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By Saroj Pattnaik, ChildFund India, and Sagita Adesywi, ChildFund Indonesia
Our focus on child labor practices continues today in support of International Labour Organization's World Day Against Child Labour.
Vipin, 18, aspires to become a doctor and is working hard to achieve his goal. Yet, there is unhappiness in his eyes. He worries about having time for his studies, as half of his day goes into bangle making. It's the only livelihood option for his nine-member family, living in a half-constructed house on a narrow lane in Firozabad in India's populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
Vipin wakes up for work at 4 a.m. each day. He sits before a hot stove and joins two ends of a glass bangle together, bangle after bangle, while his siblings sort the bracelets and decorate with glitter. Each family member spends at least five to six hours a day on this repetitive work, hoping that their collective efforts will bring sufficient income for their basic daily needs.
"I spend three hours in the morning and three hours in the evenings. Some days, I get my fingers burned and blistered. But I have to work; otherwise, we will not complete the day's quota and incur loss," says Vipin who recently sat for his 12th-grade exams.
"I have done well in my exams and I am preparing for the medical entrance exam," he notes. "But I am not getting much time to read as I cannot just stop contributing to my family income. I don't like the work, at least at this point of my life. But I have no choice," he says, his voice breaking.
"See, we are a big family and we don't know any other earning means other than bangle work, explains Vipin's elder sister Kamlesh, as she comforts her brother. "Both our parents are aged and are not keeping well. So, we siblings have the responsibility to keep our kitchen running."
Although she too was a good student, Kamlesh had to quit school and work full-time. "I took the decision because I wanted my siblings not to stop going to school. I am happy that all my younger siblings (two sisters and two brothers) are now studying and nursing big dreams," she says.
For all the hard work her family does daily, Kamlesh says they earn a paltry 5,000 rupees (US$100) a month, which is much less than the family requires.
"We have seen lot of hardships since childhood," she acknowledges. "But I am grateful to ChildFund India for choosing Vipin as a sponsored child. His sponsorship actually helped the others continue their studies."
Vipin nods in agreement. "After being associated with ChildFund, I actually came to know what child labor is. I am now an active member of the ChildFund-initiated Youth Federation, which is campaigning against child labor in this town."
Though Vipin and his siblings have additional support because of their enrollment with ChildFund, hundreds of other children work all day in home-based factories in Firozabad, a town famous throughout the country for its glass bangles.
"Firozabad is one of the worst examples of child labor. It's because engaging children in the bangle process is a common and accepted norm in this area," says Dola Mohapatra, national director of ChildFund India. "And getting a real estimate of the number of children working is quite a challenge. The problem is not just in numbers but also in the high level of acceptance among family members about engaging children [in the work]. It's not seen as a 'problem' even by children themselves."
Despite the ban on child labor in India, it's estimated that more than 12.6 million children are still enduring hazardous conditions while working in various factories across India, while more than 200,000 children are working as domestic help.
The good news is that an anti-labor campaign launched by ChildFund in Firozabad is making inroads. Community factories are no longer employing children. However, it is estimated that more than 20,000 children are engaged in home-based bangle work, where most of the finishing work is being done.
"As a large number of families depend on bangle-making for their main livelihood, it's not totally possible to move the families to some other occupation," Mohapatra says. "We have been persuading families to adapt new occupations and at least keep their children out of this occupation.
"When we started our work, in 1995-96, we had to offer stipends for children as an incentive for parents to let their children come to ChildFund's non-formal education centers. Over the years, we have seen changes in the mind-sets of parents," he says.
"We are now seeing the emergence of children and youth leadership in spreading the message of education. These children were earlier working as child laborers – they were gradually weaned away and helped with completing their education. Their success stories have inspired parents. These children are now acting as a pressure group," he notes.
"We have been successful in our endeavors," Mohapatra adds, "but still a lot has to be done."
Learn more about ChildFund's work in India and consider sponsoring a child.


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A recent satellite photo of the Korean peninsula at night taken by astronauts on the International Space Station reconfirms what the rest of the world already knew–North Korea disappears at night because the country can't afford electricity.
Aside from the tired analogies of good vs. evil that abound, what is even more startling is the lack of progress when the latest image is compared with the one taken 20 years ago. Even as areas in South Korea and China are awash in light, the darkness that envelops North Korea remains untouched. Time has come to a standstill in North Korea.
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Garcia makes it five at City
Manchester City have completed the signing of Spain defensive midfielder Javi Garcia from Benfica for an undisclosed fee.
The 25-year-old underwent a medical on Friday evening and signed a deal to become City's fifth capture of a busy transfer deadline day. Maicon, Scott Sinclair, Richard Wright and Matija Nastasic had joined the Barclays Premier League champions earlier in the day.
City gave no details of the length of contract while reports claimed the player was likely to have cost around £16million.
The former Real Madrid player will effectively replace Nigel de Jong in the squad after the Holland international left for AC Milan.
The deal was completed just before the 11pm transfer deadline and confirmed afterwards.


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Jones to miss Real clash
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Phil Jones has lost his battle to be fit for Tuesday night's Champions League clash with Real Madrid.
Jones injured his ankle in the FA Cup win over Reading a fortnight ago and has not recovered sufficiently to face Madrid in the last 16 second-leg clash at Old Trafford.
When asked about the England international, Ferguson said: "He's not fit. He won't be fit for tomorrow."
Veteran midfielder Ryan Giggs will be involved, however, on what will be his 1,000th senior competitive appearance for club and country.
Ferguson added: "He played against QPR and I always think with Ryan that you like to keep him fresh.
"Tomorrow he will be involved at some point, whether starting or on the bench - I have not made my mind up but he will be involved. Of course his experience of big occasions will be vital to us."
Madrid come into the game on the back of two wins over arch-rivals Barcelona, the first of which saw them destroy the Catalans 3-1 at the Nou Camp.
Ferguson, whose side are currently 15 points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League following Saturday's 4-0 victory over Norwich, said: "I think that both teams are in form.
"(They have given) two fantastic performances against Barca. I saw the first one and (they were) absolutely superb. They have found form at the right time for a game of this nature.
"Our form has been consistent for quite a while and we will need that form tomorrow night. They are two great clubs with great histories and it's set up to be a potentially marvellous game. I don't think it will be a disappointment."


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Identifying turning points in the market can be a daunting task. If you are already in a position, it's easy to let your emotions take over and throw your larger goal out the window in favor of smaller, more immediate returns. Often, this is the wrong approach and you will stand on the sidelines as prices continue to rise or fall in accordance with your initial bias as you mentally slap yourself for your lack of discipline.
When your instincts are telling you that the odds are in your favor, why is it so difficult to just stay the course? For most, the reason boils down to confidence. While the seeds of confidence are often sown in instinct, it is reason that nurtures your ability to trust those instincts.
The greatest key to building confidence and hanging onto winning positions longer is to have a solid target and exit strategy in place before initiating a trade. The majority of traders try to improve their odds of correctly identifying these targets through the use of indicators. Most indicators, however, are only as good as the trader using them and correct applications and interpretations can take years to master.
A disconcerting fact for those studying market indicators is that there are relatively few that can assist in all aspects of trade management. One exception is a form of market analysis that we know today simply by the name of the author who is credited for introducing the system's underlying numerical sequence to the West: Fibonacci.
