wonder what life would be like if I had more than just my mom left at this point.
- August 10, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- Korie said...
I have my own opinions of certain people in my family. Some are more positive than others but the core group I love and typically get along with and enjoy being around.
CB's family is much more distant and his father chooses not to speak English so I haven't managed much closeness with him. I really like his sister and nieces. But as for the extended family, I think I've seen them 3 times total in the 19 months I've lived here.
- August 10, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Jen said...
Wow, Lilac, that's a little intimidating in terms of his dad, but do you think he's just really embarrassed about his English? I'm glad you get along well with his sister and nieces. This is the first time D's family has all been in one place in seven years, so I think some families are just different than others. When my family had more members we were together whenever possible (which has its own set of problems, ha, ha!)
- August 10, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Linda said...
By marrying a man from half way around the world, my relationships with the in-laws is different from that of most other folks. My mother-in-law could not speak a word of English but always treated me with love and respect. My father-in-law said to someone that he liekd me but it was hard to tell since custom dictated that I get up and leave the room whenever he entered it. It has been a long time since I was in India so have not had contact with the other relatives as more and more of them have learned English. I am still a huge novelty so don't think that any relationships there will evolve beyond banalities.
As for my family--well they are all a little odd, I suppose. What I always noticed when we got together when my parents were alive was how quickly and easily we slipped into all of the old habits--most of which I worked so hard to escape. I have in recent years gotten to know my niece and nephew as adults and finding that they are clearly partly my brother, but growing into interesting adults--whether inpite of my brother or because of he is hard to tell.
- August 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Jen said...
Linda, I think you bring up a good point about falling into old habits when everyone gets back together - for children returning, I think they regress a bit - even if they're fully "grown-up". Also, I think who is actually traveling makes a difference, too - I know I'm far more relaxed when I'm at home, even if I'm hosting, than if I'm staying elsewhere and out of my comfort zone and STILL needing to interact with everyone.
- August 10, 2009 at 3:57 PM
- Heather of the EO said...
I know I regress a bit at family gatherings. It's so strange to feel like you're two people in those situations.
This post was beautiful, the way you described the circumstances of lives in such a loving way. Loved it.
- August 10, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- Virtualsprite said...
We have a lot of issues in my family and in my husband's family. I think the worst one is my husband's parents. They divorced more than 30 years ago and refuse to speak or even be in the same building. But we refuse to indulge them. My father-in-law is pretty much over it, but my mother-in-law refuses to let it go. So we just refuse to let her badmouth him. When she starts, we ignore her and start a new discussion. After all, it's been three decades! Otherwise, it's mostly little stuff. You can't let this stuff get to you because family is family. You may not like them, but when the chips are down, family is what you have.
- August 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- Jen said...
Heather - thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind words! I agree that it's easy to regress in those settings, and yes, it does feel weird, doesn't it?
Virtual - oh. So wise. You're handling this beautifully and I'm sorry that you all have to "handle" it at all.
- August 11, 2009 at 7:39 AM
- Momisodes said...
This really is such a coincidence we both felt inclined to post about family this week. I loved the way you wrote this. Family really can be a tangled, complicated weave.
My situation is nearly the same as VirtualSprite's, and I love what she wrote in her comment, too. I can relate on so many levels. But unfortunately, in our case, when the chips are down, some of our family would be the last thing we would have.
- August 11, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- Jeanie said...
This is wonderful and you really do nail it about families -- not being able to choose them. Rick has a brother with whom I just want to argue - and I don't argue. But it's family and you suck it up and over time, everyone mellows. At least, we hope everyone mellows!
My thoughts are with your niece -- that's a tough age to relocate; I'm glad she has you.
- August 11, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- Jen said...
Momisodes - my post was really prompted by this wedding, watching the little girl grow into this amazing young woman and realizing that many people are different from my earlier impressions. I'm just sorry that you're in a situation that's so difficult.
Jeanie - she had to relocate years ago - I guess I didn't make that clear and if she hadn't relocated, she wouldn't have met her new husband! They both met in high school in TN. ;-)
- August 11, 2009 at 5:41 PM
- Shan said...
What a lovely post about your niece. Family relationships can be interesting. I think goofball pretty well sums up how I feel about my family relationships.
- August 11, 2009 at 6:05 PM
- Jen said...
I think she summed it up for a lot of us, Shan!
- August 11, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- Thistlemoon said...
Wow, this is a big one Jen! I know for myself, moving to FL to be closer to family made me see some members in a much brighter light, and I realize now unfortunately that I don't want them to be a part of my life. That is tough, and not something I would have ever imagined feeling. Weird stuff.
As for my husband's family that live on the other side of the world, even though we don't have common language - I do wish we spent more time with them!
- August 11, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Susan @ SGCC said...