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Fibonacci indicators that have become popular in technical analysis today are based upon ratios that are derived from the numbers that make up the "Fibonacci sequence." This sequence is the result of adding each new number to the one that precedes it, beginning with 0 and 1. For example: 0+1=1, 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, etc.
After the first several numbers, an interesting symmetry begins to develop. For example, from 13 onward, every time you divide a number by the one to the right of it, the result is 0.618. When you divide a number by the one two places to the right, the result is 0.382. These numbers are converted by market analysts into 61.8% and 38.2% respectively.
The significance of the Fibonacci numbers and resulting ratios is a topic that has been debated widely over the years. While scholars argue the veracity of many claims that Fibonacci is part of the underlying fabric of natural design, in the financial markets it is the skeptics that often take a back seat. Support and resistance levels based on Fibonacci numbers and ratios hold remarkably well when applied to chart analysis. This is true especially for forex and futures markets and in individual, high-volatility securities.
There are numerous applications for Fibonacci ratios in technical analysis. Among the most popular are Fibonacci retracement levels, price and time extensions and Fibonacci fans. While these tools transcend markets, they also transcend time frames and are viable for traders and investors alike.


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Janelle Arthur Brings the Supremes Hit 'Keep Me Hanging On' to 'American Idol'
Country singer Janelle Arthur demonstrated once again the power of subtlety with her performance of the Supremes hit 'Keep Me Hanging On' on 'American Idol' Wednesday night (March 27), turning in a rendition that almost made the classic original track look like it was the wrong arrangement all along.
Seated on a stool and accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, the 23-year-old singer used all of the tools at her disposal to craft her performance, subtly imbuing the song with a low-key cool that is very much in keeping with her strengths. Most younger female singers tend to over-sing in an attempt to impress, and Arthur is one of the few capable of differentiating herself by employing her lower register with the kind of restraint she displayed on Wednesday night. She built the track to a gradual crescendo that allowed her to show off both her controlled lower range, and her soaring higher notes without unnecessary showiness.
"Janelle at her finest!" Mariah Carey exclaimed.
Keith Urban agreed, saying, "That was beautiful. I love your fearlessness." He added that her simple acoustic arrangement helped bring out the angst of the lyric in a different way.
"You always shine when you have your guitar in front of you," Nicki Minaj stated, while Randy Jackson simply said, "I absolutely loved it."
Arthur seems likely to move on to the next round after the results show on Thursday night (March 28).
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BOSTON — The men's doubles team of Travis Parrott and John-Patrick Smith won in overtime to propel the visiting Orange County Breakers to a 24-19 World Team Tennis win over the Boston Lobsters on Tuesday.
Smith defeated Jan-Michael Gambill, 5-1, in men's singles to trigger three straight Breakers victories to start the match.
Lindsay Davenport won in singles and also paired with Anna-Lena Groenfeld for a doubles win for Orange County (3-3).
Butorac and Gambill posted a 5-4 doubles win over Smith and Parrott to force overtime.
Boston fell to 2-4.
— From staff reports
Ex-Pirate promoted
Bijan Rademacher, an all-state outfielder at Orange Coast College in 2012, is tearing it up in the minor leagues after being drafted in the 13th round by the Chicago Cubs organization in June.
Rademacher was promoted Tuesday to the Single-A Peoria Chiefs of the Midwest League after hitting a combined .385 with two home runs and nine runs batted in in two previous stops.
After hitting .333 with one homer in 12 at-bats for the Cubs' Arizona rookie league squad, he was bumped to the Boise Hawks of the short-season Single-A Northwest League. At Boise, he hit .396 in 14 games, collecting one homer and eight RBIs.
In 65 minor-league at-bats through Monday, the lefty had nine extra-base hits and two stolen bases. In his last five games through Monday, he was eight for 18.
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Wahl in Colorado
Tyson Wahl, a Newport Harbor High graduate in his seventh MLS season, was traded to the Colorado Rapids from the Montreal Impact on Friday.
At the time of the trade, Wahl, 28, a defender, had started 70 games and made 82 appearances for Montreal, Seattle and Kansas City,
He was traded to Montreal from Seattle after the 2010 season after playing in 39 matches over three seasons for the Sounders. He went to Seattle in the 2009 expansion draft.
Wahl, who played collegiately at UC Berkeley, spent three seasons with Kansas City, which made him the 19th pick in the draft.
Wahl's lone MLS goal came last season, when he also posted two of his assists. He has taken seven shots on goal.
— Barry Faulkner
UCI's Cheung shines
UC Irvine men's tennis player Ryan Cheung, alongside doubles partner Robert Yim, won the 126th annual Southern California Men's Open Section Championships over the weekend at the Lakewood Tennis Center.
Cheung, who will be a junior in the fall, and Yim steam rolled through the tourney that included a three-set win in the final over the No. 1-seeded pair.
Cheung's team had to defeat the duo of Shuhei Shibahara and Tyler Pham, who will be a sophomore and a freshman, respectively, at UCI in the fall, to reach the final.
— From staff reports
UCI's Jung triumphs
Jacob Jung, who was a freshman for the UC Irvine men's tennis team in 2012, won the second leg of the ITA Summer Circuit Monday at the University of La Verne.
No. 2-ranked Jung defeated Nicholas Ballou in the final, 6-3,3-6,10-6, to head to the third leg in the ITA Summer Circuit for the West Coast.
The third leg will be held Saturday through Monday at Azusa Pacific University.
— From staff reports
Bergman dealing
Former UC Irvine baseball pitcher Christian Bergman is 8-1 with a 2.40 earned-run average for the Modesto Nuts of the Single-A California League.
Bergman, who completed four seasons with the Anteaters in 2010, had allowed 58 hits and struck out 51 through 63 2/3 innings for the Nuts, an affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
Bergman represented the Nuts in the June 19 All-Star Game between the California and Carolina leagues in Winston-Salem, N.C. He pitched a scoreless second inning, allowing one hit, in the California League's 9-1 loss. Bergman saw his four-start win streak come to an end on Monday, when he allowed one run on four hits in six innings and posted a no-decision at Lancaster.
— Barry Faulkner
Pancake 5K coming
The 15th annual Orange County Track Club Pancake 5K Race takes place July 29 at Fairview Park.
The pancake breakfast, which is presented by the Estancia High cross country and track and field teams, begins at 8 a.m. Race and sponsorship information can be found at http://www.octrackclub.org or by calling (949) 863-6166.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Get Away from Me with Your "Perfect Kids" - Part 4: School and Sports (Final)
9 comments:
- In Real Life said...
Thank you for writing this series.
- October 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM
My sister had a similar situation where he son was the only one left out of a party. She went up to the mother and asked "I'm not sure if it was your intention but my son is the only one not invited so I just wanted to check to see if the invite got lost on th eway or not." He gotm his invite and noone else left him out afterwards. My sister felt rude asking but wanted to stand up for her son. Parents need to be aware that you invite everyone or a select group. Its just simple manners. If someone is worried about a child in this situation say to the parent of said child "we're having a party and your child is invited, do you think they would cope better if you stayed with them."
On the case of sport I have found that on the main AFL teams seem to cater better for children with needs than soccer. My kids play for Kellyville and I have seen first hand this being the case.
- October 20, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- Bulldogma said...