My family is very complicated as well. There are some that I see only sporadically, and each time we can just pick up where we left off. Others that live five minutes away, are all but impossible to be around. There is always one who always seems to be trying to tear everyone apart. And, there is always one who is the glue holding everyone together. My dad was our glue, and now he's gone. My SIL is the "tearer-aparter" - and she's still here.
- August 11, 2009 at 11:09 PM
- Jen said...
Jenn - it's interesting how those dynamics can shift over time. As I've found out recently, though, things may shift again - you never know.
Susan - that's a shame in terms of the person who likes to tear things apart. Life is too short. I know there are some estrangements (in another generation of D's family) that occurred for a similar reason.
- August 12, 2009 at 5:22 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
My family is very small and there has been many fights as well as stories. I only have contact with my grandmother... For me, unfortunately, family equals problems!
- August 12, 2009 at 5:57 AM
- Jen said...
Rosa, I'm sorry to hear this! One common theme from all of the comments here seems to be "families are complicated!"
- August 12, 2009 at 6:05 AM


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Local employees laid off at BSH Home Appliance Corporation in February for an upgrade to a Bosch dishwasher production line returned to work Wednesday.
The return of 100 of the company�s roughly 700 employees and reopening of the assembly line for its next generation dishwasher was cause for celebration at the plant, which has been open in New Bern since 1996.
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I've posted on here before about this little guy, and after spending about a month with it, I figured I'd tell you guys how it feels to live with an Italian hot rod. This isn't a formal review since there's already an awesome Jalopnik review of the Abarth, and I don't think I can really add to that, so this is from the perspective of a commuter. I also picked up a Nokia Lumina 1020 phone yesterday, so I took a few minutes today to play with the camera, and got the shots you see here. I understand that the car is dirty and the pictures suck. Deal with it.
The overwhelming characteristic of this car is the exhaust. At low rpm, it gurgles and rumbles, and whenever you're on the throttle, particularly above 3,000 r.p.m., it roars like it's trying to prove to you that it's a big fast car. I had feared that it would drone on the interstate, but when holding a constant speed, the exhaust note dies away, and the Beats sound system this car came with drowns out the wind noise and remaining exhaust well enough. The 1.4 liter turbo 4 is torquey enough around town, although it needs to be revved to make power. This is fine, because the car demands you drive it like your hair is on fire, fuel economy be damned. Torque steer rarely rears its head, and when it does, it's nothing serious.
I personally have no problem with the ride, although most people will find it a bit stiff. The short wheel base exacerbates the car's bounciness, however, between the short wheelbase and minimal overhangs, I have yet to scrape the front splitter or underbody on anything. Handling is quick and darty, which is awesome around town or on a back road, although the car is a little busy at interstate speeds. I always have Sport Mode on, mainly because it adds steering heft, which helps make the car feel a bit more stable and taut. The brake pedal is immediate and firm, and makes the brake pedal in my Impala feel like stabbing at a wet sponge.
The interior of the car is plenty good for an economy car, and the steering wheel is the business. The sound controls are on the back of the steering wheel, and after I got used to having them there, I can't stand not having them. The beats audio is nice, particularly since I enjoy having a sub in whatever car I'm driving. It has heated seats, a folding rear seat, and automatic windows and climate control. The transmission is alright, the clutch is light with an easy to find engagement, but the shift throws are a little on the long side, and upshifts to third and fifth, particularly fifth, are are vague. Despite not being a standout transmission, I feel like a manual best suits this car, because while it doesn't quite get the mileage of a billion gear automatic, it was designed to be an engaging sporty car, yet not hardcore enough to for a cut-the-last-tenth-of-a-second-off-a-lap-time dual clutch. The manual provides the best engagement for enjoyment. The only thing I can really complain about are the seats. They don't provide as much lateral support as I had hoped, and the combination of a hard seat bottom and no lumbar support has lead to lower back pain for me on longer trips. I'm 6'2", so headroom up front is fine, but the back seat is something closer to purgatory. My friends who are 5'8" and below say it's fine, but don't punish six footers by putting them back there.
Overall, I think the car is fantastic. It oozes character, and demands to be driven, not ridden in, and I would rather have the car I drive every day be interesting, rather than a rolling refrigerator.


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At Eli's Cheesecake, we look forward to supporting our community in every way possible. This Holiday Season, we were delighted to support our great customer, Starbucks, and its Holiday Angels Joy Drive, to support the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.
Our good friend at Starbucks, District Manager, for the Magnificent Mile neighborhood Starbucks stores, solicited our support and our people responded magnificently donating over 50 unwrapped toys to support the Joy Drive.
It is a great honor for us to have customers who share our concerns for the community and, with whom we can work together with, to bring joy to children for the holidays.
Eli's People gather together with the gifts that they donated to the Joy Drive.