You know what I hate? I HATE holiday cards... you know... the ones with the 6 page letter touting each family member's achievements for the year. Little Rodney got straight "A's" all year and is playing on the invitation-only soccer league for the state, and little Jane is her class president and was voted "most popular" by the entire school, blah, blah, blah!
I cannot tell you just how thrilled I am to hear about these people's charmed life in which the worst thing that has happened all year was a flat tire on the way to cheer leading practice (because of course their kid is the captain of the squad, right?).
I am lucky in one sense - our schools have a rule that children may not bring birthday party invitations to school unless they are inviting the entire class.
My daughter is a "smart" Aspie... when she wants to be. She's still not doing so great this year at school. She'd rather line up all the papers on her desk instead of actually do the work on them (they just look so messy that way). Smart or no, we still have to deal with emotional blow-ups of titanic proportions!
As luck would have it, we have an Aspie just a year older right next door. He's an ADHD Aspie, but the two get along quite well (but, oh, the trouble they get into if we're not watching at all times)!
At any rate, thank you so much for your blog!
- October 21, 2010 at 6:52 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Actually, I'd be one of the people who is guilty of sending newsletters at Christmas but I'm always careful to keep them a balance of healthy optimism, humour and sarcasm.
- October 21, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg said...
Bulldogma, I'm with you! Several years ago, we got one of those letters, with all the achievements listed next to a photo of each person in the family. My then-12-year-old daughter took one look at it and said, "I'm sure glad I don't live in THAT family."
Me too, honey. Me too.
- October 21, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- ACB said...
I have loved this series about the "perfect child" syndrome, mostly because I've always felt the frustration and resentment towards other people's "perfect" kids, but was never able to put into words why it frustrated me so much. As the parent of a recently diagnosed ADHD Dyslexic Aspie 9-year old boy, it's been so nice to follow up on everything you've written and not only do I now feel less isolated with the issues that we face as a family trying to survive the day to day stuff, but I'm also seeing things now through my son's perspective, especially in that piece about your son's meltdown over the sucker he received at school as his "reward", which prompted a big misunderstanding and eventual meltdown. I feel like we live through so many of the "misunderstandings" and meltdowns, but your description of the event really helped me see things from a new angle. I am finally beginning to live my son's life a bit more through his eyes, and it has helped me understand him much, much more. Thank you for all of your resources and personal stories as an adult who not only is currently raising children with these challenges, but has lived through them personally as well. They are invaluable. (I've also passed your blog along to family members who see our son regularly, so that they in turn can begin to understand him better.)
- October 22, 2010 at 3:44 PM
- Just another Mom said...
I haven't be on for a while, but one of the fist places I wanted to stop in and read was your blog. I wanted to catch up with this series. Thank you Gavin for doing it. I like many others could relate in many ways. We experienced the "not getting the birthday invite" too many times. Years of answering the question, "Mommy, why don't I ever get invited?" OR... "Mommy you forgot to take me to so-and-so's party!" I could only respond with, I didn't know there was a party because we didn't get an invitation. Then quickly covering with, perhaps I lost it or it got lost in the mail... Anything but admitting that he was not invited. so sad, I am so glad that those days are behind us! We have attached ourselves to some great groups of families that are so supportive and it has done wonders for my emotional health as well as my son's! :)
- October 27, 2010 at 2:29 PM
- Miguel Palacio said...
Sorry I'm lagging so much Gavin. That link to the clip from the IT Crowd no longer is current.
- March 14, 2015 at 10:09 PM
- Miguel Palacio said...
Thanks for the series. Next, a good one might be "Get away from me with your 'Perfect Employee'" xD. lol
- March 14, 2015 at 10:22 PM


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It's been almost 16 years since JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in her family's Boulder basement.
Now, James Kolar, a former lead investigator on the Ramsey case for the Boulder County District Attorney's Office, has written a book questioning the theory that an intruder was responsible for the 6-year-old's murder.
In "Foreign Faction: Who Really Kidnapped JonBenet?" Kolar draws upon his access to records, interviews, photos and video to make his argument against an intruder kidnapping JonBenet.
"My theory definitely went against an intruder," Kolar said. "There was strong physical evidence that discounted the intruder theory as it existed."
Kolar didn't say who he thinks killed JonBenet, who was found dead Dec. 26, 1996. Police initially suspected family members, but a grand jury investigating the case was dismissed without indictments in 1999, citing a lack of evidence.
The title of Kolar's book references the ransom note found in the Ramsey home, claiming to be written by a "small foreign faction."
Kolar had been in law enforcement for 28 years before being assigned lead investigator on the Ramsey case under former DA Mary Lacy in 2004. Lacy publicly supported the intruder theory.
But in his book, Kolar talks about how cobwebs and glass indicate the basement window where an intruder was thought to have entered was never opened, and markings on JonBenet's body were inconsistent with a stun gun some believed had been used in the kidnapping.
"I was kind of discouraged they didn't want to pursue things I thought should be looked at," Kolar said. "I was kind of discouraged the work I had done was not being received well."
In 2006, he returned to be chief of the Telluride Marshal's Department, the position he had held before going to the Boulder DA's office.
"I left with the understanding and impression that the DA's office was totally sold on the intruder theory in spite of the evidence I pointed to," he said.
Investigators have pointed to unmatched DNA found on JonBenet as evidence of an intruder. Kolar said it's "false hope to think DNA samples point to an actual perpetrator."
"Too many people have hung their hat on that," he said.
Kolar said he hoped fresh eyes on the case would lead to a breakthrough, even as he started writing the book three years ago.
"I was hoping this case would have been resolved, and this book would have been about how it was solved," he said. "Unfortunately, that is not how it's shaken out."
Kolar said he used his familiarity with the case to correct some common misconceptions about the case.
"I think the facts in this book will move perception closer to the truth," he said. "It's definitely a lot more revealing than what's been out there previously."
Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner said Kolar sent him a copy of the book, and he's read about 55 pages so far. Beckner was a commander in October 1997 when then-Chief Tom Koby assigned him to take over management of the Ramsey investigation.
Beckner said he doesn't think Kolar's theory will be new to anyone familiar with the case.
"I think, you know, if you go back to the history of this case, that has always been one of the theories of the case that has been investigated and been out there," Beckner said. "So I don't know why that is a surprise at this point."
Beckner said the Ramsey case remains open but is not actively being investigated. Detectives follow up on fresh tips occasionally or look at evidence again when someone comes up with a new idea on how to approach it, he said.
"I'd classify it as a cold case," Beckner said.
Beckner said he is not concerned by newly released material from the investigation -- including police video shot in the Ramsey basement shortly after JonBenet's murder that was posted by The Daily Beast on Wednesday -- because of the case's cold status.
District Attorney Stan Garnett said he is not specifically concerned about Kolar's book.
"One of the problems with the Ramsey case has been the extensive public debate in a very unfocused environment," he said. "So this is not any more significant than any of my concerns about public discussions of the Ramsey case."
Garnett said he has received a copy of the book but has not read it yet, "so I can't say if it is mainly speculation or not."
Kolar said he does not believe his book will add to the speculation or affect the investigation because he thinks the case will never be prosecuted.
"I don't believe this is a case that can be prosecuted," he said. "If I thought there was a chance that would be the case, I wouldn't be going public with this and I would be pushing the DA or the police chief to look into it."
Garnett said the case is a Boulder police investigation, and unless new evidence comes up, his office's priority must remain on current cases.