Mary Gale, Eli's Director of Charitable Giving, demonstrates one of her favorite gifts for kids.


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LOS ANGELES - Robert De Niro is expected to join the cast of "Edge of Darkness," Mel Gibson's return to big screen acting.
Production on "Edge of Darkness" will begin later this month in Massachusetts, with Martin Campbell directing the adaptation of the acclaimed Martin Campbell helmed miniseries, which aired on the BBC in 1985.
Gibson will play a Boston homicide detective who witnesses the death of his activist daughter. As he investigates the circumstances of her murder, he starts to unravel a conspiracy. Like most good conspiracies, this one goes all the way to the top.
This will be Gibson's first starring role since 2002's "Signs" and "We Were Soldiers."
According to Variety, De Niro will play "an operative sent to clean up the evidence." Sounds mysterious.
Most recently seen in "Stardust," De Niro has "What Just Happened?" and "Righteous Kill" set for release later this year.


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Goals: Students will participate in the scientific inquiry process, requiring them to learn, reason, think creatively, and make decisions to solve a problem.
Objectives: While playing a role as a member of a veterinary medicine team, students will:
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Given a "counting sequence" vector x, construct the original sequence y.
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y = 5, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3
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For this problem, all elements in the sequences x and y will be in the range from 1 to 9.
See my function "seqle" on FileExchange. It may not be as compact, but it's easy to use and both encodes and decodes.
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Conservation and Environment in South Africa: Monthly Updates
Botswana Conservation - Monthly Update: January - February 2016
Such an amazing beginning of the year, first week volunteers had the chance to see some mammal's census, Leopards (Panthera pardus) and lions (Panthera leo). We are so happy to encounter more and more lions in the area (4 sightings in two months!). We also had the most elusive cat sighting with a female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). It was my first sighting of this rare animal in Wild at Tuli, such an unforgettable moment. The cheetahs are at the bottom of the predatory chain, the young and adults can easily be killed by lions, leopards and hyenas. It is also difficult for them to find a nice territory to hunt and raise their offspring's.
We hope that the female that we saw will stay in the area. We also had nice sighting of all the new born: tiny elephants (Loxodonta Africana) following their mum as fast as they can, hundreds of impalas (Aepycers melampus) who are born all at the same time and growing really fast, plain zebras (Equus quagga) running behind their mums, such a pleasure for all the volunteers. We also had a rare sighting of two spotted hyena playing in a waterhole on a hot morning.
This year have been full of challenges and great achievements you will see all in our review of the year, we also managed to build a new small waterhole for the benefit of the wildlife and in a neighbouring farm we helped to take down a big reservoir to transform it in a big waterhole. This year the rain is really low so it is really important to prepare and build all the waterholes we can for the dry season, to ensure the water supply for the wildlife.
We hope that you enjoy this latest update and learn a lot of interesting facts about African wildlife and life in the bush. The bush is an everyday adventure, every day is different and we just can't get enough!
A year of effort, well worth it!
Thank you and well done to all the volunteers who helped our project in 2015! Thanks to you, during the entire year we made a real difference in the Wild at Tuli nature reserve. For instance, we have created and installed 3 solar pumps in different areas of the reserve. Volunteers and staff have removed 225 snares set by poachers to illegally kill our wildlife – this means that 225 animals could have died but you helped save their lives. The fence separating wildlife from humans and cattle was pampered with 257 holes fixed. This is the only fence that needs to be checked and keeps the wildlife from going into the human area to be killed and reduce the poachers to come in. We removed a total of 87km of wire fencing, it has been agreed to remove all the fences found in the area to allow the wildlife to roam freely.
This wire will no longer be an obstacle in the animals' journey, nor will it harm or kill them anymore. We also freed the bush from 83 garbage bags full of rubbish left behind by people driving through the reserve and from the past farm owners. Most of the area was farming land after the Second World War, farmers realized that more money could be made from the growing tourism market than direct farming. Slowly the farmers converted their farms or sold them to conservationists, wildlife lovers, slowly most of the wildlife is coming back to the area. Rubbish such as plastic, cans, wire, glass bottles etc. would pollute soils and injure wildlife if not removed.
A surface of 5400m² of alien plants (8 times the size of a tennis court!) was also removed, allowing indigenous plants to grow again, as it should be in the African savanna ecosystem. The soils have been taken care of too with the construction of 71 weaved barriers and 19 dug dams aiming to prevent soil, seeds, water to leave the reserve and leave bare soil behind. We also re-grassed 130m of field. With the future rain this area will be green and will help to slow down the rain water. We are also happy to have the first picture on our camera traps of an elusive aardvark and be able to follow for a year the growing and progress of 2 brown hyenas. It look like that they are now grown enough and start their independent life. We have the chance to see more lions in the area, first sighting of a cheetah in the reserve.
Waterhole building
El Nino is changing the world climate and here in Wild a Tuli we can see the effect too. The rain has been really seldom, the water is already rare and to help the wildlife it is our duty to create as many permanent waterholes as possible. It is easy to say but more difficult to do. First we always need a source of water, most of the times a borehole (a pit) that has been drilled by a driller who comes on to the property with a huge truck and drills in the ground to find water. When we have this borehole and that are efficient enough to deliver some water, a pump needs to be installed. The construction of the waterhole has been fast (see November-December 2015 for more details), as the waterhole is of moderate size. In 2 months all the construction has been done by our motivated volunteers. The results are astounding and wildlife is already coming to enjoy the fresh water.
We also helped our neighbour to take down a huge Reservoir that was available only for big elephants. All other species couldn't access the water. During this morning's activity we had the chance to get a visit of an elephant that came inspect if the work was done properly. He spent a long time to drink from the natural waterhole and look at us working. It was such an amazing moment. Today the reservoir is finished and all species can come and drink water.
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Weird spam messages that don't have any links are often "probes."
The idea is fairly straightforward:
1. A spammer spams a forum, blog, guestbook, Web form, or whatever with a seemingly innocuous post. Sometimes, the post is generated by software that produces gibberish that sounds like it might be plausible. Each one of these posts is unique; the spammer never uses the same exact one twice.
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I approved an anonymous poetry comment in a poetry post in January. It seemed so real. But it was a spammer that probed my blog and many others are now attacking my blog with over 5000 weird comments, all now going into my dashboard spam. It was my fault. I didn't check to see if the commenter was real. And I approved where I shouldn't have.


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42 vuotiaana Sue Massie tunsi elämäns olevan ohitse. Hänelä oli migreeni, puhevaikeuksia, nielemisvaikeuksia, lihasten surkastumista, kipuja kaikkialla, muisivaikeuksia, melu-ja ääniyliherkkyyttä jne. Oireet pahenivat vuosi vuodelta ja esiintyivät aaltomaisesti. Lopulta hän halvaantui kaulasta alaspäin. Myös Suen aviomiehellä oli useita vastaavanlaisia oireita. Lukuisten erikoisläkärien jälkeen heidän naapurinsa kertoi oireiden saattavan johtua borreliabakteerista. Perheen kaikilla jäsenillä, yhtä lasta (6 lasta) lukuunottamatta, todettiin sekä oireiden että laboratoriotestien jälkeen Borrelioosi. Kaikki saivat pitkän antibioottihoidon. Lapsilla oireet ilmenivät esim. ADHD, dysleksia, muistiongelmat, uupumus jne.
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One Woman's Journey Through Lyme
by Sue Massie (N.D. Candidate)
Mysterious Symptoms for Years
At 42, with six lovely children and a wonderful husband, I thought my life was over! I was very ill with migraines, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, atrophy in my muscles, excruciating pain throughout my body, memory loss, light and noise sensitivity, etc. These are just a few of the symptoms I suffered from on and off over the years, and they were progressively getting worse.
Paralyzed From The Neck Down
I eventually became paralyzed from the neck down, and developed an ALS-like condition.My husband was also very ill with debilitating symptoms including "buggy" eyes, migraine headaches, rib pain, radiating jaw pain, chest compression, fatigue and a racing heart (intermittent). We spent years trying a number of neurologists, cardiologists (including Yale), and all kinds of specialists, only to be given a new diagnosis with each visit. These included TIAs, Grave's disease, possible MS, and even stress. Finally a Lyme-literate neighbor suggested my husband might have Lyme disease. I thought it was a ridiculous idea because my dad was supposedly the first case diagnosed back in 1980 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, and he was just fine (or so I thought). Our neighbor handed me the list of symptoms, and my husband had just about every one of them! I asked for her doctor's name and we saw him immediately. He diagnosed my husband with Lyme disease and treated him with long-term antibiotic therapy. Six months after his diagnosis, I was also tested and diagnosed, and I started treatment as well. Five out of six of our children have now been diagnosed with Lyme disease* and had to be put on a special educational program to help them with their studies. (Lyme can often affect children and contribute to ADD, ADHD, memory problems, dyslexia, anger outbursts, fatigue, etc.)