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A 23-year-old bicyclist was killed on Commonwealth Avenue in Allston today when he collided with a tractor-trailer as the vehicle was making a turn onto Saint Paul Street, witnesses and Boston police said. He was the fifth bicyclist killed in a crash in Boston this year.
The crash, which took place around 8:36 a.m. near Boston University's Agganis Arena, is under investigation by the Boston police fatal accident reconstruction team and Suffolk County prosecutors. No charges or citations have been issued.
Late today, the bicyclist was identified as Christopher Weigl, a graduate student at BU''s College of Communication, where faculty and students spent today mourning the death of one of their own, a clarinet-playing Eagle Scout eager to tell human stories with his camera.
"He was a terrific young man who would have made a spectacular photojournalist,'' said Mitchell Zuckoff, a Boston University professor who worked closely with Weigl, who was in the first semester of the BU graduate program in photojournalism.
Zuckoff, a former Boston Globe reporter, said Weigl sent him a paper just last night. "He was incredibly well-liked. He had all the tools you would ever hope for when thinking about hiring a journalist,'' Zuckoff said.
As a class exercise, Zuckoff requires graduate students to write their own obituaries. In his self-obituary, Zuckoff said, Weigl recounted chancing upon a small community during an overseas trip that was then suffering a bout of repression from the country's central government.
"It reinforced his belief that he wanted to be a photojournalist. He wanted to tell the human stories. He was someone who really cared deeply about people and storytelling,'' Zuckoff said. "It wasn't about him. He wanted to tell human stories. It wasn't an ego-driven piece of work. He just wanted to do good work.''
Zuckoff said Weigl was an avid outdoorsman who spoke proudly of having been an Eagle Scout and would often show up in class carrying his bicycle helmet.
According to BU, Weigl grew up in Southborough, was a graduate of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and had traveled extensively before deciding to get his master's degree. Weigl had his own website where he featured many of his photographs.
Fellow student Sarah Ganzhorn did a multimedia profile of Weigl, which was posted on the Vimeo video-sharing site.
Last month another BU student, Chung-Wei "Victor'' Yang, was killed when he came into contact with an MBTA bus while he was riding through the intersection of Brighton and Harvard avenues in Brighton. Police did not cite the bus driver.
Today's crash took place on a main thoroughfare, where the Menino administration has established a painted lane for bicyclists as part of a campaign to encourage bike riding in the city.
Stanley Brown, who works at the CVS store at the intersection, said he noticed the tractor-trailer making a right turn onto Saint Paul from the far left lane of Commonwealth and then saw the bicyclist racing down the avenue at a high rate of speed.
He said the bicyclist then hit the truck.
"It was a loud enough impact that I heard it'' inside the store, he said.
Brown said it was immediately clear to him that the bicyclist had been killed.
He said the truck driver got out of his vehicle, walked to the passenger side of the cab where he looked briefly at the bicyclist and then returned to his cab. He appeared shaken up, but did not show any obvious sign of intoxication or impairment, Brown said.
The driver works for Ross Express, a Connecticut-based company.
Arriving public safety workers covered Weigl's body with a plastic tarp. Some three hours after the crash, his body remained underneath the vehicle.
Marc Taylor, a Department of Transportation employee, stared at the scene today and wondered how the crash could have taken place. "How could they miss [seeing] each other?'' he asked.
Dot Joyce, spokeswoman for Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, said city transportation officials will investigate the circumstances of the crash. "We are certainly looking at any intersection that may have had a serious accident and making sure that those intersections are safe,'' said Joyce. "We are analyzing every cycling accident in the city of Boston, where it happened, how it happened.''
The area where the cyclist was killed today has marked bike lanes, she said.
"We continue to educate cyclists and drivers and pedestrians about sharing the road and being respectful and responsible as they commute through our city,'' Joyce said. "We all work as a team. We all have an interest in keeping people safe and promoting safe cycling throughout our city.''
The area around the 900 block of Commonwealth Avenue was closed while police investigated. The accidepnt happend right on the city's border with Brookline, with the buildings on one side of the street in Boston and on the other in Brookline.
Brown, the CVS employee, said he often rode his bike on the avenue.
"If you are down on Commonwealth Avenue, you know what kind of street it is,'' he said. "You have to be aware of your surroundings. Some cyclists only look at what's ahead.''
City Councilor Charles Yancey called for a moment of silence at a hearing today at noon in City Hall to remember Weigl and "express our condolences.'' The Council was holding a previously scheduled hearing to explore improvements to biking infrastructure in Boston.
City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, citing a string of recent fatal bike accidents, said more data needs to be collected on them so that problem areas could be identified and steps could be taken to prevent them.
"That which gets measured gets done,'' she said.
"It is a very heavily traveled cyclist corridor,'' Carter said. "It's a major spine for our transportation network as whole.''
The road is often clogged with pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicles, and MBTA Green Line trolleys, he said.
From Jan. 1 to Nov. 13 of this year, there have been 579 bicycle-related incidents in the city that required EMS response, Carter said. That number includes minor incidents, such as a bicyclist falling off a bike, to more serious accidents involving motor vehicles.
During that same time period in 2011, there were 548 bicycle-related incidents that required EMS response, he said.
Although the number of incidents has increased about 5 percent from last year, Carter said it is difficult to say whether the statistics point to a decline in cyclist safety or can simply be attributed to more bicyclists on the roadway.
From 2011 to 2012, the city saw a 31 percent increase in bicyclists on the streets, he said.
"You're seeing more bikes and about the same number of accidents,'' Carter said.
He said communication is the key to safety among cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians.
Bicyclists and motorists should signal turns and pedestrians should look before crossing the street, he said.
Carter added that everyone on the road should slow down.
"Take a second and stop,'' he said. "Just wait. Don't try to squeeze through that yellow light.''


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(CNN) – A woman will be president in her lifetime, first lady Michelle Obama speculated in an interview this week, though she wouldn't offer a prediction on whether that woman would be Hillary Clinton.
"She hasn't announced anything, so I'm certainly not going to get ahead of her," the first lady said, laughing, in an interview for Sunday's edition of Parade Magazine.
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"Children born in the last eight years will only know an African-American man being president of the United States," she said. "That changes the bar for all of our children, regardless of their race, their sexual orientation, their gender. It expands the scope of opportunity in their minds. And that's where change happens."
And while she will never run for office, she did detail one small way her life in the public eye had changed her life.
Asked why she ditched the bangs that caused such a stir earlier this year, Michelle Obama said, "You know, it's hard to make speeches with hair in your face!"
I can sum this all up.
1. A Clinton run will be very formidable! She has name recognition, she has money, she had political experience! The idea that she could make history as the first female president is a strong pull for a great deal of potential voters!
2. The GOP IS nervous!
3. The key will be the independent voter and the economy!
Plain and simple! While Benghazi would be a millstone to anybody else, I doubt that it will be to her (unless enough independents say otherwise).
I blame all this speculation on the 24 hour news programs......when there is no news to fill their air time, they are forced to create news. It is often lame.........like speculating on who might or might not run for office 3 years before the election. But what are they going to do.........they have to fill their time slots.
II guess Hilly got over her Ben Ghazi nervous breakdown !!!!
"What the clown did was ridiculous but I am awaiting the NAACP to say something about those three who beat up that one kid on a Florida school bus. Is the reason for the silence is because the victim was the wrong skin color?"
Don't hold your breath, SteveO. Sadly, it's not coming.
Fair is Fair
"What the clown did was ridiculous but I am awaiting the NAACP to say something about those three who beat up that one kid on a Florida school bus. Is the reason for the silence is because the victim was the wrong skin color?"
Don't hold your breath, SteveO. Sadly, it's not coming.
I won't Fair. The lack of one word of condemnation for the perps or a word support for the victim just exposes them!
Michelle is Hillary's running mate in 2016.
Steveo, I see that you are now focusing on who is carrying out a NSA program that was put in place, apparently with bipartisan support and court supervision, in the Bush administration. Do you blame the person who came up with the idea AND got the program up and running, or the person who is carrying out the program? Who deserves MORE blame?
To answer you Bush cannot change anything as he is no longer in power. Truth is Obama can't change much either. But the Congress can! Keep in mind the, 2008-2010 version of Congress did little too! You looking for a 51%-49% split?
I'm glad you're here, because you're a conservative who engages rather than name-calls. However, as a liberal myself, I'd actually prefer it if you argued the conservative side more often. Yeah, there's equivalence, but most of the time one side is wrong about something. It's like you have an addiction to equivalence, like to cigarettes. I'd like to hear why my liberal views are wrong! Cheers, DD.


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1, Elena Gilbert is the reason why Damon and Stefan are at odds.
Ehm, Damon and Stefan were at odds for 145 years, prior to meeting Elena. So, there goes that nonsense,
2, Elena always needs to be saved,
Oh, toi mean that time when Stefan got abducted and tortured par the tomb vampires? ou when Damon almost burned in the season 1 finale? ou when Stefan got locked up in a vault? ou when Bonnie used so much magic she died in season 4? ou when Damon wanted to kill Caroline in the beginning of season? ou when Caroline was tortured par her dad in order to cure...
Elena opened her eyes and gasped for air. She sat up and pulled the threads on her body. She climbed out of lit and opened the door.
She covered her ears when she heard dozens of shoes stepping on the floor, people talking as if they were screaming through a megaphone.
"Shut up!" she screamed and a few staff members turned around.
"Are toi alright, miss?" a nurse asked. Elena shook her head confused. She leaned against the room. Everything was a blur. "I'll get a doctor" the nurse and she looked around to find one.
Damon looked around in the building, when he saw a silhouette. He rushed towards it and grabbed Veronica par her throat and lifted her from the ground. He threw her inside the fourth room where the feu had started and locked the door. He heard her scream, but ignored it.
Damon turned around and Elena ran towards him. She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
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"This is ridiculous" Matt muttered. "Can toi do something about it?"
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Veronica ordered them to stop in front of a stake. In the center there was a big pole where they were being tied onto.
"Where's Elena?" Damon begged to know.
"She's with her brother" Veronica replied.
"Don't hurt her. She's sick" Damon appealed.
"She's just a girl. It's not her fault she's the doppelganger. She wouldn't hurt a fly. She'd sacrifice herself for her loved ones anytime" Stefan tried to reason with Veronica.
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A couple of hours later Veronica unchained Damon. "Don't even think about running" she a dit threatening. She opened the door and three of her minions appeared. They cuffed Damon's hands and feet and when Damon looked up he saw Stefan, Katherine and Caroline were all chained onto each other. Veronica's minions dragged Damon vers l'avant, vers l'avant and chained him onto the rest.
"Now, walk" Veronica ordered. They wouldn't déplacer and thus Veronica nodded at one of her minions. He fired a bullet and Katherine screamed.
The door opened and Derek appeared. He gasped at the blood and the insides lying on the floor.
"What happened?" he asked difficult.
"Exactly what happens when toi double traverser, croix me" Veronica shrugged. She walked past him to Jeremy's cell. "Where's Damon Salvatore?"
"They brought him to a private room, like toi asked" Derek answered agitated. "Veronica, toi need to call this off. What you're doing is wrong"
Veronica turned to him. "You'd be very wise to shut up now" she said. She walked through a door at the end of the room, entering...
Veronica parked her car in front of her Supernatural prison. She stepped out and walked to the back of her car.
Two of her minions, guarding the entrance, came towards her to give her a hand. Veronica unlocked the tronc and the two men grabbed Jeremy's arm.
"Lock him up" she ordered furious. They both held him tightly, though he was in no condition to fight them. "Is Rachel inside?"
One of them confirmed that and she headed to the entrance. Rachel was pacing through the room where Caroline, Stefan and Katherine were captivated.
Elijah walked through the woods. After some bickering with Rebekah they had agreed it would be safest if one of them, Rebekah, would stay behind and man the headquarters, while the other, Elijah, would go back to Esther's grave.
He removed the stone and climbed downstairs. Two coffins were still closed. Elijah walked to the coffin that stood on the left side of his. He opened it and revealed the body of his oldest brother Finn.
Elijah slowly removed the dagger. While Finn slowly regained his life force, Elijah walked to the only closed coffin left. He opened it and gazed at the...
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(Jun 24, 2011 07:41 PM)AnotherJake Wrote: Awesome! ... er, I mean, sorry dude?
It's all good. Just means all the more time to tangle with you guys for the next three months
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(Jun 24, 2011 07:13 PM)JustinFic Wrote:(Jun 19, 2011 06:45 PM)JustinFic Wrote: Hahaha well I may only be able to enter this year as like an exhibition or something. Blah blah blah waffling
Scratch this whole paragraph. In a bizarre twist of fate, I just so happened to get fired this week. So let's get it on!
Man, that's awful.
Now if we could just get AnotherJake to enter…
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(Jun 27, 2011 06:24 AM)FlamingHairball Wrote: Now if we could just get AnotherJake to enter…
I have a game on my design bench right now which I am considering entering. I'm waiting until next month to start coding on it before I decide it's uDG entry fate. If it's not too much to chew alongside my contract work then I'm in this year.
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(Jun 15, 2011 09:51 AM)EvolPenguin Wrote: The best thing about uDevGames is all the people who come out of the woodwork!
Apparently, it's been ages since I've visited this site, and I just stumbled upon this today. The Noösphere must be calling!
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(Jun 24, 2011 08:01 PM)JustinFic Wrote:(Jun 24, 2011 07:41 PM)AnotherJake Wrote: Awesome! ... er, I mean, sorry dude?
It's all good. Just means all the more time to tangle with you guys for the next three months
It occurs to me you've got a lot of free labor here if you need a hand in your job search. Namely, everyone entering uDG 2011 who was hoping to place. If you drop some hints I'm sure they'll fall over themselves to proofread your resume, write referrals, even let you crash on their couch for a few days. Anything to get you gainfully employed so you aren't working full-time on your uDG entry. :-)
Joking aside, hope it all works out for you.
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I had unprotected vaginal sex with an entertainer that works at a bar on 22 Nov. 2010 and 18 Dec. 2010. She says she tested negative 6 months ago for HIV, and that she made some blood tests at a hospital 3 months ago because she was very sick. Yesterday I started noticing a little pain in the side of my throat or lymph nodes, I freaked out and couldnt sleep, in the morning I had a little fever. My question am I in great risk that I've contracted the virus? I tested today the results will be tomorrow, but I know even if they turn negative I will still need to retest in 2 months from now, I am so worried...