102 ALS Patients Tested Positive For Lyme - In Treatment
I have talked with over 8,000 people with Lyme. 102 of these cases are ALS-diagnosed patients who were properly tested for Lyme and came uppositive. I feel that people who are diagnosed with ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and many other neurological and degenerative diseases, could actually have Lyme disease. To date, there is no definitive, 100% positive test for Lyme disease. However, patients should request (from a Lyme-literate doctor) to have a PCR test (to determine genetic material of Borrelia) or a Western Blot blood test (antibody assay) done by Igenex Labs in California (http://www.igenex.com). Most doctors are following the diagnostic protocol of doing a Lyme titre or ELISA test, which are not accurate. If a patient who has Lyme disease actually tests positive using the Lyme titre or ELISA test, their doctor would then order a Western Blot blood test. According to the Center for Disease Control, a patient must have a minimum of five bands (specific numbers and bands are how they read these tests), in order to be labeled positive for Lyme by Western Blot. Another important consideration is that Lyme antibodies must be present for a positive result, and if the patient has been taking steroids, Advil, Motrin, or other anti-inflammatories or antibiotics, this could cause a false-negative result. For this reason, patients should be clear of all OTC's and prescription medications for a minimum of six weeks before testing, but even this cannot guarantee an accurate result.
My Lab Results Would Have Been Considered Negative
After testing, I only had one band - number 41, which is the "flagellin" (or tail) of the spirochete, specific for Borrelia bacteria (Lyme), so I would have been told that I was negative. Quite often, patients have to be diagnosed by symptoms alone. I know that most people reading this story probably know of someone who has been to various doctors, and is suffering without an adequate diagnosis, and people just label them as being a hypochondriac, etc.
Initial Signs Often Missed
Lyme disease is not necessarily associated with a "bull's eye rash and sore knees." Less than 20% of patients ever see the tick, and less than 30% get the classic bull's eye rash. Tucking your pants in your shoes or wearing white so you can see ticks does not provide full protection. I was the only one in my family that saw a tick on the back of my hand, and only my one son had a rash (not a bull's eye, but more like impetigo all over his body). Co-infections are also a big part of Lyme, meaning not only do the tiny ticks infect you with Borrelia bacteria, but there is also possible infection with Babesia, Ehrlichia, Bartonella, mycoplasma, and the conditions of Epstein-Barr and HHV-6 (human herpes-6) viruses.
Dedicated To Helping Others
I have talked with thousands all over the U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska, Great Britain, Germany, Australia and even Japan. I am now a Certified Natural Health Professional. My health has improved about 95% and I have been off antibiotics for 2 years (after being on a multitude of them for 3 1/2 years). It has been a long journey for me, but now I am dedicated to helping others heal from Lyme.
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When Helen sent me the link to this carrot salad in the LA Times, I was a bit like, ho hum, I've already made a Moroccan carrot salad, and it had harissa in it. But this new one was WAY better! Sauteeing the garlic, onions, and spices evened out the flavors. Also, lightly cooked, larger chunks of carrot had a more pleasant texture than raw grated carrot. Overall, this was a delicious, balanced dish: lemon, vinegar, chili, and cayenne all add zing, while sugar and cloves, ginger, cinnamon, etc. add warmth. And of course, cilantro's off doing its own thing. :)
I made a half recipe and it easily served three.
Spicy Moroccan Carrot Salad
(from the LA times)
2 pounds carrots
1/3 c olive oil, plus extra to finish
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tsp sugar
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 serrano chile, finely chopped (and seeded, if you want less heat)
1 green onion, finely chopped
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground coriander
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
white red wine vinegar
salt, to taste
2 1/2 c cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped, plus extra to garnish
2. Heat the oil in a large pan and sauté the onion over medium heat until soft and slightly brown, about 12 minutes. Add the cooked carrots to the onion, followed by the sugar, garlic, chile, onion, cloves, ground ginger, coriander, cinnamon, paprika, cumin, and vinegar.
3. Remove from the heat. Season with salt and lemon juice, stir well and leave to cool.
4. Before serving, stir in the cilantro, taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Serve in individual bowls with


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Deborah Osgood is cofounder and Chief Knowledge Office of Knowledge Institute, specialist in entrepreneurial education, development and social marketing.
Deborah is a speaker, author, consultant, mentor and expert in entrepreneurship, business development and marketing communications and has been featured on New York's WPIX morning news, WMUR NH Businesses, Boston WCVB-TV Chronicle and WBZ-TV Evening Magazine. She has been named Women in Business Champion by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and has received awards for Excellence in Business Services, Enterprising Woman of the Year, Women's Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, Outstanding Woman in Media and Above and Beyond in Youth Leadership.
At the Knowledge Institute, she is effectively helping millions of individuals on a daily basis as creator and host of entrepreneurial resource communities, educational programs and social media networks. These include the Business Utility Zone Gateway, and specialty networks such as myWomanBiz, myVeteranBiz, myYouthBiz, BUZVr and myExpertNet.
These unique resource and social communities are serving to connect women, veterans, minorities, disadvantaged and young individuals to free and low-cost government and public business assistance programs in all 50 United States, as well as Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. As innovative public/private collaborative initiatives, these communities have earned Deborah numerous commendations from U.S. Senators, Congressmen, and leading economic development agencies for their impact in driving economic and social vitality across America.