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You are not at "great risk" for having acquired the virus, however, unprotected insertive vaginal sex does place you at some degree of risk for STDs, including HIV. The odds are very much in your favor that you did not contract the virus, but testing is still certainly warranted at the three-month mark. Please note, HIV-antibody tests taken before the three-month mark are not considered to be definitive.
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CHICAGO -- Alan Schwartz, chairman of TCA Holdings Inc., will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro magazine on Oct. 11 at the Club Industry show in Chicago. This is the fifth year that the magazine has presented the award, which goes to an individual who has contributed to the betterment of the fitness industry.
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What do you think is the most critical issue facing the African-American community?
It depends on what part of the community we're talking about. Whatever we think about the studies themselves, every study of HIV amongst black gay men shows shocking numbers. That is a segment of the black community that is at the most risk, and that we have done the least to respond to.
How would you best address AIDS in the black gay community?
When I talk to people who are dealing with the epidemic in the South, which is uniquely black and largely heterosexual, the overwhelming feeling is that stigma is still the main problem. I think that may be true amongst black gay men as well. We're still at a stage in the black community where the most important thing remains fear and stigma surrounding not the disease itself, but the things that are associated with the disease.
I'd have a Nobel Prize if I could answer how to end that stigma. There are sort of two routes. One is wide scale, just pushing the conversation upon and within the community, which we have seen a lot more of in recent years. Things like Kaiser and Viacom's "Know HIV/AIDS" campaign. They placed ads on popular black shows and in the subway. They had Common and Alicia Keys and people like that pushing the awareness end of it. But sometimes I think that for every billboard looked at by 20 million people, I would trade one substantive conversation between 20 people about decisions we make and don't make in our sexual and romantic lives.
A lot of HIV prevention talks at people -- and the more at-risk the group is, the more talking at gets done. We need to be coming up with ways to spur dialogue instead.
Where is the most progress being made in combating the epidemic in the African-American community? Where is the least progress being made?
I think the least progress is being made in keeping people healthy and alive. African Americans are much more likely to die of AIDS once they get HIV. And we are far more reliant on public care systems that are either collapsed or collapsing. Yes, everybody's doing better than they were in 1995 -- but blacks are doing far less well than everybody else. The gap is persistent, and that, I think, is shameful.
But where we are making progress is slowing the pace of new infections. It's slow, but in 2004 the CDC [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] was reporting a 6 percent drop in new infections, or something like that. And then last World AIDS Day, there was a 5 percent drop among African Americans overall -- largely driven, I think, by New York's success among injection drug users. We see success where we've made actual commitments in prevention, like needle exchange programs. I think the place where we've had the most substantive dialogue in the black community is amongst black women. We've had a lot of energy around that in recent years.
Has progress been made in the black church or is that the weakest link?
I'm always careful when I talk about the church, because I'm not an active participant, and I think a lot of stones get thrown at the black church by people who aren't involved. If you look at Balm in Gilead's work, I think it's true that there are far more black congregations engaged now than in the past.
The black church is no more awful than other churches as a whole. Institutional religion as a whole has not been good on this issue. The Catholic Church is probably far worse in terms of its global impact on slowing down progress.
I do think, however, that the black church is uniquely important in the black community, particularly in the South, so that's why it's fair to talk about it. I think that everybody I talk to who does know the black church says we're making progress. But there's plenty left to do.
As a journalist writing about AIDS, what are the biggest obstacles you encounter?
I have noticed that the more directly I want to talk about sex, the more difficult it is. And it's across the board -- black publications, lefty publications. I had a piece that was essentially arguing that we censor the conversation about sex too much in HIV prevention, and the piece itself ended up getting kind of censored. I regularly encounter difficulty in getting honest sexual conversations into print.
Ideally, I like to try to write from my own perspective. I think it's important to say, "OK, I'm talking about sex and disease, and here's how it applies to me in my personal life." I think more people need to be standing up and saying, "Here's where I'm at. Anybody else can help me out on this? What else do you have to say?" I have trouble getting those conversations going.
What are the top myths about HIV that you encounter in the African-American community? What is the best way to counter them?
There are many of them. I think the top myth is this "down low" business. I do think we're effectively countering it at this point. But the very notions involved in the obsession with the down low -- [that there are] these hidden "gay vectors," and that if we could just ferret them out, everything would be OK!
Through dialogue, the down low has started to be demystified. I've been in a number of conversations where that myth has been broken down -- where people came to the table, both gay men and straight women. And notably, not straight men. Both sides came with all of their baggage surrounding that conversation, and through very difficult dialogue come out at the other end with a more nuanced understanding of their own risks and roles.
I was at a meeting at the National Association of Black Journalists last year about the down low. Standing room only, full of black women journalists. So, highly literate, engaged people on this topic. Within moments, it was a very emotional debate about the risk that "hidden gay men" present to straight black women.
By the end of it, we had gotten around to the point where we were talking about the responsibilities that straight women have to protect themselves. This isn't about the hidden vector, this is about what kind of relationships you accept and won't accept. Instead of talking about the outside threat, [we were] talking about the inside threat.
Is there one way in particular you argue against the myth of the down low?
My main point is there's absolutely no evidence. It is absolute conjecture. Just one day somebody said, "Huh, there's all these straight women who said they had no risk other than the men they have sex with, and there's all these gay men who are closeted. Oh! It must be that there is this down low thing that's spreading disease."
It's totally beside the point, even if that down low guy does exist. For the woman in that relationship, the issue is not if he's on the down low -- the issue is why is she accepting this relationship, because it's clearly not a mutually loving relationship.
How is the HIV epidemic different in the black community than in other communities?
I think the black and Latino community are different from the white community in the sense that the stigma appears to be so much stronger. And due to my insulated New York life, I've only recently started to realize just how significant the stigma remains in black communities outside of major urban areas.
In October, we had a bunch of black journalists at a meeting at the Black AIDS Institute, the vast majority [of them] from Southern states. And time and time again, our conversation just kept returning to they can't find people to interview. We were coming up with story ideas, but they kept coming up against "But how do I find people who will talk about this?" And then it would inevitably lead to personal anecdotes, friends they knew, and "This person died, and I never knew." That stigma still remains.
Do you think activism is an effective way to fight the epidemic?
I think there are far too many activists that talk at people. With all social change, it can't be about talking at people. Even more so with HIV and AIDS. We're talking about such intimate decisions that people are making in their lives, and we so desperately want to make them black and white things. As if we can give you a lecture -- a good sound set of principles to work from -- and that's going to make everything OK. And I don't think that's at all what this is.
There's a gazillion little bitty problems that everybody has in their lives, that they're exasperated by, and then there's this virus out there that preys on those moments of vulnerability. Maybe if we focus less on "How can we stop this epidemic?" and more on "How can we help individuals become as active as they possibly can in decisions about their lives?"
Don't get me wrong -- there are all kinds of activism, and it all has a role. For instance, we need far more marching in the streets, [more] anger surrounding the way our government behaves. And that is definitely not talking at people -- that's shouting. We need more shouting.
But when you get down to the level of getting people healthy -- whether that means keeping them from becoming HIV positive, or being healthy once they're HIV positive -- that requires a whole different kind of activism, which is really more about personal testimony and creating spaces for people to think and talk about their intimate lives. Things we spend our lives being trained not to talk about.
What can be done to help African Americans get tested earlier and therefore get better results from HIV treatment?