As a prominent mentor to countless of small business owners, Deborah was recruited to participate in a historic event pioneered by the U.S. Department of State where she served as 1 of only 9 women in the U.S. to mentor 1 of 9 businesswomen in Iraq under the U.S. Iraqi Businesswomen Partnership program. She is also a volunteer SCORE counselor, NH Jobs for America's Graduates board Vice-Chair, mentor of two young girls through the Big Brother Big Sister program, and career counselor for youth in at-risk environments.
She provides advice and counsel in Washington, DC working with Congress, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Small Business Administration on issues of communications, economic development, fund raising, and government resource development, and as Committee Vice-Chair for NH Governor's Economic Development Advisory Council.
Her expertise has also been sought after and published by The World Bank, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Entrepreneur.com, Business Week, and myriad leading social media venues, and she hosts blogs, podcasts and webcasts for IBM as their national spokesperson in support of women and minority entrepreneurs through their SMEToolKit initiative.
She holds an MBA with highest honors and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Arts degree in Transformational Leadership with a focus on public education redesign and the role of community-based mentoring in teaching young adults career planning and entrepreneurial development skills.
"Everything in life is about working well with and through others." - Deborah Osgood


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To truly feed yourself from your garden, you need to grow staple crops. The current issue (June/July 2013) of Mother Earth News contains an article that I wrote about the subject. You can read Best Staple Crops for Building Food Self-Sufficiency in the print magazine (where these things always look better) or online. The crops that I talk about are potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, wheat, peanuts, winter squash, dry beans, cabbage, collards, and kale. There are two charts in this article that you might keep for reference. One chart shows suggested varieties of these crops for each region of the continental U.S. The other chart is "Crop Yields and Calorie Density". The information posted there is based on my article that appeared in the October/November 2012 issue, with the addition of calories produced. If you don't have that issue, you can read that article, A Plan for Food Self-Sufficiency, online. The four charts in that article show suggested yields and the number of half-cup servings you might expect per pound of food as it comes from the garden. There are many crops listed, with separate charts for vegetables, fruits, grains, and legumes. A fifth chart (online only) that is connected to that article shows yields and oil content of nuts and seeds.
Including staple crops in your garden plan is one thing; finding the variety for each crop that will do well in your climate, that also fits well with your management schedule, is quite another. Besides depending on my own experience, I pored over catalogs and read variety descriptions and gardeners' internet postings carefully to decide which varieties to include on the regional chart. Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange was kind enough to go over the chart with me and make suggestions. It helped that we were both at the Virginia Biological Farming Conference in early February and that our booths were right next to each other to afford us the time and opportunity for that discussion. In working on this staple crops article I met Eli Rogosa through email and telephone. She is the director of the Heritage Wheat Conservancy and provided the wheat varieties for the chart. You may have other varieties of these staple crops that do well for you in your garden. If so, I welcome you to post a comment with the crop variety and the general area where you are located. Your comments will be helpful to everyone. To my readers from outside these U.S. regions, I hope you take this opportunity to write a comment to share the varieties you are growing in your part of the world.
Building our personal and regional food supplies will take all of us sharing information and seeds as we develop a new food system independent of corporate America. If we are to succeed, we need to be active participants in the process. Even with the best information and seeds, the learning is in the doing. Get out in the garden and get growing. Your skills and knowledge will develop more each year. For the sake of us all, I wish you well.


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PJ Rey and I have been following the 2012 presidential campaign on this blog with social media in mind. We watch as President Obama and the republican contenders try to look social-media-y to garner dollars and votes. However, the social media use has thus far been more astroturfing than grassroots. There have been more social media photo-opts to appear tech-savvy than using the web to fundamentally make politics something that grows from the bottom-up. Presidential politics remain far more like Britannica than Wikipedia.
But this might all change, at least according to Thomas Friedman yesterday in the New York Times. He describes Americans Elect, a non-profit attempting to build an entire presidential campaign from the ground up. This might be our first glimpse of an open and social presidential web-based campaign. From their website,
Americans Elect is the first-ever open nominating process. We're using the Internet to give every single voter — Democrat, Republican or independent — the power to nominate a presidential ticket in 2012. The people will choose the issues. The people will choose the candidates. And in a secure, online convention next June, the people will make history by putting their choice on the ballot in every state.


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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 1999 2:56 am
Post subject: Mark's Tattoos
Any of you guys now exactly how many tattoos Mark has? I caught a couple during 'The Big Hit'; one on his left arm, and this necklace-type tattoo on his neck....anywhere else? ;p
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I'm pretty sure he has his initials, birthdate and parents initials on his right shoulder and sylvester w/ tweety bird in its mouth on his ankle
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 1999 10:41 am
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i am pretty sure he has a dragon on his chest when you watch the big hit again look out for it.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 1999 2:48 pm
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it's a rosary on his chest
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Haha, he's got sylvester and tweety on his ankle? lol, no way!