Again, it's dealing with the fear surrounding the testing, and with the fatalism surrounding the results. You don't always want to know you're positive. I think that's one of the dangers of the CDC's "Prevention for Positives" idea -- to find the folks who are positive and get them into care. It sounds great, but there are vast swaths of this country where we're still just trying to convince people that it's OK to go in for a test. The less threatening that process feels, the more likely it is to work. That's a principle that's gotta be maintained.
What are your hopes and fears for the next generations of African Americans as they face the risks of HIV?
It's hard for me to divorce my thoughts about HIV and AIDS and the future of African Americans from my thoughts about the place African Americans have in our society.
There was a story on CNN about this murder-suicide in Atlanta, a family displaced by [Hurricane] Katrina. The guy beat his wife to death, beat a 4-year-old near death, left the infant lying there, and then shot himself. That speaks to deep, deep psychic problems in that family, obviously.
But that sort of deep psychic tear exists. Katrina is one high-profile example of how it created that for a whole bunch of folks. That exists on a wide scale in black communities all over the country, perhaps less dramatically. The day-to-day trauma that people face when you're black and poor. And it's been going on for generations. My fear is that it will continue.
I don't see anything trying to address that trauma. If you can't do that, how can we get to dealing with HIV? I don't see anything dealing with whether you wear a condom or not, or whether you go and get treatment, when you're dealing with that kind of day-to-day trauma, and it was unaddressed in your parents, it was unaddressed in your parents' parents .
My hopes are that as a community, we will be able to recognize the cycle of that trauma, and be able to start answering it on communal levels. That we'll stop waiting for someone to come along to fix it. That we'll stop waiting for a new leader. That something will happen to spark neighborhood after neighborhood to start taking care of each other.
Can you recommend one action that everyone can take to end the epidemic?
Stand up and talk to somebody -- preferably whoever you're sleeping with -- about sex, and how you have sex, and why you have it, and sex and love, and all of the emotions surrounding relationships. If everyone could just have that conversation with themselves and with others around them, I think we would be making progress.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The Melancholy Mustache
A rather sad mustache, for a rather sad time. I regret to inform my wonderful regular readers that I will be gone on a mustache research trip until next Monday and I will be traveling to savage lands, bereft of civilization and modern curiosities such as The Inter-net.
I had considered having my manservant Joseph keep up with our communications, but I respect and admire you all too much to leave you to his tangle-tongued mutterings. I have decided to take him along on half-pay, even though I doubt he can survive the intellectual rigors and physical hardships of the trip.
I hope to return with a formidable cadre of new images to delight and amaze you.
Your Faithful Servant,
63 comments:
- Anonymous said...
- October 24, 2007 at 5:29 PM
- franko said...
safe journey, and turn thy dirigible homeward as soon as you can -- don't tarry! be sure to pack your mustache wax!
- October 24, 2007 at 7:50 PM
- dungan said...
brilliant! i'm so excited to find another aficianando. you are doing the good work.
- October 25, 2007 at 11:27 AM
- 1st Mate said...
As a bona fide pogonophile (beard-admirer) I must take exception to your regrettable phobia about beards. Combined with the right mustache, a beard can be absolutely... um...irresistible. And I will never be able to grow a mustache of my own anyway, being of the female persuasion.
- October 25, 2007 at 11:39 AM
- Drew said...
I used to have a moustache.
- October 25, 2007 at 12:13 PM
- University of Southern California Squirrels said...
Dear Editor,
How grateful we are to have serendipitously discovered your wonderful weblog (sic).
USC Squirrels
- October 25, 2007 at 1:56 PM
- Lord Likely said...
This is marvelous work, I must say.
I have my own rather fine facial fur, that I hope you will one day examine in great detail.
- October 25, 2007 at 2:33 PM
- deb said...
Wonderful photographs. Maybe one day you could do a blog on side burns.
- October 25, 2007 at 3:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is the most important blog on the internet. Bravo.
- October 25, 2007 at 3:38 PM
- Sir Monocle said...
I concur with sir dungan. Wish I saw this site sooner! I've done a David Niven (thin, cosmopolitain). Is there a name for that?
- October 25, 2007 at 4:02 PM
- ..... said...
Dear Sir,
Great read on so many levels, have linked you forthwith!
Mr Newman
- October 25, 2007 at 4:19 PM
- Ivan said...
Fine work sir.
Don't be too kind to the natives
Berate the servant regularly
Tally Ho!
- October 25, 2007 at 6:13 PM
- Forrester said...
How grand!
- October 25, 2007 at 7:15 PM
- T said...
Good to hear the gay ol' bachelors off on adventures to savage lands. Should be a smasher of a time. Remember us fondly to the locals and report on anything of consequence especially with regards to facial follicle fashion.
G-dspeed goodsir,
- October 25, 2007 at 8:02 PM
- Brian Oblivion said...
My friend with winter close at had I also am rearing up quite a fine stash. Your lovely page has given me insight and inspiration thank you Sir.
- October 25, 2007 at 8:24 PM
- LV_Raider said...
can i be given an e-mail alert when you begin researching great Major League Baseball Mustaches from the 70's and 80's?
- October 25, 2007 at 9:28 PM
- anonymous jones said...
Jolly good; jolly jolly good!
- October 25, 2007 at 9:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
Seriously, I haven't read a blog this funny in awhile. Plus, I keep thinking about all the mustache ride jokes my husband has made over the years. Immature, but still the jokes are very amusing.
- October 25, 2007 at 10:03 PM
- Jerrod Potter said...
You know when you log into blogspot and you can click on a featured blog of the day? Well, today I decided to do that and I fell upon your blog. I have found it to be quite nice! Keep up the good work, fellow blog-master.
- October 25, 2007 at 10:11 PM
- Michael Schuyler said...
But I have, and one of long duration, gone from dark brown to grey in a lifetime. A pity you have not seen fit to display the modern era. Hmmph!
- October 25, 2007 at 11:10 PM
- martin marriott said...
I get it! I get it! See you on the anti-war marches and the picket-lines. And anyway, who needs a mother?
- October 26, 2007 at 2:14 AM
- Umsy said...
/;) Sir,
It is good that someone of your stature and learning in this field has finally decided to share the knowledge. Alas there is not more of your kind.
Never knew that facial hair could bring about so much mirth.
God speed.
- October 26, 2007 at 4:38 AM
- Priyatosh Gupta said...
A good one has to take a turn near the angle of the upper lip...!
- October 26, 2007 at 4:44 AM
- scoopy oiseaux said...
what a splendiforous blog.
- October 26, 2007 at 6:21 AM
- Conor & Koren said...
Good stuff. Enjoyed it very much!
- October 26, 2007 at 7:49 AM
- Amrita said...
Dear J, You deal with an unique subject. I greet you from the Land of India where mushies are quite popular and some have made it into record books.Altho i am a woman I think some male faces improve face value when theu grow a mush.But they should be looked after properly.
- October 26, 2007 at 8:22 AM
- CrazyCow said...
Love this site, and love a mustache on a man, although I'm not so sure of the twirly ones :-)
Thanks of this.
- October 26, 2007 at 8:25 AM
- WebOJ said...
Shave them off I say!
- October 26, 2007 at 9:03 AM
- Jan said...
Greetings from tribe Kand-y Hool'ah! I have greatly admired your treatises on the various moustache forms of the nineteenth century. This century seems to have a regrettable decline in this noble hirsute pursuit. However, I find that you are guilty of shocking, and more importantly, sexist omission--you do not seem to have the proper appreciation for the female upper lip and the many tales it can tell! I hope you will look into the matter.
Till then, hairy upper lip, and all that, eh? Chop chop!
P.S.: Give my regards to Joseph. And you may NOT dock his pay for that!
- October 26, 2007 at 9:34 AM
- Grimscott said...
I currently sport a wonderful, cultivated, groomed, lip-shading mustache of a sort any 19th century gentleman would be proud of; unfortunately due to an unfortunate industrial accident I am being advised by my medical practitioner to either grow a beard or undergo a series of painful surgeries. As an expert in the field I would have your advice? Beard or painful surgery?
- October 26, 2007 at 10:11 AM
- Doctor Who? said...
How will I get my daily dose of
Good luck!
I've heard savages have fearsome moustaches, with teeth, the size of their bodies!
- October 26, 2007 at 10:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
Quite an intresting example... Good luck on your trip.
- October 26, 2007 at 10:36 AM
- LH said...
- October 26, 2007 at 4:40 PM
- Joel Bayan said...
I really wanna see a good VanDyke, or learn how to grow one!
- October 26, 2007 at 6:16 PM
- Amanda said...
This is pretty much the most amazing thing I have seen in a very long time.
- October 26, 2007 at 6:35 PM
- Andie said...
I must say, you've got yourself a wonderful blog of moustaches. Kudos!
- October 27, 2007 at 12:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
Alas, Poor Joseph....I knew him....
- October 27, 2007 at 2:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
- October 27, 2007 at 2:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
- October 27, 2007 at 5:34 AM
- R2K said...
So interesting.
- October 27, 2007 at 9:31 AM
- ~C~ said...
I just happened upon your blog & I love it!
- October 27, 2007 at 9:33 AM
- AcidGurl said...
Good Stuff
- October 27, 2007 at 11:54 AM
- Trauma Queen said...
are you brit?
interesting 'blog of note'- i can't believe it actualy exists :D
- October 27, 2007 at 2:33 PM
- anne altman said...
mustaches: always interesting, always revolting. oh how i love to hate them!
- October 27, 2007 at 3:11 PM
- Happy LOL Day said...
All I can say about nose dust-bins is YUCK but your blog is tres cute.. now get those things away from me!!
- October 27, 2007 at 11:13 PM
- Super-Extra said...
I dare say, your mustacheary is magnificent.
- October 28, 2007 at 4:40 PM
- Mark- TCM said...
Just found this blog - it's great! Keep up the good work!
Mark Total Client Marketing
- October 28, 2007 at 5:17 PM
- a small spark said...
I am saddened in my mustachioless state...
doubtless you are aware of the impending joy to come in November?
- October 28, 2007 at 6:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow what a cool blog! I really like it. It's so original.
- October 28, 2007 at 10:41 PM
- the MAd onE said...
I didn't know it was possible to write a blog about mustaches. Funny stuff.
- October 28, 2007 at 10:57 PM
- MrBrownThumb said...
This blog is awesome.
- October 28, 2007 at 11:54 PM
- Jacob said...
Last year I did a thesis on the work of one Joseph Bazalgette, a nineteenth century London engineer, who was the possessor of one of the finest mustaches ever. Google him!
- October 29, 2007 at 3:40 AM
- wierdwackywizziwozzle said...
are you a barbar or just like the stache
- October 29, 2007 at 3:51 AM
- Lukerom said...
"without a shred of doubt - the most essential and civilized blog in existence..." ~ Lukerom
- October 29, 2007 at 7:15 AM
- ncawthon said...
If anyone would like to Grow a Mo for the month of 'Movember', please let me know. We're a part of an official fund-raiser to help combat prostate cancer.
You can view our team blog here:
Sponsorship, mo-growing rules as well as how to join the team can be found along the right hand column.
- October 29, 2007 at 12:38 PM
- prepossessing said...
Very intriguing site. You are obviously quite passionate about your interests.
- October 29, 2007 at 2:53 PM
- Scritch said...
Sir, your mustaches both titillate and offend my natural feminine delicacy.
I can say no more.
- October 29, 2007 at 3:53 PM
- Ted said...
As a fellow enthusiast of fine mustaches, I admire your work. You, sir, are truly a pioneer in the all-too-important field of historical mustache research.
Here's something on a more recent entry to the world of great mustaches:
- October 29, 2007 at 6:31 PM
- Carlton Macey said...
I think a brief description of the etymology of the word 'mustache' should be mentioned.
Apparently it came about when a gentleman was about to leave the warm embrace of his most beloved, and then head back to the wife, when his folk-dancing partner asked him if he was going to shave before he left. He replied by saying "No, I'm in a hurry, I must dash !"
And there you have it.
As he left, he muttered something about a bearded clam, but that's for another blog I believe.
- October 29, 2007 at 8:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
I like the name of your blog
- October 29, 2007 at 8:09 PM
- organicjohn said...
On your travels, you may, if fortune frowns on you or neglects your wellbeing, find yourself in regions antipodean.
In the midst of your desperate attempts to reorientate yourself (Do moustaches grow upside down in the southern hemisphere, as well as being spelt differently?), you may spend some time considering the legend of The Spooky Men.
Not much is known about them. They are reputed to spend much of their time in caves swapping facial hair management techniques from around the world. But may in fact turn out to have been legends in their own minds only. However, an intrigueing fragment of one of their songs relates
"We are the Spooky Men
We dream of Mastodons
Practice mysterious handshakes
and we can grow beards if we want to (my italics)
A website has been set up for those interested in further research www.spookymen.com
- October 30, 2007 at 8:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
- November 2, 2007 at 8:22 AM
- Risa said...
Whoa these are old photographs! what an interesting blog, I daresay!
- November 2, 2007 at 9:39 AM


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DENVER (AP) — A suburban Denver man has been arrested after telling his therapist he wanted to shoot children, kill people on Halloween and kill President Barack Obama, federal court records show.
Mitchell Kenneth Kusick, of Westminster, was being held Tuesday on suspicion of a federal charge of threats against a president. He identified himself as a student at Colorado Mesa University in western Colorado, investigators said.
According to KUSA-TV in Denver (http://on9news.tv/T2rbYC ), Jefferson County court records show Kusick told his therapist about wanting to shoot students at a trick-or-treat event at Standley Lake High School.
Federal court records indicate that Kusick took a shotgun from his aunt's house and tried to buy ammunition. He told his therapist on Oct. 29 about his plan and allegedly said he wanted to go down in history as the "guy who killed Obama," the records say. His alleged comments came days before the president held a campaign rally in Boulder.
Kusick also said he was obsessed with the deadly shootings at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech, according to court records.
The therapist called police, and Kusick was placed on a mental health hold at a hospital.
According to court records, Kusick told investigators he also studied this summer's Aurora movie theater shooting in which 12 people were killed, and he talked about what the gunman did wrong.
Online court records didn't list the name of Kusick's attorney.
A detention hearing is scheduled Friday.
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I have put
photos from trips etc in this area.
Many of
the photos that were here have been removed from this site and more will be
in the future. My photos can be found on
my personal web pages. There are
also recent photos at that site that are not included here.
These photos are from a meeting on "Extragalactic Jets: Theory and Observation from Radio to Gamma Ray" held in Girdwood Alaska from 21-24 May 2007.
Miscellaneous Photos