That's heaps cute!
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Okay, I don't of what additions Mark has if any, but I do know that he has four:
on one arm, at the shoulder, he has a picture of Bob Marley and it says "one love"
on the other arm in the same area is a tattoo with his initials M W and his mother and father's initials...I can't remember what else is on that tattoo
on his torso...it's a tattoo of a rosary..it extends around his neck and down his chest like an actual rosary...and at the end of it is a cross with a ribbon around it which says "In God I Trust"
I don't know anything about any dragon
and of course there's the one of Tweety Bird on his ankle...I think Sylvester is on it too and is trying to eat Tweety or something ..I just know Tweety is there..
Hope this helps answer your question!!!
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 1999 3:12 am
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Thanks guys, you've been a great help. Still....WHY Bob Marley??? lol
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 1999 9:07 am
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Because Bob Marley was the greatest reggae singer of his time. His music was not only entertaining, but educational as well. Bob Marley was a great man, he tried to make a difference through his music and that's why he lost his life. Bob Marley was a revolutionary who didn't walk in silence. He was repected and admired by all people. "One Love" is one of my favorites. All of Bob Marley songs meant something. Everyone of his songs has a meaning. Listen to his music very carefully, they all have a message in them. Music is suppose to be more than just beats, sound and words. Music is suppose to be a way of teaching people other sides of life. A way to teach people the truth that is not being told. A way to show people that we all are different and we all walk in different shoes. Thank God his music and his memory is being keep alive by artists such as Lauren Hill and his family. This is why I love Bob Marley and his music. He showed how much he loved us as people of God and I give that love back and more. If you would really like to know why. The best person to ask would be Mark.
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Wow, Queen Brown Sugar, I've been enlightened! Thanks for that eye-opening explanation; though the last bit about asking Mark would prove to be a little bit tricky! I'm glad to see that there are people like you around, the ones who care passionately about a good cause.
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Where are you all getting this stuff that he has all these tatoos? I have seen him in movies and stuff with his shirt off like tons of times, and I have never seen a rosery bead on his chest at all. Please reply with where the heck you got this stuff from!
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Hehe, relax Stacy! Try watching The Big Hit again, and keep your eyes peeled. You might notice something this time!
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Yeah in the big hit pretty much all of his tattoos can be seen except the one on his shoulder that has his MW initials, birthdate, ect. it was either covered up~i guess they had to do it since it said his own name and everything~ or maybe he just hadnt gotten it done yet..does anyone know when he got the MW tattoo??
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I don't know the year, (I'd have to look that up), but I know it was done before "The Big Hit". They couldn't show it in the film because of his real initials, etc. And yes, the thing the other person forgot to mention was his birthdate on it. It says also, "Wahlberg" in the background, with "MW" over that. His parents' initials are below that and his birthday. It is on his right shoulder.
On his left shoulder is the Bob Marley tattoo. (Great info. from Queen Brown Sugar!)
He got the rosary on his neck/chest, because he said he used to wear a cross, and people were always trying to grab it off him. He got the rosary so he could have one with him all the time and no-one could take it away.
He is Catholic and has a very deep faith in God.
Tweety and Sylvester are on his ankle. Left one I think. He got that when he was 12, without his Mom's permission. Sylvester has Tweety in his mouth. Mark says he has since regretted getting that one.
The reason you don't see them in a lot of pix is because -- DUH -- he did not always have them!! Also, he got them at different times, in the '90s, except for the bird/cat one. I believe the most recent one is the rosary though.
I wasn't crazy about tattoos until I saw Mark's. All of his have some special meaning to him. This made me realize how important they are to some people.
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2000 7:04 pm
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i read that he got the tweety one to replace an old one that he had there before that he got when he was younger...wasnt too crazy about. it was a card or something...
and i know that when i read an article ."details '96" he had all four tattoos...
and i also read that he got the bob marley one when him and his friends allgot symbols to show their one love for each other (or somethinglike that..dont quote me
cuz im not 100% positive)
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Everyone has been going on about the rosary tatoo, I have never seen this tatoo! Everyone sez it looks really good.I haven't seen the big hit yet, is it out on video or summat coz y'all seem to have seen it millions of times over! When I'm 18 I'm getting my name in chinese tattoed on my back, anyone else got or getting any tatoos?
(I must be mad coz I am sooooo scared of needles and all things sharp,pointy and painful! But I got it translasted a few months back, now all I gotta do is pluck up the courage!)
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Opinion: Snookered Once More by the Mullahs
Global View columnist Bret Stephens on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's snub of President Obama at the United Nations. Photos: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... welcome to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel in the more epic diplomatic snobs of our modern history ... the head of the Iran yesterday refused to shake President Obama stands ... after multiple offers I've got global view calmness Bret Stephens here to discuss Brett ... I was present as an unshakable faith in diplomacy denied the news an unshakable faith in himself he has the blue is when this because this is ... becoming embarrassing ... well what was really intent and extraordinarily that is how ... the White House from built this up I mean the ... unmentioned and if it's simply not mentioned any possibility of of a handshake and then one had occurred ... then it would be huge news story you would of ... weeks the diplomatic benefits the rest of us would've ... read cos that's another story ... and and he was had his handshake ... instead ... the lead to weaken me that there's gonna be a handshake it's going to be a tissue when launch and it's going to be billed as an encounter ... this is ... basically the two sides had agreed on at least they face to face some kind of face to face the ... experience ... then ... at the last minute or another the last of ... the rain in saying ... no thanks and finally they did precisely the same thing to Bill Clinton ... thirteen years ago on the ALM that that that that the United Nations General Assembly it's a way of establishing ... that they are holding of a higher than that of the better cards ... and that Obama is the suitor in the relationship that thirteen years ago there wasn't the same prospect of a nuclear deal as there is possibly ... today is no prospect of a new Clarita sure about that I think is in a row honey has the advantage ... he's hurting from sanctions why when he embrace the present love ... this idea that they're hurting from sanctions ... hurt is a relative term and in all has to do with what your pain thresholds this is no question that if we were Iranians you when I okay because we can go to a store and get ... you know some ... Oreo cookies or whatever in my case ... I've that he wanted to say this is an outrage we have to do what we we can ... he ran as a country that sustained incredible damage an incredible suffering sure you're an Iraq war they may have shown that they're prepared to suffer ... for the things that they want ... so let's not go too far in imagining that they've just been crippled by sanctions of course they want the sanctions lifted ... aam ... and and they might ... see to some possible range where they can get them listed by offering a long-term promise in exchange for an immediate conception ... and that's that's what I fear that we're going to do that we're gonna basically ... lift the sanctions and ill say a word in the entire process of de nuclei say sometime in the future ... I've been present Obama was the only one who spoke yesterday on the citrus and honey is well spoken to President quality is not legitimate ... um was the speech aimed at Oscar and his domestic audience back in time like all the speeches it's the it's um ... it's a bit of of both I mean there were the aspects of conciliation ... there was ... talk about the sanctions is no violence pure and simple ... I love the line about warmongering pressure group to ... lead a new job ... classes saw at least one you know he spoke his mind he may know he he he did not acquit the kittens to who we estimate ... the honey is a little more sophisticated so we of warmongering pressure groups that ... we we we leave it to to the audience to imagine just to these people might be so what's the next step for at night you had present Obama making comments on to that Iran is also about Syria saying ... diplomacy is the solution military action can be taken there ... um how do you see this playing out then I'm DC plodding along in Syria and plodding along court will hear the administration is is full of surprises because and if you read the speech was the kind of incoherence and in the policy says no we needed to establish ... the threat of ... military force to disarm us go but by the way am opposed to military force ... and we have a process for which Assad can ... can state so it's very hard ... aam to ... to sort of predict what the Vasily eating policy ... will get you except that the record is ... that this is a president and an administration ... that constantly flinched is ... any moment of truth it should have acted when it came to Syria if only to punish Assad for its use of chemical weapons ... it should have acted to support a moderate opposition those opportunities now so I suspect that they're going to flinch when around


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The Beatles - A Day in The Life: June 4, 1967
Saturday, June 03, 1967
McCartney and Harrison watch Jimi Hendrix in London
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr had first seen The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing in January 1967 at the Bag O'Nails club in London. On this day McCartney and George Harrison watched them headline a bill at the city's Saville Theatre.
The bill also included Denny Laine & His Electric String Band, The Chiffons and Procol Harum. Hendrix opened his set with a version of the title track from The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, which had been released just three days before.
It would be one of his first gigs in London. Jimi was a sweetie, a very nice guy. I remember him opening at the Saville on a Sunday night, 4 June 1967. Brian Epstein used to rent it when it was usually dark on the Sunday. Jimi opened, the curtains flew back and he came walking forward, playing 'Sgt. Pepper', and it had only been released on the Thursday so that was like the ultimate compliment. It's still obviously a shining memory for me, because I admired him so much anyway, he was so accomplished. To think that that album had meant so much to him as to actually do it by the Sunday night, three days after the release. He must have been so into it, because normally it might take a day for rehearsal and then you might wonder whether you'd put it in, but he just opened with it. It's a pretty major compliment in anyone's book. I put that down as one of the great honours of my career. I mean, I'm sure he wouldn't have thought of it as an honour, I'm sure he thought it was the other way round, but to me that was like a great boost.
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Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
Here's a performance of the song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.